Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-01-21
By GEORGE KENNEDY.

| lllS III a way W hCCp W al III
halted as President Roosevelt's face
, appeared suddenly above the bank
) of microphones on the White House
portico.
Mr.. Roosevelt has taken the oath
of Office in bright sunshine, in a
cold, driving rain and under skies
as gloomy as everybody felt back
in 1888 Yesterday, as he swore to
preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution" and turned to give his
inaugural address, he looked out over
a scene of Wintry beauty.
There was snow on the broad
leaves of the large magnolia trees
that flank the south portico of the
White House rising to the height
of the balcony where the President
stood
Ahead was a long vista of white
to the chaste dome of the Jefferson
Memorial bordered by thin branches
of trees delineated with traceries
of snow. Above the trees to the
left sthe Washington Monument
seemed to pierce the low ceiling of
the leaden sky.
The whiteness of the ground was
broken only by three large swarms
of people, the diplomats. Congress
members and reporters directly be-
low him, the State political leaders
behind rope a few yards ahead,
and, in the distance, large group
of spectators behind the steel pal
ings that border the grounds.
Newspapermen and notables
started filing in shortly after II am
Soon Supreme Court justices and
cabinet members were appearing in
the balcony above.
Then something happened that
gave patriarchal note to the cere-
mony. A number of nursemaids
and their charges came out on the
balcony and descended the left of
the twin staircases that wind down
into the garden. They stood on the
lower steps to watch. Nine of the
youngsters were grandchildren of
the President.
There was no mistaking the iden-
tity of the attractive, blond young
woman who stood bareheaded look
ing up. There was a trace of her
grandmother and her mother in her
features. She was "Sistie" Dali, the
little girl pictured so often with
| her brother ''Buzzie" in their White
House sandbox in the early days of
the Roosevelt administration. She
will be Is in few weeks.
! Buzzie was there too and his half
brother, John Boettiger. There were
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sd, and his
brother Christopher, whose maternal
grandparent is Eugene du Point
There were two of John Roosevelt's
three children, Haven and Anne,
and Elliott Roosevelt's two children,
Chandler and Elliott, I'd (TonO.
All except Sistie and Buzzie, whose
| full names are Eleanor Roosevelt
and Curtis Roosevelt Dali, were born
since Franklin D. Roosevelt became
President and therefore all are I'M
| der IL.
Ladies Garry Violets.
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
came down the steps wearing a sill
yer fox jacket and bearing a huge
bouquet of white violets. She called
Johnny" When he turned she was
evidently assured that he was all
right. Her husband, 1t. Col. John
Boettiger, was standing in the group.
She was joined moment later by
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt Faye Emer-
SOM, wearing a mink coat and
carrying as large bouquet of blue
violets. Then Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt came down the steps wearing
sky-blue coat and a mink scarf.
William Scoop Crawford, son of
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, and Diana
Hopkins were with the Roosevelt
grandchildren.
Harry Hopkins, with the brim of
his felt hat turned up, left the as
semblage of notables on the balcony,
came downstairs and stood below
the children looking up.
The Marine Corps Band struck up
Eel CAPTAIN" at 11:25 o'clock. The
canvas over the snow in the space
reserved for diplomats, Congress
members and the press, gave cir
Gus atmosphere to the gathering at
first but the cold soon dismissed
that. There was nothing to pro-
tect the State committeeman and
the One Thousand Club members
behind the rope from getting cold
! feet. They stood in the snow.
Mrs. Wilson Present.
The newsmen were busy Identify
ing the personages in the balcony.
There was Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
making one of her few Washington
public appearances and looking very
well.
The tall figure of Bernard M.
Baruch, financier and adviser to
both President Wilson and Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, ap-
peared. Samuel I. Rosenman, presi-
Dental adviser, was swapping pic
lures from the balcony rail.
War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes came down the steps to
chat with friends and then re-
turned TO the balcony. Fred M.
Vinson, director Of economic stabi-
lization, was walking about on the
canvas below.
The most dressy items of tailor
ing on the balcony were the triple
gold fourrageres on the shoulders
OF young marine officer, one of the
Presidents military aides.
Col. James Roosevelt, who has
stood behind his father at all four
inaugurations, and who wore the
blue parade uniform of the Marine
Corps at the last one, was wearing
an overseas cap and a field uni
form with the ribbons of his service
in several theaters of the war.
Admiral William D. Leahy,, chief
of staff to the Commander in Chief
Gen. George c. Marshall, Army chief