Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1925, Page 61

MAGAZINE SECTION ILLUSTRATED FICTION AND FEATURES The Suntay Star HUMOR Part 5—8 Pages WASHINGTON, DG , BUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3 1925 ‘Inaugural Event Is Coolidge’s Eighth in Nine Years BY GEORGE HEN Calvin Coolidg dent on next cer: the 4th of will be his in nine of the it inaugural mony once, Vice President o Governor of twice, and Lieutenant Bay State One year In a buildi ded of the Massac three times. that e of nite it 1 in was ¢ suspec anoth be a was inaugurat h his parade, enlivened What appears of all to Washin that none of days weatlhier may be rated : s without night byt two of t er of rem nians is t as most by a kb Massachuset ol ited 1 Edward B ey were induct and Coolidge were Wells, then pr Senate, before Ca e adminis vined and £ hot as Lieutena chusetts ideal the vernor January 6, 1 an W attractive feminin ating preced salute Bl power guests tha w itted Stat oceasion Whitman o Admirz] Rob also witness this were “harles S ear on J he the McCall the oth. all of had attend cere s war Be of Rhode who had just ed from The weather extren ng's Gov with Boston at h C This bitter cold f & rr zurated f 1 in a ot Go rson Massa- nant ceded Ce lucte The da ing his went hours befo: schedu his former chief, Gov tended sat for gubern nd ot ded another in joint conv of the House and routine m nd receiv ys, the Butler s of office one goverr to r phot having : tion in the ch Representative and mili 1 aving arri notified the t governor-e to receive d b arin ppeared, esco Arms Pedric d was then he oatl tster goverr ident cial MeNight, Th ma rd P the Se ouncements were Secretary Albert P and were reccived with applause the galleries, which found an e the booming of cannon on E Commen, prociaiming through shot salute that 2 change of 2 tion had been effected Coolidge then 1 addr The wed his attentively, many points wit A of State the nouncement that the governor and li governor, with their resp would receive in the Flags, after which the party withdrew An instance of the widely Coolidge simplicity was man on this occasion in the flowers which generally bedeck: Representatives rations. did not pass unnoticed, accord the Boston papers, one of wh describing the ceremonies, said “A feature of the inaugural remarked Dby many wa abse of floral Here and th a bouquet was seen on the desk of the legislators, but none adorne speaker's or clerk's desk, be seen in other parts of the ber where they have appear: past Coolidge of plause made ant wives, he was total Gov, a Vermont None of | was followed by a| Among al, and | England ering but 20 compara nce attending which are sembled ernor-elect lect that all wearing and lieut Langtry Iminis- delivered audience receiv was then Hall of gubernatorial chamber for inaugu- This departure from custom decorations or were PORTER. e takes | the oath of office as Presi- | United States | March eighth years. United husetts arefully ted at time h farm- m were a band arkable he fact inaugu. ich oc- lizzard States ed into sworn esident a joint of the esenta- pitol in tration overnor of the | he was inducted into office | President’s inaugural | | d | »nelu- Gov. | TeCall on in Ho s staff M It - miling skies, s has vernor t gov- | of the| t - thef there | in| the Gov. rt E ed the | gov- | nuary | fall of ted p.m gov- d the rence Island, lurope. 1d, the de- com- or the the v. Me- to the | terms to ng H gov- istra- bolidze mmon- d into y was char- to the re the aled to atters, ed the Bible nor to amber and eaders ved, a them y Ser- & the the dmin- nt e offi de by from | cho in 3oston | a 17- his fol- | h ap- euten- pective ralded ifested | absence of | cities ed the ing. to ich, In which the to be individual | London d the to cham- ed in | | ath of office | | Attended Induction of Pres Where Galvin Cooli ive tin office F Bostorn. Pregident Coojidde pitching nay on the farut whereghe Iioolo ‘UMig oallu of offide after the cleati of President Harding. UrclerwoodrsVnderuooct. ident at Beginning of Present Term, Photodraph 0 Calvin Coolidge taken just pe- fore fie became awmenber o thes Massachuseths legisiature v PH A 10 many floral tributes, which were d to decorate his office, later being sent to the hospitals about the city. Among the guests this first gubernatorial inauguration was Frank W. Stearns, Boston mer- chant and undisputed claimant of th title, “The Original Coolidge Man. During the following year Mr. Stearns started his first presidential boom for Coolidge and helped the Massachusetts governor obta na- tional recognition for the first time. Hence, at the beginning of his second term, on January 8, 1920, it was ex- pectedl that Coolldge wauld make his message to the Legislature a ve- who al witnessed hicle for his opinions on natio issues. But “Silent Cal” lived up to his name and delivered a compara- tively brief inaugural address, in which he spoke almost exclusively about State matters. * k x ¥ OOLIDGE'S second inauguration as governor, like his first, was performed with dignified formalities, but without pomp, and the weather man again was obliging and fur- nished a made-to-order day. The only unusual feature of the exercises was a concert by the 1st Corps Band, which had been arranged by Adjt. Gen. Stevens as a surprise to the governor. This was believed to be Variety in PARTS, January 15. F you want to see 2 mixed crowd of the world's money-spenders you must come to Monte Carlo of Nice or Cannes or somewhere along the Riviera. New York and all and London, of course, can shop specimens of all the races and colors of men. But if you look only at the one class of well dressed money-spenders you find them tar- red more or less with the same na- tional brush. What they used to call the church paradé in New York is made up of men and women who would be known anywhere for Ameri- cans, and so people taking the air in look English. No one can say that of Monte Carlo. In the hotel where I have been there were 17 Holland “Indians,” so- called because they had lived in Java. You do not catch them passing the big American personally received Winter in ghe chilly dl:nyu of Hol- A 4 land. There were 30 English “In- dians,” old officers and officials and their women, and all able to tell stories more startling than Kipling’s, and they, too, were trying to keep the sun {n their bones. There were perhaps a couple of dozen new-rich French families, and they were striving to get into the movement, There were Germans, coming and going with an air of uncertainty, and very often affecting to speak Eng- sh, and, not at all as numerous as before the war. There was a Hindu Rajah of clear- cut profile like a cameo in vellow marble with a staff running down the scale to dark, very dark, and black, straight hair. There were Egyptians with faces like those you see on mummies, and an Oxford accent. There were a doz- en Spanish-Americans with the-fin- nal|the first time a band ever gave a concert in the State Capitol in con- nection with an inauguration of a governor. On_ this occasion the Representa- tives' chamber proved hardly large enough to accommodate those en- titled to admission, and many guests were obliged to stand. The assem- blage that witnessed the ceremonies numbered more than 1,000 and in- cluded former governors, legislators, members of the judiciary and State and natfonal officials. The governor's father, Col. John C. Coolidge, and his two sons, John and Calvin, jr. occupied front seats during the cere- mony. In the gallery, which was re Races Seen at Monte Carlo est dresses and richest jewels in the house. And North Americans? Well, the citizens of the United States were also mixed. Not all were millionaires, for this is the day of travel agencies by which the moder- ately well off profit. Not all went to the gaming tables with the expecta- tion of breaking the bank, though most of them took fivers and some played heavily. But all were pene- trated to their inmost bones with the spirit of excitement. Missouri, they s —but” the 75 Americans just wanted to see. From carnival 2nd masked ball to eating In the swell restaurants and staring at wo- men's dresses on the promenade—he, and particularly she, wanted to see. As for the sun, why, they had all of that at home—Florida, California and the rest. Winter sports up in the mountains above Nice by a sliort automobile trip, why, one Milwaukee wants to know in my hotel Photograph laken wheun Presicle fied that ke had received the Republican nominatiow. President, Who Is Soon to Enter Upon Full Term as Head of Nation, Has Taken Oath of Public Office Five Time ; Washington and Once in Plymouth, Vt.—AIll Ceremonies Have Been Simple—Always Favored by Fair Weather During that time he has been inaugu. | rated President of the United States | as He Was Absent From Capital. 4t P1 , ynouth, V. ho the deatimof President Harding. T Unusual e of the Presidents father, John C.Coolidge Thelatber admin- istered the oati of office 1o Iis son after nt Coolidge was wota- . A i in Boston, Once in | | Circumstance | @ UNDERWDOD 5 YNDERWIAD, served for ladies, Mrs. Coolidge was host to Mrs. Andrew I. Goodhue, her mother; Mrs. John C. Coolidge, the governor's step-mother; Mrs. Chan- ning H. Cox, wife of the lieutenant governor, and Mrs. -Charles Sumner Bird. blizzard would bury the whole Medi- terranean coast. No, mixed life—all these money-spending people of every nationality in the world, curious, dif- ferent—that is what they want to see. And they dc see. We had one very perfect specimen of the South American millionaire— at least, he was making millions fly. He never appeared until 8 o'clock in the evening, when he posted himself in the hotel hall in faultless dinner attire. Shortly his wife would ap- pear in a stunning new dress; he kissed her hand as loyally as if he were still courting her, and the two moved off for the night. His French, like his manners, were perfect, and there was no pretension. Suddenly there was a rumor in the hotel and every one began waiting to see him when he came down. “He won a million and a half francs last night at the Casino.” “He lost two milllons last night.” And so it went. After the exercises and the recep- tion in the Hall of Flags, Mrs. Cool- idge gave a luncheon at the Women's City Club, and in the evening the governor entertained the members of his staff at the Hotel Touraine. Coolidge’s next inauguration oc- T took the trouble to add up on the difterent - sides and found, when I came away, that if the rumors told the truth he must have been in for five millions loss—about $250,000. He must have been able to stand-it—the completeness of his attitude never changed. Quite a different character was another:hero of the gaming tables. He was a Midwest millionaire—at least, he played llke one. He was heavy-faced and silent, not courtly, but self-possessed and well dressed. One night he, too, began winning. When he cashed in he walked delib- erately over to the bar and took a full whisky neat. Then he came back and played again. He went on win- ning, and punctuated his gains as before—liquidly. Other Americans began getting alarmed. The winnings mounted to several hundred thousand francs. Then the general, as they called him, rose, more curred on March 4, 1921, when he be- came Vice President, being the first Massachusetts man to hold that office since Henry Wilson served in Grant's second administration. Plans for a pretentious parade on that occasion were abandoned because’ Warren G. portentously solemn than ever. vis- ited the bar and stalked out into the| wide-open air. That was the last seen of him for a day and a night. Then some officious American started the 1dea that perhaps he had been waylaid and knocked out and robbed. His hotel reported that his door was locked. Finally- the hotel got alarm- ed. Banging at the door, noises out- side brought no response. A lock- smith was summoned and began operations, when a tremendous voice issued from within: “What kind of a hotel is this, where a man can't have his sleep out?” The hotel autherities and the offi- cious American disappeared rapidly down the ‘stairs. who got awhy with it. But it is not the fans of the gam- bling tables that make Monte Carlo and the Rivieralinteresting. All the people here—and they come from all | ously at 'Com_mm s the Ser It was the general | Todd County Harding, t sired for ec possible avenue = flags, and lined cluding numerous marching clubs ganizations, whi be 1 Neverthe dential party. Th Club of Washingto the Scout First and B str It was crowd do but back of stre exc keep he hed a ong The weather usual for ar Washington tha on it editorially respect it great nat are bright cool. Fe been bet of them publi. KED ) of 1 | sata n he did on tion fror At 10 mitte corted t President he the witk Knox and the ond Mrs. Harding shall, and Mr Marshall rode Member who ur Myer, ri pleted com from the C: Kn s nue. Arr tered t | door, but monies. his fr | ne ret to his 1 A touch | the half-m Senate honor of Demicrati of President members cabinet, t of Congress, tl preme Court and mats, headed I Jusserand of ¥ corps. Maj. Gen. 1 Coontz Senate, 1 Mrs. Coolidg Harding, Dr father; Mrs tinguished gue a geat on and the spec shook hands. After the cises, which i turning the ha several times sc began prom was inaugt oath of Chief Justic States Supre President th augural add to maintain the of the people’s whil ds ted V convene nary session, after tered the oath of o whose terms Congress. At the conclusion in the Senate chamber the party adjourned to the Capitol, where | ding became the twent ident of the Unite immense crowd wh ing several hours. ence, which was es the President address, whic every person pre the loud-speaking there for the first In the evening, ir time” inaugural dance was held at President Coolidge the ballroom about n observed. Mrs. Coo from another soclal direct with the Vic central box, where t the guests. h appe £t customary this in began w ball, a ely vith 3 in- Harding vocifer- Harding-Coolidge 4 almost every day for the n. The skies just bracing e included clock bac he ceremonies on, Coolldge 1 resident. The al act was t in extraord which he admi to 32 Senators ith the new executive the cast portico of Warren G. Har- ighth P d States before a ich bad been walt- o this vast aud at 100,000, inaugural me: t being used place of the “old- child-welfare the Willard. Vice elipped quietiy into mi ight, almost u lidge arrived later, T tion, and went e President to the hey were greeted by Simple and strange as this inaugural seemed to resident. Coolidge's inauguration emergency being an and stranger still recalls, it was sole father's farmhof Vt., where the Vice for his Summer The Coolidge Iy after midnight A a messenger new that Presiden aroused of as one— Washing Presiden as simpler As almost every one mnly performed in use near Plymouth, President had gone ugust the t Harding several hours before in San F A telephone wire and Coolldge tal Hughes in him to take the oat for Washington Arrangements wef the President's fat Coolidge, who is a son the oath of office. ence of his chauffeur and mer Vermont farm hand and swore to tution of the Unit thus become Ame President at 2:47 a of August 3, 1 wife, 4 9 23 Calvin Coolidge” retired. he left for Washing Washington, few as ha ed ily with & who h of offi installed cretary notified e and start re quickly made for her, Col. John C. notary, to give his Then in the pres- secretary, his neighbors the for- boy ralsed his right defend the Consti- ed States. rica’s twenty m. on the morning “calm and cautious The next day ton, Prisoners Wait Turn. HAT “guest whereby bootle Minneapolis are jails is beginnirg from the home fo s.ate Long Prairie was that no more “g sent there for som have several local to be in Jail,” the world—are a holy show. STERLING HEILIG, “but they will h turns.” sentenced the sheriff e prisoner” eERers cc system icted in to rural protests Ik. The sheriff of ed that his jail at full and requested sest prisoners” b e time to co I parties who ought plained, the to evoke to w