Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1925, Page 11

v 'FIRST INAUGURAL, USED AS MODEL NOW, WAS IMPROMPTU CEREMONY Washington’s Trip From Mount Vernon to New York Required Two W eeks—First President Nervous During Address Before Senate. America's fir although of an 30 far as th t inaugural ceremony impromptu characte rogram of events W oncerned, and despite the evident rervousness of all invoived, not cepting Gen. Washington himself, set the standard f 1l subsequent wugurations On that occasic tary and civie >resident-eleet Capitol” (the; New York cf the Federa and the was canr inaugur ing bal p to the first April 30, 1789, are comment , on of special Trip Took Two Weeks ngton left Mount Vernon for »rk on the morning of April 16, two weeks before the date set for his office. His entire trip ade by carriage over poor 5 except for the leg, fro izabethport to New 3 which was made by boat Having mad dericksburg d-bye trip _ tc mother out witl bid ! his started n Mr. The ind stopped overnight where he tendered was this der overcome nstrati the next n, he & of Alexandrian back, and half way to Georgetown was met by & large group of men and bovs from that place. He continued without much delay to Baltimore, ac- companfed by an escort of men from | Georgeto d at Grant's Tavern the same night- good | traveling in t ot dirt and carrl wit orgetow was esc 30 Next Dav. Washing! with the | mington amid the booming the shouts of the people delegation of Baltimoreans ended to ride to Wilming- ton as an escort were induced to re- turn to their own city by Washing- ton. Near Wilmington ho W by amother large group of who made several speeches come, and he was th to the Delaware-Pennsylvi en route to Philadelphia. The latter city had made great * preparations to recelve Gen. Wash- ington, expending $1,000 for a mili- tary reception. Early Monday morn- ing the President-elect arrived at Chester, had breakfast, forsook his carriage temporarily for a white horse, and headed for Philadelphia. Enormous crowds halled him as he arrived there. Tho city was gor- meously decorated with flags, flowers and victory hes, and beneath one of the arches Washington halted long enough to have a laurel wreath placed on his brow. A great banguet was served in the evening at the ebrated City Tavern, at which the popular custom of having a band play during the meal was first tried out, with marked success. A large who had i Spends Night at Princetom. mo & APpril 21, he left Trenton, treading a pathway of flowers at the latter place. He spent the night at Princeton with Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon, and left Wednes- ay for Elizabethport, where he stop- ped at the Public House of Gen. Smith At Elizabethport he stepped on a barge, “manned by 13 masters of and on board which was the official joint committee of Congress which was to escort him to New York He was met at the wharf in New York by & military procession, Gov. Clinton, the mayor, the French ané Spanish Ambassadors and other dig- nitaries.. He stopped at the Franklin House. New York was a lvely town on April 30. All the taverns and board- ing houses were overflowing and the reots were filled. The day opened with the firing of a salute by the artillery at Fort George. At 9 a.m. all the church bells rang out. At noon the military marched to the presidentlal headquarters on Cherry street, followed by the congressional committee and the heads of the prin- cipal Government departments. The inaugural parade began shortly after- ward, with Col. Morgan Lewis in com- mand. Gen. Washington proceeded in the state coach, drawn by four horses, 0 the Federal Building, accompanied in the rear by Gen. Jay, Gen. Knox and Chancellor Livingston, who was to administer the oath. The militia made a fine showing, historians state, two companies of grenadiers attract- ing particular attention, as one was composed of the tallest young men in | town and the other exclusively of Germans. Building Crowded. for The Federal Buflding was crowded to the point of suffocation long be- fore ndon. The Senate was extremely nervous wbout how to act during the ceremony ——whether the members should stand or sit. A spirited debate was launched and parliamentary prece- dents were looked for in vain and finally John Adams had to leave to meet Gen. Washington without first getting his instructions on this point, a8 presiding officer. Then another debate arose as to how to recelve the clerk of the House, and right in the midst of the argu- mentati by the distinguis Sen- ators the debate was settled by the sudden entry of the Speaker of the Hpouse, followed by the House members. W n the President-elect arrived the “Capitol” he was met by the congressional committee, the chair- man of which excitedly announced | Washington’s coming to the assem- bled Congress. At this Juncture Chancelior Livingston nearly had | heart failure when he discovered that there was no Bible {n the building for the swearing-in rite. Being grand master of Masons, however, he re- called having seen one in' the St. John's lodgeroom, mnearby, and a courler hurried there and brought [[} back. \ Thousands See Ceremony. Washinton then entered th gallery, in the | hamber, accompanied by Adams ! Clinton and Chancellor The gallery looked out treet, where thousands of citizens were jammed togeths When the shancellor approached, Washington, dreswed in a dark brown sult, with metal buttons and with his hair pow- dered, arose and listened attentively to the oath, and as the open Bible was lifted, kisced it reverently. Chancellor Livingston oried, “Long iive Georgs Washington, President of the United States.” Returning at once into the Senate chamber, Washington pulled out a roll of manuscript and began read- ing his inaugural address. He was very nervous and “fidgety” through- @ut the reading, and a gesture or two .o attempted ended awkwardly. His| whole body was trembling. { From the Senate chamber he was escorted to St. Paul's Church, where the chuplain of the Senate conducted rervices, with speclal prayers for ‘Washington and the singing of “Te Livingston. | on Proad | display ex- | tn- | {into the records. Deum.” Preaident Washington then | returned to his officlal residence. At night there wuas an elaborate f fireworks, lasting over two hours. Washington watched the show from Chancellor Livingston's home and returned on foot to his quarters, 4 carriage being usel because of *be congestion in the streets Washington noted perticularly the Numinated portraits of himselt hung over muny of the inns and saloons. One of the most attractive of these et it is said, was at a promi- cnt beer house, Lut he did not go there to see It because of his aver- slon to such places, his biographers voint out. The inaugural ball took plate May 7 in the Assembly rooms, on Broad- way. Details of this affair are not reedily svallable, but it must have eclipsed anything of fits kind ever stuged in Washington's time. VARIED WEATHER MARKS INAUGURALS Prior to Civil War, Skies Were Friendly, But Since Reverse Has Been True. It has often been wondered why our forefathers gave so little thought to inauguration day weather, as evi- ienced by the fact that only in recent ears has there been urgent talk of setting the day forward a month or so in order to avoid “March 4 weather.” The reason Is readily apparent to one who takes the trouble to delve It is simply that before the Civil War the majority of | fnauguration days had been about as desirable, from the weather stand- point, as could have been wished. Since that time the average has been just the reverse, with weather ranging from wintry rains to genuine blizzards. Ladies Were Indignant. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Buchanan, all were blessed with smiling skies, al- though Monroe's second {naugural was marred by snow and rain, and Jackson's escorts marched up the Avenue In mud left over from the week before. Willlam Henry Har- rison, in 1841, was greeted with cold and cloudy weather, but the streets were not muddy and the paraders en- joyed the march. Polk, four years later, rode to the Capitol in a cold downpour of rain and over streets that plastered the gay uniforms of the escort battalions with Pennsyl- vania avenue mud. Writers of the time tell of the indignation of ladies and their faultlessly attired gentle- men at being forced by obdurate guards to dismount from their car- rlages at the foot of the Capitol grounds and walk through the rain and mud up the hill to the ceremony. Taylor's inaugural day dawned bright and agreeable In 1349, but Plerce's, four years later, was less favorable, with'a raw wind and plenty of slush to wade through on the Avenue. It seems the street cleaning department was not 50 active in those Grant’s Innugurations Gloomy. Buchanan, in 1857, had a fine March and so did Lincoln on his first in- uguration in 1861, but four years ater the era of favorable inaugural fays began to wane. That year the treets were wet and muddy. In 1869 Grant's inaugural day was gloomy and rainy, and in 1878 Grant's second cere- mony was the chilliest recorded up to that time, with the temperature 4 de- grees above zero, high winds roaring along the line of march and much suf- fering rife among the marchers and spectators. From then until recent times the majority of March 4s have been anything but springlike. Two out- standing examples were those’ of 1893, when Cleveland went back Into the White House, and in 1909, when Taft took office in the midst of one of the worst blizzards Washington had ever experienced. Weather Man’s Record. Here, briefly, is how the weather man treated the inaugurations of each of our Presidents: Washington, April York), good. Washington, March 4, 1793 (Phtla- delphia), good. Adams, March 4, 1797, good. Jefferson, March 4, 1801, good. Jefterson, March 4, 1805, good. Madison, March 4, 1809, good. Madison, March 4, 1813, good. Monroe, March 4, 1817, good. Monroe, March 5, 1821, snow. J. Q. Adams, March 4, 1825, good. Jackson, March 4, 1828, good. Jackson, March 4, 1833, good. an Buren, March 4, 1837, good. ‘W. H. Harrison, March 4, 1841, cloudy, cold. Polk, March 4, 1845, rain, cold. Taylor, March 5, 1848, good. Pierce,” March 4, 1853, wind, slush. Buchanan, March 4, 1857, good. Lincoln, March 4, 1861, good. Lincoln, March 4, 1865, muddy. Grant, March 4, 1869, rainy. Grant, March 4, 1873, cold wave. Hayes, March 5, 1877, rainy. Garfield, March 4, 1881, snowstorn. Cleveland, March 4, 1885, clear. Benjamin Harrison, March 4, 1889, rainstorm. Cleveland, March McKinley, March 4, 1897, clear. McKinley, March 4, 1901, good. Roosevelt, March 4, 1905, cold. Taft, March 4, 1909, blizzard. Wilson, March 4, 1913, cloudy, mild. Wilson, March 5, 1317, cloudy, cold. Harding March 4, 1921, cold wave. 20, 1789 (New 4, 1893, snowstorm. Swears In Five Presidents. Chiet Justice John Marshall admin- istered the oath of office to five Presi- dsnts—Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams. Chancellor Liv- ingston swore in Washington the first time and Justice Wiliiam Cushing of~ ficiated the second time. Chief Jus- tice Ellsworth presided at John Adams’ inauguration. AUy oy Coolidge Named for John Calvin. President Coolldge’'s baptismal name, it {s understood, was John Cal- vin, but he has never used the “John” since entering public life. In this re- spect he follows the examples set by Grant, who was christened Hiram Ulysses;, Cleveland, who was christen- ened Stephen Grover, and Wilson, who was _christened Thomas Woodro Inaugural Visitors will find a map of Wash- | ington on page 32 of to- | day’s Star, which should as- h sist them in finding their way about the city. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, Cor .C HAWRINS Commanding R-eg.ArmJ Only 17 Out of 29 Vice . Presidents Served Full Terms Six Succeed to Highest Office, Five Died, One Resigned. By the Associated Pr When Charles Dawes becomes Vice President of the United States tomorrow, he will enter upon an office in which 29 men have preceded him, but In which only 17 have served out the full term for which they were chosen. Of the 12 who fatled to complete their terms of service in the vice presidency one ,resigned, six suc- ceeded to the presidency, and five died in office. %5 John C. Calhoprt of South Caro- Itna, who won. undying.famé in the nullification debates with. Webster, also has the distinction of being the only man I -history to hand his resignatlon from. either of theitwa highest offices In the gift of the Na- tion. After serving a term as Vice President under John Quincy Adams he was re-elected to serve under An- drew Jackson, but found his opin- tons in such lent warfare with those of Old Hickory that he stepped out. The six who became President through the deaths of their chle were John Tyler of Virginia, suc- ceeding Willlam Henry Harrison; Millard Fillmore of New York, suc- ceeding Zachary ‘'Taylor; Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, succeeding Abraham Lincoln: Chester A. Arthur of New York, succeeding James A. Garfield; Theodore Roosevelt of New York, succeeding Willlam McKinles; and Calvin Coolldge of Massachu- setts, succeeding Warren G. Harding. Those who dled in.office were Wil- liam Rufus King of Alabama, elccted with Pierce; Henry Wilson of Mass- achusetts, elected with _Grant Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana, elected with Cleveland; Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey, elected with McKinley, and James S. Sherman of New York, elected with Taft. e CUSTOMS OFFICIAL ASKED TO TENDER RESIGNATION Mellon Requests Collector Murray of Hawaii District to Quit “for Good of Service.” The resignation of Customs Col- lector Murray for the district of Hawali “for the good of the service” has been requested by Secretary Mellon. Although Assistant Secretary Moss, in’ making known the Treasury's de- cision, declared Mr. Murray was not in any way involved in the recently dlsclosed smuggling scandal in Hawall, it was felt that his retire- ment was essential to a thorough cleaning up of conditions there. It was indlcated the Treasury belleved Mr. Murray had lost control of his force. GEN. ;JI;INTY#E AT HEAD. School for State Adjutants General to Open Thursday. A school of instruction: for adjutants general of all the States and the District of Columbia will be opened in Toom 2034, Munitions Bullding, Thursday morning, and will continue daily sessions until the following Tuesday afternoon. Mal. Gen. Frank Mclntyre, chief of the Militia Bu- reau, War Department, will preside at the opening exercises Thursday morning, and addresses will be made by Secretary Weeks, of staff; Maj. Gén. Hanson . Ely, presi- dent of the Army War College, and Maj. Gen. Kenzie W. Walker, chief of finance. Various questions affecting the Na- tional Guard and its relations with the Regular Army and the Reserve Corps will be considered during the eessions. . BANKER HAS PNEUMONIA. Vanderlip Reported on Way to RBecovery, However. SCARBOROUGH, N. Y, March 3.— Frank A. Vanderlip, widely known banker, who has been ill several weeks at his country home In Sear- borough, recently contracted pneu- monia, it was learned yesterday. He first had an attack of {nfluenza followed by typhold fever. Mr. Van- dvrlip was recuperating from that {when pneumonia set in. “Mr. Vanderlip is on the mend,” said Dr. Norman Barnesby, “and ir doing as well as can be expected. He had Lbeen & protty sick man” BRIG.GEN S D.ROCKENBACH MAJ.GEN. MALIN CRA Chief of Statf to Grand Marshal of 13 Grand Morshal Division : HARAI EWING RI;RADM(RAL HH MAJ.J M.WAINWRIGHT Sec. Commanding N Sec. _Command: SR Escorty ngfi':\gdt Coolidge Schedule of Chief Events During Inaugural Exercises : 10:30 am—Vice President-elect Dawes leaves his apartment at the New Willard Hotel for the White House. 11 a.m—President Coolidge and Vice President-elect Dawi accompanied by committee of Congress and a Cavalry escort, leave the White House for the Capitol. 11:15 a.m.—On arrival at the Capitol, the President goes to his room to sign last-minute legislation, and the Vice President-elect goes to the Vice President’s room. 11:30 a.m.—Senate recesses until 1 sine dte. 11:45 a.m—President and Vice President-elect, House members and distinguished-guests take places in Senate chamber. 11:50 aun.—Oath is administered to Vice President-elect. tiring President Cummins of the Senate makes brief address. ate adjourns sine dle. Noon—New Vice President calls new Senate to order and de- livers his inaugural address. New Senators are sworp in. 12:30 p.m.—Entire’ 6fficial party moves out to the inaugural platform, on the Capliol Plaza, where President Coolidge takes the oath and delivers his fnaugural addr £ 1 p.m-—President and Vice President, accompanied. by Cavalry escort, return to White House for buffet luncheon. 0 p.m.—President and Vice President take places in review- ing stand, in front of the White House, to witness the passing of the inaugural parude, occupying about an hour, and bringing the official program to a close. 46 a.m. House adjourns Re- Sen- ‘84, as presfdent. Theodore W. Doug- las, headmaster of the academy, was the principal speaker. Other officers elected were: F. B. La Forge, vice president; Mrs. L. P. Aldrich, secretary and treasurer; ex- ecutive committee, George P. West and Clarence P. Abbe. Mr. Douglas discussed the 100th an- ALUMNI GROUP BANDS. Rev. W. C. Gordon Heads Wilbur- ham Academy Organization. The Washington Chapter of the Wilburham Academy Alumni was or- ganized yesterday at a meeting in the Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, chief | niversary celebration of the academy Cosmos Club, with Rev. W. C. Gordon, | next month. 16 MAJ.GEN ANTONSTEPHAN uadron Commands 1925. ! Marshal ot 2nd Grand Division CAPTJ.R.FINLEY vggquud ronEscort- mg Vice “President. Weather Man Hit Far Wide of Mark In 1909 Forecast Declared Sun Would Shine, But Record Bliz- zard Occurred. Speaking of inaugural weather pre- dictions, consider how Forecaster Ed- | ward B. Garriott must have felt that remarkable morning of March 4, 1909, when he awoke and found that in- stead of the “splendid” weather he had confidently predicted the day be fore the heavens had let loose thelr worst collection of wintry elements. Here is the special prediction which Prof. Garriott made for this paper on March 3, 1909, and which was printed in a front-page box that afternoon: “There is every indication that to- morrow will be falr and a little cooler than today. The temperature will be about 40 degrees. This will give splendld marching weather. After showers this afternoon the storm clouds will disappear by midnight. Generally fair conditions are prevail- ing in the West."—Prof. Edward B. Garriott. Most of us remember the record- breaking blizzard that swept .over Washington that night, leveling tele- graph and telephone lines, blocking raflroad and street car traffic and causing general havoc to inaugural plans. Prof. Garriott explained that the unforeseen storm was just one of those freaky stunts that the weather will pull now and then, snd his triends added, ‘“especlally ardund March 4." ASSEMBLY POINTS OF INAUGURAL PARADE ORGANIZATIONS NORTH CAPITOL ST BOTANICAL GARDEN S.w ST 3 forsx SOUTH CAPITOL 3 No. 4, Morshal First Grand Division; Ne. 5, Command- tug officer, Army wection; No. 6, &ineers; No. 9, 56th Service Squadron, A, 8.1 N Battalion, 12th Infantry; No. 7, 13th Engineer Band: No. S, Battalion of En- 10, 3rd Cavalry Bamd; No. 11, 1st Battalion. 16th Field Artillery: No. 12, 6th Field Artillery Band; No. 14, Tank School Band and 16th Tank Battalion; No. 15, Commanding Officer, Navy section; No. 16, Quantico Marine Band and mens No. 18, Marshal, second grand division; No. 19, csrt Guring fnaugural ceremonics; Nov 31-X, Oavalry Regiment of Marines; No. 17, Navy Band and Regiment of Sea- Marime Band; Ne, 30, Governors of States; Ne. Eseort in line as President enters Oapitol. 81, Oavalry Es- | by A hundred years ago has become a | familiar phrase in the preparetions going forward to fnaugurate Calvin olidge and Charles. Gates Dawes | into the high offices to which they were elected last November. Presi- dent Coolldge is profoundly impressed the fact that just a century has been written into the National an- nals since a son of the old Bay S John ~ Quincy _Adams, became Chief Magistrate. For the President, though by birth a Vermonter, con- siders himself not only politically, | but in every essential an inheritor of the honors of the second Adams. Seven generations of Coolidges, | sprung from the immigrants John | and Mary Coolidge, who left Suffolk, England, in 1623, in the good ship Anne and landed in Watertown, now Cambridge, lived in the home carved | out of the wildernes It was the grandfather of the President who left | Massachusetts for Vermont. Charles | Gates Dawes is likewise a grandson | of Massachusetts, and both names which he bears are written most honorably in the history of that com- monwealth, Inaugurations of Presidents and in- | augural festivities gencrally, how ever, count a ¢antury and a quarter | in the civic history of the National Capital, while the supreme social achievement of the city, inaugural | balls, enjoyed a full century of favor before the custom {n its original c ception was abolished in 1913, by President Wilson. In 1817 the World | War forbade the ving of such a| fete. It was the vision of several clear-sighted women. foremost of these, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty, at the inauguration of President Harding | and Vice President Coolidge, to pro- pose a ball for benevolence instead | of the traditional levee for pomp and display alone. The splendid fete now being prepared may be written as the second under the new dispensation. Immense Crowd of 5,000 Dolly Madison's winsome figure al- most covers the eanvas in pleturing the first Inaugural ball, held in Long's Hotel on the evening of March 4, 1809, For “Jemmie,” her husband, was a shy man, and though he clung bravely to her side all through this ‘rout,” his hour had been earller, 'when,” as the chroniclers tell, ‘James Madison was sworn in to suc- ceed himself in the presence of an | immense crowd, which must have | numbered 8,000 people. | Long's Hotel, on the corner of First | jand A streets southeast, was the last word in exclusiveness and elegance when the nineteenth century was not 10 ars old, and was the scene of the Washington assemblies. Tickets for the ball were sold at the bar, along | with the National Intelligencer, which | portrayed in about five lines of type | the pleasure to be anticipated. The managers of this first of the glorious balls staged in Washington on March 4 were Thomas Tingey, John P. Van Ness, Franklin Wharton, Danfel Car- roll of Duddington, John Tayloe, | James H. Blake, William Brent, son Ir)( the mayor, Robert Brent; John Graham, A. Henderson, James Eakin, | | John Lacy and Isaac A Coles. Dancing began promptly at 7, and was conducted under the eager eyes of the officers of the assembly, and a very picturesque company it was. The ladies were in powder and patches, and their wide, beruffied skirts and dainty fichues of lace, while the cava- llers were in small clothes, and brave in the finest of satin and velvets, and buckled slippers and silken hose, and they all performed the Sir Roger De Coverley with consummate grace. Promptly at 12 the music ceased and the hotel attendants began to extin- guish the wax tapers, so there was nothing to do but home, even though reluctantly. | 8o Monroe Dressed in Haste. There were balls at both the Mon- roe inaugurations, and as it may be noted as the century of these gala events is reviewed, each occasion marks a little more ceremonial, a larger attendance and more circum- stance in the surroundings than the| preceding event. President Coolidge's | prototype, John Quincy Adams, gives a pleasant picture of both Monroe festivitles in his journal. James Mon- roe set out for the Capitol from his residence, at 133-37 F street, and Mr. Adams, who was a stickler for cor- rect apparel, notes several evidences of the haste with which he was garbed for the great occasion. The ball in 1817, as well as in 1813, was held {n the Tndian Queen Hotel, now part of the site of the National, on Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs. Monroe was not present on éither occasion, being in ill health, but she was repre- | sented by her daughter, Mrs. George | Hay. The grand manager at these | Monroe balls was Gen. R. C.| Weightman, and he was aided by Thomas Monroe, W. W. Seaton, W. A. Bradley and Richard Wallach, When John Quincy Adams was finally declared elected President by the House of Representatives a tre- mendous schism occurred in the hith- erto united forces which had sup- ported inaugural balls. The adher- ents of Andrew Jackson named a committee to give a rival ball the same evening, and did much to per- turb those In charge of Mr. Adams' induction into office. However, be- fore March 4 arrived wiser councils had prevailed, and the two commit- tees combined, with the result that the ball of 1825 stands out in the an- nals as the most brilliant until 1857, when James Buchanan became Chief Magistrate. The final committee for Adams' fete was James J. Blake, the, mayor; John P. Van Ness, William Brent, Daniel Rapine, Joseph Gales, Daniel Carroll of Duddington, David Porter, John Graham, H. Carusi, Per- rin Wells and Edward Du Val. The ball was given In the Washington As- sembly room in Carusl’s Hall and was the first to be staged outside a hotel, Came From Other Citles. { Mr. Adams had purchased from Monroe the group of houses in F street, now known as the Adams Building, and from his own home he went forth to become Sixth Presi- dent of the United States. Guests for the ball came all the way from Bos- ton, New York and other cities, and numbered almost fifteen hundred. The music was.for the first time by the Marine Band, and the excellence of the supper figures in glowing terms in contemperaneous history. In attendance and other accessories, ingugural balls had varled fortunes under Jackson, Van Buren and Wil- llam Henry Harrison. The enthusi- astic supporters of “Old Tippecano erected a temporary building in Judielary Square to add splendor to his succession, and that ball was the very epitome of elegance and beauty, but was, of course, criticized for its wild extravagance. Blg preparations were made for a ball for Gen. Zach- ary Taylor for, like Gen. Harrison, he was a martial herd and the -idol-of the peoblé. This, too, was given in a big frame bullding in the center of Judiclary "Squaré and wis the very cream of perfection, attended by ‘more than 2,000 people. President Franklin Plerce was inaugurated under sad circumstances, for only & month previous his only child, a son, just entering manhood, was killed in a railroad accident and his anguished mother rarely came to Washington during the first two years. The inauguration ceremonies at noon Were of the simplest char- acter and there were no social func- | en | paper | quadrilles {all { garlanded 1t HISTORY OF INAUGURAL BALLS DATES BACK TO MADISON’S DAY Brilliance Has Marked Fetes, W hich Have Witnessed Steadily Growing Attendance—Staging Event for Charity Has Met With Success. to the Court of St tew flourishes to and the band, the tered in the annals as performing music never heard befors. The bachelor President’s charming young nlece, then Miss Harriet Lane, after ward Mrs. R. M. Johnston, was b partner at the grand ball staged a usual in the temporary building in Judlelary Square. What s termed “a united democracy” made this ball a marvel in cerem tendance and all its accessories ier of the balls held on the of oln’s inauguration days were the previous standards. Publi per was set for enjoying light pleasures and though Alexander R. Shepherd, John Thompson and a long list of other Washington business men and bank ers spent o larg erecting a suftable bulldin ball; it was but & the promoters had deficit. The seco with but little President struck & more cheerful ne balls were in a way epochal i oni As ost count of the events of M Ja zave = inaugural ball rmania, is en ny, | Nei evening in ugurat s & turban the wes was he | wing of three balirooms edua crowd was al fm were three bs prompted The hero Appomattox and Vice President Colfax party stood receive tha at the foot of the grand stair- but Ge afterward Senator from who was major dox op dancing thers same regula- of Connect , shouted i step on.” Pension Office Used. March 4, 1 i £ records one of the ¢ ts of weather n the history of the city and calls it a “polar wave,” and the trials and tribulations ured at the solemn ceremonies of noon and later at the ball fill columns that issue. At the ball it pro possible ev to take the chill off t} porary building Square, the site of the t Pension Office. So the guests were rushed to the drinks of t £00d old times, and were at once seated to a supper at which so proudly were consumed, the news- of the day state, 200 roasted capons, 8,000 pickled oysters, 10,0 gallons of ovsters prepared in other ways, a carload of rolls and 20 gal- lons of « After this the com- pany fel wumor for the | “galop.” and E' Grant led second gen- and perhaps the ing was sent as a Grant loosed in da. The poor too miserable no hot & nd . | out Mrs. : tleman of the la went mer saddest casua some 100 or more canar special com nt from the West In the flower-decked rotu little songsters were to sing, for they had and Gen. Te man of this secor The Cleveland b: 3 |in ‘the new Pension Bu la brillian | South turned great n ball marked a ret Office, then bet balls thereafter, were staged in th Gen and 50 the Pension and all the il they ceased, rotunda. to Gorgeons Decorations Used. Res pended on decoration the bleak Office Into a salon worthy caslon. “Nero's Golden House” been dragged from Roman histo furnish a mark for draping the walls with véllow bunting and masses of flowers and the pillars and balconies with vi and blossoms have on occasion presented a gor- geous classic aspect. But though thousands of dollars were spent and the result wonderful and impressive, all inaugural balls of recent memo have crowded, and the guests we avold accldents to their gowns or their persons. They did not even, for the past years at least, make any attempt to dance, and_since 1897, when William Kinley and Garret A. Hobart wers Inaugurated, there has been no grand march and no effort to have the Chief Magistrate greet the guests. So that it is most probable that if other con- slderations did not enter the case, the inaugural balls of the old order es- tablished in 1809 must have passed out for the reason of the increasing crowd of guests and the impossibility making them comfortable It was Mrs. John Allen Dougherty, a leader in child welfare work of the District, who urged the idea of givs ing for charity what had been aban- doned for mere ostentation, and interested the proper civic authoris ties in her {deas, with the result that the first ball for charity held om March 4, 1921, at the New Willard was an overwhelming success So the old order passeth and the new dispensation is established. splendid prospect opens before th hosts of devoted workers for the sut’ cess of this ball and for its slogan “Let us sing of battles : and victories over pain and death.” This cannbt fail to appeal visiting governor and hencefortl every chief executive elected in h commonwealth may the social way by a charity ball plan ned on similar lines, for, as Mrs. Dougherty reminded her aides at the first meeting for this inaugural ball; “It was & wise man who said, ‘A na- tion progresses on the feet of its children.’ " S DECISION FOR WELLER. tion have been ex- vels of interfor ed the big of Realtor Defeats Claim for Return of Fee in Sale. The District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Chief Justice Martin, yester- day affirmed the action of the District Supreme Court, which had rendered o Judgment In favor of Joseph I Weller, Tealtor, in a suit by R. Harris & Co. to recover $10,000 paid to Mr. Weller in connection with the sale of the property at Seventh and D streets. several years ago. _— Presidents of English Ancestry. President Coolldge is of English an- cestry, as were the following other CThief Executives: Washington, John Adams, Madiso J. Q. Adams, W. H, Harrison Tyl Taylor, ilimore, Plerce, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Gar- fleld, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and Taft. Monroe Jefferson, and Hayes were § Welsh; Jackson, chanan, Arthur, MicKinlev and Wi- coteh; Polk, Bu-= tions for nearly six months. James Buchanan, having but re- eently returned from being Minister son, Scotch-Irish; Harding, Scotede Dutch, and Van Burean and Roese- velt, Duteh. f A with disease; to every, begin his term ig