11141-INAUGURATION DAY-1941
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United
States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the
I United States.”
March 4, 1841—“Old Tippecanoe” Harrison, Indijn fighter, rides in triumph to be inaugurated Presi
dent of the United States.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
INAUGURATION DAY in
1841 was an historic occa
sion—for several reasons.
After one of the most color
ful and riotous political con
tests in the history of the na
tion the Whigs had succeed
ed in electing a Presiden
tial candidate for the first
time. So they wece ready to
celebrate in a big way.
Despite a heavy rain, the great
est crowd that had yet attended
an inauguration crowded into
Washington to see “Old Tippeca
noe” Harrison become President.
A salute of 26 guns at daybreak
heralded the opening of the big
celebration.
Early in the morning a car
riage, drawn by four white
horses, presented by the Whigs of
Baltimore, called for him at his
hotel. But the general insisted
upon riding horseback to his in
auguration. Mounted on a white
charger, with an escort of mount
ed marshals, he rode to the Capi
tol, holding his hat in his hand
and waving it to the cheering
crowds massed along his route.
Behind him streamed “Tippe
canoe clubs” from Virginia and
Maryland, dragging floats on
each of which was mounted a log
cabin with a hard cid^r barrel in
front and a coonskin nailed to
the door. Prophetic of the new
industrial era just opening in
America was a power loom,
mounted on a wagon, sent there
by a factory at Laurel, Md.
More than 50,000 persons gath
ered before the east portico of
the Capitol to hear his inaugural
address—and they heard the
longest speech that any President
had ever given on that occasion.
He stood for an hour, without
hat or coat, in the biting wind
until he had finished. But that
was only the beginning of his
hardships.
All the afternoon he stood in a
receiving line at the White House,
greeting the thousands who
streamed past him to shake his
hand. That night there were
three inaugural balls and the old
soldier (he was 68—the oldest
man ever elected President),
borne up by the excitement of the
occasion, attended all three.
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served by an American Presi
dent.
Twenty years later an even
more momentous inaugural pa
rade moved through the streets of
Washington. In a carriage was
James Buchanan, an old man in
a rusty swallow-tailed coat,
slumped down beside a tall, lanky
backwoodsman from Illinois in a
new black suit and a shining high
augurated in 1869, again soldiers
were on guard because there had
been threats against his life. But
again fears for the safety of the j
President-elect proved ground
less. Grant’s inauguration drew I
the biggest crowd that had yet
gathered in Washington for this
event. Many had to walk the
streets of the city all night be
cause the hotels w'ere filled and
March 4, 1861—Chief Justice Taney administers the oath to Abra
ham Lincoln.
hat with a gold-headed cane in
his hand.
Double files of cavalry rode on
each side of the carriage as it
moved along Pennsylvania ave
nue and riflemen were stationed
on roofs commanding the thor
oughfare. For men in the South
had sworn that Abraham Lincoln
should never be sworn in as Pres
1 ident of the Disunited States. But
March 4, 1913—Woodrow Wilson takes the oath of office.
After the last ball was over,
the general returned to the White
House but he was too tired to
sleep. Tremors of exhaustion
shook his body as he stumbled
into bed. Outside his window an
owl hooted all night and the next
morning the general complained
that a howling dog had kept him
awake. Negro servants in the
Executive Mansion shook their
heads ominously. It was a “sign,”
they said. And they were right.
For within a month President
William Henry Harrison died of
the cold he had contracted while
reading his inaugural address.
His had been the shortest term
the journey was made without un
toward incident.
A few minutes later the tall
lanky man came out on the east
portico, to be greeted by only the
taintest of cheers. Then, stand
ing before Chief Justice Taney of
the Supreme Court, he took the
oath of office. As he drew the
manuscript of his address from
his pocket, he could find no place
to put his hat. So Stephen A.
Douglas, his old friend and po
litical enemy, stepped forward
with the remark “If I can't be
President, at least I can hold the
President’s hat.”
When Ulysses S. Grant was in
they could obtain no lodging.
Grant laid aside his inevitable
cigar when he was sworn in but
disappointed the crowd by not
wearing his uniform of blue.
Throughout the reading of his in
augural address his little daugh
ter, Nellie, who had slipped away
from her mother, stood beside
him and held his hand.
His second inauguration took
place on one of the coldest March
fourths ever recorded in the na
tional capital. Many people were
frostbitten, as were some of the
West Point cadets who paraded
without their overcoats. The in
augural ball \ as a failure be
cause the building was so cold
that the musicians could scarce
ly play, the refreshments were
frozen solid and none of the
guests dared remove their outer
wraps.
Wilson’s first inaugural was lit
tle more than a triumphal pro
cession of Democrats celebrating
their first victory since Cleveland
and it was marked by the pres
ence of suffragists in the parade.
It was marked also by the first
illumination of the capital by
searchlight. His second inaugu
ration was without the customary
festivities, due to the threat of
war hanging over the nation.
Again a President-elect rode to
and from the Capitol between
lines of heavily-armed soldiers
and with armed watchers on the j
roof tops. A cold, misty rain- ;
storm added to the gloom of the
occasion. It sent the President
to bed with a cold, thus giving
impetus to the demand that In
auguration Day be moved for-1
ward to April, as it had been when
our first President, George Wash
ington, was sworn in.
Instead the date was moved
back to January 20 and the first
President to take his oath of of
fice on that date was Franklin
D. Roosevelt, who will take
it again on January 20, 1941—for
the third time!
WHO’S
NEWS I
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F, PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
VIEW YORK.—Just how far Dr.
Amulfo Arias, new president of
Panama, will co-operate with the U.
S. A. in defending the Canal Zone
g- . a if • has been a
Cuban Allegiance topic of con.
To Hemisphere siderable ar
l. r% *.• gument in the
Is Bit Dubious last 8everal
weeks, some of it out in the open.
Several correspondents have flicked
the president with charges of Fas
cist leanings and have quoted him
as saying that any grants for naval
bases would not of necessity be lim
ited to the United States. Not nec
essarily as a riposte to these thrusts,
he now pledges co-operation with
his northern neighbor, but makes
certain qualifications. He proposes
to abandon no sovereignty and de
mands "understanding and unself
ishness from the United States.” ,
Which seems fair enough at this
distance.
President Arias, son of a wealthy
cattle-raiser, attended Hartwick col
lege, Oneonta, N. Y., took a bache
lor of science degree at the Uni
versity of Chicago, and a medical j
degree at Harvard. He began prac
tice as a surgeon, but was diverted
to politics in 1931, being in the diplo
matic service at Paris and Rome.
At the age of 39, he is the youngest
chief executive in Latin-America.
One cause of much pulling
and hauling over the president’s
political leanings was the new
constitution which he promul
gated within 17 days of his elec
tion last fall. It withdrew citi
zenship from about 90,000 non
Spanish speaking Panamanians,
many from the West Indies,
and left them without a country.
It extended the powers of the
state in the expropriation of
property; and the president, in
decreeing its adoption, said it
would provide “state socialism
consonant with new social move
ments.” This take-off, with
many later references to a “dis
ciplined people” stirred, possi
bly irresponsible, talk of foreign
derivation of the new constitu
tion.
Good - looking, handsomely tai
lored, a facile orator, Dr. Arias was
elected by the largest majority ever
given a Panamanian president.
Washington has shown no official
concern over the liberal and left
charges of doubtful allegiance.
JOHN P. FREY, president of the
metal trades department of the
A. F. of L., announces the "no
strike” and full co-operation policy
Metal Worker.- °^a°'Jte
Chief It Firm for national de
Labor Status Quo ^Frefone
of the most eminent of the elder
statesmen of the labor movement,
is, like Ernest Bevin of England, a
staunch conservative who has
cracked down on the left-wingers
and has singled out radicals, rather
than employers as the most danger
ous foes of labor.
When the C. I. O. was estab
lished lie raked John L. Lewis
as ‘‘a tool of Moscow” and nev
er ceased firing until Mr. Lewis’
withdrawal. It is understood
that his animus is considerably
less toward Philip Murray, Mr.
Lewis' successor, and the more
optimistic among labor critics
and onlookers see hope of peace,
under the unifying stress of the
defense call. Mr. Frey has great
influence in the A. F. of L. and
his metal trade workers, nearly
a million of them, are in a key
spot.
White-haired, baldish, clerical in
appearance, facile in speech and a
ready writer and controversialist,
Mr. Frey is a veteran Jouster in
many wordy tournaments in which
he has expounded the old-line Sam
Gompers gospel of labor paddling its
own canoe and not getting caught
in any errant political or intellectual
drifts.
Gompers repeatedly warned
labor to fight shy of governmen
tal entanglements, and Mr,
Frey has carried on from where
he left off. This drive has
brought him into some violent
collisions with the New Deal
labor program. He has vigor
ously assailed the Labor Rela
tions board and the wages and
hours act.
Mr. Frey has been known as a
“labor educator” for many years.
Among the half-dozen books and
scores of labor tracts and pam
phlets that he has written, there
is only one that deviates from ortho
dox conservative opinion, “Bankers'
Domination," written in 1933 and
charging the depression to the bank
ers. He is 70 years old. He was ed
itor of the Molders’ Journal from
1903 to 1927. He has lectured on
trade unionism at the University of
Chicago, and was president of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor from
1924 to 1928.
Suede Apparel Is at New High
In Both Chic and Wearableness
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
ALL over the country stores that
set the fashion pace are dis
playing new and intriguing suede
garments and accessories in tempt
ing array. Modern science has per
formed miracles in leather process
ing until suedes nowadays are as
supple and workable as any fabric,
and their colors are incredibly beau
tiful.
Suede is comfortably wearable at
any season of the year, but for mid
season and early spring it is simply
ideal. Light in weight yet dependa
bly protective, no wonder that suede
has become the “darling” of fash
ion. Women are coming to know
more and more that there is no
type of garment that fits better into
all year-round wear than beautiful
soft suede with its persuasive col
ors and its caressing “feel.”
There’s luxury, there’s chic,
there’s practicality in a coat with
turban, gloves and bag made all of
suede as worn by Dorothy Lamour
(to left in the picture). One cannot
do justice to the superb coloring
of the new suede costumes in mere
words. In 'this instance the coat
shown is of stone blue (smartly in
fashion this season). Note the inter
esting double belt treatment. The
turban, gloves and bag are in lus
cious wine red. Yes indeed, leather
is a fashion favorite in Hollywood.
Can you imagine anything more
appealing for town wear than a
dress of wine-berry colored suede
with a long suede coat in identical
color? Positjvely brainstorming both
to the observed and the observer
especially when accompanied with
beret, envelope bag and gloves done
in a lighter tone of red, is the
ensemble pictured to the right in
the trio. She carries the coat over
her arm, as you see.
Ardent golfers count their suede
two piece suits as shown centered
in the picture among favorite sport
ensembles. The skirt of this most
attractive outfit is in chartreuse,
gored to give plenty of freedom. It
is worn with a loose fitting jacket
of burnt orange suede with buttons
high at the neckline. To keep her
curls in place this athletic young
modern wears a suede flower “bean
ie” in the bright chartreuse.
Other fetching leather novelties
include nail studded boleros and
belts that show a decided trend to
ward the Western theme. Waist
length sleeveless jackets with bright
bindings and a touch of embroidery
are inspired by the South American
vests. Jerkins in unlimited style
variations, side-buttoned and in
bright colors, are grand for wear
with skirts, suits or slacks and over
countless dresses. Waistcoats with
suede fronts, knitted back and
sleeves and casual collarless cardi
gans with slide closings are stressed
with matching or contrasting tweed
skirts.
Classic one-piece suede dresses
button from neckline to waist ot
feature the slide fastener fly-front
closing. Boxy knuckle or slightly
longer coats are important as well
as the mannish notched collar mod
el with three patch pockets. Stun
ning two-piece suede suits with fit
ted jackets are extremely smart
Long coats range from the bulky
belted country coat to the dress
maker type for avenue wear.
“Beanies” and drawstring mittens
or the new “sockem mit” in colors
are suede "finds” for the college
girL Snapbrim suede classics and
berets are still favorites. A new
Pixie cap has been designed for
winter sportswear.
Clever sporty leather jewelry is
new looking with tweed suits and
sports clothes. Fringed and saddle
stitched collars and gauntlets reflect
the cowboy influence.
IBeli'aw^ by Western Newspaper Union.)
Glitter Accents
Nothing glitters like a diamond!
This pretty girl with vanity mir
ror in hand is examining her un
usual diamond clips. One clip is a
lotus blossom, the other the lotus
leaves. Clips that take apart make
interesting news. In the picture
this young modern wears her clips
separately, with striped jersey jack
et and cap to match in keep
ing with the new vogue for dra
matic jewels with simple dress. On
her evening gown she will wear
them together to form a complete
jeweled flower. Her bracelet is in
the new diamond “lace” design, like
a band of lace with invisible clos
ing. And she is a bride! Her ring
finger wears one of the new oblong
solitaires and the narrowest possi
ble diamond band.
Gas Mask Filter
Used in Footwear
A gas mask and a woman’s shoes
are two very different themes we
admit and it has been left to science
to relate them. And here’s how!
Since the war and the necessity for
personal protection came experi
ments and improvements on the gas
mask of 1914-1918. Inventors took
old gas masks apart, put new ones
together, substituting, adding and
perfecting with the result a new
filter has been developed.
Since then it has been discov
ered that when specially treated this
filter was found to have the quali
ties which make an ideal medium
for innersoles. So now you can get
shoes, by making known your wants
to your salesperson, with “insole
ated” innersoles that actually do re
lieve “burning feet,” the ailment
generally conceded to be the cause
of foot fatigue and the many foot
ills following it.
Something that would establish a
normal foot temperature would ac
complish the cure, doctors said, and
onco-insole-ated does just that. This
new comfort-giving sole which new
est smartly styled shoes have also
acts as a shock absorber and is
molded with first wearing to the in
dividual contours of the foot.
The fact that insulation is put to
good use in shoe as well as gas
mask construction is just one more
indication of American ingenuity. It
gives us one more reason for being
glad to be Americans in that our
women are buying shoes for the
protection of feet instead of gas
masks for the protection of life.
Gems of Thought
We few, we happy few, we
band of brothers. — Shake
speare.
Oh, give us the man that
sings at his work.—Carlyle.
Sir, I look upon every day to
be lost in which I do not make
a new acquaintance.—Dr. John
son.
Nothing leads to good which
is not natural.—Schiller.
They that desire but few things
can be crossed but in a few.—Jeremy
Taylor.
He is our friend who loves
more than admires us, and
would aid us in our great work.
—Channing.
Calm in Danger
True courage is cool and calm.
The bravest men have the least
bullying insolence, and in the time
of danger are found the most se
rene and free.—Shaftesbury.
Truth Driven Out
In excessive altercation, truth is
lost.—Syrus.
The Smoke of
Slower-Burning
Camels gives you—
EXTRA MILDNESS
EXTRA COOLNESS
EXTRA FLAVOR
AND
than the average of the 4
other largest-selling ciga
rettes tested—less than
any of them — according
to independent scientific
tests of the smoke itself.
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