With faltering step and assisted first'
by Mr. Harding and then by the chief J
jsher of the White House, lie *11 able j
*o walk to th? automobile which eon-}
veyed him and Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. ^
Harding to the BWWtr ?:ng of the
Capitol.
One* there he manager] with in
l finite effort to walk to the President's
i room, where he put his signature to a
: few Mils of Congress. Hut that utterly
exhausted lus strength and sapped lite
resolution to proved. After less than
thirty-five minutes at the Capitol he
heodod the pleas of Mrs Wilson and
Dr. Grayson and was driven to his
now home
Hi was still the President of the
Crtlted States when he turned nts back
on the scene of so many triumphs. for
l it was then onh twenty minutes (mat
12 o'clock- actual time, for they kept
turning the clock to noon >ut one
hour later as h? ^,it at i in he&n in
the house in S nt?*ert he was Wood
row Wilson, private citlaen. and the
cheers of thousands were risinr for a
new TYesldent and for a new era.
Th^s?' ?>p!><o<].-? n;?>nf\ striking heme
?o th* faith anil hope an?J to tho quick
sympathies of th?- people, w-ere sufficient
In themselves to rnako this Inauguration
memorable had I here been no other
'features Pomp was lacking and the
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