INAUGURATION DAY AT WASHINGTON.
My Own Private Opinion—The Little “Sons of War” Feeling
Bad—Brutal Mothers—Our Heroes—Later Festivities—A Lively
Time—The Mighty Drum-Major—“Taken for a Nigger”—Magnificent
Display—The Oldest Regiment in the States—Sketches of
Well-known Men—Blacque Bey—Full Turkish Costume—The Japanese
Minister—The Supreme Court—Congress Alive Again—The
Valedictory—Taking the Oath—“The Little Gentleman in the Big
Chair”—His Little Speech—His Wife and Family Behind—The New
President—Memories of Another Scene—The Curtain Falls, 269