Show ably as a result of the exposure Extravagances and balls go back to Dolly Madison and there will be at least three galas next week Martin Van Buren introduced an unusual touch of pageantry when he ordered a very handsome phaeton built of wood from the frigate Constitution for the inaugural ' procession More recent parades have been graced by everything from elephants and Alaskan dog teams to a sheriff’s posse riding palominos floats decorated with d blondes a torpedo boat resembling the one JFK commanded and a man costumed like Buffalo Bill riding a bison - One bugaboo has been the weather The’ day before the Kennedy curtain raiser a crippling snow- -' storm caused 10000 cars to te abandoned and 1000 people spent the night in Washington’s msin railroad station The irrepressibly festive New Frontier crowd was described as “colorful —red noses yellow eyeballs and blue hands" recent weeks trees INalong the route of the In- auguration Day parade in Washington have been sprayed with a gooey substance designed to scare starlings away by giving them a mild hot foot This "bird pur(eM is one of msnjr precsutions being taken to insure s comfortable and safe inauguration for President Lyndon B John-son and Vice President Hubert H Humphrey this Wednesday By tradition inaugurals are a strange mixture of ceremonial so- iemnity and raucous carnival la With the latter in mind the U S Park Police are preparing their horses by playing recordings of sirens car horns whistles and barking dogs for them As for security preparations the Secret Service is making elaborate plans that include helicopter surveillance and a check of all man- hole covers along the route of the inaugural parade On the big day itself detectives will be mingling with the million spectators to watch out for lawbreakers particularly pickpockets ' Despite all the precautions our 45th Presidential inauguration is certain to mure its share of mishaps Look what happened last time ft John F Kennedy’s installation recited the the Presidential podium suddenly caught lire It looked as though the inaugural would go up in smoke — until a guard rushed over with a fire' extinguisher and technicians spotted a short circuit in the wiring That day Lyndon Johnson himself pulled a snafu fluffing his oath of office as Vice President Instead of swearing that he would undertake his new duties “without any reservation or purpose of evasion” he said “without any reservation whatever" With such a bobble behind him he dui be expected to be meticulously precise on Wednesday Incoming Presidents generally have full mastery of the occasion JFK when asked whether he was excited calmly replied “Interested" That probably waa the understatement of the year But Abe caidinal As invocation mink-coate- A man His WEEK as the nation’s capital fills up with excited thousands gathered fdr social politicking the official theme of the inaugural will be “Peace” To assure a peaceful smoothly run celebration the inaugural chairman Dale Miller of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce has been directing a staff of 1100 in the herculean task of pro-- paring for parties and the parade Since this is a Texas-styi- e you can be sure the inaugural cake sliced by the President will be larger than the Kennedy the parade will be' the most breathtaking in history and the balls will be the gayest ever! A far cry from Ike’s “elegant but simple’’ inaugural the Lone Star version should be a real whopper Inevitably however the peak of riding a biton enlivened he 1991 inaugural Our nation's capital is used to hoppla when Presidents take office —but CUSHING Lyndon Johnson’s Texas-styl- e ral inauguration should be a particularly gala one ty THEODORE Lincoln nervous at his first inaugural experienced trouble with his glasses and showed considerable dismay when during his address a spectator fell crashing out of a nearby tree! Customarily the ailk top hat has been de riguenr In 1945 with the war on Franklin D Roosevelt asked guests to leave toppers at home Only two persons stubborn-l- y showed up in them one was comedian George Jesael When ‘ 617-pound-er IRWIN Dwight D Eisenhower assumed the Presidency he created a furor by ordaining that homburgs be worn Although no law compels an incoming President to make a speech none has ever resisted the temptation The shortest was at Washington’s second inaugural— 135 words The longest was William Henry Harrison’s in 1841 He delivered an 8500-woraddress lasting almost two hours in a drenching storm and a month later he died prob d the week will be the subdued swearinritual at noon Wednesday g-in Facing Chief Justice Earl Warren will place his the President-elehand on the Johnson family Bible probably open to Chapter 18 of I Corinthians and solemnly vow to “ preserve protect and defend the Constitution of the United so help me God" States Then Lyndon Baines Johnson will take office for his first full term as our 86th President ct ‘ s— COVER: Fbunily HfeaIdyjanwg it f r Roy Pinneg tnaps parrot who’s a proud yeBow-bea- d a bit cool to hit note young owner but feeding time thoidd bring kirn around Read about people and pets p 1SONSSS K SAVISOW PmUimt amt wains C ' M1HCK lets sosar Hnonsou numim Chitf ftMMar BHTNISjIaMrialaraUUUr L OUOUBKI ImUw Ytm wmom— i aA HtaM 1727 W Nrcr 1 Maiia Ava --r rm-A- HI BM KASTMAN IWCU NMvfafAKtor USUIS DYKSTIA AH Mfwter ftwiau mi AOmUtha -takMw is mol NV100S HL MiM CMfa ink Moaame ano book me HL AS it mmI |