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Show j RAINY FOURTH OF MARCH. Damp Weather a Traditional Feature of Presidential Inaugurations. A feature that seems to bo so much a part of our presidential Inaugurations In-augurations that it has passed Into tradition is tho weather. Ever since Inaugurations havo been held out of doors tho elements havo seemed seem-ed to conspire to rob tho ceremonies cere-monies of a part of their Impresslve-ness. Impresslve-ness. Tho early part of March Is inevitably in-evitably a rainy season in Washington, Washing-ton, and tho majority of tho presidents presi-dents have looked out over a waving sea of umbrellas as they delivered their Inaugural address. Thero have been many movements to change tho date of this ceremony to a more clement clem-ent season, as an appalling list of deaths Is Invariably consequent upon tho enforced or voluntary oxposure, but it is doubtful if tho time-honored arrangement will over bo altered. "Tho Fourth of March," Everybody's Magazine. |