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Show MKT. JOHN TLHR. WASHINGTON-. When Warren O . Harding takes oath of office on March 4, as twenty-ninth president , ! of the United States Miss Jane Wilkes ' of Washington expects to attend her twenty-second Inaugural. Miss Wilkes was born in 182$. Sir? ; probably has been present at morr in-. in-. augural ceremonies than any other living person, for In the entire history I of the country there have been only 1 twenty-eight, and Miss Wilkes has wlt-! wlt-! nessed twenty one of these. HER i LRS1 i i .i R i , i The first inauguration I can ro- member was that of Martin Van I Buren." said Miss Wilkes. "He took 1 office in '37. I was nine years old. Just the Impressionable age. "The ceremonies were held In the i Capltoi. They were to have been out- side, but the weather turned bad. I remember it was considered a very I grand affair. The retiring president i ancl Mr. Van Buren went up to the Capitol In a carriage drawn by four I horses." Mlsa Wilkes is the daughter of j Rear Admiral Wilkes. U. S. N.. of the Mexican and Civil wars As Lieutenant Wilkes he headed an Antarctic ex-' ex-' pedltlon sent out by the government in ii:is. and la famous historically for having discovered and charted tho Lj'j?f. T . jTl-rH hOUSe, and my first introduction tc YWfVX, Vl the famous Dolly." Miss Wilkes re- V, " , "Lji ! called with a twinkle "I was so fSSSMSNw " L ; J-' -:' IsjSSBSi lranCC 1 tried to P ' ij ''v. ii-'niJF?IPBfl hide la hind my mother's skirt.-1. stfJr'.swWfti fifT jZzJyjxjLjun "She was verj tall and wore hoi iARlfS MONROTI i Antarctic continent. And Wilkes It wjls who took Mason and SI 1-1 ell off the British mall packet "Trent" as they were on their way to England during the Civil War to intercede for i recognition of ihe Confederacy, i LAI i i) "x i u in i E HOI SI As the daughter of such an officer. Jane Wllke.j. now a lovely old lady with Snowy hair, has been an Important Import-ant social figure in the most exclu- I Bive official life of tho nation. She j remembers playing t the While House when a little girl. "There used lo be lots of parlies i at the White House for children." ' sild Miss Wilkes, "particularly dur- lng President Tyler's administration. i I was there som any times I can't re- j member!" When Miss Wilkes was a youne Klrl : her father bought the historical Madison Madi-son House, now occupied by the Cos- I mos club. Just a square from the i White House. i "I remember my first visit to that .....v KiisKni h 1JJJJJJJJJ .ringlets over her forehead. And she r'l I wore a white turban wound round and 1 S round her head. ll "It v.a- the custom then for ladies lil , to put on turbans when going lo re- Ibbbbbbw celve company grandly." Ml KM W LIN CO Lit WELL Miss Wilkes knew President Lincoln H very well. General McClellan. Lin-coin's Lin-coin's chief of staff, lived' Just rouruj the corner from Madison House, nnd Miss Wilkes says the president often walked over to the general's, On his ' way it was his habit to stop and chat with' Admiral Wilkes' wife and daughter. "If you Just looked at Lincoln." ' says Miss Wilkes, "he was an ugly "j man. But If you talked with him. Seeing his eyes and hearing his voice. 1 he became beautiful.'' I Miss Wilkes lays that of the twenty-one twenty-one inaugurals she has attended that i r held for President Taylor was the ! l most elaborate1, while in a social way . f the administrations of President j CIi 1 1 land led all others. el |