. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . sons. The physicaldrain of this is very great, and if the President is not aninstructed hand-shaker a lame arm and a swollen hand soonresult. This may be largely, or entirely, avoided by usingPresident Hayess method — take the hand extended to youand grip it before your hand is gripped
. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . sons. The physicaldrain of this is very great, and if the President is not aninstructed hand-shaker a lame arm and a swollen hand soonresult. This may be largely, or entirely, avoided by usingPresident Hayess method — take the hand extended to youand grip it before your hand is gripped. It is the passivehand that gets hurt. The interest which multitudes attachto a hand-shake with the President is so great that peoplewill endure the greatest discomfort and not a little peril tolife or limb to attain it. These are not the office seekers,but the unselfish, honest-hearted, patriotic people, whose God bless you is a prayer and a benediction. They comeout to meet the President when he takes a journey, and hiscontact with them, and their affectionate interest in him, re-vive his courage and elevate his purposes. Mr. Lincoln issaid to have called these popular receptions his publicopinion baths. The arrangement of the line is usuallysuch thai one comes squarely in front of the President be-. INAUGURATION VISITORS. 141 fore he is aware of it, or has had time to collect his thoughtsand recall the nice things he was to say; like the old ladywho was so surprised as to be speechless till she had passedsome distance along, when she turned and screamed out toPresident McKinley, Hows Cubey? During inauguration week the rush of visitors to theWhite House averages over 1,000 a day, and on the daypreceding inauguration the number frequently swells toover 3,000. It is often difficult to keep them out of theexecutive offices and the Presidents private are stationed at the doors of forbidden rooms,and it requires all their persuasive skill to convince peop
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