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New York.—Of the several monorail systems demonstrated during the last half-dozen years, none is so fascinat ing and astonishingly spectacular as the gyroscope car, recently exhibited in England by its inventor, Louis Brennan, C. B. Unlike some other attempts to solve the problem of transferring passen gers and freight speedily, safely and cheaply from one'city to another, Mr. Brennan’s system is so exceedingly simple that wonder is expressed that it was not before thought of and given to an expectant world. The Monorail Principle. The principle, of course, is not new, for 75 years have passed since Prof. W. R. Johnson devised the gyroscope, in order to illustrate the dynamics of rotating bodies, and his invention, in the shape of a toy, is familiar to every one; but the application, or at least the method of applying the gyroscope to balance a car suspended upon a single rail or a cable, is entirely novel. Some years ago a certain scientist ap plied the principle to a boat, but, while he was eminent, he was impractical, and the invention was a failure. The principle was sound, and if it were not, the inhabitants of. this planet would have a sorry time of it, for every day and constantly the earth, revolving around the sun, and spin ning as it goes, shows the principle in use. While the gyroscope car is an orig inal invention the monorail is by no means untried. There is a monorail way in operation to-day in Germany. Cars have been running upon the sys tem, which follows the River Wupper through Barmen, Elberfeld and Woh winkel, for the last three years. By this system the wheels are on top of the cars, which travel on an elevated road from which they are suspended. Balance is easily obtained and fairly high speeds are said to have been se cured. System Used in Ireland. About four years ago a monorail system was tried at Ballybunnion, Ire land. This was a ground railway, and the line being only some 15 miles car. He is quoted as predicting that 300 miles an hour is neither impossi ble nor impracticable. It is true that few persons would be willing to in trust themselves in a railway train maintaining such speed, and in prac tice it might be found more profitable to saunter along the monorail at a mere 125 miles an hour. Together with this tremeiidous speed, according to the inventor, the monorail system carries absolute safety with reliabil ity. The high speed, he says, will rest rather than fatigue those who travel by the monorail. The illustrations of Mr. Brennan’s invention explain rather graphically how he applies the gyroscope to his two-wheel car. It should be under stood that this is the invention. The motor which actuates and propels the car is no novelty, and the car itself, which seems to be built upon the chas sis of an automobile, is only experi mental. Brennan’s Modus Operand!. Fitted on the car are two flywheels, which are revolved by electric motors in different directions at high veloci ties. To reduce friction the flywheels revolve in vacuums. So great is the energy stored up in the wheels by this means that if the driving power is cut off altogether when they are revolving at full speed the wheels will still run at a sufficient velocity to give stabil ity to the vehicle for a long time— from 15 minutes to an hour is the claim. So far as the gyroscopes are con cerned, it is said that they are so ar ranged that they work automatically and do not require the watchfulness of human control. The car may be driven by any of the powers now in use—electricity, gasoline or steam. The mechanism is a very small part of the car. In the model it amounts to five per cent, of the total weight of the car, but in the full-sized vehicle now being constructed it will be proportion ately less—two per cent, is the esti mate. Speed of the Gyroscopes. In the models the gyroscopes run at the rate of about 7,000 revolutions a rat/way carriages & Mre future long was only experimental. Both cars and locomotive straddled the road, embracing it as a rider does a horse. Stability was obtained by a set of wheels which followed a rail on either side of the triangular track. While the weight was borne by one rail, in reality there were three rails, for without the guide rails traveling on the road would have been, to say the least, precarious. Speeds of 110 miles an hour have been made, if the claims be credited. Prof. C. A. Albertson, an electrical engineer, invented a magnetic mono rail system which, three years ago, excited considerable enthusiasm. By this system electric magnets gripped the rail, raised the load and permitted exceedingly high speeds. A speed of 432 miles an hour was said to be pos sible by this system, but it is needless to add, these figures are entirely theo > retlcal. German Road Successful. The Irish monorail and the German aerial system have been put to prac tical test and the latter, especially, appears to have been regarded as suc cessful. Neither, however, has led to the building of any similar roads. Re markable and picturesque as are both these railways, Mr. Brennan’s gyro scope system has excited far mors wonderment. High speed is one of the advantages claimed for Mr. Brennan’s gyroscope minute; in the full-sized machine they will run at a rate of about 3,000. To guard against the intense wear and tear of the delicate mechanism, the gyroscope machinery is fitted with ball bearings. Mr. Brennan has introduced his own system of lubrication, which causes the working part to run on a constant film of oil, and reduces the friction to an infinitesimal minimum. Now, the remarkable feature of this car is found when the load is moved to one side. Ordinarily that side should be lower than the light side, but with the gyroscope monorail the reverse is the case. The heavy side actually rises higher than the side that is light, owing to the balancing impulse of the gyroscope machinery. Little electric current is required to run the “gyros.” owing to the care taken to reduce friction to a minimum. But it is essential while the car is on the rail or on a cable—for It can run upon either and maintain Its balance —that the “gyros” continue in mo: tion. When their spinning comes to an end, the car, naturally, falls over on its 3ide. The “gyros” are so nicely poised and so well lubricated that, as has been remarked, they continue to rotate for some time after the power which drives them is cut off. In order to provide against accidents, the car is equipped with what might be called a crutch, which may t>e let down by the movement of a lever, and so main tained at level while the car and "gyros” are at rest. Kept Secret for Two Year#. Although Mr. Brennan completed his monorail two years ago, at the request of the British war office he kept it se cret until a month or so ago, when an exhibition took place before the Royal society. Mr. Brennan showed his working model in his own grounds at Chatham to a few persons who are in terested in the novel railway. At the demonstration at his home, where he has laid a rail and stretched a cable which together give in mini ature almost every difficult kind of country to which railroading is lia ble, Mr. Brennan’s little car, which is built to one-eighth scale, carried a man weighing 140 pounds. During one of the tests the inventor's little daughter was a passenger. The machine dashed up inclines of one in five, and skirted along the side of a hill which sloped at an angle of 45. Round acute curves it ran without any loss of sta bility or appreciable loss of speed. It crossed miniature chasms on a steel cable and was stopped halfway across until it was photographed, but never lost its balance. A steel cable was laid on the ground in the form of a monogram, and around this the gyro car traced its way with precision and celerity. Mr. Brennan, who is 55 year? old, is best known for his torpedo, which the British government purchased some years ago for half a million dollars. For this invention, which is highly re garded in British naval circles, Mr. Brennan was made a companion of the bath in 1892. He is consulting en gineer of the Brennan torpedo factory. He says the gyroscope car is an in vention upon which he has been en gaged nearly all his life. The idea ^ njmd wh«*| * /»•* Br»H« /' Pn#urr»*nc — ^ 1— - t Diagram of the Car. came to him when he first traveled along an Australian road. The road was badly made, full of ruts, and the bodies of the cars rested on leather instead of springs. During part of his experiments the British war office came to Mr. Bren nan's aid, for the army council be lieves the possession of the monorail of the greatest importance. The war office gave the inventor $10,000 to con tinue his experiments, and the council not only made frequent visits to the workshop, but invited the inventor to give two confidential lectures on the subject before the chiefs of the corps of engineers at Chatham. To Run in India. It is believed that the first practical monorail using the gyroscope will be built in India, for the India office re cently granted the inventor $25,000 to continue his experiments, and Mr. Brennan has intimated that it is in the British colonies that the system will first be put into actual use. CAT AND CANARY CHUMMED. Strange Friendship That Was Ended in Tragic Manner. This is the strange tale of Dick and Tom. Dick was a pretty, jolly, and very tame canary. Tom is the intelli gent cat which allows the family of the narrator to live with him. He is a noble fellow, as good as gold. Dick and Tom were great friends. The bird had much freedom and would often rest between Tom’s two front paws and chirp away at him. Sometimes the cat would lap the birdie’s feathers, so very gently, yet it was thought by onlookers the little creature did not really enjoy the bath, but he would endure it for a little while. When the cage door was opened he would fly out and first rest on Tom’s head right be tween his ears and begin to sing, the cat keeping as still as a mouse until his little playfellow finished his song. The trick took place nearly every morning. But one day a strange puss, marked like Tom, wandered into the room and the maid, believing it was Tom, opened the cage door. Dick flew toward the usurper to rest on the friendly head, as usual, but there was a wild spring, a snap, and poor little Dick was dead! There has been mourning in that household, and none of the humans has grieved more or felt worse than old Tom, who goes mewing and calling for the little bird. But no pretty fluff of yellow and green flies to him, chirping cheerful greetings. Awaiting the News. “You’re early this morning, sir,” said the milkman. "Out for a little fresh air, sir, I suppose.’’ “I dunno,” replied Popley. “can't tell whether it’s an heir or an heir ess yet. I've just been for the doc tor.” Tourist—What do the people round here live on, Pat? Jarvey—Pigs, sorr, mainly, and tour ists in the summer.—Punch. AFTER DOC SMILEY DIED. Second Phase of Wire Drumming That Annoyed Other Operators. “Doc Smiley was a fusser on the wire.” said the talkative railroad op erator to a New York Sun writer. “I always contended that the wires in his brain box were crossed. "One of his bugs was drumming on the wir^s at night He could give the best imitation of ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’ you ever hearf “This was very irritating to the peaceable and quiet-loving operators along the line who wanted to rest o’ nights, if such a thing were possible. But you might as well try to get a chorus girl to don a raincoat at a Saranac hotel fire as to try to make Doc stop his drumming. “However, the end must come to all of us, and Doc Smiley passed in last spring. We all contributed to the fund for buying floral pieces, ‘At Rest,’ and ‘Gates Ajar,’ with consider able liberality and ease of mind. Not that we were particularly glad at his death, but every one thought he would be better off on the other end of the circuit controlled by Little Bright Eyes than on earth. “One would naturally suppose that after Doc passed over to the great majority the rat-tat-tating and ‘Pop Goes the Weasellng’ would cease. But it didn’t. No, sirree. “It was quiet for a couple of nights after the funeral, till Doc got his hearings over on the new shift. On the third night, however, the drum ming started up about midnight and kept it up till nigh on to morning. “There was only one difference from when Doc was alive. I will say that Smiley had sense enough to keep Quiet if anyone had a message or a train report to send. Doc's shade, or control, or whatever was doing the drumming after death, was not so considerate, it would butt in on train orders, business or any old thing. “The nuisance had us pretty well tied up and the company got its wire testers out, tracing up and down to find out Just where Little Bright Eyes cut in on the job. “These fellows had a good deal of difficulty, but they finally gumshoed the trouble to where the wires pass under the river on a big cable. A diver was sent down to investigate and what do you think? Little Bright Eyes had taken the form of a fish with a piece of copper wire attached to its tail. “You see it was this way: I waB out snarin' suckers in one of the creeks that empties into the big river one afternoon. I got a big one in the snare and had just about land ed him when he took fielder's choice and with a powerful swish of his tall yanked the copper wire snare loose. "Since that time the big fish had been swimming down ' stream with the copper wire trailing in his wake. In crossing the cable the wire got caught in the insulation and held the fish fast. “The snare made a connection with our railroad wire. Of course the fish made strenuous efforts to get loose and every time he swished his tail he’d make dots on our wires; just like one of those patent wigwag, auto matic sending machines . which are coming into us. Strange mix-up, wasn’t ttT” ^ MAKING RZV-OlsVmG Kip:. AND BABOON dHjfo.. A knowledge of the coming weather enters so intimately into every con templated human action that the ques tion is often asked: What are the prospects for further improvement in the accuracy of weather forecasts, and can the seasons ever be foretold? The answer is that, while the government has a corps of forecasters who are now applying all of the knowledge of the atmosphere that has been re vealed, little hope for material im provement in their work can be held out until a substantial addition is made to the pure science of the prob lem. This can only come through ex periment, study and research. With 200 stations engaged in applying the science, it is a wise economy to de vote at least one of them to the work of adding to the knowledge that is now costing us nearly a million and a half of dallars annually to apply. Ac cordingly, those in charge have en deavored to lay out a plan of study and research leading to an increase in our knowledge of the laws governing the atmosphere such as should event ually enable our successors, if not our selves, to add to the accuracy of weather forecasts and to make them for a longer period in advance. In order that this country may do its share toward the advancement of meteorology along the lines that specially relate to conditions in Amer ica, it is imperative that the weather bureau should establish an observa tory for its own special research work. A piece of land has therefore been se cured and work has been inaugurated at an establishment that is intended to respond to the present and prospec tive needs of meteorology. This es 1 tablishment is called the Mount Weather Research observatory, and is organized on a broad and elastic basis. In order to prosecute the researches contemplated at Mount Weather, a plant has been established there espe cially adapted to the investigation of the physical condition of the atmos phere at great elevations above the surface of the earth. Hitherto our knowledge of the conditions of tem perature, pressure, humidity and wind velocity and direction has been based upon observations made at or near the surface of the earth or upon mountain peaks. Current conceptions of the laws of storms and of the gen eral circulation of the atmosphere are based upon such observations almost entirely. Records obtained in recent years by means of balloons have dem onstrated the existence of hitherto un suspected variations and contrasts in temperature at very great elevations, and have shown that observations on mountain tops and at equal elevations in the free air vary widely. The necessity for a better knowl edge of temperature conditions at great elevations has directed the minds of many meteorologists to the study of the best methods for lifting self-recording instruments high above the earth's surface. The result has been the invention in recent years of ingenious forms of kites and of spe cially designed balloons for this pur pose. The kite has again become an instrument for scientific research, and now enables us to bring down records of atmospheric conditions at eleva tions of two and three miles, and even of four miles, as was recently dem onstrated at the German aeronautical observatory near Lindenberg. By means of small rubber balloons, mar velously light self-recording instru ments have been carried op to the re markable heights of ten to 15 miles, bringing back records of low tempera tures and high velocities which have been a revelation to meteorologists— records which are compelling a recon struction of existing ideas concerning the dynamics of the atmosphere. Pioneer work along these lines was begun some years ago by means of kites, both at weather bureau stations and, under the direction of Mr. A. L. Rotch, at the Blue Hill observatory, near Boston. By experiments begun at St. Louis at the time of the world’s j fair in the summer of 1904, Mr. Rotch 1 also initiated the practice in this coun try of sending up small rubber bal loons.* The observatory at Mount Weather is now well equipped with the neces sary plant for carrying on this new and promising work of aerial re search, and has for nearly a year been cooperating with European institu tions and with the Blue Hill observa tory in sending up, on prearranged days, kites or captive balloons. These kites may be raised in winds varying from ten miles per hour to 35 or 40 miles at the surface. With winds of less than ten miles per hour it is necessary to employ captive balloons. To attain great heights small free rub ber balloons of two or three cubic yards capacity, called pilot baloons, are employed. The instrument car ried by the kites and balloons vary in weight from one and one-half to three or'four pounds and record varia tions in the temperature, the pressure, the humidity of the air, and the wind velocity. The balloons are filled with hydro gen gas in order to secure the great est lifting power. This necessitates the use of special apparatus for the manufacture of hydrogen. At the Mount Weather Research observatory a strong electric current is passed through water, breaking up the liquid into its constituent elements of hydro gen and oxygen. These gases are then collected and stored in appropriate tanks for future use as occasion may require. As the small pilot balloons carry up ! their instruments to heights of many j miles, where the prevailing tempera- : tures are at all times very low (some times exceeding 100 degrees Fahren heit below zero), it is necessary to ; test the accuracy cf the thermograps : at these low points. For this purpose ! the observatory is equipped with a ! plant for the manufacture of liquid air, ! by means of which the instrument j may be tested to the lowest points ! likely to be reached at great eleva- i tions. In the near future these small rub- i ber pilot balloons, carrying with them to elevations of 30,000 to 50,000 feet the light self-recording instruments referred to, will be liberated simulta neous at 20 to 30 weather bureau sta tions surrounding typical storm cen ters. Observations obtained in this manner at various elevations when compared with the records made at the same time at the surface of the earth will doubtless throw much new light upon the mechanism of storms, cold waves, etc., and give to meteorolo gists a fetter understanding of the general circulation of the atmosphere. So important to the study of the sun is a continuous record of the magnetic variations that one of the first steps in the establishment of the observa tory was the installation of a magnetic plant consisting of the best modern instrumer/.s for the direct observation and for the continuous registration of the variations in the magnetism of the earth. The standard observatory in struments, both for continuous regis tration and direct measurement, are of the type devised by Wild for the model magnetic observatory at Pavlovsk, Russia. TheBe are supplemented by a set of Eschenhagen magnetographs, the extreme sensitiveness of which peculiarly fits »them for recording minute fluctuations of the earth’s mag netic force. The principal application of the re sults of the observations will be to supplement the direct observations of the sun, and thus to carry on the rec ord of the solar activity continuously day and night in all conditions of weather. Researches will also be car ried on to determine the existence and measure the extent of probable direct relations between meteorological dis turbances and magnetic variations. The magnetic records will also be spe cially studied in conjunction with the results of observations of the radioac tivity and the electrical condition of the air. WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief Weather Bureau Department. SAVE YOUR OLD TINFOIL. Some Workmen Did and Made Money Enough to Buy a Library. Save and sell your tinfoil. The re cent rise in the price of tin has led to a curious development in this and other countries. Several of the best known chocolate manufacturers on the continent have issued the following notice: “Do not throw away the tinfoil in which the chocolate is enveloped. It is com posed of pure metal, a metal which is dear. Keep it and before long it will be called for by Our agents, who will pay for it at its market value. The chocolate industry in Europe spends nearly $4,000,000 per annum in tin foil and these $4,000,000 are generally j thrown to the winds.” I It is further explained that the pres ent high price of tin is due to the ac tion of English and Dutch speculators who have forced it far beyond its ac j tual value. What seems to give some color to' the alleged preciousness of the paper wrapped -around the chocolate is the story told by a socialist journal of Hamburg to the effect that a group of workmen were able to procure a part of their common library by collecting and selling these fugitive sheets of tinfoil. Air Ten Miles Above the Earth. The curiosity of the modern man of science knows no bounds. Ope of his latest exploits is trapping and bring ing down to the ground with the aid of an automatic apparatus attached to a balloon, specimens of the upper air from the height of almost ten miles. The apparatus and the experiment were of French invention, and at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences in Paris not long ago Prof. d’Aubignac reported the result of the analysis of the captured air. It Bimply showed that the the height of 51,000 feet above sea level the composition of the atmosphere practically 1b the same as at the sur face of the earth, altbqugh its density, of course, is comparatively slight. ___s_ Black opals of f great beauty are found in Queensland, Australia, be sides 56 other kinds of precious stones. . --—..~.. Washington Gossip Interesting Bits of News Picked Up Here and There at the National Capital VACATIONS COST UNCLE SAM BIG SUM YEARLY WASHINGTON.—To his hired help Uncle Sam is generous to a de gree, going down into his wallet to the extent of something like $3,000,000 an nually to give them a 30-days’ outing at the seashore or in the mountains. This sum is for the army of em ployes in Washington alone and does not include the thousands of others who are on duty and on the payrolls throughout his vast domain and in foreign countries. Liberal lawmakers decided that ten months each year was long enough for employes to work, and that 30 days for annual leave. At first this law was for the officials and clerks only, and did not include printers, pressman and navy yard workmen. Eventually these were given 15 days annual leave, and finally, through hard and persistent efforts, the full 30 days. No sick leave, however, has ever been granted them, and, strange as it may appear, they seem to be the healthiest class of government workers. The govern ment printing office, the bureau of engraving and printing, and the navy yard are not classed as “hospitals for invalids,” as the treasury and other departments are termed. Not getting pay for being sick, those not entitled to such leave manage to remain in extraordinarily good health and per form their duties with great regular ity. The employes who are not en titled to sick leave must have some thing worse than a “rocky head and drawing blanks” to cause themXto re main from duty. In the government printing office, where there are about 4,000 men and women employed, there are only occasional absences on ac count of sickness, while in the treas ury department, with about the same number of employes, the sick list each day is simply amazing. The same is true of other departments in which the employes are entitled to sick leave. So badly abused has been the sick leave privilege that at the last session of congress what appeared to be a determined effort was made to repeal the law, but the matter was permitted to go over, giving the Keep commis sion and other reformers an opportun ity to make further investigation and secure facts and figures. If one is to judge by the policy of retrenchment and reform so strenuously carried out by the present administration, it is entirely safe to assert that sick leave will not be one of the pickups now en joyed by government workers after! the next session of congress. There are in Washington about 31,-; 000 employes of Uncle Sam. The sal-! ary and wages paid will aver $1,200] each, male'and female. This gives to; each individual employe $100 leave, money, and is ready on call for offl-; cials and clerks any time during the calendar year, but employes of thej class stated are not entitled to leave until the beginning of the fiscal year —July 1. m WILSON BARS WOMEN AS PRIVATE SECRETARIES llEREAFTER women clerks of the “ department of agriculture will not be permitted to act as private secre taries or confidential clerks for male chiefs of divisions or bureaus. Secretary Wilson has no prejudice against them, but he deems it due to them that ndt. one of them be re quired to perform services that will bring her into such relations with her chief as to enable evel-minded per sons to do any gossiping. He consid ers it better for the good name of the women employes in the depart mental service to make a rule that men chiefs of division shall have men as private secretaries or confidential clerks. The fact that the secretary had pre scribed such a rule fot. his own guid ance has become known recently through his refusal to permit a woman stenographer to be detailed as clerk to a chief of bureau. He is perfectly willing to have the stenographers take dictation from the chiefs of bu reaus, but he will not allow them to be detailed to fill positions the duties of which might require them to re main after the working hours or to go to the homes of the chiefs to finish work outside of office hours. Two years ago, when there was a scandal in the department, the woman who performed the duties of private secretary for a bureau chief for sev eral years, was brought into a noto riety altogether displeasing to the secretary. Although he knew that there was no foundation for the in sinuations against the woman, he had to keep quiet and merely hope that the notoriety would not spread. A majority of the men chiefs do not want women in such positions, but occasionally one comes along who is so well pleased with the work done by a particular clerk that he asks to have her promoted and made private secre tary. Requests of that kind are being refused. BANNER THAT INSPIRED SONG IS NOW ON VIEW THE flag that floated over Fort Mc Henry during the bombardment by the British on the night of September 13, 1814, and which inspired Francis Scott Key when he saw it still float ing over the ramparts at sunrise the next morning to write the “Star-Span gled Banner,” is now upon exhibition in the hall of history at the Smithson ian institution. The flag, which is about 28x30 feet, has been loaned to the institution by Mr. Eben Appleton of New York, for two years upon the personal solicita tion of Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secre tary of the institution. As the flag lies draped in the glass case, only one of the large stars is visible. It is backed by canvas stated to have been placed there by the late Admiral Preble, formerly stationed at the Bos ton navy yard. As little of the flag can be seen in its present resting place, it is the purpose of the officials of the institution to drape it upon one of the walls of the hall of history, where it can be plainly viewed by the visitors to the building. According to J. B. Taylor, of the United States coast and geodetic sur vey, Col. Armstead, who commanded Fort McHenry during the bombard ment by the British fleet, took the flag after the rain of shot and shell had ceased and had it conveyed to his headquarters. He later gave it to his mother, who was a sister of Mr. Taylor’s great-great-grandfather. Col. Armstead's mother some years afterward, it is said, presented the flag to her granddaughter, who mar ried one of the Appletons of New York and Boston. Later Mr. Eben Appleton came into possession of the flag. In his letter to Dr. Walcott Mr. Appleton says that he is pleased to loan the flag to the Smithsonian, so as to enable so many of his country men to see the ensign that caused “The Star-Spangled Banner” to be written. ETHEL ROOSEVELT WILL HAVE GAY COMING OUT WHEN Miss Ethel Roosevelt makes her formal bow to society at the White House next winter Washington will see the first of a series of en tertainments such as have not been held since the days of Nellie Grant. True, the social career of Mrs. Nich olas Longworth, as Alice Roosevelt, was marked by many notable affairs in Washington, but with the excep tion of a few small dinners which were given for her shortly before she was married there was only one large entertainment at the White House which was strictly for Alice, and that was her coming out ball. Whether the continuous shower of attentions from her friends and so ciety generally precluded Miss Alice from having many affairs of her own was never made clear. Miss Ethel’s first season as a so ciety girl will be notable. According to the present plans, which are being discussed, a brilliant ball will be given for Miss Ethel next January. She will not have finished her school ing, but will leave the National Cathe dral school after the Christmas holi days. It had been intended that Miss Ethel should go through the entire course, but in the past few months she has been having such a good time in an informal way that the President and Mrs. Rooseve'.t have decided to give her a season in the White House. Miss Ethel is very anxious to make her debut while her father is presi dent. The debut ball will be given i in the east room and wyi be planned on an even more elaborate scale than the one which the President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave for Miss Alice. It will bring together the most exclusive young people in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, and will mark the opening of the gayest season the White House has known since President Roosevelt assumed the reins of office.