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J i , pnrvnm: At the National Capital Gossip of People and Events Gathered in Washington 4 i Coming White House Season to Be Gay WASHINGTON Th return to Washington of President Roose velt and family will mean that the so cial season will foeqin within a short time afier their arrival. Miss Ethel I'oosevelt has spent a quiet summer, the f?:-at'r art of it beins; at her fa ther's ho:n at Oyster Hay. She has had a rest and is fully prepared for the most notable year of her youns life tin- year when she will he form ally presented to society and will lein as "the first youns lady of the land." Regarding Miss Ethel's social campaign in the coming season society is deeplj interested. It has been recalled that the then Alice Roosevelt was given only one entertainment by her parents in the "White House from her coming out ball. This was a large dinner party Teddy Interested rO XD ?s rVVv n PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has let it be known that one of the chief things he is interested in during the closing days of the latest administra tion is the statue of himself, which is soon to be placed in the senate gal lery. All the other ex-presidents have long been immortalized in mar ble, and most of them had the pleas ure, before passing away, of saying whether the work of the sculptor had been sufficiently complimentary. In view of the fact that Mr. Roose velt was still young and vigorous, the senate hesitated to perpetuate him un til he was closer to the three-score and ten milestone. Hut he passed the word along that he did not intend to Osier Theory Will THAT the theory advocated by Dr. O.sler. the distinguished scientist, who. while a member of the faculty of Johns Hopkins university, declared that man's usefulness is at an end after passing life sixtieth milestone, is a theory that will not stand the test of application to eery-day life, is the firm belief of the vast majority of peo ple who have passed that age and con tinue to lead decidedly useful lives and to take as keen an interest in af fairs as man' younger members of society. Not only this, but they give the Osier theory a solar plexus punch by achievements accomplished after passing the allotted three-score years and ten. One of the most notable examples that interest in life does not cease at the age of f0 is to be found in Mrs. Annie E. Philpott, who, at the age of D"., is still a most cheerful and ef ficient employe of the government bureau of engraving and printing. Mrs. Philpott not only performs the woik expected of her by Uncle Sam i . x jl-"i i s- a JOl(1.,7 5--aw More Fresh Eggs for City Next Winter r, Yi35Su'N HOUSEKEEPERS in this city are to have fresh eggs this winter. Selling ancient eggs at as high prices as fresh eggs has been a prac tice under consideration by the health officials for some time. Drastic meas ures aie to be taken to break it up. What is particularly disapproved of in connection with traffic in eggs is the fact that a tremendous amount of fresh eggs is shipped into Washing ':on and immediately shoved in cold storage to keep until market prices satisfy the dealer it is time to sell to the public. Laws are sufficiently broad enough. it is believed, to cover this question. From expressions of officials of the department they are determined to ap ply the law. The food inspectors have already been given orders to enforce it. The sale of bad eggs in Washington has been commented upon, not only In this city, but elsewhere, according to officials. A leading medical and health journal recently contained an article upon this subject. It accused southern merchants of shipping un desirable eggs to Washington. This was responsible for Dr. Wood ward directing Inspectors Mothers head and Hoover to make inquiries. That was two months ago. After talk ing with the commission merchants, retail dealers and others who handle eggs, the inspectors reported that con ditions were satisfactory. From what the merchants told them there was no truth in the article, they reported. Inspector Hoover's report was es pecially interesting in view of the fact that he said: "I have talked with retail dealers 2 for young people, followed by a dance. Occasionally the parents had a few of their friends in to dinner, but the so cial and official programs of the pres ident and Mrs. Roosevelt left little time on their calendar for any affairs that Miss xlice might have had in mind. So the little clique of which the president's daughter was a mem ber saw to it that her season's pro gram was full. However, this does not promise to be the case when the younger daugh ter of the White House blooms out as" a full Hedged social flower. She will have a brilliant ball the fairy story writers have fixed this important eent for early in January, just after the official season opens and from that time until the "curtain rings slowly down" on the administration of Theodore Roosevelt his young daughter will be the center of a bril liant whirl. Society even hopes that her engagement will be announced be fore the close of her father's term, al though even the most daring social gossips have not yet selected a life mate for Miss Ethel. in Statue of Self take any chances on fate or African lions, so James E. Fraser, of New York, who was commissioned to exe cute it months ago, was ordered to hurry up the heroic touches and sub mit the design in plaster. A few days ago he notified the superintendent of the capitol build ing that it was ready to be worked into marble, and the command for him to go ahead was about to be is sued, when word came from Oyster Hay that not another stroke of work was to be done until the president had looked himself over and was pleased with the glad smile he was to hand down to posterity. It is impossible to learn whether Mr. Fraser has molded Mr. Roosevelt as the presiding officer of the senate, in the uniform of a rough rider, or In a tennis costume. It is understood that the sculptor is chiefly concerned over whether he has the proper number of teeth showing and the presidential glasses sitting at the correct angle. Not Stand the Test without finding it a burden, but man ages to find time after working hours to devote to reading and fine sewing, the latter diversion not only proving a pleasant pastime but adding consider ably to her income. She enjoys perfect eyesight, never having had to resort to the weaiing of glasses, and is much more active than many persons years her junior. Mrs. Philpott is a descendant of a sturdy Pennsylvania Revolutionary family, and has always been a hard work'T, as were her parents before her. Having always worked, she has expressed the wish that she may con tinue until the end, and present indica tions are that her wish will be ful filled, but at no near date in the future by any means. In view of the fact that Dr. Osier, upon the celebration of his sixtieth birthday several weeks ago, elected to continue in active service and not depart by way of the chloroform route pointed out by him for those with 00 years to their credit. Mrs. Phil pott bears him no ill-will; in fact, she is rather inclined to believe that the learned doctor has been misrepre sented. and hopes that he may live to reach the ripe old age she herself has attained, and that he may be as useful in his sphere during his re maining years as she has been in hers. and they have informed me that theii eggs are all right and that they have received no complaints from their customers." Since then, however, there have been complaints. The inspectors have been directed to do more than inquire They are to make rigid investigations According to one official of the food division of the health department there will not be so many eggs turned over to the cold storage to "await prices" when the health department gets through wi:h its work. An island in Lake Superior has been stocked with caribou; Caribou Island, so named because it formerly was noted as a home for the animals. The Senator's Model. The model had sat, with the neces sary rests, for three hours in one po sition. the pose of a splendid senator of Washington, elegant, aristocratic He had a fine head. He was quite noted for that. He had been model for illustrations of many heroic fig ures. Hut the model with the fine head wore about the rustiest suit of clothes you ever saw. His shoes were down at the heel. His cuffs were frayed. His collar stayed up with difficulty, it was so old. When the three hours were up he gave a sigh of relief, for posing is hard work. There is no work harder. The artist drew forth his wad and paid him. The model thanked him with a grateful smile. " "He is down and out," said the ar tist when he was gone. "He hadn't a penny to get his lunch with." And he looked at the picture he had drawn of him as a splendid senator of Washington with a complacent smile of satisfaction with the fine dig nity of it. Longest Telegraph Wire Span. An Indian stream, the River Kist nah, 600 feet wide, has the longest span of telegraph wire in the world. Paris Criminals' j mm on mf df Y7p rrpTf Bail 73f CRIrttflLd'BJlLL Y FULL The Moulin de la Galette, Paris sumptuous ball room where the city's criminal classes congregate for their social whirl, has reopened owing to the urgent request of the prefecture of police. Sometime ago it was or dered closed by the municipal council because it was declared to be the hot bed of young crime and the place where minors received their first in tense desire for distinction in the so cial set of thugdom. But crime has not grown less in the gay Paris capital, in fact it has increased. Tha police who without the Moulin have not been able to keep track of the criminals or ferrit out the many crimes that have shocked the city, have urged the reopening of the place and so it is that Paris is again to harbor the most remarkable institution in the world, and the vis itor to the French capital will be able to arrange with a detective from the prefecture to go up the hill to the reopened Moulin and see more very wicked men in social relaxation than collect in any other one place in the world. Have no fear of violence inside, but beware the wine shops round about, where the apprentices of crime let their bad passions ride uncurbed. In side the Moulin they are curiously suave and ceremonious. Harsh words are not thrown recklessly. When a dancer bumps another he bees par don. "On examination you will find the statement inexact" is as near as they get to liar. This Is because they are fulfilling the social ideal of their women. The fierce girls are proud of their gar roters and housebreakers as high spir ited exceptions to the sheep-like mass of men. Their ideal is the iron hand in the velvet glove; and they have forced it on their men within these walls. Resides, they always haio a lurking fear. They know, perhaps, what Gorcn said when he was chef de surete: "Did the Moulin not exist I should have to invent it!" For once a Paris criminal has brought a "coup" off has "made a condition." as they call it he feels the attraction of the Moulin. The police count on it. You may ask: If he knows the po lice count on his showing up in these luxurious halls with his ill-gotten gains, why doesn't he wisely keep away? It is more complicated than that. He may, as rightly, argue that his ab sence will be taken as still more sig nificant. He may keep away one night, two nights: but the thought will ob trude: "I look afraid to show up!" In the end he shows up. He dreads that his absence will be noted, if not by the high police, then the camaros ("comrades") of two species; reckless, loyal pals, who may laugh at him as over-prudent; and the sinister -Judas comrade, shadowy and painful even to think of. the microbe of this life, a thousand times more dreaded than acute detectives in a word, the "seller." He may note the man's ab sence and put two and two to gether! Every motive calls him to the Mou lin. His girl wants to show off her new finery to show to the other women she is not tied to a non-producer. She desires to dance and drink and laugh with her man in these hours of plenty. Doth crave their fling in the glitter ing surroundings that mean success, joy of life and social triumph to them. And if the man has a more than usual ly black crime upon his mind he wants to forget it in the razzle,hardening himself in contact with others like him. He argues that to show up "in so ciety" is normal. In the usual course of things, with nothing extra on his conscience, he would show up at the Moulin. Of course, if he spends a lot of money it will be a sign against him; but he will spend prudently. Quoi! He need only keep his mouth shut and act normal! So the Moulin always has been the most productive stalking ground for the Parisian secret police. The detectives come disguised got up like honest burglars, thugs -ftr bull ieshow, it matters little. As soon as they put their nose inside the Mou lin, they are spotted. The word goes round: "There are gentlemen of the balloon among us!" rutfuxwf Japanese Lads have One of the most important of ficials on board the Japanese train ing ship Taise Mam, and one in whom is reposed a great part of the respon sibility of the training of the marine cadets, is E. A. Phillips, a British mas ter mariner specially commissioned by the government to instruct the young sailors in up-to-date methods of navigation from the English stand point. Phillips possesses master's certifi & ? sssaflaaBBs? & jhBl Jjf?M y Lbbsbbsb. 79vbI POLICE Of GAY CAPTAL ?EVV 7 dTXMGl YdTTLTOJV MVMG op 0 No one seems to pay attention to them. All goes on as usual. Now and then a timid brother, talking over e "condition" with his mates, or hag gling prices with a fence, will speak of going elsewhere, to be private. "Idiot!" the others whisper, "do you want to get us shadowed special? Here we're part of the big push. Sit tight!" Of course, the idea is correct Groups form and break up. You can't damn a man for talking with acquaint ances, nor indict a burglar just be cause he's pleasant in society! Crash! It is the Strong Men's Quad rille! Two hundred proudly flashing girls prance with their heroes. Cham pagne corks pop. Tipsy toughs dc cakewalk steps alone. Triumphant young thugs swell with social satisfac tion. beg to be presented, thump the tables and call for more wine! In the midst the detectives prowl apparently so helpless! Here is the stalking ground. Here is the game. But how can they get at it? They are putting two and two to gether. Men whose style is known are seen to be in funds or not. Un known men show up well heeled. New groups have formed they're very interesting. Such and such men have a queer look. AH these data are to be compared with data gathered by the outside members of the brigade and by humble indicators not quite in the movement The detectives are close to this work both in mentality and passions. Most of them have come up from the same depths as the thugs So they feel hidden currents. Night -by night they come and go and wait. Often the putting of a hundred trifling things togethei throws suspicion on the guilty party Paris detectives of this close to the criminal class don't seek for clues; they rubber around to find out "the mistake." The guilty party always makes some big mistake. And often est he makes it at the Moulin, in the exaltation of a glass too much. So the detective comes and goes and waits. He knows he is spotted at the Moulin. He counts on it. He counts on it that in the turmoil ol passions, jealousies, caprices, ennuis, fears and needs stirred up by a great social center like the Moulin his pres ence may be a continual temptation for the secret to come to him of it self! It comes in a whisper. The detective quits the gorgeous halls. As he strolls in the dark a man or woman brushes past him. The sleuth changes his course in ac cordance with the whispered indica tion. He looks back to see he is not followed; turns a corner, and looks back again. There is no one but him self and the mysterious person. And they whisper in the shadow. The next afternoon as he is sleep ing the footpad or burglar with a black crime on his conscience will be waked by the law knocking on his door. "Hey, there! Lessjiaruf (noise and bluff), you're caught for good, a cam aro has sold you!" So the arresting police rudely ex plain the state of things to the strug gling criminal. And that night Judas will show up at the Moulin de la Galette in funds or filled with an interior tranquility. He or she is avenged. His Trip Abroad. "The average American business man does not care very much for a trip to Europe. If he will consent to take a few minutes away from busi ness he usually prefers to get into the woods, where he can knock around in old clothes, have a few hardships, plenty of exercise and a great deal of freedom." Thus .spake Zarathustra to the New York Times. Continuing: "My brother, who is president of a large New York corporation, let his wife prevail on him to take a brief trip to Europe this summer. I re ceived a letter from him, written on the steamer going over, and he said: "I shall mail this at Plymouth, where we touch, so you can hear from us promptly-. From there we shall go on to Hamburg. I do not like this life. Too little activity. From Ham burg we shall go through the Alps, then to Paris, then back to London, and then, thank God, turn our faces homeward.' "All this before he had even landed." vvviirvYVYNrrj","iiVififtVirVifwvv British Instructor cates and is a man of ability. He is the grandson of a distinguished Eng lish army officer. He has three medals one of which was received for gallant service during the Boer war. While sailing into a Japanese port some years ago he was marked as just the man needed to fill the position of English instructor. He speaks most highly of Capt C. Furuya and the officers who command the ship, as well as of the seafaring sons of Nippon. A FIRELESS LOCOMOTIVE. Odd German Switch Engine That Is Simple and Efficient. Philadelphia. Special Agent Car den of the United States revenue cut ter service sends from Berlin an ac count of the tireless locomotives now used in Germany, and which, he thinks, would be of great service in the United States. He says: "The Germans are turning out a fireless locomotive, which in point of simplicity, ingenuity and economy is thoroughly characteristic of their na tion. "I have had occasion to ride on one of these .fireless locomotives, and its; .MBBtBBffaVaVaVaaaiBBSSSSSH Ul Type of Fireless Locomotive Used in Germany. simplicity can be understood when I state that in the cab the mechanism consisted merely of a throttle bar, re versing gear and brake. Only one man was required to run the machine, thus saving the expense of a fireman. "As the name implies, the locomo tive is fireless. There is no firebox. In general appearance the machine re sembles the ordinary type of locomo tive minus the firebox, funnel and sundry other attachments. "It must be understood that this type of locomotive is unsuitable for uninterrupted railway service, but is essentially a yard shunting machine; In other words, it must keep near its base of supply, and this base of supply is the boiler of some local power sta tion. At this local power station the tank of the locomotive is filled with steam, and on this steam supply the engine will run from four to five hours doing ordinary switching work. "When I entered the cab of one of these switching engines the steam gauge showed a reading of 45 pounds. I was informed that two hours had elapsed since the boiler was charged and that steam was taken on at 170 pounds pressure. The chief engineer of the works stated that the boiler could limp back to its station even with steam pressure as low as one half an atmosphere." DECORATION FOR NEWCOMB. The Kaiser Confers Pour le Merite on American for Greatness in Science. New York City. Prof. Simon New comb is about to receive from the German emperor the order which con gress recently authorized him to ac cept. The kaiser has decided to con fer upon the eminent astronomer and scientist the order "pour le merite, fuer Wissenshaft und Kuenste," (free ly for merit in science and art). It is Prof. Simon New comb, cne of the highest independent honors in the gift of the kaiser and has been worn by the world's greatest scientist in several generations, inasmuch as Germany has for years been in the forefront of scientific progress. Prof. Newcomb is the only Ameri can authorized to accept the decora tion of a foreign monarch in eight years, and has, indeed, received more of these honors than any other living American. He is an officer of the Legion of Honor, is the first native American since Franklin to be made an associate of the Institute of France, has received exalted degrees from ten European universities, is a member ot about 30 foreign societies, has re ceived five medals from abroad, had his portrait ordered by the czar foi the Imperial university of Russia, while both the Imperial university of Japan and the Imperial observatory ol Russia have presented him with hand some testimonial vases in recognition of his contributions to science. ' To Raze Historic Building. The Tower building in New York, the first steel skeleton frame office building built in this country, is to be torn down. The site it occupies, together with the premises, 44 to 5S Broadway and 43 to 47 New street, will be improved with a 38-story office building, to be erected by the Broad way and New Street Realty Company, at a cost of $3,475,000. The facade of the building will be of brick and terra cotta. There will be 13 passen ger elevators and one freight elevator. Four elevators will run to the thir teenth floor, four to the twenty-seventh floor, and five to the thirty-seventh floor. Eel Swallowed Sunfish. A son of Hiram Denny, a poultry farmer, near Lancaster, was fishing in the Conestoga and had occasion to leave his line unattended for a short time. When the youth returned the line was spanned like the snare of a drum and he hastily pulled it out. It contained an immense eel. It was a most peculiar looking eel, for near the middle it wasabruptly broadened out Examination showed that the eel had swallowed a sunfish which had been the first victim of the boy's hook and line, and still had the barbed point im bedded in its mouth. Philadelphia Record. URING Ak-Sar-Ben fare of every one within a radius of 500 miles from Omaha, who purchases a piano from us. 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