Albuquerque evening citizen., 1906-10-02

to a Friends select school.
And Miss Ethel-when the Roose-
velts return? That is the burning
question after the romance that at
tended the budding of Miss Alice and
the blossoming out as the wife of
worthy congressman, 1t does not seem
possible or right or natural that dur
ing the Roosevelt incumbency there
should not be another young lady ele-
waited to Miss Allce's vacated place In
the White House. around whom inter
est can center. Will Miss Ethel be
raised to th,s position?
As a matter of fact. Miss Ethel is
still a schoolgirl, not yet having com
pleted her course of study at the Ca
tnedral 5000. Tor is, an Episcopal
instuudon in lis city. Miss Ethels
mother is a sensible woman, and prob
ably will NJ, push her young daughter
into society prematurely. Girls, how
ever, have a way of blooming into
young womanhood over night. There's
comfort in the thought
Freproof House NOW.
When the Rooseveelts return they
will come into a fireproof house-fire-
proof in al least one more particular
than when they left it. According to
recent ordinance, the electric light
wires lave been run through iron
pipes, which insures greater protec-
ton than the mere process of insula-
tion. It will be generally fresh and
renovated house that welcomes them
home. New hangings have been put
in the red. blue and green parlors,
and the east room has been made to
SHINE with Its customary brilliancy.
The upper hans are hung with new
burlap and the ceilings newly painted,
and such of the bedchamDers as nave
needed new paper have been repaper-
ed. Jown stairs and out of doors tne
corridor leading to the pantry anu en-
gine room has been covered with a
new coat of asphalt.
One improvement that will be con-
ducive TO the comfort of both the oc-
cupants of the White House and those
who go there as guests is the three
new exits that nave been made in the
east corridor. Hitherto this long hall
was has had only one entrance at the
end. The new ones have been made
on the corridors southern side and
are inclosed in glass.
Wakes the City to Life.
The Homecoming of the Roosevelts
will be the awakening of the capital
city to life again. All summer long
its broad streets have been almost de-
serted of pedestrians. In Washington,
perhaps more than in any other city
In the United States, people go away
in hot weather This is because the
mass OF the population is In govern
ment service, and your Uncle Sam is
a generous employer, giving all his
employees thirty full work days, not
counting Sundays or holidays, as the
vacation period.
First go the noveau richie, who have
of recent years built homes in Wash
ington, which they occupy occasion
ally. They are easily lured to
scenes of greater gayety. The con-
gressmen and their families follow,
and as soon as the summer is thor
oughly upon one the old, staid famil-
les. or such as can afford the luxury,
seek the mountains or seashore. The
president stays until all the demands
of his work are met, and his family,
being constituted American
family, generally delays its departure
until he can leave.
During their absence the tourists
give what semblance of there is given
to the place Approaching the White
house from any point on the Avenue,
one can see at almost anytime a carri-
age driving its way leisurely along
the semi-circular road that extends
| from one gate to the other. Probably
lit Is the surry of a colored driver tnat
has been hired for the occasion, for
these darky-driven surreys that look
as If they might be the cast-off
coaches OF old-time families are
typical of Washington. And along the
walk on the margin of the road one
can see groups of tourists making the
pilgrimage up to the old mansion,
where nine-tenths of them will stop
| in surprise and express their disap-
pointment. They eXpect to find a
grander building than 1t is.
These latter days, II one stands on
the curb opposite tA1 White House, he
will see, in addition to the meander'
ing tourists, a servant, or a workman
or a clerk come out of the grounds
and board car as though on some
errand bent. The servants quarters
are in the west corridor. The White
| House employs twenty, about six oi
whom, including two maids and two
cooks, are white; tne others are col
ored. From this lower corridor the
voices of rollicking colored girls car
be hard. 1t is high life below stairs
for the present. But the Roosevelts
are coming in October.