The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

is not returning TO the fashionable
school Just outside Washington, where
she has been a faithful and beloved
pupil for the past FIVE years, has led
many persons 10 believe another White
House debUtante would shortly glad
den the heart of society and furnish
interesting reading matter from ocean
TO ocean; for the debut Of a girl in
the Executive household is an event Of
national interest and Importance, as
every one who remembers the budding
and blooming Of the Presidents eldest
daughter can testify.
The gay season of five years ago,
with a beautifully appointed ball in
the great East Room. a series of din
ner parties for young people quite as
elegant and almost as distinguished as
the state banquets 10 the Cabinet. the
diplomatic corps. and the Supreme
Court. with the endless coming and
going of the friends. old and new, Of
the most favored bud of the nation,
viii not be repeated Just yet, notwith-
standing the various and numerous re-
ports to the contrary.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt is seven years
younger than her brilliant and much
feted sister, and consequently just six
teen. and, it is said. is in no way
anxious to embark on a social career,
however alluring. Even following Mrs,
Longworth's example and making her
formal entrance into society in her
eighteenth year the younger Miss
Roosevelt would not be a candidate for
the debutante class until the closing
days Of 1905. which season was selected
long ago by Mrs. Roosevelt for the
presentation of her daughter to society.
and has never been recOnsidered. IN
the coming winter Miss Ethel viii con-
tinue TO be "une jeuue file" with no
obligations or responsibilities as re-
CARDS society. but free 10 participate in
the official life Of the White House as
a much-favored spectator, a role which
she has shared with her young brothers
in past seasons.
VIII Be Seen in Society.
She viii take her place in the al
ways interesting Blue Room company
at state receptions, and possibly assist
Mrs Roosevelt throughout the coming
winter, and occasionally occupy a seat
IN the Presidents box at the theater
with older guests.
Since leaving the White House in
June she has added quite two inches
10 her height. which, with the length
ened skirts and absence Of the once
familiar blond braids. gives her the ap-
pearanee Of being much more mature
than she really is. Quite as tall as
her mother. whom she resembles in col
oring, but not ina feature, she has re-
turned 10 Washington an uncommonly
pretty girl, more than fulfilling the
promise Of her childhood. With an alb
solutely faultless complexion. beautiful
light brown hair. worn off her face in
"a wavy pOmpadour of rather less than
average size, and brought into a soft
graceful coil at the top Of her we'll
poised head, the Presidents second
daughter. like his irst-bOrn. inherits
the distinctive Roosevelt brow and
chin. Miss EtheTs eyes are blue-not
so dark as Mrs. Longworth's and total
" different in expression, but frank
and clear as her elder sisters, and
very pleasing TO the beholder.
She viii not be so tall as Mrs. Long
worth, who has more than the average
number of inches to her credit, but
promises to develop the same we'll
rounded. graceful figure which made
Alice Roosevelt one of the most at
tractive girls in Washington
Is WeII-educated Girl.
Ethel Roosevelt is already quite as
well educated as the average girl en-
tering society, and with the single ex-
ception Of Helen Taft. the clever
daughter Of the Secretary Of War. is
quite the leader of her set in learn
ing. as in many other things Fond
of her hooks, a conscientious and reg
ular student. without any special fads
or fancies, her English education has
been supplemented by the usual ac-
French and German, the first more
huently than the second. and is a mu-
sician Of much more than average skill,
having been especially well taught on
the piano In the past year she has
developed both taste and talent for
painting in water coIors, the result be
ing collection OF sketches, many OF
which are studies of the youthful
artists favorite spots about Sycamore
Hill. the North Shore Of Massachusetts,
and not a few OF the White House
grounds and the Potomac. A number
Of these dainty productions. artistically
framed. now adorn the walls of their
creators boudoir and bedroom. These
Io 4 Of oil
Ethel Roosevelt's girl friends. the emo
tion depending mainly on the disposi-
tion of the visitor, and not unnaturany
for seldom was any girl more delight
fully lodged than the young woman of
the White House. who occupies all the
second floor on the northwest corner
of the mansion. Whatever the defects
of the latter may r. as a residence.
its Hving-rOOms are the biggest,
brightest, and best pToportioned in Wash
ington.
Goes In for Athletics.
Miss Roosevelt is much more athletic
than Mrs. Longworth, the latter never
having gone in for sports. although ex-
tremely fond of outdoor life. Mrs.
Longworth seldom drove her own trap,
took comparatively little horseback
exercise, and In the last two years has
adopted a motor, or electric runabout
as her favortte means Of locomotion.
The younger sister, on the other hand,
plays as good a game OF tennis as
might be expected from her fathers
daughter. and excels in the saddle.
Since the return of the family from
oyster Bay, she has ridden daily. very
often with Mrs. Roosevelt. who is an
other expert hoTsewOman, and the
usual companion of the President on
his daily ride when he is in the Cap
itaL
Occasionally Miss Ethel is escorted by