The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-30
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)

In the Conscience Fund.-The Secre-
tary OF the Treasury has received in
an envelope, postmarked New York,
one-half of a $500 gold certificate The
other half, the sender says, was sent
to the custom house In New York. In
note the sender says, 'The product
OF New England conscience, tine
tured with Yankee caution"
| Offer Use Of Missions.-Rev. G.
| G.. Hurlburt, director of the African in
| land mission of Kyabe, British East
| Africa, called on the President a few
| days ago and talked with him regard
| ing his African hunting trip next
year. Mr.. Hurlburt extended to the
| President an invitation to make use
Of any Of the stations of the mission
while he is in Africa, should his route
take him In their vicinity.
New England Public Buildings
Asst Secretary of the Treasury Win
throp returned to his desk last week
after a six weeks vacation in the far
west and in Canada Mr.. Winthrop
found waiting him reports Of inspec-
tors on their examinations OF sites Of.
fered the government for new public
buildings in 22 New England cities All
sites in that section have now been
inspected except those at Athol and
Greenwich, Conn. Mr.. Winthrop says
il will probably be several days before
hn an IN oil hn
customhause site matter, or any of he
other site inspection reports.
Daring Aeronaut lmproving-Orville
Wright, the aeronaut, who has been
confined i'm the hospital at fort Myer
ever since the accident to his aero
plane Sept. II. when Lieut.. Thomas e.
Selfridge was killed, is rapidly recov-
ering He is expected TO be able to
move about with the aid Of crutches
in few days. 1t will probably be
long time before he is able to make
any fights in his aeroplane. The army
dirigible balloon No. |, bought from
Capt. Thomas s. Baldwin last summer,
is being overhauled preparatory to
GERS at fort Myer the next few weeks.
Experiments with wireless telegraph
will be conducted and flights over the
country surrounding Washington will
be made.
Models Should Be Saved.-Economy
of floor space and the demands OF
house cleaning offer a far more rea-
sonable explanation of the action Of
the reorganizing commission of the
Patent once III selling $1,000 old
models than does the suggestion Of In
ventor O'Brien that this is one of a
series of steps to give the corporations
advantage in depriving inventors OF
their rights. Nearly all the models
sold were of inventions on which pat
ent rights have expired, so that invent
ors' rights do not seem to have suf-
fered. The records are still preserved.
But the sweeping destruction OF old
models is not desirable. In many in
stances they still have value for study
and research by inventors, and many
of them possess a historic interest
which should warrant their preserva-
ton. The economy of space is not
so urgent in the scheme of govern
ment buildings in this city that the
necessary space for the preservation
of important modeis need be be-
grudged.
Designs Her Own Gowns.-The one
social topic of conversation here is
the announcement that Miss Ethel
Roosevelt will make her debut at
small dance Dec. 2S. Many of the
gowns TO be worn during her first So
cial season were designed by Miss
Ethel. One intended for informal din
ner dances is made of soft pale yell
low silk; another, designed as a call
ing costume. is of pale blue velvet,
with a long drectoire coat embroid-
cred I'm heavy black silk The coming
ont gown is a secret, but on good au-
thority 1t is said ii will be a white
handkerchief linen embroidered in
white forgetme-nots. Miss Roosevelt
is tall and has fine figure. She has
q mass of chestnut hair shading a face
of more than average intelligence. Her
eyes are gray. so dark that at times
they appear black. and her complexion
is. pure and clear.
Ask for Square Deai.-lmportant
changes in the programe for the ma
tional rifle matches will probably be
made at the next annual meeting OF
the national board for the promotion
of rifle practice. A number of novel
suggestions have been advanced, all
being intended to relieve the situa-
tion incident to the winning of the first
four places in the national team
match by the teams representing the
regular service. The army, navy and
marine corps collected their most ex.
pert marlemen from all quarters and
spent months in selecting and train
ing the teams which finally represent
ed them. The national guard teams
feel that they are at disadvantage