Show Washington 6Q v1 p Washington Juno 2iT1te White Ilouen In undergoing Itn repairs and nil the corridors cor-ridors of thu llrst hoar arc dismantled Scaffolding In erected In the rpiuna and Urn floors no strewn with plaster The few visitors who am admitted to the innu hlon on urgent busliujsa find It extremely dlfllcull to make their conversation audible audi-ble abovo thu din of time workmen and when the upner llooni arc commenced upon the nol o and confusion will natu inlly Increase The President llnd relaxation from the arduous work of the waning Congress In tramping with his good l comradeinarms Gen Wood through the suburbs clad in rouGh tweed or In riding his favorite horse with the samu companion Those two men ale contemporaries In every sense ami the rauld rise to prominence I and power which has attended the career I of them both Is I commented upon by all who iico them striding alone together or cantering suowjotisly along tho beiutlful roads on the outskirts of the city Only a few years ago limey both occupied for less Important puMltlons J and were then good comrudea aa now n Doth PnTldent Roosevelt and Gen Wood llixl themselves Immensely helped by their roMieetlvu wives In the Jmiiortanl posts to which they have bneii raised The rrosldunts wife naturally II ntlll herself In the public eye to a superlative degree and alone with the great honor of tnlHl Inn beside the President of our great Nation us hlu helninret and tho noiMtil arhitifuu for the entlro country mutt be cnuolderid the dlucomfori of being Irlll cls iil and talked about Indlncrlmluiitcly This ordeal hall been evercdlngly trying to Mrs Ttoosevull Of that exelu lve old KnlckvruncktT slock which dislikes noto rloiv of any kind and coming I io suddenly sud-denly i 111 Lllrw lionnru of the mistress of the White UOIIFO airs IooiU ell exhib HCII during the early part of her reign some IrajmtUmce at the keen Interest In her goings and cnnilims her likes and dislikes dis-likes which wut ixhlblted on every hand She strove to Inatnturato more retheinent for time wlfo of the Prenldent frum the people at large to utiggeat to the democracy democ-racy of America something of her own Ideas as the fltnesii of things exporting them to respect her wishes submissively I run alnn t The 1 dream was shorlIIvid I r for tho PrcaldeutH wife has been too long a bright particular titan In the official Jlrmiv meul Moreover thiniPrcKldentB wife did not wish I lo retrain from entertaining and from the enjoyment of the ituslllon which she occupied situ merely did not wish lube lu-be talked abour So time close observer In Washington society has marked a duvldcd change In tifcllcs on the port of time mistress of the Vhlte house and a womanly acmiles oonci1 to the nubile amllmunl In to be traced In her movements In reviewing time soaiioa much IH to bis noted which redounds to the ciedii of Mrs HooHevilt as evidencing extreme good sense and judgment combined with a natural love of life and its nloauuics The Improvements to the While Howie aiv expected to add much to 119 hemily and to detract naught from Its nymmetry of otillliie and historic associations Mrs TkdoHcvelt has the courage of her convictions con-victions In dlctallug these Itaprnvomrnls amid probably no tunic able sugicstloni could br Tollowid fine ybm oo far oat lined would scorn to provide jroalur fn dillies for fiilerlalalnir ou a large scale and no more conveniences In the actual living ayarlmcnlii but both necessities may bo obviated beiote the work Is I cons idelcd Tlie mol urgent demand at the executive mansion lu an ofllce for the President and this structure Is occupying public attention considerably It was at first decided to build a ch ap frame bulld Im at the back of time White llntisu for temporary use but this plan has been changed to the more practical om of Putting put-ting up a comfortable and properlyap pointed office of one story which may be added to when necessity demands in time JCultirc o D M Irlcrulnhli1 the beautiful suburban Itofine of Mrs John n IcIean I on Hit Kjekvll road 1 N I the acetic of much gayety I t Just now owing to Urn young huusc gueaiK vlslthu lhl1 eharmlng host es MiKii May Ilnndy of Virginia and MliB Lola JUiblnsHin nt Italtlmare Friendship In the mom extensive suburban renldencn In the vlcinlti of the 1 rjiphal and la an < > cclul > object of Inlerenl The toad which leads from the boHiiltablc alone enirance lo the manorhoiisc Is a mile la Icnrlli and IM lined on ellhur side by trees The botiiiu mina been remodeled Into one of the Jlne t In aiipolninnnt within the scope of iho modern nrclilltt and builder Seen from the public highway It looks like a meat whit castle with rolling I Holds all around in the midst of magnlll cent shade lr < es making a picture ouch as Illtn ihroitKh a childs mind when rending rend-ing fairy talc Mr Mclean bin had a number of hurtles hur-tles erected about his place and President lloosevult In frequently seen to lake them on his rides out of town In that direction B 1 > Among other ploaaanl suburban homs now the I rondervous of the young folks who go In for culofdonr sports are those of Mrs ClmrleH Hell Twin Onls and Mr Charlcn S Glover wncrc tennis has ietlacod ping pong and many companies nic received by Mrs Glover either to watch the games or lo participate u 0 < Notwithstanding the general exodus of society many familiar faces arc to be lIen driving or at Hubtirbnn hotels I wheiu the society people tillll in town congregate congre-gate at dinner Few families seem to time at borne and nerbapB the most favored suburban ieiort Is now the I Chevy Chase club where Ucpreaunialfvi and Mrs Dal zeil gave OnvCJen Wood a dinner last week Almost every night them Is I to bo met here a gathering of the tired fon ioiBnicn with such portions of their families as have been good enough lo remain re-main behind to brlshlon them up after the labor of the long session Gen and Mrs Knox aie familiar figures at thc Country club which Is also a fa vorlto resort for dinner 0 Another early summer diversion much in vogue Is I another variety of the novelty party which occupied society to such a degree during the sounon Tho nlmrtyi lawns and pretty pmleiui oC Wunhlnglon bonus lend msolvcs nicely to law mm J f Urnoon gatherings called domoflllo iiclinco parties where prlxca are dlH Lrlbtilud to the Indies exhibiting the great I o5t knuwltulKc of luniKukcupIni A thinly snipper ustinfly follows time entertainment which naturally Laves the JioKlfSfl of tho occasion nn opportunity to dumonulrato her particular Iduiiu s It A rumor la current In ViiBhlnKton which credits Mrs Van ncnsiiiolaor Crugcr of New = York with nn ongagtnicnt to Senator Sen-ator Clark of Monlnnii fills nariloular Senator with his millions und 1 Ills Inclination Inclina-tion for Indies society la oxtrcmHy I popular popu-lar lu ViHlilnyioii mid much conjecture linn been ntloat m to a probable nialrl moiilal itlllanco fur him While the cn Kancmoiit to Mrs Van rctniisrlaer Cruger la iiflthur nfllrnifd nor denied auch a match would IK eminently satisfactory all in omul Inasmuch ns the pr < ullit socially which would accrue lo Senator Clnrl and his innrrlrd dnuuhurs thereby would offset off-set the Immense fortune which would bo rained by Mrs CriiKor AllAHELLA GLJSHINGTON |