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Show h At the National Capital r Gossip of People and Events Gathered in Washington Dance to Mark Social Debut of Ethel WASHINGTON. The date for tho coming out danco of Mlfs noose-volt, noose-volt, tho president's second daughter, hns boen Bet for Monday, December 28. While this will mark her debut Into Iho social llfo of the younger Bet, ns has Won announced before, tho rtrst state dinner sho attends will really mean her formal debut. This dinner will be tho first cabinet dinner of the season nnd will bo given shortly short-ly beforo Chrlstmns. Though tho announcement sent out from the Whlto Houso describes tho entertainment as a "small" dance, tho number or Invitations will not fall far short ot 1,000, The dance will bo held hi tho East room or tho White Houso, and, according to present Intentions, will roltow tho plan adopted whon Miss Alice Itoosovelt camo out, that of dispensing dis-pensing with the cotillion, President and Mrs. Hoosevelt havo maintained that entertainments given to tho young members of their family Bhould be as personal as possible. When Miss Alice Roosevelt mado her debut even the first assistant secretary ot state was not Invited, and, in general, gen-eral, that rule will be followed this year. Miss Hoosevelt Is only 18 years old, and the guests will probably bo the youngest assemblage of the kind that over gatharod in tho Whlto House. Tho fact that the danco will be given during tho hotldayB means that a special effort will bo made to havo on hand ' Miss Roosevelt's school friends rrora Now York and tho col-lego col-lego matcB of Thcodoro Roosevelt, Jr. Hor brother will coino to Washington for tho occasion, and Miss Christine Itoosovelt nnd Miss Dorothy Roosevolt, cousins of tho debutante, are also expected. ex-pected. In nil, about 200 young New' Yorkers York-ers will be Invited. At least that number was present at Miss Allco's debut, nnd tho president has been careful that his children should not weaken their afllllatlons with their Now York rrlcnds. Young Thoodoro will bring with him a number ot his Harvard college mates, and perhaps one or two of tho friends ho has made slnco going into tho carpctmaking business. Tho list of those to bo Invited In-vited Is almost completed, and tbe Invitations In-vitations will be sent out very shortly. The debut of Miss Roosevelt Is expected ex-pected to Introduce a very gay winter win-ter at tho capital. Slnco tho marriage of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Congressman Congress-man Nicholas Longworth in 1908, tho Whlto House has been voted a dull placo by young people. Blase Bachelors of National Capital l Lr THE mnn question is tho most serl- ous proposition a foshtonnblo girl In Washington has to contend with. Troublo No. 1 Ib, thero aren't any men. Trouble No. 2 Is, tho men that thero arc that's good Irish are bo spoiled to death lhey aro a ncgllgtblo quantity. Said a religious young woman In the Innermost clique tho othor day; "Conditions In Washington are flerpo where male creatures aro concerned. Men hnvq, no obligations, no responsibilities. responsi-bilities. They seem to think they aro conferring a favor on tho opposite box by simply existing' Qf courso, for many a long day they have absolved themselves from tho duty of paying dinner nnd party calls it was kind enough In them to como In tho first placo but half fhe time they don't oven answer your notes of Invitation. Wo girls havo discovered that thd only way to clinch the men when wo really must havo them at our affairs. Is to catch them on tbo telcphono boforo they have time to dodgo. Extort n verbal promise that they will come, and to facilitate things offer to send a carriage for them as well. You might add a bunch of American beauties besides," be-sides," the girl laughed sardonically, "and a handsoino souvenir to boot." "In nncestral days," tho young woman wom-an went on, "I bellovo It was tho privilege privi-lege ot the 'beaux' to pay all the expenses ex-penses or tho sprco when they took the girls to balls and rooms. Not so In 1908. It's a Thanksgiving day to a girl If sho can corral a pwtnor tor the cotillion, even when sho pays her own subscription fee and Biippllcs her own enrriago and flowers. It takes money to be n girl nowadays. For example, ono can't bo anybody and not be n member o( tho Sixty Couples Cotillion In Washington. Tickets for each occasion oc-casion aro threo dollars apiece, without with-out counting tho extras. ''Does tho partner whom you may possibly havo secured by treason and stratagem bear any ot the expenses of your oyenlngT Not by a Jugful'Heavy, heavy, hangs on your poor head,' financially finan-cially speaking, and tho beneficent beings be-ings In evening' clothes feel that they havo performed tho wholo ofllco ol man In simply allowing you to gush over thom In gratltudo for being thoro. Mascullno stock la way abovo par, and a man who knows how to danco, ot will dance It ho knows how to. Instead In-stead of swelling tho mob of blaso blackcoats near tho exits of ballrooms, Idle and unproductive. Is Indeed a bonanza." Texas Doctor a Picturesque Figure PERHAPS tho most picturesque figure fig-ure at tho International Tuberculosis Tubercu-losis congress, In session hero lately, was Dr. A. J. Ueall of Son Marcus, Tex. Dr. Ileall Is 85 years old, has beon a practicing physician In Texas for more than half a century, and, because be-cause ot his long record and his fidelity fidel-ity aa a practitioner, is one of tho best beloved men in the Lono Star state. Dr. Beall's trip to Washington was Intended to be the closing and crowning crown-ing feature of his career. When ho returns re-turns to, his homo at San Marcus, so ho told his friends and patients beforo he left, It will be as a man retired from active professional pursuits a prlvato cltlteu. Tho esteem In which the veteran physician is held by his neighbors is attested In a way by the fact that ho was urged to mako tho trip to Washington Wash-ington by and at tho oxpenso of his friends In and noar San Marcus. Tho fund to pay tho oxponso ot the trip wns not contributed by any ono phllan-throphlcally phllan-throphlcally Inclined person, but by tho entire community. The money was raised by a popular subscription, Tho doctor camo to Washington on tho special train of tho Texas delegation, delega-tion, and during tho weok was an Interested, In-terested, as well as an Interesting, participator par-ticipator In tho proceedings and demonstrations dem-onstrations of tho congress. Another enthusiastic Texas delegate was Dr. W. T. Jones" of Fort Davis. The flay beforo pr, Jones left his home at Fort Davis to como to Washington ho rode horseback 4G miles Into the country to sco a patient. Tho round trip was 90 miles. The following day he rode 60 miles to tho railroad station, sta-tion, wbero he Joined tho other dole-gates dole-gates bound for Washington. The doctor, doc-tor, bjslng. ,used, to such oxperlence. was not greatly fatigued by his two trips through the country. Here's a "Bughouse" Job for Some One - 1 1 fclBUC HOUSE H iBn "EN A"PREPARATOR" is now wanted by tho bureau ot entomology of tbe Unltod States department of agriculture agricul-ture to assist in making the bug business busi-ness profttablo to tbe government or to tbo rural communities. Tho rurallsts have found' .that they had a legal excuse ex-cuse to advance tbe prices on eggs be-causo be-causo tho bug crop was cut Bhort by the dry weather, and there were no bugs tor the chickens to cat. So the preparator Is to prepare bugs for chicken feed and other uses. At the civil service examination to be held soon embryo preparntors will be required to assemble ten specimens of lepijoptera that'4 will bo furnished them and tbo one who succeeds la matching the dissected pieces ot the ton bugs will be entitled to tho price, which is a position at $50 a month and board yourself or beat tha landlady. Thoso who fall In the examination will bo entitled to admission to the bughouse on tbe proper presentation ot credentials. Another examination will he held for applicants for the position po-sition of aid In the division ot Insects of the National museum. This department depart-ment pays better salaries than the department de-partment ot agriculture. a tho salary Is $TC a, month. The government Iso wants a chief' for the cattle-and. grain-Investigation grain-Investigation laboratory. Tho bureau of corporations, department depart-ment of commerce and labor, wants Bpeclal examiners at salaries ranging from $1,200 to $3,600 a year. |