Show in the eyes ot feminine visitors to the national capital an object of pre eminent in terest just now la the handsome new 7 automobile in which mrs wil ham H raft may be dally seen spin ning about the streets of washington not only Is the new car the first ve hide of the kind ever maintained for a first lady of the land but it is the first automobile used by a mistress or the white ho ise for mrs poosevelt rarely entered an automo blip being in full sm path with her husband s well cnown prejudices on the subject fhe automobile which has been in stalled as mrs tatt s equipage of state is distinctly the property of the new mistress ct the presidential mansion president taft has a steam automobile of the regulation touring car type and another of the same description will be added later these two ma chines being i ur chased with the re cent congressional appropriation of 12 and being ai plied to official conveyances that is for the ube of the president and his secretaries in the discharge of their duties airs taft s new 7 gasoline auto mobile of the limousine type Is the bonal so nal i property of the new tenants of the white house purchased from their private funds and designed for THE bureau of Is an institution supported by 21 republics of the americas Amerl cas for the promo alon of commerce and trade and tor the cultivation of peace and friend ship at the present time it Is bloused in a building on pennsylvania avenue near the white house but it has in process of construction a white marble building south of the corcoran gallery on the grounds of the old van ness place for trig building andrew car negle contributed for a long time the van ness man slon was one of the historic buildings of the city it was built by latrobe one of the architects of the capital tor gen john P van ness who mar ried marcia burns daughter of davie burns one of the original land holders of the city crusty davie burns lived in a rude cottage near the river and cultivated a large plantation ex tending over the spot where the white house now stands the demand tor his land made him wealthy and his only child marcia was known as the 1 use on all occasions when theli jour about washington and in the suburbs have no official significance mrs tafts car like the other white house automobiles has the right of way over all in washington adf will not be compelled to observe any B eed limit her car Is upholstered in dark blue broadcloth and hei chaff I 1 beur wears a neat and unostentatious livery of corresponding tint on either side at the front are minors which anable the chauffeur to keep constant ly informed as to what vehicles are following him and thus minimize the danger of collisions at turns the inter loi of the car Is the em of 1 ioury there la an elec trie dome light sui plied with current from the storage battery of sufficient capacity to keep it aglow tor 24 hours occupants of the can corn with the chauffeur by means ot a speaking tube or may employ an which causes to flash up before the eyes of the car driver s ich signals as start stop slow taster right left home etc the hobt feature of president Pies ident tatt s motors Is the insignia on the side doors in lieu of the mono geams which are now displayed by most cwi u of exi enslave automobiles the emblem on the presidential car Is the coat of arms ot tho united states in colors ind this decoration serves to identify the cai to all by in washington the coat of arms thus emblazoned takes the place in a sense of the led white and blue stockades toc kades which distinguished the white ho ise age during the roosevelt administration new building on site of famous mansion beautiful heiress of some time burns was opposed to the projected transfer of land to the gov and the president and corn miss loners had several conferences with him on one of these occasions the choleric scotchman answered one of washington s arguments by this outa arst I 1 suppose mr washington you think people are going to take every grist from you as pure grain but would you have been it you haan hadn t married the rich widow cus usa gen van ness a well born nw corker was one of the many suitors for the han 1 of marcia hums he be came a resident of washington living at first with his bride in the old cot tage which she woul 1 never permit to be taken down he became mayor of the city his portrait was painted hy gilbert staurt the mansion erected on the burns estate was one of the finest in the country and the resort of tha distinguished people 0 washington in oak cemetery an ness had erected a tomb in imitation of the temple of 1 esta on each anniversary of his death the legend has it that his favorite troop of sk white horses make a ghostly mi scallop around the old mansion whether the bureau nt american republics will inherit the horses with the site of the an dent nassion remains to ba seen women walking to improve the figure has hundreds of devotees among persons of wealth ai d distinction in society women in particular who recognize in this lorm ot exercise an antidote for late hours iud errors of diet as well acts a remedy or the elimination of that modern bugbear ions flesh aie taking it up with a will mis knox wife of the Becie tary of state is especially fond of a brisk walk although a splendid automobile and other ai ces are ready for her call mrs george von L meyer wife of afe becie tary of the i av is another cabinet hostess aho vho is fie been in the streets of the northwest 01 with her face turned toward the suburbs mrs john derson often walks from boundary castle her home tar out in sixteenth street to the shopping district the aaroness Ha mayor des Pl anches wife ot the italian Is another ex cellena walker one young woman 0 the navy circle has quite broken the record in regard to the length of her walks and thinks nothing 0 inviting her friends among the officers to take a tramp 0 2 miles on pleasant days this oung woman Is miss aisle daryls mclean whose father capt walter mclean has recently been api hinted command er at the navy baid miss mclean has returned here after an absence of two deais in the with her par ants they spent a year at yokohama expel the delights of and american hospitality later mclean was presented at the baltish court she is a strikingly pret ty girl with a dazzling complexion and masses ot wavy brown hair large blue eyes and an engaging vivacity of macnei mrs taft selects her social secretary gsg ALICE clerk in the i budeau of american republics has been selected by mrs tatt as her sec astary miss hagner who served mrs u in a similar capacity has been transferred to a in the burea i of trade relations in the state department miss alice blech besides being a good stenographer speaks german bently and has also a knowledge 0 french and spanish all ot which will be extremely useful to her in the du ties ol 01 her new position this posit on has come to miss blech through no influence her ap being governed entirely by her unusual capabilities to fill the po of secretary to mrs tatt during her several years assoria tion with the bureau of american re publics she has gradually risen in sal arv and position the director ot the bureau speaks ol 01 her in the highest terms as a clerk laying particular stress on her fitness as a secretary correspondence was her chief work in her former pos tion and her handling of letters of different natures will be beneficial to her in her new position at the white house |