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Show go to public II ssr 1 1 I SCHOOLS. ; S10 I cassloias of which her versatile hus- , band Is so fond. Immediately after the death of, :res-ident :res-ident McKinley the annoum nent came from the white house tt . the entire winter season would t ' observed ob-served by the Roosevelts as one if official of-ficial mourning and that not un. Jan. 1, 1903, would the wnite hoi, j be opened for either public, dip matic or army and navy receptions. t was also announced that all the n' mbera of the cabinet and other high " ivern-ment ivern-ment officials who take pr- linent parts in Washington's soci , 1 life would give no official enterta: ments. As it had been proposed to n .ke the coming winter the gayest the capital hi.3 ever known, the announcement from the white house was eceived with feelings of dismay by th society (Washington Letter.) President Roosevelt openly resents ny attempt to pry into the private affairs of his family, even if it is taken tak-en for granted that their every act is public property, now that they reside In the executive mansion. He does not pretend that modesty or a desire for ex-cluslveness ex-cluslveness has impelled him to take this course, but he insists that there is a great chance that such notoriety will have a serious effect on his young children who are just at an impressionable impres-sionable age. He wants them to be have as classmates many of the little lit-tle sons and daughte s of the members of the diplomatic corps who reside in the aristocratic neighborhood in which the Echool is located. "Teddy," Jr., In Massachusetts. Theodore, Jr., will continue to attend at-tend the boarding school in Massachusetts Massa-chusetts which he entered last year, and Miss Alice, the oldest daughter of the President, who is expected to make her debut in society th's winter, will not attend school. Quentin, the baby, is too young to go to school, and Mrs. Roosevelt will take care of his instruction in-struction until he becomes old enough to learn his A B C's. The children are accompanied to school each morning by Henry Pinck-ney, Pinck-ney, the colored man, who has assigned as-signed to himself the President, and on other occasions Mrs. Roosevelt Roose-velt makes up the guest list and has some of the women with whom she became acquainted in Washington during her previous residences here. These little home parties are altogether altogeth-er informal. When soldiers are there old stories are rehearsed and old jokes recracked. When the guests comprise such men as R. W. Gilder, books are invariably the subject of.conversation, for the President is a great reader and keeps abreast of all the good current literature. One of the women who dined with the ' Roosevelt's last week when Jokingly Jok-ingly asked by a man of her acquaintance acquaint-ance what kind of a dinner she had, and what they, talked about, replied: "We had a good dinner of real food and I found out what Mrs. Roosevelt had noticed regarding the fall patterns in the New York stores just before she came to Washington." The children do not join in these dinners. They have their evening meal served in the rooms that have "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT, JR. Bhielded as much as possible from the inevitable. Mr. Roosevelt realizes that the doings of the White House children are of more or less public Interest, but he says their heads must not be turned by too much attention. When he was making his arrangements arrange-ments to come here as vice-president; the plans included the placing of the children In the public school. When President McKinley was assassinated and the children along with their fa- ARCHIBALD ROOSI VELT. people. After the President had time to think the question ove and to take the advice of a number o" persons well informed regarding pro -iety, it was decided to change the official programme. pro-gramme. It is now announced that official mourning will end with the year and that the winter's programme will go on as usual after Jan. 1. Coming Debut of Miss Roosevelt. President and Mrs. Roosevelt are expected to open the settaon with a reception re-ception at which Miss; Alice will be presented to society. No definite announcement an-nouncement has been made as yet of such a plan but the social world is preparing to give the first debutante from the white house for thirty years a warm welcome. Miss Roosevelt is expected to be a great social favorite. 'She is tall and slender and she has light hair and blue eyes. Her manner is breezy and enthusiastic, like that of her father. She" iS an outdoor girl and !s a splendid splen-did horseback rider, a gor-if e P'sy-er P'sy-er and an expert wit,r-';ne oar. She is not quite V1 yeap"1 0IL- , fear- j m wi Win Iff flJ MRS. ROOSEVELT AND ETHEL, been fitted up as the nursery and the old folks are unmolested after fl o'clock except on special occasions. Mrs. Roosevelt's Accomplishments. Mrs. Roosevelt enjoys such evenings as well a3 does her husband. She Is one of the most accomplished women who has ever been mistress of the white house. Besides being an excep- plli ther were placed in the most conspic- (uous position in the nation, it was predicted that these plans would be changed, and that the children would either be placed in some private and exclusive school or that they would be taught by a governess'or tutor who would reside at the White House. It was urged that the attendance of the Roosevelt children in the public i schools would make them constantly unprotected objects of cranks if not actual kidnapers. ! Boys Going to Public Schools. President Roosevelt laughed at these fears when, after the children had arrived ar-rived and the question of their education educa-tion came up. Mrs. Roosevelt, however, how-ever, was not so certain. Finally it was arranged that the boys should attend at-tend the public schools and that Ethel should go to the Cathedral school in Woodley lane. This is an institution under the supervision of Bishop Sat-' Sat-' terlee of the Episcopal diocese. Ethel will board at the school during the week, but she will return to the White House to spend Saturday and Sunday with her parents. Kermit, who is a sturdy little fellow with many of his father's traits, and who has an ample, supply of self-reliance, now attends the Preston school, and he gave it out cold vn the day that he was registered regis-tered there that if any of the other boys tried to make fun of him because he was the president's son he would make It hot for them. Archie goes daily to the Force school. Here he will KERMITiROOSEVELT. tionally good conversationalist she is an accomplished musician and takes a great interest in literary matters. In spite of the fact that she has a family large enough to take up every moment of an ordinary woman's time she manages man-ages to keep well informed on current cur-rent events and take part in the dls- |