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Show HE A Mrs. Alice Longsworth Will Not Attend Re-ception Re-ception Without It New York, Dec. 31. Express company com-pany detectives and pollcemeu are scouring New York today for some clue to the whereabouts of a gown which Mrs Nicholas Longworth hopes to wear at President Taft's New Year's reception at the White House, Monday afternoon. In anticipation of the reception. Mrs. Longworth came to New York tome time ago and had her dressmakers dress-makers measure her for a gown. The gown was finished a few days ago and shipped by express to Mrs" Long-worth. Long-worth. Yesterday the dress makers received a telegram from Mrs. Long-worth Long-worth asking why the gown had not arrived. Hurried inquiry of the express ex-press compan seemed to indicate that it bad been stolen from the wagon wa-gon during the holiday rush. If no trace of the missing apparel Is found before tonight, the modistes will put a special forco of dress makers mak-ers at work in an effort to construct a duplicate of the gown in time for the reception. Mrs. Longworth declares de-clares that she will not attend except in a brand new gown. oo |