White House is an officer of the Army, Col. Charles S. Bromwell. He is a rich man-worth, probably, half a million dollars. To him a colonel's pay is merely spending money. But as Chief Aide to the President, he is a most important and even powerful functionary, regulating, as he does, all of the social affairs of the establishment. The social aides above mentioned are hardly more than ornamental persons; Colonel Bromwell is the manager. It is he who sends out all formal invitations from the White House, and even the seating of the guests at large dinners is arranged by him. Officially he is known as the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds -so that he may be said to have three

distinct titles, though the most important one relates to his social functions.

Probably the wealthiest officer in the Navy is Captain Richardson Clover, who recently commanded the new battleship Wisconsin in Asiatic waters. He has returned to Washington, where at present he awaits his promotion to be Rear-Admiral. Captain Clover, if not a millionaire, comes pretty near to the mark. His home is one of the palaces in Washington, on New Hampshire Avenue close by Dupont Circle, which is the center of the most fashionable district of the Capital.

Many rich men are employed in the scientific bureaus of the Government. It is notoriously a fact that science is a poor paymaster; in fact, the wages are usually

wretched. But this is not a matter of importance to such volunteers, for example, as Gifford Pinchot, who is a millionaire and, by the way, an intimate friend of President Roosevelt. Mr. Pinchot lives in a white stone palace on Scott Circle, and gives nearly all of his time to the Forestry Bureau, of which he is the head, with the title of Forester. The $4,500 a year which he draws as salary-this particular position being exceptionally well paid-supplies him with pocket money.

Mr. Pinchot is a man of brains and distinction. He is also an excellent tennisplayer, and is a frequent adversary of the President in the tennis court behind the business annex of the White House.

Some time ago he furnished the money to establish a Forestry School at Yale University.

In the Bug Department of the National Museum, toils every day for long. hours Dr. Harrison G. Dyer, who is well known as one of the greatest "lepidopterists" living. He is said, also, to know more about mosquitoes than anybody else in America or abroad. Twenty-five dollars a month is his modest stipend, which he fairly earns. Fortunately, however, he is not compelled to live on that income, inasmuch as he has a fortune of more than a quarter of a million, derived. from Fifth Avenue land in New York, which was purchased by his father when it was cheap.

CHARLES H. KEEP. Assistant Secretary, U. S. Treasury.

Among other scientists of wealth in the government service are Dr. Arnold Hague, Prof. George F. Becker, and Prof. Samuel F. Emmons, all three of the U. S. Geological Survey; Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the chemist-in-chief of the Department of Agriculture; and Dr. Allerton S. Cushman, of the Bureau of Roads. Doctor Hague, who is worth about half a million, has made the geology of the Yellowstone National Park his life study. Professor Emmons is an expert in precious metals. He made the first formal and authoritative investigation of the great Leadville field. As for Professor Becker, he is reckoned the greatest goldmining expert living; and his studies went far toward establishing the fact that the wonderful mines of the Rand in South Africa are situated along a deposit which is in reality an ancient beach, the sands of which must have been golden indeed, inasmuch as for many years past they have yielded a large part of the world's entire output of the precious yellow substance.

A story worth telling relates to a visit which Professor Becker made a short time ago to the City of Mexico, where he attended a congress of geologists. As a representative of the United States, he

spoke at a banquet; and one of the European scientists present, having listened to him with attention, asked who he was. The query was advanced to another American, who replied: "That is Mr. Becker of Washington." The foreigner thereupon gazed at the gentleman in question with augmented interest, and said: "Mr. Booker Washington? You don't say so? Do, please, introduce me!"

Naturally, the story has spread, and has been much enjoyed by Professor Becker's friends-though not, strange to say, by Professor Becker himself.

Doctor Cushman above mentioned is a grand-nephew, and was one of the heirs, of Charlotte Cushman, the great American actress. Though only thirty-nine years of age, he is a scientist of no small distinction-a chemist, and especially an expert in the properties of road materials. During the Spanish War, he saw service with the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers in Porto Rico, and was made a captain by President McKinley.

Other examples might be mentioned, but a sufficiently long list of wealthy men in the public service has here been presented to give a notion of the extent to which persons of large means are finding employment under the Government--not,