Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-17
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DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT.
A Dozen Young Fellows Are Follow

Dozen Young Fellows Are Follow
ing In Her Train.
The suitors for the hand of Miss
Alice Roosevelt, the winsome daughter
of the president Of the United States,
bid fair to become as numerous as the
wooers of Penelope. Ever since the
Kaiser did her the signal honor of
choosing her to baptiZe his imperial
yacht, and sent his brother, Prince
Henry, over to assist at the ceremony,
and incidentally to be particularly gal
liant to this charming little woman, in
terest in the young lady has been
aroused from one end Of the country to
the other, and notably so in the cases
of a dozen or so young men. In the
list of admirers of Miss Roosevelt, who
have been conspicuous in their atten-
tions to her ladyship this past season,
the infatuation of Mr.. Charles C..
Wauters, counsellor to the Belgian
Legation at Washington and Charge
d'Afaires in the absence of the min
lister, has been most noticeable. For
not only Is he most constant in dancing
attendance upon the presidents daugh-
ter in the capital, but he even followed
her to Cuba when she left for short
visit 10 the land Of her fathers tri-
umph; and in Cuba, as in the capital,
he mas been a most ardent cavalier.
But in the immediate background
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pie 1t looks as If there was a very
pretty romance growing out of little
Theodore, Jr's illness at school, for it
was there that Mr.. Grafton Cushing, Of
Boston, who was at Groton during little
Miss Roosevelt's vigil by her brothers
bedside, met her often drove with her,
and walked with her, and whiled away
many of her dreary hours in the cold,
bleak place. From this comradeship a
rare and delightful friendship, If not
something deeper, has. sprung up. Mr..
Gushing since then has visited Wash
ington, been a guest at the White
House and renewed the charm Of Miss
Roosevelts propinquity and his ac-
uuaintance begun in the SHOWS Of New
England.
1t was at the brilliant charity ball in
January that Mr.. Charles C. Wauters,
the counsellor to the Belgian legation
was introduced to Miss Roosevelt, and
it was then that his love seems to have
been awakened.
l1c 1oto 6fT1nno0f
to his post at Washington from Spain,
and the appointment was in the nature
of a promotion. He Is bright, tactful
and in the next move in Belgium's
cneckerboard Of state, he is likely to
become minister.
During the absence of Baron Mon
chuer. in Mexico, whittier he went to
fetch home his bride, and while on his
wedding trip to California, Wauters
was Charge d'Affaires of Belgium.
He is very intelligent and passion
ately fond Of music. sings charmingly
himself, and has all the little elegan-
cies of the polished European.
He Is, too, good looking-tall and
slender-and extremely popular with
his colleagues in the diplomatic corps
and in society.
He wears a monocle and speaks six
different anguages-French. Russian.
italian, Spanish, German and English.
He sings too, in all Of them.
Now dashing diplomat who can
speak, sing and make love in six lam
guages is a formidable host that rivals
must needs reckon with.
| His admiration for the little daugh-
ter of the president developed so sud
denly into an exceeding fondness that
he followed her to Cuba, when chape-
roned by Mrs Harriet Blaine Beale, the
daughter Of the late secretary Of state,
James G. Blaine, Miss Alice was allow
ed to make an excursion to the scenes
of her fathers glories, to atone for her
natural disappointment in not being
permitted to attend the coronation of
King Edward. Young Wauters, like
the daughter of the president, was de-
llightfully entertained in Cuba-enter-
tained and shown all the wonders of
the island. Together he and Miss
Roosevelt went over the field of the
fight at San Juan. And what more
propitious situation could a lover ask
tnan that.
Then, as the scene changed from the
land Of palfs to the city of lilacs,
somehow or other the lucky diplomat
and the presidents daughter were
quite constantly thrown together. Alice
Roosevelt rides horseback. and many
times Is she accompanied on her eX-
cursions in and about the capital by
the young Belgian. At none of the
musicales at the White House during
the season-and there have been sew
eral-has he missed a chance of enjoy
ing the music and Miss Alice at the
same time. He is invited to the state
dinners at the executive mansion, and
is hidden to dine with the president s
family when they are alone. And not
only is he intimate with the presi-
dents family, but he has many tastes
in common with the presidents wife
whom he makes no pretence of admir-
ing immensely. During the visit of
Prince Henry. when the pressure was
so great upon the presidential family
for a share of the festivities, Charles
Wauters was conspicuously noted as
among those particularly favored, and
when the fair Alice christened the
Meteor, her Belgian admirer took no
pains to conceal his delight over
the baptism, and his associates mark
ed il as significant at the time that ev-