The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-21
Washington Correspondence New York
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Washington Correspondence New York
 Herald.
 XNFFICIAL announcement was made kNOI today by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt of the engagement or their daughter, Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt, to Representative Nicholas Longworth Of Ohio. ee
 The wedding, 1t is stated, will take place the middle of February. No one Is sur prised by the announcement for It IS just what every one has expected Tor many months Every one is pleased now ever for until the engagement was or fcially announced every report or II was denied by Miss Roosevelt and also py Representative Longworth's S mother, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati AS II is unique for prospective mother-ih-iaW 10 deny her sons engagement the fact of Mrs Longworths denial has led to rumor that she does not favor the match, and that she will not settle upon her son any liberal allowance, as she mas done when her daughters married.
 The Longworth fortune was left to the mother of the family, who does Wilh IL as she pleases until her death One daugh- fer married the Count de Chambrun, eld- est brother of Vicente de Chambrun or the French embassy here who, when ne first came, was one of Miss Roosevelts s intimate friends. In fact society remarked two winters ago upon the close friendship between Miss Roosevelt Countess Mar euerite Cassni. daughter of the former Russian ambassador. Representative Longworth and Vicomte de Shamorun. The four were always togethen and each of the men seemed impartially devoted to the young women.
 Last winter the Russian-Japanese war threw the young countess into official mourning, and she dropped out of the ouartette. And then it was that MT. Long worth and Miss Roosevelt began to show q decided preference for each others so- ciety. They met constantly, and when not together in society they were enjoying automobile rides over the thoroughfares of the capital or its suburbs.
 Every one thought it most significant when Representative Lonsworth was named as one of the party to visit the Philippines and Japan with Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt When Thanks giving day came and the President, Mrs. Roosevelt and the children betook them selves to their new country place. Pine Knots, In Virginia, for a genuine old fashioned Thanksgiving celebration, Miss Alice elected to stay at home at the capi- tol and dine that night with friends. MT. Longworth was at the dinner
 On the day of the great football game between the army and navy, when the President Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel and Theodore. Jr.. with train load of persons, young and old, went gayly off to see the sport. Miss Alice went to the races at Bennings and her escort was MT Longworth, who is also keen sports man.
 When Miss Roosevelt returned from her trip in the Orient she was completely Jagged out. After week or two here she went to New England and had a quiet little visit with her grandmother Mrs George Lee, of Brooklyn, and also with her aunt Mrs. Cowles. at whose house she was till more quiet On her return she looked much improved. and has con tinued to improved ever since, till now she is quiet her natural, gay spirited self
 Since her introduction to society the first winter her father was President Miss Roosevelt has continued to grow prettier and more attractive in manner and speech while losing none of her frank, open na- ture.
 She was shy, demure looking slip of a girl the day she first crossed the thresh- old of the White House Since then she has bloomed into vivacious. fascinat- ing young woman and numbers her friends by the score. And they are not all new friends either, who may have been