Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-16
POLITICS AS
CUPlD'S AID
CONGRESSMAN tLoNGWoRTH HAS
WON MISS ROOSEVELT FOR
BRIDE
WILL WE'D In FEBRUARY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Make
Announcement of Their Daughters
Engagement to Ohio representative
Both Popular in Washington
Ceremony to be at White House..

Washington, D. c., Dec. 14.-Late
yesterday afternoon the engagement
of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Represen-
tative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio,
was announced at the White House in
The following official statement:
'tThe President and Mrs. Roosevelt
daughter, Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt,
ding will take place in the middle Of
February"
The announcement was given to the
public at a few minutes before 5
o'clock and by the time the hour had
struck social Washington was discus
sing the forthcoming White House
wedding.
Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth
met in Washington little more than
two years ago, when Longworth first
came to congress, and since that time
they have been constantly thrown to-
gether through the medium of their
social duties
They were two of quartet of
young people who practically led the
younger social set in all it's entertain
ments, formal and otherwise. Count
ess Marguerite Cassini. daughter of
the former Russian ambassador. Count
Cassini, and the Viscount de Cham
brun, secretary of the French en-
bassy, formed the other members of
this little party. There were dinners
at the Russian embassy and then at
the White House. Mrs Longworth,
mother of the representative, was fire.
quently the chaperon in these little
parties, and her home soon became
the center for the ultra-fashionable
younger set at the capital.
Society Puzzled by Quartet.
1t had ever since been a matter of
conjecture as to just how things stood
among these four interesting people.
Many declared that Mr.. Longworth
was more devoted to Countess Cassini
than to Miss Roosevelt and others
were equally sure that the Viscount
de Chambrun's heart had long ago
been given to the Presidents daugh-
ter. 1t was first this guess and then
that, but still the young people went
ahead having their good time with no
thought for what public opinion might
be. The Viscount de Chambrun is a
close friend of Mr.. Longworth through
the marriage of his brother, Count de
Chambrun, to Mr.. Longworth's eldest
sister.
Society began to see through it all
after thine, and any one who wanted
Miss Alice Roosevelt as dinner
guest saw to it that Mr..
Longworth's name also figured on the
list. Dinners, dances, afternoon re-
ceptions and teas served to bring them
together day after day and night after
night.
Since Miss Roosevelt and Mr.. Long
worth. who were members of Secre-
tary Taft's party, returned from the
Philippines, they have been almost
constantly together, except during the
time Miss Roosevelt was in New York
and on visit to her grandmother in
Brookline, Mass.
Made Social Debut In 1901.
Miss Roosevelt made her social de-
but in the winter of 1901 at brilliant
ball given in the White House by the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt She
was then IS years old. Her reign in
society has been supreme, but it has
always beenSa much discussed and
surprising fact that her coming out
ball was the only affair which has ever
been given in her honor by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt since they
came to the White House. There have
been numerous luncheon and dinner
parties but the guests have always
been equally divided among the friends