Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06

enperors telegram thanking her for chris
tenfng the yacht. London newspaper crit
teised her for not framing the dispatch In
terms of greater servility. Shortly after
ward William II named another of his
naval yachts the Alice Roosevelt, and there
from came from Berlin story that the
Presidents daughter was to be a guest at
the royal palace, Berlin: that the emperor
and empress had looked over the list of
marria geable Protestant princesses and
found them all unavailable; that they were
keen to marry the crown prince to Miss
Roosevelt; that the kaiser would first see
to 1t that some friendly monarch would
confer upon the Presidents daughter a title.
At about this time. apropos of the tariff
war between Germany and the United
States, a sensational Berlin paper. often
confiscated by the authorities. published a
cartoon showing Miss Roosevelt in an open
boat seated opposite an immense hog In
her arms was a little pig wrapped in the
stars and stripes and the Presidents
daughter was saying: I'VE received your
princes; You must admit our hogs Some
time thereafter, at the Metropole Theater
Berlin. In the course of a roaring farce
our President was represented In Rough
Rider costume and Miss Roosevelt was Inn
personated by young woman speaking
with what was supposed to be an American
twang. Upon interference by the police
the management substituted the names Mr..
and Miss washington" for Roosevelt"
Paris paper after this published an article
describing many young scions of European
royalty. from whom Miss Roosevelt might
have her pick and grouped their pictures
about hers upon the page.
Accused of Title Hunting.
Indeed the first maid of the land found
her name linked with that of titled for
eigners from the time she made her debut.
Some of the Presidents political enemies.
as well as back-door gossips, just prior to
his recent election, circulated stories to the
effect that Miss Roosevelt was hankering
for title and was about to marry this and
that foreign noble of the diplomatic corps
The most persistent Of these rumors was
that she was to become the bride of the
Viscount de Chambrun. secretary of the
French embassy and great-grandson of the
tHustrious Marquis de Lafayette. Then
there was the same rtlmor anent the Wis.,
count de Alte and Count Conrad Hocnberg.
Great capital was made of the rumor that
Miss Roosevelt was to attend the corona
ton of King Edward as the guest of her
chunl, Miss Jane Reid daughter OF White.
law Reid. then special ambassador to the
ceremonies This. like all of the other
rumors, proved baseless, and the young
lady was next criticised for her friendship
with the Countess Cassini. foster-daughter
Of the recent ambassador from Russia,
I Two years rolled by and q vast train
of suitors fell upon their knees before the
happiest iuckiest girl of the land But to
all alike she desired to remain only good
fellow. At balls she divided her dances
so evenly that none could observe any par
TALLY to another She often favored the
eligible" She automobiled, attended the
spring and fall races at Benning. the horse
shows at Chevy Chase, went to Dances
dinners and box parties galore and occa-
sionally took a spin to New York. always
travelling in an ordinary parlor car and
carrying her own dress-suit case. Ono
evening, shortly after taking up her home
at the White House. she attended a box
party at one OF the Washington theaters,
and in cadence with the orchestra cake
walked down the aisle from her box to
the exit.
During these gay days. when Miss Roose-
welt was heartwhole and fancy free, 1t was
estimated that in fifteen months she at
| tended 40S dinners. 800 parties. $50 balls
and $50 afternoon teas; that in this time
she shook hands with $1,000 people and
paid 1.T00 calls.
The Meeting.
When Miss Alice was a little girl OF
seven, her father, then civil service COM
missioner and living In Washington. heard
that the son of his old friend. Judge Long
worth OF Cincinnati. had just been gradu-
ated at Harvard, where Mr.. Roosevelt him.
! self had received his sheepskin eleven years
before. Miss Alice may have heard of IT,
too, at the time. but young man Of
twenty-one was a patriarch In her eyes
When she was ten the same young man
fifteen he had been elected to the Ohio
legislature. The autumn following her
brilliant debut the same young man was
elected to Congress. and during the next
winter, just before taking his seat in the
House. he received an invitation to dine
with his fathers old friend. When Repre-
sentative-elect Nicholas Longworth on that
evening entered the White House he met
Miss Roosevelt for the first time. She prob
ably classed him among the older men, to
whom she was Indifferent, for, although
but thirty-four he had forehead which
extended all the way over his Uranium and
bid fair to form junction with the back
Of his neck. Miss Roosevelt was then nine
teen. the same age her mother had been
when a bride.
Mr.. Longworth and his wealthy mother
took up their winter residence at the capt.
tai He was the nephew OF Mrs. Bellamy
Storer, wife Of our ambassador to Vienna,
whose house Mr.. Roosevelt was to have
occupied while Vice President. Mr.. Long
worth's sister was the wife of the Marquis
de Chambrun, brother Of that other great
grandson of Lafayette then said to be WOO
ing Miss Roosevelt. The three were often
seen together-the wealthy representative,
the viscount and the Presidents daughter.
The following summer Mr.. Longworth gave
Miss Alice splendid costume ball while
she was at Hamilton. Mass. Thenceforth
he was always at her side. Early in the
spring following their chauffeur was ar
rested and fined SO for speeding. When
the recent tour of the orient was planned
by Secretary Taft, Mr.. Longworth saw to
it that he was included In the congressional
delegation which was to inquire into the
The Wooing.
Whether 1t was upon the moonlit deck OF
the Manchuria, while that great vessel was
blowing across the Pacific: whether It was
upon the beautiful inland sea Of Japan.
amid the palms Of the Moro country. or
as they sat midst cherry blossoms and
lotus buds in the gardens of the mika-
dos palaces: whether 1t was before or
after she was offered the hand of the
Sultan of Sulu. that the vital word
came from her lips has not yet passed
into history-perhaps never will. Probably
history Will never tell. either, whether II
was ecstatic happiness over her new state
that caused the American princess to
pause too long at Honolulu and have to
catch her steamer by specially chartered
tug; that inspired her to dance on her boat
in native Sulu costume or to dive. pretty
frock and all, into the swimming pool of
the Manchuria, where her present fiance
was bathing. History will probably record
In mere prosaic language that the vital an
swer was given and that the couple was
welded.
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