The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-09
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Want No Official Gifts.
Presents Must Be Personal Ex-
pressiOns of Good VIII.
WORLD TOUR PLANNED.
Two Years to Be Spent Abroad
by the LORgWOrths.
Foreign POtentates Anxious to
Entertain the Bride Elect.

Washington, Feb. s.-Mr. Hegen~
muller, the Austrian ambassador here
and acting dean of the diplomatic
corps. after conference with officials
of the Washington government has ad-
vised his government that it is the
wish of the president and Mrs. Roose-
velt that no official gifts shall be pre-
sented to their daughter upon the oc-
casion of her marriage next week TO
Mr. Longworth.
Whatever presents sent will be in
the nature of a personal expression OF
good Will from the sovereign and not
as presents from the governments
themselves.
The trip to Europe, including pre-
sentation at the court of St. James by
Ambassador Reid, which Miss Alice
Roosevelt has decided upon as a part
of her honeymoon, may now develop
into complete tour of the world, dur
ing which the daughter Of the presi-
dent Will be presented at all of the
European and Asiatic courts
Plans to this effect are now under
consideration by Miss Roosevelt and
Congressman Longworth. They have
advanced so far that an intimate
friend of the bride-to-be informed a
reporter that the grand tour has prac-
tically been decided upon.
Two years viii be devoted to globe
trotting. and London, Paris Berlin, st.
Petersburg, Rome, Athens Constan-
tinople. Cairo, the vice regal court in
India. Pekin and Toxic viii surely be
visited, and perhaps Australia as well.
Miss Roosevelt has already been pre-
sented at Pekin and Toxic. but pre-
sentations Will be arranged at those
two capitals again. the second time as
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
One of the secrets which has leaked
out is that Miss Roosevelt has had
cd her a rsF
gowns for presentation at the chief
European courts. and there are also
other creations intended for wear IN
tropical countries which go to bear
ont the story Of the contemplated tour
os the globe.
A TriumpIlaI Procession.
If such q trip is taken. it is expected
that it VIII be uiumphal procession
for the young daughter of the president
AS long ago as the coronation of King
Edward, Miss Roosevelt was arGious
to go abroad, and, indeed, the master Of
ceremonies of the Court of St James,
in the expectation that the daughter OF
the president would attend that func-
tion, had made provision for prom
inent position for her.
Emperor William, for whose yacht
Miss Roosevelt acted as sponsor on the
occa sion Of the visit of Prince Henry OF
Prussia, is anxious to entertain hA-.
and it is certain that in France, italy,
Russia and Greece the young bride will
be rendered a hattering reception. The
hOnOrs shoWered upon Miss Roosevelt
on the occasion of her recent visit to
the Orient are an indication of the re-
ception she will receive there upon q
second visit.
In any event, Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth
Will tour Europe, leaving Washington
sometime in June. The early days OF
the honeymoon will be spent first at the
old Roosevelt homestead in Georgia.
and later at Palm Beach. At the end
couple will return to Washington, since
Congressman Longworth is interested
in some legislation which will come be-
fore the house at an early date.
Trip VIII Take Two Years.
1t is for this reason, too, that the de-
parture on the globe-trotting trip has
been delayed until June. The fsDst that
two years or more are to be given to
the tour indicates the retirement OF
Congressman LOngWOrth from the house
at the end of his term. It is a fact not
generally known, by the way, that Mr..
Longworth owed his nomination to his
seat in congress to George Cox, the de-
throned Republican boss OF Cincinnati,
and in the nature of things Longworth
is serving his last term in congress,
unless, indeed, the influence of the ad-
ministration should be exerted in his
behalf.
This. however, is not looked for. Said
one of the leaders of the house here
today:
The fact is that in marrying the
daughter of the president. LongwOrth
might almost be said to be sacrificing
shis political career on the altar of Hy-
men. As son-in-law of the president
he will find himself beyond the polit-
ical pale. If he was the second cousin
or the forty-secOnd cousin of the presi-
dent, Mr.. Roosevelt might be able to
offer him some place under the admin
istration where his ambition might
find an opportunity to soar. But as
RoOsevelt's son-fn-law the relationship
will be SO close that the president Will
not be able to lift a finger to further
LOngworth's ambition"
Here in Washington the fact that
Miss Roosevelt and the congressman
have planned a two years trip abroad
is taken as indicating that LongWorth
realizes that, for several years at least
or until after President Roosevelt has
retired from Office. a political career
Those who know him we'll add that he
doesn't care a bit-that he has but one
thought now, and that is his approach
ing marriage. and that he wouldn't
have things otherwise if ne could
Story of Courtship.
In this connection official circles are
notwithstanding in a romantic vein about
the beginning of the c0urtship which
will end next Saturday week in the
wedding a the White House A close
personal friend Of Miss Roosevelt says
that at the beginning Of the romance
the Countess Cassini Miss Ro0sevelt's
chum, was the object of Congressuan
LOngwortls tender sOlicitude. That
was before LongWorth had come to
know Miss Roosevelt Wen.
THE friendship between the countess
and Mt Longworth never really ripened
into affection. SAID the Informant.
They were seen about together q good
deal and then Miss Roosevelt was pre-