Rock Island Argus., 1906-02-17
MISS ROOSEvELT'S PLUCK.
How She Climbed Up a Ships Side
and Rebuked Camera Men.

; How She Climbed Up a Ships Side
and Rebuked Camera Men.
On the first day of Miss Alice Roose
velts recent New York shopping ex
; pedition, undertaken In preparation fol
her approaching marriage to Congress
man Nicholas Longworth, while driving
with her fiance In an electric hanson q
woman In Fifth avenue hurled a bunch
OF yiolets into the hanson. Mr. Long
worth caught IL and handed it gallant
ly to his betrothed, who smiled little
pensively at this tribute from some one
unknown out of that "all the world
that loves lovers, says the New York
World.
After trying on some gowns the next
morning at the home of Robert Goelet,
where Miss Roosevelt stayed during
her visit. she drove with Mrs. Goelet to
the Ogden Mills residence. After
| short call there Miss Roosevelt, Mrs
Goelet and the mills twins" Misses
Beatrice and Gladys, left the house to-
gether and walked over TO Madison ave
nue. By this time a crowd of the
curious had collected, and several snap
shot artists had made ready for action
Inc four young women at first paid no
attention to any OF the crowd Miss
Alice turned to the photographers and
said, with pretty flush on his cheeks:
Please stop this. 1 think you must
nave enough pictures of me, and it
annoys my friends / don't mind. but
don't you think ought to have n lit
tie privacy? Please leave me alone
now. Won't you please respect my
wishes?"
The photographers lifted their hats
and retired at once from the field.
Before she returned to Washington |
Miss Roosevelt climbed pilot ladder |
up TO the lofty side of the steamship |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse the other |
afternoon to greet her sister in law, the |
Countess de Chambrun. 1t was TWEEN
ty-five foot climb that would have ter
rified good many men unused to it.
but she did it blithely. Her fiance,
whom she had accompanied down the
bay on revenue cutter, followed her
The Manhattan arrived at quaran-
tine before the steamship had come up
from the Hook. Miss Roosevelt and
Mr.. Longworth landed on the pier to
change to Health Officer Doty's boat,
the Charles f. Allen, which was to put
them aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm.
When the big steamship hove in
sight the Charles L. Allen took the two
IS passengers out to her. The pilots
ladder was already over the ships side,
an affair of Stats and ropes, little
'haky looking for any woman. The
Naiser's officers saw a woman on the
quarantine boat and began to give Or
lers to let down the huge accommoda-
ion ladder-a flight of steps as COM
ortable as those of house-but Miss
Roosevelt would have none 6f that. z
Tell them,'' she said, that this is
,ood enough for me-" and her refusal
vas megaphoned up to the deck
The little quarantine boat rolled and F
Ossed in the heavy chop of the bay,
ut the ladder hung steady enough
Sainst the side of the motionless levia-
lan. Without thought of her dainty l
-hite gloves or mock tremors about ex- +
osure of her dainty shod feet Miss
went up like a bird to the
eek of the ship. Mr.. Longworth join
l her in a minute, presented his fiancee
, his sister and then all three went to :
cabin
Standing on the platform of Pull -
ian car in the Pennsylvania railroad F.
alton. Miss Alice Roosevelt made her
lieu to New York. represented by sew
al reporters. -
I've had a fine time" she said. "No
m not coming back until after our
edding"
Are you coming here on the wedding
ur?" asked one, seeking very i'm
'essive bit of information -
.HwOn't tell and T hone nObOdv finds
It." she replied. Then she whispered
Representative Nicholas Longworth.
r fiance, who had been listening with
gravely amused air, and vanished In
c car. =