Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-29
GUESTS AT A
QUAKER FEAST
Miss Roosevelt and Her Fiance
at Philadelphia --LOngaOrth
Says He Is a Lucky Man.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. %. Never
was S~ha6cSpearc'~ saying, "All the
world loves % lover. more aptly illus
trated than ia the case Of Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth.
BY word and deed since their arrival
IN tho Quaker city they have publish
ed il 10 the world tIat theirs is a real
old fashioned love match, and all phila-
delphia society is discussing with
b"amiug approval what is destined to
become known as Longworth's sun Of
My Life" speech.
Before 300 guests assembled at the
Quaker dinner given to Lloyd g. Girls
rom Mr.. Longworth called Miss ROose-
welt the sun of his life and, smiling
upon her as she watched him from AN
adjoining room, said that from where
he stood he could see the sun in whose
reflected radiance he had u mOmentary
prominence.
LAS his eXcellency the ambassador
from Brazil said began the future
son-in-law Of the president, II am a
lucky man and 1 know it,"
A general laugh and applause greeted
this remark, and Miss Roosevelt blush
I'd.
All day Sunday the young couple
walked and rode side by side. looking
into each others faces and as obliyious
Of all others and all else as sw~eethearts
in far more humble stations of life.
Probably few incidents win be so
treasured of memory by the young
couple as an automobile dash they
made in the dark hours of the morning.
II was raining hard when they left the
Griscom dinner. The. rain curtains
shut in the tonneau of Clement A. Girls
CONS big motor car. and, ensconced in
its cushions and rugs. the s~weethearts
for the first time in days found them
selves free of the keen though friendly
eyes of the great American public.
/ Splash of the heavy rain on the covert
I cloth Just served to give that sense of
! rozy seclusion from all the world that
only he who rides by night in the down
beat of q storm may know.
There were ten miles 10 go, and it is
ilOl " NC bNlI0NNN NA~h LIZ 49,
chauffeur pushed his speed levers to the
last notches. Even a motor driver has
kindly instincts at times.
When Lloyd c. Griscom escorted her
md Mr.. LongwOrth to where the tour
ing ear stood at the Walnut street al
trance to the hotel the presidents
laughter evidently enjoyed the pros
pect of the rain drive. As she stepped
INTO the tonneau she laughed gayly rs
f at a lark.
With the diplomacy that might mark
one of his interviews with the elder
statesmen of Japan Ambassador Lloyd
G. Griscom clambered into Il seat be-
side the chauffeur. Through over
brook. Ardmore. Narberth and the
Pennsylvania main line suburbs.
where not a light showed. the motor
car pushed its way. The powerful
headlights threw Il white glare on the
Fog and rain. and Ambassador Girls
com. diplomat. gave all his effort TO at
tempting to pierce the gloom. Wheel
and speed controls and the blank ahead
kept the chautfeur's eyes dead ahead.
If Montgomery county speed regula-
lions We're broken at any point proba-
oily only the chauffeur knew ii.
Representative Longworth and Miss
Roossxelt will leave today for New
York. where they will visit the Goe-
cts and go shopping. They will he
Joined there by the Countess Chau-
mont. Mr.. Longworth's sister, who has
come from Paris solely to attend the
wedding.