Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-15


"hh1' pcrors are sit
ting up and taking notice. Practically
every potentatc of Europe Is tn scnu a
wedding present. 1t is said that the
pope will honor the occasion by token
of remembrance, aud it is not improba-
bic that the sultan of Turkey. tho en-
press dowagcr Of China and the mikado
of Japan may get into the game. Your
Uncle Samuel has grown big enough 10
he the fashion even though his rcpub-
lican notions are not exactly acceptable
10 the royalties who remain TO uester
tho world.
Let il bc said to the honor OF Miss
Roosevelt that She decided To marry II
man rather than II title THAT tn man
Is an American Is all the better. After
tho alliance of so many of our horcsscs
to princes. dukes. counts aud other
weaklings with nollo nicLnain'a thls
is Il grateful variation. This is an age
of men. not of titles: Of deeds not Of
sePmings. In America this is especial
~ true, for ours is n land Of men and
of deeds, and II is well that the daugh-
democratic should thus honor the gem
lNs OF hcr country.
Yet high society in Washington long
predicted that III" daughter Of th"
White House would we'd Il title. Ru
NOR in that city of rumora has il that
there is not an unmarried titled MON
her Of any foreign legation at III" ma
:, oil
on her Besides, the castles of Europe
are full Of more Of the sort Then
there is Asia. She might have hcen
sultana OF Sulu. True. she denied that
story about the sultan of many wives
| offering her his hand and the uupcr
left hand corner of his heart hut
others Of tho Taft party insist that the
/ proposal actually took place. 1t is too
good II tale to be snuffed out by n mere
denial. Why spoil SO exciting Il ip-
nance by the prosy statement that il
Is not fact:
Washington rumor also says 49, but
what does it not say: that Congress
man Longworih had to propose seven
times before he was finally accepted.
| There is Il man after our own heart.
lie deserves her All the world loves n
lover. and especially a lover who
knows what lie wants and will not
take no for an answer. Lucky seven.
| The mystic number thar has been sung
by oriental poets and is held in revcr-
cnce by people even farther west.
| Never did ii turn the trick in n better
cause That union, dependent on a
seventh popping of the question" by Il
persistent lover. should be happy one
One other thing is there that should
not be overlooked Mr.. Iongworth- The
Hon. Nicholas LongwOrth- to whom be
all honor for his good taste luck and
perseverance. halls from Ohio. Does
that not solve the riddle? The state
. that gave to the world Grant. a Sher-
man and n Sheridan: where were born
Stanton, Howells and an Edison;
TINT was the home of one Harrison
and the birthplace of another and that
was both the home and birthplace of
three other presidents the state OF
Corwin. Giddings. Chase. Thurman and
| Taft-to say nothing Of Hanna. John
sherman and Rockefeller. There are
people who have gone so far as to say
that the only thing President Roosevelt
lacks is an Ohio birthplace, but if he
cannot have a Buckeye birthplace he
can at least afford Buckeye son-in-
/ law. He can have the state related to
him by matrimony if not by maternity.
As for Nick Longworth. az he is
famiiarly called by everybody about
his two homes at Cincinnati and Wash
ington. he is n thoroughbred. More
over. he has wealth. birth position,
education. social distinction and all
those things priced 10y certain Glasses
Of people, hut withal - possesses the
more fundamental qualities Of manli-
ness, independence, intellectual Stamina
and uprightness thar are esteemed by
every one. His family has been Il lead.
ing one about Cincinnati since the he
ginning of the nineteenth century. He
can point not only to Il grandfather. hut
n great grandfather. There are people
who would give money for a great
rrandfathcr-in fact. they have been
known to do so and have thus had an.
cestors made 10 order.
Mr.. IOnCWorth also has n great -,sreat
grandfather but perhaps he would not
point to this forbear with so much
pride that worthy having been Il Tory
ar the time or ih" American Revolution
As result Of his Symnathios with
George III, his lands nrnr Newark y
j.. were confiScat"d. This fact cuusnd
The great grandfather another Nicholas
Iongworth, by the way. to emigra,r ia
Cincinnati in 1903. when be was tween.
1y-onc years Of age, He became q law
Yer and took the defense of A hors.
thief for his first ease. As fee he 70.
ceived two copper whisky stills which
| he traded for thrtythrcc acres of land
then in the woods, but now in Ia" very
heart Of the city. Before he died the
land was valued at 50 900 600 He also
went in debt to the tune of 5000 TO
buy an old pasture lot and was sharply
repr0ved by one of his friends for his
extravaganza He lived to see that
land worth nearly rs much as the other.
He took up grape culture and made
It exceedingly profitable He gathered
about him a fine library. rnrc old paint
ings and a DOtabln art collection. His
son Joseph, the grandfather of the
| present Nicholas, gave Cincinnati her
art museum. .IOsephS daughter. now
h.