The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-20
.LONGWORTHS ARE
 SPEEC|NG ID CUBA
Bride and Groom Have De-
 IightfuI Auto Trip
YIELD THEIR AUTOGRAPHS
Little Girl Is Made Happy By the Sig natures of the Two as They About to Board
 Train.

Washington, February 19,-Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth started on their honeymoon from Alexandria. Va, this morning at Il IS o'clock over the Southern railway. They will go to Tampa and from there take a boat for Havana, which point they expect to reach Thursday morning They will make the trip to Tampa in the private car Elysian, which was awaiting them in the yards of the Southern railway at Alexandria about half a mile from the station.
 The bride and groom made the trip from Friendship near Washington, this morn- ing, in an open automobile, accompanied by Mrs. Longworth's maid and chauf- feur. The machine went at an easy gait and they arrived at the little station at Spring Garden. which Is the Southern station in the suburbs of Alexandria at 1O:30 o'clock Mir. Longworth got out Of the machine. lit cigar. and spent some time chatting with his wife, who re- mained in the automobile. Mrs. Long worth wore a tan-colored broadcloth suit, with handsome sable furs and a tan hat trimmed with pink plumes. After they had been there for about half an hour, little girl, the daughter of one of the railway employees, asked the bride if she would give her her autograph
 Certainly l will where is your pencil" replied Mrs. Longworth.
 Pencil and paper were quickly produced and Mrs. Longworth wrote her auto graph Alice Lee Longworth
 "Now get his," she said, pointing to her husband. Beneath the name of his wife Mr. Longworth wrote his signature and the date The little girl thanked them both and went away happy.
 Little Girl Spreads News. She spread the news to the few people at the station as to the Identity of the couple, but they were not bothered as there were not more than dozen peo- pie in and about the station. Shortly after Il o'clock, Thomas Stone, the chief usher of the White House, arrived from Washington and received a cordial greet ing from Mrs. Longworth. He brought a note from the President which she quick ly opened and read and calling for a pencil wrote a reply as she sat in the automobile. The baggage had been taken from Washington, but several pieces were brought along In the automobile.
 Five minutes before the train arrived MT. Longworth helped his wife out of the machine and they walked to the sid ing. Mrs. Longworth graclously acknowl- edged the respectful greeting of the em- ployes about the station and as the train pulled in,. hurried down to the last car, which was a private one, into which she was assisted by MT. Longworth and MT. Stone. MT. Longworth would not let the servants carry his suit case or that of Mrs Longworth and had his hands full walking the length of the train with two suit cases, cane and an umbrella. As they got on the car a number of news paper men allghted from a day coach of the train, but the bride and bridge groom were safely In their car before they could be overtaken. The train pull ed out of the station into the yards where the private car Elysian was at 1 tached.
 Had Delightful Trip.
 | MT. and Mrs Longworth had a delight