River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-25

She will take her wedding trip four
months after, next June. No honey
will she wear off her honeymoon in
stuffy Pullmans or drafty ocean liners.
They will go to Oyster Bay or to Mr..
Longworth's country seat until June.
Later they will live in Washington,
where the future Mrs. Longworth will
be as much a leader among the young
matrons of society as she has been
hitherto in the dancing set.
The Old, Old Story.
The story of the courtship is the same
old story of love the world over.
At first the fact that mick" had be-
come a member of the inner circle of
Washington society was given small
credence, for that same circle is not
easy of approach, and, although the
ever-victorious Nick has habit of get
ting wherever he wants it was not
thought that he had so readily been
the conquering hero in this instance.
But gradually filtered out the news
that not only was he the accepted
member of the debutantes' set, but the
especial devotee of the president
daughter - that wherever she was
there might he be found. In review
ing the events of the past two years
it will be remembered that no other
mans name has even been mentioned
in connection with serious attentions
to Miss Roosevelt.
They rode together, they dined to-
gether, they danced together. Miss
Roosevelt and Countess Cassini, in
separable companions, were always at
tended by one Nicholas Longworth.
For the shortest little time it was
whispered that the fascinating little
Russian countess was the attraction,
but when she disappeared from Wash
ington official life there were no tears
shed by Hon. Nicholas, and the pass
ing of Countess Cassini did not cause
even tiny wave of dismay.
When Miss Roosevelt went to St.
Louis to spend a fortnight at the
worlds fair, the ever-devoted and
honorable Nicholas was there. too.
WHITTIER thou goest 1 will CO.
entertained every place where Miss
Roosevelt was to be found. At the
Country club, on the Pike, in fascinat-
ing little cafes, on the canals during
gondola parties, the presidents daugh-
ter was Swallowed by the representa-
tive from Cincinnati
All of last winter the counting pros
perad under the very noses of all dip
lomatic and social Washington.
Told by the Gossips.
But still there was no engagement
Whether it was that the petted, sought
afte: and charming first debutante of
the land could not make up her mind.
or whether she chose to take advice
and to give few more months to girl
hood, nobody knows. 1t develops that
in any case the people most interest
Ell had an exquisite skill in the line
OF minding their own business and of
battling even their most curious
friends.
When the first buds Of the spring
of 1905 began to bloom and all Wash
ington was scattering in various direc-
tions, the demure announcement was
made to the effect that about June the
1st Miss Alice Roosevelt would visit
the sister of Mr.. Lopgworth in Gin
cinEati.
This was almost more than the Cos
sips could bear with equanimity. They
got their heads together and planned
and plotted and wondered and de-
vised. In fact, the only cool and I'M
concerned people were the Longworth
family and Miss Alice Roosevelt.