The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-31
ALICE ROOSEVELT
CLIMBS LADDER
Up the Stats and Ropes the Pilot
Uses Goes the Presidents
Daughter.

Journal Special Service.
New York, Jan. 31.-Aliee Roosevelt
climbed pilot ladder up to the lofty
side Of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
yesterday to greet her sister-iE- laW-to-
be, the Countess + de Cha,nbrun. It
was twenty-fve-foct climb, that
would have terrified good many men
unused to it, but she did it blithely.
Her fance, Representative Nicholas
Longworth, whom she had accompanied
down the bay on revenue CUTTER fol-
lowed her up.
The president s daughter and her
at the barge office in a hired electric
hanson Miss Roosevelt had on
brown fur coat with a collar OF lighter
brown and a rough hat OF fur. me
two women remained in their cab for
few minutes until Mr.. Longworth s ar
rival in another cab. Miss fooseVelt
Board boa the h1 reTenue cutter Manhattan,
which had been placed at their disposal
by the customs authorities. Mrs. Goc-
let drove away. g.. 1855 ~
''Now We Can Be Alone
At the gangway was reporter Who
asked the privilege of going along, urg-
ing the public interest in all that con-
cerned Miss Rooseyelt's doings.
"Oh, no. laughed Mr.. Longworth,
~ couldn' t think of such a thing"
''Now, for once, we can lie alone,'
said Miss Roosevelt. .., g..
The Manhattan arrived at cua,an-
tins before the steamship had come Up
from the Hook. Miss Roosevelt anu
Mr.. Longworth landed on the pie. to
change to Health Officer Doty's boat,
tbon, oboor1 tho X oicnr Wi1hntO
Miss Roosevelt had been pestered so
much by photographers that that very
morning she had begged group OF
them to let her alone. On the quaran-
tine dock she thought she was safe
from them and so she was, from the
newspaper camera men, at least.
Man With Camera.
But there, on her path up rose man
some pictures of the health office boats
for Mr. Doty and had no more idea than
the man in the moor Of getting Miss
Roosevelt. He recognized her just as
she gave little scream and ran away.
Being only human photographer the
man ran after her and begged her to
stand still moment. At first she
poutel and refused. Then she laughed
and consented. While the man fumbled
with his plates Mr.. Longworth did a
war dance of delight which could only
be interpreted as making fun of his
fancee. Then the camera man asked
Mr.. Longworth to pose and he con
sented with alacrity, even persuading
Miss Roosevelt to get into the picture.
That was about the 645th snapshot in
which they have appeared in and about
New York.
UP the Pilots Ladder.
Wher the big steamship hove in sight
the Charles F. Allen took the two as
passengers out to her. The pilot s lad
der was already over the ships side, an
affair of Stats and ropes, little shaky
looking for any woman. The Kaiser g
officers saw7a Nornzn on the q1arantin q
boat and began to- give orders to let
down the huge accommodation ladder, a
flight of steps as comfortable as those
have none Of that.
good enough for me- and her refusal
was megaphoned up to the deck.
The little quarantine boat rolled and
tossed in the heavy chop Of the bay, but
the ladder hung steady enough against
the side of the motionless leviathan
Without thought of her dainty white
of her daintily. shod feet, Miss Roose
welt went up like bird to the deck oil
the ship. Mr.. Longworth joined her il
a minute ard the admiring doctors fol
lowed.
The presentation Of her fiancee to li
sister was quickly made by Mr.. Long
worth, and all three went to cabin
This was the first meeting Of the two
women. The Countess de Chambrul
seemed to take a liking to her brother =
future wife.
On board the Kaiser, Captain Cupper
asked Miss Roosevelt to write her nam
in his autograph album. He explained
that Governor ~Odell had once take1
him to Oyster Bay to call on the presi
dent and the latter had written in tn
book. Miss Alice gave him her sigma
ture too. In Captain Cupper's eye
her handwriting greatly resembled tn
president $.
R. M. Bishop, of the customs servic
complimented Miss Roosevelt upon he
pluck in climbing the ladder "'Fe7
women would do that,' he said
"My, it was nothing at all,' sal
she. "It was rather fun.''