Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-02-10

bic that the sultan NJ Turkey. the en-
press dowagcr of China and the mikado
OF Japan may get into the game. Your
Uncle Samuel has grown big enough 10
be the fashion. even though his rspub-
ncan notions are not exactly acceptable
60 the royalties who remain TO poster
The world
Let it be said 10 the honor or Miss
Roosevelt that she decided 60 marry a
man rather than a title That the man
Is an American is nu the better. After
The alliance OF SO many OF our heiresses
60 princes. dukes. counts and other
weaklincs with noble nicknar5os this
Is grateful variation. This Is an age
OF men. not OF titles. OF deeds. not Of
BeeminCs. In America this is especial
~ true. FOR ours is a land OF men and
Rf deeds. and 10 rs wen that the daugh-
ter or a president who is himself so
aemocratic should thus honor the gen
lus OF her country.
Yet high society iu washington long
predicted that the daughter OF the
White House would wed q title. Ru-
NOR an that city Of rumors has 10 that
there IS not an unmarried titled mem
Der or any foreign legation at the ma
tlonal capital that has not had designs
on her. Besides. the castles OF Europe
nre fun OF more OF che sort Then
there IS Asia she might have been
Eultana OF Sulu. True. She denied that
story about the sultan OF many wives
offering her his hand and the upper
left harl corner OF his heart. but
others OF the TAFT party Insist that the
proposal actually took place IL IS too
good tale to Dee suuncd ont by q mere
Denial Why spoil so exciting a TO
nance Icy the proSy statement that Il
Is not a factF
Washington rumor also says - but
what does 10 not ay?-thlt Congress-
man LonEworth had 90 propose seven
times before he was finally accepted
There is man after our own heart
Ee deserves her. All the world loves a
lover. and especially a lover who
knows what he wants and viii not
take no for am answer. Lucky sevenl
The mystic number that has been sung
by oriental poets and is held In rever-
ence 10y people even farther west.
Never did il turn the trick In better
eause. That union, dependent on
seventh popping of the question" by
persistent lover should Doe a happy one.
One other thing is there that should
not be overlooked Mr.. L0ngworth-the
Hon. Nicholas Lougworth-tO whom be
Rl honor for his good taste. luck and
perseverance. halls from Ohio Does
that not solve the riddle? The state
that gave 40 the world a Grant a Sher-
man and a Sheridan; where were born
q Stanton. Howells and an Edison:
that was the home OF one Harrison
and the birthplace OF another and that
was both the home and birthplace or
three other presidents; the state or
COrwin. Giddiugs. Chase. Thurman and
Taft-to say nothing of Hanna. John
Sherman and Rockefeller! There are
people who have gone so far as 10 say
that the only thing President Roosevelt
lacks IS an Ohio birthplace. but II he
cannot have a Buckeye birthplace he
eRn at least afford "a Buckeye son-in-
law. He can have the state related 20
him by matrimony If not by maternity
AS for Nick LOngworth as he is
Familiarity called 10y everybody about
bis two homes al Cincinnati and Wash
tngton, be is thoroughbred. More
over. he has wealth, birth. position,
education. social distinction and all
those things priced 10y certain classes
Of people. but withal p possesses the
more Fundamental qualities OF manli-
ness, Independence. intellectual stamina
and uprightness that are esteemed by
every one. His family has been a lead
Ing one about Cincinnati since the be-
ginning OF the nineteenth century. lie
can point not only 10 a grandfather, but
4 great grandfather. There are people
who would give money for q great
grandfather-in fact. they have been
known to DO SO and have thus had an
eestors made TO order.
Mr.. Longworth also has great-great-
grandfather. but perhaps he would not
point to this forbear with so much
pride. that worthy having been Tory
At the time OF the American Revolution.
AS a result OF his sympathles with
George Ill. his lands near Newark, ".
T., were confscated. This fact caused
HE great-grandfather. another Nicholas
LOngwOrth, by the way. 10 emigrate TO
Cincinnati IN 1913 when he was twen-
ty-ope years ~ age. lie became law
yer and took the defense OF horse
hief for his first case. As Zee he re
eeived two copper whisky stills. which
ne traded for thiefy-three acres Of land.
Hen tn the we3ds. but now In the very
heart ~ tbT<city Before be died the
hand was valued az S2.OO0.0 900. He also
went Ia debt 70 the tune OF $1,000 to
buy an old pasture lot and was sharply
reproved by one Of his friends for his
txtravagRnce- He lived TO see that
land worth nearly as much as the other
He took up grape culture and made
n exceedingly profitable. he gathered
about him fine library rare old paint
ines and notable art collection His