Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1905 — PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER TOWED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER TOWED

Engagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt nnd Mr. Longworth Announced. The President nnd Mrs. Roosevelt have made formal announcement of the engagemeift of their daughter.

Alice Lee, to Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati, Representative in Congress from the First District of Ohio. It was announced also that flie wedding will take place about the middle of February. While arrangements for the wedding have not been made, it is probable it will oc-

cur at the White House. Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth have been the subjects of pleasant and friendly gossip for several months, especially since the gallant Congressman's faithful attendance on Miss Roosevelt during the recent journey to the Orient. Miss Roosevelt will be 23 next February, speaks nearly all the European languages fluently, and is the country's most popular young woman. Congressman Longworth is 36 years old, was born in Cincinnati, and Is serving his second term in Con-

gress. He is n graduate of liar vard, an alumnus of the Cincinnati Law School, ami before going t< Washington served In both houses of the Ohio Legisla ture. He is quit! wealthy. The fam lly fortune cairn down from his pa ternal great-grand father, a pioneel of Cincinnati. The bridal trip

will be made in June, Mr. and Mrs. Longworth will go abroad, making their first stop at London, where they will be the guests of Ambassador Reid. Upon their return to this country the Longworths will make their residence in Washington. They will live there as long as President Roosevelt remains in the White House, although a later residence In Cincinnati, Mr. Longworth's home, is contemplated. Miss Roosevelt's wedding will be the first at the White House since President Cleveland was married there. The last daughter of a President married in the White House was Nellie Grant to Algernon Sartoris.

MISS ROOSEVELT.

MR. LONGWORTH.