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The Change That Has
Taken Mrs. Longworth
Out of the Limelight
HAT has become of Mrs.
Alice Longivorth, she who,
as Alice Roosevelt. the
President's eldest daughter, only a few years
ago held such a prominent place in the lime
light?" Now and then this question sweeps over
the land. The fact is, few persons of one-time
prominence haz e ever dropped out of the pub
lic eye so quickly and so completely as has
Mrs. Longworth. Is this through her own
volition or because of a change of circum
stances? Every one who knows" Mrs. Longworth
acknowledges that she possesses a strength of
character almost as individual and pronounced
in its way as'that of her distinguished father.
Her effacement from the public view, there
fore, must be of her own volition. Is this so?
Those who know her best assert that her
"passing" is an entirely voluntary eclipse; that
she enters joyously into a self-effacement. Peo
ple generally comment upon her noticeable
loss of prominence in the last tzco years; she
is said to regard it as an objectionable calcium
light that she has dodged.
that she has not posed lor a photograph since her
uiumage.
Changed? Yes, she has changed a good deal. She
has grown stouter, tor one thins; and that is rather
a pity, for her style was of the type that depended
considerably on girlish slimness. She was not well
last winter, She became suddenly 111 at the White
House early in the season. Surgeons were sent for,
and the announcement that Mrs. jxnigworth was being
operated on for appendicitis caused quite a little flurry
of excitement.
Before her marriage Mrs. Longworlh rode a great
deal, and Air. Iongworth was frequently one of the
"White House riding parties. One does not remember
having seen her on horseback lately.
Once again, the presidential contempt for auto
mobiles is frequently expressed, but the Iongworths
are devoted to their little electric runabout. They
Longworth does hej- shopping in It, and makes her
use It for business and they use it for pleasure. Mrs.
calls In it. Probably three day out of five, while
Congress is in session, sho takes Mr. Longworth to
the Capitol to his daily toil as a national legislator, In
It or calls for him or both.
When there is baseball in Washington they both
frequently go out to the grounds, and the runabout
may be seen scudding up the Mall to the Capitol along
about 4 o'clock almost any bright day. Then aKnin.
there are bright days when it is evidently expected,
and fails to materialize; when Mr. Longworth may
be found In the tunnel at the House end of the
Capitol, chewing his mouBtache and looking at his
watch as he consults the doorkeeper, the picture of
conjugal impatience, realizing that the game Is about
to be called, and uncertain whether -Mrs. Longworth
has changed her mind and is not coming, or is slniply
late.
In fact, they seem to bo very much the usual young
married couple, with the usual little squabbles, result
ing from the cla-si of two strong wills. eaMi of which
has heretofore been supreme squabbles which are
made unduly noticeable by the fact of their being so
well known.
For the rest, they have many tastes In common.
They like the same people-they arc both fond of
music. The White House under the Hoosevelt regime
has been markedly musical, and the t.iste is one that
Mrs. Longwbrtn shades- with Mis. linust rlt. Mf
Long-worth, though it is not generally known, is a
decidedly clever violinist, and likes nothing better than
to get off In a corner by himself with his fiddle. Last
winter they took up French together, quite seriously.
Mrs. Longworih while in school was regarded aa a
particularly good French scholar.
NOT IN POLITICS
There was at one time soma idea that Mrs. Long
worth might go in seriously for politics, as the Kngllsh
women do, in the interest f her husband's career.
It was even rumored that .she would take t lie stump
in opposition, to the Countess of Warwick, who was
announced to take the stump in t'hio in behalf of the
Populists. But that was emphatically denied, and
while Mrs. Longworth did make a little tour of Ohio
with her husband, the tour was political only on his
part, and she was a mere looker-on. .She was an
interested spectator at both the Chicago and the
Denver conventions.
Mrs. Longwmth took no part in the formation of
ihe Congressional ( lub, made up of congressmen's
and senators' wives anil daughters -in fact, hardly
seemed to know what was going on until it was well
under way. Then she woke up, and asked her friend,
Mrs. MeCorinick, Senator Hanna's daughter, about It,
with her usual, "Tell me about that; I'm Interested."
Mrs. McCormick told her, with the Comment, "You
should have been a charter member."
tin the other hand, she started out to be a member
of the Civil Service League, which was organized In
Washington with considerable eclat last spring, went
to one or two meetings and found she was not Inter
ested, but was none- the less thrust upon various
committees.
Her unwillingness to be hampered by On- necessity
of being civil when she does not fe 1 cll is well
known in Washington. In her own set they are telling
with glee of an encounter between Mrs. Ixngworth.
and Miss Katherine Elkins-tlie two art: imt generally
regarded aa entertaining the warmest f.-i-litigs for one
another. It was shortly after the agitation as to
whether Miss Klklns would or would not marry the
duke of the Abruzzi had simmered down a bit.
Mrs. Longworth. meeting Mits Klklns. said, it Is
reported: "1 suppose whin you are niorg a na, t lea 1 1 y
married to an Italian prince person yo wul lain your
DacK on ail us plain toiKs. .Miss l.lKms cainiiy re-
Fosslbli ; indeed. ,1 think 111 begin now."
marked:
And she did
Alice Longworth is. of course, not so prominent as
Alice Koosevelt was. This does not for a moment mean
that relations between the Longw- rtiis an.l I lie Roose
velts are anything but affectionately i oniiai Thev
are exactly the usual relations between anv American
family and a married daughter and hf-r !,;;shand
Mrs. Longworth comes and goes m for father's
house Just about as any daughter would, who. being
married, yet lives in the same town with in r parents.
When in Washington she is there at iun lu'un two
or three times a week. u: an average certainly of
once a week her hueban! is there with her. Thq
young people dine at the White House en famille, and
Mr. Longworth is, whenevir he- can Bel around to It,
one of those who join in the presidential tennis party.
The Longw oi ths, of course, always figure In the
formal functions at the White House. Mrs. Long
wuitii is always in the receiving party when she is In
town, and nut necessarily engaged elsewhere. Her
relations w'th her aunt; Mrs. Cow lea. lut e always been
pe- ulmry tender. Mis Cowles had the care of her for
.-on.e lime after ln-r mother's death, and the loving
kindness of tito years has never been forgotten.
Naturally -it Is the little stories of human weak
nesses and indiscretions that get into liei'-su-'li, for
instam i . as the story of the 1 'resident's daughter in
the executive gallery of the House, badly bored, -pying
a tack, and leaning over and placing it on a seat In
the adjoining public gallery, and then watching glee
fully until a fat and unsuspecting citizen sat down
oil it.
That wp-nt the rounds. But who ever heard how
the President's daughter made a point of going nearly
every day to spend an hour or so with the wife of her
father's pastor "not her own, for the Tresldent goes to
a Lutrh Roforrned Church, while the presidential farn
ilv Is K pi s-opa I la n. pne the less, when Mrs. Schick,
wife of t'v 1'repicienPs pastor, was laid up with a
sprained ank'e a while ago, the Longworth run-about
ClMD
THE pn!1nr" of Alice Roosevelt meant, to those
who know, merely her passing from the fierce
beating light of publicity that pursued her as
the President's daughter to the grateful shadow
of comparative obacurlty as a mera congressman's
wife.
She has given her friends to understand that she Is
now Ayce Longworth. not Alice Roosevelt Identified
with her I street home, not with the White House;
with her husband's career, not with her father'a.
Natural!, she is net to prominent as she was. Phe
lives her on life, cultivates her own friends, with
luxuiy of abandon tht. with the test will in the
world, she could r.ot possibly give herself up to as the
President s daughter she entertains and accepts invi
tations according her -n sweet will
It is a case of Mrs Lrftfgwort h's avoiding the lime
light, not of the limelight nfgk-eting her the has
entertained more or ls in a quiet way during the
last ( years not elaborately, but very enjoyab'y;
but out!d of her own Immediate circle no one has
known anything about It.
The !xitg worths have no telephone at least, they
d not figure In the telephone rtlreetorr, though their
personal fr'ends know how t call tiem up when they
weM to. Mrs. Longworth. who, before her marriage,
was tre most photographed girl In America, rannot
now the persuaded to sit for a photograph. The Wash-ligt-r
n photographer hare valnlr asked her for sit
tings. f. Lon gwort a is authority for the statement
bracelets they're wearing over in Paris double
circle of gold, you know (hey t.ear it on the up
per part of the left arm."
Then the salesman understood, and pitied. He
had heard of them. "They haven't reached us
yet,'' he answered, gently.
T
A
YOETNO man, wearing a flannel outing suit,
a broncho-busting panama, and signs of
money all over him, dabbed into a widely
known jewelry r-Mahlinmcr.t a few morn
ings ago. and demanded eagerly:
'"(lire me a double engageim ii . ring, quick
fize thirteen inches around, inside tin aure."'
Next to the drug rlerk, the jr. )xj Rlrmsn
in the suavest thing in attached ci:?-. Imt that
request upset him.
"Gee! What hare ;oa lar.dr i :he Rus-sian
giante"?"'
"What- that?" in rjuicMy Hazing wrath. "Oh,
y--a, I I meant a brae let ?ie thirteen
inchej ituide measure. No, not f-T the wrist; I
am looking for one of ihoe new cngagcmcQt
IHE young man wa- as right about it having he-
come the latest fad of Cup. 1 In Tans as the
Jeweler was In denying that it ha.1 reached this
eountry. The happm-w of g !rt datly encir
cling the arm will have to wait a while before It
encroaches . upon the prerogative of the coveted soli
taire :n Ames lean er.gas e mn. t s.
Hut it has about it a!, the Ui'.n jrks of a spread
ing whim of fashion, and it his. in ' -rigm. ail the
royal cachet of distinction which, makes a fashion
grow.
It had originallv th extensive advertisement rf
appearing on the beautlfjliv mouidod arm of Princess
Marie Bonaparte. one if the wealthiest heiresses
among the royal matches of Euro.p-.
Powered not only with riches, but with a beautv
which the passing of her glrlhon.i utterlv failed to
fsle. the desirable Marie made up her maidnly mind
tr.at she would accept only the nan who appealed to
her as a lover as well as a rrtnee.
So nothing very thrll.tng hapj er.ed. -r riuld hap
pen, t-i so discriminating a damse' un!:l th tail, brave
an I ompletely eligible Prince tie"tg of !rrece came
a -wooing After George- arrived, h mover, matters
moved with lightning evpresf speed
Ho suited her down ti the reun1-an1 that was
a long way, for be stand", with nr.ghtv ti j uilwrl t y.
something like six feet four inches And the Princess
llarie is not so very much smaller hen they were
wed. they made one of th most Imping -looking
couples that ever r.nr.ored the anr er.t institution of
inariiage with a superabundance of Invin humanity.
The only article of jewelrv that ee-efl enough
aid stre-ng enough t ici-l fat p 1 ' fiancee
was. in tte eyes of the ir-ntti-l !r Prsr.ce George,
an armlet of gold fn a dcutle ban''
Mane was go ! .f-e . to be he.d that f e was sat
isfied to wur it. George bad one made that w aa an-
Iff & ,v:A
slowed up at her door nearly every day, and Mra
Longworth ran up for a chat, which wquld makl th
day brighter for a good lady who was suffering.
As to Just who Is In the Longworth set well. It H
what the s, icty editors call "the younger married
set." It Includes Mrs. J. Medlll McCormick, who WM
Ruth Hanna; Mrs. Joseph Leiter, formerly Miss Will-
lams, and Mr. Leiter, of course; the Bourke Cochrana
whose wedding, like that of the Longworths, was th
outcome of the famous Taft Philippine trip; Itepra-;.
tentative F. H. Uillett and Justice Moody, who keep
bachelor hall at the Connecticut, and give pleasant
little, dinners at which the Longworths are frequent -guests;
Mrs. Ralph Kills, C. It. Simpkins and the Nat
slmpkinses, Miss Isabel May. Mrs. tteorga Howard
And Ned McLean, not to mention a dozen or two more
who are less conspicuously intimateg of the, Long
worths. It is a set that has a good deal of fun In Its owa
way and within Its own limits, but which does not.
as a rule, give the big functions that everybody goes
to and that everybody talks about. It frequents tha;'
Country Club, goes everywhere, but In the main-' keeps
out of the papers. Its affairs are alwavis of the aort
technically known as "Informal." j
In fact, Alice Longworth has slipped juite out Of
the glare of publicity which for years attended all
the doings of Alice Roosevelt. From the time of her
debut until the time of her marriage she was sub- ,
jected to a searchlight such as no girl of her aga ,
ever has endured. When she walked across the street
It was chronicled; when she failed to walk across tha
street, some of the liveliest Imaginations in tha CO un
til busied themselves with explaining why.
She was pursued by an army of camera fiends, her
mots were repeated from one end of the country to
t.'.e other, ami epigrams which it had never occurred
to her to make were thrust upon her by folk who
knew full well tlmt they would be ever so much mora
appreciated from the President's daughter than from. . j
any one else. 4
As Alice Roosevelt she had to nccepf the chron?
Icllng of her doings with good grace. Aside from the
fa- t that she was the President s daughter, she was a
charming girl democratic, approachable, until in self
dtfer.se she was s onetimes driven to assume a hauteur
that was pot native As a private Individual of un-
Questioned so, .a! standing, with the desirable COn-
iiections
have ret
w a s a - H
ntl-.u :astb
ir.eat.
TIRED OF THE WHIRL
of the faaii'.v she was born into. She would,
Iwd a gcoJ deal of attention, because ana
'.st.tf-Ji girl to pay attention to appreciative.
and with a large capacity for enjoy.
Frankiy sue e
auite enouitii 1-
graved !- a- art -;e ds'g-i t '. 1 with diamond!
and Mfrl as. I i.:asp-d w th d. fiords )a'(e enough
i - -'-- t, --.
-n the Pr.nress de-ri-el ths: piedfcg of
fni affect tsii. fashlonaMe Euripe beh!d n It the lat
est, tts.t a 1 - a b , g jarsnt'-e nf betrothal
J. flr lurred in and de;sd vana-ts. s-.i!te1 to
vnsll' arn and -tal"er fort .ns ! of them
have ( - g of lewe's ethers have pendent chains ef
I-earis. -va-v a-e p;a;n bands of gold, set wit a Blngle
diamond, or having the diamond in the clarp.
joyed it to -he utmost. But sha had
reer and fiercer burned tha light
.Iter t;.e i.-t:n tn.- un party, ana tna rumar tnat .
would not down of .Miss uoosev ei; s engagement; tm
rler- er w n !, engagement was finally announced,
nl with ever increasing brilliancy up to tha Wad-'
dirg itself, and tnrough the honeymoon.
Then "Princess Aliie" had had enough. Pha trial
t Mi.k Into th grateful gloom of the comparative.
-rs-ui:tv of a congressman's wife, but aha was B06
Allowed. When Mr Longworth Congress having gd
j uined had time for a real wedding trip, they !e
tided to go abroad. Just as ninety an nine out Of
hundred of the bridal couples of their station do.
Were they allowed to do it ia anything like 1h
deeent privacy that tradition accords tha bridal trip?
Not ihev. Indeed! They were feted and entertain. 1
in every capital In Europe; ambassadors vied wit
kings In doing them honor. Papers tn blh hemi
spheres devoted columns to accounts of tha ticmcra
paid to the President's daughter not. ba It Hotel, t
young Mrs Longworth.
Presumably, while .Mr. Longworth enjere.l Mt a!!.
If was a little bit sor. For Nicholas Longworth a
rctiitometl to being the whole tBtnr In Cistrna! ,
end a reasonably good-siied figure In WasHingte'v.
He was regarded aa a promising yotoatr" tf t
mlleagues in Congress, and eoclsHy h was qu.te
popular as a bachelor aa Allf Itoa t a
unmarrted girl. Several of tha capita lells arera
aid to have their eya on hlww
He prebsbbr did net relish JRg wterely Al -Roosevelt's
husband -aha realised that it was '
ntlrely digntflM for either af loe-n Ar j h w. i-
cut their tear a hart, svad tsai ho.-aa.