Y fit BY J. W. BRAVION. WHEN Mrs. Nicholas T —it still items natural to write it Misi Alice Roosevelt returns tr this country nbout the middle of next month, hers will be the unusual distinction of having met and been entertained by more occu pant! of royal and imperial thrones, memberi of their families, ud of the world's nobility than any other Arcericaa of her day and generation. Further more, she is the only daughter of a President wtio ». _ . , ciing during her father's term. As a delicate compliment to her—sh<> was then Miss Roosevelt—our own Sul tan of Sulu, on meeting her, offered the President s daughter his hand so mar riage, and loaded her with quaint Ori ental baubles from his treasure supply. That old ogre of the yellow East—the Dowager Empress of Tsi-An— would have it no other way than that Mis* Roosevelt should pass a night or two un der the roof of the Imperial Palace. When she returned to her home in Washington, Miss Roosevelt confided to her friends that one of the most enjoy- " able incidents in the trip to the Philip pines and back wt.s her visit and friendly chat wich the Great Old Woman of th» | Yellow Millions, Of course, while at the Court of Pe kin, lesser members of the Imperial Family were made kr.owri to her. In Japan princes imptnal and prin cesses imperil *?. Ed with one another to give hearty welcome to the young lady, and, as a climax to the sojourn in Tolcio, there was an audience with the grave Mikado and his doll-like consort Three years before she sailed for the Philippines Miss Roosevelt, with the ge nial Prince Henry of Prussia standing by her side, christened the American built yacht of the German War Lord. Now, Miss Alice Roosevelt no longer, but Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, she has talked, within the last few weeks, with His Poy.al Highness Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, etc.; Kaiser William 11, and various members of his family, and the leading nobility of both England and Germany, to say nothing of Trench men and women and others with noble and princely handles to their names. And President Fallieres, of France; renowned statesmen, diplomats, generals, admirals, indeed, most of the men big in the gov erning of Great Britain, France and Ger many—with all these, she has exchanged greetings, and from all received the at tentions that Europe generally t'seri'ta for persons o f princely rank, Ot xurst, no san«-t.'xdided American has ofljfccfced to this i ht has bee;; secretly amused and proud in turn, and by it all once wor* learned that even enlightened Europtaa minds are incapable of grasping the principles of his democratic form ol gov-* ernmcnt "Princess Alice/' indeed! In truth, just plain Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Wash ington, and most lovable and likeable as suchl HONEYMOONING EXTHAORDINAKY. Looking back on it, Mrs, Longworth's tour in the old world has partaken more of the characteristic# of a triumphal pro- The Cameron County Press. cession than a honeymoon trip. She rode from Plymouth to the British capital in the coy n carriage. At the dinner given in her honor by Ambassador and Mrs. Reid, King Edward set all precedent aside and paid Mrs. Longworth the deli cate compliment of requesting that she be seated at the table in the place of honor—that is, at b : left. Thus it came about that one only title is that ot >u:n, tverydsn Mrs., took rank over the it LJt'Uin's proud nobility. Whe* h' nnrer was over, and the la diet -v it was King Edward him*- « a. npaaied Mrs. Long w< 1 w door, and as she passed Itb *' « ved in the most courtly ' ilU'V' » j jiv t-r, Ascct week, the King took j pa;r»«A. »r pain: ti honor the Long worth* further, .'nvitinfr them into the royal enclosure and iiavrth take these honors? Like a true American, as was to be expected. The Engin newspaper writers noted, with evident m- 1 ' wonder, that she was thoroughly at >■; : to without the least suggestion of servility; and the ease with which she entered into the conversatio» with His Majesty as soon as they were seated at table is still food for thought in Merrie England, which holds more than one noble of an cient lineage who shows the embarrass ment of servility when it chances that it is "up to him" to speak with his king. London was undeniably favorably im pressed with its young and charming guest 2a tH# um; wholesome democratic spirit Mrs. Longworth was presented to tad paid a visit to the Kaiser at his very en nest solicitation. This was at Kiel, while the regatta, which lies close to the War Lord'* heart, was at its height. One of toe iirst things that Mrs. Long worth did after the presentation was to thank the Kaiser personally for the gold bracelet set with diamonds and his por trait which he had presented to her through his brother, Prince Henry, at the time the yacht Meteor was launched. For ive days the Loagworths were guests of the Kaiser, talking with him daily. He pointed out to Mrs. Long worth the yacht that he had named "Alice Roosevelt," sometime after the christening of the Meteor. When Miss "PICTORIAL.COLOR AND /AAGAZINE SECTION* M IRS! RfocMOiweu® Lowaswoum# f'MBSS AMCEiKoffISEVELT-D Alice Roosevelt sent a cablegram to the Kaiser thanking him for the bracelet and portrait, a certain influential London newspaper criticized her for not framing the despatch in terms of servility. It goes without saying that during the whole of her stay at Kiel she displayed none other than the unaffected demo cratic spirit that is inborn in every repre sentative American man and woman. With certain things known, it is pretty safe to state that of all the great folk with whom she became acquainted m EMPORIUM, PA., AUGUST 9, , 9 „6. : Europe Mrs. Longworth enjoyed meet- I ing ant diking with the Kaiser the most, i The iisi person of royal or imperial ; Llooc ha ;he ever met was Prince t Henry j. Prussia. The Raiser had paid : her th. ligk compliment or asking her I to break hi jottlc y champagne on the • bow of his American built yacht To • show hii appreciation of her acquiescence and sturdy performance of the deed, he ' presented her witl v costly bauble. Since : her father became President, she has i heard him *nd the Kaiser compared '.ime? without number. The Kaiser had named a yacht in her honor. Rumoi once had it that the Kaiser and Kaiserin, looking over the list oi eligible prin cesses and finding none suitable as wife for the Crown Prince, were keen to marry their son to the eldest daughter of the President of the United States. Of course, it was said, the Kaiser would see to it that some friendly ruler con ferred a title upon Miss Roosevelt. So what more natural than for Mrs. Longworth to enjoy her visit with the Kaiser, even more than her meeting with King Edward at Ambassador Reid's, where she made His Majesty laugh heartily over a recital of her attempts to outwit pursuing kodak fiends? Before the Longworths left England for the Continent and after their return there from the Kiel regatta, they were entertained at a number of fashionable English country houses, and in and out of London there were small dinners and some dances in their honor. American women who have married into British nobility and high society were among the hostesses. Every moment -ha.' they were in old England, the I.ongworths were be ing entertained, and the list of Lords and Ladies, Dukes and Duchesses, Earls and Countesses, Sirs and what not in • the title line that they met —is it not to be found in toto in that right tight little island's social blue book? HER YANKEE DAY ABROAD. But there was one day at least that Mrs Longworth and her husband spent exclusively with fellow Americans. That was America's natal day And how the celebrating Yankees cheered the daugh ter of the President, and with what pa triotic enthusiasm did she salute the Stars ana Stripes and applaud the healthy Yankee sentiments of the speakers! The royal dinner give* by Ambassador Reid was a truly gorgeous affair, and cost I him, the gossips say, his ambassadorial salary for a year. But which was more 1 to the inward satisfaction of Mrs. Nicho-, 1 las Longworth—this feast spread for her and a crowned head, or the far simpler affair at which the birth of her native land was fittingly celebrated? ' The reason for the Longworths" visit (Conrtnued 2»)