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JWBear

01-14-2009 04:47 PM

"The other Washington Monument"

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Quote:

When it came time for the Roosevelt family to move out of the White House, Alice buried a Voodoo doll of the new First Lady, Nellie Taft in the front yard.

She was such a character. I wish I could have met her....

Ghoulish Delight

01-14-2009 04:53 PM

An RNC with her attending is one I could get behind.

lizziebith

01-14-2009 07:56 PM

Love her!

Quote:

Of her quotable quotations, her most famous found its way to a pillow on her settee: “If you can’t say something good about someone sit right here by me.”

Alex	01-14-2009 08:01 PM

A quote for Euro (from the Wiki page):

Quote:

She ... proudly boasted in a 60 Minutes interview with Eric Sevareid broadcast February 17, 1974, that she was a "hedonist".

lizziebith

01-14-2009 08:19 PM

I might have to copy this serpent's name:

Quote:

She smoked cigarettes in public, rode in cars with men, stayed out late partying, kept a pet snake named Emily Spinach (Emily as in her spinster aunt and Spinach for its green color) in the White House, and was seen placing bets with a bookie.

Hmmmm, so many possibilities! New username, something I might draw, a future pet's name...

JWBear

01-14-2009 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teddy Roosevelt

"I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both."

JWBear

01-14-2009 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lizziebith (Post 263469)

Love her!

(And yes, that's her.)

Morrigoon

01-15-2009 12:00 AM

"You can't make a souffle rise twice" - awesome tidbit of bawdiness! :)

wendybeth

01-15-2009 12:12 AM

Omg, I love her! I have read tons about her famous cousins, but I think I've only seen snippets about her. Gonna have to check out some bios......

lizziebith

01-15-2009 01:17 AM

So I just asked my hubby, who is a Roosevelt-history nut, about Alice...and he just laughed and said "you'd love her-what a pistol!" That's a great pic, too! I'm going to have to help myself to hubby's Roosevelt books...I've long planned to, but now I'm really eager!

And wow, when young she looks like she just walked out of a Sargent painting...

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