Who is this lady?

[L Verge]

I am actually shocked at that photo if the lady had a father who knew Lincoln. Her attire is most inappropriate , even for the 1920s (which appears to be the era in which she posed). IMO, that photo -- taken anytime between 1850 and 1930 -- is a scandal in and of itself!

Can I just sneak in a cute joke related to Alice Roosevelt's husband, Nicholas Longworth? He and Alice didn't get along too well after he went against her father in the Republican Party in 1912, but he was a very good Speaker of the House as well as someone who was nice to be around. There's a joke about him one day at the U.S. Capitol:

One particular famous retort is attributed to Longworth. One day, while he was lounging in a chair at the Capitol, another member of the House ran his hand over Longworth's bald pate and commented, "Nice and smooth. Feels just like my wife's bottom." Longworth felt his own head and returned an answer: "Yes, so it does."

Journalist Frank R. Kent of The Baltimore Sun wrote of him:

"Without any revision of the rules he completely recovered the power of the speakership and was the undisputed leader of the House with as autocratic control as either Reed or Cannon. It is true he exercised this power with infinitely more tact and grace and gumption and without that touch of offensive arrogance that characterized former House Czars. But he was just as much a Czar. What Mr. Longworth clearly proved was this matter of leadership depends not so much on the rules but on the man." [Certain politicians should take Mr. Kent's appraisal to heart today...]