Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-10-30 | Page 14 | Nice Old Stork Visits New York Home

' Ice Old Stork Visits New York Home Makes His Twentioth Journoy to Household, This Tlmo Creating an Unusual Condition. BROOKLYN, Oct. 23 -The stork flapped his wings above 4H McDonough street again and descended to make his twentieth visit to the household of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Leudesdorff. There was a happy commotion among the fifteen fif-teen living children, and now Mr. and Mrs. Leudesdorff have their twentioth child. The old bird, on his Friday night visit, created a condition somewhat unusual, un-usual, and the happy couple found that they now havo a son who ls younger than their grandson. Three Generations Now. There are three generations of the Leudesdorffs, and the grandfather has been stirred to the hope of a fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Leudesdorff have been married mar-ried twenty-four years, and during that time twenty children have been born to them. Four of these have died, but olx-teen olx-teen are living under tho same roof In McDonough street. The oldest daughter, daugh-ter, who is married, has a home of her own. The latest visit of the stork reminded re-minded the parents that they were living liv-ing up to President Roosevelt's Ideas on the question of race suicide, and they Intend, not only to notify him of the addition, ad-dition, but also to name the youngster Theodore Roosevelt Leudesdorff. Marriago End of Romance. There was something of a romance attached to tho marriage of the parents, that dates back for more than the four years preceding their marriage. Mrs. Leudesdorffs father kept a tailoring establishment es-tablishment and had In his employ a young man who was without relatives or friends In this country. Moved by the loneliness of the young man, Mr. Newman, Mrs. Leudesdorffs father. Invited In-vited him to visit the house. Three years passed and Emanuel "popped" the question. He was 32 years old and she about 16. Now Mr. Leudesdorff 13 66 years old and his wife Is about 41. Mr. Leudesdorff Leudes-dorff ls no longer connected with the tailoring business, but Is now wharf superintendent su-perintendent in Brooklyn for the Slo-man Slo-man Steamship company and for the union of steamships. The happy couple will celebrate their silver wedding In November of next year.