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Show J PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER A HAPPY BRIDE T L Ceremony that United in Marriage Miss Roosevelt and Congressman Nicholas Longworth Takes Place 9 ? in the Famous East Room in the Executive Mansion at Washington ( ' 1 jl' wr v v w lioforo perhnp's tho most cbnsplcu-ously cbnsplcu-ously nugtiBt nssembly that over graced tho famous East Itoom In the Bxeciitlvo Mansion, Miss Alice Roosevelt, Roose-velt, eldest daughtur of the President, was unltedfh mnrrlngo' to Nlcholns I.ongworth, Congressman from Ohio, shortly nfter 12 o'clock Feb. 17. It was tho first Wlilto House wedding In nenrly twenty yenrs and, nccordlng to the usual reckoning, tho twelfth In number.-. ' Since tho day that Frances Folsom ! becamo the brldo of Grpvcr Cleveland at tho White Houso many things hnvo happened. A now orn has dawned upon tho country. Nations pay the United States homngo now; there wcro hut the formal amenities then. And, moreover, that wns tho quietest .of weddings, where this ono wns all that tasto and display and unlimited social power could make It. And so, to say nothing of tho great intorest that attached to tho charming charm-ing personality of, the President's daughter.ilt wns Indeed a truly Imposing Impos-ing function. Ilcsldo It the wedding lot Nellie Grant to Algernon Sartorls more than thirty- yenrs ago seems In-'deed In-'deed of llttlo moment. Tho nation was then Just emerging from tho gloom. of four, years' civil war. Times wore hard; foreign nations gavo but .scant nbtlco to a land thnt hnd Jtmt ibaroly preserved Its unity and -was Ibllllons In debt. Rut to-day all Is changed. Anothor iProaldunt'H daughter Is married, Kings SniTpolenfafes, sennlcs and ruling assemblages as-semblages of all InndB hastened to do I the brldo honor nnd thereby to honor pier fathor nnd the great world powor over which he has been elected the ' Chief Magistrate. " I A most notable company was prce-' ent! Every ruling sovereign, was represented rep-resented in porson. High offtclnls 'wero there; gold lace tricked out hundreds there. No American assent-Iblago assent-Iblago gathered together over -had tho eclat of this. , Dut for all that, there was tho pure- j ly romantic sldo. It Is a lovo match ; pure and simple Young Mr. Long-worth Long-worth had to plead his suit very diligently. dili-gently. Thero wcro plenty of others jwho might havo aspired; many of .thera tar, richer thnn this yourig Congressman Con-gressman from Cincinnati. Rut It wuh not a match for raonoy, Tho Long-wortliB Long-wortliB are well-to-do, hut there are thousands of richer persona In the land. Tho Roosovelts are comfortably comfort-ably Axed, but by no amount ot figuring figur-ing could any of the President's family fam-ily be made out, as any way approaching approach-ing a fortuno of a million. MIbs Alice has an Income herself of $3,000 a year from her mother's estate Young Mr. Longworth first met Miss Jloo8ovelt when ho came to Washing-, ton o serve his first term as Con-greksn Con-greksn an, a llttlo over two years ago They wo;o thrown together almost from tho first, and though gossip men' tloned a possible engagement months ago, nothing was mado public until last December, whon 'the Prosldont piado formal announcement of tho betrothal. be-trothal. Miss No'lle Grant mado hor White - i House wedding tho occasion of having eighteen bridesmaids. If Miss Alico Roosevelt had bidden eighteen of hor girl friends to bo maids she would have been obliged to nsk fifty if she would not glvo offense. The result wns that It wns decided not to have any bridesmaids or oven mnld-of-hon-or. Her sole attendant was her little half-slster(i Miss Ethel Roosevelt, flower flow-er girl. With Mr. Longworth it wns a simpler sim-pler proposition. Ho had the conventional conven-tional wedding party of eight ushers nnd a host man. His best man wns his brother-in-law, ,tho Viscount de Chambrun, who married Miss Long-worth. Long-worth. Tho Viscount is also one of Miss Roosevelt's closest men friends. Thousands of other bildeB tho lnnd over havo glvon their hearts and tholr hands to exnetly the same words as Miss Roosevelt gave hers Saturday. The slmplo ceremony occupied barely ten minutes. Tho music lengthened this to nbout twonty minutes. Custom requires no altar In a private pri-vate ..dwelling. Instead thero was a prlqf-dleu, .at which, tho coupla knelt during tho" prayers) nnd nothing more. Miss Roosevelt Joined her-father upstairs up-stairs and came down tho grand staircase stair-case on ''his arm. Preceded by tho ushers und llttlo Miss Ethel, with her basket of flowers, she entered tho room with her fathor. At the right of tho clergymen Mr, longworth was standing1 with his best man. Mr. Roosevelt handod his daughter to tho bridegroom nnd stopped1 aside to tho left. When Rlshop Snttorleo asked, "Who glveth this woman?" Mr. Roosevelt stepped forward and placed Miss Alice's hand tn that ot Mr, Longworth. Stepping back ngaln, that ended his part In tho ceremony. The wedding marches from "Midsummer "Mid-summer NlBht' Dream" and "Ixrtien-Krln'' "Ixrtien-Krln'' woro played as processional nnd rocesslonaj. Thon there woro two hymns, "Do Thou Faithful Unto Death," from "Elijah," and " TIs Our Wedding Morn," by Pontlatowskl. Tho vested choir from St. John's sang and afterward the Marino Sand played. Miss Roosevelt was marrlod in exactly ex-actly tho snmo spot as Miss Nellie u.-.-..M. w. w Grant. This was In front of the largo center windows on tho cast side of tho room, which open out on tho es-plannde. es-plannde. Never was a bride In n moro Imposing Impos-ing room than tho great East Room, tho show placo ot tho beautifully slmplo slm-plo White Houce. It is largo and airy, nnd not incumbered with heavy hangings. hang-ings. It Is finished In delicate white and gold, quite tho appropriate setting for n beautiful wedding. Of course tho Whlto Houso conservatories conser-vatories wero drawn upon largely for the flowers and plants. Orchids, white roses, enrnnttons nnd whlto hyacinths wcro all used In profusion, with masses of potted azaleas nnd bnnks of palms and ferns. There was a floral flor-al bower over tho prle-dleu, mado of brldo roses and white ribbons nnd twined with Southern smllax nnd laurel. lau-rel. At one end of the room stands r. grand piano, covered entirely with gold leaf and hand painted In oxqulslto panels. On tho sides of tho Instrument aro tho coats-of-arms of tho thirteen original States, and Inside tho lid Is n beautiful allegorical painting. This piano wns used as an accompaniment to tho choral music. Thero followod a reception lasting till 3 o'clock, but tho happy couple hurried away beforo that for tholr honeymoon, to bo spent down South nt the estato of a wealthy friend, of tho Roosovelts. When Congress adjourns ad-journs Mr. and Mrs. Longworth will take an extonded Jaunt In Europe Thero Mrs. Lougworth will bo presented pre-sented at the court of each country sho visits by tho American Ambassador Ambassa-dor or Minister. And first of all. it will bo at tho Court of tho King of England, at tho hands of Ambassador Rold. Doubtless Doubt-less His Majesty will ontortaln Mrs. Longworth hlmsolf at somo notable function. Tho Relds will also give a series ot brilliant affairs at which the President's daughter will medt tho cream of Britain's nobility and gentry, as well ns royalty. ' And thon thoro will bo delightful visits to Paris, vhoro tho Longworths will bo tho guests of tho Viscount and Viscountess do Chnmbrun, tho latter Mr. Longworth's sister, The Prcsl- w w n""itrntf dent of France will receive tho President Presi-dent of tho United States' daughter at some stato function yet to be do-j elded upon. Should Germany be ln- eluded In this second wedding trip tho' Kulsor enn bo reckoned upon to show-, er distinction and hospitality upon the) daughter of tho President. The bride's trousseau has been thoi subject ot much consideration. Every bit of It is American made, save those things which have come to her ns wedding wed-ding gifts. Tho slnglo exception Is Just a few bits of lingerie from Paris. Mrs. Longworth's going nway gown was of Alico blue, with n hat to match.. Sho wore her beautiful silver fox furs to set off the costume. Tho skins arej a portion of tho much-discussed twen-j tw-threo boxes of things which followed fol-lowed Miss Roosevelt from the Orl-I ent. These shins aro of raro valttoj nnd have been fashioned Into a won-' drous set. Thero Is a wide collar with stolo of, feet, which reaches down tho back and' almost to tho hem ot her skirt In front. Thoro Is a muff to match of the) prevailing largo, flat shnpo. This lln Ing of tho furs Is of palo gray brocadd satin. Miss Roosevelt as Mrs, Longworth. will havo two homes. Ono will bo In' Cincinnati beautiful homo of thoi bridegroom's mothor. It derives Itsj name from the it'imbor of rooks that make their homo In the ancient trees about tho place. It Is tho homo, too, ot tho beautiful china originated by Mrs. Bellamy Storer, wlfo ot Ambassador Ambas-sador Storer, who Is a member of the Longworth family. The othor Is tho Washington home.. This is tho Jones house, In Eighteenth; stroet. It was built by the late Johnj Davles Jones ot Cincinnati, It Is ox tromely bright and attractive, stand-) Ing on tho corner ot Eighteenth and t streets, N. W. And it Is whispered that some day MIbs Roosevelt hopes to have another Washington home the White House. Sho has told her fiance that ho must bo ro-eloctcd Congressman, and then she looks forward to nnothor such ca-roor ca-roor for her husband ns her father has had, with the Presidency as Its ulttmato goal. |