| Show k LONGWORTH GETS TO WED ViED Great Activity at the White House Bouse With the Great Event Only a aFew Pew Few Away RARE PRESENTS RECEIVED GROOM REMEMBERED INDIANS Washington Feb 1 tonight entertained at a bachelor dinner at his home Eight Eighteenth EIghteenth street Northwest at which Pres President PresIdent ident t and Secretary Taft were among the guests The other guests were Mr PerkIns who is to be best man at the wedding of Miss Roose Rooe Roosevelt velt and Mr Longworth de Chambrun of Mr Long Longi I i worth Theo Theodore Roosevelt jr Major Henry and d M rs Fleischmann Nor Norman Norman man Shaw Winthrop An Anders AndersOn ders dersOn n Painter Simpkins Bangs Whitney and Herron The East room and the lower rooms of the White House which ordinarily are open to visitors are closed to the Public for the remainder of the week Tho Th East room in which the ceremony is 15 to be performed Is beIng prepared for the wedding Already the platform I for the wedding party is in place and the decorations will be completed by tomorrow evening Peep at Wedding Presents Carriages and automobiles bearing close personal friends and relatives of the bride have been driving up to the White House throughout the day These fortunate ones were given a peep at the wedding presents that have ar arrived arrived rived already The collection was on view In one of the upper apartments of the White House and presented a dazzling display of jewelry ornaments and Shortly after 4 Mr lIr Longworth accompanied by Nelson Perkins his best man three of the ushers Bangs Shaw and Norman and three other friends who refused to give their names appeared at the city hall hail and announced his desire for a license to marry The as assistant clerk of the court William F Lemmon filled in the blanks as Mr lIr Longworth responded to the usual questions in such cases casas He gave his age as 36 and that of Miss Roosevelt as 22 GI GIFTS RARE Arrival of the Personal Present of Emperor William i Washington Feb personal gift of Emperor WillIam of Germany to Miss iss Allee has just arrived in Washington It is a finely wrought bracelet of rare value and will be pre presented to Miss today or to tomorrow morrow by Ambassador Speck von vont t f rn A Attorney Horney Genel al Moody will present i ti MISS Roosevelt a pair of silver can chased and of ele elegant garit gant design Secretary and Mrs Shaw Will present to her a chocol chocolate te set net of rare Worcester ter ware inlaid id with silver Secretary and Mrs Tafts present to the bridal couple was an elaborately table vase of American manu manufacture manufacture facture Twenty members of the Metropolitan dub cub united in presenting a square beaten silver salver of antique deign dign with autographic reproduction of the signatures of the doners Present of Taft Party The present of the members of the Taft party with which Miss Roosevelt traveled in the east was a 8 gold neck necklace necklace lace the alternate links set with dia diamonds mends monds with a pendant of aquamarine of wondrous translucency surrounded by diamonds The aquamarine alone is said to be valued at over 1500 aside from the settings Accompanying this present was a card inscribed as fol follows follows lows With I love ve and best Wishes to our Alice from the members of the Taft I party The present of the empress of China has not yet reached Washington and it Is evident eIdent that it cannot be re received before the wedding PRESENT OF THE Gets ts Buffalo Skin Vest Washington Feb Ponca In Indians who came caine from Oklahoma to present to Nicholas Longworth a buffalo skin vest were mu much h disappointed at not finding Mr Longworth in the house when they vie vis visited the capitol thIs afternoon The Indians were especially painted and in beaded kin clothing In anticIpation of an elaborate presenta presentation tion ceremony Their gift for the pres presidents presIdents Is made from the hide of a young buffalo bufflo which is more ContInued on Page 2 LONGWORTH GETS S liCENSE TO WED Con Continued from Page 1 highly by the Indians t than ah any other trophy hunt The Ponca del delegation Cl celled led ledon on President Roo Roosevelt this afternoon to pay their respects to the Great White Father Horse t tic chief of th the band of presented to the president their gift for his The chief f added that they made a present to th groom and not to the bride uge the bride already had received many J e and they felt the groom ought not to tobe tobe be neglected in this respect President Roosevelt laughingly accepted the waistcoat on behalf of Mr Lon Longworth Worth promising that he should get bet It |
