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Show HISS ROOSEVELT'S 'GIFTS'--. VALUED Mi 1, 080,080 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Miss Alice Roosevelt, whoee marriage takes place nine days and nine hours hence, will pass these days and hours at the same pace that has marked her carrying out of social arrangements since the announcement an-nouncement of her wedding for February Febru-ary 17. The number of engagements she has kept and the miles she has traveled Areak any record of the kind. The bride-elect Is to make one more visit to New Tork to Interview the modiste mo-diste who Is making the wedding-dress of satin and cloth of gold. The society reporters hava received their Invitations to the wedding, but in order to Insure accuracy It Is understood under-stood that there will be an official "story" of the wedding, the guests, etc. The data for this story have been submitted sub-mitted to Miss Roosevelt. Will Send Special Gifts. There is already a guessing bee as to the value of Miss Roosevelt's presents, actually received and In transit. Bo far It has been announced that three nations France, "Cuba and China will send special gifts. The French President Presi-dent has ordered the finest piece of Gobelin tapestry, the Empress of China Chi-na has cabled that her present is on the way, and little Cuba stands ready with S25.QO0. to be Invested In Jewels or the plantation that surrounds Ban Juan. . v- It is expected that every nation represented rep-resented In the diplomatic corps will send a gift It Is believed that Pop Plux X. will send a gift. Mysterious Attic Boom. Some nations have their gifts stored away in a mysterious room which Miss Roosevelt has set aside in the attic of the White House. It is said to be piled ten feet high already. All the express packages' go there first for a peep by Miss Roosevelt. It has been said that she wants to keep the presents as a "surprise" for the wedding day. The presents are safe from burglars. Servants Ser-vants sleep near the gif troom, and there are four officers on duty every night at the White House. Fan From a Princess. One of the presents could not be hidden, hid-den, however. It is the most gorgeous , butterfly-shaped fan ever seen in Washington, and is supposed to h from one of the Japanese princesses. It has a bit of history "attached to it." On the tag were scrawled these words in a child's handwriting, probably at the custom-house here: "Glad he ain't no duke." Gen. Grosvenor Is the chairman of a committee to select a present from the Philippine party to Miss Roosevelt that will cost about $1000. The Ohio delegation delega-tion will give a present to cost about $200, but the delegation has not yet decided de-cided whether or not It shall be a punchbowl, there being some objection by a member of the delegation to that particular kind of a memento. Million in Presents. The conjecture as to the total value of presents runs all the way from $100,-000 $100,-000 to- $1,000,000. Miss Roosevelt proD-ably proD-ably will get two gifts from Germany, one from the Kaiser and one from Prince Henry; dlso two from Great Britain, one from the King and one from Prince Louis of Batlenberg. The wedding ceremony will- be performed per-formed by the Right Rev. Henry Sat-erlee, Sat-erlee, bishop of the diocese of Washington. Wash-ington. The bride and bridegroom will go to London, where it l understood they will be the guests of Embassador Reid, and will be presented to King Edward VII. |