Show ElDEST SON OF I ROOSEVELT WEDS Theodore Jr and Miss Eleanor Alexander Are Married CULMINATION OF LOVE MATCH Former President Witnesses Cere Cera mony In New York Church San Church San Francisco to Be Home of the Couple New York Of Of all the June weddings weddings wed wed- dings of 1910 1910 the one that has aroused the most general Interest was that of Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Miss 1 Eleanor Alexander which was celebrated In the Fifth Avenue Pres Presbyterian Presbyterian pres-I pres church on June 20 A large number of prominent people I witnessed the ceremony but naturally the most noticed person In the church I I after the bride and groom was Co Col Theodore Roosevelt father Cather of the I I young man who was entering the state q r rw w f rr W tz N M a wi f Reading from left to right Theodore Roosevelt Jr Mrs Roosevelt Mr worth Larz Anderson of matrimony The date of oC the wedding wed wed- ding had been set to permit the attendance attendance attendance at at- of the former president and this was one of his very first social engagements after his return from abroad for he landed In New York only two days before Mrs Snowden Fahnestock who be- be but he continued to live quiet modest modest boarding boarding house Many were skeptical as to whether Roosevelt would stick to so pr existence but he Is evidently evidential mined to win his fortune t I II sphere I I family As a boy he rode horseback and engaged in all the other outdoor pursuits of the Juvenile Roosevelt clan at their home at Oyster Oster Bay and he took some part in athletics during his preparatory school course at Groton Groton Gro- Gro ton and his collegiate course at Harvard Harvard Har Har- vard yard but In the main he has been less enthusiastic on the subject of life Inthe in inthe inthe the open than his father and brother Kermit He has always been of a studious nature and his romance with Mss Miss Alexander is said to have had its beginnings in the mutual love of these young people for music For all that Teddy Jr Jr has eschewed the sensational in outdoor athletics he did participate two years ago in a balloon balloon bal bal- loon flight from Washington In which he and the two army officers who were his fellow passengers had some somo rather exciting experiences There was no little surprise on the part of the public when Theodore Jr upon the completion of his college colleg course two years ago chose a busi buss business ness career as his life work and still stillmore stillmore more wonder was aroused when he took employment in a Connecticut car pet factory In order to gather knowl know edge at first hand of the practical side of carpet manufacture He started atI at atthe atthe the lowest round of the ladder as an an unskilled workman at a small salary Of course he was promoted as he mastered mas inns the intricacies of the business lD e r I Itry try home of the Roosevelt family at Oyster Oster Bay Long Island Later in the summer the young joung couple will start for San Francisco where Mr Roose Roose- I spelling u from rom lack of knowledge ol of I The of Worden Vorden Wor en hall Lancashire Lancashire Lan Lan- prefer like Ule several other well I known families Including the ffolkes I r r The Roosevelt Home at Oyster Bay velt Is to be in charge of the Interests interests interests inter Inter- ests of the carpet manufacturing firm with which he be has been associated for or orsome some time The love story of tho the young couple has been a quick-moving quick romance Their engagement was announced only last winter and the news was cabled to Colonel Roosevelt resulting In the speedy receipt of his approval and congratulations The bride who is the daughter of Henry Addison Alexander of New York is twenty- twenty one years old of a little more than medium height slender and ando o of or r IJ attractive appearance having haying hav hay ing an especially beautiful com com- She is as animated as her famous amous sister law In law Mrs 1 Alice Allee Roosevelt Roose Roosevelt velt Longworth whose house bouse guest she was for a time Just before Mrs Longworth sailed for England to Join her father Theodore Roosevelt Jr strongly resembles resembles re re- his father In looks but Is decidedly do- do reserved and is generally credited credited cred cred- with being far less democratic than han certain other members of the and trenches to retain the archaic capital ft fr The family trace their descent from rom Hugo de who came to England with the Conqueror and they have been associated for generations generations gen gen- with the court army and church and with public life From From the Court Journal |