Show 3 presidents DAUGHTER A HAPPY ceremony that united in marriage miss roosevelt and congressman nicholas longworth takes place in the famous east room in the executive mansion at washington before perhaps the most cons bously august assemble that ever graced the famous east room in the mansion miss alice roose velt eldest daughter of the president was united in marriage to nicholas longworth congressman from ohio shortly after 12 clock feb 17 it was the first white house wedding in nearly twenty years and according to the usual reckoning the twelfth in number A most notable company was pres ent every ruling sovereign eign was rep presented in person high officials were there gold lace tricked out hundreds there no american assem blage gathered together avei had the of this young mr longworth first met miss roosevelt when he came to washing ton to serve his first term as con pressman a little over two years ago they were thrown together almost rom the first and though gossip men a possible engagement months jago nothing was made public until bast december when the president amade formal announcement of the betrothal miss nellie grant made her white house wedding the occasion of having eighteen bridesmaids if miss alice roosevelt had bidden eighteen of her girl friends to be maids she would chave been obliged to ask fifty if she would not ghe offense the result was that it was decided not to have any bridesmaids or even maid of hon er her sole attendant was her little halt sister miss ethel roosevelt flow cr girl with mr longworth it was a sini apler proposition he had the conven dional wedding party of eight ushers and a best man his best man was his brother in law the viscount de chambrun who married miss long worth the viscount is also one of alss roosevelt s closest men friends thousands of other brides the land over have given their hearts and their bands to exactly the same words as miss roosevelt gave hers saturday the simple ceremony occupied barely ten minutes the music lengthened abis to about twenty minutes custom requires no altar in a vate dwelling instead there was a jarle aleu at which the couple knelt during the prayers and nothing more miss roosevelt joined her father up stairs and came down the grand stair lease on his arm preceded by the ushers and little miss ethel with her basket of flowers she entered the room with her father at the right of the clergymen mr longworth was standing with his best man mr roosevelt handed his daughter to the bridegroom and stepped aside to the left when bishop asked who this woman mi roosevelt stepped forward and placed miss alices hand in that of mr longworth stepping back again that ended his part in the ceremony the wedding marches from mid summer night s dream and lohen grin were played as processional ard recessional then there were hymns be tho i faithful unto death from elijah and our wedding morn by Pont latowski the vested choir from st johns sang and afterward the marine band placed miss roosevelt was married in ex piano was used as an accompaniment to the choral music there followed a reception lasting till 3 clock but the happy couple hurried away before that for their honeymoon to be spent down south at the estate of a wealthy friend of the Roosevel ts when congress ad bourns mr and mrs longworth will take an extended jaunt in europe there mrs longworth will be pre dented at the court of each country she visits by the american dor or minister and first of all it will be at the court of the king of Englan dj at the hands of ambassador areld doubt less his majesty will entertain mrs longworth himself at some notable function the felds will also give a series of brilliant affairs at which the presidents daughter will meet the cream ot britain s nobility and gentry as well as royalty was of alice blue with a hat to match she wore her beautiful silver fox tura to set off the costume the skins are a of the much discussed awen tw three boxes of things which fol lowed miss roosevelt from the orl ent these skins are of rare value and have been fashioned into a won drous set there Is a wide collar with stole et feet which reaches down the back and almost to the hem of her skirt la front there Is a mut to match ot the prevailing large flat shape this alln ing of the furs Is of pale gray brocade satin miss loosevelt Hoo sevelt as mrs longworth will have two homes one will be in cincinnati beautiful home of the bridegroom s mother it derives its name from the number of rooks that make their home in the ancient trees about the place it Is the home too of the beautiful china originated by acely the same spot as miss nellie grant this was in front of the large center windows on the east side of the room which open out on the es planate never was a bride in a more imps ing room than the great east room the show place of the beautifully sim pie white house it is large and airy and not Inc with heavy hang ings it is finished in delicate white and gold quite the appropriate setting for a beautiful wedding at one end of the room stands a grand piano covered entirely with gold leaf and hand painted in exquisite panels on the sides of the instrument are the coats of arms of the thirteen original states and inside the lid Is a allegorical painting this and then there will be delightful visits to paris where the will be the guests of the viscount and de chambrun the latter mr longworthy Long sister the dent of france will receive the dent of the united states daughter at some state function yet to be de aided upon should germany be in eluded in this second wedding trip the kaiser can be reckoned upon to show er distinction and hospitality upon the daughter of the president the brides trousseau has been the subject of much consideration every bit of it Is american made save those things which have come to her as wed ding gifts the single exception Is just a few bits of lingerie from paris mrs s going away gown mrs bellamy storer wife 0 ambart storer who Is a member of thea Long Berth family the other Is the washington chomej this Is the jones house in eighteenth street it was built by the late john dadles jones 0 cincinnati it Is ex 1 bright and attractive stand ing on the corner of eighteenth and streets N W and it Is whispered that some dayl miss roosevelt hopes to have another washington home the white house she has told her fiance that he must be reelected re elected congressman and then she looks forward to another such ca reer tor her husband as her father has had with the presidency as its ultimate goal |