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Show ELDEST SON OF ROOSEVELT WEDS Theodore, Jr., and Miss Eleanor Alexander Are Married. CULMINATION OF LOVE MATCH Former President Witnesses Ceremony Cere-mony In New York Church San Francisco to Be Home of the Couple. New York. Of all the June weddings wed-dings of 1910, the one that has aroused the most general interest was that of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Miss Eleanor Alexander which was celebrated in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Pres-byterian church on June 20. A large number of prominent people ! witnessed the ceremony, but naturally I the most noticed person in the church, j after the bride and groom, was Col. j Theodore Roosevelt, father of the young man who was entering the state family. As a hoy he rode horseback and engaged In all the oilier outdoor pursuits of the Juvenile Roosevelt clan at their home at Oyster Hay and he took some part In athletics during his preparatory school course at Gro-ton Gro-ton and his rollegiate course at Harvard, Har-vard, but in the main he has been less enthusiastic on the subject of life in the open than his father and brother Kermlt. He has always been of a studious nature and his romance with Miss Alexander is said to have had Its beginnings In the mutual love of these young people for music. For all that "Teddy, Jr.," has eschewed the sensational In outdoor athletics, he did participate two years ago in a balloon bal-loon flight from Washington, in which he and the two army officers who were his fellow passengers had some rather exciting experiences. There was no little surprise on the part of the public when Theodore, Jr.. upon the completion of his college course two years ago, chose a busiT , ness career as his life work, and still more wonder was aroused when he took employment in a Connecticut car, pet factory in order to gather knowledge knowl-edge at first hand of the practical side of carpet manufacture. He started at the lowest round of the ladder, as an unskilled workman at a small salary, Of course he was promoted as he mastered mas-tered the intricacies of the business, Ur Ait - il - " ft . I - "-"St. "visiS; S i t' H -it I f- 1 t Reading from left to right: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Ijong-worth, Ijong-worth, Larz Anderson. but he continued to live quietly in a modest boarding house. Many persons were skeptical as to whether young Roosevelt would stick to so prosaic an existence, but he is evidently determined deter-mined to win his fortune in this sphere. of matrimony. The date of the wedding wed-ding had been set to permit the attendance at-tendance of the fornier 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 before be-fore her own recent marriage was Miss Elizabeth Bertron, was the matron ma-tron of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Miss Jessie Jes-sie Millington-Drake, Miss Janetta Alexander, Miss Jean Delano and Miss Harriet Alexander. Rev. Henry M. Sanders, a great uncle of the bride, officiated, assisted by Dr. Gordon Russell of Cranford, N. J. After the ceremony the bridal party was entertained at the home of the bride's uncle, Charles B. Alexander. At least a part of the honeymoon will be spent at Sagamore Hill, the country coun-try home of the Roosevelt family at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Later in the summer the young couple will start for San Francisco, where Mr. Roose- A :;, , v 6 i . s v - ,$v 'V ' 'X i - : i The Roosevelt Home at Oyster Bay. velt is to be in charge of the interests inter-ests of the carpet manufacturing firm with which he has been associated for some time. The love story of the young couple has been a quick-moving 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-one twenty-one years old, of a little more than medium height, slender, and of attractive appearance, hav ing an especially beautiful complexion. com-plexion. She is as animated as her famous sister-in-law, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Roose-velt Longworth, whose house guest she was for a time Just before Mrs. Longworth sailed for England to Join her father. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., strongly resembles re-sembles his father in looks, but is decidedly de-cidedly reserved and is generally credited cred-ited with being far less democratic than certain other members of the |
