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A 1\ S ft- 1*$^ OMEN O I SUNLIT lift III I BRIDftL Continued Front First Page. wives and toilers in the modest walks of life, who never have seen either bride or bridegroom and never may filled with the interest in tho event that centered the attention of the whole country on the White House at "Wash ington todav. also sent their offerings. And doubtless Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, democratic woman that her, friends knew her to be, in spite of the position which she has been forced to occupy in the public eve, will cherish with the other recollections of her bridal day the spirit prompting gifts of simple household utensils and staples from American farms. 1 an early hour a large part of the popu Ilation,'male and female,'white and 'black, was in motion toward the White House grounds. The executive offices of the mansion were not open for busi ness, and the extensive grounds were closed to the public during the entire forenoon. Only those bearing the 'prized cards could penetrate the i grounds, but long before the first guest apjproached the great army of unin vited was massed in Lafayette park to the north and along Pennsylvania av enue and the surrounding thorofares, pressing as close as the police would permit, its gaze riveted on the White House. ^3$3K8fl-v\ *S?Xlf :?2rt Sunlit Married Life. Alice Roosevelt's wedding morn was 'a harbinger of a sunlit married life. Koosevelt luck WAS predominant once more from the meteorological stand point. The weather manChief Willis Moore, assuming in person the respon sibility of making the prediction played his part superbly. The air was mild the sky unflecked by tiniest cloudsone arch dome of Alice blue. 'It was virtually a holiday at the cap ital outside wof the departments, and at THE GUESTS ARRIVE Notables of Old. and New Worlds Enter White Hou#e. About 11 o'clock the carriages and automobiles began to roll along the av enue, at first singlv, and at intervals, i then in streams thru the east gate op posite the treasury building. Pedestrians were compelled to ob serve strict rules as to their route and rigid police regulations prevented ciowding at the east entrance to 1 mansion. Days before the event guests had been warned not to come under any #ir- cumstances without their -cards of ad. mittance, and those who failed to heed the warning had short shrift with the six sturdy doorkeepers. stepping inside the White House was like entering an arbor leading to the. land of flowers. The hot houses of the east had been stripped of vine and denuded of blooms to deck the na tion 's executive mansion on this wed ding day. From the cloakrooms in the basement, thru the long corridor where portraits of former mistresses of the mansion smile greeting from the walls Dolly Madison, most famous of all, whose niece was the first of the Whito House brides, looking from a century ago upon the passing throng of the presentand up the stairs leading to the east room, ran ropes of smilax and garlands of asparagus vines, with bride roses and wlvite lilacs. In the mansion, in spite of the air of formality given by the uniformed attendants and the military and naval aides of the president detailed for spo cial service, things went on pretty,much as they do in ordinary American homes,' prior to a wedding. Thot younger children were rushing up and down, prying at the guests, and mes sengers were bustling to and. fro. Mr. Santelmann, leader of the Marine band, was plainly nervous, and showed a tendency to make several false starts for the wedding pageant. The proud duty of announcing the approach of the party was assigned to Archie Roosevelt and his chum, Charlie Taft, son of the secretary of war, but these two proved so zealous that Cap tain Bromwell appointed himself offi cial adviser. All the young Roosevelts came down the stairs together about ten minutes ahead of the paTty, and they enjoyed the preparations hugely and imparted some valuable information to guests near enough to talk to them. At 11:55 Mrv. Roosevelt, with her econd son, Kermit, and all. the Roose velt and Lee relatives descended the main stairway and were escorted inside of the rope which separated the dais from the rest of the room. All the Roosevelts were o'n the left of the pla(tform and the Longworths on the right. The ambassadors and highest officials of the government were as signed to positions directly in front of the ribbon and in full view of the ceremony. Mr. Longworth and his best man, Thomas Nelson Perkins of Boston, to the accompaniment of a murmur of approval, appeared at 11:58 and stood awaiting his bride at the foot of the dais. The bishop in his flowing robes was on the dais some time in advance. BRIDE AND PRESIDENT Miss Alice Enters, Leaning on the Arm of Her Father. Suddenly the crackling, clarion notes of a bugle sounded a salute. The buzz and hum of the thousand and more guests were silenced on the instant. The city clocks were ringing the noon hour* and the cheers were wafted across the broad grounds from the multitude beyond the police lines outside. The salute proclaimed the coming of the chief magistrate, and at the last bugle note the Marine Band orchestra, with out which no White House function is complete, -threw the vibrant power of seventy instruments into action and the stirring strains of the wedding march from Tannhauser filled the man sion. There was a rustling and swaying of the throngs of guests, all on tiptoe, and neeks craned toward the north west door of the east room. I was the moment orf supreme expectancy, for the bride was approaching. Those in direct lino with the door discerned in the dis tauce tho satiii-robed and tulle-veiled figureMiss Roosevelt, leaning-on the arm of her father. The wedding bouquet" of rare white orchids was* carried un der her left arm. The pageant came 24th Aszxaal Bedneed-Price Sals. tmrnmrnm/mmmmm WW*' ,rfB vel -Jll*W The Great Plymouth Clothing House. Mr. Longworth got their heads very ^W]ftfeiAiiMfeB^ *-*i'&*&r<fli+*Z' =pj S g^jgfeW Section. MRS. JOSEPH NICHOLAS 10KO- WORTH. JjT Mother of Congressman Nicholas Long* j* worth. the Bridegroom. 2 A *.xxx\f.x xxx? down the private stairway on the west side and moved with stately tread down the corridor, which made a promenade of 175 feet to the floral altar. Miss Roosevelt smiled on the company right and left. Preceding the president and Miss Eoosevelt were the ushers, Viscount Charles De Chambmn, attache of the French embassy of this city Larz An derson, a cousin of "Mr. Longworth Mr. Wallingford of Cincinnati, his brother-in-law Francis Reginald Bangs, Quincy A. Shaw, Guy Norman, Francis Winthrop and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. The ushers walked in twos until they reached the dais, where they parted and formed an aisle thru which the president escorted' the bride to where the bishop and Mr. Longworth were in readiness. The Marriage Vows. As the last peals of the wedding march died away, Bishop Satterlee, clad in a flowing robe of white linen edged with lace, stepped from the inclosure of palms and flowers, and turning toward the assemblage, bent his head and pro nounced the solemn invocation, which opens the nuptial service according to the Protestant Episcopal ritual. i There was, a long, impressive pause, during which the bishop swept the com-1 pany with his eye, and, turning to the bridal couple, he took up the main points of the ritual. But to tell of the marriage ceremony is to speak of the substantial fact that it was not one whit different from the beautiful Episcopal ritual in which many another bride has participated. If there was one circumstance to make it seem the least bit different it lay in the seeming delight with which the bride gave assent to the promise to "obey'' as well as to "love and cher ishv' The bishop spoke the word with em phasis, but not more so than the bride herself in plighting her troths There was the ring of truth and enthusiasm *t\ Ihe reply that kindled anew in many t^rt* Ahe spark of bygone years. Not more than ten minutes were con sumed in the entire ceremony. When the last solemn words were spoken and the bishop's hands had been laid in benediction^ the bride smiled down on her parents, and in the moment while the bishop still was shaking Mr. Long worth's hand, Mrs. Roosevelt had clasped her stepdaughter in her arms. Regardless of heV finery, oblivious to the company, the bride placed both aims around her father's wife, hugg/d her tightly for a moment, and then,, putting her head on her shoulder, gave just a fragment of a sob. Mrs. Roose patted her gently and whispered a i .The hnde then lifted her head, wiped her eyes and then embraced Mrs. Longworth, who had stepped1 up. The president gave his daughter a hearty greeting, and then, leaning over, kissed Mrs. Longworth's hand with old-fash ioned courtliness. Then came the sister and brothers, and each got a kiss and a hug, until Mrs. Cowles, the aunt of tho bride, fearful that her toilet would be entire ly disarranged, cautioned the less effusive greeting. The aged grandpa rents were the recipients of much at tention, and saluted the bride, just after the parents of Mrs. Longworth. Mrs. Lee was in tears as she came down the aisle and passed into the Blue room to greet the president and Mis. Rcosevelt. Levee of Bridal Couple. After the exchange of family salu tations, Mr. and Mrs. Longworth took their places amid the flowers and grace ful foliage, and for two hours received the felicitations of the guests. A line was formed, just as at all the official White House functions, with Colonel Bromwell acting as master of cere monies, presenting each in line to the bridal couple. The guests, as they paid their com pliments to the bridal couple, passed down the aisle and then moved into the main corridor and from there into the Blue room, where the president and Mrs. Roosevelt were holding high levee. Just before 1 o'clock the servants, i sherg and messengers at the White House were received by Mr. and Mrs. Longworth. Even the lowliest serva tor, from the scullery boys to the stable boys, some of them in rather unorna mental costumes, but evidently their best, passed in review and got a kind word and rather tearful goou-bye. They all expressed great sorrow that "Miss Alice is going away." When the last of the servants had been greeted the bridal couple passed tc the small diningroom. The march down the corridor was a triumphal procession. Five times the bride stopped and embraced friends. Finally, when she reached the dining room, her first duty was to cut the x:ake. This she did with Major Mc Cawley's sword. The president pledged her health in a glass of champagne, but there were no set toasts. The ushers, had all planned neat little speeches, but few got a chance to speak them. Each, however, drank to the health of the bonnie bride and all touched their glasses to hers. Mrs. Longworth-spent less than halt an hour in the dining-room. After cut ting the cake she responded to some of the toasts and managed to get a bite or two of salad and a part of a lettuce sandwich. But when she was not shaking some one 'a hand or trying to respond to some little speech, she was busy opening telegrams. They had come in dozens in the early morning, but toward noon and after the cere mony they came by scores. She .and ywaw3K5RaBxaex/|KT9nr'tT^arvvv:v:fX3r.'f3K:,^l RT. BEV.i HENRY Y. SATTERLEE, Bishop of Washington. Who Performed the Ceremony. to:v*f.xv.xxxxv.x-i xxxxxx txxxxxxxxxvxxxxx close togetlaeK\reading them and there were j^eals of \aughter over jthfs. The Bride Vanishes. When all the speeches had made and as much of the *breakfast eaten as the bride could swallow under the difficulties with which she labored, Mr. Longworth* warned her of the flight of time. As she passed from the dining-room to go to the elevator the band WAS playing Blue Bells,'' an addition to the program made by request. She paused for an instant and, in spite of her heavy train, made two or three little tripping steps, and catching sight of Admiral Cowles, her uncle, she blew him a kiss and then, taking Mr. Longworth's arm, passed out of sight of all the guests except about thirty intimate friends of both sexes who had been invited to witness the departure. The band then began a series of rag time melodies, and, under the inspira tion of the music, some of the guests began to dance, and the inclination spread until the whole corridor and lobby were filled with couples doing a few lively steps. This kept up until the bride was ready to depart and ended in what is known as a hoe down, with the guests going up and down the hall with antics and double steps Worthy of the most expert cake walker. "Mrs. Longworth gave an entire hour after the breakfast to posing before the camera. Six different positions were taken, besides two with Mr. Longworth. M/A/..//VG/*O/Z# THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. LONGWORTHgRCX)SEVELreWEDDIN ^ATSTHEi WHIT E HOUSE THE PRESIDENT AND MKS ROOSEVELT. IBIIFSLIFETttEIN O AMLRICAN GIRLS None Ever Received Half the Homage and Adulation, Yet She Is Unspoiled. Special to The Journal. Washington, Feb. 17.In the autumn, of 1883, Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee. He was the youngest member of the New York leg islature, and his bride had just turned 19. She had come from Boston, and when the young couple set up house keeping, at 6 West Fifty-seventh street, New York city, the bridegroom's mother came to live with them. Lincoln's birthday anniversary, 1884, was an anxious, desolate day in that household. 4 was Thayfaofche-r, ws lying on her deathbqg^in. wapjroojn of the home, and in ano$tie$ thejYwung wife lay also dying. ^t,Jlw tat-piuld had been been'j born to thein-^a daughter,, for whom many great plans had been made. On St. valentine's day, when the great city around about this New York home given over to festivities of all ^KXxxxx^x^*.xi..txxxxx^^xxxKXXXv,'xxxx1^^^ THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., Brother of the Bride, and One of th Ushers at Her Wwldinp, Photo Copright 1905, by E. S.-Chirtfe. t.,. fcAAA Best Man and Ushers, Longworth-Roosevelt Wedding vm- fISCOONK CHQmSJZmn&MHs.JZ<J/vc./*f' Sunday, FebruaryJifil, Iig^B. AAA'AAAA:.AA"$A A*AAA *,.CAAAV REV. ROLAND COTTON SMITH, Rector of the Bride's Church, Who As sisted in the Ceremony. Copyright by Harris-Ewing. XW.XXXXXXXX A AAA A/A sorts, the young mother passed away, and following her within^ a few hours, there passed away the mother, Martha Dulloch Roosevelt/ fTwo days later the bodies of these two 'adored women were carried to the same church and laid side by side in the same graveyard. The wee daughter was named for her dead mother, Alice Lee, and she was intrusted to the tender *care of Miss Anna Roosevelt, her aunt, the young widower fleeing from the scene of his trouble and going to the Dakotas, where he spent two years "broncho busting" and indulging in other forms of strenu ous out-of-door exercise and work Childhood of Alice. Baby Alice knew no mother other than her Aunt" Anna until she was a, tow-headed, blue-eyed little miss of three summers, when her father mar ried, in London, Miss Edith Carew, a childhood friend, and his first wife's junior by "eight days. The next two years Baby Alice spent at Oyster Bay and at the home of her maternal grand parents, near Boston. When she was 5, years old, she had her first look at Washington, her father then being civil service commissioner. She was a be pigtailed little romp, and as much like her father in all essential traits of character as it is possible for a child to be. She did not enter the public schools, but was turned over to a gov erness, who laid the foundations of her education. When she was. 11, her father was ap pointed one of the police commission ers of New York city, and the family 4 W%%X'txxx%xXTXXXT%%%xxv^xxttptm.'m Chambrun, secretary of the French ejn-*' baBsy, and great-grandson of Lafayette. COUNTESS DE CHAKBRUV. Sister of the Bridegroom. o\o tvffXf* :o vrxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx returned to Oyster Bay. She came back to Washington again when she was 13, her father having been appointed as sistant secretary of the navy. At this time she was enrolled in a private academy, but in a few months resumed her education under private tators. Among the accomplishments acquired at that time were a fine knowledge of French, painting in water colors and music. She rode horseback and took long country rambles with her father, romped with her brother, Theodore, Jr., and visited Aunt Anna, then and now the wife of Lieutenant Commander Cowles of the navy. She was a miss of 14 when she kissed her father good bye and saw him start for the Spanish war, and she was hardly 15 when she Was taken to Albany to live for two years in .the,, executive mansion there. When her father returned to Washing ton as vicepresident, she was 17. First Known to Fame. wealth of light brown hair. I was a good, stolid, sincere Dutch face, but while the mold f the Teuton pre vailed, there was some of the bluntness of the Celtof those Irish ancestors of her father's, who in colonial days set tled in Pennsylvania. The gossips hurried to the White House, expecting to behold a very vain and haughty young miss, self-conscious, conceited and ready to snub all save the titled and the rich, for they could only base their judgment upon past fjx periences. But the gossips came away with mouth agape and complaining that Miss Alice was sincere to the point of brusqueness, that she was not prim enough, considering her station had too much of the tomboy left in her. In other words, it was discovered that she-was a "chip off the old block." Debut in Society. Six weeks before her eighteenth birthday, Alice Roosevelt made her of ficial bow to society and became Miss Roosevelt. Her debut was marked by a grand ball in the east room, the most imposing event seen in the White House since the days of Dolly Madison. Gowned in white silk, the young woman made her bow to 700 guests, includ ing all the high officials of the govern ment and the representatives of all the nation* of the world. The next day she sent wagon loads of flowers, left from the ball, to the hospitals of the city. Gossip now began to figure on the question of a beau. The previous sum mer the young woman had told her grandmother Xee not to introduce her to any men out of College, for she wanted to make the most of this last girlhood vacation. "In Washington," she sighed, I shall be compelled to sit with old men in their thirties and more." A few weeks after her debut Prince Henry sailed over from Germany and invited her to christen the kaiser's yacht Meteor. With a specially made nickel hatchet she cut the ropes and broke a bottle of champagne over its bow. The prince, on "behalf of the em peror, then presented her with a gold bracelet set with diamonds, other gems and a small picture of his royal brother. After she had replied to the emperor's telegram thanking her for christening the yacht, a London newspaper criti cised her for not framing the dispatch in terms of greater servility. Shortly afterwarM William II. named another of his naval "yachts the Alice Roose velt, and fherofrom came from Berlin a story that the president's daughter was to be a guest at the royal palace, Berlin that the emperor and empress had looked over the list of marriage able Protestant princesses and found them all unavailable that they were keen to marry the crown prince to Miss Roosevelt that the kaiser would first see to it that some friendly'monarch would confer upon the president's daughter a title. Next, a Paris news paper said that Miss Roosevelt might take her pick of titled European eligi bles, and printed her picture in the center of a page, surrounded by the pictures of many of these princes and lords. Gossips ana Romance. Some of these stories found more or less favor at home, and it was with difficulty that the family convinced the public that it wasn't hunting a title for this young woman. The gossips mentioned her name most frequently in connection with that of Viscount de jj It was next Baid that Miss Roosevelt J would visit the court of King Edward, 3 the guest of Ambassador Reid, and that while abroad she would probably be* come -engaged to some titled English-' tnan. During all this talk, she was severely criticized for her fondness for Countess Marguerite Cassini. All in all, she was a greatly talked about young woman. Running hand in hand with the criticism, was a flood of compliment and flattery, and it is one of the best tests of her soundness of character and great good sense, that none of these things affected her in any way. She pursued the even tenor of her way undisturbed by what was said and done, the simple daughter ot the president, unspoiled and unaffected^ retaining all her original independence of spirit and fondness for a good time. She went riding in automobiles, at tended the races at Bennings, the horse shows at Chevy Chase and New York, the theaters, dances, receptions and other social affairs in great number. I I has been estimated that in fifteen 4 months she attended about 400 dinners, 300 parties, 300 balls, and 600 afternoon teas, shook hands with 25,000 people and made 1,500 calls. The figures are not official, but they may be accepted as being approximately correct, say those who should know. When she was 7 years old, and her father was civil service commissioner, the news reached the Roosevelt home that Nicholas Longworth had just been graduated from Harvard. He was a son of Judge Longworth, Mr. Roose velt's old-time friend, and there was some slight comment about the matter at the time, altho none of the Roose velts had yet met him. When she was 10 years old, this young man had fin ished law school, and when she was IS 1\ had been elected to the Ohio legis lature. The fall after her debut, he was elected to congress from one of the .Cincinnati districts, and just before he took his seat, thirteen months later, he was invited to take dinner at the White House, to dine with his father's old friend. On that occasion he saw Until this time the nationbeyond hig future bride for the first time, her own little circledid not know that Mr. Longworth's rich mother came there was such a young lady, as Alice from Cincinnati to keep house for him Roosevelt. Even as the vicepresident's Washington. He was the nephew daughter she was little heralded, for I 0 vicepresidents are of little consequence American ambassador to Vienna, and at best. Her father remained in Wash- the brother-in-law to Count de Cham- ington only long enough for the senate to confirm the president's nominations. Then, fTom March until September- the family was united again at Oyster Bay. Miss Alice was making various and sundry plans for a debut the follow ing winter, when she would live in Washington, in the great Bellamy Storer mansion, now the embassy of France. But these visions were inter rupted by the death of President Me Kinley, and the succession of Vice President Roosevelt to that office. -Miss Alice was then 17 years and 7 months old and she quickly found that the eyes of the~ountry were upon her. She was then a slender blue-eyed girl, a little below the average stature, with a face which was the feminine repro duction of her father'sa face broad^ a"t the temples, with eyes iar apart, nose short and broad, brow "futf, hut of medium height, and crowned with a Mrs. Bellamy Storer, wife of the brun, brother of the young man who had been said to be Miss Roosevelt's intended. Besides, he was attractive personally, a jolly good fellow, and it came about very naturally that he was occasionally found in Miss Roosevelt's company,, and that she grew to feel that Jyrhenever he was present, every hody,wag8ur to have a good time. Their Early Acquaintance. #^\tr\ ^Longworth, Miss Roosevelt and the, ds"* Chambruns were frequently to gether, for theater partief, for rides on horseback or in automobiles, and one summer Mr. Longworth gave Miss Roosevelt a costume ball while she was .visiting at one of the Massachusetts society resorts. He was careful to be made a member of the Philippine .party, when he found ihat the president's daughter was to go, and as for* the rest history- sayeth not. Obviously, from nis assiduous atten tions, it is quite certain that love burned in his heart before it did in that of the young woman. Obviously, too, the conquest was not an easy one, altho the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, who were in Mr. Longworth *s confi dence, did not discourage the match. But in time the independent young daughter of the president was com pelled to capitulate. It must have oc curred during the Taft trip to the far east. Certainly they were not engaged before going for that trija least, this is what everybody says. When they returned, and Miss Roosevelt was accused of being engaged, she stoutly denied it. Technically, this denial was perhaps the truth, but it is generally understood that when the Taft party got back to American soil, Longworth felt that he had his case pretty well in hand and that the rest would be easy. Then came" the official announcement of the engagement, by the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, at one of the White House dinners, on the evening pf Dec. 13, and a few weeks later the wedding date was fixed for Feb. 17, at noon, Purely a Love Match. Many are asking themselves whether Miss Alice is marrying wealth, and as the Longworth family is considered one of the rich families of the country, the question usually is answered in the affirmative. In point of fact, however, and this adds to the romance of the eventit is an out-and-out love match. For altho Mrs. Longworth, the bride groom's mother, is a wealthy woman, owning an immense amount of real es tate in and about Cincinnati, Mr. Long worth himself is not wealthy, while Miss Roosevelt has an income of only about $3,000 a year. Longworth is an honored name in Cincinnati. The grandfather of the present Nicholas founded the family fortune. He was a landowner and wine grower, nd modern viticnlturists are indebted to him for many of his early efforts, which are gratefully acknowl edged in publications of the department of agriculture. The bridegroom of tor day was born in Cincinnati on Nov. t, 1869. The hondred name and the family fortune were there when he arrived. He has done nothing to dim that fame, nor has he made any effort to dissipate the fortune. His career has been an agreeable one. He found the way to prestige already paved for him. Wealth, social standing, and politics^ preferment have been his without th# asking. He attended the Cincinnati public schools, then went to Harvard, graduating with the A. B. degree in 1891. In college he was distinguished (A Continued on 3d Page, 7th Column. VITAL ELEMENT POSTUDrinkM.healthsissuccesfo TO BB WELL. *k. Read "The Road to WdMus," '3^.-Jin to package*. JSKtSsftf I 4 sSi-l