Arizona republican., 1906-02-18

Washington, Feb. 17.-With a plain circlet of virgin gold, in the historic East Room of the White House at thir- teen minutes after 12 o'clock today. Alice Lee Roosevelt, eldest daughter of the president of the United States and Nicholas Longworth, representa- tive in congress from the first district of Ohio. were united in marriage.
 The ceremony-one of the most inn pressive ever performed in the execu- tive mansion-was according to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal church, of which the bride is mem Der. It was solemnized by the Right Rev. Henry Y. Saterlee, bishop of Washington, and was attended by all the solemn state of a grand official function and by the devotional beauty of a cathedral service.
 No ceremony of a similar kind ever was witnessed by a more distinguish ed assemblage. There were present as guests not only the most eminent rep resentatives of the American govern ment, but the personal commissioners of the kings and potentates and powers of the civilized world, constituting an assemblage not only one of the largest, but the most distinguished that ever was gathered at one time in the White House.
 A halo of a hundred years of roman tic White House history hung over the bridal couple Miss Roosevelt was the twelfth bride, according to accepted au- thorities. to plight her troth within its classic walls and the identical spot where she today joined hands with the husband of her choice, for better and for worse, is halIowed in the mem ory of another White House bride Nellie" Grant, who thirty-two years ago on that same spot became the wife of an Englishman, Algernon c. F. Sar- tOris. Tender indeed, must have been the recollections of Mrs. SartOris of that day, now long ago, for she was one of the witnesses of Miss Roose- velt's wedding.
 CREW INTO A STATE AFFAIR.
 While the bride herself and the president and Mrs. Roosevelt had de- sired that the ceremony of the mar riage should be as quiet and simple as possible. it was found impracticable to limit the function. as was intended at first. to the immediate relatives of the bride and bridegroom. It became necessary to include among the guests invited, certain official classes and personal friends of Miss Roosevelt and MT. Longworth.
 The ceremony took place in the East Room made famous by a century of brilliant social functions, but no event in it's history ever was so brilliant and beautiful as that of today. The classic spIendor of the great apartment was enhanced by exquisite and artistic de- corations and the brilliant sunlight of a gorgeous day lent added beauty to the setting of the wedding.
 It had been intended to light the magnificent room with the hundreds of softly shaded electric lamps of the great crystal chandeliers, but while ar tificiaI lights were utilized throughout the rest of the White House, it was determined to flood the marriage scene with sunlight.
 It was a beautiful cOnceit founded on the pretty proverb. "happy is the bride the sun shines on" No lOvelier dav in winter ever dawned. The air was as balmy. almost as in spring. No More suspicious day for wedding could have been imagined.
 For days the White House, ordina- riIy open to visitors during specified hours of each day mad been closed pending the arrangements for today s ceremony. The East Room, in which the ceremony occurred, was decorated most elabOrately. Not since the lh- coming of the administration of Pres ident Roosevelt have the White House apartments been so exquisitely graced with flowers as they were today While no space necessary for guests was taken up with floral decorations every room in the lower part of the executive cansion was brilliant with flowers and decorative plants. The decorations were planned and eXecut- ed by George H. Brown, of the govern ment botanical gardens, who studied with the eye of an artist the color scheme of the rooms of the White House and developed his ideas of flo- raI decorations in consonancc with the coloring of the various apart ments.