Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-02-23
THE Observation-Disclosures
WEDDING In THE WHITE HOUSE

Washington, D. C.-Before perhaps
the most conspicuously august assem-
Dly that ever graced the famous East
Room in the Executive Mansion. Miss
Alice Lee Roosevelt, eldest daughter
OF the President. was united in mar
riage to Nicholas Longworth, Congress
man from Ohio. 1t was the first
White House wedding in nearly twen-
ty years, and, according to the usual
reckoning, the tenth in number.
All the form and ceremony of state
entertainments were observed at the
wedding. An early arrival did not
particularly guarantee one more fav-
orable place, as the location of the
PRESIDENTS family and relatives, the
members of Mr.. Longworth's family,
the Vice-Prasident and Mrs. Fairbanks,
the members of the Cabinet and of the
Supreme Court and other classes of
guests had been marked out in each
case.
These were the announced arrange
ments:
''No one will be admitted without the
proper entrance card. In no circum-
stances will this rule be departed from.
Carriages will approach from the
north to the east entrance Of the White
House, opposite the Treasury. Pedes-
trians will follow the same route At
ter discharging passengers carriages
will be parked around the ellipse in
the White lot
The gates will not be open until
the hour of Ills a. m. Two carriages
will drive under the porte-cochere at
the same time Coachmen will be pro.
vided with numbered checks, which
must be preserved by them in order
to regain admittance to the grounds
Guests will be provided with tickets
of the same numbers as their car
riages. These they should carefully
preserve in order TO call their carriages,
which Will depart from the same en-
trance.
After leaving cloaks in the cloak
room. guests are requested to fall in
line and pass up the main staircase.
Carriages for the southwest gate
will approach by Seventeenth street.
Guests holding special cards for this
gate will enter the White House by
the door under the south portico."
Between 900 and 1000 guests were
at the wedding, and those in charge of
the arrangements were delighted that
everybody had a chance to see the
nuptial knot tied, even those in the
rear ranks, for the bridal couple and
The officiating clergyman, the Right
Rev. Henry Y Satterlee, Episcopal
Bishop of Washington, ctood upon a
dais.
1 does not fall to the lot of any
princess to be married under more
auspicious circumstances.
The platform on which the couple
stood While the ceremony was per-
formed and before which passed the
procession of guests who greeted Mrs.
Nicholas Lcngworth for the first time
formed semi-circle. 1t was eight
feet long and three and half feet
wide at the middle and about eighteen
inches high About the entire platform
were circular steps leading up. From
the. middle the bridal party proceeded
10 the priedieu upon which they knelt
during a part of the ceremony per-
formed by Bishop eSatterIee.
About the platform golden posts had
been placed and garlands of flowers
and white satin ribbon were arranged
from post. to post, leaving gateway
through which the bridal party passed.
The platform was built directly in
front of a large window on the east