Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-02-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFtomoar Reg.lar oorresponaentl

in Washington to-day while the
daughter Of the President was led
to the altar. Miss Alice Roosevelt
was married to Representative Mic
holas Longworth at noon by Bishop
Satterlee and all of Washington
not hidden to the White House for
the ceremony watched and waited
while the nuptials were performed.
1t was the most notable wedding
that the capital has ever known.
Miss Roosevelt was the twelfth
White House bride. This initself
was a distinction. But never be-
fore has a White House wedding
attracted such attention. Never
before has there been such gath
ering of society people in the man
sion and certainly never before has
there been such an array of we'd
ding gifts. Every country in the
civilized world, even if China is
included in that category, was rep
resented in the tributes that were
showered on the bride. Represen-
tative Longworth too was remem-
bered in way. But it was not
his day. The young Ohio men,
Der, who has already won for him
self a very fair reputation as a new
Congressman was distinctly not in
the running. He was an adjunct
to the ceremony, but that was all,
and that was as itshould be. Miss
Alice was the object of interest of
the day and continued to be till
the couple quietly stole away to-
ward evening in an electric broug-
ham for the honeymoon, which it
is understood will be spent in a
country homestead just outside of
Washington.
The Executive offices at the
White House were closed all day.
There was no business transacted
for the first time perhaps since Mr..
Roosevelt has been President.
Promptly at 10 a. m, the gates of
the White House were closed and
thereafter there was no entrance
without one of the magic admis-
sion cards. There were a little
short of a thousand guests present,
a gathering that crowded to the
utmost the East Room where the
ceremony was performed. Only
ten representatives of the press
were present, the three members
of the local papers, the three press
associations and four personal
newspaper friends of Representa-
tive Longworth and the President.
But society was represented from
all quarters of the country. There
were the members of the two famil-
les, the justices of the Supreme
Court and members of the Cabinet.
the members of the Senate who
had formerly held cabinet posi-
tions, and the general run of in
vited guests who included most of
the people of prominence whose
names usually appear in the society
volumns Of the New York papers.
The service was brief but i'm
pressive as the words and the oc-
casion warranted. The party
moved almost Immediately after
ward to the breakfast room where
there was O buffet luncheon for the
most of the guests in the Blue
Room. The newly married couple,
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
about sixty Of the guests sat down
to the wedding breakfast in the
Green Room. The breakfast last
ed we'll into the afternoon. Then
came the most interesting and
least advertised part of the perfor-
nance. MIR. Longworth and his
bride quietly effaced themselves
and left the house in an electric
brougham, one of a dozen precise
ly alike, that were parked back of
the White House. In it they
drove away to the country house