The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-17
Details of the Ceremony

for the marriage at the White House
tomorrow Of Miss Alice Roosevelt and
Nicholas LOngWOrth have been COM
pleted, and the ceremony will take
place according to the plans already
announced.
The nuptial music from Lohengrin
will be rendered as the bride enters
the historical east room, where the
marriage ceremony will be perform
ed at noon by the Rt. Rev. Henry Y.
Satterlee, bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal church of Washington. The
bride Will enter on the arm of her
father, preceded by the members Of the
family. A prominent place in the bril-
day pageant will be accorded the
brides venerable grandmother, Mrs.
George c. Lee. of Boston, and her
aunt. Mrs. Cowles. The bride will
carry a bouquet Of graduates and ILL
les Of the valley from the White House
conservatory. Her only attendant will
be her sister, Miss Ethel Roosevelt
There will be no floral bower, as
was at first suggested. but a temper
airy altar will be placed on one end of
the east room. Here Mr.. LOngworth
and his best man, Thomas Nelson Per-
kins. will await the bride. At the close
Of the brief ceremony the orchestra
will play MendelssOhn's wedding
march. idem Ina iRwtsea shrdlu lr
march. Immediately afterwards con-
CALCULATIONS will be in order and then
the wedding breakfast will be served
in the state dining room. During the
serving of the breakfast there will be
a miscellaneous orchestral concert.
Early in the evening the happy cou-
pie viii depart for the Southland on
their bridal tour. The trip will be
made in the new Pullman palace car
Republic, which was turned out Of the
Pullman shops in Illinois less than two
weeks ago. The car is 10 feet wide
and so feet long, a greater length by
20 feet than the average sleeping car.
II is luxuriously fitted up and contains
every modern device for the comfort
and convenience of the travellers.
Nearly all of the out town guests
who are 20 attend the wedding have
arrived in the city. These include
large parties from Boston, Cincinnati,
New York. and smaller parties from
many other points. The accommOda-
tons of the White House are taxed to
the limit to provide for the numerous
connections of the brides family.
Many Of the Cincinnati guests are be-
ing entertained by Mrs. Longworth,
while Secretary and Mrs. Root are
keeping open house for numerous
guests who have come over from New
York.
In order that its members may at
tend. and also out of respect TO Rep
resentative Longworth, the House ad-
journed today. not to meet again until
Monday.
There was a never ending stream of
messengers. express men and others
arriving at the executive mansion to-
day bearing the wedding gifts. Not
withstanding the known wish of the
president and his family that the pres
ents should be Of a modest rather than
extravagant character or cost, it is
cOnservatively estimated that the val
Ue Of the gifts already received amount
TO several hundred thousands Of dol
aars. Extraordinary precautions have
been taken for their safe-keeping.
They have been placed under guard in
one of the private apartments of the
executive mansion. and here they will
be viewed after the wedding tomorrow
by the relatives and some of the priv
ileged friends of the bride and bride
groom. After the wedding they will
be placed temporarily in a safety de-
post vault.