The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-22

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| of SOUL the happy spirit. the nobility
| of character, which after all make real
| beauty, is all there, and regularity of
| feature counts for but little. Miss
! Roosevelt looked very fair and sweet
| in her wedding robes. The gown was
! of heavy white satin. princess style,
plain as pipestem from throat to
| foot. The yoke was Of old pOinte lace,
and the sleeves were of the same, with
a ruffie of the lace falling over the
| shoulders where it was caught with
| orange blossoms. Over the plain satin
robe which fiared we'll at the foot with
| out aid of ruff1es or plaits, hung
| court train of cream satin embroidered
| in silver roses. This train was lined
with white satin and had full chiffon
| ruffie on the under side. 1t was four
yards long, and spread out in perfect
| fan shape as she stepped upon the dais.
| She wore long, full vail of white tulle
| caught in crown shape to her soft
pompadOured hair by wreath OF
orange blossoms. which held it back
from the face. About the round neck
of her dress was clasped a dog collar
! of rarely beautiful diamonds, and she
wore also Mr.. Longworth's wedding
gift, chain of diamonds, each one as
| broad as three lines Of the type in
which this is printed. And she wore
also her fathers wedding present, Il
spray of diamonds set TO represent
| lilies of the valley, with great sap
phire blazing in their midst. Her elbow
| sleeves were met by long, wrinkled
gloves of white suede. Her clippers
were of the silver brOcade. and had
bows of white tulle with orange bios
SONS and buckles of paste worn by her
great grandmother.
The bridal bouquet was Of white
| hi nf Ifxr md
costly. These were tied with long
gauZe and satin ribbons, and IL fringe
| Of lilies of the valley and ferns formed
d shower tied with narrow ribbons and
hanging at all sorts of lengths from the
| bouquet.
In her dress it will be seen she car
ried out the old superstition,
Something old and something new,
Something borrowed and something
blue
Mr. Longworth wore the conventional
morning dress a long black frock
coat. very dark gray trousers. white
linen vest, gray silk puff tie with tiny
opal pin, white carnation boutOnniere,
and white doeskin gloves-very heavy
| ones, too.
The members of the Diplomatic
Corps came in morning dress, the
Chinese Minister being the only one to
appear in court costume, and he
wouldn't dare appear in anything else
The Army officers on duty were in full
| dress uniform. as regulations require.
The tOilettes of the women were
gorgeous beyond description. The New
York contingent seemed to heve set
| out to rival the sun, moon, and stars
for jewels, and had torn the rainbow
| to shreds for colors. The Washington
crowd did not buy many new gowns
for the occasion, for they know what a
Washington crush is. But just the
car Sitrhf
The Wedding Breakfast.
Miss Alice was her sweet self all
| through the trying occasion. She was
| not shy, she was not distant, she was
not matrOnly, she was Just Alice. She
rOmped with some Of the Roosevelt kin
kidlets who were present, had n lot OF
fun with some Of her old mates, and
at the breakfast table was the merriest
of the crowd. There was no knife big
| enough TO cut the great wedding cake,
which was three turreted, and had
sugar doves and castles and all sorts Of
pretty conceits in spun sugar OH ii, so
| she borrowed the sword of one Of the
military attaches, and cracking the
| great sheet of sugar attacked the cake
with will. The tiniest bit OF this cake
| was considered great souvenir and
was carried away In silver tissue paper.
one notable thing was that not
shred of White House china or silver
|
| Is that there wouldn't have been enough
OF ii left To set table for TWO. 1t
would been carted away for souvenirs
| by the guests. All the table furniture
and napery came from the caterers
and ii is said that some of it was miss
ing when the debris was cleared away.
The wedding journey was only five
miles long, out into the country near
Washington, In borrowed automobile,
and to loaned" house. Mrs Long
worth wore white cloth dress and q
long white cloth coat and white picture
hat on the trip to Friendship" which
is one Of the most beautiful country
places in the East. They were entirely
alone in the house, with the exception
of the servants. Mrs. Longworth did
not even take her maid with her
On Monday morning, however, they
stole march on everybody. They went
IN their automobile to Alexandria, Va
and from there took the Southern Rail-
way for some point South, presumably
| Palm Beach. They travelled i'm a fine
new car. the Elysian. which was at
tached In Washington. Mr.. and Mrs.
/ LongWorth were accompanied on the
trip by Col. Brown. District Passenger
Agent of the Southern, two Of the
White House ushers and some secret
service men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth do not know
themselves just how long they will be
gone.
worth are rare and costly in most in
stances. Despite the Presidents pro-
test which he made as strong as pos
sible and not seem discourteous, many
presents were sent by political organi-
cations and by some crowned heads
! Many members of the Diplomatic
Corps made presents also, though, in
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