Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
The White House wedding


~NTEREsT In the approaching mar
IH riage of Miss Alice Roosevelt and
@l Hon. Nicholas Longworth of Gin
kaNtOl cinnati grows keener as the date
G4X@S approaches, and affairs of state
at the White House are overshadowed by
preparations for the happy event. The
bride-to-be and Mr.. Longworth are now
receiving the customary social farewells to
single blessedness, and the time of both
Is occupied with dinner parties, receptions
and banauets.
Much is published about the bridal trous-
seau and the wedding gifts. 1t is hard to
say how much of this is a fact, how much
is fiction. Naturally, great secrecy on the
subject Is maintained in knowing quarters,
but enough hints have been dropped to
Justify several good guesses,
The main fact that is known about the
gowns in Miss Alce's rousseau is that
they will nearly all of them be built on
the princess model. This is a model which
she considers most becoming to her, and
one which she has affected, especially of
late, as suitable to her 1.-The slender fig
ure. 1t is positive that most of her cos
tunes, and especially the large number of
ball gowns that are included in her trous-
seau, will be built on princess lines
The four gowns ordered from Washing
ton tailors are two reception gowns, a tea
gown and a street dress. They are de-
scribed as follows:
No. l-For Receptions-Made in empire
princess style, slightly draped under the
arms; material is heavy white oriental
taffeta with irregular sprays of white
cherry blossoms. The embroidery extends
around the bottom of the skirt and at the
left side of the bodice and on the sleeves.
The sleeves are elbow length, the neck is
cut round, finished with a lace bertha
which is draped up from the left side.
No. Plea Gown oonlight-blue oriental
silk, in empire STYLE the bolero is of
oriental embroidery fastened at the left
side with a huge knot of ribbon with a
low round neck, finished or edged with soft
lace; the elbow sleeves are embroidered
at the top of the puffs and finished with a
cuff of embroidery and narrow frill of
lace. A broad band of embroidery extends
the full length of the front, while another
extends around the bottom of the skirt,
the bands edged with similar embroidery.
N. 3-Street Dress-Pongee silk with
oriental embroidery; the bodice is made
with the bolero jacket trimmed around the
edges with a band of embroidery edged on
both sides with a narrow knife pleating OF
formed of folds of the silk fastened lit
tie to the left side with large buttone; the
sleeves extend to a little below the elbow
having double puffs with two bands of EN-
broidery; around the bottom of the skirt
the embroidery extends at irregular
heights; with this is worn a waist of lin
gerie
No. deception Gown-Heavy white
silk cut low in the neck, where it is
trimmed with a bertha of rare lace the
sleeves droop off the shoulder into a pun
finished with band of lace just above the
elbow. The feature of this gown is the
wonderful embroidery of butterflies In
every delicate hue-these cluster thickly
about the hem, scattering upward in diff
ferent sizes and becoming thicker again or
the bodice; the small ones are embroidered
fiat on the material, while the large ones
have only their bodies fastened to the silk
while the wings hang loose.