The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-15
ROOSEVELT GES
SILL TIIIATlON
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS TOLD
TICKET TO WEDDING HAS
BEEN SOLD FOR $40.
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HOUSE rVuGlatS 40 ~
stirred BY the statement which has
come to them from What they con.
slider d responsible source that one Of
Ethe invitations to Miss Rooseyelts
wedding has been soll by It's recipt-
ent for 300
The list of invited guests Is being
gone over name by name In an effort
10 pick out the particular one who
may have been willing to exchange
Ibis invitation for cash, and,if the Of.
acIals succeed in finding what they
GEEK the invitation will be cancelled
at once. They realize, however, that
among SO many hundred Invited per-
sons it will be very difficult to detect
the alleged offender
All arrangements for the wedding
are now complete. The staff of po-
lice ami secret service men have their
duties by heart. The aids know what
Ithey are to do. and probablyon Friday
| There will be a rehearsal by the bridal
marty, including the ushers, all OF
whom will then have arrived.
Intimate personal friends AMI rcla-
dives Of the Roosevelt adm Longworth
families will be admitel to the White
House by the main entrance under
the northern porte coclere, while the
liplomatcs will enter by the southern
entrance under the Blue Room. JUS
tees Of the Supreme Court and mem
bers Of the Cabinet will also be I'D
mitted at this entrance. All the 9th
er guests will enter at the eastern en-
trance.
Cannot See Ceremony.
Miss Roosevelt told friends at a
dinner the other night that not half
Of the wedding guests would see aer
married. The East Room will be filed
Iarst, then the three drawing rooms,
and after the bridal procession las
passed through the corridor the over
Ifow will surge into 1t from the draw
ling rooms. Those in the Red Room
and the Blue Room will sec nothing
Of the ceremony. and their only
glimpse Of the bride will be Wien they
go to congratulate the young couple
after tho ceremony.
Miss Roosevelt will be married on
Ia raised dals, and after the ceremony
Mr.. Longworth and his bride will
turn, facing the guests, and the recep
ton will begin. 1t will take an hour
or two for every one to wish the cot
pie good luck, and when al have been
received the bride and bridegroom will
pass back through tho Inner corrodo.
to the dining room aud mlngle with
the guesR
Each day adds TO the store OF pres
ents received. A gift from Mrs. L. 2
Letter consists OF a pair Of antique
silver vases handsomely wrought and
If most graceful design. Mrs. Letter
has made a collection Of antique sill
yer and ceramics for many years,
picking up most Of the silver pieces
in England, where these particular
vases came from.
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs,
Bonaparte have sent TO Miss Roose-
welt an oxQuisttely carved silver dish,
thirty inches in diameter the edge
being fret work, showing roses upheld
by cherbs.
Her Grandmother's Home,
A unique gift comes from Mrs,
Helen D. Longstreet, widow of a ia.
nous Confederate general, who has
sent Miss Roosevelt q sepIa drawing
Of the Georgia home OF her grand.
mother, Martha Bullock. The frame
lis OF wood that formed part of the
home Of Miss Roosevelt's paternal
grandmother, and this inscription is
burnt into a panel Of the frame;
To tho laughter of the nation on her
wedding day.
She has listened TO the old, oil
story that time will always keep new
and sweet.
Epfoldlng insense from loves high
altar Encompasses a young world in
its maytlme.
Beneath the splendid skies Of the
new creation strong man will dover
her with the trophies Of his days
achievements; its triumphants will be
dear because she is to wear the gar
lands, and in the soft shining of her
eyes he will see the way to God.
The great and unfading love will
crown her days and the warm heart Of