The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
WEDDING PROGRAM
NEARLY COMPLETE
Continued From First Page. II

room. All the attendants, Miss Roose-
velt's girl friends, the ushers and
the relatives and intimates will
be grouped near the altar and
wide satin ribbon will cut this space
off from the other portions Of the room.
It is understood that the ambassadors
and their wives will have special
place of honor on the right Of the altar
and the Justices Of the supreme court
and, other high dignitaries will be as
signed places on the left.
Unless the signs be all wrong, Mr..
i1ongworth g eight ushers will have no
'sinecure on the wedding day. Mr.. Long
worth himself was unkind enough to
remark that he was glad that they
were all college-bred men and had some
knowledge of football tactics. Popular
|opinion is to the effect that they should
also possess mathematical skill in plac-
ling ten people in the space usually al
aotted to one. The room is to be d.
vided, and after the entrance Of the
bridal party, the ushers, reinforced by
the regular White House attendants, will
form solid phalanx to keep the guests
from pressing forward past the white
sxibboned aisle. ..s-.s. ~
i The Decorations. /
The altar will be formed Of giant
palms and huge white oleander bushes.
Then will come a beautiful screen Of
asparagus, smilax and myrtle on which
spring blossoms, narcissus, primroses,
carnations and violets will be clustered.
bride roses in tall crystal vases will
adorn the four mantels in the east room
and cut flowers in garlands will de-
pend from lace-draped windows.
Bishop Satterlee and his assistants,
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector OF
;the church which Mrs. and Miss Roose.
welt attend, and Rev. Morgan Dix of
Trinity church, New York city, will en-
ter thru the state drawing rooms about
five minutes in advance Of the wedding
party. Mr.. Longworth and his best
man, Thomas Nelson Perkins Of Boston
will use the same method Of arriving
on the scene. All the relatives viii
come from the second floor, and viii
he escorted to places inside the white
line by the ushers. The music will be
gin about fifteen minutes to IL.
y Tho Breakfast Problem.
What will happen when the 1,10|
guests endeavor to penetrate to tn
state dining room where the weddin,
breakfast will be served is sanothe
problem which is agitating Mrs. an,
Miss Roosevelt. It is proposed that, i'm
mediately after the ceremony, the brid
and bridegroom, with the officiatin,
clergy, the president, Mrs. Roosevelt
and the close relatives and friends vii
go at once to the dining room, wher
the wedding cake will be sliced an
the BRIDES health pledged The part
will return at once to the east roo1
where they will stand for two hour
under bower Of roses and receive cor
gratulations.
It has been authoritatively al
nounced at the White House that non
Of the presents, not even those comm
from abroad, are to be placed on el
hibition. The president has been in
portuned on this subject, but he wa
loath to consent, and as Miss Rooseve
and Mr.. LongWorth both oppose til
idea, it has been abandoned.
Gifts are arriving almost hourly no,
and the attic where they have bee
temporarily stored lis showing signs
congestion. The jewels and most e.
pensive plate are placed in the vault
. at the Riggs bank, where they wi
await the return Of the bride from hi
wedding tour. She will have I'll
pleasure of arranging all her treasure
in her new home and of displayin
them to her friends.
IT has been phatically denied :