The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-17

she dresses Hastily and well does not
affect extensive and lavishly expensive
wardrobes and Is not slave to clothes.
Yet the most aristocratic society Of
Washington-and few cities have q set
more exclusive i has looked on her
with approving eyes and murmured,
She'll do" One summer at Newport
she introduced the innovation Of car
rying cane and did it with such a
chic grace that she made it the style.
She Is quite an expert sleight of hand
performer and often entertains small
groups by doing difficult feats in this
line. When needing a hat for egg
tricks or the like she uses her fathers
cowboy sombrero. Her penchant for
startling things was shown by the fact
that she was the first woman on earth
to go down in submarine boat, TAX
ing trip to the bottom of Narragan-
sett bay at least two years before
President Roosevelt made the world
gasp by a similar feat.
Despite all this Alice Roosevelt has
a shrinking side, dislikes the publicity
of her position. or did before she got
used to it. and refused for years to per
NIT photograph Of herself to be TAX
en-. 1t was only the ruse Of clever
artist, painting her in an Anticipated
hat and threatening to use the picture
unless he could get a photo, that caus-
ed her to sit for u likeness, but the shy
slip of a girl Of four years ago, at
which time this incident occurred, is
hardly the Alice Roosevelt of today.
She has grown in pOiSe, in experience
and in beauty.
Alice Roosevelt's appreciation Of her
father has been shown on many Occa-
sions. At the launching Of the Meteor
her first glance after the christening
was not at Prince Henry or the assem-
bled thousands, but at the familiar face
beside her, and the answering look of
Theodore Roosevelt showed that he un-
derstood. At another time Miss Roose-
welt left the senate gallery in high in
dignatiOn because Senator Carmack of
Tennessee had spoken in criticism of
the president. 1t was an impulsive act
that would not have been done by one
more trained in the ways of the world,
but it revealed what was in the girls
heart.
Alice Roosevelt's trip to the far east
was the climax Of her girlhood. Prior
to that time she had visited Cuba and
Porto Rico, where she received popular
ovations; New Orleans. where she was
showered with honors such as had new.
er been shown a woman in that prout
city, and the st. Louis exposition
where she became at once the chief at
traction Of the show.
AS a member Of Secretary Taft's par
ty her slight figure dwarfed even tina
of the gigantic Taft himself, while tn
senators, representatives and othe
high dignitaries were scarcely one-twc
three in the popular estimation. In Ha
wall and the Philippines she was show
almost royal honors, while in Japa
! she was received by the mikado and i
J China by the empress dowager.
} Her honeymoon trip to Europe, whic
! will be taken next summer after til
congressional session Is PRACTICAL
over. will complete her trip aroun
most Of the world. Until that time til
newly married couple will remain fc
the most part in Washington. The wei
ding itself will easily eclipse any socl,
event that has ever occurred in til
White House. The nuptials will b
celebrated in the historic east room
and Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee {
Washington will officiate
There have been many similar cer'
monies witnessed in the executiv
mansion, the last one being that of tn
marriage Of President Grover Clev,
land to Miss Frances Folsom, twent
years ago. The one most nearly AZ
preaching the present affair, howeve
was the wedding of Nellie Grant
Algernon Sartoris. 1t is the only othe
marriage ever celebrated in the cas-
room. The home life of Grant wa
much like that of the present occupar
Of the White House, and the heart c
the silent man was wrapped up in h
daughter. One Of the unexpected part
Of that brilliant event was the pres
ence of some unlimited guests in til
persons of little Jesse Grants baseba
nine, the ragged urchins creating bot
amusement and CONSERVATION by dods
ing about among the swell guests.
Prior to the civil war there were
number Of White House wedding
The first one was that of relative Q
Mrs. Dolly Madison, who was quite
social leader in her day and made til
event gala occasion. During Pres
dent Monroe's regime his daughter
Maria, was married in the blue ROOF
to her cousin, Samuel l. Gouverneu
of New York. Only a few invite
guests were present. Six years after
| ward John Adams, son of Presiden
John Quincy Adams, was welded t
his cousin, Miss Helen Jackson, tn
ceremony occurring in the Whit
House. Two weddings OCCURRED durin
Jackson's incumbency of the office, on
Of niece of the president and tn
other Of the daughter of an old friend
President Van Buren's son was maj
fied while his father was in office, bu
the event did not occur in the execu
tive mansion.
| The most brilliant of the early Whit
| House weddings was that of tn,