The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
A Room in the White House Has
Been Set Apart
For Presents That Are Pouring
in for Miss Alice.
SHE TAKES A PEEP
Although Wishing to Keep
Them for a Surprise.
Value Is Estimated All the Way
to Million.

Washington, Feb. 7.-One of the
presents received by Miss Alice Roose-
welt is d gorgeous butterfly fan. 1t is
supposed to be from japanese prin-
cess. ON the tag We're scrawled these
words in a child's hand. probably at
the custom house ON this side.
Glad he amt no duke"
Miss Roosevelt has already set aside
whole top room in the White House
for her wedding presents. This room
IS said TO be piled ten feet high with
gifts already.
All the express packages go there
first for peep by Miss Roosevelt. It
has been said that she wants to keep
the gifts as a surprise" for the we'd
ding day, but that is not true of all
OF them, as she recently exhibited
some Of them to friends, under a
pledge of secrecy.
Some of the servants sleep near the
wedding gift room and besides there
are four officers on duty every night
a the White House.
There is already a guessing bee as
to the value of Miss Roosevelt's pres
ents-received and in transit So far,
II has been announced that four ma
uons-France, Cuba, Germany, and
China-will send special gifts. The
french president has ordered the
finest piece of GobeIin tapestry: the
present is on the way, and little Cuba
stands ready with SIS, 600 to be in
vested in jewels or the plantation that
surrounds San Juan hill and the Ger
man emperor will send a dinner serv-
Pope to Send a Gift.
It is expected that every nation repre-
scented in the diplomatic corps will send
gift The nations represented here
olhef IMAM those mentioned are Italy,
austria, Hungary, Great Britain Bra
I'll, Russia, Mexico, Sweden. Denmark
Hayti, Costa Rica, Nicaragua. JaDan.
Peru, Belgium, Siam, Chill, Portugal,
Uruguay, Paraguay. the Netherlands,
BOLIVIA, Panama, Guatemala, Persia,
Switzerland, Argentine Republic Col
ombia, Turkey, Spain, Ecuador Domini-
can Republic, Venezuela, Korea and
Norway.
Besides these. it is certain that the
pope Will send a gift, as well as Greece
and the municipalities like Bulgaria, the
land Of the altar of roses, Servia and
others.
General Grosvenor is the chairman of
a committee to select a present from
the Philippine party to Miss Roosevelt
1t cost about $1,000. The Ohio delega-
ton, out of compliment to the bride
groom, viii give a present
Guessing on Value.
The conjectUres as to total values of
presents run all the way from 100000
To $1,000 900. Miss Roosevelt probably
viii get two gifts from Great Britain,
one from the king and one from Prince
Louis of Battenberg. There was some
talk Of getting up a joint offering of the
diplomatic corps. but the plan appears
to have been abandoned. The personal
gifts of ministers and ambassadors of
course would not be anything like as
valuable as the gifts from their nations.
Where the bridal couple viii go for
their honeymoon trip probably will be
announced first in the official STORY
The extended tour viii be in June The
couple then viii go to London, where
it is understood, they will be the guests
of Ambassador Reid and win be pre-
/ scented to King Edward.
The bride-elect is to make one more
visit to New York to interview the
modiste who is making the gorgeous
wedding dress of satin and cloth of
gold.
The society reporters have received
their invitations to the wedding, but, in
order to insure accuracy it is under
stood that there win be an official
/ story of the wedding. The data have
/ been submitted to Miss Roosevelt.