Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-19

Washington, Feb. 17.-Miss Alice
elder daughter of the presi-
dent of the United States, was mar
ried to Representative Nicholas Long
worth of Ohio, at noon today in the
east room of the White house.
The most distinguished statesmen
of the land, lights of literature, lions
OF society and captains Of industry
men and women from every walk of
life and from almost every cline and
corner of the globe came to pay
homage to the happy couple and to
swell the throng of the most brilliant
wedding the capital has ever seen.
Thirty-seven foreign ambassadors
and ministers were in attendance, to
extend the Fluctuations of their SOW
ereigns and peoples. Cabinet officers,
senators, the bridegroom's colleagues
in the house, and the intimate per-
sonal friends of the Roosevelt and
| Longworth families in Washington,
New York and Cincinnati were in
cluded among the fortunate thousand
| invited to witness the marriage. tt
was an assemblage of the elite in
public and social life. Rivaling the
splendid floral decorations of the fam.
Gus state apartment were the gold.
encrusted costumes and flashing or
ders of the diplomatic corps, to say
nothing of the vari-colored toilets
of the women guests. The White
House never looked more beautiful
than it did today in its gala dress oil
bloom and verdure. For more than &
week florists and decorators had beer
moving tropical plants into place ant
weaving garlands for the great event
The result as revealed Wnes s.le szoo s
were opened this morning amply re
paid all the care and labor bestowed
on the task. The color scheme was
white and green, ferns and lilies pro
dominating.
The Ceremony.
The Right Reverend Henry Yates
Satterlee, bishop of the diocese OF
Washington, performed the nuptial
rites, using the stately ceremonial of
the Protestant Episcopal church.
President Roosevelt led his daughter
to the altar and gave her to the young
statesman from Ohio. Miss Alice
had no bridesmaids, for from her
host of girl friends she could scarce
ly have selected any without hurting
| the feelings Of the others. The
bridegroom was attended by Thomas
Nelson Perkins of Boston, member
of the corporation of Harvard uni
versity. Nearly all the ushers were
Harvard men. Indeed, the notable
ceremony might we'll have been called
Harvard wedding" for, with the
father of the bride, the best man, and
almost all the other attendants en-
thusiastic alumni of the old school at
| Cambridge, the flag of crimson fair
ly divided honors with the orange
blossoms and briday roses.
A few minutes before the stoke of
twelve, Miss Roosevelt left her dainty
boudoir on the second floor of the
| White House, where she had been as
sisted in DOMINIC her wedding gar
ments by her cousins, the, Misses Rob-
inson. On the arm of her father she
descended the private stairway at the
west end of the mansion between the
state dining room and the breakfast
room, while the Marine band, sta
toned in the marble lobby, struck up
the bridal chorus from ''Lohengrin.' ~
Miss Roosevelt's left hand rested on
her fathers arm, and in her right she
carried a gorgeous boquet of white or
childs and lilies. Her long bridal vel
Of the filmiest texture was fastened
at the head with spray of orange
blossoms. The president wore the
| ColpSntioAdA iioCh wal NAtu St1ApSh
trousers, but the unconventional s'lay
down" collar, which he refused TO dis
card in favor of the regulation .'stand
| up" style, even for this great event.
4 At the foot OF the stairs they were
met by the presidents military aids
1 and the ushers, who led the marcl
down the long corridor to the cas-,
room. where the guests had ALREADY
assembled, The ceremony was per
formed on a low platform before tht
large window overlooking the treas
ury building, the Ishers having al
ranged themselves on either side
Among them was seen the mani,