Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
BY Associated Press.


BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. T.-With a
plain circlet of virgin gold, in the his
torlc east room of the White House,
at 1918 o'clock today, Alice Lee Roose-
welt, daughter of the president of the
United States, and Nicholas Long
worth, the representative in congress
fro mthe First district Of Ohio, were
united in marriage.
The ceremony, one of the most i'm
pressive ever performed in the execu-
tive mansion, was according to the
liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal
church of which the bride is a men,
ber 1t was solemnized by the Right
Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, bishop of
Washington, and was attended by all
the solemn state Of a grand official
function and by the devotional beauty
of cathedral service.
No ceremony of a similar kind ever
was witnessed by a more distinguished
assemblage. There were present as
guests not only the most eminent rep
| resentatives of the American govern
ment, but the personal missioners of
the kings and potentates of the pow
ers of the civilized world, constituting
an assemblage not only one of the
largest, but the most distinguished that
ever was gathered at one time in the
White House.
In a halo of a hundred years of ro-
mantle White House history hung over
the bridal couple, Miss Roosevelt was
the twelfth bride, according to accept
ed authorities, to plight her troth
within it's walls, and the Identical spot
whre she today Joined hands with the
husband of her choice for better or
for worse is hallowed in the memory
of another White House bride, Nellie
Grant, who thirtytwo years ago on
the same spot became the wife of an
Englishmanfi Algernon c. r. Sartorls.
Tender indeed must have been the rec
elections of Mrs. Sartoris of that day,
now long ago, for she was one of the
witnesses of Miss Roosevelt's wedding.
One Thousand Persons Invited
While the bride herself and the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt had de-
sired that the ceremony of the mar
riage should be as quiet and simple
as possible, it was found Impossible
to limit the function, as was intended
at first, to the immediate relatives of
came necessary to include among the
guests invited certain official classes
and personal friends of Miss Roosevelt
and Mr.. LongwOrth and, in all, the
people hidden to the ceremony num-
bered a thousand.
The ceremony took place in the east
room, made famous by a century OF
brilliant social functions but no event
in it's history ever was so brilliant and
beautiful as that of today. The clas-
sic splendor of the great apartment
was enhanced by exquisite and artistic
decorations and the brilliant sunlight
Of a gorgeous day lent added beauty
to the setting of the Wedding
1t had been intended to light the
magnificent room with the hundreds of
softly shaded electric lamps OF the
great crystal chandeliers, bur, while ar
tifcial lights were utilized throughout
the rest of the White House, it was de-
termined to flood the marriage scene
with sunlight. 1t was a beautiful con-
ceit, founded on the pretty provero,
Happy is the bride the sun shines on
No lovelier day in winter ever dawned.
The air was as balmy almost, as IN
spring. No more suspicious day for a
wedding could have been imagined
For days the White House. which is
ordinarily open to visitors during spec
flied hours of each day, had been closed,
pending arrangements for todays cere-
mony The east room in which the
ceremony occurred was decorated most
e,aborately. Not since the incoming of
the administration of President Roose-
welt have the White House apartments
been so exquisitely graced with flowers
as they We're today. While no space
necessary for guests was taken up with
floral decorations every room in the
lower part of the executive mansion
was brilliant with flowers and decora-
tive plants. The decorations were
planned and executed by George H.
Brown of the government botanical
gardens, who studied with the eye OF
an artist the color scheme of the rooms
of the White House and developed his
ideas of floral decorations in conson-
ance with the coloring Of the various
apartments.
Mrs. Mcveagh Falnts
Shortly before 70 o'clock. the hour set
for the ceremony, Mrs. Wayne Nc
Veagh, one of the guests in the east
induced no small connection among the
other guests. Mrs. MacNeagh was car
rled by Ensign Adolphus Andrews, u.
s. NJ, from the east room to the blue
room, where she was placed on a
couch. She revived almost imme-
diately and was able to witness the
marriage.
At four minutes after 10 o'clock Mrs.
Roosevelt, on the arm of her eldest |
son, Theodore, jr., descended the main |
staircase and entered the east room by
the west door. She was preceded byl