The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-10
Suspicion that Ocean Voyage May
Follow White House
Wedding.
QUIET ANTErNUPTIAL
DAYS FOR MISS ALICE
Mrs, Roosevelt Bearing the Bur
den of the Eedding
Preparations.
BY w. w. iermane,

BY w. w. iermane.
Washington, Feb. 10.-A dispatch
from Philadelphia says: The
secret surrounding the charter OF
the steam yacht May, winch is owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Van Rensse-
laer, and the hurried preparations which
are being made to fit the vessel for an
extended cruise. have started rumor
that the yacht may carry Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Representative Long
worth abroad on the honeymoon trap.
The mission of the yacht is being Kept
secret by her owners, but it is said that
she has been chartered by banker act
ing for q third person.
"She will leave port on Monday,
equipped for cruise of several months.
The yachts destination, when she
leaves here, is said to be Hampton
Roads. The May is d fine craft OF
Scotch build, and was designed by Wat
son. She can accommodate twenty-five
passengers.
Duplicate Wedding Gifts.
Current gossip on the subject Of Miss
Roosevelt IS wedding gifts is running to
great extremes, for while, it is said, she
has received a large number of jeweled
gifts, in which the finest gems appear,
she is having the usual luck of many
other Washington brides and will have
in her collection of table furnishings
piecs Of silver, glass and china of mod
crate value.
Inasmuch as no information on these
points is obtainable at the White
House, and never is with any family Of
official prominence except in rare in
stances, a corresponding retieence on
the part of the givers is equally notice
able ~. ~
But as the human Imagination is
playing not only an important part
round the White House these days, but
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paucity of the English language in the
mere matter Of adjectives, the deserip
tions day by day Of the contents of va
rious express packages and beribboned
bundles which messengers delivered
there must necessarily soon simmer
Miss Alice Daily Program.
In the meantime, the object t,s SO
great attention is passing her days in
Of her leisure enoroached upon for final
fittings by dressmakers. etc. None Of
the bothersome details come to her for
decision, so it is said because Mrs.
Roosevelt wants nothing to dim her
daughter IS perfect serenity and happi-
ness in these, her last days in the White
House. -. ,.,.- -. -. i
Miss Roosevelt is receiving hundreds
= sehemers and others, who count on
making touch, by filing their ap-
plications during the bride-to-b be g hap.
doomed to- disappointment, for Miss
Roosevelt does not see any of the let
ters except those which are written by
her intimate friends. Mrs. Roosevelt
opens all the mail addressed to Miss
= dictates them to Miss Isabelle Hagner
the White House social secretary.
Probably no one will be happier a.
the wedding than the old family. ser
wants Of the Roosevelts. The president
people to their servants, and those who
have written and asked for place a
the wedding feast have been cordially
asked to attend. Special arrangements
= for the servants will be made in tn
the attention Of Miss Roosevelt, much
more than the preparations for the dis
tinguished guests. She will give eac
of these servants present In none.
and a little gift as departing souvenir
White House Statement.
In view Of the wide publicity whic
= has been given the apparently sma
number Of invitations issued for tn
wedding, the president and Mrs. Roose
welt have issued a formal Statement
is explained. The statement reads:
stThe president and Mrs. Roosevelt
ask the kind consideration of man
friends who would under ordinary eli
cumstances receive invitations to Mis-
Roosevelt's wedding. The capacity {
existing circumstances invitations I
limited to the personal friends of Mi!
Roosevelt and Mr.. Longworth and
certain classes of officials in Washln!
ton. No friends Of the president an
Mrs. Roosevelt are being asked, unle
they also come within one Of the
classes, and even with these imitt
ones the number Of guests threatens
overtax the capacity of the Whit
House. -
J have been much embarrassed thru v
i rious insinuations relative to the al
tribution of the wedding invitation
: It has been their wish not to have tt
wedding heralded as an official eve1
! and to arrange it's details SO as not
/ offend anyone. It is their belief th'
their friends will understand the pos
! ton they have been placed in by tt
limited accommodations of the Viii
2 House, and will understand that it the
could do SO they would have every OF
of their friends and those of both fam
i lies present at the ceremony.
Miss Ethel's Promotion.
The marriage of Miss Rooseve
- means promotion to Miss Ethel, wi
! then becomes Miss Roosevelt.
Miss Ethel has hosts of friends, your
! and old. She is now about Is yea
old She has been going to the c
. 1 thedral school for several years, and
a very bright pupil. She is boardi1
scholar, because the school IS far fro
! the White House. 1t is situated out
/. Woodley lane, not far from the SUNNI
- home Of Admiral Dewey. Miss Eth
comes home Friday evenings to spel
] 4 Sundays, and returns on Monday NOR
| ings. In a short time she will go to
school for older girls.
! The future g Miss Roosevelt is We
! : fond of outdoor sports. She would n
! Be a Roosevelt if she were not.
/ OYSTER Bay and in Washington, VIII
. not occupied with her studies, she liy
= almost entirely out of doors: She
fond of pets can play an excellent ga1