The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-17
MISS ROOSEVELT
Leonllnusd from First Paael

.eonHnusd from First Paoel
Wedding maseh were blended into the
sweet STAINS 81 ne Koyen's oh.
Ptomis lte, which was Chen played
softly Throughout Tie ceremony p
i tifn, clear voice Alr. long8crsh fe'
peated thesoS: j. Nieholas saSe
thee, Alice % be my welded wife Z
while the music 81 the unssing word
lisNo love % perfect d lie with
thee, aoated MY through the room
TSe promise gwen b return. and
sealed win i plain gold band plaeed
Ion the fnsss 81 the bride. with right
hands ciaspsd they heard the SOLEMN
words 81 tie white robbed Bishop
Those whom God hath Joined &
then. lneellag received tie benedic'
tion.
When they afose. the frst TO greet
the new Ms, Lon lgorth was her tatfs
en- followeab y the members Of the
two families, still standing ON the
platform, the bride and groom re.
ceiYed the rest Of the guests remaias
ing until all,had ofered their cohgrats
5ilations and best wishes.
eakfast was then served in the
spacious stale dintng foom by q ~
nous New York caterer. 1t was q
buffet repastI for lack Of space fore
babe any attempt at seating the
guests, but this informal arrangement
added not a little to its pleasure
Judges OF the Supreme Court AmbaE5
sadors, Senator'S, military men, and
plain; citizens elbows in true democrat
fc fashion while nibbling sandwiches
or Thinking the health of the bride.
The President was In splendid spirits
and had a joke, laugh, or a tolls
word for everyone. His good hunor:
was infectious, and after the frst
solemnity Of the occasion had worn
OH and the last strains Of the hym
eneal music hal died away. the great
company quickly changed from 3
stif, conventional assemblage to q
.hrong Of right good friends. Through
out the breastast Lieut., santlen1nn's
relocated musicians played classical
and popular airs, and the delicate
tones Of the magnificent gold piano in
tho East Room from time u time add.
led gentler melody to the feast Of
sound.
The wedding, the reception and the
breakfast consumed but little more
than two hours, and soon afterwards
the bridal party, followed by a great
procession OF friends, and surrounded!
by a cheering crowd Of citizens. has.
tened to the railway station. There
a splendid private car was waiting for
Mr.. and Mrs, Iongworth, to bear them
away to southern orange groves Tor.
tier honeymoon. This trip to tie
Southland will not be long duration;
for the groom must soon return to his.
desk In Congress-. After adjorun.
ment however the Longworths VIM
make IAN extended Journey TO Europe,
lnd in London, Paris, Berlin, and on
The Riviera viii enjoy to the full tl.elF
deferred wedding tour. On their re
turn they win be rat home" in Washs
lngton at the comfortable mansion
:s31 18th street, the property Of Mrs;
Longworth, mother Of the grooIa.
Between Congressional sessions, and
after MIR; Longworth quits public life,
they will live at ''Rooltwood, the ansI
cestral home of the Longworth fam.
lily, in Cincinnati, Mrs. Longworths
the elder will make her home wtth.her
son and new laughter both Of the
Capital and In Ohio.
Story Of the courtship.
This, in brief, IS the happy cuiullnas
tion of a romance that has kept so;
ciety asttr at the nations capital for
the last two years The love story
began really a year or so earlier, soon
after MI. l.ongwortI was elected toll
Congyes, and shortly succeeding Miss
Rooseyelt's coming out put It vas
not until the Young Representative
had become a freqIenS visitor al the
White House and WIS often seen 10
Miss Allce's company that their friends
began to read a coutship In their Is:
ISOLATION, Even then the gossips were
given little satisfaction, for the pers
Sons chiefly Interested went cheerful;
ly on their way, apparently uncons
scious of the world, and neither con:
frmlng nor denying the rumors, con:
verted the shafts and slings Of the
busybodfes into uoomerangs IN his
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