The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-16
FORMER ROMANCES
IN WHITE house
Twelve Weddings Have Taken
Place There in the Past
Century.
LAST MOST ELABORATE
Nellie Grant Furnished Most Brilliant
Event Prior to the Roosevelt Long,
worth Nuptials-She Was
Present at Latter.

Romance and history have made the
White House the most interesting home
In America. OF the two, romance. prob
Ably has contributed more to endea the
pansion to the people-men as we'll as
Nomen-than history. The weddings
which have taken place within it's
classic portals appeal With keenest IN
terest to every true Amerlcan.
In the century OF its history the
White house has been the scene of
twelve weddings. That of Miss Roose-
Welt aud MIR. Longworth was the
largest by far and in some respects the
most notable wedding that was ever
celebrated In the mansion. Miss Roose-
Welt was the fourth daughter of a pres
ldent of the United states to be given
IN marriage in the official home of the
chief executive. The list OF 900 guests
invited to witness the ceremony
Is several times larger than that invited
TO amy previous White House wedding,
md yet the president and Mrs. Rooss-
Welt might have extended the list many
times without satisfying the desire of
all their friends. The list, therefore,
was made up with the idea of includ-
Ing on 1T certain official classes. rela-
tives of the two families and the init
mate friends of the bride and groom.
AS was to ave been expected. the nurn-
Der of guests taxed the capacity of the
White House to the utmost.
White House Remodeled.
Prior to he remodeling of the in
terror OF the White House three wears
ngo. 1T would not have beer possible to
entertain SO largo a company in the
house was attended Alice's wedding.
That fact probably accounts for the
comparatively small list of guests at
previous weddings. Thirty-two wears
ago Ellen w. Grant, who endeared her
self to the American people as Mel
de Grant, u Of the best belovea and
1 ln9St pH2R o Of women en- became q
guests at her wedding was 200, and
writer's OF the time said that was prac-
IDEALLY. I'LL that could have been &C
c~oniinodated Comfortably. /
The first White House wedding took
place during the aaminlstration of
ably the most popular woman of her
time in America. Mrs. Madison's
Youngest sister, Lucy Payne Wash
ingtoh. widow Of a nephew of Presi-
dent Washington. was married on the
evening OF March II. 1911, to a
marriage was witnessed by important
officials and members Of the diplo-
se11cond weddiS;5.
Just after the war of 1912 the sec,
ond White House wedding occurred.
This also was In the administrators of
Madison, the BRIDE, Miss Anna Todd,
being a cousin Of Mrs. Madison. The
groom was John c. Jackson, then mem !
Der Ct the house OF representatives.
from Virginia On account of the war
society affairs were at low tide in
Washington and the marriage was not
so notable as the first one.
The wedding OF Miss Marie Hester
Monroe, the first daughter OF a presi-
dent to be married in the White House,
was a distinct disappointment in a So
cial way. On March 9, 1920, she was
married IN the blue room to Samuel
Lawrence G%ouveneur. OF New York,
VINO was acting as private secretary to
President Monroe. 1t was purely a
FAMILY affair. not even the presidents |
cabinet being invited. The restrictions
placed on the list OF guests and some
other matters concerning the marriage |
formed the subject Of considerable sar-
castle comment at the time.
Son of Adams.
The fourth wedding in the White
House was that of q presidents son,
John Adams, the son and private sec ]
rotary Of John Quincy Adams, on Feb |
ruary 10, 1928, married in the blue ,
room his cousin, Miss Mary HELEN, of
Philadelphia. 1t was a brilliant social
function n was made peculiarly not
able by the fact that President Adams J
led the Virginia reel In the dance that
followed the The wedding
and series of parties given the young
couple afterward by the president and
Mrs. Adams We're the greatest social
functions of that time.