Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-20
MARRIED AT
WHITE HOUSE
Marriage Of Alice Lee Roosevelt and
Congressman Nicholas Longworth
Made State Affair.
CEREMONIES ARE ELABORATE
President Gives His Daughter Away
-Episcopal Ceremony Performed
by Bishop saterlee.

clrclet OF virgin gold, in the historic
east room of the White House, at 13
minutes after IL o'clock today, Alice
Lee Roosevelt, eldest daughter of the
president Of the United States, and
Nicholas Longworth, the representa-.
tive in congress from the First Ohio
district, 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 mem.
Der. 1t was solemnized by the Right
Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, bishop of
Washington, and was attended by all
the solemn state of grand official
function and by the devotional cere.
mony Of cathedral service. No cere.
mony of a similar kind was ever wit.
messed. There were present as guests
not only the most eminent representa-.
tlves OF the American government
but the personal emissaries of the
kings and potentates of the civiliz.
ed world, constituting an assemblage
not only one of the largest, but the
most distinguished that ever was gath.
cred at one time in the White House.
A Thousand Bids.
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 impracticable to lin.
it the function, as was intended at
first, to the immediate relatives OF
the bride and the bridegroom. It be.
came necessary to include among the
guests invited certain official classes
and personal friends of Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Mr.. Longworth, and,
In all, the people hidden to the cere.
mOny numbered thousand.
At four minutes after IL o'clock.
Mrs. Roosevelt, on the arm of her eld-
est son, Theodore, Jr., descended the
main stair case and entered the east
room by the west doors. Mrs. Roose-
velt was followed by her son, Kermit,
and her daughter Ethel, and her sons.
Archie and Quentin, in couples. The
children stood with their mother on the
north side of the altar platform.
Following Mrs. Roosevelt almost i'm
mediately came the bridegroom, the
Hon. Nicholas Longworth, accompan-
led by his best man, Mr.. Thomas Mel
son Perkins, of Boston, one of the
members of the corporation of Har.
ward college and a classmate at col
lege of Mr.. Longworth. The groom
and his best man took their places at
the foot of the embowered platform
to await the coming of the bride. Al
ready Bishop Satterlee had taken his
place on the platform, attired in the
purple and ivory robes of his clerical
Office.
Scarcely had the bridegroom enter
ed the east room, when the doors of
the state dining room at the west en-
trance of the main corridor were flung
open and the bridal procession start.
ed for the extemporized altar. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., and Mr.. Shaw led
the bridal procession. Following the
ushers came President Roosevelt and
the bride of Mr.. LOngwOrth, her hand
resting lightly within the right arm
of her father. AS the procession mov-
ed through the main corridor and into
the east room, the marine band orches-
ira rendered effectively the grand
march from Wagners Tannhauser.
Miss Roosevelt never appeared to bet
ter advantage. Perfectly self possess.
ed and thoroughly appreciative of the
situation, she graciously recognized
and bowed to friends who lined the
way to the altar. Her wedding gown
was an exquisite creation. It was of
heavy white brocaded satin, point
lace, chiffon, filmy tulle and silver
brocade. The material from which
the gown was created was manufac.
tured expressly for Miss Roosevelt.
The design, intricate and delicate in
its details, was destroyed as the nee.
sary amount of material for the dress
was completed.
The Ceremony.
AS Miss Roosevelt and Mr.. Long
worth faced Bishop Satterlee, hush
fell over the assemblage. Everyone
of the thousand present wished to
catch every syllable of the ceremony
which was to follow. In distinct res
onant voice the bishop began the
beautiful marriage service of the Epis-
cOpal church. The responses of both
the bride and the bridegroom were
audible distinctly throughout the
great apartment. Particularly clear
were those of the bride, whose voice
was as natural and distinct as in ordi-
nary conversation. While her face was
shade paler than usual, her self
possession was perfect and she went
through the ceremony without a-symp-
tom of nervousness.
When the venerable Bishop Satter-
lee asked the question prescribed in
the ritual, WHO giveth this woman
to be married to this man." Presi.
dent Roosevelt ascended the platform
and bowed to the distinguished pre-
late. Taking then his daughters hand,
he placed it in that of the bridegroom.
Having performed this function, the
president resumed his place at the
right of Mrs. Roosevelt.
The best man, Mr.. Perkins, then
produced from a pocket of his waist
coat the gold circlet with which the
couple was welded and handed it to
Mr.. L0ngworth. When he had placed
it on the fourth finger OF his brides
left hand, the bishop pronounced
that they were man and wife," At
the conclusion of the service, which
occupied less than 10 minutes. Mr..
and Mrs. Longworth held an informal
reception Of the guests attendant on