The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-16
ONE PRESENT FOR HIM.
Indians Give Mr.. Longworth a Gar
ment Made of Buffalo Skins.

Washington, Feb. 16-The maria e
incense OF Miss Alice Roosevelt and
Representative Nicholas Longworth
was issued by the clerk Of the court
Thursday at Alb .. m.
Mr.. Longworth responded to the usual
questions in such cases. He gave his
age as 80 and that of Miss Roosevelt as
Representative Longworth later en-
tertained at a bachelor dinner at his
! home, S31 Eighteenth street. Northwest.
AT which President Roosevelt and Sec
rotary Taft were among the guests. The
| other guests were Mr.. Perkins, who is
to be best man at the wedding of Miss
Roosevelt and Mr.. Longworth;
Viscount de Chambrun, brother-in-Iaw
OF Mr.. Longworth; Mr.. Theodore Roose-
Welt, jr., Major Henry and Messrs.
FIeischmann, Norman Shaw, Walling-
ford, Winthrop, Anderson, Painter.
Slnpktns, Bangs, Whitney and Heron.
Secretary and Mrs. Taft's present to
the bridal couple was an deliberately
chased table vase of American manu-
facture.
Twenty members of the Metropolitan
club united in presenting a square
beaten silver salver of antique design
with autographs reproduction of the
signatures of the donors
The present Of the members of the
! Taft party with which Miss Roosevelt
/ Travelled to the east was a gold neck
Z
mOnds with a pendant of aquamarine
! of Wondrous translucence, surrounded
! by diamonds. The acQuamarine alone
is said to be valued at over 81, 500, aside
from the setting. Accompanying this
present was a card inscribed as fol-
lows:
with love and best wishes to our
Alice; from the members of the Taft
party
The present of the empress of China
haz 11f sy1A ,oz -1.s
/ 1t is evident that it cannot be received
! before the wedding.
/ A delegation of Usage and Ponca In
dams from Oklahoma wandered discon-
/ solately about the capitol in search OF
/ Representative Longworth Miss Roose-
velts fiance was nowhere to be found.
The Indians had with them a present
for the bridegroom-elect which they
/ wished to give him. Reluctantly and
| cautiously they exhibited it to some OF
whom they inquired. It Is a vest made
/ from the skin Of a buffalo calf, said tC
have been worth $500. The calf was
reared on the "10y' ranch in Oklahoma
and was a prize beast. The hide was
tanned by the Oldest squaw on tbs
/ reservation, and the vest was made by
young Indian girls who learned the art
of sewing and tailoring in eastern
schools. It is richly ornamented with
beads and is very heavy The Indiar
/ chief who is commissioned to deliver
! the present has carried it with him IN
I der his arm since leaving Oklahoma
and it is said to have a highly pungen
odor. The Indians want Mr. LongwortT
to wear the vest at the wedding, blu
thus far they have not been able t.
find him and to make the presentation
The delegation called on Presiden
Roosevelt to pay their respects to TIT
Great White Father" Incidentally
Eagle Horse, the chief of the band o
! Poncas. presented to the president thei
gift for his future son-in-law TIL
chief added that they made a presen
to the groom and not to the bride be
cause the bride already had received
many presents, and they felt the groom
ought not to be neglected in this re
spect. President Roosevelt laughingl-
accepted the Waistcoat on behalf of Mr.
Longworth, promising that he SHOULD
If