The Washington times., 1906-02-18


TenaIlytown road. The departure from
the White House was made at 4:i4
o clock. and in scarcely more than
twenty minutes the machine had cover
ed the road to Friendship" distance
of nearly FIVE miles.
Wanted to See Mrs Longworth.
Scarcely a man. woman. or child in
Washington has not seen Miss Roose-
Welt, the popular daughter of the na-
tion's President. ana most of those in
the crowds. no doubt knew her at once
by sight but no one had ever seen Mrs.
Nicholas LongWorth They were walt
ing for the first glimpse OF q new wo-
man The Miss Alice Roosevelt had
passed into memory; the girl had dis
appeared. and in her stead they hoped
to see the woman. and the man who had
won her heart and hand. and had just
led her TO the altar
When the last of the guests had de-
parted. and all the carriages had dis
appeared from the eIIipse about the
White Lot. the crowd still remained, but
restless. All desired to see the bridal
couple but none was certain at to the
point Of vantage, The majority seemed
to think they would emerge from either
the east entrance or else from the south
entrance by the southeast gate. as all
the guests had done and remained in
the neighborhOod Of the Treasury build
ing. Others. however. thought that the
bride, leaving her home. would depart
from the main and regular entrance. and
these people flocked about the gates on
Pennsylvania avenue.
Auto Dashes Up.
There were others. however who OBJ
served that the gates opening EXecu-
tive avenue into Pennsylvania avenue
were still closed after the last of the
guests had departed. and large num-
Der made their way through the State
War. and Navy Building and out into
the streets below. About I o'clock the
automobile belonging to Mr. Mclean
dashed down toward the White House
grounds from the direction of the Cor
cOran Art Gallery, and stopped in Exec
utive avenue opposite the executive Of
nee. Policemen were going to and fro
gossiping casually with the drivers and
entering the White House offices. and it /
was during these visits that the instruc-
tions for taking aboard the distinguish
ed passengers were given. The ma
chine left as it had come and in ten
minutes most of the crowd on the west
si"e of the grounds had disappeared.
Word had gone forth that the bridal
the other gates
Scarcely a haIf-dozen persons were in
the vicinity when, at ten minutes past
four, the machine again dashed down
10 the grounds, entered the southwest
gate and bowled rapidly up over the
winding carriage way to the south en-
trance. A messenger emerged and. after
brief exchange Of words, the machine
was driven dozen PAGES past the en-
trance and turned about. When il came
TO stop the White House doors opened /
3 and the ushers and best man led the
way down the steps.
Departure Somewhat Secret.
Only few persons saw the depar- /
ture. on a balcony from an office of
the Navy Department. d small group
continued 10 watch, and when the auto !
mobile dashed up into the grounds they
We're quickly alert They saw the ush- |
ers step down to the carriage and the !
bridal couple follow quickly. the bride /
groom pace ahead OF the bride They
were quickly surrounded by all the
members OF the Roosevelt family, a few
relatives and mtimete friends who had /
remained, and before they could poss-
bly, get into the carriage they were al /
most submerged in n shower of rice
President Threw a Slipper.
The President. hatless, was as active /
as any, and as the doors were closed. /
hands and 'kerchiefs were waved, and /
the machine started forward the father /
of the bride suddenly drew something
willie from his coat and tossed it at
them. 1t lodged on the c8rriage box
aud presently was jOlted off to the
ground. Children in the party ran out
and picked IT up. 1t was an old slipper.
The program of departure seemed
subject TO more than one change, how
ever. When the automobile first stop
ped its front was reversed, indicating
that il would depart by the gate it en-
tered. But after starting out with Mr..
and Mrs. Longworth it stopped again
when scarcely fifty yards away. APP
parently, instructions were being given
TO the driver from the inside, and the
machine again turned about and start
ed for the southeast exit. As the
happy couple passed the White House
entrance again there was even more
waving of hands and handkerchiefs
cries OF farewell. and wishes for hap
piness. A window was open and ali
the rice that had not been thrown be
fore was shot In n stream toward the
opening.
Brides Brothers Threw Rice.
The machine spurtetd ahead. but the
brides brothers and several others ran
a few steps after them. still throwing
rice that did not even strike the car
riage. Down the yellow. graveled drive
way they went and out into Madison
place. Although most of the crowd
that had waited for hours about this
entrance had departed. still there were
Extremely Low Rates TO Madri Gras,
NJ n.Ionrs AIalIln Id pnr,sn.nnln III.