The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

beautiful white and gold East room
If the White House. Il few minutes
after noon today. the venerable Right
reverend Henry Y. Satterlee, Bish-
op Of Washington. OF he Protestant
Episcopal church. pronounced the
fatefnI words which united in mar
rfage Alice Lee Roosevelt, eldest
daughter Of the President Of the Uni
ted states and Nicholas LougWorta,
the Representative in Congress from
the First District Of Ohio.
The ceremony-the simple. beauti-
ful and impressive ring service Of the
Episcopal church-was attended with
all the splendor of a grand official
function and with all the devotional
beauty Of a cathedral service. II was
Witnessed by one Of the most bril-
liant and distinguished assemblages
eyer gathered in the White House, by
far the largest company which ever
graced the executive mansion on a
similar OCCASION
A halo of a hundred years of ro-
mantle White House history hung over
the brida couple. Miss Roosevelt was
the twelfth bride. according to accep-
ted authorities. to plight her troth
within its classic walls and the identi-
cal spot where she today joined hands
with the husband of her choice. for
better. for worse" is hallowed in the
memory of another White House
bride. beloved "Nellie" Grant, who
thirty-two years g on that same
spot became the wife of an English
man, A~lgcrnon G. Sartoris. Tender
indeed. must have been the recOlleC-
tons Of Mrs. Sartoris of that day, now
l,,C aua fn,. Gha ISvDc nnn of tho vii
ncSseS of Miss tOoSeVclt'S wedding.
\ Glory of Lights and Flowers.
1t had been the desire not only of
Miss Roosevelt, who vas most con
cerneh, but OF the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, that the cdding today
should be celebrated in n name COM
paratively quiet, that it should be n
family affair. This desire, it shortly
was disclosed, could not be gratifed.
As it finally developed, the wedding
was the most imposing function that
ever took place in the White House.
The thousand guests hidden to the
ceremony, began to arrive shortly af-
ter eleven o'clock. They entered by
the East terrace and passed up the
main staircase directly to the historic
East room. Beautiful at all times. the
famous room today was exquisite in
its classic Spiendor. The shades We're
drawn at all of the windows and the
handsome brocaded draperies in gold
harmonized perfectly with the
ivory white of the room. From he
hundreds Of softly shaded electric
lamps in the magnificent crystal chan
deliers perfect light was diffused
'ughout the room.
The floral decorations We're more
elaborate than any heretofore have
been in President R~oOseVelt'S admin
iStratiOn. While unnecessary space
in the great apartment was not taken
up with decorations as every inch
Of ii was needed to accommodate the
guests. two huge vases of rare design
each filled with Easter-lillies and fern
frondS occupied each of the mantels,
and two handsome tables, one each
at the north and south ends of the
room. bore jardinieres of towering
rhOdOdendrOnS.
At the great center windows, di-
rectly opposite the main entrance of
the room n overlooking the East
terrace, Il superb floral bower had
been contrived. with exquisite skill
and artistic taste. A semi-circular
platform. twelve inches high, was con-
structed before the windows. ON this
the took place, so that all
In the room had practically an unob-
Structed view of it. The platform was
carpeted in green, of handsome de-
sign, and over the carpet was thrown
with artistic careleSSneSS an elegant
Oriental rug. designed in curious and
intricate figures. In colorS. red pre-
dominated. Banked back of the plat
form and next to the windows were
palms, selected for the beauty and
c~loseness of their leaves. This group
OF palms was fringed at the base with
3Stllbe J~aDOnica. Forming u back
ground were dracena sanderii. of green
ana white and gorgeous Easter-lilieS
Above he platform there was a gar
landing of greenhouse smilax and as
paraguS. With scores of the lOveliest
bride roses nesting in the green. The
Greet of the whole was eXquisitely
l6autiful.
Details of the Decorations.
While the decorations in the other
rooms of the main foo uf the White
House were beautiful tnCv were less
elaborate than those in the East room.
|he vases i'll the green room were I'LL
Cd with CnchantrcSc carnations of del
icate pink and fern fronds. The Blue
room vases bore Easter-llilieS with fern
and asparagus frOnds; while lWo
great vases at each end of the mantel
were filled with EIaSter-lilies and white
roses. In the window recesses small
palms and towering plants were dis
posed effectively. In the Red room
to harmonize With the color scheme
OF the apartment the vases contain
ed JacQueminOt roses in a setting of
fern and asparagus fronds. The
state dining room, which was not
thrown open to the guests until after
the was a vision of grand
eur. The walls and ceiling. panneIed
in walnut like the halls of a Saxon
lord of old, bearing just below the
ceiling the hunting trophies of the
President. formed a magnificent set
ting for n beautifully decorated ia
bic on which. amid q simmer of sill
Yer and cut glass, the buffet wedding
was laid. The great table,
extending almost the entire length of
the apartment was decorated with
vases containing American beauty and
bride roses, ferns and asparagus. In
the private dining room. which opens
into the state dining room on the
north, the vases on the mantel were
filled with bride roses and fern fronds.
The decorations OF the main CORR
dor We're beautifully artistic. The
two great jardinieres between the col
umnS along the corridor were painted
with handsome rhOdOdendrOnS in full
flower. The blossoms We're of purple
and pink and the plants We're so ar
ranged in the iardiniereS that thew