Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-17

De married to THIS man |! Inc president
ascended the platform and taking his
daughters right hand, placed it in
that of the bridegroom. Thus he gave
the bride away to the man of her choice
and by the ring, which an instant later
the groom placed on the fourth finger
of her left hand, she became Mrs.
| Nicholas Longworth.
The Reception.
At the conclusion of the wedding
ceremony the assembled guests were
received by Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth
on the platform and beneath the floral
bower, where their hands and hearts
were joined forever. They were
showered with congratulations. The
guests We're received in the blue room
| by President and Mrs. Roosevelt. After
the informal receptions, the bridal
breakfast was served, in buffet form. in
| the state and private dining rooms.
| Thousand Guests.
| Approximately thousand guests
were invited to the wedding, but no list
of guests was furnished for publica-
| ton, President and Mrs. Roosevelt de-
parting on this occasion from their US
ual custom. Those invited included
certain official classes. aside from rela-
tives of the Roosevelt and Longworth
/ families. It was announced officially
| that the list Of guests included MEM
bers of the cabinet. their wives, former
members of the cabinet who are now in
1.-THE United States senate, heads of for
eign embassies and missions, justices
of the supreme court their wives, Off
cials and members of Taft's Philippine
~, n
| a portion of the New York delegation
in congress, the immediate members
| of both families and personal friends
of Miss Roosevelt and Longworth.
/, Rich Presents.
! Few brides not OF so-called birth
have been the recipients of so many
and such valuable gifts as were re-
ceived by Miss Roosevelt. For weeks
| these tributes of love and affection
| have been pouring into the white
i house. The bride and members of her
family were almost overwhelmed by
| the number and character of the pres
ents. 1t was not that they We're so
valuable intrinsically, altho, in the as-
gregate, they represent great sum.
but it was the Spirit which animated
| the givers which appealed strongly to
| Miss Roosevelt. Many presents were
accompanied by oral or written ex-
pressions of the deep and sincere re-
gard in which the bride is held by per-
sons of all classes, not only in her
| own country but thruOut the. world.
Some Gifts Declined.
| Weeks ago, on behalf of their daugh-
| ter. President and Mrs. Roosevelt let it
be known that certain proffered gifts
were not to be accepted. 1t was their
desire that the wedding, so far as
lresents were concerned, at least,
/, should be stripped of an official char
acter. Intimation was conveyed, thru
the diplomatic channels, that it was
the desire of the president that no gifts
should be made to Miss Roosevelt on
behalf of foreign governments, that
presents of such nature properly
could be received only from executives
of the governments thru the ambass-
adors or ministers. accredited to the
American government. The only pres
ent, therefore, which may be said
comes directly from a nation. is that OF
Cuba. 1t was provided for prior to
the receipt of the presidents delicate
! intimation, and, in the peculiar cir
cumstances could not be declined.
| 1t can be said with perfect conf
dence that, while the many presents
/, received by the bride are very valu-
able. the value of the gifts has been
greatly exaggerated.
| Annoying Letters.
So remarkably have some accounts
of the presents been, that their pub
licitation has brought to Miss Roose-
welt an unfortunate annoyance. Her
mail for many days, has been flooded
with letters from women and men in
| all parts of the country, urging her to
| give to them from her plentiful store
| of duplicate gifts, one thing or
another. Some of the stories of suf-
fering and privation told really were
pitiful. Even in the time of her life's
greatest happiness, Miss Roosevelt
was made sorrowful by some of the
appeals to her generosity.
OF course she was unable to crafty
the writers Of the letters. because
primarily they had been misled by
publications which were quite inaccur-
ate.
Some Threats.
In addition to appeals for charity,
Miss Roosevelt received as the result
| of exaggerated reports of the value of
her presents, letters, unsigned as a
rule, and menacing in their tone.
No actual threats were made, but
letters contained sinister intimation
of future trouble perhaps for the coun-
| try, through presentation to the
| daughter of an American president Of
| gifts so costly as to be merely dis