Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-16
In READINESS
FOR MARRIAGE
THE PLANS FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE WEDDING HAVE BEEN
PERFECTED.

Special to the Herald.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 15.-Ar-
rangements for the marriage at the
White House tomorrow of Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth
have been completed, and the cere-
mony will take place according to
the plans already announced.
The nuptial music from "Lohen-
grin" will be rendered as the bride
enters the historical east room, where
the marriage ceremony will be per-
formed at noon by the Ri. Rev. Henry
Y. Satterlee, bishop of the Protestant
Epicopal diocese of Washington. The
bride will enter on the arm of her
father, preceded by the members of
the family A prominent place in the
bridal pageant will be accorded the
brides venerable grandmother, Mrs.
George C. Lee, of Boston, and her
aunt, Mrs. Cowles. The bride will
carry bouquet of graduates and ILL
les of the valley from the White
House conservatory. Her only at
,tendant will be her sister, Miss Ethel
Roosevelt.
There will be no floral bower, as
was at first suggested, but tempo
rary altar will be placed at one end
of the east room. Here Mr.. Long
worth and the best man, Thomas Mel
son Perkins, will await the bride. AT
i the close of the brief ceremony the
orchestra will play Memberships
wedding march. Immediately after
ward congratulations will be in order
and then the wedding breakfast will
be served in the state dining-room.
During the serving of the breakfast
there will be a miscellaneous orches-
ira concert.
Early in the evening the happy
couple will depart for the Southland
on their bridal tour The trip will be
made in the new Pullman palace car
Republic, which was turned out of
the Pullman shops in Illinois less
than three weeks ago. The car is
10 feet wide and so feet long, a
greater length by 20 feet than the
average sleeping car. 1t is luxurious
ly fitted up, and contains every mod
ern devise for the comfort and con-
venience of the travellers.
Nearly all the out-of-town guests
who are to attend the wedding have
arrived in the city. They include
large parties from Boston, Cincinnati,
New York, and smaller parties from
many other points. The accomoda-
tons of the White House are taxed
TO the limit to provide for the numer-
Gus connections of the brides family.
Many of the Cincinnati guests are be-
ing entertained by Mrs. Longworth,
while Secretary and Mrs. Root are
seepirg open house for numerous
guests who have come over from
New York
In order that its members may at
tend, and also out of respect to Rep
resentative Longworth, the House ad-
journed today, not to meet again I'M
til Monday.
There was a never-ending stream
of messengers, expressmen and
others arriving at the executive man
sion today bearing the wedding gifts.
Notwithstanding the known wish Of
the President and his family that the
presents should be Of modest rather
than extravagant character or cost. !
it is conservatively estimated that the
value of the gifts already received
amounts to several hundred thousand
dollars. Extraordinary precautions
have been taken for their safekeep- |
ing. They have been placed under
guard in one of the private apart
ments of the executive mansion. and
here they will be viewed after the |
wedding tomorrow by the relatives
and some of the privileged friends of
the bride and bridegroom. After the |
wedding they will be placed temporar-
lily in safety deposit vault