The National tribune., 1906-02-22


of soul, the happy spirit. the nobility
of character, which after all make real
beauty, is all there, and regularity of
feature counts for but little. Miss
Roosevelt looked very fair and sweet
in her wedding robes. The gown was
of heavy white satin, princess style,
plain as a pipestem from throat to
foot. The yoke was of old pointe lace,
and the sleeves We're of the same, with
a ruffie of the lace falling over the
shoulders where it was caught with
orange blossoms. over the plain satin
robe which fiared we'll at the foot with
out aid of ruffies or plaits, hung a
court train of cream satin embroidered
in silver roses This train was lined
with white satin and had a fun chiffon
ruffie on the under side. II was four
yards long, and spread out in perfect
fan shape as she stepped upon the daiS.
She wore long, full vail of white tulle
caught in crown shape 10 her soft
pompadoured hair by q wreath of
orange blossoms, which held it back
from the face. About the round neck
of her dress was clasped a dog collar
of rarely beautiful diamonds, and she
wore also Mr.. Longworth's wedding
gift, chain of diamonds, each one as
broad as three lines of the type in
WnlCn IfllS Is pTlHleu- Anu Slc wore
also her fathers wedding present, a
spray of diamonds set TO represent
lilies of the valley, with a great sap
phire blazing in their midst. Her elbow
sleeves were met by long, wrinkled
gloves of white suede. Her clippers
We're of the silver brocade. and had
bows of white tulle with orange bios
SONS and buckles of paste worn by her
great grandmother.
The bridal bouquet was of white
orchids of great beauty and rare and
costly. These were tied with long
gauze and satin ribbons, and Il fringe
of lilies of the valley and ferns formed
a shower tied with narrow ribbons and
hanging at all sorts of lengths from the
bouquet.
In her dress it will be seen she car
ried out the old superstition,
Something old and something new,
Something borrowed and something
blue"
Mr. Longworth wore the conventional
morning dress, long black frock
coat. very dark gray trousers, white
linen vest, gray silk puff tie with a tiny
opal pin, white carnation boutOnniere,
and white doeskin gloves--very heavy
ones, too.
The members of the Diplomatic
Corps came in morning dress, the
Chinese Minister being the only one TO
appear in court costume, and he
wouldn't dare appear in anything else
The Army officers on duty were in full
dress uniform, as regulations require.
The toilettes of the women were
gorgeous beyond description. The New
York contingent seemed to heve set
out to rival the sun, moon, and stars
for jewels, and had torn the rainbow
to shreds for colOrs. The Washington
crowd did not buy many new gowns
for the occasion, for they know what q
Washington crush is. But just the
same it was goodly sight to see.
The Wedding Brenkfust.
Miss Alice was her sweet self all
through the trying occasion. She was
not shy, she was not distant, she was
not matroHly, she was just Alice. She |
romped with some of the Roosevelt kin |
kidlets who were present, had n lot of
fun with some of her old mates and
at the breakfast table was the merriest |
of the crowd. There was no knife big
enough TO cut the great wedding cake. |
which was three turretcd and had
sugar doves and castles and all sorts of
pretty conceits in spun sugar On il, so
she borrowed the sword of one of the
military attaches, and cracking the
great sheet of sugar, attacked the cake
with will. The tiniest bit of this cake
was considered great souvenir and
was carried away in silver tissue paper. |
one notable thing was that not a
shred of White House china or silver
was used. Why? Well, the inference
is that there wouldn't have been enough
of it left TO set "A table for two. 1t |
would been carted away for souvenirs
by the guests. All the table furniture
and napery came from the caterers, |
and il is said that some of it w&s miss
ing when the debris was cleared away. /
The wedding journey was only five
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Washington, in q borrowed automobile, |
and To loaned" house. Mrs Long
worth wore white cloth dress and a |
long white cloth coat and white picture |
hat on the trip to Friendship" which
is one of the most beautiful country |
places in the East. They were entirely
alone in the house, with the exception |
of the servants. Mrs. Longworth did
not even take her maid with her
On Monday morning, however, they |
stole a march on everybody. They went
in their automobile to Alexandria. Va, |
and from there took the Southern Rail- !
way for some point South, presumably |
Palm Beach. They Travelled in a fine |
new car. the Elysian, which was at
tached in Washington. Mr. and Mrs |
Lonsworth were accompanied on the |
trip by Col. Brown, District Passenger |
Agent of the Southern, two of the |
White House ushers and some secret |
service men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth do not know
themselves just how long they will be |
gone.
The presents TO Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth are rare and costly in most in |
stances. Despite the Presidents pro- |
test, which he made as strorg as pos |
sible and not seem discourteous, many !
presents were sent by political organi- |
Zations and by some crowned heads. !
Many members of the Diplomatic |
Corps made presents also, though, in |
accnrdanca ;,ith tho 2.>cid.ntIn -.