Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-02-26

Il Washington, Feb. 1S,-Wlth pIalL
-,Iet Of virgin gold, in the historic
,.- room of the white house, at 1;
~nnres after y o'clock Saturday
#ca Lee Roosevelt, eldest daughter
the president of the United States
I md Nicholas Longworth, representa-
"a in congress from the first district
1 Ohio, we're united in marriage.
The ceremOny-One of the most i'm
-,sssfve ever performed in the execu
/ ITO mansion-was according to the
--s, Of the Protestant Episcopa
srrch of which the bride is a mem
s It was sOIemnized by the Right
Par. Henry Y. Satterlee, bishop Of
Washington. and attended by all the
solemn state of a grand official func
-ar and by the devotional beauty o.
no cathedral service.
No ceremony Of a similar kind ever
~s Witnessed by a more distin
-fsbed assembIage. There were pres
m as guests not only the most emf
.1t representatives Of the American
Mrs. Longworth.
The bride is the only child
Of the presidents first mar
riage, and was % years old
within the week. She was :
named for her mother, Alice =
Lee. the latter having been
daughter Of Nj. and Mrs.
George C. Lee of Boston, to "
whom the president became
engaged during his college .
DAYS at Harvard and to
whom he, was married in
1883. She has resided with
"A her father and step-mother =
4 in later years, but even since
their coming to the white
house has spent long peri :
DDS elsewhere, either with
her maternal grandmother or 4
with numerous relatives in =
New York. She was one of
the party accompanying the :
secretary of war to the Phil
ippiDes. as was also Repre-
sentative LOngworth, %heir =
engagement being rumored
several times Turing the
Journey.
Although born in New
York. she has spent more
than half her time in Wash 4
ington, having been there
as a small child when her
father was civil service COM &
missioner, later when he was
assistant secretary of the
navy, and finally when she
came TO grace the white
house.
So =
@Temment, but personal missioners
Ings and pOtentates of the powers
The civilized world, constituting ar
@en5lage not only one of the largest
the most distinguished that ever
vas gathered at one time in the white
Cgsa.
Twelfth White House Bride.
Miss Roosevelt was the twelfth
nue. according to the accepted au
-'"AeS, TO plight her troth within its
-'Sc walls and the identical spot
-s'e She Joined hands with the hus
a-1 oil her choice, for better or fol-
wise, Is hallowed in the memory OF
-Sler white house bride, Nellie
~@u, who 50 years ago on that same
~. 'ecame the wife of an English
1 Agernon c. F. Sartoris. Tender
80 must have been recollectiOns
MS. Sartoris Of that day, now long
;, LOT she was one of the witnesses
@"SS RooseveIt's wedding.
An AuspicioRs Day.
No more suspicious day for a we'd
: could have been imagined. The
"@S )almy almost as spring and
sun Shone brilliantly, flooding the
r.g ''ase scene with joyful sunlight,
-, artificial lights were utilized
.usnout the remainder of the white
- Every room in the lower part
- executive mansion was brilliant
H., IoWers and decorative plants,
- 50 that the color scheme of the
- and the floral decorations were
perfect harmony.
An Imposing Function.
vas the desire not only of Miss
e.1, who was most concerned,
a, ne president and Mrs. Roose-
s~a~ -at the wedding should be a
=, AFFAIR The desire, it shortly
2.4s. disclosed, could not be
s.ssf..U As it finally developed, the
- was the most imposing func-
a,o ever took place in the white
-, he thousand guests. hidden
sf,. ..sEemony began to arrive short
= o'clock. They entered by