The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-29
q 800 ARE Ridden
TO WHITE HOUSE
1900 More Guests Invited to the
Wedding Reception by the
Roosevelts.

Journal Special Service
Washington, Jan. 29.-Fifteen hun ~
dred invitations will be ISSUED . 70 une
welt and Representative Nicholas Long
worth, These will be in addition to
those who have already been sent out
bv the president and Mrs. Roosevelt to
the ceremony.
Various reports concerning the num-
Der Of wedding invitations have been
circulated, but it was learned detnlteT
" today that 700 cards were sent out
last Friday, There will probably be
a tai SIS. hundred issued nAAlnE 80 -
In issuing the additional 1900 Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt are accedlng
to the demand which they. know exists
among their friends and the community
generally These cards will Be sent out
within the next day or two, and will 60
to persons who are not intimately &C
quainted with the president 8 family,
but who are, nevertheless, held in much
esteem. \. ~. s.a
Carefully Guarded. II
Miss Isabel Hagner, secretary to Mrs.
Roosevelt. directed each one Of the 700
wedding invitations and she will per-
sonally supervise all others that go out.
In order that only those whom the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt wished to
come shall receive wedding cards the
task of directing the envelopes was not
fees. The detail was given to Miss
Hagner, thus limiting to one person the
responsibility for every card issued. The
invitations, admission cards and en-
velopes were delivered to her in pack.
ages marked with the exact number OF
each. When they left MISS Hagner IS
hands and were sent back to. the offices
1.1s- / TO rprrn6
showing the number. 50 no. mistake or
irregularity was possible.
. Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt and
Miss Hagner made up the list of we'd
ding guests. Aside from members OF
the cabinet, the supreme court and al.
pIomatic corps and few members OF
congress, the entire list was confined to
the families of the young people:
In making out the list of guests to
the household W ere assisted by the
president, who had many suggestions to
make, and who materially increased the
original number planned.
The White House and executive Of
fees have been besieged by souvenir
fiends in search Of cards to be added to
collections. Every known device has
session of the coveted pasteboards, and
even the watchmen have been ap-
preached with all sorts of offers if only
they will obtain a card for the souve..
mir hunter. Promises never to tell
where they got the cards have been
given, but even if the attaches of the
White House or offices were inclined to
favor these people, it would have been
impossible for them to comply with the
requests, SO carefully have the cards
been guarded. The jeweler who does
all the engraving for the White House
has been swamped with requests for a
"form,'' but all applicants were re.
ferred to the White House and nc
amount Of persuasion would move him
Taft's 'tPrincely'' Gift.
Secretary Taft was much amused al
the reports current relative to his al
legged princely gift Of two large dia
mond pendants to Miss Roosevelt. The
secretary said he really had no recollec
ton Of having bought anything 81
handsome as was reported, and that hi
would have been happy to have made
so valuable contribution to Miss
Roosevelt's gift-collection. Secretary
Taft gave a jolly laugh, and is reported
to have said the bride would be lucky tt
get stick pin from him. AS matter
Of fact the genial secretary will b,
conspicuously represented among Mis-
Roosevelt 8 donors, but not to the ex
tent reported. ~ = :