The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-02-22

4 ers, not to mention the high regard
in which they hold ner father, they
simply outdid themselves in gift buy
! ing. The oAio delegation in congress
presented their colleague ard his
bride with a handsome silver loving
cup. The gift from the party which
accompanied Miss Roosevelt to the
Philippines was necklace of aqua
marine stones, with a large aquamar-
inc pendant surrounded by diamonds.
Mr., Longworth's New York colleagues
in congress sent table set of favrile
glass from Tiffany's.
The gift sent by Mrs. Longworth,
mother OF the bridegroom, was a mag
nificent diamond necklace.
Besides the official gift of the Cub
an government, Minister Quesada and
his wife sent personal remembrance
in the form of a set of eight pieces
of silver, lined with gold, and hand
somely decorated with repousse work.
A shield of orchids was the gift of
the Persian minister and Madam Nor
tezo. 1t is said to be one of the
most elaborate ever designed by a
Washington florist.
| Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
i sent set of silver mounted glasses.
General Porter, former ambassador to
France, gave comb, side comb, and
belt of antique gold and amethyst.
Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
sent a collar of blue-white diamonds.
i Among the unique presents was a
4 nine-months-old Boston terrier of dis
tinguished pedigree, sent by A. Mont
gomery Stillman, the Pittsburg mil
lionaire, and close friend of Mr.. Long
worth. The pups name is Fashion"
and he cost $1,000.
i Innumerable cases of choice wine,
I, scores OF barrels of farm produce
i from the rural districts" boxes OF
I fruit from California, and wagon
\ loads of trinkets of almost every de-
scription were sent by admirers of
the bride the country over.
| One of the prettiest gifts is a gor-
geous butterfly fan from Japanese
princess. On the tag which indicat-
ed the destination of the package mad
4 been scrawled in transit, Glad he
amt no duke" Mrs. Longworth will
probably cherish the tag as much as
the fan.
4 Other presents were as follows:
The German ambassador and Bar
oness -Speck Won Sternburg, set OF
Dresden plates, each having special
design, with a monogram of the bride;
the Austrian ambassador and Madam
Won Hengelmueller, brooch of dia-
monds and sapphires; the secretary
of state and Mrs. Root, a turquoise
chain; Senator and Mrs. Knox, a jew
ell case; Mr.. and Mrs. Jonn r. Nc
Lean of Cincinnati, Swiss watch
studded with diamonds and sap
phires; the secretary of the treasury
and Mrs. Shaw a Sevres chocolate
set.
:, Previous White House Weddings.
Today's wedding was the tenth sol
emnized beneath the roof of the
White House, and the bride is the
fifth child of a president to repeat
her marriage VOWS in the historic
mansion. The first was Miss Maria
Monroe, who welded her first cousin,
John Gouverneur, in 1870. Six years
later two other cousins we're married
in the White House, the groom being
John, son of President John Quincy
. Adams, and the bride Miss Helen, a
niece of Mrs. Adams. Then, in 1912,
Elizabeth Tyler, daughter of Presi-
, dent Tyler, married William Waller
of williamsburg, Va. All of these
weddings, however, were eclipsed by
the nuptials of Nellie Grant and Al
gernon Sartoris. This marriage was
performed in the East room, within a
few steps of where Miss Roosevelt
and Mr.. Longworth stood today, on
May 81, 1874. Only two hundred
guests were present at that ceremony,
but for days and weeks before the
event, as well as for a long time af-
ter it, the gossips were talking about
the extravaganza" of the costumes,
the lavishness of the decorations, and
the wealth and consequence of those
present.
\ Other weddings in the White House
were those of Miss Todd, relative
of President Madison, and Edward b.
jackson, congressman from Virgin
ia, in 1911; of Miss Mary Lewis,
4 daughter Of President Jackson's
friend. Major Lewis, and M. Alphonse
Joseph Paqueot, secretary of the
French legation, and later minister
from France; of Miss Eaton, of Ten
nessee,. niece OF President Hayes,
and General Russell Hastings, in
/ 1878; and last OF all. Miss Frances
Folsom and President Grover Cieye-
4 land, in the spring of 1856 Until
Miss Roosevelt was married, 1t was
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