The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-29

wish OF the secretary OF state and his
! family, too, for that matter. was TO
| have the wedding company as small
as possible and the ceremony marked
by attending simplicity,
or the groom's family there were
present his father and mother, General
| and Mrs Grant; his aunts, Mrs. Nellie
| Grant SartOris and Mrs Potter pai.
mor, and several Of his first cousins,
on" Of whom, Mrs. Sartoris daughter
| Vivian, not long ago married Frederick
| Roosevelt SCoyel, a cousin Of prcsi.
dent Roosevelt. and so, although
rather indirectly. a connection is es-
| tahlishcd between the Root and the
Roosevelt families BY the Root Grant
marriage
The Root residence, where the ccre-
mony took place, belongs TO former
Nice,Prcsident Levi p. Morton who
occupied 1t for months between the
times Of the leaving Of Count Cassini.
who leased 1t for the Russian embas
say quarters and fits renting for resi-.
dcnco purposes by Secretary Root
While the wedding party was compara-
lively small, the house Is big enough
to hold n multitude II stands on a
triangular piece of ground with Scott
circle at one end. Fifteenth street ut
the other end and a street on each
side
Lieutenant Grant and Miss Root
wcr" married In the great south room
on the first floor of the residence.
room which Is n long aB the house
Itself 1t is huge drawingroom
known I'm the days when the Countess
cassinI presided over social affairs
In tho residence as the yellow room
Miss Root had no bridesmaids. Sov.
oraI NJ Lieutenant Grants classmates
and other army officer friends were
present at the wedding, and his cous.
lon. Potter Palmer. Ir., Of Chicago. was
his best man
After the wedding Lieutenant Grant
and his bride left for a short honey.
moon trip They viii go to Clinton,
y. y, 10 he present, December +. at
the wedding Of the brides brother and
Miss Strykcr. From there Lieutenant
Grant Will take his bride directly 10
Boston, whore in the suburb OF Brook.
limo there is n pretty little house
awaiting their occupancy
The house was selected by the bride
whose mother recently has interested
herself IN furnishing it completely for
Housekeeping Lieutenant Grant was
ordered a short time ago from Wash f.
inrton 10 Boston to carry on his en-. .
cheering duties under the direction /.
of Major Edward Burr. who has
charge Of the river and harbor work |
along the Massachusetts coast.
Miss Root made her debut in Now |
York several seasons ago and has |
twice been cabinet girl, although .
she was extremely young when her |
father was secretary OF war in Prcsi. |
dent Mckinloys second administra. .
ton. She is n gifted lingmst, an ac-
complishcd musician. and Is devoted .
to outdoor sports. She is an expert
and her smart trap is
familiar to all the uptown sections OF
Lieut. Grant has served as military
aid at the white house during the
last two seasons. acting with Capt
Fitzhuch Lee, Jr, and Lieut.. Philip
Sheridan
lie is nephew Of Mrs. Potter Pal.
mer Of Chicago his mother being Miss
Louise Honorc, sister OF Mrs. Palmer
He IS n brother OF Princess Cantacu.
,cne Of Russia. who was Miss Julia
Dent Grant, and the only child Of the
Grant family born in the white house.
Lieut.. Grants early education was
in Europe while his father
was minister to AustrlaIungary and