Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-12-04

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 Pal
mer. and several Of his first cousins,
one of whom, Mrs. Sartoris' daughter
Vivian. not long ago married Frederick
Roosevelt Scovel, cousin Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. and so, although
rather indirectly, a connection is es-
tablished between the Root and the
Roosevelt families by the Root-Grant
marriage.
The Root residence, where the cere-
mony took place, belongs to former
Vice-President Levi P. Morton, who
occupied it for months between the
times of the leaving of Count Cassini,
who leased it for the Russian embas-
say quarters. and its renting for resi-
While the wedding party was compara-
lively small, the house is big enough
to hold a multitude. 1t stands on a
| triangular piece of ground with Scott
| Circle at one end, Fifteenth street at
| the other end and a street on each
side.
Lieutenant Grant and Miss Root
-s<1I
on the first floor of the residence, a
room which is as long as the house
| itself. It is a huge drawing-rOom
| known in the days when the Countess
! Cassini presided over social affairs
in the residence as the yellow room
Miss Root had no bridesmaids. Sew
eral of Lieutenant Grants classmates
and other army officer friends were
present at the wedding, and his cous-
in, Potter Palmer, Jr., of Chicago, was
his best man.
After the wedding Lieutenant Grant
and his bride left for a short honey
moon trip. They will go to Clinton,
N. Y, to be present, December 7, at
the wedding Of the brides brother and
Miss Stryker. From there Lieutenant
Grant will take his bride directly to
Boston, where in the suburb of Brook
line there is 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
| h
ington to Boston to carry on his en-
gineering 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 New
York several seasons ago and has
twice been n cabinet girl. although
she was extremely young when her
father was secretary Of war in Presi
dent McKinlcy's second administra
ton. She Is gifted linguist, an &C
complished musician, and is devoted
to outdoor sports. She Is an expert
horsewoman, and her smart trap is
familiar to ell the uptown sections oil
Washington.
Lieut.. Grant has served as military
aid at the white house during the
last two seasons, acting with Capt
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr.. and Lieut.. PhiliI
Sheridan.
He is a nephew of Mrs. Potter Pal
, mer of Chicago, his mother being Mis-!
Louise Honore, sister of Mrs. Palmer
, He is brother of Princess Cantacu
! Zene of Russia, who was Miss julia
: Dent Grant, and the only child of th'
Grant family born in the white house
8 Lieut. Grants early education wa
3 obtained in Europe while his fathe
) was minister to Austria-H Hungary ant