The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

wish Of the secretary Of stnfe and hi1
family, too. for that matter was to
have the wedding company Al small:
as possible, and the ceremony marked
by attending simplicity.
OF 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.
n of whom, Mrs. Sartoris' daughter
Vivian, not long ago married Frederick
Roosevelt Scovel. a 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 foTT.er
Vice-President Levi P. Morton, who
occupied it for months between the
times of the leaving of Count Cassini,
who leased 1t for. the Russian embas-
say quarters, and its renting for resi-
dence purposes by Secretary Root.
While the wedding party was COMPARE.
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
were married in the great south Dom
on the first floor of the residence, a
room which is as long as the house
itself. 1t 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 III
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 a pretty little house
awaiting their occupancy.
The house was selected by the bride
whose mother recently has interested
herself in furnishing 1t completely for
housekeeping. Lieutenant Grant was
ordered a short time ago from Wash.
ington to Boston to carry or 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 a cabinet girl, although
she was extremely young when her
father was secretary of war In Presi.
dent McKinley's second administra.
tion. She is a gifted linguist, an ac-
complished musician. and Is devoted
to outdoor sports. She Is an expert
horsewoman, and her smart trap is
familiar to all the uptown sections of
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.. Philip
Sheridan.
He is a nephew Of Mrs. Potter Pal
mer of Chicago, his mother being Miss
Louise Honore, sister of Mrs. Palmer,
He is a brother Of Princess Cantacu.
zene 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
obtained in Europe while his father
was minister to Austria-Hungary and