The Forrest City times., 1907-11-29

wish of the secretary of state and hi3 family. too. for that matter. was to have the wedding company as small as possible. and the ceremony marked by attending simplicity.
 Of the grooms 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 10 former Nice-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 it's renting for resi- dence purposes by Secretary Root. 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 were married in the great south room on the first floor of the residence. a room which is as long as the house itself. It is a huge drawingroom known in the days when the Countess Cassini presided over social affairs in the residence as the yellow room
 Miss Root had no bridesmaids. Sev- eral Of Lieutenant Grants classmates and other army officer friends were present at the wedding, and his eous- 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 :, 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 it completely for housekeeping. Lieutenant Grant was ordered short time ago from Wash 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 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 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 nephew of Mrs. Potter Pal mer of Chicago, his mother being Miss Louise iionore, sister of Mrs. Palmer He is a brother of Princess Cantacu- gene 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