The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-11-28

wish OF the secretary of state and hig
family, too, for that matter, was to
have the wedding company as small
as possible, and the ceremony Married
by attending simplicity.
OF the grooms family there we're
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. a cousin of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and so, although
rather indirectly, 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 1t 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 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 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. 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 cous
in, Potter Palmer, Jr., of Chicago, was
his best man.
After the wedding Lieutenant Grant
and his bride left for short honey
moon trip. They will go to Clinton
N. Y, to be present, December Z, al
the wedding of the brides brother ant
Miss Stryker From there Lieutenant
Grant will take his bride directly t.
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 intereste'
herself in furnishing 1t completely TO
housekeeping. Lieutenant Grant wa
ordered short time ago from Wash
ington to Boston to carry on his en-
gineering duties under the direction
of Major Edward Burr, who ha
charge of the river and harbor wor
along the Massachusetts coast.
Miss Root made her debut in Ne'
York several seasons ago and ha
twice been a cabinet girl, althoug
she was extremely young when he
father was secretary of war in Pres
dent McKinley's second ADMINISTERS
ton. She is gifted linguist, an a.
complished musician, and Is devote
. to outdoor sports She is an expel
horsewoman, and her smart trap
!. familiar to all the uptown sections {
: Washington.
Lieut.. Grant has served as milital
). aid at the white house during tt
/ last two seasons, acting with Cap
:. Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., and Lieut.. Phil
q Sheridan.
He is a nephew Of Mrs. Potter Pa
n mer of Chicago, his mother being Mi
n Louise Honore, sister of Mrs. Paine
ua 10 q brother of Princess Cantac
N zene of Russia, who was Miss Jul
;, Dent Grant, and the only child of Il
Grant family born in the white hous
9 Lieut.. Grants early education WI
q obtained in Europe while his faith
was minister to Austria-Hungary al