River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-11-28

wish of the secretary of state and hi9
family, too, for that matter, was to
have the wedding company as 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,
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 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
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, 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
ordered a short time ago from Wash
ington to 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 New
York several seasons ago and has
twice been cabinet girl, although
she was extremely young when her
father was secretary of war in Presi-
dent McKinley's second administra-
ton. 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 nephew of Mrs. Potter Pal
mer of Chicago, his mother being Miss
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 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