The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-20
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AMBER WEDDING
Son of Ex-President Princi-
pal in Society Event
in New York.

4NCW 1Oih, june AV.-TSW WSu-
dings in recent years attracted so
much general interest throughout
the city as the wedding this after
noon at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, corner Fifth Avenue and
55th street, by which Miss Eleanor
Butler Alexander, only daughter of
Mrs. Henry Addison Alexander, of
AZ West Forty-seventh street, Man
haitian, became the bride of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr, the eldest son
of ex-President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
1t was not a grand society event in
the ordinary sense and there was
no lavish display as could be seen
at the Gould and Vanderbilt we'd
dings, but it did not have to depend
upon gorgeous decorations and 9TH
er frills to attract attention. The
mere presence of the former Presi-
dent of the United States at the
ceremony was sufficient to make the
wedding an event of more than or
binary interest and to attract thou
sands of curious people to the vicin-
ity of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church.
The church was handsomely, but
not extravagantly decorated and all
appointments were rather simple but
dignified. The bride, radiant in her
beautiful white satin gown with
trimmings of old lace, was assisted
by her matron of honor, Mrs. Snow
den Andrew Fahnestock, an intimate
friend of the bride and herself a
bride of only a few weeks. The
bridesmaids, five in number, were
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, second daugh-
ter of ex-President Roosevelt; the
Misses Harriet and Janette Alexan-
der, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
B. Alexander and cousins of the
bride; Miss Jean w. Delano, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Delano, Jr., ana Miss Jessie Milling
|ton-Drake of Paris. Kermit Roose-
welt, brother of the groom, was best
man.
The ushers, most of whom were
classmates of Mr.. Roosevelt at Har-
ward, were Francis Roche, John w.
Cutler, Hamilton Fish, Jr., E. Nor
gan Gilbert, Fulton Cutting, Elliot
Cutler, Grafton Chapman, George
Roosevelt and Munroe Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt. Of the three lat
ter the first two are first cousins of
the bridegroom, and Kermit, his
brother, who accompanied ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt on his hunting trip
to Africa.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. DR.. Henry M. Sanders, a
great uncle of the bride, assisted by
DR.. Gordon Russell of Crawford, N.
j. The church was well filled dur
ing the wedding ceremony, but by
no means overcrowded, as only
members of the two interested fam
lilies, their relatives and friends had
been invited to the church, except
ing a number of persons who had
been part of the Roosevelt establish
ment at the White House, when the
father of the bridegroom had been
President Several of the former
negro servants of the Roosevelt
household were interested specta-
tors at the ceremony. Ex-President
Roosevelt cordially shook hands
with them at the church door after
the ceremony. The wedding was
followed by a reception at the house
of Mrs. C. B. Alexander on West
Fifty-eighth street, which was at
tended by many hundreds Of guests,
among them men and women of note
and social distinction.
The bride, who made her social
debut only two years ago, is the
granddaughter of Mrs. Henry M.
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