The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
RIDERS
SEE Colonel
SON MARRIED
After Honeymoon Bride and
Bridegroom Will Come to
San Francisco to Live
President Taft and Mrs. Russell
Sage Are Among 600 Who
Gave Presents

NEW YORK, June 2O.-Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and Miss Eleanor Butler
Alexander were married at o'clock
this afternoon in the Fifth avenue
Presbyterian church. Bride and BRIDE
groom knelt on white satin cushions
for their responses. The brides voice
was inaudible, but young Roosevelt
said 81 do!'' with an emphasis that
brought many smiles among the
guests.
Long before the hour set for the
wedding the neighborhood of the
church was packed A special detail of
100 policemen held the curious at
distance to prevent their lingering the
texture of the dresses of guests. Over
the shoulders of the officers peeped
milliners and dressmakers, notebooks
in hand.
Miss Alexander was escorted to the
church by the same mounted officer, an
old cavalryman of Spanish war days,
who rode at the elbow of Theodore
Roosevelt last Saturday in the land
park, and when she came out as Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr he saw her
safely to the reception given after the
ceremony at the home of Mrs B. Alex
ander, an aunt of the bride.
Rough Riders Present
Conspicuous among the guests were
~ Rough Riders in full uniform.
Colonel Roosevelt decided this morn
ing that it would never do to leave his
old comrades out in the cold at his
eldest sons marriage. Accordingly he
sent out hurried call at the eleventh
hour to as many as could be found.
The troopers sat in the gallery. When
the colonel had taken his place with
dignity he turned to look for them,
| and when they waved at him he waved
back again with bsyis5s freedom.
More beautiful floral decorations
than those of the church today are not
remembered at any of the brilliant
weddings to which a sophisticated city
has grown accustomed. The bride
walked to the altar, down lane walled
ley. Each pew was outlined with
roses on a background of feathery
ferns.
Pink rambler roses also hid the pull
pit. The organ was covered with roses.
Roses framed the windows.
Profusion of Jewels
Colonel Roosevelt sat with his wife
and their children, Quentin and Archie.
Behind them sat Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth. Mrs. Longworth wore a
and pale yellow, with a big black and
yellow hat and profusion of jeweIry.
The bride wore high necked gown
of soft white satin and tulle. richly
trimmed with duchess lace which had
been worn by the brides mother and
grandmother at their weddings. Her
train was three yards long and her
veil fell to her waist.
The brides mother, Mrs Henry Ad-
Olson Alexander, gave her away. Mrs
Alexander wore a pale yellow chiffon
gown with Louis XIV train of blue and
gold brocade and a large hat trimmed
with single large ostrich plume
The smatron of honor was Mrs Snow
den A. Fahenstock, who was Miss Eliz-
abeth Bertron until a few weeks ago,
when Miss Alexander was maid of hon
or at her wedding. She wore a bodice
of dull pink taffeta and carried for
get-me -nots.
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Roosevelt, the bridegroom's sister; the
Misses Harriet and Janetta Alexander,
cousins of the bride, and Miss Jean
w. Delano and Miss Jessie Millington-
Drake. They wore leghorn hats
trimmed with pink roses. white chiffon
gowns with pointe d'esprit fichus,
caught up with blue ribbons. Bouquets
of pink rambler roses were in their
arms.
Kermit Roosevelt was the best man.
The ushers were George Emlen Roose-
velt and Monroe Douglas Robinson
cousins of the bridegroom, and George
F. B. Roche, Hamilton Fish Jr., Fulton
Cutting, John Cutler, Grafton Chapman.
Eliot Cutler and E. Morgan Gilbert
The ceremony was performed by Rev
DR.. Henry NJ. Sanders, great uncle of
the bride.
Hour of Music
While the guests assembled there
was an hour of music by an orchestra
of SO pieces, all the selections for which
were chosen by the bride, herself an
r;..1,os1 ,,,,1c;cfor,
Among the guests were: Mrs. Russell
Sage, Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Alexander.
John Burroughs, the naturalist; Rear
Admiral and Mrs Cowles (Mrs. CowIes
is sister of Colonel Roosevelt), Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Alsop. DR.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Hartwell, Mrs. Jennie Crocker of San
Francisco, Dr. Samuel Alexander, Mr..
and Mrs. Archibald S. Alexander, Mr..
and Mrs. S. r. Bertron, Mr.. and Mrs