The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-20
Will Be Married at 4 O'clock
This Afternoon.
KERMIT is BEST MAN.
The Honeymoon Will Be Spent
in California.
The Bridal Gifts Are Both Num-
erous and Valuable.

New York June 20-Weather typi-
cal of the month of brides and roses
attended the wedding day Of Miss Ele-
amor Butler Alexander and Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., whose nuptials at the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church to-
day promised to furnish one of the
most notable society events of the sea-
son.
The promised attendance of the
bridegroom's distinguished father.
whose welcome, home from abroad
stirred New York on Saturday, stim-
ulated popular interest in the func-
ton so that there was every promise
of record throngs in the vicinity of the
church edifice long before 4 O'Clock,
the hour set for the ceremony.
The church was beautifully decorat-
| ed with pink and white blossoms,
roses, lilies of the valley and peon1es
predominating, and everything was IN
readiness for the ceremony. to be per-
| fomed by Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. Sanders.
| a great uncle of the bride. assisted by
Rev. Gordon Russell of Crawford, n. j.
The matron of honor is Mrs. Snow
den Fahnstock. whose wedding took
place on June 1. with Miss Alexander
as bridesmaid. while the bridesmaids
of today are the Misses Harriet and
Janetta Alexander. cousins OF the
bride, Miss Jean w. Delano and MISS
j
| Kermit Roosevelt is his brothers
best man and the ushers are John w
Cutler of Brookline. Mass. class
mate at Harvard of the bridegroom
Elliott Cutler. his brother; Fuiton
Cutting Grafton Chapman, f. Morgan
Gilbert, Francis Roche, George Emlen
Roosevelt, Monroe Douglas Robinson
and Hamilton Fish. ir.
| The ceremony will be followed by a
reception at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
~ ID hri6n'g uncle
aunt After the reception the young
couple will go on their honeymoon to
ECalifornia and will spend some time
there The bridal gifts were numer-
Gus and valuable.
| The engagement of Theodore Roose-
welt IT, and Miss Alexander was an
nounced last February. The bride
groom is % years old and MS Drlde Il.
+ The Musical Program.
There will be an elaborate musical
program before and during the cere-
rnony, rendered by Nathan FranjNo's s
orchestra. 1t will include selections
from ''Lohengrin,' Tannhauser-
land "Walkure,' Wagner and numbers
by Dvorak, Charpentier, Massenet.
Tschaikowski and Saint-Saens. There
will be platform built to accommo-
date the musicians directly back OF the
pulpit and the men will be concealed
bv the flowers and palms used in the
decorations. The orchestra will play
the wedding music from "Lohengrin,
as the bride enters. Mendelssohn's 8
march will be the recessional.
The bride will be given away by her
mother and will wear a gown of white
| duchesse satin made in empire fashion
i with a drapery of silk malines- The
six bridesmaids frocks of exquisite
white chiffon over silk are tight fitting,
with painted panels down the front.
decorated with pink and light blue
. wild flowers.
The chiffon drapery corresponds to
the drapery on the brides gown, with
the exception that it is caught at the
side with bows of pale blue ribbon
from beneath which peep forth three
rows of shirred Valenciennes lace.
French hats trimmed with touches of
light blue and pink, correspond with
their dainty little frocks. The bouquets
will harmonic with their attire.
Goes Down for the Wedding.
oyster Bay, n. Y, June 2o.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt went to New York
late last night on the dispatch boat
Dolphin with Secretary of the Navy
Meyer to attend the marriage today
, of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., to Miss
Eleanor Alexander. The other mem
!. bers of the family and number of
friends left for New York at S:15
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