Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-06-23
YOUNG TEDDY WEDs|
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. JR, AND
MISS ELEANOR ALEXANDER
MARRIED IN NEW YORK.
CUL MINATl0N OF LOVE MATCH
PRECEDENT Witnesses Ceremony in
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Young Couple Viii Live in San
Francisco.

Francisco.
New York, June 20-Of all the June
weddings Of 1910, the one that has
aroused the most general interest was
that Of Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., and
Miss Eleanor Alexander which was
celebrated In the Fifth Avenue Pres
hyterian church today /
A large number Of prominent people
witnessed the ceremony. but naturally |
the most noticed person In the church,
after the bride and groom, WAS Col
Theodore Roosevelt. father Of the
young man who was entering the state |
Of matrtmony. The date Of the we'd
ding has been set to permit the At |
| tendance Of the former president. and /
| this was one Of his very first social
engagements after his return from
abroad. for he landed IN New York
only two days ago.
| The Bridal Party.
| Mrs. snowden Fahnestock, who Be-
fore her own recent marriage was
Miss Elizabeth Bertron, Was the mar
tron Of hono1 and the bridesmaids
were Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Miss Jss-
sic lfillfnston-Drake, Miss janetta
Alexander, Miss Jean Delano and Miss
| Harriet Alexander.
i Mr. Roosevelt's best man was his
brother Kermit, and his ushsrs, most
Of whom were classmates of Mr.. Roose-
| velt at Harvard. were Francis Roche,
John w. Cutler, Hamilton Fish, Jr-
E. Morgan Gilbert, Fulton Cutting,
Elliot Cutler, Grafton Chapman George
Roosevelt and Monroe Roosevelt
I Rev Henry NJ Sanders, a great
uncle of the bride, onctatsd, assisted
| by Dr.. Gordon Russell OF Crawford,
! N. ].
II After the ceremony the bridal party
/ Was entertained at the home OF the
brides uncle, Charles B. Alexander.
| At least part OF the honeymoon will
: be spent at Sycamore Hill. the coun-
t Try home Of the Roosevelt family At
: Oyster Bay, Long Island Later In the
!, / summer the young couple VIII start
i for San Francisco, where Mr.. Roose
4 yelt is to be In charge Of the inter
T ests of the carpet manufacturing firm
With which he has been associated fol
: some time
The love story Of the young couple
}, has been a qutck-movtng romance
Their engagement was announced ONLY
last winter, and the news was cahles
to Colonel Roosevelt, resulting in th'
{ speedy receipt Of his approval ans
i congratulations. The bride, who L
q the daughter OF Henry Addison
Alexander of New York, Is twenty
< one years old, OF little NOR
{ than medium height, slender, an
e of very attractive appearance, hay
- ing an especially beautiful compile,
. Ion She is as animated as he
famous sister-in-law, Mrs. Alice Rooss
velt Longworth, whose house CUES
- she was for a time just before Mr.!
Il Longworth sailed for England to ioi
= her father.
:, Groom a Business Man.
ID Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, strongly r
sr sembles his father in looks, but Is d
70 cidedly reserved and is generally cree
Id tied with being far less democrat
than certain other members of tt
u family As a boy he rode horsebae
y, and engaged in all the other ourdo<
le pursuits OF the Juvenile Roosevelt ella
n at their home at Oyster Bay and
o. took some part In athletics durlI
ct his preparatory school course at Or
r. ton and his collegiate course at Ha
Re ward, but In the main he has been le:
IS, enthusiastic on the subject of life
to the open tnan his father and broth
re- Kermit He has always been Of
" studious nature and his romance WI
he Miss Alexander Is said to have hz
It's beginnings in the mutual love
% these young people for music For {
1T that Teddy, IT," has eschewed Il
ay sensational in outdoor athletics. he d
1g participate two years ago in a b
zh loon fight from Washington, In whi
to he and the two army officers wi
st were his fellow passengers had soc
r. rather exciting experiences
There was no little surprise on L
co mart of the public when Theodore.
en- upon the completion Of his collie
la course two years ago, chose Blu
OF ness career as his life work, and st
sn more wonder was aroused when
took employment In Connecticut c,
net factory In order to gather no,
edge at first hand Of the practical 81
II a carpet manufactures He started
he lowest round Of the ladder, az
rnskilled workman 1t q small sala1
Of couse - Vas promoted g be m
txsd he. fntxicades Of The bustne
hut he continued 70 nvs quietly b
modest boarding house Many psrDc
vsre skeptdcAl - 70 whether you
Roosevelt would stick 20 % prusatc
existence, but hs b evidently des
q. utued TO win his fortune 81 q