Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-06
GETS AUTHORITY TO MARRY
License is Issued to Young Roosevelt
and Miss Alexander.
NUMBER REGARDED A LUCKY ONE
wedding Does Not occur for some
Dsys, put the Groom wants
.SucsO Be Ready when
RspN Called.

NEW YORK, June 5.-tspecial telegram
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., and his fiancee,
Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander yesterday
secured marriage license to wed and to-
night Mr.. Roosevelt gave a bachelor din
ner for twenty of his cronies at Delmon-
ico's 1t was a gay affair and young
Roosevelt was toasted and acclaimed and
! congratulated on all sides. lie said he
was the happlest young man in the United
States.
While the marriage will not take place
until June 20, practically all the arrange
ments have already been made for 1t.
Mr.. Roosevelt said this afternoon he
didn't care a rap for the publicity which
attended his private affairs, although he
was trying to spare the feelings Of Miss
Alexander. who did not like 1t.
I'm getting used to seeing the Roosevelt
name in the newspapers, said the son of
| Colonel Roosevelt with a smile.
Speaking seriously, the young man de-
clared he believed 1t the duty of every
man to marry, no matter whether his
father had urged such a course or not.
l. Il think about those things about the
same way that father does" said Theo-
dore, jr.
Every young man ought to marry. II
viii make him more stable and a better
citizen The responsibilities of citizenship
and those that attend the state of being q
husband and perhaps a father, ought to
go hand in hand. OF course l do not be-
| lieve in indiscriminate marriage like the
old fashioned ideals the best
| Il know just what fathers counsel will
be after he arrives home. In his letters to
me he has congratulated me and told me
he believed had chosen a wise course in
life. He knows Miss Alexander and knows
she is q mighty fine girl. My mother knows
her. too.
II know 1 shall be the most contentet
husband alive. Why, 1 am just so happ!
row don't know what to do,"--and her,
the scion of the house Of Roosevelt cas-
about for fitting simile to show just how
joyous he really is. Continuing. he salt
that while he is only % years old he di;
Eot believe for minute that p years Il
too young for marriage.
"A chap of % is aged several year
by the responsibilities Of being husband,
he added, II don't mean that he loses an!
Of the joys of life in this aging process
for the views of married men are NOR
tolerant and sane than those of bachelor
The bachelor is not to be condemned s.
much as he is to be pitied. He is getting
only half of the happiness in life.
II used to think / would lead a happy
careful life absolutely devoid of tn
responsibilities of domesticity, but that
when 1 was younger than l am now"
Young Mr. Roosevelt wore a natty gre
sack suit when he visited the marrias
! license bureau this afternoon and toye
with rattan cane, He was accompanie
by Miss Alexander. Chief Scully of tn
marriage bureau knew of their coming Il
advance, and had everything ready 70
them.
Fred A. Collins, private secretary t
Collector. Loeb of. the port. of ..NeW, Yor
) acted as the guide of the couple.
. I'm afraid could never have dodge
the reporters alone" said Mr. Roosevelt a
Mr. Collins led him through the portals @
the bureau.
Mr.. Roosevelt described himself a
''single aged %, a resident of oyster Bay
and manufacturer" According to tn
license he is the son of Theodore Roosevelt
ard Edith Carew Roosevelt
Miss Alexander was smartly alfred Sh
wrote her name and gave her address al
AZ West Forty-seventh street She is on
, Iyear younger than Mr. Roosevelt. TIL
y number of the license is 1927, which
I among policy players, is known as 9Th
b happy gig" 1t is supposed to be a yer
I lucky set of numbers