The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-11
Engagement of Theodore,
Jr., to Miss Alexander
Is Announced.
ENDS A COURTSHIP
OF LONG STANDING
News Comes As Surprise Even
to Their Close
Friends.

Theodore Roosevelt. IT.. eldest son Of
the former President Of the United
States, has won the hand Of Miss
Eleanor Butler Alexander. daughter Of
Mrs Henry Addison Alexander. Of No.
- West FOrty-seventh street. New York
Their betrothaI was announced last
night by the mother Of the bride-to-be-
The wedding, which is 10 be cele-
brated on an elaborate scale. viii be
deferred until the arrival in America Of
The bridegrOOm's father next June
4 cable message was sent 20 the for
mer President IN Africa and parental
blessings were speeded back With the
blessing came the injunction under no
circumstance TO have the Wedding be
lore the huntsmen returned
The announcement came as a surprise
10 even the close friends Of the con
rractinE parties, for recently young Mr.
Roosevelt has been attending strictly to
business, and so DE has had small on
portunity for those social excursions IN
which he might meet the young lady
eddy Junior, as his friends call
him. IS slightly more than twenty-five
years OF age Since ne was graduated
from Harvard in 1905, taking the four
years course IN three and graduating
with high standing he has been at
work In the factories Of the Hartford
Carpet Company at TOmUSouVillc- Conn .
just outside the State capital He has
been thorough and diliSent in his work
and his trips TO New York have been
rev and far between
Knew Her As Child
IN spite OF the handicap that this alb
sence put upon him, ne has been sue
cessfuI in his romance He has known
Miss Alexander from boyhood- Both are
members OF the inner set In New York
society, although young Roosevelt has
followed in his fathers footsteps in
showing no overwhelming love Tor a
mere butterfly existence lie improved
Ills vacations Of the last two summers
in prosecuting Els suit His quest was
no easy one. for since her debut m Eril
Miss Alexander has been one OF the
most popular girls iu the younger set
She IS tWeuty-Oue years OLD. very
good looking and with quite "a talent ~
an amateur actress and fancy dance
She was presented TO society at "a large
party at the Colony Club I'm Boston al
which some OF her future husband S
cousins assisted her To receive
Mrs Alexander was born Grace Green
she married Henry Addison Aie8au0eT
in ISIS She divorced him iu 1893. Dut
two years later became reC1uciICd and
married him the second time She lived
with him then until 1911 When they
parted N Ale2-iildg- tyeh GP MS resi-
deuce IN France ard in 1876 his vie dl-
VoTCed him again Later Alexander,
who IS a member OF the old New York
family Of that name and is a Princeton
and Columbia graduate and was for
merry attached 10 the United States
diplomatic service. married the widow
Of hInsiey AaEouu, a New YORK bank
ct She was a daughter OF Gen Joseph
Terrence Of Chicago
Divorced and Wed
a little more than year ago she Ief
AIexander, with whom she had beer
living at HyCres, in the south Of France
and after divorciH= him, married W
Graham Elakeston, Of London, who had
been frequently a house guest Of hel
husband and herself
Friends OF the young people say that
they are ideally happy Young ROosc
welt has knocked or work for q few
days 10 be near his fancee and 10 re-
ceive the congratulations that are fol
lowing the announcement.
TEDDY Junior has always been
Eteady-EOinE sort or chap, rather OIdeI
than his years He has led much The
same life Of any young American, 1ht
son Of a family Ia well-tO-dO circtm
stances Upon finishing MS CgiIeCi
course he went at once 10 work fol
his father has neither the money mol
the inclination 20 maintain him in idle
ness
Is Hard Worker
And ne has worked hard and earnest
~. When he first went down 10 Thomp
souviIlc he put on overalls and 5gmDer
and worked at the machines just al
in the factory offices. and his irduStr-
has gained him the approval and con
fdeuCe OF his bosses
Physically yong Roosevelt IS a TO
vised edition OF lis father He weighs
ABOUT $50 pounds. and is about feet
inches in height He was always fail
athlete at school and college Fl.
PLAYED on the GrOtOD School football
team. and on his freshman team at col
IeEe He did his duty with the scrub.
and tried for right end on the varsity
but his lack Of weight and speed KEEP
him from gaining the coveted H H
has a lot of nerve and grit. and wa
among the most popular men IN hi
class He was a member Of the eXCiu
sfve Porcelain Clue at Harvard, AM
also was a 'Dickey." as the member
OF the Delta. Kappa Epsilon fraternity
AZ Harvard are called.
Young Roosevelt IS the second one o
the former Presidents children TO b
married. his eldest daughter. Alice. hav
Ing married Nicholas LOugworth at tn
white House She was the daughter o
Mr.. ROoSevelt's first wife. Teddy. it,,
IS the oldest son Of the present Mrs
Roosevelt. who IS also the mother o
Archie and Quentin