Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-21
Answers Il Do" with Emphasis
Heard Through Congregation.
)UGH RIDERS SPECIAL GUESTS
Army Companions of the Colonel
Occupy Seats in Gallery,
CROWD GATHERS ABOUT CHURCH
Bridal Couple Guarded by same
Policeman Who Protected Dis
tinEuIshed EN-I'resldent
Upon Arrival Home.

NEW YORK. June 20,-Theodorc Roose-
Welt jr and Miss Eleanor Butler Alex
ander were married at o'clock this after
noon in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church. Bride and bridegroom knelt on
white satin cushions FOR their responses.
The brides voice was inaudibe, but young
Roosevelt said: Il do" with an emphasis
that brought many smiles among the
quests.
Long before the hour, set for the wedding
the neghborhood of the church was packed
with crowds of the curious special de-
tail of 100 policemen held them at a dis
tance, to prevent their lingering the tex
ture of the dresses Of the guests. over
the shoulders of the officers peeped mill.
iners and dressmakers, not books in hands
Miss Roosevelt was escorted to the church
by the same mounted officer, an old caval-
ryman Of Spanish war days. who rode at
the elbo wof Theodore Roosevelt last Sat
urday in the land parade from the Bat
terry to Central park, and, when she came
out 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
forty-two rough riders in fun uniform.
Colonel Roosevelt decided this morning that
it would never do to leave his old comrades
out in the cold at his eldest sons wedding.
Accordingly, he sen out hurry call at the
eleventh hour to as many were still In
town or 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,
waved back again with boyish freedom
More beautiful floral decorations than
those of the church today are not remem-
bered at which any of the brilliant wedd-
ings to which sophisticated city has be-
come used. The bride walked to the altar
down a lane walled with white roses and
lilies of the valley. Each pew was out
lined with roses on background OF
feathery ferns. Pink Rambler roses also
hid the organ. The pupit was catpeted in
roses. The pillars were wreAthed in roses.
Roses framed the windows
| Colonel Roosevelt sat with his wife and
| their children, Quentin and Archie. Be-
hind them sat Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Long
! worth. Mrs. Longworth wore a white
chiffon gown trimmed with black and pale
yellow, with "a big black and yellow hat
and profusion of jewelry.
The bride wore a high-necked gown of
soft white satin and tulle ichly trimmed
with duchess lace, which Lad been worn
| by the brides mother and grandmother at
their weddings, Her train was three yards
long and her ven fell to ner waist
The brides mother, MIS- Henry Addison
Alexander, gave her away Mrs. Alexander
wore a pale yellow chiffon gown. with a
Louis XIV train OF blue and gold brocade
and large hat trimmed with a single very
large ostrich plume.
Popular Interest In Father.
The promised attendance of the groom s
distinguished father, who was welcomed
home from abroad. stirred New York on
Saturday, stimulated popular interest in
the function, SO that there was every prom
ise 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 decorated
with pink and white blossoms, roses, lilies
of the valley and peonies predominating
and everything was in readiness for the
ceremony to be performed by Rev. DR.
Il, Henry NJ. Sanders a great-uncle OF the
bride. assisted by Rev. Gordon Russell OF
Crawford N. ].
The arrangements included provision for
a musical program, while the guests were
assembling, and provided for the bride
: being given away in marriage by heI
mother Mrs. Henry Addison Alexander.
Mrs. FahnestOck MatrOn of Honor.
The brides matron OF honor was Mrs
Snowden Fahnestock, whose wedding took
place on June /, with Miss Alexander as
| bridesmaid, while the bridesmaids OF
today were the Misses Harriet and Janetts
Alexander, cousins OF the bride, Miss Jean
w. Delano and Miss Jessie Mlllingtor
Drake of Paris.
Kermit Roosevelt was his brothers bes
, man and the ushers were John w. Cutlci
of Brookline, Mass a classmate at Har
5 ward of the bridegroom; Elliott Cutler. his
Z brother, Fulton Cutting, Grafton Chapman
q f. Morgan Gilbert Francis Roche. Georg,
n Emlen Roosevelt. Monroe Douglas Rob
q inson and Hamilton Fish, jr.
: The ceremony was followed by a re
II ceptlon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. c
b. Alexander, the brides uncle and aunt
The engagement of Theodore Roosevelt
ir.. and Miss Alexander was announces
last February. The groom is % years o
age and his bride q.
OYSTER BAY, June 20.-Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt went to New York late las
night on the dispatch boat Dolphin wit
J Secretary of the Navy Meyer, 10 atten
, the marriage today OF Theodore Roosevelt
jr., TO Miss Eleanor Alexander. The othe
members Of the family and a number o
friends left for New York at Sis o'clock