The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-20
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fRv Union Associated pressl

NEW YORK June 2O-in the First
Avenue Presbyterian church this af-
terion broad.shouldered deep
chested young man Of twenty-five
wearing a cutaway coat, q white waist
coat and steel gray trousers, and a
pretty and typieally American girl OF
twenty-five, her slender figure clad IN
a gown Of " ite satin, fashioned on
simple and girlish lines. stood before
a clergyman and answered to the sat
isfactlon of the clergical gentleman
some questions propounded by him.
Whereupon the minister said, said he,
Il pronounce you man and wife"
Until recently the young man was
Itembloyed as a "hahd" in a Connecti-
cut cut carpet factory and after btlef
honeymoon in the South with his
bride, will go to San Francisco TO take
charge of a branch otfice Of a manu-,
featuring company. The bride, while
charming and pretty, and doubtless the
most remarkable girl in the world In
the eyes Of her young husband, is
neither wealth nor distinguished in
society.
Public interestin the wedding Is due
TO the fact that the bridegroom, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., is the son Of his
father, who, with Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs.
Longworth4 and other members Of the
Roosevelt family, was present at to-
days ceremony The new Mrs. Roose-
welt was Miss Eleanor Butler Alex
auder, the only daughter Of Mrs.
Henry Addison Alexander As the
home of the latter is to small for so
large affair the reception will be held
at the spacious town house Of her
brother, c. B. Alexander, In West Fifty
eighth street. &
While the young couple received
hundreds Of wedding, presents, none
was SO pleasing 10 young TEDDY as
the handsome rug presented by his Eel,
low employees in the Thompsonyille.
Conn, carpet works. After leaving
Harvard young Roosevelt began work
in the mills on October 1, 1908, be-
ginning at the bottom, clad in oYeralls
sorting wool, and working HIS way up
through practically every department
Of the business So rapid was his pro-
gress that the company appointed him
as their district manager for the Pa
cific coast and he will assume his new
duties as soon as the honeymoon is
over.
Young Mrs, Teddy's trosseau was
entirely of American make, The we'd
ding gown was Of white satin Of the
sottest variety-hot the oId.fashloned
kind brides once affected, but more
! like what the French now call satin
souple." The dress was very simple
and depended It's long graceful lines
for much OF It's charm, although some
; wonderful old family point lace which
her mother, Mrs. Henry Addison Alex
ander, treasures highly because Of as.
socIatlons and traditions. adorned 1t.
The lace was used on the bodice aud
sleeves.
Following the fashion Of. English
brides. Miss Alexander wore tulle
veil, which was fastened with the
usual orange blossoms, but nothing stifI
or conventional was attempted with
1.-THE dowers-iust a. few sprays was
| used In tie most artIess md natural
manner
Her attendants we're Mrs, Stlcwden
| A. Fahnestock, who was her n,atsen Of
honor, and Mr., ROoscyelt,s sister Miss
Ethel roosevelt tie Missed Harriet
and Janetta Alexander, the brides
cousins; Miss Ias,is Mi1llrgtoh Drake
snl Miss Jean walters Deialo served
| as l;IdesmaitlS,
MI, Roosevelts best man was Mr.
Evelyn Dn Pont Irving and his sushers
most Of them whom were his class
mates at Harvard were Francis Roche.
", Cutter Hamilton Fish IS a
III. Gilbert Fulton cutAng Elliott