The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-08-30


score 10 being the 1uckiest OF numbers in the
Wilson family.
II IS interesting to consider the fact that three
of the round dozen of White House brides !nelud-
ing the first one Lucy Payne, and the last one,
Alice Roosevelt. married congressman Also that
two Della Lewis and Nellie Grant. became the
wives OF foreigners. Only president Mr.
Cleveland married in the White House, al
though another. Mr.. Tyler. took to himself
spouse during hts term OF office.
In earlier days White House weddings were
always celebrated in the circular room the state
depart ment oval in shape which is now called
the blue But of late years Washington
society has expanded to such extent. numer-
icaHy speaking. that, with perhaps 1000 guests
20 BE- invited the east room is none too large for
the ging Of so important spectacle as mar
riaee in the White House.
At the wedding OF Alice Roosevelt, which oc-
CURED Feb H. 1906 the east room was almost
uneomfortably crowded.
The bridal pair wed a raised platform
before an extemporized altar. The ceremony was
performed by the Rt. Rev. Henry Y Satterlee
bishop OF Washington. and breakfast for sixty
persons was served in the state dining room,
buffet lunch for the other guests being furnished
In the green room.
Nick Longworth. at that time member OF con
gress from Cincinnati. is exceedingly popular He
do amusing things with the piano, is first
class baseball player and has other accomplish
ments. At the date of his marriage he was
nearly forty. Though not rich. he will eventually
inherit a considerable fortune from his mother
His wife has spent most of her time since her
marriage in Washington. where she is a leader
of the young married womens set. She has no
children.
There was a gap of nearly twenty years be-
tween the Roosevelt wedding and that Of Frances
Folsom. who married in the White House
June . 1856. to President Cleveland. She
only twenty years old at the time and was the
daughter OF Mr. Cleyeand's former law partner.
On this occasion the ceremony was semiprivate
and the blue plenty big enough for the
bridal party and small number of invited
guests.
When her husband died. five years ago, Mrs.
Cleveland was left very well off. In addition.
congress voted her the customary $4,000 year
as the pension OF presidents widow. few
months ago she married to Thomas ].
Preston.
When Rutherford B. Hayes was colonel OF the
Third Ohio Volunteers the Northumberland of
the regiment Russell Hastings. Whence it
about that Colonel Hastings, in later years.
made the acquaintance of Emily Platt, niece of
President Hayes. Miss Plat member OF
the White House family through the Hayes ad-
ministration, being regarded almost daugh-
ter When she became engaged to Colonel Hast
fngs IL was arranged that she should be married
In the White House and the ceremony was per-
formed there on June 10. 1875 at o'clock in the
evening. 1t was wholly family affair.
Four years earlier took place the wedding of
Nellie. Grant. the third daughter of president to
be married in the White House. On this occasion
the spectacle was staged In the east room, then
used for the purpose for the first time. The date
was May 81 1874, and the bridegroom Alger-
Charles Frederick Sartors an Englishman.
Ellen Wrensha Grant a handsome girl
Of eighteen. with brown hair and eyes. rosy
cheeks and plump figure. Sartoris, who was the
of member Of parliament and was said to
have an income of 100000 year, met her for the
first time on a steamer coming back from Europe
The wooing was rapid. but General Grant disap-
proved Of the match and did not give his consent
for more than a year.
There plenty of people living today who