The Washington herald., 1913-11-23
MUCH DISPLAYA AT
PAST Ceremonies
Roosevelt : Longworth Wed
ding Was Most Pretentious !,
at White House.
POWERS SENT PRESENTS
ALI Details in Striking Contrast to the
Marriage Planned to Take
Place Tuesday.
POWERS SENT PRESENTS.


Never was the White House so re-
splendent and never did a wedding there
attract more worldwide attention than
the ceremony by which Alice Roosevelt
became the bride of Representative
Nicholas Longworth. on February II.
1905 The guests numbered loo. the
presents were many and costly. and all
the surroundings were OF a glitterfng
character, much in contrast to the sim
pier doings of the Wilson's.
The East Room, where Miss Wilson'S
altar also stands. was divided into two
compartments for the occasion. One of
these was for members of the Cabinet.
the Diplomatic Corps. the family and in
innate friends; while the other was for
the hundreds OF other guests. The room
was crowded until 1t could scarcely have
held more.
The handsome toilettes. the uniforms
Of the army and navy officers, and the
superb decorations lent regal magnih-
cence to the scene. The floral decora-
tions surpassed anything seen in Wash
ington before. The ceremony took place
in front of one Of the windows, which
was draped in cloth of gold. trimmed
with curtains, the whole ornamented
with ropes Of smilax and Easter roses.
Gown of the Bride.
The bride advanced down an aisle of
two ropes of white ribbon to a raised
platform. She and Mr.. Longworth stood
on priceless Oriental rugs and kneIt on
priedieu upholstered in white cloth
tied with white satin ribbons and filled
out with bride roses and lilies. At the
rear Of the platform a little altar had
been built, just large enough to admit
Bishop Satterlee-
Miss Roosevelt wore a gown of heavy
cream satin. with an enormous court
train Of silver brocade, the yoke and
elbow sleeves of exquisite lace. Her
tulle veil was caught up by a coronet OF
orange blossoms: her bridal bouquet was
beautiful variety of orchids tied with
white chiffon and satin ribbon; she wore
no ornaments except a magnificent
necklace of diamonds. the gift of her
fance, and a diamond brooch, the gift
of her father.
There was a staggering display of we'd
ding gifts. The Kaiser sent a finely
wrought bracelet Of great value: ex-
President LOubet OF France, a Sevres
porcelain tablepieee and Sevres vase:
King Alphonso, of Spain, a rare antique
brooch: the French Republic. a rare
Gobelin tapestry the Dowager Empress
Of China, a dowry chest containing a
carving. embroidery. silks. paintings and
jewelry: the Emperor Of Japan, two
silver vases and valuable Japanese en-
broidery; Pope Plus X, mosaic work. copy
Of a painting in the Vatican; Cuba.
necklace of pearls. worth ZOO: the
King of Italy. a table of mosaic work.
showing scenes from Italian cities.
Grant Wedding Exclusive
The bridal party attending Nellie Grant
on her marriage to the late Algernon
Sartoris, which also took place before
the same East Room window. was even
larger than that chosen by Miss Jessie
Wilson. She had eight bridesmaids.
Less than $50 persons witnessed the
Grant-Sartoris ceremony. II took place
at IL o'clock in the morning, sand was
followed half an hour later by a recep-
ton, attended by nearly 500 guests The
latter. as well as the smaller company
witnessing the ceremony, were representa-
tive of the official world. but with few
exceptions. all were close personal
friends of the bride and her parents
The friends of the Presidents daugh-
ter of that day, who formed Nellie
Grants wedding party, included Miss
Fish and Miss Frelinghuysen, daughters
of Cabinet officers; Miss Porter, daughter
of the Admiral of the Navy; Miss Sher-
man, daughter OF the Commander Cen
eral Of the Army; Miss Conkling. daush-
ter of the New York Senator: Miss
Barnes. daughter Of the Surgeon Cen
eral of the Army; Miss Dent, a cousin
of the bride, and Miss Drexel, of Phila-
delphia.
President and Mrs. Grant, like Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, included the
entire Cabinet circle in the wedding
invitations. but at the Grant-Sartoris
marriage the only diplomat at the cere-
mony was Sir Edward Thornton, then
British Minister, who represented the
nation and the family of the bridegroom.