The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. first lady of t tons famous society vortex, in which. { 1 grimage to the shrine of politics with her future spouse. s,es $. e5,., 4 ]
 And the wedding! Washington will never quite forget thatts
 Tho president wished to make it a quiet affair but that couldn't be done. Close relatives and important officials were the basis of the invitation list but it stretched and grew until 1t was a thousand names long.
 Royalty Sends Gifts
 Social America was. on tip-toe, hoping for an invitation The has beens tried resuscitation and the neverwasers resorted to novel, tricks to break in. Many people quite unknown to the Rooseyelts sent, expensive presents and then brazenly asked for invitations. Their gifts were promptly returned. Strange, how some people seem to spend their lives courting snubs, never content with. where they are. could tell you few who have :. but that must wait till get started on breaking into society and the best methods to use. Some jimmy the lock and others creep in on the dumbwaiter.
 But to return to the presents. Ex- aggerated stories of the value of the gifts and jewels being sshowered upon the bride-elect grew out of the Presi- dents reluctance to have the list pub. lished. Fed by imagination, they. grew slarmingly This brought crowd of appeals. Some asked that Alice should give from her plehtitude to various worthy causes. Others made personal requests for silver teapot or . few spoons, where there had been duplica- l tion. They had caught the souvenir habit. A few anonymous epistles were sent with a hint of future peril should she retain this abundance which had been thrust into her hands.
 Nearly all the foreign royalty laid | gifts at her feet. We were So excited waiting to see what would come next The Spanish King sent antique jewelry, Austria a diamond and pearl pendant forget what the King of England sent but the jewelled bracelet from the Kaiser, think, Alice afterwards gave I to the Red Cross during the war. know the French gift was Gobelin tapestry and the Italian King sent nosiac from Florence. So did Pope Plus X. The Taft party, having watched the romance grow and flourish, gave her a necklace of diamonds and aquamarifies. Embroideries and silk came from China and Japan and l think Nick Longworth gave his bride diamond necklace.
 Congress Takes A Day Off
 They were married on Saturday and Congress adjourned without a~ow. ing reason, so to avoid establishing a precedent. Not that the marriage of 8 presidents daughter and congress. man happens often. But you never know. .>s -2a I remember Nellie Grant (Nirs. Al gernon Sartoris) was there. She had been married in the White House thir. ty-twO years before. Alice's was the tenth marriage. f f In spite of all those jewels, Alice Longworth doesn't care a fig for per. sonal ornaments. Jewelry makes no appeal to her. When earrings were not fashionable she always wore them Since the demand for earrings ina the 1 ten cent stores has so definitely in. dicated the trend of fashion, she has ceased to dress. her ears. A long platinum chain, studded with diamonds is one of her favorite ornaments and from this she suspends a gold turtle as big as door stop. It is rather in. congruous but somehow it has a per. sonal appeal to her and that out. weighs all fashioA.
 A few years after the marriage of Alice had western woman stayine with me. She was tremendously elated one day when we received an invitation to dinner at which Alice was to be present. She had never seen any oi the ROOsevelts and all her interest seemed to center in the Iongworth pair
 There were five women at that party whose jewels were worth the proverbial kings ransom.
 We talked to Mrs. Marshall Field who was clustered with pearls as big as hens eggs. Mrs. Ned Mclean wore her diamond tiara, and the famous Hope diamond, which is, of course the largest in the world. Besides Mrs Mclean sat Mrs. Townsend, one of the cave dwellers, who has seen the rise and fall of many administrations and was in all the glory of her far. famed bauble. While. Mrs. Joe Letter was all a-glitter. ,z-
 In the midst of this bejewelled group sat Alice Longworti, and she didn't wear q single ornament.
 1 Not A Diamond On Her!"
 When we got home and sat talking over the events, of the evening, and discussing the clothes-you know how women do when they brush their hair the western woman saidi r. I "So that was Alice Roosevelt, and not diamond on her v There was tinge of disappointment in her voice for believe she had expected , her to look like the Queen of Sheba, after having read the list of wedding presents.
 Alice has always been a person oi few intimate friends and Sunday e c ming supper at the Long worth home is an exclusive affair-exclusive in so fai as you must be of that intimate circle
 Come and have supper; Nick feel. like ulayino tnni~i.kls