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Cleveland nuptials In the White
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has drawn the searchlig-hU of
wr nf publicity to such a degree aa the
preparations for the marriage of Miss
Alice Lee Roosevelt, daughter of the presi
dent, and Congressman Nicholas Long
worth of Cincinnati. Interest in the wed
ding la nation wide, to some extent inter
national Consequently the press, enter
prising vehicles of publicity, strive to sat
isfy public curiosity by publishing advanoe
details of the ceremony, the bridal trous
seau, the bridal gifts and the honeymoon
tour. Hew much of this is true, how much
Imaginative, Is hard to say. Washington
correspondents admit that great secrecy
la observed at the White House regarding
these matters, and at the same time fur
nlah details about the very matters re
garding which "great secrecy" Is ob
served. The difficulty of maintaining se
crecy about the details of a wedding in
unofficial life is well understood and Is
overcome In some manner. The task is
tenfold greater when the White House and
the president's daughter are the centers of
attraction toward which countless scribes
direct their energies and news-getting
talent
Coat the Bridal TreaMraa.
To show what enterprising news getters
can do when stimulated' by secrecy, the
Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Ocean gives the detailed cost of Miss
Roosevelt's trousseau In these figures:
One wedding gown 1,000
8ix dinner gowns, average tJM llliuo
Two Imported lace gowns LOW
One lace coat sun
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iepuon ana anernoon gowna.
average $10
Four evening wraps at 150
Three street dresses at fljo
One driving coat
One automobile coat
Lingerie, twenty-four three-piece sets,
average $60
Twenty-four embroidered muslin
skirts
Six embroidered muslin and linen
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1,000
50
loo
1.200
600
bouse gowns goo
Six matinee and lounging gowna 600
Four corsets at tao o
Bhoea loo
Gloves luo
Hosiery 200
Farasols feu
Handkerchiefs , ? K)
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250
JV bix reception and afternoon dress hats
Three driving hats
9)Two evening dress hats
lx rough and ready hats for out-
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Total $11,400
Bridal Gws aad Thlaas.
Supplementing these figures, the New
York Times correspondent gives what i
claimed to be first-hand information about
the style and material of the bridal trous
M.U. The writer savs:
"First, as to the wedding dress, concern
ing which many romantic stories have been
woven. Not a particle of Oriental ma
terial enters into lis composition. ill
Roosevelt has bctn greatly auiused at Uie
guessing to which it has given riae and
laughed when a friend begged lier to clear
UD the mystery.
"Concerning the famous court train of
brocade, the fauts are understood to be:
It was desired to preserve some of the ma-
.terlal of the wedding gown of MifcS Roose
velt, as daughter of the piesldtui of the
United Stales, for an heinoum. Thereioie
Miss Roosevelt puithubed a (juaniity of
plain white ducheeu satin, and ims was
turned over to a Sua mhi i.i IVlerson, N. J.,
with instructions tu embroider upon, It the
main features of tlu lanu.y coal-ol-aruui.
"The dress is of ll.e -u.:f uaciiess uuu,
and the style la lae fuSLloiiaoie pi ilices.
The bodice is siiniiy ui j.. i-d uud uiaclo.'S
a pretty yoke of puint ue Venise luce,
V-shaied back and lrotil. The lace was
furnished by Miss Kousevelt. Tun sleeves
are of satin, very i.ui t also tur.micd
with lace. The court train, wmch Is of tne
legulalion length four aids is attached
to the shoulders.
"The going -a way dress is of almond col
ored clotti. with a jvkt of laoe criiaiuculcd
with motifs of pasaementei ie of the st-.ae
hue as the dress. The hubll, close nttir.g.
with luge pleats, rests upon a front of
Irish point lace, tutn tpeoa on a vest
trimmed with emoroideied - saloon and
pompadour. The satrt la beil-sl.aped, with
a high corselet. The bottom is encrusted
with Irish laoe.
"A dinner dress of white linon elaborately
covered with embnidery of white silk is
a novel and beautiful feature of the trous
seau. It la short, disclosing the ankles,
and decollete, with a suple pel vance trans
parency, the bodice simulating a bolero.
There are three flounces of Valenciennes
on the skirt and tiny fluuuies of the same
laoe form the sleeves. A ot in ture of wide
horiensia ribbon completes the costume.
"There is a vtsiticg costume ao telcning
that the very few fenJnine friends of the
bride-to-be who have been favored with a
peep at it describe It ecstatically as a
'dream' or an 'event.' This Is a Dlrectoire
dress of fuchsia colored clotti of a vague
princess affect, the chief beauty of which
lies la !U line. There la an arranarement
of lit tie cajwa ana rvvara at pruna velvet
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embroidered in silver. The effect of the
entire dress Is heightened by the Indis
pensable cravatte, which is of cream col
ored chiffon trimmed with point de Venise.
"Miss Roosevelt has a deshabille of
lemon-tinted mervellleux and chiffon en
tirely covered with entredeux of Valen
ciennes, and decollete, V-shaped, - front and
back. Over it reposes a cloak of superb
Alencon, held on each shoulder by a but
terfly of real pearls a wedding gift. The
sleeves are short and very full and are
trimmed with the same entredeux of vel
enclcnnes Interlaced with bows of pom
padour ribbon, which Impart the prettiest
effect.
"Another tea gown Is of pink mervellleux
and pompadour liberty gause, flecked with
silver ribbons on the skirt. A high cein
ture, corselet style, rises to meet a gulmpe
of malines so fine as to be almost lmper-
ceptlble, and descends to a point at the
waist. The sleeves are of gause, very
short, and trimmed with wee silver roses.
An ample Wateau cloak of lace embroid
ered with larger silver flowers is held at
the waist by an oriental belt of gold
studded with emeralds and rubies.
Ball Dresses.
There are three ball dresses. One, a
toilette of pink chiffon and mousseline de
oie, is lncrusted with medallions of pink
ilk and point applique hand-painted with
pompadour motifs and encircled with an
entredeux of valencjennea. With" it goes
a celnture of sky-blue silk.
"In direct contrast Is a princess gown of
black tulle entirely spangled with gold
paillettes and inset with garlands t roses
of malines lace, also spangled with gold.
The skirt is trimmed with a flounce of
malines lace on a transparency of sunburst
pleated golden gauze. The sleeves and
loops at the breast are of black chiffon
velvet embroidered In gold.
"The third dress, also princess style. Is
of blue tulle embroidered with paillettes
and large motifs of silver. It rests upon
a foureau of silver cloth that has a large
llsh point embellished with silver motifs,
ruche at the hem. The sleeves are of Eng-
"Mlss Roosevelt's predilection . for the
blouse is well known, some of her most
popular portraits showing her attired in
Hybridizing Fruit Methods and Results
FEEL honored to be Invited to
speak before such an eminent
body of men from all parts of this
and other countries. With so
many noted men to speak In a
limited time I can only give a few facts
from my experience and not attempt to elu
cidate them. Upon your program I am as
signed to speak on methods and results of
hybridizing fruits. It is not of my choice.
We do not regard hybridizing as necessarily
the best method of getting good frutts from
breeding. We made a great many hybrids
with stone fruits, apples and a few ears.
From the little prairie sand-cherry polli
nated with wild goose and the product pol
linated with Quackenboss we have the Vic
tor sand cherry plum, one and three-quarter
Inches in diameter, considerably larger
than a sliver dollar, a valuable fruit. A
dozen years ego we pollinated the Miner
with the Canada Blue Grass (Quackenboos).
We got a plum we named Red Glass and
have grown it largely for years. A few
)eais ago we inbred Blue Glass to Quacken
boss and we have Red Glass Junior. The
tree looks like an Americana. It is un
usually thrifty, with extremely large green
leaves. This is surely one of the b-st hardy
plums for the northwest In existence.
To produce a free stone plum from the
Wild Goose we usd the combined pollen of
Trag'dy prune and Wolf plum on Wild
Cooee. The seedling and fruit shows all Its
parents. The fruit Is a free stone, with the
pulp sunt and fine, as the little French
prune to eat.
With the combined poller of Jonathan and
Next her crab on Ben Davis we have a
hanly crab-like tree, fruit size and quality
of Jonathan, and so beautiful that the
fruit has always ren taken by the birds or
people before maturity.
Only FpFflnrs of Besslkss Asl.
lAft August we took some scions with
fruit buds and bark-grafted them near the
house. H was no use. Soon there was but
one specimen of Benathan apple In exist
ence, and that is photographed here with
the danger sign over! ead and the string
running from apple to shotgun.
Our native and the Japanese plums cross
as easily as corn, and probably, along with
the Indian and Chinaman, have had a com
mn origin. We have fruited more than
1.000 aexllsiurs of apple and Pyrus Baccara
crab. Much of this work was for the pur
pose of testing the value of stocks upoa
which to grow applea We have crossed the
little Baccata apple, which is not as large
as a cherry, with most of the well known
apples and obtained some la the second
cross as large as the Wealthy. Bom of
these crossed with high-flavored apples give
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this easy and becoming gu-ment, which
came into world-wide favor under the name
of the Garibaldi at the time when the
Italian patriot was leading his red-slflrled
regiments against the Austrians. For many
years the garibaldis were worn in every
country, and in one form or another have
been more or less in fashion among young
girls, especially those who engage in out
door exercise. Miss Roosevelt wears them
with an air that is ail her own, and a
number of them have been Included in her
wedding outfit.
"One is of marvellleux of a peculiar
hydrangea hue, neither blue nor mauve
nor pink, but of an exceedingly pale soft
tone. In its folds are cascades of tiny
ruffled Valenciennes lace, a bridal gift, it is
understood, from a member of the family.
"Another blouse is of white Liberty s4tin,
trimmed with wide, perpendicular bunds of
Alencon lace, that extend over the shoul
der, and with a prairie, green point d'esprit
tulle. The very full sleeves, daintily caught
up at the elbows, are trimmed with little
pleats of the tulle.
"One other is of green gage taffeta sln
xolln, forming a bolero that arches 6n a
belt of the same color. A wealth of tiny
tucks and a foam of lace constitute the
ornamentation."
Wedding; Presents.
Miss Roosevelt probably will receive a
greater number and more varied selection
of wedding presents, before, on and alter
the day of her marriage than any other
bride' in the history of the country, if nut
of the world. Presents have becun to come
In from all parts of the country. The more
expensive gilts, of course, will be timed so
that they reach the White House on the
day of the weudlng. Estimates have been
made by friends of the young people In
clined to be statistical as to the aggregate
value of Miss Roosevelt's presents. Some
persons predict that they will amount to
xi.000.bu0 in round numbers, while others are
more conservative and place the figure at
half that sum. All are agreed, however,
that Miss Roosevelt will receive enough
material to set her up In housekeeping
and last her for the remainder of her life.
What to do with these presents after the
small crabs of great beauty and quality.
One of these Is a sweet one a little larger
than a silver dollar. We call this Economy
crab because It Is always, fair and free
from worms, is cooked whole for sweet
pickle, canning or preserving. It is as firm
as the Golden Russet pear and as good as a
pear. Every family would need ten or
fifteen bushels put up for winter and the
trees can be planted by the fence-side In
entire neglect and grow them by wagon
loads for even pigs or cattle.
Greatest Power la Breeding.
The greatest power in breeding is mind
over mind the mind of the older and
stronger over the weaker and undeveloped.
With all flowers, fruits, animals or human
beings, mind rules the existence from before
birth tl!! after death. To create we must
be educated in our mind to know what we
want before we can expect success In call
ing upon nature's laws In breeding.
The human being should be bred so as to
attain the haplst, most useful and high
est spiritual existence possible, under the
reliable, divine environment and man's er
roneous Judgments.
The individual has many wants to be sup
plied as he Journeys through , life, more
varied than he can attend to himself. He
needs the assistance of others, therefore he
should be educated In the proficient produc
tion of something that will supply the
wants of others In return for what he re
ceives. Animals, fruits and flowers need
tbe same education. To successfully edu
cate in breeding new beings we must under
stand their mnln mental characteristics.
These are the same In all living; things, but
in the plants and less emotional orders our
human mind is not often intelligent enough
to penetrate and perceive the beautiful in
dividuality of some of our apparently Inert
friends.
Justice prevails In human beintrs and the
divine power approves of it by allowing the
most Just people to rule. Now, if our horses
did net have a sense of Justice the same as
man we could not ride behind them In
safety. They know well enough the power
rf their heels and that we are behind them.
In the trees and flowers we educate a sense
of Justice and they give us beauty and
nourishment In place of poison.
Eve Plants Cemaslt Crtma.
So closely virtue and vice blend that It is
hard to know where-one leaves off and the
other begins. All life has a tug-of-war
across the line. Even plants commit crimes
and are Immoral. We have the prototype
of the depraved woman In the Wild Goose
plum, which cohabits freely with every
fruit that has a pit and brings forth lis
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wedding will be the serious problem for
the bride to face. Their number and their
value are so great and many of them are
of such unsual size and shape that It is
doubtful if the bride will have a room
in any modern house for them, unless she
wishes to turn it Into a sort of museum of
wedding gifts. For as the presents con
tinue to come In it seems that, like the
superb pitcher presented by Mr. Stillman,
the givers have .not been content with ob
jects which they found in stock, even
when they were making purchases from
firms of national reputu , but have had
their presents made from special designs,
so that these gifts form what the connois
seurs call a "collection."
Peaches from Soatb Afriea-
Nestllng in the finest of tissue excelsior,
peeping forth like the first violets In
spring, with the blush of the purple South
African . sunshine in their ruddy cheeks,
some of thhe most delicate peaches in the
world lay in a New York wholesale fruit
house, receiving the homage of the com
mission dealers. .
This particular box of peaches came all
the way from the Meerlust Fruit farm, In
Groot Drakensteln, Cape Colony, to grace
the wedding breakfast table of Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt-Longworth.
These peaches might be called grand
children of California. Some years ago
efforts were made to transplant California
peaches to South Africa, and Cecil Rhodes,
building an empire in South Africa, found
time to take an interest in the venture.
The shoots were set out on his farm and
have done wonderfully well. Because of
the tact that winter as we know it is un
known there, a new and wonderful flavor
attaches to this fruit. In California
peaches ripen from June to September, but
In South Africa they ripen ull the year
round, and at no time so deliciously as
when the snow is piled on northern New
York and New England hills.
Bridegroom's Brat Man.
Mr. Longworth's best man will be
Thomas Nelson Perkins of Boston, Mass.
Mr. Perkins was a claxsmate of Mr. Long
worth at Harvard. He is a son of Mr. Ed
board of paupers, that, being nearly all
mule trees, give no return for their exist
ence, and thore are some plants that even
commit murder and then devour their vic
tims. One is the Sundew, a Welsh plant,
and the other is the Venus Fly-trap, found
on the east coast of North America.
Except for the purpose of proving an ex
periment we never emasculate and hand
pollinate the blossom. It Is an outrage upon
nature's sensitiveness and will not provide
fruits of as fine quality as by other and
better methods. We bring congenial sorts
in close communion by bark grafting them
together under stimulating conditions that
will cause Improved size, productiveness.
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ward C. Perkins of Boston, formerly of
Cincinnati. The father of the best man
was a clnssmate at Harvard of the late
Judge Nicholas Longworth, father of the
groom-to-be. The ushers are to be: Quincy
A. Shaw of Boston, Frederick Winthrop of
New York, Francis R. Bangs of Boston,
Guy Norman of Boston, B. A. Walllngford
.of Cincinnati. Larz Anderson of Washing
ton, D. C; Vlcomte Charles de Chambrun
and Theodose Roosevelt, Jr.
The Ohloan, It is understood, will give
scnrfplns to his friends, in which hearts.
Joined or pierced, will figure. In double sig
nificance of the wedding and the nearness
of St. Valentine's day. Pearl and tur
quoise rings and wee brooches of the same
stones are thought tu have been chosen
by Miss Roosevelt for her chums.
It Is likely the bridal pageant will de
scend the private stairway between the
state dining room and the breakfast room
and will march 120 feet along the fine cor
ridor to the East room. In the lobby the
Marine band will play the "Lohengrin"
march. - The processional is to he sung by
a full choir, as well as other sacred selec
tions. In the course of the ceremony. "Be
Thou Faithful Unto Leath," from the
"Elijah," and "My Beloved Cometh," from
the Song of Solomon, are on the program.
It Is intended that President Roosevelt
will escort his daughter the floral altar
under festoons of white ribbon held up by
the ushers at the entrance to the East
room. Bishop Satterlee and the Rev. Cot
ton Smith, with Representative Longworth
and Mr. Wallinjford,' will await the bride
at the altar. About 1.200 persons probably
will witness the cerpmony.
Thousands more will crowd into the East
room when the luckier throng gives place.
Noon Is the hour for the wedding and
from 1 to J -a buffet breakfast will be
served.
Honeymoon Trip.
After the wedding breakfast the going
away. Where to? How many rumors there
have been floating about the Washington air
In regard to the place where Mr. and Mrs.
Longworth are to spend their honeymoon!
Every quarter of the globe seems to have
been selected by one person or another for
beauty and quality. ,
We cannot mention many of the fruits ws
have produced. We were raised where the
Talman grew In perfection and we have re
produced the Talman that will bear in east
ern Nebraska. We wished for the Seckle
pear and we have it on a healthy, hardy
tree, free from blight and productive. We
have wished for the hardiest types of
peaches that would reproduce themselves
from seed so that we could grow them with
a kind of Intelligent neglect by the fence
rowa. We have them, the small white and
the large type of red and yellow. We have
had them in such abundance that people
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the first happy weeks of the newly mar
ried couple. Some have said they would
go west to the president's happy hunting
grounds, thus giving a true Rooseveltlan
touch to the affair. Others have had It
they would travel north and cross the bor
der Into Canada. Some have mentioned
this, that or the other camp lodge In the
Adlrondacks. Tes, there have even been
some who, thinking this country not large
enough for the honeymoon of a Roosevelt,
have thrown out mysterious hints that the
couple would not return to Washington
until they bad been in India!
But Mr. Longworth has been ordering
straw hats Instead of helmets. Straw hats
point to the south, and southward the cou
ple will take their flight after 860 persons,
and who knows how many thousands more
gathered about the White House gates, will
have thrown rice and old shoes after them.
Gotasr Array Car.
The Pullman car Republic has been
placed at the disposal of the couple by
the Pennsylvania Railroad company. It
contains all the comforts of home, from
the dainty bedroom with Its bed, as dis
tinguished from berth, to the kitchen and
pantry;' everything except a bath.
The car abounds In snug nooks and cor
ners, the color scheme being Miss Alice's
favorite red and green. The wood is
Dutch oak and highly polished mahogany.
First, there is the observation room at
the rear, looking upon a platform as large
as the average porch and guarded by brass
ralllnirs. A wide armed sofa faces the
platform.
When the material needs of the hour
send the bridal couple to the dining table
the bride will sit at the head of a table
which will accommodate six. Another sofa
Is Just behind, where her husband's chair
will be; at her right hand a dainty little
china closet of Dutch oak, containing the
silver which will do service during the
honeymoon. In the left hand corner is a
Dutch oak writing desk.
Adjoining the parlor and observation
apartment are two bedrooms, each con
taining a large brass bedstead. Both are
heavily carpeted in green and hung In
green, the wood being highly polished ma
Obtained
have come for them with baskets, buggies,
carriages, wagons and automobiles.
Some New Fruit Productions.
By desiring It and breeding for It out of
more than 1,000 seedlings we have a hardy
apricot, which Is large and very beautiful.
It is of better quality than the California
apricots are when they reach this market.
It has survived where other hardy sorts but
the woody Russian have gone down. In
1S01 it bore such a marvelously beautiful
crop; in 1906 It met with 21 degrees below
sero in the winter and 11 degrees below
freezing after blooming, yet last season it
bore apricots.
In the growing of apples we must have
all the vigor we can get, which means a
hardy root and healthy top and plenty of
pollen to keep the fruit from dropping be
fore maturity. The nursery should grow
the sorts more suitable for a given locality
In large quantities cheaper. The plantar
can, without trouble, insert the sorts he
preiers. "
Hew Met hod of Graf Una.
For ages topworklng has been done by
tying In a bud or by a spilt limb and wedge
graft. That kind of grafting will blight and
kill the tree. It Is too tedious and expen
sive to be practiced. Now we have a new
and simple manner of grafting that is
worth millions to horticulture. More than
fifty years ago I did topgraftlng and have
been familiar with the most advanced
methods of propagatingever since, and yet,
with all these years of thought. It is only
recently that we have evolved the principle
In such simple perfection that It seems in
capable of further Improvement.
In this method we like scions three or
four inches long, of the sort we wish to In
crease, getting them from the new growth
as soon as the terminal buds have formed.
In June we slope these scions with a sip
ping cut and run tbem beneath the bark of
the tree we wish to improve. By the aid of
two cuts lees than an Inch long, the first
cut Is made on a line with the growth of
the tree, the second parallel with the first,
one-fourth of sn inch, away and three
fourths of an Inch lower down. Across the
top of the upper cut .the knife Is drawn,
raising the bark, behind which the scion Is
pushed between the two cuts, a piece of
bark tying it In. It Is necessary that the
tree that la grafted should be In an active
state of growth, with plenty of descending
sap, which spreads over the cut surface of
the scion. Healing and growth begin In
stantly. No tjlng or waxing is used. If
one chooses to be careful 100 growing scions
can be bad from 100 scions set.
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hogany. A dwarf bureau with a mirror Is
in one corner. The pressure of a button
In the wall produces a wash stand
nlckle. at which hot and cold water may
be had.
Between these two rooms are the tete-a-tete
sections, doneln green and mahogany.
They are convertible Into state rooms with
an upper and lower berth each. In one
of the sections two seats face one another,
with a window between. The whole ot the
other section Is occupied by a semi-circular
divan.
The "observation room and tne parlor are
equipped with tiny reading lamps, electric
bulbs, which fit into the wall when not In
use. ,
Should the newly made wife desire to
boss the cook, she has but .to walk Into
the forward corner beyond the parlor.
Crowded into this space are a pantry and a
cook's galley, each about three by ten
feet. The white capped chef has Just
about room enough to turn around In
amidst his pots and cans.
Former Walte Hoase Weddings.
Although there have been only four Whits
House weddings. In' the last 'fifty years,
there is no topic more Interesting to the
dally visitors to this historic mansion.
Tourists, especially women, are delighted
when they can hear "Pop" Pendle, the
venerable usher, who Is 82 years old and
who has been on duty at the White House
for more than forty years, relate the de
tails of Nellie Grant's wedding. They are
shown the exact position of the bridal
party, and most of the women regard it
as a special privilege to be permitted to
sit on the divan which marks the spot in
the east room where Miss Grant' stood
during the ceremony.
Much Interest still is manifest In Mr.
Pendle's narration of the Incidents attend
ing the marriage of President Cleveland to
Miss Frances Folsom. This took place In
the blue parlor and was a comparatively
private function. Miss Folsom was the
'daughter of an old friend of President
Cleveland and many years younger than
he, but the marriage has proved In every
respect to be a happy one. The officiating
clergyman was Rev. Byron Sunderland,
whom President Cleveland had known dur
ing his early manhood and at whose church
the Cleveland family worshiped while In
Washington. Miss Folsom came to Wash'
lngton and with her mother took apart
ments at one of ths prominent hotels a
day or two prior to the wedding, after
which the couple spent their honeymoon at
Deer Park.
The latest wadding In the White House
was that of a niece of Mrs. McKinley, who
was a daughter of General Hastings and
who married an officer of the United States
army. This ceremony was also performed
In the blue room, in the presence of im
mediate relatives of the young people.
How President Rutherford B. Hayes and
Mrs. Hayes celebrated their silver wedding
In the White House is related by the lata
Benjamin Perley Poore In his Washington
reminiscences In Interesting detail. This
was the first celebration of the k!nd4fiat
had occurred there.
The members of the cabinej: and their
families were the official-personages In
vited to the celebrayaru and with them
were a few old friends from Ohio. A dele
gation of the regiment which Mr. Hayes
commanded, the Twenty-third Ohio Volun
teer, ltjsraffy, brought a beautiful silver
pflVerlng.
The Marine band, precisely at 9 o'clock,
struck up Mendelssohn's "Wedding March,"
and President Hayes, with his wife on his
arm. came down the stairs, followed by
members of the family and the special
guests, two by two. The procession passed
through the inner vestibule Into th east
room, where the president ar.d Mrs. Hiyts
stationed themselves, with their backs to
the flag-draped window. There they re
mained until the invited guests had paid
their congratulations. Mrs. Mitchell, ths
daughter of the president s sister, Mrs.
Piatt, stood beside Mrs Hayes and clasped
her hand, as she did when a child, during
the marriage ceremony twenty-five years
before.
The president and Mrs. Hayes led the
way Into the state dining room, which had
been elaborately decked for the occasion
with cut flowers and plants. The table
was. adorned with pyramids of confection
ery, fancy French dishes and Ices In molds.
The bill of fare Included every detioaey In
the way of edibles, but no beveruce rxeept
coffee. Several guns boomed out a salute
to ths new years at midnight and then ths
company dispersed.
Besides Mr. Cleveland, the only presi
dent to be married during his term of office
was President Tyler, who took as his sec
ond wife Miss Julia Gardner of New York.
but they were not married In the White
House.
Ths first wedding In the White House
was that of Miss Maria Monroe, the young
est daughter of President Monroe, who
was married In March, 139, to Samuel L.
Oouverneur of New Tork. The ceremony
was bald 'la ths famous east room. There
was another early marriage In the east
room, that of Miss Elizabeth Tyler t
William WaUar ot Virginia.
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