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The ceremony?one of the most im pressive ever performed in the Execu tive Mansion?was according to the lit urgy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which the bride is a mem ber. It waa solemnized by the Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Bishop of Washington and was attended by all the solemn state of a grand official function and by the devotional beauty of a Cathedral service. No ceremony of a similar kind ever was witnessed by a more distinguished assemblage. There were present as guests not only the most eminent re presentatives of the American Govern ment, but the personal missioners of the Kings and potentates of the Pow ers of the civilized world, constituting an assemblage not only one of the largest, but the most distinguished that ever was gathered at one time in the White House. While the bride herself and the Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt had desired that the ceremony of the marriage should be as quiet and simple as possi ble, it was found impracticable to limit the function, as was intended at first, to the immediate relative of the bride and bridegroom. It became necessary to include among the guests invited certain official classes and personal friends of Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth, and in all, the people bid den to the ceremony numbered a thou sand. The ceremony took place in the East room, made famous by a century of brilliant functions, but no event in its history ever was so bril'-' f and beau tiful an that of to-c" te classic splendor of the great ">ent was j enhanced by exquisite and artistic de corations and the brilliant sunlight of a gorgeous day lent added beauty to the setting of the wedding. It had been intended to light the magnificent East room with the hun dreds of softly shaded electric lamps of the great chandeliers, but while artifi cial lights were utilized throughout the remainder of the White House, it was determined to flood the marriage scene with sunlight. It was a beautiful conceit, founded upon the pretty proverb, "Happy is the bride the sun shines on." No love lier day in winter ever dawned. The air was balmy almost as spring. No more auspicious day for a wedding could have been imagined. At four minutes after 12 o'clock Mrs. Roosevelt, on the arm of her eldest son, Theodore, Jr., descended the main staircase, and entered the East room by the west doors. She was preceded by Major Charles McCawley and other military aides, and was escorted to a point at the left of the platform, where the wedding ceremony was to take place. The mother and sisters of the bridegroom and other designated mem bers of the family already had assumed their places at the right of the plat form. That a way might be kept clear for the approach to the extemporized altar of the wedding party twisted white satin ropes were stretched from each side of the main entrance to the East room to points on the east wall of the apartment on the north and south sides of the floral bower. Mrs. Roosevelt was followed by her son Kermit and her daughter Ethel and her sons, Archie and Quentin, in cou ples. The children stood with their mother on the north side of the altar platform. Following her almost immediately came the bridegroom, the Hon. Nicho las Longworth, accompanied by his best man, Mr. Thomas Nelson Perkins, one of the members of the corporations of Harvard College and a classmate at college of Mr. Longworth, entered the East room under the escort of the mil itary aides. The groom and his best man took their places at the foot of the embowered platform to await the coming of the bride. Already, Bishop Satterlee had taken his place on the platform, attired in the purple and ivory robes of bis clerical office. Scarcely had the bridegroom entered the East room when the doors of the State dining room, at the west entrance of the main corridor, were thing open and the bridal procession started for the extemporized altar. The President and Miss Roosevelt had descended from the upper apartments of the While House by the elevator. They had passed into the private dining room and thence into the State dining room. They were joined by the ushers. Quincy A. Shaw, of Boston; Frederic Winthrop, of New York; Francis R, Bangs, of Boston; Guy Norman, of Boston; B. A. Wal lingford,of Cincinnati; Larz Anderson, of Washington; Vice comte Charles de Chambrun, of the French embassy, and Theodore Roosevelt, .Jr., Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Shaw led the bridal procession. Following the ushers came President Roosevelt and the bride of Mr. Longworth, her hand resting lightly within the right arm of her fa ther. As the procession moved through the main corridor into the Bast room the Marine Hand orchestra rendered effectively the grand march from Wag ner's Tannhausor." Miss Roosevelt never appeared to better advantage. Perfectly self-pos sessed and thoroughly appreciative <>f the situation, she graciously recognized and bowed to personal friends who lined the way to the altar. Her wedding gown was an exquisite creation. It was of heavy white brocaded satin, point lace chiffon, filmy tulle and silver bro cade. The material from which the gown was created was manufactured expressly for Miss Roosevelt. The de sign, intricate and delicate in its de tails, was destroyed as soon as the ne cessary amount of the material for the dress \-. as completed. The gown had a particularly long court train of elegant silver brocade. The bodice was made high without a collar, was trimmed with beautiful old point lace, the sleeves being finished at the elbow with the same filmy material. Long white gloves barely met the sleeves. A vol uminous tulle veil practically completely enveloped the graceful figure of the charming bride. In her hair it was caught and held in place by clusters of Orange blossoms. Her dainty slippers, in perfect harmony with her gown, were fastened with silver brocade and tulle bows, caught with orange '.lowers in I stead of buckle.;. The bride wore no jewels except the magnificent diamond necklace, which was the gift of the groom. She carried a lovely shower bouquet of the rarest and daintiest white orchids, which the groom was able to procure. The fragile blossoms were arranged in a cascade effect, fall ing over right arm nearly to the foot of her gown. The bouquet was tied with chiffon satin ribbon in longbows. As the ushers reached the platform they separated and the President and the bride passed through the two lines. Mr. Longworth stepped forward and received Miss Roosevelt from the arm of the President, and together the bride and bridegroom ascended the two Bteps of the platform, Miss Ethel Roosevelt relieved the bride of her bou quet and held it throughout the cere mony. THE BRIDAL CEREMONY. As Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Long worth faced Bishop Satterlee a hush fell over the assemblage. Every one of the thousand present wished to catch each syllable of the ceremony which was to follow. In distinct and resonant voice the Bishop began the beautiful ' marriage service of the Episcopal , Church. The responses of both the bride and bridegroom were audible dis tinctly throughout the great apart ment. Particularly clear were those of j the bride, whose voice was as natural and distinct as in ordinary conversa tion. While her face was a shade paler than usual, her self-possession was perfect and she went through the cere mony without a symptom of nervous ness. When the venerable Bishop Satterlee asked the question prescribed in the Ritual: "Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?" President Roose velt ascended the platform and bowed to the distinguished prelate. Taking then his daughter's hand he placed it in that of the bridegroom. Having performed this function, the President resumed his place to the right of Mrs. Roosevelt. The best man, Mr. Perk ins, then produced from a pocket of his waistcost the gold circlet with which the couple was wedded and handed iL to Mr. Longworth. When ho had placed it on the fourth linger of his bride's left hand the Bishop pro nounced that there were "man and wife." THE WEDDING GIFTS. It is extremely doubtful whether any bride who was not a princess of royal blood was ever SO overwhelmed with wedding presents as Mrs. Long worth. For weeks wedding gifts of every description have been (lowing into the White House, until the library w;i.; actually filled with the gifts. They came from every part of the United States, from every corner of the world and varied in value from a few dollars to a king's ransom. I)It. CLilToiTm^ Dentist OFFICE IN SIMMONS BUILDING Phono: Office No. .SO; Residence Ji:>. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. win pcsot'to in all St?;tc Courts, Prompt attention giw ? to all b isIno?s. H?re Goods For Same Honey. RED IRON RACKET! Same Goods For Less Money. | |p 1 Cheapest House on Earth. Three Stores: Laurens, Greenwood and Spartanburg. I Buy your Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Notions and Racket Goods from RED IRON RACKET during 1906 and you will save 15 to 35 per cent, on every dollar you spend at Red Iron Racket, the Red Hot Store. Wishing you all a happy and prosperous 1906. RED IRON RACKET.