Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-05
The White House Wedding.
THE sARTORIs FAMILY.

When Miss Nellie Grant returned from
visit to Europe with the family Of ex-Seere-
tary Borie, in the fall of 1872, says Perley
to the Boston Journal, it was soon whis-
pered about that she had mortgaged her
affections. and it was next known that the
happy man was Briton, but a younger
son. and therefore ineligible. They had
met on board the steamer Scotia, and on
their arrival az New York she came here
with her parents who had gone on to meet
her. while he went to Wisconsin to enter
life as an engineer, Last Christmas time
the story was revived. The name of the
vounr man was Algeruon Sartoris. He
had zone back tn England on account of
the death of his elder and only brother. and
he had thereby come into the possession of
| an income of some five and twenty thousand
dollars. \ correspondence had been kent
m between him and Miss Nellie all the
while. and he was coming here a. her atfi-
anced husband. The question then arose,
who is Mr.. Sartoris?
Mr. Sumner, who was thoroughly posted
on English families. solved the problem.
| The Young man was the son OF Edward John
Sartoris. 1.-THE eldest son of Urban Sartorl>,
who had lived many years In Paris) who
took degree at Cambridge, but was
best known in England as the husband of
Adelaide Kemble, the sister of Mrs Butler
The necessities of Charles Kemble, their
father, made Fanny an actress, and Ade-
laide an actress who sang-nOt singer
who acts. Her mother, Viennoise dancer,
had come to London, learned English, and
ther learned to sing ballads exquislteiy,
and so Adelaide, whose voice was neither
pure nor of notable fexibility or powerful
compass, won fame by the accompaniment
of dramatic action.
| Pecuniarily, her father did not meet
with success at the Convent Garden Theatre,
where she appeared three nights in the week,
and Mr.. Sartoris offering her his hand In
marriage she accepted it. bado farewell to
the stage and became Mrs. Sartoris IN ls43.
Since then she has led n very retired lie,
deyoting herself to the education OF her two
sons and daughter, but writing some little
for the press and once making very read
able hook. called "A Week in a French
Country House." Last year her eldest son
was killed accidentally, and her second son,
now heir to the entailed Sartoris estates,
will take her an American daughter-in-law
the President da. ghter.
WHAT WAS WORN.
The ladies. of course, availed themselves of
th,, opportunity to see what was worn, and
far, Indebted to them for the following ac-
aomn, thereof. The bridal dress was white
sot,n with a eomet-like train, trimmed
18th st of point lace made in Brussels, at
a cost of $1,000, and imported expressly
for the occ lsion. 1t was arranged In wavy
bnr;rontaI lines across the front OF the skirt
ns tbe dress and interspersed with delicate
rb;ts flowers. green leaves and miniature
oranges about the size OF acorns In
'front.' the lower portion OF the skirt was
nIa;n Two rows Of the above-described
lace and its adorn merits trimmed the back
Of the skirt. sweep ing to the right and lett
toward the bottom. Beneath this were wide
hoy nlaits. a consid. .,rable distance apart.
The Sleeves were loIg and expanded at
the wrists. The bri 1sl wreath was OF
white flowers and gree leaves OF the most
| delicate kinds, exquisiiely arranged and
reI;eved by orange blos SONS: from this
aoved n rich while tuil,c gossamer vel,
which completely envelop I'd the tar bride,
ond extended nearly to the rich car
nets. She wore high satin shoes, bearing
,Sater stripes from the toes upwards Inc
rsst Of her trousseau is eq ually elegant,
+hou9h mostly made in New York and, m
Led il is ssid that Mrs. Sarto..is takes with
her the finest wedding WARDROBE tnat ever
vent ont of Washington Two items worthy
| of mentioning are . complete -. VI plscH
and another Of white lace. MADE 20 ofuSt IN
Belgium, ard given the bride oy ner iesnef !.
the President. The gin: incieosa Anoss
everything desirable in goid ana A've'