Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-27
Chr FREEMAN
The White House Wedding.

executive mansion.
The ceremony was performed by Rev
Dr. Tiffanv and according to the Methodist
Episcopal church The room was decora-
r.I with plants, flowers and evergreens,
and an arched floral platform was raised
on The east side, upon which the ceremony
t,oz place, and beneath a beautiful floral
hrU There were eight bridesmaids
Misses Barnes, Fish, Drexel, Dent, Porter,
Frrlinghuysen, Sherman and Conkling,-
and but one groomsman-Mr. Fred Grant
that being the English custom. The
bride wore a white satin dress elaborately
trimmed with point lace, and orange bios
SONS adorned her hair. The president,
Fred Grant and Miss Barnes were the only
relatives on the platform during the ccre-
uonv. 4 large number of invited guests
we're present. in all varieties of fashionable
costume The guests were mostly from
outside the city. however, the number from
Washington being limited to 20, and did
NOT run down the grade of official life be
low senators and members, of whom there
were less than 4 dozen invited For this
severe >nubbing. Washington society was
very much inclined to turn up its nose and
uooh-pooh the whole affair. and the we'd
dino hardly created the fashionable fiutter
expected.
The wedding party left Washington
Thursday afternoon, for New York. Sat
ur,lav they sailed from New York for Eng
land in the steamer Baltic. President
Grant and family accompanied them down
the harbor. taking leave of them'at Sandy
Hook.
The home of the Presidents has known
many funerals and a few births. but last
Thursday witnessed only the third wedding
ever held within its walls. OF fetes
IL.
receptions. levees dances, balls, but only
rlret times have the words been uttered
within it which united two lives for veal
ur Woe Three young girls, daughters of
Presidents living in the White House, have
there made their nuptial vows. The first
WAS the daughter of President Monroe.
Maria Monroe, who, when she was only
ventecn years old. married her cousin,
Mr.. Gouverneur of New York. This was
I'M March. 1920. She was married in
the Green room, which adiOins the east
room. During the incumbency of Presi-
dent TYLER (about the year lS43) his dau%h-
ter Lizzie. Il young girl of eighteen. was
married to Mr. Waller OfNirginia, in the
blucr room ut the White House. The eldest
,nof Mr.. and Mrs Waller married during
tine war the sister of Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
President TYLER himself took bride to the
White House in June 1913 His wedding
took place mt Ascension Church in New
York. and his bride was the beautiful Miss
Julia Gardner. of New York. On their
return to Washington, the President and
his bride gave a grand evening reception
to their friends. and the bride was led to
the >uppcr-room by John G. Calhoun, So
thirty years have passed since nuptial
festivities were held i'll the White House,
until Thursday. when its rooms were filled
with the perfume of flowers, and (the
daylight carefully excluded) numberless
.a- iets reelected in many mirrors made
brilliant the scene in the east room, where
u bridal party were grouped. The bride is
scarcely older than the Presidents daugh-
tcrs Who preceded her as brides in
the executive mansion She will not be
nineteen until the coming 4th of July.
\ special to the Graphic says the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Grant have given their
daughter Il troUsseau a queen might envy.
The number. variety and elegance of the
articles which compose it could scarcely be
surpassed | think the number of dresses
fully equals those ofwhich Queen Elizabeth
is ,lid to have died possessed. There can
scarcely be less than 100. There are three
blue silks of different shades for evening
wear One Of these is trimmed with row,
If wide Valenciennes lace, headed by
bands of @0ld-colored embroidery. There
are three yellow silks, one of which has
blue silk mingled with its trimmings, and
+, u3rnshed with the handsOmest blond
luce. -Four rose-colored silks of different
Shades are very elaborately made and
trimmed. and Il lavender silk is trimmed
with itself and white lace. Another even
iu9 dress is of white silk with the black
lace hounccS which were ordered in BruS
sells with the white lace which trims the
wedding dress. \ second white silk has
bouquets brocaded upon it which seem a;
if YOU could raise them in your hand, st
perfectly are they wrought. \ black tullt
dress is embroidered in colors, as is also
white tulle All the silk dresses have tw,
waists one dccoILctc the other high. Their
arc seven black silks, some trimmed will
lace. some embroidered, and others mike
with colors Then there are street suits o
the neutral tints of silk and the clotl
c3iorS. \ dark peacock blue is especially
cle@ant Bat the most tempting of tn
treasures are the white dresses for mOrnin:
wear of fine French muslin with number
loss rutllss and puffs and exquisite lace, Il
h. worn over colored silks. 1t seems as
there were dozens of these. All the silk
for house wear have boots to match. Al
those for outdoor wear have hats to cor
respond white silk parasol covered
with white lace, has handles of ivory, eX
vji~itely carved in India. There are thre
India ~hawls, Il handsome sacque of blacl
brussels lace. and other wraps of ever
kind. The lingerie fairly rivals the QUITE
Garments There are dozens and dozen
of these articles fiuted, pulled, tucked, EN-
broidcred and trimmed, with costly lac
and all the fabrics of the very finest de
~-rip,iOu. In their elaborate style, theI
would suffice to daZe any laundress who's
brain was not very evenly balanced. Th
travelling dress for the steamer is nav
blue, English water-p proof, Il skirt an
redin@otc simply made. The hat is O
dark blue felt with a wing on it.
Among the many beautiful and costl
objects which have been presented to Mis-
Nellie Grant on the occasion of her wed
"iH- are: \ superb set of laces, the glt
oi her father; Il beautiful dressing case
tHt articles mounted in ivory with tn
'rIdr mono gram on each, the gift of he
mother; a solid silver service, which com
PII>e> large >oup-tureen, tea-set com
pete and tfc-G-tetc set, finished in antiqu
chasing. the whole enclosed in Il blacl
walnut case, lined with Nile-green satin
Il complete dinner service of table fork
'id spoons. Jelly and ice cream spoons, etc
WIN large and handsome bowl for center
piece, Japanese in design. and enclosed i
rosewood case, lined with red satin;
large solitaire diamond set as a finger rims
uie stone very white AMI p1re; large sil
Yer bowl in handsome case; handsom
ifut dish in the japanese style, wit
spoons to match; a Venetian mirror, wit
monogram at the top, and antique franc
WIN WAX candles painted with wreath
OF flowers; silver tete-a-tetc set; silve
epergne; travelling clock of elegant work
manship; case containing three elegar
pieces of silver; case containing handsom
silver articles; another and similar case