National Republican., 1878-06-20
A WHITE.HOUSE WEDDING.
Marriage Of General Hastings and
Miss PIatt.
Hyneneai Torches In the Celebrated Biuc
Parlor-A quiet and Unostentatious Ger
en,ony-Eiaboratc Floral Display
Description OF the Brides Toll
lette-Other Weddings at
the Executive Mansion.

last evening the corridors and drawing.
rooms Of the Executive Mansion were sur.
rendered to Hymen and the Marine Band, and
business ofan entirely different nature from
that usually transacted within It's white walls
occupied the hour 1t was the marriage Of
Miss Emily Platt, niece of President Hayes,
and General Russell Hastings The ceremony
was performed at seven o'clock. in the Blue
Parlor. About fifty guests were present, in.
Guiding the Cabinet officers and their families,
aud immediate and intimate friends Of the
contracting parties.
There was quitea large attendance on the out
side, but the ushers admitted none excep
invited guests, the others were obliged to con.
tent themselves with occasional glimpses OF
the brilliantly.lighted rooms and bustlng ush.
ers through the windows aud doors. The Ma.
rinc Band was posted during the ceremony in
the East Room and filed the air with music
THE WEDDING
was quiet and unostCntatiOus aud no different
from other weddings in families in private life,
with the exception that the floral decorations
were perhaps a little more profusc, elegant,
and costly than is usual.
In the Blue Room, which Is oval In shane,
great taste was displayed in the arrangement
Of the flowers. At the end Of the room oppo-
site tue entrance from the corridor a grand
marriage bell of flowers was suspended, flank ed
on each side with the monogram initials Of the
bride and groom worked in white flowers
The Red and Green Parlors where the guests
were received, were also clsboratcly decorated
The ceremony was performed under the
marriage bell, by Bishop Jaeger, Of the South
crn Episcopal Diocese Of Ohio. Mrs. Hayes
,hn 10, n.
gave away the bride, aud the rite was very
simple, there being no bridesmaids or grooms-
men.
After the marriage was solemnized q short
and informal reception was held in the par.
lOrS, and the guests were ushered to the sup.
per.room, where q feast OF good things was
spread. The chief ornaments OF the table were
monstrous brides and grooms cakes, which
stood like towers at either end of the board.
At nine o'clock General Hastings and his bride
were driven away to the depot and took the
0:2j train for New York. They will take au
extended trip through New England before
going to Illinois, General Hastings home.
THE BRIDES TOILETTE
was pronounced by the ladies to be one of the
daintiest and most elegant that ever was seen,
and 1t matched her neat figure and handsome
face to perfection. 1t WIS of white brocadcd
silk, made Ia Princess style, en- train skirt,
finished plain, with houncc ten inches deep
and edged with orange blossoms. The front
was plain, with two ruilles at the bottom, fan
trimming, cOrsage cut square, with illusion
pulling and Oran2e.blOOms A long illusion
veil extended from the head to the train;
shorter veil WIS worn over the face, and
wreath of orange blossoms garlanded the
brOws and extended back to the shoulders.
Her travelling costume was Of dark green silk
and camel's hair. large number of pres.
AM atN..r ni,.,I L,.th h. 81.
THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
Mss Emily Patt, the bride, very pretty
brunette, is native Of Columbus, Ohio, and
daughter of the Presidents only sister She
accompanied the President and Mrs. Hayes
from Columbus to Washington, and has since
remained at tho Executive Mansion.
General Hastings, tho groom, was born in
Greenfield, Mass, but cmigrated with his
parents to Willoughby, Ohio, while snail
boy. During the war he served under Presi.
dent Hayes, and Is now engaged as banker
at Rockford, Ill.
MARRIAGES AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
The marriage last evening was the seventh
which has been celebrated at the Executive
Mansion. The first marriage was that of Miss
Todd, n relative Of Mrs Madison, and Con-
gresham John q. Jackson, of Virginia which
occurred in 1911. In lS20 President MonrOe's
daughter, Martha, WAS married to Mr.. Gouve-
ncur, of New York. In ls26 John Quincy
Adams son, John, married his cousin, Miss
HELEN, and during President Jackson's ad-
ministration the daughter of Major Lewis es-
poused NJ. PaSeot, of Martinique. President
Tylcr's daughter was married in the Execu-
tive Mansion to Mr.. Waller, of Virginia, aud
the last, and perhaps most celebrated wedding
which has ever occurred there was that of
Miss Nellie Grant and Mr.. Sartoris, in 1874
President Tyler, after his marriage in New
York, held his wedding reception in the East
Room, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes there cele.
bratcd their silver wedding last December.