The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18

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Miss Lewis was married to Alphonse
Joseph Yver Pageot, a native Of Mar
Unique, who was secretary Of the
French legation at the time of his mar
riage.
The wedding ceremony was performed
in the blue room and was witnessed
by the personal friends of the two fam
lilies, the members of the official family
and their wives and the foreign diplo-
mats in Washington. 1t was an even
ing affair, and the bride, who was a
beautiful southern girl, was given away
| by the president.
President Jackson was intensely fond
of his wife s relatives, and being a.
| childless widower and having not rel
alive in the world Of his own, gathered
about him many young people, among
whom were several of Mrs. Jackson $,
nieces.
Miss Mary Easten, Tennessee girl,
was one of these nieces, and when she
was married to Lucien B. Polk of Ten
nessee the president arranged to have
| the ceremony take place in the blue
room.
Another White House marriage that
took place during President Jackson's
| administration was that of Miss Emily
| Martin, a niece Of Mrs. Doneison, who
became the bride of Lewis Randolph,
grandson Of Jefferson. At the time
| of his marriage Mr.. Randolph was a
clerk in Washington and studying law,
and was residing with his mother, Mrs.
Martha Jefferson Randolph, who was
the eldest daughter of President Jeffer-
son. r.
g. Miss Tyler's Wedding.
The year succeeding President Ty-
ler's incumbency the eighth wedding to
take place in what was now styled the
executive mansion took place. The
bride was Elizabeth Tyler, and she was
married to William Waller Of Williams
burg, Va, in the blue room OF the exec
utive mansion at Washington, Jan. 81,
1872 Miss Tyler was in her nineteenth
year. The wife Of Robert Tyler, the
president g eldest son, wrote to al alb
sent member Of the family this account
of the wedding: .
t'Lizzie has had quite grand we'd
/ ding, altho the intention was that it
! should be quiet and private. This, un-
l der the circumstances, tho, was found
impossible. The guests consisted of
Mrs. Madison, the members Of the cabi-
/ net with their wives and daughters, the
4 foreign ministers near the government
and some few personal friends outside
the family and their relatives. Lizzie
looked surprisingly lovely in her we'd
ding dress ard long blond lace veil;
her face literally covered with bushes
and dimples. She behaved remarka-
bly, well, too; any quantity of compli-
ments were paid to her. / heard one
of her bridesmaids express to Mr.. Web
ster her surprise. at Lizzie consenting
to give up her belleship, with, all the
delights Of Washington society and the
advantages Of her position, and retire
to quiet Virginia home. All, said
he, Love rules the court, the camp, the
grove; and love is heaven and heaven is
love. 90 <E. 49,. 49, .t=a
| sartoris-erant Bridal =.
,, Wedding bells did not ring in the
White House during the administrations
.. of Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Blu
) chanan, Lincoln and johnson. Ulysses
s. Grant then became chief magistrate
and it was during his term that his
daughter Nellie was "given away" te
Algernon Sartoris. This was in May
:. 1874, and the east room had to be util
: lied, as the list of invited guests wa
! large. E* H.
The bridal party entered the cas-
room thru the corridor, the bridesmaid
> walking in couples. They were Mise
Conkling, Frelinghuysen, Drexel, Por
ter, Fish, Barnes, Dent and Sherman
Rev. DR.. Tiffany led the procession, fol
. lowed by the bridegroom, his best man
L Lieutenant, Colonel Fred Grant. TIL
bridesmaids preceded the bride, VIII
: entered. the room leaning on the arm O
! her father. Mrs. Grant and her tw
. younger sons followed.
: On a raised platform facing the larg
b east window and under bell Of whit
9 flowers the bridal couple stood. TIL
= service was that of the Methodist Epis
P copal church. The brides dress eva
y of ivory white satin, covered with {
a skirt of rose point lace. The skirt ha
I a very long sweeping train lined wit
white silk. The edges of the lace over
dress had fringe Of orange blossom
and lily of the valley sprays. The hig
n corsage was cut square in the neck an
Y filed in with diagonal folds Of tulle
d Point lace, matching the founces i
/ pattern, together with orange Blossoms
$ ornamented the bodice and adorned tn
e sleeves. The long veil was Of the thir
nest tulle, with the faint edge undo
n fined by hem. The bridal chaplet Q
r. orange flowers crossed the front of tn
d couture, and was caught at the left sid
e in cluster.
d The wedding breakfast was served i
n the state dining room. The gifts cam
$ from great number Of donors and wer
le valued at upward of 100000, a grea
% sum in those days.
h The newly married couple lei
50 the White House in a carriage draw
by four horses and accompanied onl
'e by the younger brother Of the brid
ie The president and Mrs. Grant and othe
y members of the family followed.
er AS the procession drove down Penn
81 sylvania avenue, on their way to tt
le station, the chimes of the Metropolis
N church pealed out the Mendelssohn we,
Re ding march and then "Hail, Columbia
Z, and God Save the Queen" just I;
the train started the bells were fire
off, according to a foreign custom, tel
IN ing the number of the bride g years.
IN The tenth White House wedding W,
y that of Miss Emily Platt, niece of Pre-
q vho ~,