The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
World NOTABIES WITNESS CEREMONY IN THE EAST ROOM

Jackson s most intimate personal
friends. He practically lived in the
president house and was member
of that famous Kitchen Cabinet carl
catured SO persistently in that day.
Miss Lewis was married; to Alphonse
Joseph Iver 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
childless widower and having not rel
ative in the world of his own, gathered
| about him many young people, among
whom were several of Mrs. Jackson s
nieces. s.<.. .s...-.. -. 2
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. &c.
Another White House marriage that
took place during President Jackson g
administration was that of Miss Emily
Martin, 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.
| Miss Tyler's Wedding.
| The year succeeding President Ty-
Ter 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,
1912. Miss Tyler was in her nineteenth
year. The wife Of Robert Tyler, the
president s eldest son, wrote to all alb
sent member of the family this account
of the wedding:
"Lizzie has had quite grand we'd
ding, altho the intention was that it
/ should be quiet and private. This, un-
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
/ 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. I heard one
of her bridesmaids express to Mr.. Web
ster her surprise at Lizzie consenting
to give up her belleship, with all the
,delghts 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.'
sartoris-Grant 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 hi
daughter Nellie was "given away tt
Algernon Sartoris. This was in May
:. 1874, and the east room had to be util
= lied. as the list of invited guests wa
! large.
The bridal party entered the cas-
room thru the corridor, the bridesmaid
y walking in couples. They were Mise
Conkling, Frelinghuysen, Drexel, Por
ter, Fish, Barnes, Dent and Sherman
Rev. DIR. Tiffany led the procession, fol
9 lowed by the bridegroom, his best man
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
y younger sons followed.
: On raised platform facing the larg
east window and under bell Of whit
e flowers the bridal couple stood. TIL
= service was that of the Methodist Epis
P copal church. The brides dress eva
) of ivory white satin, covered with
a skirt of rose point lace. The skirt ha
u very long sweeping train lined wit
q white silk. The edges Of the lace ove1
dress had fringe Of orange blossom
n and lily of the valley sprays. The hig
n corsage was cut square in the neck an
" filed in with diagonal folds of tull
q Point lace, matching the founces
l. pattern, together with orange blossom
IS ornamented the bodice and adorned til
'e sleeves. The long veil was Of the thil
nest tulle, with the faint edge und
n fined by hem. The bridal chaplet {
+. orange flowers crossed the front of tt
ID couture, and was caught at the left sic
5e in cluster.
ID The wedding breakfast was served
tn the state dining room. The gifts can
s. from great number Of donors and wei
le valued at upward of 100000, a gre,
IS sum in those days.
IN The newly married couple le
IS the White House in carriage draw
by four horses and accompanied on.
re by the younger brother Of the brid
lie The president and Mrs. Grant and 9th
ly members of the family followed. ~
er AS the procession drove down Pen
81 sylvania avenue, on their way to tt
ne station, the chimes of the Metropolit,
On church pealed out the Mendelssohn we
ne ding march and then ''Hail, Columbia
: and "God Save the Queen. Just