The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-20
The White House Brides.

New York Mail: Nothing like this
ever happened in the White House
II somehow makes you squirt an
eye n humble to yourself, Lets see
--now many weddings have there been
y tIe White House, anyway. The
answer is twelve.
Alice eRoosevelt's is the one YOU
think OF first, of course. That was six
years ago, almost seven in fact, for
sne was married in February. her
DiTthuay month. The Longworth-
Roosevelt marriage ceremony In the
east room was performed before the
laTgest company of wedding guests
ever gathered In the white House. and
Alice was the fourth White House
daughter to be married there.
Ihen there was the notable we'd
olng OF Frances Folsom and President
Cleveland. That was in the blue room
IL June, 1886. Miss Folsom was only
~, and lots Of debutantes sighed dis
appolntedly as they pictured the portly
and elderly bridegroom.
The wedding previous to President
: CIevelands was that Of President
IHayes' niece. Emily Plat, In 1878. The
bridegroom was Gen. Russell Hasting
and the ceremony was in the blue
room. Nobody seems to remember
much about that wedding, but four
years before that was the most brilli-
ant wedding, spectacularly speaking,
the White House ever saw.
The bride was Ellen WrenshalI
Grant-the beloved 'Nellie9-who be-
came Mrs. Algernon G, f.. Sartoris.
They We're married in the east room,
That was in 1874, long enough ago to-
make descriptions of the bridegroom's
outfit humorous reading.
he wore the regulation English
wedding dress" runs an account, 'and
carried a bouquet of al blossoms
and tuberoses, with a center Of pink
buds. From this center arose a flg-
STAFF on which 1oated a silver banner.
on which was the word love- in sill
yer letters.
The bride carried a bouquet of
choice white flowers and q pearl fan
with lace cover. The bride changed
her attire and was ready for the cars
in fifteen minutes"
Stul going backward, the previous
White House wedding was that 81 a
presidents daughter, Elizabeth Tyler.
her marriage was in 1872 to William
Waller of Williamsburg. va. 1t was at
this wedding that one of the BRIDES
maids expressed surprise to Daniel
Webster that Miss Tyler should Will
lngly exchange her White House home
for a humble residence in a Virginia
- ENt SN1NVh 1CRIAN0l ALI 1ONR EQiGS
the court, the camp, the grove. and
10y Is heaven and heaven is love- and
the young woman gasped. without be-
Ing able to think of a suitable reply.
Three weddings were celebrated dur
ing President Jacks0n's administration
that OF Della Lewis OF Nashville to d
member OF the French legation, Az
phof1se Joseph Yver Pageot; Mary
Easton niece of Mrs. jackson. TO- Luci-
en- B Polk. and of Emily Martin a
relative Of the president, to Lewis
Randolph.
John Quincy Adams son John was
married in the same old blue room to
his cousin, Marx HELEN. This was in
1923, when president and guests trip.
ped through Virginia reels and made
the crystals shivcr on the chandeliers.
Then there was Marie Monroe. who
vas the first presidents daughter to be
married in the White House-in 1890.
An 1912 Anna Todd, cousin OF Presi-
dent Madison's wife, was a blue room
bride.
The very first White House wedding
was in March, 1911. when Mrs, Madf-
sons youngest sister. Lucy PAYNE
Washington. widow of d nephew of
George was the bride.
Twelve in all
Every woman in the land IS match
making ALREADY. with her eve on the
three pretty girls who will hutter into
the White House next March.
Which will be the first to f1out sup
erstition and be the thirteenth White
House hride2