The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-17

Rean people. It has stood centraa landmark in the national capital since the time of it's founding and is known the world over as the home of the chief executive of the republic. Gre .cfan in It's architecture, it stands sn1oaument to the stern simplicity of the true ideals of the nation.
 So 1t happens that whenever wed ding takes place within the White House the nation is prone to weave a mystical web of beauty and romance about the principals that sets theirs quite apart from. other brfdas and sPedestals them high in the court of 6he count1y4s affection and regard.
 Previous White House BridaIs. Prior to Miss Wilson's wedding there have been just twelve young women fortunate enough to have their we'd dings celebrated within the executive mansion. The last of these was Miss Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of Presi- dent Roosevelt, who was married to Representative Nicholas LongwoEth of Ohio on Feb IT, 1906. Until then there had not been a White House wedding for nearly twenty years, the previous nuptiaIs being those of Miss Frances Folsom, now the wife of Pro lessor Thomas. J. Preston of Princeton, to President Grover Cleveland on June 2, 1888.
 The marriage of Miss Alice RooSe- welt was one of the most brilliant cer- emonies ever held in the White House, differing much from some of those in the last century. Some of the White House marriages have been severely simple, and the approaching wedding also will partal1e largely of the demo- cratic simplicity which is the dominant note in the daily life of the bride and her family, but Miss Roosevelt's mar Fiage, like the first held in the White House, which was in President Madf- sons administration, was accompanied by much display.
 Early Administrations BrideIess. In the early days of the republic, when the nations capital was located at New York and Philadelphia, there were no weddings at the executive mansion. Nellie Custis, the beautiful and charming stepdaughter of General Washington, was too young to be mar ried during the period that he occu- pied the presidency, and the second president. John Adams, was unfortu- nate in having no young people in his household during his incumbency.
 President JeneTSOn was the first that began and ended in the White House. He was a widower, and whatever success his admfnistra- ton had of a social character was due to the presence of Mrs. Madison, wife of the secretary of state and the great est social factor of Washington official life.
 The election of James Madison brought this most popular of American women to the highest social position tn the republic
 There were two weddings in the White House while she was its mis- Gress and she took as much delight in making them happy occasions as though both brides had been her own children. The first wedding to occur In the presidents house was that of the widow of a nephew of George Washington, Lucy Payne, Mrs. Madi- son's younger sister, who was married at the age of fifteen, in 1702, to George EteDboe Washington. and lived during her widowhood with the Madisons in Washington.
 Payne-Todd Welding.
 The engagement of this sister in the vvinterso of 1SI0 to Justice Todd of the supreme court, a widower, many years alSaE than herself. the father of five