The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23

the guest list was much larger, and the
| house was well represented That was
| probably due, however, to the fact that
the bridegroom in that instance was n
member of congress and naturally had
largo number of friends In both the
house and the senate.
A large portion Of the guests will
come from among the many. out.of.town
| friends Of both branches Of tho Wilson
family and from tho circle of friends
of Miss Wilson and Mr.. Sayre. It has
been planned to make the wedding as
| quiet and as much Of a personal affair
as possible.
In the historic east room of the
White house at 1880 o'clock on next
Tuesday afternoon the wedding will
take place with the Rev. Sylvester w.
Beach, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church at Princeton, N. J., which the
president attended when he was the
head Of Princeton university, ofIiciat-
ing,
The very same spot where Miss Nellie
Grant married Algornon G. F, Sartoris
on May 2l, 1878, and whore later Miss
Alice Roosevelt WIS Joined In wedlock
to Nicholas Longworth, will witness the
Wilson-Sayre wedding
Altar Erected.
An altar has been erected before the
broad window at the east side Of the
wedding Before the altar broad dais,
on which the bridal party will stand has
been erected. This dals is somewhat
larger than the one erected for the we'd
ding Of Miss Roosevelt, because the bri-
dal party in the present instance is
much larger, numbering In all fourteen
persons. Miss Roosevelt was attended
only by her younger sister, Ethel.
Miss Wilson. attended by her maids,
will enter the east room through the
main doorway from tho inner apart
Of her father. Mr.. Sayre, DR.. Wilfred
T. Grenfell OF the Labrador mission,
the best man, and the Rev, Sylvester
W. Beach will await her at the altar.
TO one side will be the diplomatic corps.
Opposite them will be the guests of the
senate and house, and in another group
tho personal friends Of the Wilson fam
lily and the representatives of Wash
ington residential society.
The decorations of the east room are
especially suited for weddings, The
general tones arc cream white and dull
cold, The golden brocade curtains will
be drawn, and the three gigantic cleo
toliers of tho room will be Illuminated.
The floral decorations will consist solely
of bride roses and chrysanthemums,
both of which will blend well with the
color scheme of the room,
Choir Boys Will Sing.
Instead of the Marine band playing
the wedding music, as was done at the
Roosevelt wedding group of choir
boys will sing. The regular White
house ushers will assist in placing the
guests, instead Of having the White
house military aides attend to that
duty, as was the case at the Inst White
house wedding. A reception will follow
the ceremony, when supper will be
served in the stnte room.
Miss Wilson and Mr.. Sayre, being n
serious young couple, chose their we'd
ding attendants from among their asso-
ciatcs in philanthropic and social work.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson. eld-
est daughter of the President, will at
tend her sister as maid Of honor The
bridesmaids will be Miss Eleanor Ran.
dolph Wilson, Youngest member of the
president's IS family: Miss Mary G. White
Of Baltimore; who was u classmute Of
Miss Wilson at Goucher college. Balti-
more; Miss Adcline Mitchell Scott,
daughter of Professor William ID, Scott
of Princeton university miss Scott was
n pirlhood ehum Of Miss Wilson,, and
Miss Marjorie Brown, daughter of
Colonel +. T. Brown Of Atlanta, Ga,
and n second cousin of the brido.to be
on the maternal side,
Noted Explorer.
Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell. who is to be
nhilauthropist. Mr.. Sayrc worked in
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