The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
Bridal Party Arrives.

a DElUStA dEty FAHIAVOos
 The passing of automobiles and car riaEes to and from the north >poruco told the gathering crowds outdoors that the bridal party-the ushers and attendant maids - had arrived and , that all was in readiness for the un- usual event=the giving in marriage of a daughter of the President of the United States.
 Notwithstanding it's official bril- lfaxcy, there was a, distinct touch of honne1iness in the days affair." The Rev. Sylvester W. Beach, pastor Of the First Presbyterian Church at Princeton, N. J., where Miss Wilson long taught a Sunday Bible class and where the Wilson family worshipped for a score of years, had been selected as the officiating clergyman. The maid of honor was the eldest, daugh71 ter of the President, Miss Margaret Wilson. The bridesmaids were the brides younger sister, Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, and Miss Mary G. White, of Ba1tin1ore; Miss Adeline Mitchell Scott, of Princeton, and Miss Marjorie Brown, of Atlanta, the last a relative, and the others, chums of g1rIhood days.
 The best man was pr. wilfred T. Grenfell, with whom Sayre spent many months ninisterfng> to the sick and needy on the rock-bound I4abra- dor Coast The ushers were the groom's college mates-Benjamin B. Burton, of New York; pr. De Witt Scovflle Clark. Jr., of Salem, Mass Dr. Gilbert gHorrax, of Montslair, N. J.. and Charles Evans Hughes. IT,, son of the, Justice of the Supreme Court s
 Couple Greet Guests.
 The bride and groom-both blonde and of about the same height, she, known as the White House beauty be- cause of her classic Grecian features, and he, a tall, 1.-the young man ath- 7etic in appearance with sharp feat ures and a fair complexion = were busily occupied during the forenoon of the day rningling in the bridal party, their relatives and house guests to whom alone the White House was ac- cessib1e before the wedding hour.
 The two young people who have lived the hardships of the poverty settlements in big, cities and who have Inquired into life's social and econorn- ic problems first hand, would have preferred a quiet wedding, limited to the family circle and close friends such -as it might have been had not the parents of the bride been elevated to the foremost social position in the gift of the nation Reluctantly was 1t made an official affair. The dip s1omatic corps, it was realized, had never been omitted on any important social occasion at the White House, nor had the members of the Cabinet ' and the Supreme Court. To Wash ingtoR society -to-day's was the su- prems event of the season, yet the guests were hardly drawn from official life but from the vast circle of friends of the two families throughout the land.
 There were but four hundred invi- tations issued-60O less than at the Roosevelt wedding seven years ago. but the Wilson's are newcomers in Washington whereas the Roosevelt ad- ministration was then five years old and officials and their wives had had a greater opportunity to establish inti- mate relations at the White House.
 Officials Invited.
 Members of the Cabinet and their wives and families, as well as the jus tices of the Supreme Court of the United States and their families, the ambassadors and ministers represent ing kings and emperors throughout the civilized world, the Vice-Presf- dent and Mrs. Marshall, the Speaker of the House and Mrs. Champ Clark, 1 Senator Kern and Representative Os- car Underwood, the Democratic lead CTS; and Senator Gallinger and Rep Tesentative Mann, the minority lead CTS of Congress, and their wives-i these were the persons invited be- 1 cause of their official position, though among them were many close friends | of the Wilson family.
 Senators and members of the House generally were not invited. If they l had been, the East Room could not have held them It was the same ar ] engagement as was carried out at the 1 Roosevelt wedding, in fact the prep arations. decorations and general scheme of the days program were along somewhat the same general lines.
 It was expected that the assemb1age 1 would be a brilliant one. Though 1 cha man were to wear the convention 1 aA mfFgrH@on. frock. For weeks that l Aa%@ preceded gowns and e4ilettes ssave been planned with minute care by the feminine guests for the cere- l mony of an hour
 The program had been mapped out to the final detail, the White House | attaches fixing each part of it with i the exactness characteristic of fune- 1 Tions at the Executive Mansion.
 East Room Glorious.
 H1gh officials and relatives were to | enteF4 61 fthe north front, but the | guests generally were to come in at | fhe east entrance through the glass conservatory decorated with ferns and l