Bisbee daily review., 1913-11-26
NATION MEETS BRIDE
 AT HER CAPITAL ALTAR
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lilies Throughout the land.
 There were but four hundred invi-
 tations issued-eOO less than at the Roosevelt wedding seven years ago
 but tho 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 re- latiops of an intimate nature at the
 White House.
 Members of the Cabinet and their
 wives and families. as well as the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and their families, the Ambassadors and Ministers. repre-
 sentign kings and emperors through out the civilized world. the Vice Presi- dent and Mrs. Marshall. the Speaker
 of the House and Mrs. Champ Clark.
 Senator Kern and Representative Os-. car Underwood, the Democratic lead efs; and Senator GaiiingeT and Rep resentative Mann. the minority lead CTS of Congress, end their wives these were the persons invited be-
 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 had been. the East Room could not have held them. It was the same ar- engagement as was carried out at the Roosevelt wedding, in fact the prep arations, decorations and general scheme Of the days program were along somewhat the same general lines.
 As at the Roosevelt wedding, the diplomatic corps decided not tc ap- pear in uniform. but none the less the assemblage was a brilliant one. Though the men were to wear the conventional afternoon frock, for weeks that have preceded gowns and toilettes have heen planned with min ute care by the feminine guests for the ceremony of an hour.
 The program had been mapped cut
 eo the final detail, the White House attaches fixing each part of it with the exactness characteristic of functions at the Eexecutiye Mansion.
 High officials and relatives entered at the north front but the guests gen erally came in at the East entrance through the glass conservatory deco rated with ferns and palms and re- vea1ing through big windows the south grounds with the fountain and Italian pools, the hedges and shrubbery-the exquisite gardening of years. !
 From the conservatory to the main staircase leading up to the East Room where the busts of celebrities and the tea chests and relics of traditional history are gathered-here was staff of ushers to assist the guests with their wraps.
 The East Room as it was prepared for the wedding was a picture of grandeur. The three crystal chande- Hers with their pseudo-candle lights were but half illuminated spreading a dim. but suffused light over the gold {; trimmed walls with their cream col ored-marble. The walls of the East Room are covered with wood paneling. .h> <:-.a.,enta- ceiling is done in stuc-. co and set in the walls are twelve low relief panels, their subjects from Aesop's fables. The window draper ies of heavy yellow silk damask were hung loose today and the shades drawn. At the East end Of the room facing the Treasury Building there Is a series of four windowns broken by piers. It was in front of these win dows on a dais banked with flowers that the wedding ceremony was per formed.
 The windows were draped with large Iambrequin of old gold plush with curtains on either side Wherever there was a loop or wherever the over-hanging borders of the lambre- oiin joined, there yere large ropes of smilax and buncies of iiies. In front of these windows platform ap- preached by two semi-circular steps haa been erected. The platform itself vas covered with rug, and imme- diately above the steps was a kneeling Iench upholstered in white cloth tied with white satin ribbons and filed out with bride roses and lilies. Be- Find this, with just enough space for the officiating clergyman to stand, vas mass of palms and smilsx with a great bunch of lilies.
 Everybody stood on the gistening paranetts floor for there are no chairs in the East room except on rare oe- casions. at musicales. The so called official guests, including members of the Cabinet, the Vice President and , the SpeakCr of the House and their families, the Justices of the Supreme Court and the diplomatic corps and their ladies were grouped in the south ern half of the room, while the guests generally stood in the northern half with the immediate fan flies of the bride and groom in the aisle between, surrounding tine dais after the bridal party had reached tine floral bow er and inprovised altar. Two ropes wound in white satin marked the green carpet aisle from the dais, the green carpeting met the red rugs of. the long corridor which bi-sects theT t,,rer ,fofr of fine sthite House lead