The Washington times., 1913-11-16
EAR SUSAN:

Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson's
III wedding forms almost the one
- topic Of discussion in society
just now, and while almost the en-
tire outer world seems shut out from the
event, more or less that is interesting sits
through each day, and is handed about as a
dainty morsel. The first luncheon in honor
of Miss Wis since the announcement of
her engagement, was that given by Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, and while it was quite Of
fetal in its general aspect, it was gay and
unconventional event and even the two
young married women present-Mrs. Frank
lin Roosevelt and Mrs. Richard Hargreave,
the latter daughter of Secretary of State and
Mrs. Bryan-wore shower bridal bouquets
when they left Single Oak to 60 home. Miss
Mona McAdoo, daughter of the Secretary of
the Treasury, will entertain luncheon party
next week in honor of Miss Wilson, and Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, whose
son, Charles E. Hughes, jr., is to be one Of
the ushers for Mr.. Sayre, will also entertain
the entire wedding party.
Mr.. Hughes and his wife will not come to
Washington until two or three days before
the wedding, but in time to be included in
many of the festivities, and also to 60
through with the rehearsals preceding the
ceremony on the afternoon of November 25.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell-smacks a bit of
royalty for a democratic wedding-who will
come to Washington next week to serve as
best man for Francis Bowes Sayre at his
marriage to Miss Jessie Wilson, will, with
Lady Grenfell, be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Henry Butler at their home in |
street. Sir Wilfred, who has recently been
knighted, will be the recipient of numerous
attentions, one of them being luncheon at
the home of the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Bryan the Monday before the wedding, and
another, reception at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justice Lamar who are on
quite intimate terms with the President and
Mrs Wilson and their family, will entertain
Miss Jessie Wilson and all of the brides
II viii be merry party, and the girls will
rush back to the White House just in fine
to dress for the wedding. Miss Emily
Thomas, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Landon
Thomas, of Augusta, Ga, who will be their
house guest at the time, will be of the party.
All that you say about the varying de-
scriptions of the bridal gown for Miss Jessie
Wilson is true | even think she must her.
self be bewildered as to just what it is like
and | doubt if she will know it when it is
brought out for her to put on. But after all
you can't miss the mark very far when you
dress a bride up in white satin, cover her
with tulle veil and put shower bouquet
in her hands. The mysterious silence from
the White House on the subject of the gown
takes me back to the day when Edith Root
married Captain Ulysses S. Grant, third,
then lieutenant. Edith always hated to see.
her clothes described in the papers, and when
a society reporter asked her for line on her
wedding robe, she said it was of pink satin
and tulle. To another, she changed it to
blue, then pale lemon, and so on, and if you
we're to 20 back over the files of old news
papers giving an account of the wedding, you
would find no two of them alike. And that
IS the sort of scrap book she has to hand
iown to her children. / certainly want the
reporters to use their eyes as we'll as their
imagination when it comes to the wedding
gown of Jean Eliot.
1t is perfectly wonderful what these COL
ege-bred girls can do, nowadays. Why do
,ou know, Susan, while all the outer world
S standing open-mouthed and awed over
me lurid descriptions of Jessie Wilson's
wardrobe, they say number of the hats
rave been sent to the White House un-
trimmed, and Margaret Wilson has trimmed
EN- up" in the most exquisite way. If the
lats worn by Miss Wilson herself may be
aiken as criterion, those for the trousseau
ire all right. Little Countess Casini, one
ime chatelaine of the Russian embassy, and
he chum of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, was
he first girl of sufficient independence to
introduce millinery into the smart set, and
ince then dozen or more girls have fallen