Las Vegas optic., 1913-11-24
400 GUESTS TO
WITNESS THE
CEREMONY
WEDDING or THE PRESIDENTS
DAUGHTER TO BE SIMPLE
IN THE EXTREME

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. Room of the White House, on the
same spot where Miss Nellie Grant
. and Algernon Sartoris took the VOWS
: forty years ago and where Miss Alice
. Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth
/ plighted their troth in 1906, the Rev
3 Sylvester W. Beach, pastor of the
Presbyterian church in Princeton, n
j J.. will tomorrow afternoon pronounce
the words which will unite in mar
riage Miss Jessie woodrow Wilson,
second daughter Of the president of
the United States, and Mr. Francis
Bowes Sayre, son Of the late Robert
H Sayre, the builder of the Lehigh
Valley railroad.
The ceremony which is set for
4:3O p. m.--will be witnessed by one
of the most brilliant and distinguish
ed assemblages ever gathered in the
executive mansion. 1t was the early
desire not only Of Miss Wilson, who
was most concerned, but Of the presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson, that the we'd
ding should be celebrated in a manner
comparatively quiet, that it should be
family affair, That it shortly was
disclosed, could not be gratified
: Only about 400 guests, mostly rela-
tives and intimate friends, will wit
ness the ceremony, but nearly three
I. times that number have been invited
to attend the reception that will fol
: low. Among those in attendance will
3 be the vice-president and Mrs. Mar
: shall. foreign diplomats and their fam
Q lilies, the cabinet members and their
s families, the supreme court justices
and their families, and numerous
II members of congress and high off
u GERS of the army and navy and their
families. The relatives of the two
u families alone number several score
re The most of these, together with the
nj members of the wedding party, are
10 already guests at the White House.
= The floral decorations will be NOR,
90 elaborate than any heretofore hav,
been in President Wilson's admins
~ tration While the decorations in al
'n' the rooms on the main floor of tn,
~ White House will be beautiful, the.
will be less elaborate than those il
=, the East Room, which viii be beautt
fled with thousands Of chrysanthe
NUNS grown in the White Hous
Conservatives.
The state dining room will b.
thrown open to the guests after th,
j ceremony. The great high walls ant
- ceiling, panelled in walnut, will form
~ a handsome setting for the splendit
: table on which, amid a simmer o
~ of silver and cut glass, will ppear the
- weddings cake, two and half feet il
height and weighing nearly 15C
- pounds It is said that the cake is
> to be cut into 1000 pieces and eacE
: placed in dainty white box bearing
L the United States seal The pieces
a will be given not only to the guests
u but sent to many folks far away who
: are unable to come to Washington
: for the ceremony.
~ The music tor the occasion will be
" furnished by the Marine Band orches
ID ira, which will be stationed behind
floral screen in the corridor
IS special program has been prepared
N for the wedding. The music has beer
selected for the most part by Miss
% Wilson herself.
n The marriage ceremony will be
n. marked by the greatest simplicity
n possible under the circumstances
When everything is in readiness Mr.
Sayre, accompanied by his best man
Sir Wilfred T, Grenfell. win descend
he the main staircase and entering the
te East room, take his place before the
m temporary altar to await the arriYa
to Of the bride.
ia Immediately the clock sounds The
half hour after 4, Miss Wilson, es
on corted by the president, viii descend
~ to the west end of the main corri
90 dor There, awaiting them will be
n the ushers selected by Mr.. sayre
Nv They are Dr.. scoville Clark of Salem
80 Mass, BENJAMIN B. Burton of New
4, York city, DR.. Gilbert Horace Of Mont
= clair, N. j., and Charles E. Hughes
% Jr9 Of Washington, D. c.
= Preceded by the ushers, the presi
Y dent with the bride VIII proceed tc
na' the East room The bride will be
'Oh attended by her sister, Miss Mar
out garet Wilson, as maid Of honor Th,
AZ bridesmaids win be Miss Eleanor VIII
not son, younger sister Of the bride; Mis-,
81 Adeline Mitchell Scott, daughter o
E a Professor William B. Scott of Prince