The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-25
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Continued from rage OheI
afternoon, but long before that hour
the White House grounds assumed q
holiday appearance. The passing q
automobile and carriages to and
from the north portfco told the gath.
ering crowds outdoors that the bridal
party-the ushers and attendant
maids-had arrived and that all wat
in readiness for the unusual event
the giving in marriage of a daughter
of the President Of the United States
Notwithstanding its official brill
liancy, there was a distinct touch Of
homeliness In the days affair. The
Rev. Sylvester w. Beach, pastor Of
the First Presbyterian Church al
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 thea officiating clergyman. The
maid Of honor was the eldest daugll-
ter of the President, Miss Margaret
Wilson,. The bridesmaids were the
brides younger sister, Miss Eleanor
Randolph Wilson, and Miss Mary G.
White, OF Baltimore; Miss Adeline
Mitchell Scott, of Princeton, and Miss
Marjorie Brown of Atlanta, the last
a relative and the others chums OF
girlhood days.
The best man was DR.. Wilfred 7,
Grenfell, with whom Sayre. spent
many months ministering to the sick
and needy on the rock-bound La
brador coast. The ushers were the
groom's college mates-Beniamin B.
Burton, of New York; DR.. De Witt
Scoville Clark, Jr., of Salem, Mass;
DR.. Gilbert Horrax, of Montclalr, n
j., and Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.,
a son Of the Justice of the Supreme
court.
Tie bride and groom-both blonde
and of about the same height, she,
known as the White House beauty,
because of her classic Grecian fea-
lures, and he, a tall, 1.-THE young man
athletic in appearance with sharp fea-
lures and a fair complexion-were
busily occupied during the forepart
OF the day mingling in the bridal
|Eparty,. their relatives and house
guests TO whom alone the White
House was accessible before the we'd
ding 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
economic problems first hand, would
have preferred a quiet wedding, lin,
tied to the family circle and close
Afriends-such as. it might have been
had not the parents of the bride been
Eelevated to the foremost social posi-!
ton in the gift of'the nation. Reluc-
family was 1t made an official affair,
Erhe diplomatic corps, 1t was realized,
|thad never been omitted on any i'm
portant social occasion at the White
House, mol had the members Of the
cabinet and the supreme court. TIC
Washington society today's was the
supreme event Of the season, yet the
guests were hardly drawn from Off
cial life but from the vast circle OF
friends of the two families through
out the land.
There were but four hundred invi-
tations issued-600 less than at the
Roosevelt Wedding seven years ago
but the Wilson's are newcomers in
Washington. whereas the Roosevelt
administration was then five years
old and officials and their wives had
had a greater opportunity to cstab-
lish intimate relations 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-
senting kings and emperors through
out the civilized world, the vice'pres-
.lfdent and Mrs. Marshall. the speaker
of the house and Mrs. Champ Clark,
Senator Kern and Representative
oscar Underwood, the Democratic
leaders; and Senator Gallinger and
ERepresentatiye Mann, the minority
Headers Of congress, and 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
housc generally we're not invited. II
1they had been, the East room could
not have held them II was the same
arrangement az WIS carried ont at
ithc Roosevelt w"dling, in fact the
! preparations, decotAtions and gener-
.Ial scheme Of the days program were
alcng somewhat tic same general
Lines.