Evening journal., 1913-11-24
MISS WILSON'S
WEDDING DAY
DRAWS NEAR
First Full Rehearsal Of Cere-
mOny at the White House
Today
GUESTS FROM MANY
POINTS TO SEE NUPTIALS


White House wedding only few more
hours away. the first full rehearsal Of
the ceremony will be held at the Execu-
tive mansion today.
With the exception of.the Rev. Sylvcs.
Ter W. Peach oi Princeton, who is 70
perform the ceremony. and who is eN
pectcd TO arrive some time today, all
the members OF the party have arrived
in the city Miss Mary c. White, OF \
Baltimore; Miss Adelinc Mitchell Scott, +
I of Princeton. and Miss Marjorie Brown
of Atlanta three of tho bridesmaids,
came Yesterday aud sir Nilfred T. Gren
lfell, Who Is TO be the best man got here
tonight He is TO stay ut the home OF
Charles Henry Butler and will be the
guost OF Secretary and Mrs. Bryan at
Ia dinner tomorrow.
Cafrenters and decorators have com
pleted their work in the big East Room
and the altar upon which Mr. oayre ana
Miss Wilson viii take the nuptial VOWS
Is finished and has been erected on the
spot occupied hy the one upon which
Miss Nellie Grant and Miss Alice Ropse.
welt stood. Il is thought that the
cottplc will kneel upon rug, one Of the
prettiest gifts yet sent 20 Miss<Wilson.
, il "a from the Peruvian Minister and
Mine pezet and is Of flr, made IRON me
lSkiu of the virnna, one OF the rarest OF
THE r-bearing animals OF south Amer.
ica II i. of the most spotless white and
lined with white cloth.
Invitations Limited.
In many respects tomorrow's we'd
p ding will be similar to the last White
: House event but few invitations nave
Z been extended 10 Washingtonians
either in public or private life The
7 manner in which the guests have been
4 selected. together with the known fact
that the President and Mrs Wilson
have sought to make the occasion as
r. transformations az possible, has pre-
vented anyone from feeling IN any
' way siighted
CONGRESSMAN Longworth being
prominent member of the House and
having q large number of friends In
-iboth branches. sent invitations to prac-
ucaIly an the members OF Congress.
Miss Roosevelt had for some time
been recognized leader of society
I'm the capital and had made host
A of friends here The invitation list
, was unlimited. but even then there
r were a large number of capital people
who believed that they had been
slighted in not receiving invitations.
- Miss Wilson has spent very little OF
e her time in Washington since her
, fathers inauguration. and then. too
e the social season has been closed. For
this reason she IS really under few
l if any social obligations. Mr.. Sayf'
e is comparatively unknown 70 the 6Sl
on iCongressmen.
'n In selecting those of the Congress
pc lsional set to whom invitations shOul
e. he sent, the President has been YER
& careful not 10 slight any members .
the legislative branch. only the lead
70 ers. Republicans as wei as Demo
a. Gratis, and the New Jersey delegation
+ being included In the list
q kinsfOIk nj White House.
q. The White House is filled with kins
70 folk. but Mrs Robert Heysham Sayre
proud mother OF the groom, will not
!, get here until this afternoon.
= Groom Buys Wedding Shoes.
a Notwithstanding the intense excite
n ment prevailing about the White
i House and the nervous strain under
" which ali Washington seems 10 labor
& the prospective bride and groom ap-
r pear absolutely unconscious Of the
le fact that they are principal figures in
lie the biggest social event of years and
D. that the entire world has fastened its
gaze upon them.
Mr.. Sayre is now staying with his
b. brother. the Rev. John Neyin Sayre, al
d. the home of Justice and Mrs. Hughes
Yesterday the groom went shopping
He arose early In the morning, had
breakfast with the Presidential family
at the White House and then slipped
away He needed a pair o. shoes tS
wear at the wedding and was very
particular as to the kind he wanted
He. asked for poipted-toe footwear
but none OF the stores he visites
a seemed to have such a shoe He wen
OF from shop TO shop Few, If any OF tn
1' clerks who waited upon him wer
conscious of the identity OF their Gus
toner At last he found a pair tina
'h suited him and he selected dul
ef black kid oxford Returning TO tn
~ White House he stopped abruptly !
front of a photographers place, wher
he gazed intently at an oil painting o
ne his bride in the window
10 spent Quiet sunday.
W The last Sunday OF their singl
blessedness Miss Wilson and MI
ri, Sayre accompanied the President an
IL Mrs. Wilson, Miss Margaret Wilso
e. and the Misses Smith to the centra
iit Presbyterian Church for the mornin
service. Mr.. Sayre had luncheon q
NO 1.-THE White House, went for a moto
M ride i'm the afternoon with the bride
ne elect and her sisters and spent IN
,to evening with them quietly In IN
White House. On their way iroi
80, church the bride and bridegroom
's were left at the Shoreham TO max
"a their call upon the latter's venerabl
% %,re aunt. Miss Blanche Nevin OF Lancai
ter. Pa. who is here for the weddinl
~, She is a -'ster OF Mr. Sayre's mothe
he and special favorite Of the bride
~ groom. Miss Nevin is a sculptress
~ note. her statue of General Muller
berg. the fighting pastor, which stant
no in the Statuary Hall of the Capitc
er, being "a monument to her talent. Nil
,a- Alice Nevin. a sister VIII arrive 4
~ morrow and join Miss Blanche New
at the Shoreham.
zoo Considerable gossip is heard he
IN, today regarding the honeymt n plai
~ of Mr.. Sayre and Miss Wilson A
no though IL has been intimated that Sc
eral persons have been let in on q
,sd details of the trip. no one has as y
,vs been found who. will give out any a
49, thentic information on this point.
49, 49, Is said that the couple are keepiI
- this secret and have not taken an