The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-25
WHITE HOUSE WEDDING TODAY
WILSON'S .SAyRE BRIDAL PARTY

ing away most of the time speaking
in behalf of the Y. w. c. A., of whose
national board she is an active mem
Der. She is an ardent believer in
woman suffrage-the result of her OBJ
seryations of social problems She
has not taken a prominent part in
advancing the cause, however. be
cause of her fathers official position,
but she sympathizes heartily with the
efforts of women to get the ballot
as an instrument for the correction
of the evils of child labor and the in
stitu,ion Of other social reforms.
The bridal party selected by both
the bride and groom reflects in its
personnel the intimate feeling of the
couple for those who have been asso-
ciated with them in their recreations
and serious pursuits.
DR. Wilfred r. Grenfell, the best
man has worldwide fame as mis-
sionary physician in the bleak land
of Labrador His wife, who was one
of the guests at the White House to-
day, was Miss Anna McClanahan, of
Chicago, where their marriage took
place with Francis Bowes Sayre, to-
days bridegroom as an usher. DR.
Grentelps second return from his
humble home in an isolated land, to
be best man at a White House we'd
ding, adds another chapter to career
already full of unusual experiences.
Dr. Dewitt Scoville Clark Jr., an
other member of the bridal party, is
an old friend of DR. Grenfell He made
two trips to Labrador and was Mr.
Sayres companion on their 10O-mile
trail across Newfoundland He work
ed in the Grenfell hospitals while he
was with the missionary.
Another usher, DR.. Gilbert HorraX,
is a surgeon at the Peter Bent Brig
ham Hospital in Boston His friend
ship with Mr. Sayre dates back to
their college days at Williams.
Benjamin Brown Burton, another of
the ushers, is New Yorker. He and
Mr.. Sayre were fraternity brothers at
Williams. The college friendship made
of the young men again
on a shooting expedition to Alaska
and northwestern Canada.
Mr. Charles f. Hughes, Jr., the last
Of the ushers, is a son of Associate
Justice Charles f. Hughes and was
a classmate Of Mr. Sayre at the Har-
ward Law School.
The brides two sisters, Margaret, !
the eldest of the trio and the musi- !
clan of the family, who will be maid |
Of honor in the ceremony today, and !
Eleanor, whose taste is for art study !
and painting, are very congenial |
The going away of the |
bride breaks up a sisterly comrade-
ship, which Washingtonians have had |
many chances to observe.
The other bridal attendants were
quests last spring at the White House. |
There is one bridesmaid from the
iouth-Georgia-the brides native
state, Miss Marjorie Brown, daugh-
cr of Col. f. T. Brown, of Atlanta,
/ cousin of Mrs. Wilson. She was
lately in Atlanta at the
of Senator Hoke Smiths
son and Miss Rawson.
The other bridal attendants repre-
ent school and play days in Prince
on and college years in Baltimore.
he first, Miss Adelne Mitchell Scott,
S the daughter of the professor of
Geology at Princeton, William b.
scott. Miss Scott and the bride of
oday have been friends from child
oOd and have many tastes in COM
non. Miss Mary George White, an
Their bridesmaid, is the daughter of
FRS. Margaret White, of Baltimore.
he was a college friend of Miss
Nilson at Goucher College, and has
eyeral times been entertained at the
White House
The gifts probably will not be
0unted for two or three weeks, al
lough a staff of special employees,
larded by detectives, has been open
g boxes for the past fortnight.
Many official gifts have been re-
lived, even from foreign countries,
ut these are all in accordance with S
e strictest official etiquette. d
SEVEN THOUSAND STRIKE. h