The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-27

A., NnS'S"' gnu MfS. MarSnalI
,me Speaker OF the House and Mrs
Nhamp Clark, Senator Kern and Rep
resehtatlve Oscar Underwood. the
democratic leaders; and Senator Gal.
ilnger n Representative Mann. the
minority leaders of congress. and
lhelr w1ves-these were the person.
invited because of their official DO.
sltlol, though among them were
many close friends of the Wilson
family.
senators and members of the house
generally were not invited. If the,
mad been, the East Room could no,
nave held them. 1t was the same
arrangement as was carried out al
me Roosevelt wedding. in fact the
preparations. decorations and general
scheme OF the days program were
along somewhat the same general
lines.
No Uniforms Worn.
As at the Roosevelt wedding, the
diplomatic corps decided not to APP
pear in uniform. but none the less
1t was expected that the assemblage
would be a brilliant one. Though
the men were to wear the conven
llonal afternoon frock. for weeks
that have preceded gowns and toll
cites have been planned with minute
care by the feminine guests for the
ceremony of an hour.
The program had been mapped out
TO the final detail, the White House
attaches fixing each part of it with
the e~Xactness characteristic of func-
ions at the Executive Mansion.
High officials and relatives were
to enter at the north front. but the
guests generally we're to come in at
me east entrance through the glass
conservatory decorated with ferns
and palms revealing through big
windows the south grounds with the
fountain and Italian pools, the
hedges and shrubhery--the exquisite
gardening of years.
Fromthe conservatory to the main
staircase leading up t the East
Room where, daily, hundreds of tour
lists are permitted to promenade.
where The busts of celebrities and
the tea chests and relics of tradi-
tional historys are gathered-here
a staff of ushers to assist the
guests with their. wraps.
Picture of Grandeur.
The East Room as 1t was prepared
for the wedding was "a picture of
grandeur. The three crystal chande-
llers with their pseudo-candle lights
we're to be but half-illuminated,
the gold trimmed walls with
spreading d dim but suffused light
their cream colored pilasters, their
huge vases and mantels of colored
marble. The walls of the East
Room are covered with wood pam
the ornamental ceiling is
done in stucco and set in the walls
are twelve low relief panels, their
subjects from Aesop's fables. The
window %draperies of heavy yellow
silk damask were hung loose today
and The shades drawn. AT the east
end OF the room facing the Treas
ury Building there is Il series of four
windows, broken by piers. 1t was
in front of these windows on
a dias banked With flowers that
wedding ceremony was to be per
formed.
The windows were draped with a
large lambrequin of old gold plush
with curtains on either side. Where
there was Il loop or wherever
the overhanging borders of the lam
brequin joined, there we're large
ropes of smilaN and punches of
lilies. In front of these windows a
platform approached by two semi
circular steps had been erected. The
platform itself was covered with IA
rug, and Immediately above the steps
was a k~neeling bench upholstered
in white cloth. tied With white rib
bons and filled out With bride roses
and lilies. Behind this, with Just
enough space for the officiating
clergyman to stand. was a mass of
and smilaX with Il great bunch
Of lilies.
No Chairs in Room.
Everybody was to- stand ON the
s%listening p%arquctte floor, for there
are no chairs in the East Room eX-
on rare occasions, at m~usica,es.
The s~o-called official guests, includ-
ing members of the Cabinet, the
Vice-President and the Speaker of
the House and their families, the
Justices of the Supreme Court and
diplomatic corps and their ladies
to be grouped in the southern
half of the room, while the guests
generally We're to stand in the north
ern half with the immediate fam
lies of the bride and groom in the
aisle between, surrounding the dias
after the bridal party had reached the
altar. Two ropes wound in white
satin marked the green carpeted
aisle.
Looking down the main aisle
The dias, the green carpcting met the
red rugs of the long corridor which
bisects the lower floor of the White
leading from the State Dining
Room and bordering the trio of par
Iors-the Red Room. the Blue Room
and the Green Room. The United
States Marine Band grouped behind
palms was to occupy a part OF the
great reception hall of marble floor
and buff-tinted pilasters.
At exactly half past four O'Clock.
the President and Mrs. Wilson We're
TO descend the main staircase. from
family apartments, proceeding to
The State Dining Room, where the
bridal procession was tic be formed.
Mrs. Wilson and the members of the
two families were to be escorted
through the p~arlors to the southern
end of the East Room and finally to
4 place Just in front of the dias. Mr..
and the best man were to
come in from the Blue Room. meet
ing the procession of bridesmaids
and the bride at the foot of the dias.
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