The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-25

for a score of years, had been selected
as the officiating clergyman. The
maid of honor was the Oldest daugh-
ter of the president, Miss Margaret
Wilson. The bridesmaids were the
brides Younger sister, Miss Eleanor
Randolph Wilson, and Miss Mary @.
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 Bes: Man.
The best man was DIR. Wilfred T.
Grenfell, with whom Sayre spent
many months ministering to the sick
and needy on the rock-bound Labra-
dor coast. The ushers were the
groom's collegemates-Benja b.
Burton Of New York; DR.. Dewitt SEQ
Gilbert Horrax Of Montclair. N. J.,
and Charles Evans Hughes. jr.. son
of the justice of the supreme court
The bride and groom-both blonde
and Of about the same height, she,
known as the White House beauty be-
cause of her classic Grecfan features.
ana he, a tall, 1.-THE young man ath-
letic in appearance with sharp fea-
lures and a fair complexion-were
busily occupied during the forepart Of
the day mingling in the bridal party,
their relatives and house guests to
whom alone the White House was ac-
cessible before the wedding hour.
The two young people who have
Elements in big cities and who have
inquired into life's social and eco
nomic problems first hand, would
have preferred a quiet wedding. limit
ed to the family circle and close
friends-such as it might have been
had not the parents of the bride been
elevated to the foremost social posi-
ton in the gift Of the nation. Re-
luctantly. was it made an official at
fair. The diplomatic corps. it was
realized, had never been omitted on
any important social occasion at the
White House, nor had the members of
the cabinet and the supreme court.
TIC Washington society tcday's was
the supreme event Of the season, yet
the guests were hardly drawn from
official life but from the vast circle
of friends OF the two families through
out the land.
There were but four hundred invi-
tations issued 800 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
greater opportunity to establish inti-
mate relations at the White House.
Distinguished Guests.
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, represent
ing kings and emperors throughout
the civilized world. the Vice President
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
Representative Mann, the minority
leaders 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 house
generally were not invited. If they
had been, the East room could not
have held them. 1t was the same ar
rangement as was carried out at the
Roosevelt wedding, in fact the pre-
parations. decorations and general
scheme of the days program were
along somewhat the same general
lines.
Unlike at the Roosevelt wedding the
diplomatic corps decided to appear in
uniform and the assemblage was
brilliant one. For weeks gowns and
toilettes have been planned with min
ute care by the feminine guests for the
ceremony Of an hour.