The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-11-26

Washington, ID. c., Nov 25.-Sur-
rounded by close friends, relatives and
numbers of Washington's official fam
lilies, the center OF a scene OF beauty
and brilliance characteristic of White
House weddings, Miss Jessie Wilson,
daughter of the president and Francis
B. Sayre, of New York, were married
this afternoon. From the time of the
announcement of the engagement of
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second
of the presidents three daughters,
and Francis B. Sayre the entire coun-
try took the livelicst interest in the
arrangements for the wedding, and as
the day, Nov. 20, approached the in
terest increased apace. With the re-
turn of Mrs. Wilson and her daugh-
ters to Washington about the middle
OF October the White House took on
an air Of added acticity, and the de-
tails OF the wedding We're so varied
and numerous that Mrs. Wilson was
Tetary.
While Miss Wilson was the thir-
tecnth bride going forth from the
White House, her marriage was only
the fifth in which the bride was q
presidents daughter. 1t was announc-
ed that the company witnessing the
wedding would not be as large as that
assembled at the marriage of Miss
Il
worth, for the president and his wife
desired to limit an official company to
about 400 guests
Selecting the Guests.
AS visit made by Miss Isabelle
lIagncr, rs. Wilson'S social ) rrcta-
ry, to the summer White House at
Cornish, y. H., there was made what
was believed 10 be a final revision of
the .ncial guests and personal friends
to whom invitations were to be sent
Following this final revision, however
there were additions and subtractions
made from time to time but the list
always was carefully guarded. 1t was
delicate matter, this selection of the
guests, and Washington society par
ticularly awaited the names Of the
highly favored ones
The plans called for the wedding to
be held at 4:30 p. m. on Teusday, Nov.
%. The Rev. Sylvester w. Beach, the
presidents pastor at Princeton, n. j.,
was selected to perform the ceremony.
The Official Details.
When the official details of the we'd
ding were announced it was seen that
the bride would be attended by her ell
der sister, Margaret, as maid of honor
and her younger sister, Eleanor; Miss
Mary G.. White of Baltimore, Miss A.
Goucher, a college friend of the bride;
Miss Adeline Mitchell Scott, daughter
OF Professor William b. Scott of
Princeton, and Miss Marjorie Brown,
daughter of Mrs. Wilson'S cousin, Colo
mel e. T. Brown, of Atlanta, Ga, as
bridesmaids.
DR.. Wilfred r. Grenfell, with whom
MIR. Sayre worked in Labrador, was
selected as the best man, and the ush-
ers were named as follows: BENJAMIN
B. Burton OF New York, a graduate of
Williams college, 1912; DR.. Scoville
Clark of Salem, Mass, whom Mr..
Sayre knew in Labrador ana with
whom he trailed northern Newfound-
land; DR. Gilbert III. HoraX of Mont
clair, n. j., classmate of the bride
groom at Williams, class of 1909, now
at Johns Hopkins. medical school, and
Charles f.. Hughes, Jr.. son of Justice
Hughes of the United States supreme
court, who was a classmate of Mr.
Sayre at Harvard law school.
Elegance and Simplicity.
invitations to the wedding were in a
style Of simple elegance engraved on
ivory tinted heavy paper, double fold
about by 10 inches, with the United
States coat of arms embossed heavily
in white at the top. They read in mod
est script:
"'The President and Mrs. Wilson re-
quest the pleasure of the presence OF
- (blank line for the name OF guest
written skillfully with a pen to match