The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-25
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The program had been mapped out
to the final detail, the White House
attaches fixing each part of 1t with
the exactness characteristic Of func-
tons at the executive mansion.
High officials and relatives were to
enter at the north front, but the
guests generally were to come in at
the east entrance through the glass
conservatory decorated with ferns and
palms and revealing through big win
dows the south grounds with the foun-
tain and Italian pools. the hedges and
years.
From the conservatory to the main
staircase leading up to the East room
where, daily. hundreds of tourists are
permitted to promenade, where the
busts of celebrities and the tea chests
and relics of traditional history are
gathered-here was a staff of ushers
to assist the guests with their wraps.
In the East Room.
The East Room, as it was prepared
for the wedding was a picture of
grandeur. The three crystal chande-
liers with their pseudo-candle lights
were to be but half-illuminated.
spreading a dim but suffused light
over the gold trimmed walls with
their cream colOred pilasters, their
huge vases and mantels of colored
marble. The walls of the East Room
are covered with wood paneling. 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 drap-
cries of heavy yellow silk damask
were hung loose today and the shades
drawn. At the east end Of the room
facing the treasury building there is
a series of four windows. broken by
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dows on dais banked with flowers
that the wedding ceremony was to be
performed.
The windows were draped. with a
large lambreQuin of old gold plush
with curtains on either side. Wher-
ever there was a loop or wherever
the overhanging borders of the lam
brequin Joined, there were large ropes
of smilax and bunchs of lilies. In
front Of these windows a platform
approached by two semi-circular
steps had been erected. The platform
itself was covered with a rug, and
Immediately above the steps was a
kneeling bench upholstered in white
cloth, tied with white satin ribbons
and filled out with bride roses and
lilies. Behind this, with just enough
space for the officiating clergyman to
stand. was mass of palms and smi-
1dX ana a great punch or lilies.
Everybody was to stand on the glis-
tening parquette floor, for there are
no chairs in the East Room, except
on rare occasions, at musicales. The
so-called official guests, including
members of the cabinet. the vice
president and the speaker of the
house and their families. the Justice.
OF the supreme court and the diplo.
matte corps and their ladies were t.
be grouped in the southern half O.
the room, while the guests generally
were to stand in the northern hal
with the immediate families of tn,
bride and groom in the aisle between
surrounding the dais after the brida
party had reached the floral bowe
and improvised altar. Two rope
wound in white satin marked tn,
green carpeted aisle
Music by Marine Band,
Looking down the main aisle from
the dais, the green carpeting met tn
red rugs of the long corridor whic
bisects the lower floor of the Whit
House leading from the state dinin