The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-28
Off ON HONEYMOON
White House Couple Keep
Destination a Secret,
PRESENTS ARE MADE KNOWN.
First Announcement of the Important
Gifts-Many Freak Donations, In
cludins Washtubs, Cook Book
and Onions - Sayre Family
Present Ancestral Mirror.
PRESENTS ARE MADE KNOWN.

Washington. Nov. 26-The destina-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre
on their honeymoon trip is shrouded
in mystery, and efforts to learn where
the White House bride and groom
were going were fruitless.
Up to the time of their departure not
word had been whispered from the
White House. They would spend their
honeymoon on the presidents yacht.
the Dolphin; they would spend it on
the Mayfower; they were going to
Mr.. Sayre's ranch in Montana; they
were going to spend the honeymoon
quietly in the Pennsylvania town
where they met; Delaware Water Gap.
Palm Beach, Bermuda and the West
Indies We're all on the list, unofficially
announced and impossible of confirma-
ton.
No one about the White House,
either members Of the presidents fam
lily or the official staff, has any knowl.
edge of the whereabouts of the bride
and groom. The secret Is locked close
In the breasts of four people, a rosy
faced chauffeur, DR.. Wilfred T. Gren.
fell and the bride and groom them
selves. 1t Is generally presumed that
the car scudded over into MARYLAND
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre have hidden
themselves away In some friends
home.
Announces Presents,
1t Is seldom that an American bride
receives such multiplicity of wedding
presents as has Miss Jessie Wilson
From high and low, from powerful
and inconspicuous, through kinship
friendship, admiration for a successful
career In the field of social service
and just for the simple love of giving
Miss Jessie Wilson has been the re.
cipient of tokens valuable and value.
less from every quarter of this coun.
try and from every rank of its citizen.
ship
Except for the purposes of the ac.
acknowledgement of this myriad of dona.
tions by the bride herself probably
no one will ever see or know the com.
plete list of the White House wedding
presents. The following is a list of
the more important or the most prized
by the bride:
From the president of the United
States and Mrs. Wilson. dining room
set Of solid mahogany.
From the French ambassador, a sill.
yer tray Of Louis Quinze design, and
from Nine. Jusserand, a silver flower
vase.
From the German ambassador and
Countess Won Bernstorff, pair of an
tique sugar shakers.
From the italian ambassador and
Marchioness Cusani Gonfalonierie, four
Etruscan candlesticks of silver.
From the Russian ambassador and
Nine. Bakhmeteff, an amber umbrella
handle set with jewels.
From the Spanish ambassador and
Nine. Riano. vase of hammered Sc.
vile silver.
The supreme court of the United
States sent large silver filagree cen
terpiece in the shape of a bowl with
raised flower holder of wrought sill
YER
The United States senate sent solid
silver teaset, comprising water ket-
tie, tray, chocolate pot, ice cream dish
two compotiers and four candlesticks
all OF colonial pattern, and the tray en-.
graved with the dedication to the
bride.
The house Of representatives sent q
canary colored diamond set in the
form of lavalliere, in which eighty
five smaller diamonds set in platinum
embellished the central stone.
Mr.. Sayre's family presented the
bride with an antique mirror, which
for more than 100 years has hung over
the fireplace in the ancestral home of
the Sayres in Pennsylvania.
In addition to all of the foregoing
there have been numberless donations
Of more or less freakish character
notably in this list are two rag car
pets, sewing machine, a fifty pound
cheese, five bushels of Bermuda on.
ions, six boxes of soap. two washtubs,
washing machine, coal scuttles,
brushes, pals and mops, bushel of
black walnuts, barrel of apples, q
barrel of potatoes and a cook book.
And besides all this, the Rev. w. ].
Shaw, a Massachusetts Methodist
clergyman, has dedicated an original
poem to Miss Wilson. 1t is entitled
''The Wedding Eell."