Evening star., 1913-11-21
SCORES OF GIFTS
FOR MISS WILSON
White House Messengers
Kept Busy Handling Flood
of Presents.
FINAL PREPARATIONS
FOR WEDDING BEGIN
Guests Arriving in Capital-Curious
Try to Peep in
East Room.

With the arrival here today of several
OF the guests for the wedding of Miss
Jessie Wilson and Francis B. Sayre and
the pouring into the White House of a
steady stream of presents of all descrip-
tlons. the final preparations for the big
event on which the eyes of the world will
be centered Tuesday have been begun.
Express wagon after express wagon
drew up in front of the White House dur
Ing the day and the messengers were kept
busy making trips back and forth, liter
ally buried under huge heaps Of varied
shaped packages. The postmen, too. stag
gered under the weight of the smaller
presents which they brought.
Despite the efforts of all the attaches
at the executive Offices to attend exclu-
sively to the public business and leave
the wedding preparations entirely to. 1.-The
woman folks" the marriage spirit per-
vaded every part of the executive man.
sion and offices. Necks were craned
whenever another express wagon ar
rived and guesses were hazarded over
what the packages contained.
Siamese Minister'S Gift.
Among the beautiful presents received
Princess Traidos Prabandh. The present
was specimen Of Siamese handiwork
silverware. gifted with panels containing
a lotus plant and blossom design.
Extravagant stories which have been
published concerning the cost and size of
the cake for the wedding were punctured
today. 1t became known that the cake
will be an ordinary one. such as would
be used for wedding in any well-to-do
large-sized family. and that it will not
cost anything like $1,000, as has been
reported.
The reports which have gone out con-
corning the size and cost of the cake have
resulted in the receipt at the White
House of many letters from all parts OF
the cake" All such requests must be
refused because it would take several
mammoth cakes to fulfill them all.
The cake is to be placed on the brides
table and small pieces are to be diStrib-
uted to as many OF the wedding guests as
possible. 1t is hardly expected that there
will be enough to go around even among
the guests.
Desires No Ostentation.
The President is striving to make the
for the wedding as quiet
as possible because of his dislike for
ostentation and display, but the curiosity
of the public and the excitement of
friends seem to dispel any possibility of
real quietness for.the big event
Miss Helen Hughes. daughter of Justice
and Mrs. Hughes. has arrived here from
Poughkeepsie TO attend the wedding. She
is senior at Vassar College and will
remain here until after Thanksgiving.
Charles f. Hughes, jr.. who is to be an
usher Is expected here tomorrow
egfS will
I'll Monday. Reservations have been
made by many of them at the leading
hotels. while others will stop with
friends few will put off their ar
order to avoid the rush at the hotels.
DIR. Harry J. Garfield. president of Will
liams College, and Mrs. Garfield, who
will be entertained by Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins. will not get here until Tues
day.
Guests Who Are Here.
Among the guests already here are
Francis Lynde Stetson of New York, a
friend of Mr. Sayre; Samuel Wood
bridge. Mrs. 4. 5. Howe and Mrs. Mar
garet F. Matthews and Miss Adeline
Scott of Princeton.
Groups of visitors to Washington
showed persistency today in attempting
to peep into the east room to get a view
VI tHe scene OF the wedding and of the
preparations being made there. The
platform to be used arrived in sections
yesterday afternoon and was being put
in place today. The visitors almost
surrounded the White House. and some
stayed for hours I'm the hope of get
ting view of Miss Wilson or Mr.
Sayre.
William F. McCombs and his bride.
formerly Miss Dorothy Williams. were
in the city today. but they expected
IN eft tn
then come back Monday evening or
Cook Book Among Gifts.
cook book. containing all the good
old recipes grandmother used to make"
is among the wedding gifts Miss Jessie
Wilson will take away to her new home
after the White House wedding It has
been compiled from contributions of best
recipes from 40 women, among them
wives of cabinet members, government
officials, governors of many states and
other official families
Some of the famous old southern dishes
from Miss Wilson'S maternal grand
mothers cook book have been included
in the volume, which is not alone UNIQUE
but has been bound in practical form so
it will not be damaged by practical use.
1t is essentially a volume for the kitchen,
not the library, and is said to have been
one of the gifts ir otiCh :h. President 5
daughter has taken most delight