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guest brought home box of wedding
cake.
The eleventh White House bride was
Miss Emily Plat President Hayes niece.
who married Gen. Russell Hastings In
the blue room the evening OF June H.
ISIS. This wedding was attended by the
cabinet and the many friends of Miss
Plat, who had assisted Mrs. Hayes in
her social duties. Bishop Jaeger of Ohio,
a Methodist divine. performed the cere-
mony beneath marriage bell" COM
posed of 1000 buds and blossoms. The
Marine Band played the wedding march
President Hayes gave the bride away.
and the supper was served in the private
dining room.
It WAS eight years later, or June ?.
1885. when Miss Frances Folsom OF
Buffalo, accompanied by her mother and
brother, arrived in Washington, ar 5:3o
White House, where. the same evening.
she was welded TO the only President
ever married in that mansion.
Again the great east room was a
garden OF the choicest eNotics. After
the cabinet and a long list of guests
had been seated the bells OF the city
had pealed and r. salute of artillery had
been fred without. the Marine HAND.
at in the evening, struck up the wed
ding march and the President with
his bride-elect upon his arm. entered
from the private dining room. Dt.
Byron Sunderland read the service OF
the Presbyterian Church, and Rev
William n. Cleveland pronounced the
benediction.
The wedding gown was of ivory
white satin and had a hfteen-foot
train. The wedding supper was held
I'm the state dining room. upon the
center of whose table appeared the
floral ship "Hymen. decked with
numerous flags bearing the bride
monogram.
A thousand guests were invited to
the Roosevelt-Longw worth wedding.
held i'm the east room at high noon
February IL, 1905. So many people
entered the White House that morning
that they had to be admitted at sep
arate entrances. The floral display
was the greatest ever seen i'm the man
sion.
The bride wore white satin and point
lace with train of silver brocade
eighteen feet long. or yard longer
than Mrs Clevelands. Preceded by
the ushers and by fourteen military
aids in uniform, she entered upon the
Presidents arm and as they APP
preached a broad dais at the end OF
the room Representative Longworth
stepped forward to lead her UP the
low steps, where the pair were re-
ceived by. Bishop Satterlee OF the
Episcopal Church. The breakfast was
served in both the private and state
dining rooms the bridal party eating
in the former. Shortly afterward the
bride and groom left the White House
south portico in an automobile and
proceeded to Friendship. the subur-
ban residence of John r.. Mclean,
where the honeymoon was spent.
Thus IL will be seen that although
she is only the fifth daughter OF a
President ever married In that historic
mansion, Miss Wilson will be the four
teenth woman to have been married
in the White House.
Copyright. 1913. by John Elfreth watkinsl
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DIR. S. w. STRATTON, DIRECTOR
OF THE BUREAU OF STANDARDS

are already being used in a NUMBER OF
cities. Our scientists who have the
knowledge of the subject are constantly
being called upon as advisers In ques.ions
arising as to the quality OF gas ano the
proper regulation of quality and distrioa-
ton"
Curiously enough, at that moment there
was laid on the directors desk a tele-
gram from the railroad commission OF
Oregon, asking that Mr.. McBrlde one OF
these gas experts OF the bureau, De sent
to RoseLurg, Ore, to appear as an ao-
wiser in just such case.
Mr. Mcbride is now in Minnesota,
explained the director. where ne was
called by agreement between cobtenulns
parties TO act as referee in just such an
other dispute. Both sides agreed to abide
by his decision.
1.-The matter OF damage by electrolysis
is another big subject under this heading
of recula ton The exact knowledge
upon which to base laws as 70 damages
resulting TO pipes and other property
through turning electric current into the
ground does not exist sun, some law
making bodies are attempting to legislate
on the subject. We are seeking the ex-
act facts for a proper basis AS part OF
our work in this connection our back yard
is planted full of material, the effect OF
electricity upon which IL being noted.
$50, you see, the work of this bureau
is not merely the preservation OF stand
ards Of mass and length. We are seek
ing to be the largest use to the coun:
try. Congress has supported us whole
heartedly and intelligently. Ii realizes
the work we are doing and has given US
the men and money We need--not quite
ALL of course, for our needs grow as the
demands on US grow. but Congress has
treated us most literally.
THE bureau, in one aspect, Is really
clearing house for technical information
Manufacturers come here-a party OF
them has just left--and see what we are
doing, say. in the investigation OF. proper
ties of materials and go away impressed
not only with our work. but with the
value of scientific knowledge as well, and
proceed to add scientific staff TO their
own establishments to carry on research
work. And that is of real economic ad-
vantage" ASHMUN BROWN.
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Mrs ALICE ROOSEVELT
LoNGWoRTH MHoSE
WEDDING WAS TiE.LAST
To TAKE fLAcE IN THE
WHITE. HOUSE.
HARais c.s,Nae

cousin. Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur
of New York, and the clergyman officiat-
ing was the Rev. William Hawley, rector
of st. Johns Church.
According to one chronicler. this
happy couple were married New York
style" whatever that method may have
been in those days. The ceremony was
witnessed by only the bridal party. the
relatives and few old friends of the
contracting couple. Not even the cabinet
members were invited. Gen. Thomas S.
Jesur, one of the heroes of the war of
1872 was hest man. After Mr.. Hawley
pronounced the pair united the brides
maids and groomsmen We're dismissed
for exactly one week when they returned
to assist at a brilliant wedding reception
at the White House, during which Presi-
dent and Mrs Monroe mingled with their
guests and left the bridal couple TO for
maly act as host and hostess
A brilliant ball was given to this third
White House bride by Commodore De-
catur just two days before he fell dead
i'm the duel with Barron This death OF
the hero of Tripoli put our republican
court in mourning and Cancelled another
wedding ball for the same happy couple
to winch commodore f'OTteT hdu iSeocu
cards: So Mr.. and Mrs. Gouverneur
proceeded to New York.
Mr. Gouverneur had been graduated
three years before from Columbia Col
lege. For time after his marriage he
served as President Monroes secretary.
later was In the New York legislature
and afterward served as postmaster of
New York for eight years. He owned the
famous horse, Post Boy, and was one OF
the owners of the Bowery Theater. New
York For a while he and his bride oc-
cupied the De Menou building. on H
street, Washington, where they gave
some brilliant entertainments. There
were four spacious drawing rooms In his
house. and it frequently required sixteen
baskets of champagne to supply all of
the guests at single function. Their
son. Samuel Laurence Gouverneur. jr..
was figure in Washington. became a
lieutenant in the regular army and served
with distinction throughout the Mexican
war. Later, while his mother was suf-
fering from protracted illness, he re-
signed his commission because not al
lowed to go to her sick bed. After her
death his father took a second wife, Miss
Mary Digges Lee.
The fourth couple to be married in the
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Freak Wedding Per-
formed in White House
During Civil War Re-
moves Thirteen Jlnx-
Will Be Sixth Child
of a President to
Be Married in Execu-
tive Manslon-Others
Have Been Nieces and
Friends-A Jilt Backed
by One President Gull
minated in w h 1t e
II ouse Wedding-A
Soldiers Elopem nj
Which Ended in Same
Honor Colored At
tendant Welcomed the
Runaways.
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qualms. superinduced by this progros-
tication, be II said that certain UNI
official nuptials tied within the Execu-
tive Mansion during the civil war SUI
need to remove the jinx from Miss Will
sons hymeneal prospects. and to con-
stitute her the fourteenth White House
bride. BY no means should any indus
trious hack, delving into the history of
the Presidents house, be blamed for
not learning of the unofficial marriage
in question. George Bancroft himself
would never have mentioned or have
remembered il. Yet 1T was a fact-over
which some of Miss Wilson's admirers
will perhaps rejoice. We will say more
about this unhistoric union when it is
reached in its proper chronological
order.
When Mr.. Francis p. Sayre joins the
Presidents daughter in wedlock al the
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superstition which prevailed so long. and
which caused all men to associate the
afternoons formal garb with evening wear
In the first place, the black coat, braided
with silk bands; the black. high-cut vest
the gray trousers, the patent leather
shoes and the rundown collar offer no
analogy with the bullying shirt front and
cleaning white vest of evening attire
The morning coat is supposed to be more
informal If you don't belieye It, go and
see any of Sir Arthur Pineros plays and
notice the way that the hero comes down
to breakfast logged out as for 4 Roman
holiday.
Yes, the morning coat is informal. 1t
should pass. compared to the evening
clothes as the sweater passes in company
with the orthodox sack coat. 1t should
pass quietly and easily, and not with a
glare OF light and a sounding of trum-
pets Sometimes ii is remarkable to
notice the seriousness with which the
young man of fashion will climb into his
cutaway coat 1t is like the young officer
getting into his first uniform
X =
II II was necessary TO write one maxim
above all others. the man who knows his
clothes would most certainly cry out.
Wear them as if you didn't know you
had them" But how futile this advice!
1t is like shouting TO the winter wind TO
cease its roaring. \ man who can appear
comfortable in his sack suit can seem to
derive more soul-moving torture out of a
cutaway coat than one of those coy old
martyrs could get out of the rack and
wheel. Ii is worse while visiting one OF
those little affairs'-tea and cake and
conversation-just to watch the stalwart
young American and compare him with
hundred and five pound attache to
an obscure Central American legation.
Watch the way that they wear their
clothes.
The American probably has had his
cutaway coat as long as the South Ameri-
can. He has worn II. however only when
fashion gripped him sternly and demand
cd that he put it on. The South Ameri-
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Easten to hesitate to the extent of ask
Ing the advice Of her uncle.
Take care, my dear" admonished the
President. With love, marriage Is
heaven; without it, hell!'
And Miss Easten at the last moment
chose Mr.. Polk instead Of the fascinating
Lieut.. Finch, who a year later had Con-
gress change his name to William Comp
ton Bolton, and who was commodore
when he died In 1S49
OF the third White House wedding of
the jackson administration, that Of Emily
Martin, another fair relative of the Presi-
dent and Lewis Randolph, little seems
to be known and l can find no descrip.
ton Of It,
When Tyler took up his abode in the
White House he called his four daugh-
tiers before him and uttered this solemn
admOnition:
Remember, you will be much in the
public eye" he warned. You are to
know no favorites Your visitors will be
citizens of the United States, and as such
are all to be received with equal cour-
tesy. You will not receive any gifts
whatever and you will allow no one to
approach you on the subject Of office or
favors."
Two of his daughters were already mar
ried, another was a mere child and only
one was of marriageable age. This was
Elizabeth, the beauty Of the family. She
had fine eyes. an exquisite complexion, a
wealth of soft. waving hair. and all of the
superior charm of a Virginia belle. But
her reign in Washington was destined to
be very brief Her father had become
President In April, 1884, and on the last
day of the following January she mar
ried. in the east room, William Waller OF
Virginia, a grandnephew of the Scottish
Earl of Traquaire.
Lizzie has had quite grand wedding,
although the intention was that it should
be quiet and private" wrote her brothers
wife. who added that the bride looked
surprisingly lovely In her wedding dress
ally covered with bushes and dimples. -
This relative writes also that the fair
Elizabeth behaved remarkably well,
too"
One of the bridesmaids expressed to
Daniel Webster her surprise that Lizzie
should have consented to give up her
belleship so soon.
"Ah," said that great man
And love is heaven. and heaven Is love' V
ding were the cabinet, diplomatic corps
and host Of personal friends, including
the brilliant Dolly Madison herself.
Now we come to the unofficial wedding
of which mention was made in our intro
duction. This occurred in 1862. during
Lincoln's Administered ton, and the BRIDE
groom was one James H. Chandler, a
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JULIA GARDINER TYLER
DAUGHTER FAFORr1ER
SENATOR EROr1N EWY0
WHO BECAME. The BRIDE
OF FRE SIDENT TYLER
JUNE z 1914

Union soldier. who. near Mount Sidney,
Va, carried Off a pretty country lass and
eloped with her in a stage to Washington.
Obtaining his marriage license and the
services Of a Baptist preacher, he per-
suaded the latter to proceed with him
and his bride-elect to the White House.
Here by oiling the palm of colored
attendant, admission was gained to one
of the state parlors, where the minister
read the ceremony which made the two
man and wife. The maiden name of this,
the ninth White House bride, has been
lost to history for the time being, but a
few years ago she was still living at
of soldiers widow.
The fourth child of a President to be
married in the White House was Ellen
Wrenshall ("Nellie'o Grant.
This White House belle of a generation
ago was kept in school the first three of
her fathers eight years in the White
House. Then she made her debut at
reception, which her mother, stricl
Methodist, deemed a more suitable enter
tainment than a ball for the young people
of their daughters age.
Like her successor, the princess Alice
Roosevelt Miss Grant was destined to
lose her heart while crossing the ocean.
While coming over on the Russia, after
a European tour. late in 1872. she met
Algernon c.. F. Sartoris, a grandson of
Charles Kemble, the actor, and a nephew
of Fanny Kemble the celebrated actress.
year and half later-May 2l 1874
when she was only nineteen and he
twenty-three, they were married in the
east room. in the presence of two hundred
guests, including the cabinet families and
the high officers of the army, navy and
diplomatic corps, all in their brilliant
uniforms.
Tiffany of the Metropolitan Methodist
Church.
The bride and groom knelt upon a
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ONE a lar m i 5 I
scribe lately ut
tered in print the
baneful sugges-
ton that. because
she will be the
thirteenth White
House bride, Miss
Jessie Woodrow
Wilson faces an
ill omen. And lest
some superstitious
oul su # e r
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White House were also cousins-young
John Adams, son of President Jonn
Quincy Adams, and Miss Mary HELEN OF
Washington. niece OF Mrs Adams. me
ceremony occurred in the blue parlor in
1896. 1t. was an evening wedding attend
ed by a very distinguished company. AL
though 1t Is said that the match was not
agreeable to President John Quincy
Adams-who omits mention of the we'd
ding in his diary-it is related that he
relaxed his accustomed dignity during
that evening, danced the Virginia reel
and "capered about, joking and singing
this nuptial occasion" He is also related
to have been the best talker at table
at the series of grand dinner parties
which were given at the Executive Man
sion during the week following the nup-
tails of his son.
This son, Prince john as he was
popularity known. acted as his father S
private secretary and seems to have en-
joyed an exalted opinion of his own i'm
portance. A Washington editor, named
Jarvis, who alleged that Prince John"
had made offensive remarks about him,
slapped the young dandy's face and pulled
his nose in the rOtunda of the Capitol,
of which intlignity to his son the Presi-
dent complained in special message to
Congress, which body. although appoint
ing committee Of investigation. never
meted out any punishment to the editor.
The christening of Mary Louisa adams.
john" occurred in the east room of the
White House in February. 1922. and was
attended by American and foreign dig
nitaries.
Three weddings occurred in the White
House while the widowed Jackson was
President In 1880 Miss Mary Lewis,
daughter of Jacksons intimate friend and
companion in arms. Maj. Lewis of Nash
vile, married NJ. Alphonse Joseph Yoer
Pageot native of Martinique who six
years later became secretary of the
French legation at Washington and who
twelve years later became French min
lister at our capital. 1t was gossiped
at the time that his friend, Louis Phi
lippe, appointed him to Washington that
he might look after his wifes property in
Tennessee.
Miss Lewis Is described as having been
lovely bride. The President gave her
away. She died more than forty years
ago at Montpelier. in France.
In romance eliminating in White
House wedding in 1882. niece of Presi-
dent Jackson. Miss Mary Easten Of Ten
nessee, played the stellar role. She had
first been wooed and won by Lieut.. Boil
ton Finch of our navy, an Englishman
by birth, and one of the great beaus of
his time. The day of the wedding was
fixed and the guests invited but upon the
eve of the nuptials there came rumbling
up to the White House door a coach and
four bearing one Mr. Polk of Tennessee, a
kinsman of President Polk. and an ar
dent sutton of the bride-elect.
A last appeal made by Polk moved Miss
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BY JOHN ELFRErH WATKINS.
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cousin. Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur
of New York, and the clergyman officiat-
ing was the Rev. William Hawley, rector
Of St Johns Church.
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Dies ibn fur bns prdiibenttndnt 1iidr
lifi3iren foIIie. gr trat in bas aatis
net Elm, un ben 5hfpergebeugten Giibtn
aufriHten 5u beIfen unb bas eeftl1
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punz5errfnoft baisIbit nit ibrtn Has
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Die republiinniihe Dartei unb tas
nit bic pruiti'de poIiih wrIisb
Shurs. als Nbains nominirt ipurbe.
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Surh moroliIfxn Stumpffinn neuiras
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men, mas Shur3 fiir bic 0srebeiuns
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Clement Der natipn1Ien @robs III.
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Die Gntbiiauns oes 0arl
Shnrs.9enfmals.

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Carl S6urs ibren gribut Der G6tung
3ollen. CFfsnbar begsn fe bic Qniitt,
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errporben bat unb bdmit bat es ieins
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iamntes natioralss 2sbsn nit S6ds
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Iis su bisten peruotte. Wenn man
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t0Hnte man ihm cine groBt 4n3dtl
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