The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-25

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and Miss Mary G.. White Of Baltimore
Miss Adeline Mitchell Scott OF Prince
ton, and Miss Marjorie Brown of At
lanta, the last a relative, and the 9TH
ers chums of girlhood days.
The BEST mar was DR.. T. Grenfell
with whom Sayre spent many month:
ministering to the sick and needy OF
the rock-bound Laborador coast. Thu
ushers were the b~ridegroom's college
mates-Benjamin B. Burton, of New
York: DR.. De Witt Scoville Clark, jr.
of Salem, Mass; DR.. Gilbert Horrax
Of Montclair, N. j., and Charles ElIan:
Hughes, jr.. a son of the justice Of the
supreme court.
The bride and bridegroom - botf
blonde and of about the same height
she. known as the White House beauty
because Of her classic Grecian fea,
lures, and he, a tall, 1.-the young mar
athletic in appearance with sharp fea
lures and a fair compleXion-Wert
busily occupied during the forepart OF
the day mingling in the bridal party
their relatives and house guests tt
whom alone the White House was ac-
cessible before the wedding hour.
The two young people who have liv-
ed the hardships of the poverty settle
ments in big cities and who have in
quired into life's social and economic
problems first hand, would have pre-
ferred a quiet wedding, limited to the
family circle and close friends-such
as it might have been had not the
parents of the bride been elevated to
the foremost social position in the
gift of the nation. Reluctantly was it
made an official affair. The diplomatic
corps, it was realized, had been
omitted on any important social oc-
casion at the White House, nor had
the members Of the cabinet and the
supreme court. To Washington society
today's was the supreme event of the
season, yet the guests were hardly
drawn from official life but from the
vast circle CT friends Of the two fami-
lies throughout the land.
There we're but 400 invitations issu-
ed-600 less than at the Roosevelt
wedding seven years ago 49, but the
ton, whereas the Roosevelt admins
tration was then fee years old and
officials and their wives had had a
greater opportunity to establish init
mate relations at the White House.
Members OF the cabinet and their
wives and families, as we'll as the JUS
ticeS Of the supreme court of the
United States and their families, the
ambassadors and miniSt2rs, represent
ing kings and emperors throughout
the civilized world, the Vice President
and Mrs. Marshall, the Speaker of the
House and Mrs. Champ Clark, Senator
Kern and Rep. Oscar Underwood. the
democratic leaders; and Senator Gal
linger and Representative Mann, the
minority leaders OF congress, and their
Wtves-these were the persons invited
because Of their official position,
though among them were many close
friends of the Wilson family.
Senators and members of the house
generally were not invited. II they
had been, the east room could no;
have held them. It was the sane ar
rangement as was carried out at the
Roosevelt wedding, in fact the prepar-
atoms. decorations and genera,
scheme of the days programme were
along somewhat the same general
lines,
AS at the Roosevelt wedding. the
diplomatic corps decided not to appear
in uniform, but none the less 1t was
expected that the assemblage would
be a brilliant one. Though the men
were to wear the conventional after
noon frock, for weeks that have pre-
ceded gowns n toilettes have beer
planned with minute are by the fem
mine SuSStS lpi lHS 'SSIeHlOuy OIL at
hour, ~.
The programme had been mapped
out to the final detail, the White
House attaches fixing each part of II
with the eXactness characteristic o.
functions at the executive mansion. p
High officials and relatives were tt
enter at the north front, but the
guests generally were to come in al
the east entrance through the glass
conservatory decorated with ferns AM
,alns and revealing through big win.
lows the south grounds with the
fountain and Italian pools the hedges
and shrubbery-the exquisite garden
ing of years.
From the conservatory to the MAR
staircase leading up to the east room
where, daily, hundreds of tourists arr
permitted to promenade, where tn,
busts Of celebrities and the tea chests
and relics Of traditional history ar,
gathered--here was a STAFF of ushers
to assist the guests with their wraps.
for the wedding was a picture o,
yrandeur. The three crystal chande.
liers with their pseudo-candle light.
were to be but half illuminated
spreading a dim but sufSused Iighl
| over the gold trimmed walls witt
their cream colored pilasters. thei
huge vases and mantels of dolores
marble. The walls of the east room
are covered with wood paneling, tn,
ornamental ceiling Is done in stucce
and set in the walls are twelve low re.
lief panels their subjects from Aesopi
fables. The window draperiea OF heav,
yellow silk danask were hung ioos