Arizona republican., 1913-11-24
Before Improvised Altar in Historic East Room Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson Will Wed Francis BOwes Sayre
ASSEMBLAGE WILL
 BE DISTINGUISHED
Among Those in Attendance to Be Foreign Diplomats, Members of Cabinet, Jus tices of Supreme Court and High Officers
Especial to The RepublicanD


 WASHINGTON, Nov 23-Before an improvised altar in the historic East Room of the White House, on the same spot where Miss Nellie Grant and Al sermon SartOris took the VOWS forty years ago and where Miss Alice Roose- welt and Nicholas LOngWOrth plghted their troth in 1906, the Rev. Sylvester W Beach. pastor of the Presbyterian church in Princeton. \. J. Will on Tuesday pronounce the words which will unite in marriage Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson. second daughter of the president of the United States, and MT Francis Bowes Sayre, son of the late Robert II. Sayre. the builder of the Lehigh Valley railroad
 The cersmouy-which is set for 4:30 P. AI.-wiu be witnessed by one of the most brilliant and distinguished as sembIages ever gathered in the eXecu- tive mansion. It was the early desire not only of Miss Wilson, who was most concerned. but of the president and Mrs. Wilson. that the wedding should be celebrated in a manner compara- lively quiet, that it should be family affair This. it shortly was disclosed, could nO- be gratified.
 OnIy about 400 guests. mostly rela- tives and intimate friends will witness the ceremony, but nearly three times that number have been invited to at tend the reception that will follow. Among those in attendance will be the vice president and Mrs Marshall, the foreign diplomats and their families, the cabinet members and their families. the supreme court justices and their families and numerous members of congress and high officers of the army and navy and their families. The rel atiVes Of the two families alone num- Der several score. The most of these, together with the members of the we'd ding party are already guests at the White House
 The floral decorations will be more elaborate than any heretofore have been in President Wilson's administra- ton. While the decorations in all the rooms on the main floor of the White House will be beautiful. they will be less elaborate than those in the East Room. which will be beautified with thousands of Chrysanthemums grown in the White House conservatories.
 The state dining-room will be thrown open to the guests after the ceremony The great. high walls and ceiling. pan elled in walnut, will form a handsome setting for the splendidly decorated table on which. amid q simmer of sil- yer and cut glass, will appear the we'd ding cake, two and a half feet in height and weighing nearly 15O pounds. It is said that the cake is to be cut into 1000 pieces and each placed in dainty white box bearing the United States seal. The pieces will be given not only to the guests, but sent to many folks far away who are unable to come to Washington for the ceremony.
 The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Marine Band Orches- tra. which will be stationed behind a floral screen in the corridor A special program has been prepared for the wedding. The music has been selected for the most part by Miss Wilson her self
 The marriage ceremony will be marked by the great simplicity possible under the circumstances. When every thing is in readiness MT. Sayre. ac- companied by his best man, Sir WiIfred T. Grenfell, will descend the main stair case and entering the East Room, take his place before the temporary altar to wait the arrival of the bride.
 Immediately the clock sounds the half-hour after four, Miss Wilson, es- corted by the president, will descend to the west end of the main corridor There, awaiting them, will be the ush- CTS selected by MT. Sayre They are Dr. ScOville Clark of Salem. Mass Benjamin B. Burton of New York City pr. Gilbert Horace of Montclair, N. J. and Charles E. Hughes, Jr.. of Wash ingtOn, D. c.
 Preceded by the ushers, the president with the bride will proceed to the East Room. The bride will be attended by her sister, Miss Margaret Wilson. as maid of honor The bridesmaids will he Miss Eleanor Wilson, younger sister of the bride: Miss Adelfne Mitchell Scott, daughter of Professor William B. Scott of Princeton; Miss Mary c. White | of Baltimore, who was a classmate of the bride at Boucher College. and Miss Marjorie Brown, a daughter of Mrs. l Wilson's cousin, Col F. T. Brown of l Atlanta.
 Miss Wilson's bridal dres will be a ! magnificent creation of heavy cream 1 Continued on Page Five)