The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-11-27
Second Daughter Of President
Welded in White House.
CEREMONY WAS VERY 3,,!!:..-LE
The Decorations Were Modest and
Even the Brides Wedding Gown
Was Not Very Elaborate
VALUABLE Presents.

ence OF ID! liant aSSemDlaSe OF QlS-
tinguished guests, Miss Jess Wood
row Wilson, second daughter 81 the
President, and Francis Bowes Gayre
were married in the famous east room
OF the White House this afternoon.
1t was u ceremony of pronounced
simplicity. The decorations We're ex-
tremely modest and even the brides
wedding gown was far from being
elaborate.
Miss Wilson, leaning on the arm of
her father and attended by her maids,
entered the east room from the main
APARTMENT of the White House. On a
dias erected before the altar near the
ants and Rev. Sylvester w. each,
pastor OF the Presbyterian church,
Princeton, n. j., awaited the arriva.
of the bridal party. On almost the
very spot where took place the we'd
dings OF Miss Nellie Grant and Alger.
non Sartoris and Miss Alice Roose,
welt and Nicholas Longworth, Miss
Wilson became the thirteenth White
House bride.
Makes Brilliant Picture.
The room presented magnificent
picture. IL" brilliant gowns of the
many .aaH .onably dressed wrN.cn
contrasting with the solnhrt ! l. <
of the ii' cA coats OF the SAM, Ul--5,
and representatives ard the l"iends
and relstiyeG OF the Wilson and SGvre
families. Velvet and plush CT rds
roped OFF the room INTO sections and
formed IN aisle along which The
bridal la:ty proceeded 70 the alttr
grouo ct choir boys took the place
of the Va me band which PLACED the
wedding march for Miss Roosevelt.
None OF the guests was seated.
Invitations were handled in way
typical Of President Wilson. Wash
ington residential society, which re-
ceived great recognition at the hands
of Colonel Roosevelt. was almost to-
tally ignored. The reason given for
this was the fact that Miss Wilson
and the members OF her family have
not been in Washington long enough
to become extensively acquainted. Be-
sides the diplomatic corps, some OF
tie leading members of the senate
and the house. the members of the
Presidents cabinet, the members OF
the supreme court and few depart
ment and bureau heads, almost all of
the guests We're personal friends of
the Wilson and Sayre families Many
of the guests had never been in Wash
ingtcn before and were totally unac
nua;nted with either residential or
official society here.
The wedding presents, valued at
more than 100000, were distributed
through the spare rooms of the White |
House. but were kept under the
watch!ul eyes OF score of secret |
service men. Every precaution was
taken to protect the Presidents fam
lily and the wedding guests.
Members of Bridal Party.
In the bridal party as Miss Wilson
entered the room, besides President
Wilson, were Miss Margaret Wilson.
eldest daughter of the President; who |
was maid of-honor for her sister; Miss
Eleanor Randolph Wilson, youngest
IN F4aabbeF-ef- the presidential family, t
and the several girlhood friends of
the bride who had been selected as
bridesmaids. Miss Mary G. White of
baltimore was chum OF Miss Wilson |
at Goucher college; Miss Adelire |
Mitchell Scott daughter of Prof. Will
lam b. Scott of Princeton university,
was girlhood friend of the bride, and |
Miss Marjorie Brown, daughter of Col |
+. +. Brown of Atlanta, Ca, Is a Sec |
end cousin of Miss Wilson on the ma
ternal side.
The attendants of the groom we're
chosen from among friends he made |
at college and in philanthropic work |
DR.. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the best man.
famous explorer and philanthropist, of |
the Grenfell mission, Labrador, met |
Mr.. Sayre when the latter on his va |
cation visited the Labrador coast and |
aided DR.. Grenfell in his missionary |
work. Rev. Sylvester w. Beach, who |
performed the ceremony, is a personal |
friend Of the President. The ushers
were: BENJAMIN B. Burton Of New |
York City. an alumnus Of Williams |
college, 1912; DR.. Scoville Clark of |
Salem, MASS. whom Mr.. Sayre worked |
with In Labrador; DR.. Gilbert Horrax
OF Montclair, N. j., who attended Will |
Jams college with Mr.. Sayre in 1909,
and Charles Evans Hughes. Jr., son
Of Associate Justice Hughes Of the
supreme court
Trousssau Of the Bride.
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In point OF completeness the brides /
trousseau might almost be called elab-
crate. although the individual gowns
nm GOT Her wedding gown was ofna-
! nesnt6d VIII rich laess that have beeu /
keIsi0sns for generations n her