The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25
Unlucky 13
 Not HOOdO
 To Wilson's
Thirteen In Bridal Party And Thirteen Letters In Priu-
 cipaPs Names.

evil superstition but to President WH- son an omen of good luck-plays a. prominent part in the wedding Not by design but by a curious coincidence the bridal party numbers exactly twelve so that when the ushers and attendant maids stand with the bride and groom in front of the ohici4ti1fis clergyman, Rev. Sylvester w. Beach of Princeton, N. J., there will be just thirteen on the raised platform banked with flowers in the historic East Room.
 Both the names Jessie v. wilson and Francis B. Sayre" contain exact ly thirteen letters each, as does the name of the President, ''WoodrOw wilson
 But the thirteen that distinguishea Miss Wilson at this particular time. iH that she will be the thirteenth White House bride.
 White House Weddings.
 Here is a list of the twelve we'd dings which have been held in the White House during its century Of e-- istence:
 Lucy Payne, widow of a nephew oG George Washington. and sIstsr-in-lnV of President Madison, and Justice Todd of the Supreme Court, March n, y1S11.
 Anna Todd of Philadelphia. cousin of Mrs. Madison, wife of the Presi- dent, and Representative Edward B. Jackson, a, great-uncle of ''StOneWalf- Jackson, 1872.
 Marie Hester Monroe, daughter of President Monroe, and Samuel Law renee Gouverneur of New York. 1920
 Mary Helen, niece of Mrs Adams. and John Adams, son of President John Quincy Adams, February 20. 1928. a
 Nellie Lewis of Nashville. Tenn. O daughter of one of President Andrew Jackson's famous 'slzdtchen cabinet. and AIphonse Joseph Ever Pageos. secretary of the French legation, 1829-
 Emily Martin, niece of President Jackson, and Lewis Donaldson a grandson of Jefferson, 1891.
 Mary Easten of Tennesssss niece Of President Jackson and Lucien B. Pork, relative of President Polk 1s37
 Elizabeth Tyler. third daughter Of President Tyler, and William Haller . of Williamsburg, Va, January s1.
 Nellie Grant, daughter of President Grant, and Algernon c. ?. sartoris. May 21, 1874.
 Emily Platt, niece of Fresidsnt : Hayes, and Gen Russell Hastings for merIy lieutenant-colonel of fhs 2gd Regiment of ohio VolunteerE, June
 Frances Folsom, the Presidsnt's ward, and President Grover Cleveland. ! June 9. 1886.
 Nicholas Longworth, February IT, ! 1908.
 Cleveland Ceremony.
 Only four Presidents daughters ! have been married in She White Eouse . until this ceremony will add O. fifth . Nellie Grant and Alice Roosevelt were married in the East Room, where the |. bride and groom will stand. When President Cleveland, the only prssi- dential White House bridegroom, Waa to marry, he chose the Blue Room | because the witnesses to the ceremony were few-only his and M6s8 Folsom'8 relatives and the members Of the ca.bf- net and their wives. They Soooo facing the center door opening on the main corridor while the PreSCyterf@n marriage rite was spoken.
 History repeats itself with auoeher democratic President and a. n1inisteE of the same religion performing Glle service.
 Nellie Grant and AIgernon Gartorfn were married in the East Room. be- cause the company gathered wac too large for any other room. A sini1ar reason held at the Longwor1h- -FOoge- welt wedding. So it was fer another Presidents daught6Ts 1s1txa.bern Tyler. when she married William Waller and had a wedding described as the most brilliant of similar events up to fhat time. She. was a great beauty. tu1t nineteen, and left her fathers home and the White House to begin her life in a quiet country place
 Precedent Made.
 The first East Room wedding was that of Anna Todd, niece of President Madison's wife. Two years after President Madison married his daugh- ter off in the presence of the grandees of his day hereabouts. he married a second time himself. He went on to New York and his marriage with hIiss Julia Gardner followed at her home
 President Cleveland made a prece- dent in having the lady of his choice come to the White House for fheir but he followed President Tyler'@ program in holding a. recep- ton in the White House after their honeymoon journey to Deer Park, to which all the notabies of the ofdcial and resident world of the capital were bidden. President Tyler held his re- ception the day after the wedding. The couple received for two hours and then the bride showed herself on the south balcony to the crowds aassm- O1ed in the garden for the usual week