The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-25

palms and revealing through big wih- dows the south grounds with the foun- tain and Italian pools, the hedges and shrub bery-the exquisite gardening of years.
 From the conservatory to the main staircase leading up to the East Room where, daily, hundreds of tourists are permitted to promenade where the busts of celebrities and the tea chests and. relics of traditional history are gathered-here was staff of ushecs to assist the guests with their wraps.
 The East Room as it was prepared for the wedding was a picture of gran deur. The three crystal chandeliers with their eudo-candIe lights were to be but half-i1lu4ninated, spreading a dim but s1ffused light over the gold trimmed walls with their cream color ed pi1asters, their huge vases and man tels of co1ored marble. The walls of the East Room are covered with wood paneling, the ornamental ceiling is done in stucco and set in the walls are twelve low relief panels, their sub-s jects from Aesop's fables The win dow draper'ies of heavy yellow sills da1nask were hung loose to-day and the. shades drawn. At the east end of the room facing the Treasury Build ing there is a series of four windows broken by, piers. It was in front of these windows on a dafs banked with flowers that the wedding ceremony was to be performed.
 NuptiaI Altar.
 The windows were draped with a large lambrequin of old gold plush with curtains on either side. Whers ever there was a. loop or wherever the overhanging borders of the lanabre- qIin joined; there were large ropes of snilax and punches of lilies. In front of these windows a platform ap- preached by two semi-circular steps had been erected. The platform it. self was covered with a rug. and i'm mediately above the steps was a kneeling bench upholstered in white cloth, tied with white satin ribbons and filled out with bride roses and lilies. Behind this, with just enough space for the officiating clergyman to stand, was a mass of palms and s1ni- lax with great bunch of lilies.
 Everybody was to stand on the gIis- tening parquette floor, for there are no chairs in the East Room except on. rare Soccas' ons, at musfcales. The so- called official guests, including mem bers of the Cabinet, the Vice-Presi- dent and the Speaker of the House. and their. families, the justices of the. Supreme Court and the diplomatic grouped in the southern half of the room, while the guests generally were to stand in the northern half with the immediate families of the bride and groom in the aisle betweenss sur rounding the dais after the1 bridal party had reached the floral bower and improvised altar. Two ropes wound in white satin marked the green carpeted aisle.
 Looking down the main aisle from the dais, the green carpeting met the red rugs of the long corridor which bi- sects the lower floor of the White House leading from the State Dining Room to the East Room and border ing the trio of parlors = the Redj Room, the Blue Room and the Green Room. The United States Marine Band grouped behind palms was to hall of marble floor and bufr-tinted pi- 1asters.
 Meet at Foot of DaiS.
 At exactly half past four o'clock, thet President and Mrs. Wilson were to descend the main. staircase from. the family apartments, proceeding to the State Dining room. where the bridal procession was to be formed Mrs. Wilson and the members Of the two families were to be escorted through the par1ors to the southern end of the in front Of the dais. MT. Sayre and the best man were to come in from the Blue Room, meeting the process sion of bridesmaids and the bride at the foot of the dais.
 From the western end of the long corridor at the State Dining Room. the bridal procession was to form Tn the niches of the corridor, palms and tropical plants had been placed. Each of the bridesmaids, escorted by one of the ushers, was to march slowly into l the East Room to the strains of the 1 famous Lohengrin wedding march, l played by the Marine Band. Last the | bride was to enter, leaning on the arm 1 of the President, and preceded by the maid of honor. The bride was to | carry bouquet of lilies of the valley, l while the bridesmaids were to carryI pink roses toned In with their, pink | dresses.
 As the bride and her father reached i the altar the President was to pause 1 while the groom was to step forward [ and lead the bride up the low steps to the broad dais where the entire1 bridal party was to stand, the Presi- dent and Mrs. Wilson standing at the base of the platform
 Four Tables Prepared.
 Rev. MT. Beach was to read thei wedding service from the Book of Common Prayer and immediately af- ter the ceremony, the bridal party was