Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-26

to appear in court dress, the East
Room presented magnificent picture.
the brilliant gowns Of the many fash
1onably dressed women contrasting
with the sombre black of the frock
coats OF the senator's. diplomats, rep
resentatives and friends and relative
OF the Wilson and Sayre families.
Roped Off in Sections.
Velvet and plush cords roped off
the room into sections and formed an
| aisle along which the bridal party
proceeded to the altar. A group of
choir boys took the place of the
Marine Band, which played the we'd
ding 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 Col Roosevelt, was almost totally
| ignored. The reason given for this
the members of her family have not
been in Washington long enough to
/ become extensively acquainted. Be
sides the diplomatic corps, some of
| the leading members of the Senate
and the House, the members of the
| Presidents cabinet, the mebers of the
| Supreme Court and few depart
ment and bureau heads, almost all
of the guests were personal friends
of the Wilson and Sayre families.
Many of the guests had never been
in Washington before and were total
ly unacquainted with either residen-
tial 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
watchful eyes of score of secret
service men. Every precautioa was
!! taken to protect the Presidents fami-
| ly and the wedding guests. Secret
service men were freely scattered
through the White House and about
the grounds of the Executive Man.
sion.
| Every entrance to the White House
grounds was guarded by a line Of
police. Guests on arrival passed
through a PARALLEL line of police at
the main entrance and only those
having invitations or authority were
permitted to enter.
From early morning crowd had
surrounded the White House, stand
ing close to the great, iron ratings,
in hope of catching a glimpse of Miss
Wilson and members of the wedding
party. Policemen kept an open lane
to tn the porte corchere of the White
House.
The 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 member of the presidential
family, and the several girlhood
friends of the bride who had been
selected as brides maids.
Miss Mary G.. White, of Baltimore,
was a chum of Miss Wilson at
Goucher Colleger, Baltimore; Miss
Adeliae Mitchell Scott, daughter of
Prof William B. Scott, of Princeton
University, was a girlhood friend of
the bride, and Miss Majorie Brown,
daughter of Col. F. T. Browne OF
Atlanta, Ca, is second cousin OF
Miss Wilson on the maternal side
The attendants of the groom were
chosen from among friends he made
at college and in philanthropic work.
DR., Wilfred T. Grenfell, the best
man. famous explorer and philanthro-
mist. of the Grenfell Mission, Labra-
dor, met Mr.. Sayre when the latter
| ON his vacation visited the Labrador
coast and aided DR.. Grenfell In his
| missionary work. The Rev. Sylves-
ter w. Beach, who performed the
ceremony. is a personal friend OF the
| President, who, while connected
with Princeton University attended
the Rev. Beach's church. The ushers
were:
BENJAMIN B. Burton, of New YORK
CITY. an allumnus of Williams College
1912: DR.. Scoville Clark. OF Salem
Mass, who Mr.. Sayre knew and
worked with in Labrador; DR.. Gil
bert Horrax, of Montclair. N. j.
who attended Williams College with