The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-26

party numbered exactly twelve, so that
| when the ushers and attendant maids
stood with the bride and groom in front
OF the officiating clergyman. the Rev.
/ Sylvester w. Beach, OF Princeton, y.
j. there were just thirteen on the
raised platform. banked with flowers In
! the historic East Room.
] Both the names Jessie w Wilson"
and Francis 3. Sayre'' contain ex-
actly thirteen letters each, as does the
names Of the President, Woodrow
/ Wilson.
! But the thirteen that distinguishes
Miss Wilson at this particular time, is
! that she was the thirteenth White
| House bride
Here is list OF tho twelve weddings
which have been held in the White
House during its century OF existence:
! Lucy Payne, widow of nephew OF
George Washington, and sister In law
, OF President Madison. and Jus;ic Todd,
| OF the Supreme Court March IL, 1911
Anna Todd, OF Philadelphia, cousin
! OF Mrs. Madison, wife OF the President
and Representative Edward b. Jack
son. great-uncie, of "stonewali"
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
e
| Della Lewis, of Nashville. Tenn. a
daughter OF one of President Andrew
Jackson's famous Kitchen cabinet"
and Alphonse Joseph Yvcr Pageet. sec
Rotary of the French legation. 1929
Emily Martin, niece of President
| grandson of jefferson. 1881.
! Mary Easten. OF Tennessee. niece Of
| President Jackson, and Lucien b. POLK
relative of President Polk. 1887.
| Elizabeth Tyler, third daughter of
President Tyler, and William Waller
OF Williamsburg. Va. January 81, 1872.
| Nellie Grant, daughter OF President
| Grant and Algernon c. T.. Sartoris,
May u. 1879
Emily Plat. niece OF President
! Hayes. and General Russell Hastings
| formerly lieutenant-colonel OF the
Twenty Regiment OF Ohio Volun-
teers, June 10. 1878.
| Frances Folsom. the Presidents
ward. and President Grover Cleveland,
June .. 1856
Alice Roosevelt, daughter Of Prcsi.
dent Roosevelt and Representative
! Nicholas Longworth February IL.
! 1906.
! Ceremonies in White House.
| only four Presidents daughters have
been married iii the White House UNI
III to-day's ceremony added 4 hfth.
Nellie Grant and Alice Roosevelt were
married III the East Room, where the
pride and groom stood. When Presi-
oeht Cleveland, the only presidential
| White House bridegroom. was to marry.
| lie chose the Blue Room because the
witnesses 10 tho ceremony were few
only his and Miss Folsom's relatives
ana the members OF tho Cabinet and
their wives. They stood facing tbe
centre door opening on tho main cor
fidor. While the Presbyterian marriage
rite was spoken.
History repeats itself with another
democratic President and n minister
of the same religion performin,r tia
service '"e
Nellie Grant and Algernon Sartoris
were married In the East Room, be-
| cause the company gathered, like thar
VI to-uay' was too large for any other
Ioolh. "A similar reason held at tho
Long worth-Roosevelt wedding. So n
was Tor another Presidents daurhtar
chzaoeth Tyler, when she married VIII
nam waller and had p wedding do
scribed rs the most brilliant of SINH
lar events up to that time. She was
great beauty. just nineteen. and LEFT
ner iatner,s home and the White House
10 begin her married life In quiet
country place.
me iirst East Room wedding was
mat or Anna Todd, niece of President
Madison's wife. Two years after
president Tyler married his daughter
OH IN the presence of tho grandees
OF his day hereabouts, he married. n
! second time himso.,, He went on 10
New York and his marriage with Miss
Julia Gardener followed n, her home.
president Cleveland made n precc-
dent In having the woman of his
choice como to the White House for
their marriage. but he followed Presi-
dent Taylor's program in holding n re.
ception In the White House after their
HONEYMOON Journey to Deer Park, to
which all tho notables Of tho Official
and resident world OF the capital were
hidden. 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 assem-
bled In the garden FOR the usual week.
ly concert