Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29


score 10 being the luckiest OF numbers in the
Wilson family.
1t is interesting to consider the fact that three
OF the round dozen Of White House Brides includ-
ing the first one, Lucy Payne, and the last one,
Alice Roosevelt, married congressman Also tnat
two Della Lewis and Nellie Grant, became the
wives of foreigners. Only president, MI.
cleveland. was married in the White House. al
though another, Mr.. Tyler took to himself q
spouse during his term Of office.
In earlier days White House weddings were
always celebrated in the circular room the state
department, oval in shape which is now called
the blue room. But of late years Washington
society has expanded to such an extent, numer-
ically speaking that with perhaps 1000 guests
to be invited the east room is none too large for
the staging of so important a spectacle as mar
rage in the White House.
At the wedding of Alice Roosevelt, which oc-
Cured Feb. II, 1906, the east room was almost
uncomfortably crowded.
The bridal pair were wed on raised platform
before an extemporized altar. The ceremony was
performed by the Rt. Rev Henry \. Satterlee,
bishop Of washington, and breakfast for sixty
persons served in the state dining room,
buffet lunch for the other guests being furDlsheu
in the green room
Nick Longworth at that time member OF con-
gress from Cincinnati, is exceedingly popular. He
can do amusing things with the piano, is first-
class baseball player and has other accomplish
nearly forty. Though not rich, he will eventually
inherit considerable fortune from his mother.
His wife has spent most of her time since her
marriage in Washington where she is leader
of the young married women's set She has no
children.
tween the Roosevelt wedding and that OF Frances
Folsom who was married in the White House
June g. 1885, to President Cleveland. She was
only twenty years old at the time and was the
daughter of Mr.. Clevelands former law partner.
On this occasion the ceremony was semi-private
and the blue room was plenty big enough for the
bridal party and small number Of invited
guests
When her husband died, FIVE years ago, Mrs.
Cleveland left very well off, In addition,
congress voted her the customary $4,000 year
Ss the pension OF presidents widow. few
months ago she was married to Thomas ].
Preston
When Rutherford B. Hayes was colonel of the
Third Ohio Volunteers the heutenant-colonel OF
the regiment was Russell Hastings. Whence it
came about that Colonel Hastings in later years,
made the acquaintance of Emily Plat, niece Of
President Hayes. Miss Plat a member of
the White House family through the Hayes adj
ministration, being regarded almost daugh-
ter When she became engaged to Colonel Hast
ings it was arranged that she should be married
in the White House. and the ceremony per-
formed there June 10, 1878, at o'clock in .he
evening. It was wholly family affair.
Four years earlier took place the wedding OF
Nellie Grant. the third daughter of president to
be married in the White House. On this occasion
the spectacle was staged In the east room then
used for the p1rpose for the first time. The date
was May 81 1874. and the bridegroom was Algers
non Charles Frederick Sartoris. an Englishman.
Ellen Wrenshall Grant was handsome airl
Of eighteen with brown hair and eyes. rpsy
cheeks and a plump figure. Sartoris who wassthe
son ofsa member Of parliament and was SAID 10
have an income OF SEQ 900 year met her for the
first time on steamer coming back from Europe
The wooing was rapid. but General Grant disap.
proved o: the match and did not give his consent
Tor more than year.
There are plenty of people living today who