The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

family connections of the bride and
groom and close personal friends.
The ceremony will be performed in the
| east rooni of the White House by the
Rev Sylvester w. Beech, the President S
pastor at Princeton, N. J. Miss Marga-
| ret Wilson will be her sisters maid of
| honor. The bridesmaids will be Miss
| Eleanor Wilson, youngest sister of the
| bride; Miss Mary G. White of Baltimore,
a college friend of Miss Jessie Wilson;
| Miss Adeline Mitchell Scott. daughter of
Prof. William u. Scott of Princeton, and
Miss Marjorie Brown, daughter of Mrs.
Wilson's cousin, Col. E. T. Brown of At
| lanta, Ga.
| DR.. wilfredsT. Grenfell the we'll known
| missionary doctor of Labrador with
whom Mr.. Sayre worked while in that
country, will be best man. The ushers
will be Mr. Benjamin B. Burton of New
| York, a graduate of Williams college; DIR.
Scoville Clark of Salem, Mass, another
associate of Mr.. Sayre In Labrador; DR..
Gilbert Horax of Montclair, N. j., a
| classmate of Mr.. Sayre In Williams col
| lege, and Mr.. Charles e. Hughes, Jr., a
classmate of Mr.. Sayre in the Harvard
Law school,.
1t is the desire of the President and
Mrs. Wilson that there be a minimum
of pomp and display. On several occa-
sions the President has discouraged the
Inauguration of movement to present
costly presents, but despite this the gifts
will undoubtedly be many in number and
regal In their quality.
Gift From House Members
An instance where the Presidents op-
position to gift to his daughter was
dlsregarded is in the House of Repre-
sentatives. Each member contributed -
and with the $1,000 or more thus collecte }
Miss Clark, daughter of the speaker, will
collect suitable gift in New York. 1t
will probably take the form of silver
ware. Undoubtedly many valuable we'd
ding gifts will be received from the royal
families of the world.
Social stAtisticians have vainly tried to
make Miss Jessie Wilson, upon her mar
riage, the 18th White House bride. The
task has been made impossible owing to
the fact that while 10 have been mar
ried in the White House, four spent their
honeymoons in that mansion and their
title of "White House bride" has never
been disputed. For instance, President
Tyler, in 1874, married Miss Gardiner in
New York and brought her as bride
to the White House.
Thus Miss Wilson will be the 18th bride
and the 18th to be married In the White
House. Cupid's reign in the executive
mansion was inaugurated Just before the
turbulent times of 1872. Mrs. Madison
tiful Quakeress OF Philadelphia, who was
about to be married to John G. Jackson,
then a member of Congress from vir-
gina. to have the ceremony performed
In what was then the original Presidents
home and which was later DESTROYED by
the British. She consented and the fes-
tivities In connection with her wedding
were the marvel of that period. Mr..
Jackson was the great uncle of "Stone-
WALL Jackson
First White House Wedding
The first wedding in the present White
House was that of Miss Maria Monroe,
the youngest daughter of President Mon
roe. who on March 8. 1920 became the
bride OF her cousin, Mr.. Lawrence Gou-
verneur of New York. The wedding was
private affair. A striking feature and
one which took away much of the glamor
of such events was the absence of the
diplomatic corps, which had not been In
vited. owing to delicate social technical
ities.
In 1926 Miss Helen Jackson became the
bride of Mr.. John Adams, the first son of
a President to be married in the execu-
tive mansion. The ceremony was per-
formed In the east room. Miss Jackson
was related to the famous Adams family
of Massachusetts. She was a frail girl
and was described at her wedding as
looking like an angel in her bridal
trousseau.
During the administration of President
Jackson there were two weddings in the
executive mansion. The first was that of
Miss I evils of Nashville, Tenn, who was
guest at the White House when her
engagement was announced to Mons.