Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-23

~ those to whom the President s
family affairs are of interest
have a delightful topic to discuss. E'ach
day adds more or less to public knoWi-
edge of the event, history repeating itself
in these advance particulars as It dio
,, some years ago when another young
couple expected to pledge their troth IN
the east room. Then. as now. the Presl-
dent wished to keep the official SIDE OF
capital life from dominating or even sue-
costing the arrangements 1t has not
been any more successful now than IN
the first instance cited.
The popular mind and the popular pen,
it may be added, finds it hard to diner
entiate in these small details (and Will
not when Cupids affairs are under dis
cussion). The gathering to witness the
marriage of Miss Jessie Wilson and Mr.
Francis Bowes Sayres will be of COM
Portable proportions. but there Will be
little or no unused space in the east
room. The ceremony will take place on
raised platform, similar to that which
was used before, and an aisle will lead
to it, tied o. with white bound ropes
from the doors opening on the corridor.
In the spaces on either side will be the
dent, the cabinet. the diplomatic corps,
the Supreme Court, senators and repre-
sentativeS in Congress, various officials,
all accompanied by wives and in some in
stances also by their daughters. and per-
sonal friends of the President and Mrs.
Wilson and of the couple.
This last grouping is sufficiently elastic.
so that no one entitled to recognition has
been forgotten in the issuance of the in
vitations. The list of senator's and men,
bpr of cd inc 40
New Jersey delegation in both houses.
party leaders and members of the
two committees which had charge of the
gifts sent the bride-to-be by the Senate
and House.
Elaborate floral decorations at the
White House and elsewhere have gone
out of vogue, but the conventional back
ground of palms and foliage plants is
sure to be in place on the dais for the
ceremony and the bridal reception. There
are likely to be flowers at other stated
points also. and the buffet table in the
state dining room will have pretty
flower centerpiece as well. Pink-gener-
ally loved of youth and which has been
seen at various affairs for the bride late
ly, is the chosen color. SO ii is said, in
the bridesmaids gowns.
OF course, all White House brides wear
white satin and real point. so do most
None may dispute this for Tuesdays
bride, and any of the already published
accounts is safe to believe until the real
descriptions follow the ceremony.
That Miss Jessie Wilson will make as
lovely a bride as was ever seen in the
Presidents home goes without saying.
She has the height, the slender build on
which the modes OF the day look best. and
the fair hair and clear skin TO which pure
white is most becoming.
The Marine Band, following all prec-
edents. will play. it is expected. and Miss
Margaret Wilson, the songstress of the
fami Y, has the credit of selecting the
program.
The Presidents former pastor at Prince
ton. Rev. Sylvester w. Beach, will per-
form the ceremony at 4:30. The bride
will be escorted by the President and at
tended by her elder sister, Miss Margaret
Wilson as maid of honor. and the follow
ing bridesmaids: Miss Eleanor Wilson.
Miss Mary G. White of Baltimore. col
lege classmate at Goucher; Miss Adeline
Mitchell Scott of Princeton n. j.. a long
time friend, and Miss Marjorie Brown Of
Atlanta. young cousin of the Presi-
dents daughters.
DR.. Wilfrid T. Grenfell will be best
man, and the ushers will be Benjamin
3. Burton of New York, DR.. Scoville
Clark of Salem. Mass; DIR. Gilbert
Horrax of Montclair. n. j.. and Mr..
Charles L. Hughes, jr. The military.
and naval aids. who will also assist, were
named yesterday.
The bridal gifts are splendid and nu-
merous. and comprise perhaps hun
dreds of articles, outside OF those OF
which mention has been made in print
lately. The public was perhaps let into
the secret Of the gifts somewhat more
plentifully on the occasion OF the last
wedding at the White House, when the
family acquaintance could be better
judged. But no publicity was given by
the bride or her family. or is 1t desired
at the present time. The silver wedding
gifts sent former President and Mrs.
Taft. not 50 very long ago, is another
L. -Akf h C
subject. The secrecy maintained about
the wedding gifts made to President
and Mrs. Cleveland is still another.
The European custom OF not only an
the donors and later III placing them
on exhibition-the receipts going to
charity-would never be considered
even as a possibility in this country.
Mr.. Sayre arrived Thursday at the
White House and was at the dinner
which President and Mrs. Wilson gave
Friday night for their daughter and her
fiance. Last night the young couple went
to the home of Associate Justice and
Mrs. Hughes for dinner in their honor.
With the arrivals of the bridesmaids at
the White House tomorrow complete
rehearsal of the ARRANGEMENTS will be
possible The White House will shelter
all the closest of Wilson and Sayre kins-
folk tomorrow and next day. and the
rest a very considerable contingent, will
be guests in various homes or at nearby
hotels.
Hosts and hostesses of members of the
bridal party would like to entertain in a
marked way for their guests. but because
of their short stay and the frequent invi-
tations they will have to the White
House in the interval up to the wedding
hour nothing but the most informal af
fairs are possible or have been planned.
Miss Genevieve Clark scored a great
success with her party for Miss Jessie
Wilson and her sisters last "wednesday
at the Congressional Club. The gifted
young hostess included all the girls she
knew in official circles, and gave them a
treat such few others have been
able to do recently. The day was per-
feet, the club windows were open, and
the music. the buzz of conversation.
clinking of dishes and so on, were just
as apparent out of doors as I'm. Girls
streamed in the club around 1 o'clock,
and when the party was over. about s..
and the honor guest had departed. they
streamed out in the sunshine again with
the satisfied look that comes when one
has had delightful experience.
There is another family dinner party
at the White House tomorrow night, at
which the .kinsfolk guests here for the
wedding will be present. Mr.. Justice and
Mrs. Lamar expect the White House
guests, but not the bride and groom nor
the formers sisters, to lunch informally
with them Tuesday, and Mr.. Justice and
Mrs. Hughes will have the bridegroom
from today and his brother, Rev. John
Nevin Sayre. from tomorrow as their
guests till the wedding hour.
Considering that Ia Of March M