The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-30
CAPITOL SOCIETY
GETTING ANXIOUS
WASHINGTON SOCIETY AROUSED
BY SECRECY ABOUT COMING
WEDDING AT WHITE HOUSE..


row and the Misses Wilson have
Joined the president at the white
/ house. so of course Washington So
ciety looks upon the little season
/ as being fully opened. The vice
president and Mrs. Marshall We're
| here to greet Mrs. Wilson, as We're
Mrs. Bryan and other women of the
/ cabinet, and Immediately after her
arrival there ensued the usual stream
| of callers, official and unofficial,
/ just to leave a card. Very likely
every card which is recorded on the
great white house social register is
accompanied by little prayer for
an invitation to the wedding, just as
it is a polite bid for one. The
opening of the season is always of
particular interest, and especially to
official and resident society in Wash
ington, but to open right on the eve
Of a white house wedding why, then
it is of interest to the whole United
States and part of the world lying
beyond
so much secrecy, intended or 9TH
erwise surrounds the arrangements
for the marriage of Miss Jessie Will
son and Francis p. Sayre that it
but whets curiosity and lends a
thousand little iutriguos to secure
few details to which society would
not otherwise resort. Every trunk,
box and package which arrived with
the white house luggage on Thur
day, was viewed with intense excite
ment, with a hope Of securing
white ribbon or some sign of we'd
ding finery crop out here or there.
But alas, aside from the fact that
the bride has chosen white satin Of
unusual softness and richness to be
made into a draped wedding gown,
no one kncws a thing
For weeks after leaving Harlaken-
den, sewing was in progress ami
much of the simpler part Of TIL
trossoau is now packed away in Law
cnder to await the call of the brid'.
Days were spent in making up list
/ Cf the necessities in the way Of
shoes hosiery. lingerie and the thou
sand and one things which go toward
making the wedding chest of
bride.
All of the little details connected
with the marriage of Princess Alex
andra, Duchess of Fife, and Prince
! Arthur of Connausht, which took
place in the royal chapel, st. James
Place, London, on Wednesday from
| the description of the brides gown
of white charmeuse, embroidered in
pearls and diamonds, to the wedding
gifts which VIII be placed on pub
lie exhibition at st. James Palace
next week were of interest OF
course one could not imagine such
regal splendor surrounding the mar
liage of the daughter of the presi-
dent. but likewise they could not
imagine Miss Jessie Wilson's we'd
ding gifts being placed on eXhibi-
| ton. say in the east room of the
white house, at a shilling a head
| to the curious. and the proceeds to
90 to the victim of some mine dis
aster. flood or what not. That is
what will happen to the wedding
| gifts of the Prince and Princess,
and the sufferers of the Welsh col
liery disaster will benefit by it. As
the president has announced that he
does not expect foreign powers to
send gifts to his daughter because
Of her wedding, less curiosity is eX-
perienced, for otherwise, the pres
ents must necessarily be those usu
ally bestowed upon a popular bride.
Sc far, the women of the cabinet
have not decided whether they will
all unite and give Miss Wilson
wedding present, or whether they
will individually bestow a gift. The
latter form is most likely to obtain,
and each treasure will be inscribed
so as TO remind the bride in years
to come of her fathers reign in