Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-12
: SIer married in New York, and Mrs
FRED Grant, married in Chicago.
Demurrsd at Displav.

''~'' maj tleN III New York, and Mrs.
Fred Grant married in Chicago
Oemurred at Display.
four sons and four daughters Of
PRESIDENTS have spent their early
married days in the White House.
Tney were the sons of John Quincy
Adams, jackson, VanBuren and Grant,
and the daughters of Monroe Tyler
Grant and Roosevelt.
The scale Of magnifcence steadily
assembled until it reached the climax
IN Miss Alice RooseVelts wedding.
The Wilson wedding will be simpler
and less gorgeous than the Roosevelt
marriage.
A report Of the first White House
wedding says that Mrs. Jackson. the
/ bride. was a beautiful girl Of Phna-
delphia The dashing consort Of the
President Dolly Madison. brought
| about the wedding in the White
House to furnish a social sensa ton.
| The bride was Quakeress. and is
SAID to have demurred at the lavish
/ display but the festivities were q
nine-day wonder in Washington"
Mr.. Jackson's colleagues in Con-
gress and ell prominent Government
oflIclals outside of Congress attended
the wedding.
Miss Plat was married to General
Hastings in the Blue Room ander Is
O0o BUDS and blossoms. II was
o'clock in the evening. and the Cabi-
@ hep 81
there. The Marine Band PLAYED the
wedding mArcn and The bride elect
came in on the arm of her uncle.
President Hayes.
No Wedding in Mckinley Term.
1t has been said recently that
niece of Mrs. Mckinley was married
at the White House while President
Mckinley was there. but men who
have been employed at the White
House for 50 years never heard of it.
hiss Jessie Wilson will be the eIev-
euth bride to be married at the White
House and the fifteenth to spend time
there after her marriage
NOt Withstanding Miss Wilson's pa
tfiottc intention of having an all
American trOusseau, and the fact that
her wedding gown is not only OF
American workmanship, but of Amer
L IN. j
White House bride has succumbed to
the prevailing French modes and has
included at least three direct impor-
tations in her new wardrobe.
The wedding gown made in New
York is. according TO al bridal tradi-
tons, being kept concealed until the
wedding day Mrs. Wilson was pres
ent at the final fitting, but no one else
has had even a peep al this most i'm
portant item of the trousseau. And
this. in the face of assertions that
Miss Jessie Wilson has no supersti-
tons and enjoys being described as
the thirteenth White House bride.
Has Court Train.
While a private view of the we'd
ding gown is denied even to the clos
est friends of its wearer it is known
that the model selected by Miss VIII
son calls for "A thTee-y yard court train
foundation skirt in the prevailing
full width Of the satin. with the
silhouette, that is. close at the ankles.
but with slight crinl,led efectabout
the hips The skirt is sIa shed at the
side seams in the back. so that its
WcaTer can walk gracefully the entire
length of the corridor from the State
dining room to the imprOvised altar Of
bride roses and white ChTysanthe-
NUNS thai will extend across the
large central window of the East
Room These slashes, however, are
completely concealed by the train.
The top Of the gown is surplice
draped in the satin which is as soft
as any of the French weaves but
Of a purer white tone than is usually
employed by the Paris couturies. The
wedding veil will be Of tulle held by
thn Conventional nrnnpR blossoms