The sun., 1913-11-23
Stately East Room, Ideal Setting for
Brilliant Wedding, Will Be Decorated
With Palms, Ferns and Flowers

woodrow Wilson will have
Joined the famous group of
white House brides. Abou,
her. as about the white robed and vciied
figures of Lucy Payne Washington
Anna Todd and Maria Monroe Of q CEN
,ury past, or Nellie Grant, Frances Fol
son, and Alcc Roosevelt of later days
there VIII hang glamour of romano,
which passing years cannot destroy.
~ the White House all IL in readiness
for the wedding. The bewldcring ARA, ,
Of gowns and lingerie that comprise tn.
rousseau in which some forty million
American women are interested has
hecn completed and delivered The
bridal dress hangs In shimmcrinr
lengths awaiting its woarcr. The we'd
ding cake. triumph of architectural
genius. rises suearcd tier on tier
surely tn. most ma jcstic concoc;ion. as
q = SAID 80 hc the largest over baked in
th,s country. In the White House con =
scrvatorics roses and chrNsunthcmums
and ullcs bloom their hroVcSt To greet
The bride. And ndSScd in IN" family
sitting room on the s"crnd floor of tn.
White House, running over into the
corridors. and spillng into the suite of
fhc President and Mrs. Wilson are the
Wedding gifts glistcnirc. sparkling
array that any girl would find hard to
h.l eve all her very own.
Francs BoNcs SaNrc. who will pia y
tito unohtrusivo rolc of BRIDEGROOM
arrived IN Washington on Thursday tr
r, the guest III Justice and Mrs
charles T.. Hughes until his marriage
g. tho Presidents daughter. His COM
ins was unherHlded save hy brief no.
,,r.s y III" society columns Of tho
WASHINGTON papers. AMI from the mo-
nont NJ his arrival ut the capital ne
has eniovcd all the right. of private
citizen except when he has appeared
w'h the ,idre-cicrt. In this as in every
other wedding. interest centres in the
,rIie and her hridesna Ids. the bride
groom. groomsmen and ushers being
merely aGiuncts to tl,o orCasiCu
T'he White House rooms and corridors
rNc with the merrimcnt Of young pco-
pie. There has assembled there a bevy
of girl friends of Miss Jessie Wilson
and her sisters. all of them afiuttcr with
sNritement over gifts. gowns and we'd
ding festivities. In choosing her brides
maids Miss Wilson selected only those
hound 10 her by close personal tics and
al other arrangements for tho wedding
have been kept as fire." as posslhl" from
HAVING an official character Miss Mar
Earet W lson. eldest of the three dauch-
t.rs of the President and Mrs. Wilson
will he her sisters maid Of honor and
Miss Eleanor Wilson. Youngest uf the
wilson girls. will hc first bridesmaid.
Two intimate friends of the bride, Miss
Mary G.. White of Baltimore and Miss
Nieine Scott Mitchell cf Princeton. and
q Young cousin. Miss Marjorie Brown of
Atlanta, Ga, VIII be the other brides
maids.
Dr. Wi.fred Grenfell. founder Of the
tnrldor medical mission to deep sea
Il n, rmcn has come to ashirgton to
,r' - best man for the bridegroom
We Is accompanied by Mrs. G-enfoll. a nd
''e TWO laNc been much entertained by
".G friends since their arrival at the
q. .I'ill Tne Secretary Of state and
M.~. William Jennings Bryan will give
o luncheon on Monday in honor of the
Groufells the other guests being Miss
Wilson. Mr. SIyrc and the members
"' the wedding party. Mr.. Sayre has
selected as his ushers Benjamin Il.
RIrton of New York, who was Cradu-
a'ed from Williams College in 1912.
three years after Mr.. Sayre's gradua
lion from the same college. DIR. SEQ
vile Clark of Salem. Mass. whom
Mr.. Sayro knew when working with
~. Grer.cIl in Labrador and with
w1om he trailed northern Ncwfound-
and: Or. Gilbert Horax OF Monclair,
~ ". who was a classmate Of Mr..
Savre at Williams and is now at the
lJhns Hopkins medical school. and
charles +, Hughes, Jr.. son of Mr.. Jus
tee Hughes Of the Supreme Court and
y ciassmate Of Mr.. Sayre at Harvard
law school. The Rev. Sylvester W.
beach. who was pastor Of the Wilson
family when they resided at Prince
tnr. WI perform the ceremony.
The wedding will take place in the
stately Fast Room OF the White House.
This vast apartment. with its glisten-
ing chandeliers Of crystal, its deep win
firws and its NANNY mirrors. is the
ono IN which the line OF guests always
forms az state receptions. Its east
window, facing the entrance from the
lpnc corridor. is still known az Nellie
Grants window" because the Sartoris-
Grant wedding ceremony was performed
there Before this window too Alice
Roosevelt stood as a bride, and the
Ndyre-Wilson nuptials will take place
in the same spot The Presidential
family and their relatives will be
grouped about the dais before the win
COW. Back Of them will stand the
'ahlnct members and their wives and
m" justices Of the Supreme Court and
their wives. Then will come the Diplo-
matic Corps.
The East Room is an Ideal setting for
? wedding scene. On the occasion of
MISS Wilson'S marriage to Mr.. Sayre
II viii hc lavishly decorated with palms
i'rnS aud other greens. combined with
NhNe flowers The superb Sevres vases