Evening star., 1913-11-25

House bride. The other twelve were as
follows:
| Lucy Payne. widow of a nephew OF
| George Washington, and sister-in-law o1
President Madison. and Justice Todd OF
| the Supreme Court. March IL, 1911
| Anna Todd of Philadelphia. cousin of
Mrs Madison, wife of the President, and
| Representative Edward Il. Jackson, a
great-uncle of .'StonewalP Jackson,
| 1872.
Marie Hester Monroe. daughter of
President Monroe. and Samuel Lawrence
Gouverneur of New York. 1920.
Mary HELEN. niece of Mrs. Adams,
and John Adams son of President John
Quincy Adams. February -. ISIS
Della Lewis of Nashville. Tenn, d
daughter of one of President Andrew
Jacksons famous Kitchen cabinet" and
Alphonse Joseph Yver Pageot. secretary
of the French legation. 1929
Emily Martin niece of President Jack
son, and Lewis Donaldson. d grandson of
Jefferson 1881.
Mary Easten of Tennessee, niece of
President Jackson, and Lucien Il. Polk.
relative of President Polk, 1887.
Eliza beth Tyler, third daughter of
Williamsburg, Va, January 81. 1872.
Nellie Grant. daughter of President
Grant. and Algernon c. f. Sartoris. May
u. 1874.
and Gen. Russell HASTINGS, formerly
lieutenant-colonel of the I'D Regiment
of Ohio Volunteers. June 10 1878.
Frances Folsom. the Presidents ward.
and President Grover Cleveland, June
.. 1856.
Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President
Roosevelt, and Representative Nicholas
Longworth, February II, 1906.
Only four Presidents daughters have
been married in the White House until
fnHo Roft
Nellie Grant and Alice Roosevelt We're
married in the east room. on the spot
the bride and groom today will
stand When President Cleveland.
the only presidential White House
bridegroom. was to marry he chose
the blue room, because the wit
nesses to the ceremony We're few-only
his and Miss Folsom's relatives and the
members of the cabinet and their wives,
They stood facing the center door open
ing on the main corridor while the Pres
byterian marriage rite was spoken.
History repeats itself today with an
other democratic President and min
lister of the same religion performing
the service.
At Nellie Grants Wedding.
Nellie Grant and Algernon Sartoris
were married in the east room. because
the company gathered like that of to-
A similar reason held at the Longworth-
Roosevelt wedding. So it was for an
other Presidents daughter. Elizabeth
Tyler, when she married William Wal
Ter and had a wedding described as the
most brilliant of similar events up to
that time. She was great beauty,
just nineteen. and left her fathers
home and the White House to begin
her married life in quiet country
place. The description almost fits the
town where the bride and bridegroom of
today will make their first home together.
First on the List.
The first east room wedding was that
of Anna Todd niece of President Mad
isons wife. Two years after President
Tyler had married his daughter off in
the presence of the grandees of his day
he married second time him.
self. He went on to New York and his
lowed at her home.
A Precedent.
in having the lady OF his choice come
to the White House for their marriage.
but he followed President Tyler's pro-
gram in holding a reception in the White
House after their honeymoon journey
to Deer Park, to which all the nOtables
of the official and resident world of the
capital were hidden. President Tyler
held his reception the day after the we'd
ding. The couple received for two hours
and then the bride showed herself on
the south balcony to the crowds assem-
bled in the garden for the usual weekly
concert.