Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-01
BLUE ROOM CHOSEN FOR
WHITE HOUSE WEDDING
Ceremony to Take Place in Historic
Apartment in Late After
noon of May {.
Smaller Quarters Selected Because of
Limited Number of Guests.
Presents for Bride.


est daughter Of the President and Mrs.
Wilson. and William G. McAdoo. Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. will be married at
G pm. May :. in the blue room of the
White House. AS the guest list has been
limited 10 members of the Two families.
The cabinet and The Vice President. the
White House family decided nos 10 asc
the large east room. which was the scene
OF the wedding last November of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre
President Cleveland was married in the
blue room. the central parior of the three
which connect the east room and the
state dining room. The room. notable
as the scene of many historic events, is
covered in heavy. corded blue silk. and
is handsomely furnished in white. blue
and gold
The hour of the ceremony has not been
announced from the White House. but
close friends say it is definitely fixed for
+ o'clock.
House of Representatives Gift.
A silver tea service. the gift of the
House of Representatives to Miss Eleanor
Randolph Wilson was placed on exhibit
ton by Washington jeweler today. The
gift was chosen quietly by committee
selected from the leading members Of the
House. who did not want the publicity
which was thrown upon the gift of the
House to Miss Jessie Wilson upon the
occasion of her marriage to Mr.. Sayre.
In order that there should be no false
reports as to who selected the presen,
gift to the White House pride. members
of the committee of the House, led by
James r. Mann Of Illinois. took theil
wives into consultation. These womer
were Mrs. Mann. Mrs. Walter NJ. Chand-
Ter Of New York. Mrs. Frank L. Doremus
of Michigan. Mrs James T. Lloyd of Mis-
souri, and Mrs. Robert y. Page of NORTH
Carolina.
Expected Home Tomorrow.
Miss Eleanor Wilson is expected back
from New York in time to keep social
ENGAGEMENTS. notably dinner party to-
morrow night at the home of Secretary
and Mrs. Daniels. She Joined MI and
Mrs. John Wilson at their hotel in New
York yesterday.
The cabinet women have united in q
present to Miss Wilson instead OF making
her individual gifts.
Description of the House Gift.
wedding gift to Miss Eleanor Wilson
made today by Representative Mann OF
Illinois. The gift consists of tea SCI
of six pieces, large tea tray and one
pair of five-light candelabra.
The silversmith who sold the gift to the
committee which purchased 1t DESCRIBED
1t as follows:
a proper critical comprehension of this
set would find bold motif of fiowered
border work in strong relief, this, EN-
phasized and developed in expression by
contrasting plainness as body treat
lnent. A careful attention to the minute
details in the flower work and the general
beauty of outline makes this set splen
did example of silver craftsmanship"
Inscription on the Tray.
scription:
Given to Miss Eleanor Randolph Will
son, daughter of the President. by the
members of Congress. as an expression oi
the love and good wishes OF the American
people on the occasion of her marriage Il
William Gibbs McAdoo. May Z. 1914.
The other pieces will all be engraved
with the monogram OF Miss Wilson.
The gift will be accompanied by let
ter from Speaker Clark, printed on parch
ment paper, as follows:
The members of the United State:
Congress present this gift to Miss Eleanor
Wilson with affectionate and best wishes
on the happy occasion of her marriage
to William Gibbs McAdoo, May Z, 1914. I
The committee for the House on the Sc
lection of the gift is composed of Repre-
sentatives Mann of Illinois, Page of North
Carolina, Lloyd of Missouri, Doremus Of
Michigan, Burke of South Dakota ant
Chandler of New York