Semi-weekly herald., 1914-05-11
M'ADOO-WILSON WEDDING
VERY SIMPLE AFFAIR

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May L.
The simplest of ceremonies will mark
the fourteenth White House wedding
and the second of the Wilson admin
istration. Miss Eleanor Randolph
Wilson, youngest daughter of the
president, will be married to vii.
liam Gibbs McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury, this evening at o'clock.
Only members Of the immediate fam
lily of the bride and groom and Nc
Adoo's colleagues in the cabinet with
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall will
be present.
There will be none of the pomp
and ceremony which attended the
marriage last November of Miss Jes-
sic Wilson to Francis Bowes Sayre.
The fact that the groom is widowei
influenced the decision.
The ceremony will take place in
the blue room, where Miss Frances
Folsom was welded to President
Cleveland. The nuptials will be al.
most identical with those of the
Cleveland wedding. 1t, too, was
private affair, with only dozen OF
SO invited guests. Rev. Sylvester
Beach will officiate at the ceremony
The word "obey" will be used in the
service.
President and Mrs. Wilson have al
ways maintained that the affairs OF
the White House were not public bust
ness and so up until today practical
ly no information was given out as
to the wedding.
Secretary McAdoo, the. groom, Is
81 years of age. He has six child.
rem living and one grandchild. Mis-
Wilson is "a years old. She is tn,
most vivacious of the presidents thre,
daughters. She first met Secretar,
McAdoo while he was acting chair.
man of the Democratic national com.
mittee and came to the Summer
White House" at Sea Girt to confer
with the then Democratic national
candidate.
Both Miss Wilson and McAdoo had
much in common. Both were fond OF
tennis. They enjoyed dancing the
new style dances. Their acquaint-
anceship at Sea Girt ripened here ir
Washington when McAdoo became
one of the presidents advisers. The
two were constantly together. Miss
Mona McAdoo one Of the secretary's
daughters who is year or so young
er than Miss Wilson, was her con.
stant companion. They took long au-
tomobile drives and walks together
and McAdoo was Miss Wilson's fa-
vored dancing partner.
True to the Wilson tradition that
thirteen, the hoodoo number was Their
good luck" numeral, the engagement
of Miss Wilson and the secretary was
announced en- March 13. That day
was also Friday and friends of the
Wilson family laughingly observed
that an especially fortunate date had
been selected for the engagement,
from the Wilson standpoint.
Miss Wilson began the preparation
Of her trousseau Immediately follow
ing the announcement of her engage.
ment. She shopped in New York for
several days, Secretary McAdoo ac-
companying her several times.
An expert needlewoman herself,
she did lot of work in fixing the
trousseau herself, aided by Miss Mar
garet Wilson. Mrs. Wilson, who suf-
fered nervous shock from fall
month or more ago, has been too III
to assist. IL was partly because OF
her indisposition that the private we'd
ding is to be held. Miss Eleanor, 1t
is Understood, had hoped to have a
wedding with "all the fuss and feath-
ers," as she was quoted as expressing
it, Of her sister, Mrs. Sayre
Not a word was obtainable today
aJ to the bridal trip. One report had
II that the couple would take brief
European tour, as did Mr.. and Mrs
Sayre, but this was discounted be-
cause Secretary McAdoo is just now
an extremely busy man, ard his pres
ence in Washington is almost impera-
tive, owing To the new currency law
going into effect.