The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
SIMPLE CEREMONY
AT WHITE HOUSE
Continued From First Pago)

group were the McAdoo children. doub =
! ~ Interested and proud to be there.
The Cabinet children were placed up
! front go they could see well. n thought
OF tho bride herself, whose great love
I for children - ono of her most cndear
! ing charactcristlcs. In the party were
the four sons Of tho Secretary and Mrs.
! Daniels. the two younger brave and
smart In MILDLY costumes; the elder
youngsters Oh Secretary to the Prcsi-
dent Tumulty: tiny Jesse Wilson.
/ daughter OF the Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Wilson: young David Houston and
Franklin Lane. high school boys: the
two pretty young daughters of Post
dressed just alike, in white spring
frocks. carrying pretty hats on their
arms. and tho tiny second cousins of
tho bride. Virginia and Wilson Howe.
son and daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. ].
| Wilson Howe
MOTHER OF BRIDE PALE
FROM RECENT ILLNESS
The clock stole around to 5:4b and
| hush broke over the Blue Room
crowd when the gracious first lady of
the land. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, still
pnle and wan from her recent illness
hut smiling, entered the Blue Room
! IRON the NAL ncorridor. followed by
the relatives OF the bride and groom
and the White House guests.
ca ms N, ,S was ga, merry PARTY and. escort
,, u D ~ 'h ne iuii corps or ushers, 1t passed
| IN front OF the bridal platform. In
TING pnrty We're the following: "
-, rFnncis loves Sayre, son-in-law OF
son; Miss Ruth Hall Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Wilson. Of Baltimore. uncle and
\. Wilson Mrs. Charles Kellogg. Miss
marjorie Brown. Of Atlanta, Ga; Fitz
rr Gi9eFSw Snd lanes I.s ,,.I Wooarow. Of
Portsmouth, Va; Miss Henrietta stale
man. OF Wilmington, Del. Miss Eliza
D BEN Duilied and Mrs. sussanne Fine. OF
~ McAdoo. Captain and Mrs. Isaac
hins Emerson Mrs. George Howe. Mr..
and Mrs j., Wilson Howe and Mrs. ].
Near Mrs. Wilson and her party were
SGr a1lp me Vice President and Mrs.
were arranged in semicircles about the
room. and then Ave minutes OF the we'd
ding hour struck.
GROOM ENTERS WITH HIS
BEST MAN AND MINISTER
AS the last notes OF the chimes died
away; Secretary. McAdoo appeared on
| the threshold of the Blue Room door,
Grayson, u. s. ~. and DR.. Beach. the
Adoo was dressed in full evening dress.
with white brides rose as bouttonaire,
ana DR.. Grayson wore the full dress
uniform Of his rank. the brilliant gold
/ lace standing out in contrast against
the conventional black OF the bride
groom and clergyman.
altar steps the Marine Band softly
PLACED the bridal chorus from '1!ohen-
grin" signal 70 all that the bridal
! procession had begun upstairs. All
eyes turned towards the north door OF
the Blue Room. and the bride entered
into her kingdom. The waiting bride
| Gals, Cabinet officers and mother all
watched for the coming OF the bride. :.
Eleanor Randolph Wilson passed
from the oval library upstairs on her
fathers arm down the grand staircase
Of the main corridor. To the spiritu
! White House brides of the past seemed
| to hover over her as she came.
The bridal procession made an, I'M
! teen White House aides of the Pres.-
dent, walking two and two abreast. in
ONO rTesf in ther he mar ren
naval uniforms. and the pale blue of
the infantry; the yellow touches Of the
gorgeous apparel Of Colonel William
Harts. superintendent OF buildings and
nRIDAL PROCESSION LED
| ny TINY FLOWER GIRL
The bridal coterie proper was led
ny little Tallie McAdoo; fresh and dain,
flowers. AS she walked tiny Miss SAL
! lie was both happily and smilingly i'm
the greatest care. sp as Il she "Se real Med
how important was her place in the
h hist pageant Following her game
sisters Of the bride. as matron and maid
OF honor. The shepherdess shape of the
gowns was very striking.
! girl followed them Immediately. Miss
Nancy is also blonde, and she. too.
WASH Was IN White at; and carried hat OF
pressed excitement, for Just behind her
came the bride.
by the long train and severe lines OF
her bridal gown. was a beautiful, smil-
ing bride. Now, and then her face
most part she smiled-the frank, boy
ish snile so frequently seen in her
Reaching the main corridor on the
ground floor, the procession turned
sharply and entered the Blue Room
through the north door. passing direct
Adoo waited
-, AS the procession, reached the dais
the flower girls. brides attendants and
pest man grouped themselves about the
platform and Secretary McAdoo stepped
forward. and with Miss Wilson's hand
IN and ms 81 they yo Rnelt down on the prize dieu
FOURTEENTH WEDDING
PASSES INTO HISTORY
service wien ne reached the portion Of the
woman to this mana" President Wilson
stepped forward and put his daughters
manu- IN that or inc secretary, and then
! stepped back into place with Mrs. VIII
son, giving her quick smile rs he did
| so. With giving of the rings and n
few short prayers the ceremony was
over, and DR.. Beach pronounced Eleanor
Randolph Wilson and William Gibbs
McAdoo man and wife, and tho four
teenth White House wedding had
passed into history.
Mrs. Wilson was the first to kiss
the bride. although Miss Margaret will
son. who held the bridal bouquet dur
| Ing the ceremony, was n close second.
| While the now Mrs. McAdoo was greet
Ing her family, little Sallie McAdoo
found n chance to kiss and hug her
| father. She then kissed her new
mamma. and tho guests gave the other
| McAdoO children ample time to greet
tho bride and bridegroom before they
crowded forward with their congratu-
| lations.
| The President and Mrs. Wilson, Soc