Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-05-07
BRILLIANT WEDDING
At WHITE HOUSE
Secretary Of the Treasurery William
G. McAdoo and Miss Eleanor
Wilson United In Marriage.

Washington, May THE wedding
of Miss Eleanor r. Wilson to the Sec,
rotary of the Treasury. Mr.. William
Gibbs McAdoo, took place at the
White House today The wedding
party was very small, only the Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall the
I Cabinet and the immediate members
of the two families being present.
These plans were disappointing to
many in Washington, who had hoped
for a large and brilliant wedding.
Mrs. Wilson's illness caused curtail.
ing Of the original plans. This is the
fourteenth wedding at the White
House, but the first time in history
that a Cabinet member has won the
hand of a Presidents daughter. Mr..
McAdoo is 80 years old, while Miss
Wilson is a. He is widower and
has six children. He is builder of the
Hudson River tunnels, and knew the
Wilson family before his entry into
the Cabinet. Miss Eleanor Wilson,
the Presidents youngest daughter,
is tall and dark, unlike her sisters,
Mrs. Frances b. Sayre and Miss Mar.
garet Wilson, and is fond of dancing.
tennis and horses. The Secretary
and Miss Wilson played tennis to.
gether nearly every day last season,
and at dances 1t was remarked that
McAdoo's name was on Miss Wilson's
program mere than any other mans.
They are both enthusiastic tangoers.
One other thing which drew the two
together was the attachment be-
tween Miss Mona McAdoo, daughter
Of the Secretary, and Miss Wilson.
The two girls have been inseparable.
Miss Wilson's engagement ring was
large diamond set in platinum, the
stone weighing in prongs. surrounded
by an elaborate and delicate filigree
studded with small diamonds on each
SiNN Vi INC
has won out in this wedding.
Friends of the couple say Mr.. McAdoo
was the first person who sat on the
dais on which Miss Jessie Wilson and
Francis Bowes Sayre were married,
and that always means a marriage
real son; both Eleanor Wilson and
William McAdoo are thirteen.letter
names, Miss Eleanor got the ring in
the piece of brides cake that Mrs.
Sayre cut with Lieut.. Grayson's sword,
and their engagement was officially
on Friday, the 18th.
Strictly speaking, Miss Eleanor vii.
son will be the thirteenth white
House" bride, that is. the thirteenth
bride direct from a Presidents fam
lily, for one of the marriages in the
White House was that OF soldier
and his sweetheart
The wedding in many respects was
different from the Sayre wedding,
other than the lack of grandeur. Mr.. |
McAdoo Is well settled in life. with
plenty of the worlds goods. and matri- !
has lived and well rounded
one complete matrimonial experience,
though not yet man advanced in
years. This, however, detracted from
The sentiment attached to the cement. ]
ing together of two young hearts with
everything before them both The
wedding presents while costly, elabor. |
lte and fitting were not so literally
as were those at the
Sayres wedding Then. too, the Mex. (
can trouble has come in between and I
disturbed all society functions, aside |
rom the lateness of the season when
many have already departed This |
rouble and the important matters of |
state and Mr.. McAdoo's responsible
office and needed service at the helm /
IF finances has cut into the wedding
rip, these matters in connection
With Miss Wilson's recent illness and
he lack of function have more than
disappointed official and other Wash.
ngton society, in which the contract.
ng parties were leaders.
All things considered there has not
jeen less ostentatious White House
Wedding.