The Washington herald., 1914-05-04
Wedding PLANS
MOST IMPOSING
Extreme Simplicity Won't Be
Keynote at White House
Nuptials.
CABINETS GIFT COSTLY
Miss Eleanor Wilson Will Have Four
Attendants and Military Escort
Is Announced.

Notwithstanding the extreme simplicity
which the President and Mrs. Wilson
wished to observe in connection with the
marriage of their younger daughter, Miss
Eleanor Wilson, TO Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo the wedding party will
be most imposing one and the gifts
bestowed upon the bride worth king 5
ransom.
There will arrive at the White House
tomorrow the heavy silver dinner serv-
ice given by the members of the Cabinet
to their colleague and his bride. There
Will be a dozen heavy silver plates,
beautifully engraved, and a large silver
platter The service can be used to ex-
cellent effect with the candelabra ac-
cumpanying the tea service presented by
the House, and is quite in keeping with
other silver already sent TO the young
bride. The service is one of the hand
soonest ever presented to a White House
bride and the plates are quite as large
and heavy as those sent to Miss Jessie
Wilson on her marriage to Francis
BOwcs Sayre. by Andrew Carnegie.
Four Attendants for Bride.
There will be four attendants for the
bride her sisters. Mrs. Sayre and Miss
Margaret Wilson acting as matron
and maid of honor. Preceding them
and strewing their way with flowers
will be two flower girls. Little Sallie
McAdoo. the twelve-year-old daughter
of the bridegroom. and Miss Nancy
Lane, daughter of the Secretary Of the
Interior and Mrs. Lane. The children
will carry baskets of flowers. While
the usually long line of ushers, such
as escorted Miss Jessie Wilson and
Miss Sayre will be dispensed with on
account of the few guests, the Presi-
dents aid, Col w. w. Harris, will be
at head of affairs, wearing his full
dress uniform and sword. In addition,
there will be as many of the other
White House aids as can be taken
from more active duties. The escort
for the guests will be very much like
that for one of the state receptions,
given by the President in midwinter.
The company present will include a
number Of relatives on both sides, the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs Hamlin. the Presidents Aid and
Mrs w. w. Harris. Mrs. Hall and her son
and daughter. Princeton friends of Mrs.
Wilson, living in Washington for the
winter, and several of Miss Wilson's
more intimate girl friends
Presents Very Valuable.
The presents for Miss Eleanor Wilson.
while not nearly so numerous as those
for her sister, the first bride of the ad-
ministration. are assuming colossal value.
Besides the heavy service presented by
members OF the House and the still more
valuable gift from the Cabinet, there are
the two vases from the auditors of the
Treasury Department, an extensive fiat
silver service from relatives of the bride.
a beautifully made pendant containing an
opal. Miss Wilson's birth stone, from Mrs
BurlesOn, wife of the Postmaster Cen
cral; a gift of equal value and beauty
from each of the wives of the Cabinet
members; a set OF furniture from the
President and Mrs. Wilson, which also
includes everything which will be re-
quired in bedroom suite, such as hang
ings, luxurious rugs and comforters, and
even several pictures.
From the White House comes abso-
lutely no statement relative to the we'd
ding, but as each member of the two
families concerned have heart-to-heart
Confidants. some details leak out, such as
n description of the wedding gown which
has been photographed, and even about
the priceless lace which adorns ii. and
is said to have belonged to the hapless
Empress Eugene. probably left behind
when she fled from Paris.