Evening star., 1914-05-07

ne list OF guests.
| present administratio The future
Mrs. McAdoo is the brunette Of the
Wilson daughters. twenty-three years
old. with such an expressive face that
most people call her handsome. She is
] tall and slender, her head is well
| shaped, her eyes are blue. and when
! she smiles-or, better still. when she
| laughs. which is often-she shows her
/ fine teeth. Her hair is a shade darker
| than her mothers, and she wears it in
coil wound round her head. She fol-
lows the modes in dress, without ex
| aggera ation.
Miss Wilson was born in Middletown
| Conn. where her father was a pro-
| teen she went to Raleigh, n c., to
| boarding school. Later on. while her
sister Margaret went in seriously for
vocal study, and another sister was
engaged in social settlement work in
the kensington. Pa. mill district, the
| bride of today began her art studies in
| Philadelphia. inheriting her ability and
taste in that direction from her mother.
Bride Enjoys Life Here.
! Life at the capital opened up a pro-
gram of events which the bride-to-be
has enjoyed to the fullest Most OF the
! White House weekend guests have
| been former associates of the Wilson
girls and have Joined in their social
activities here. The White House ten
mis- court, famous during the Roosevelt
regime, fitted in perfectly in the VIII
son girls home pleasure scheme. Miss
| Eleanor plays a good game OF tennis,
| though equally devoted to horseback
| riding. She is also fond Of walks, often
joining the President In his jaunts, al
| though her walking partner the past
spring has been her future husband
Secretary McAdoo has tramped with
her many afternoons after his office
hours through the uptown streets and
suburbs.
Miss Wilson's gowns of the past season
| have been especially well selected. One Of
her most becoming ball gowns was a white
| satin, both skirt and waist draped, the
4 distinctive feature being the broad girdle
| of black velvet ribbon with long sash
ends. Simplicity still rules the gowning
Of Mrs. Wilson and her daughters for the
| street and home wearing. One Of Miss
Eleanor's favorite hats this spring has
! been a shining black sailor faced with
| rose pink. with a full-blown rose and a
| bit of foliage perched on the left front OF
| the brim.
Linked New York and Jersey City.
The bridegroom of today, Secretary
| William G. McAdoo, was born in Mariet-
ia, Ga, fffty-one years ago. He was only
twenty-one when admitted to the bar,
after his studies at the University of
Tennessee. He practiced his profession in
Chattanooga for eight years. then moved
| to New York. There he conceived the
| project with which his name is identified
! the Hudson river tunnel system, link
| ing New York and Jersey City. Mr. Nc
| Adoo was president of the system from
1902 to 1913.
Mr.. McAdoo was one of the .'origina
Wilson men,, and as vice chairman of the
democratic national committee and as
acting chairman during much of the 191.
campaign the acquaintance between the
| two. fated to be bound together later by
family ties, has had no breaks from Its
| inception. Mr.. McAdoo's first wife died
about two years ago She was Sarah
| Houston Fleming of Chattanooga, Tenn
OF his six children. three sons and three
daughters the two eldest are married
They are Mrs. Charles Martin. who lives
in Arizona. whose first child was born last
summer. and Francis IL. McAdoo OF
this city. The other children are VII
liam G. McAdoo, jr., student at Prince
ton; Robert McAdoo. at school at st
Paul's; Miss Mona McAdoo. who took par
| In Washington social life for the pas
year Tor the first time. and Sallie Nc
Adoo. the little girl of the family.
Bridegroom Is Fond of Sports.
appearance and in temperament. He
goes in for all the sports. He rides. plays
tennis and his manner with his sons anc
daughters is quite like that of a bis
brother. When he began the past winter
to go out with his daughter. Miss Mona
his attentions to her and to Miss Eleanor
Wilson seemed just the same to the
casual observer. His dancing has beer
seen in many bathrooms, showing pro
ficiency in the art and especially in it:
newer forms.
When Secretary McAdoo took a resi-
dence here last fall, he selected ITO.
| Massachusetts avenue His household
. here has consisted of his two daughters
Until coming here Mr.. McAdoo and hi
; family spent much time each year in hi
commodious residence at lrvington-on
the-Hudson. which perchance may sool
. become the scene of a honeymoon or
: summer sojourn of the new cabine
| roiiDie