The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-07
Arrangements Completed
for Eleanor Wilson's
Marriage
SCENE OF CHARMING
BUT QUIET BEAUTY
White House BUSTED with
Activity During the
Morning

Washington, ID. O., May 1.-THE cares
Of state and ruInors of wars retired to
the background to-day at the White
House for the preparations for the mar.
riage of Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson
youngest daughter Of President and Mrs
Wilson, to William Gibbs McAdoo, sec
retary of the treasury, to take place at
Q o'clock this evening in the White
House. The president cancelled all his
appointments and did not visit the ex-
ecutive offices. He spent the day with
his guests and the affairs took on the
appearance of Wilson family reunion
The simple and impressive wedding
service of the Presbyterian church will
be pronounced by Rev Sylvester Beach
pastor of the church in Princeton, n. j.,
attended by President and Mrs. Wilson
and their family. The ceremony, while
ii is to be notably elegant in all OF its
appointments, viii be witnessed by the
smallest company that ever attended so
important function in the White
House. Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall, the members of the cabinet and
their wives, relatives of President and
Mrs Wilson, and of Secretary McAdoo,
and few intimate personal friends of
the bride and bridegroom, comprise the
list of guests.
The ceremony of this evening takes
place in the historic blue room, the mid
die apartment of the suite on the south
side OF the White House, between the
east room and the state dining room.
IL has been the scene of more bril-
liant social functions than any other
room in the mansion. II is in the blue
room that the president formally re-
eeives his guests at White House recep-
tions. In recent years, its furnishings
and appointments have been changed
entirely. It's oval form has been re-
tanned but the scheme of decoration and
furnishing has been modernized. The
color plan is blue, but not the blue of
robins egg as of old. but a dark shade
of French blue. The walls are paneled
in rich corded silk of the same shade,
affording an artistic background for the
wonderful spring flower decorations
which are a feature of to-day's we'd
ding.
The massive furniture of days gone
by has been replaced with furniture of
lighter. if not more artistic design. The
floral decorations of the room-in fact,
OF the entire mansion ON the first floor
will be marvelously beautiful. Slender
vases, of graceful designs in cut glass
and rare porcelain, will be filled with cut
flowers, including masses of lilies and
white orchids, products of the White
House Conservatives. The south side
will be backed with palms, to form
background for great lunches of spring
blossoms of cherry, peach and apple.
In the main lobby of the mansion,
the marine band orchestra of so pieces,
under the direction OF Lieutenant Will
liam H. Santleman, will render a pro-
gramme OF music specially selected by
Miss Wilson.
To the strains of Wagner's inspiring
wedding march from Lohengrin, the we'd
ding party will descend the main stair
case from the apartments above. Miss
Margaret Wilson and Mrs. Sayre, the
brides sisters, viii be maids of honors.
Two charming little maids, Miss Sallie
the l2-year-old daughter of the
and Miss Nancy Lane, the
dainty daughter of Secretary and Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane, will attend the bride
as flower girls. They will be attired
in exquisite white frocks, exactly
The bride viii be escorted to the blue
room by her father, the president of the
United States. At the beautiful extern
porized altar of white satin and cut
flowers, she will be Joined by the bride
groom, Mr.. McAdoo, and his best man,
DR.. Cary T. Grayson, u. S. n, an inti-
mate friend alike of the secretary and
Of the president.
An informal reception will follow the
after which the bridal party
and assembled guests sit down to the
supper to be served in the
state dining room. Both the room it.
self and the great dining table will be
decorated, and the latter par
Licularly, will be a vision in sparkling
,ut glass. silverware and rare flowers.
Later in the evening, Secretary Me-
Adoo and his bride will leave Wash
ngton for brief honeymoon trip. 1t
Is not expected they will remain long
away from Washington, as il is known
hat the secretary's official duties, par
.icularly with reference to the federal
reserve board, will demand his presence
N the national capital.
The Bride-to-Be's Gown.
The brides gown is a superb creation
If ivory satin. adorned with many yards
IF Empress Eugenia lace, of soft and
elegant design. The gown has a sweep
ng train, several yards in length The
ATTN which softly drapes the bodice.
5 drawn into point below the shoul- |
lers, leaving a V-shaped opening both |
,aek and front. Soft folds of tulle fin |
sh this opening. and there is a tunic |
# tulle made on the new, long lines. !
md the sleeves, which are long. are |
made of tulle mousquetaired. The lace |
$ applied with exquisite grace. 1t is |
iraped over the right shoulder, and |
rosses the bodice in sweeping line to /
he left side of the waist, where it is /
aught with a spray OF orange bios
oms. Below the waist line it falls as /
border to the tulle tunie. A novel |
eature of the lovely costume will be |
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