The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-20
Marietta, Ga, March 20, 1914.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington City,
March 16, 1914

hd4Cu 10 1919.
From sources which | consider en-
tlreiy reliable learn that my effort
to pull off society reporting stunt
when Miss Jessie Wilson got married
some time ago was the cause of much
merriment down home.
That's all right, all right.
Political dope is my long suite,
but still l don't propose for anybody
to beat me to the tank when it comes
to White House weddings That's
the only kind of social news / handle
and l wouldn't do that except for
Democratic administration.
Listen: Hon. William G. McAdoo.
formerly of Cobb County Georgia,
now Secretary of the Treasury, is to
be married to Miss Eleanor Wilson.
youngest daughter of the President.
Having cotton thus far ask the
kind indulgence of the reader while
/ drop in four stars, rest minute
and take a fresh hold.
The wedding is to take place in
June. They say it will be a quiet
affair. | don't believe it. A wedding
is a sensation in this town. / have
heard of but two since | have been
here-the other one at the White
House and this one. Does any one
think that Social Washington would
consent to a quiet wedding at the
White House.
And, Furthermore, Miss Eleanor.
the youngest of the Wilson girls, is
entitled to everything that goes to
make a woman happy on the happi-
est of all happy days And | don
think she will have any quiet we'd
ding, other social correspondents to
the contrary, Notwithstanding.
The engagement ring is flawless
white diamond of three carats
weight, fashioned after the old crown
style with a little chasing of exqui-
site workmanship on the band. Miss
Wilson has not told anybody what
inscription is engraved on the in
side.
Secretary McAdoo is fifty Miss
Wilson is twenty-four. Mr.. McAdoo
IS a widower with six children and
is grandfather. But he is as young
as most men of thirty. Tall, straight
as an arrow, full of life and full of
fun, fond of society and ready at any
time for tango or a turkey trot, he
is the last man in town to be picked
out for a corner in the old folks
home. AS a foil for the cares of
business and the perplexities of his
great office he turns to jests as if
life itself were a joke, whirls by in
an auto and waves his hand to an
acquaintance like a school boy.
DO you allow an humble member
of the Cabinet to come in here" he
asked as he walked into the Senate
Chamber to hear the closing debate
on the Currency bill.
Journal readers will feel an es-
pecial interest in this wedding be-
cause Mr.. McAdoo was born on what
is now known as the Atkinson farm
on the Powder Springs road not far
from Marietta. His father moved
from there to Milledgeville to get
away from the advancing federal
army. Mr.. McAdoo visited Marietta
in 1912 and was entertained by our
prominent citizens. Possibly we
shall have the pleasure some day of
entertaining Mr.. McAdoo and the
Presidents daughter.
Now, you will hardly believe it.
but the first of the wedding presents
comes from Cobb. 1t was not in
tended as a wedding present, but il
will have to go as one.
The other day there came to me
by express, all carefully packed, a
neat gilt frame which enclosed an
excellent pencil sketch of the house
in which Mr., McAdoo was born. 1t
was an unusually good piece of work
and had been forwarded to me by DR..
w. M. Kemp for his little daughter.
With the sketch was the following
note to Mr.. McAdoo:
Marietta, Ga, March 10, 1914.
Hon. William G.. McAdoo,
Washington, D. c.,
Dear SIR
This is a pencil sketch of the
house in which / am told YOU were