Evening journal., 1914-03-17
WILSON-M' M'ADOO
NUPTlALS WILL
BE ELABORATE
Bride-tO-Be Admits She Loves
the FuSS-und-FeAth-
erS Kind
GET RING IN THE
LAST WEDDING CAKE

WASHINGTON. March 17.-Miss
! Eleanor Wilson. fiancee of William
! G. McAdoo, secretary OF the treas
ury, admits she loves weddings with
fuss and feathers and intends to have
one of that kind
Although President Wilson and
Mrs Wilson hope to make the cere-
mony as simple as their positions will
Z allow. it is generally believed that
the ceremony will be more elaborate
and more largely attended than the
marriage last November of Miss Jes-
sic Wilson to f. B. Sayre.
Because of the social activities of
the bride-to-be It seems inevitable
that the coming White House we'd
ding viii be an unusually brilliant
affair.
Il is assured that the heads of the
embassies and legations of foreign
governments represented at Wash
ington will be invited, together with
the members of the Cabinet, and the
Supreme Court In any case, there
will be a larger number of Washing
ton residents invited. 1t Is believed
the ceremony will take place early in
June.
The ring which Secretary McAdoo
has given Miss Wilson is one of the
handsomest engagement rings ever
seen in Washington. II is a huge
white diamond solitaire, in an old
fashioned claw setting, engraved in
the back. Naturally Miss Wilson
refuses 10 tell what inscription was
on the inside.
WIN Rank Next to Mrs. Bryan.
As a cabinet hostess Miss Wilson
will rank next to Mrs. William Jen-
nings Bryan, who. as wife of the Sec
, retary of State, is recognized as the
leader of the official set.
The marriage will not cause any
change in the Presidents cabinet. Il
Is denied that Mr.. McAdoo would re-
tire from the cabinet after the we'd
ding and go into the banking bust
ness, on the federal reserve board,
, or become ambassador to France.
/ Now that the friends of Miss VIII
, son and Secretary McAdoo have seen
the engagement ring they are in
sistent on knowing Just whep the
wedding will take place and who will
make up tho bridal party. Undoubt-
edly Mrs. Sayre will be her sisters
matron of honor and Miss Margaret
Wilson and Miss Mona ,NcAdoo VIZ
, be the bridesmaids. ~. ..
! It has even been suggested tlai
/. owing to the warm friendship tha
/, exists between the hride-to-be anC
: Miss Sallie McAdoo, the young daugh
: ter of the Secretary. Miss Sallie Nc
Adoo will also be one of the wedding
/ party acting in the capacity of ring
: bearer or flower girl.
, Which has the more potent charm
the ring from the brides sake or th'
bouquet she tosses. to the company as
{ she leaves for the honeymoon trip?
Each is supposed to forecast fol
the recipient a speedy marriage. Il
reports are true. the ring has proveC
E the luckiest talisman.
When Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson
? and Francis B. Sayre were married
\ last November. an oval, flower
/ decked table with the brides cakI
as a centre decoration, was set in thu
! small breakfast room OFF the stat'
diningroom at the White House.
y In this room, reserved exclusivel.
t for the bridal party, members of tn
|. family and intimate friends. one o
S the gayest guests was the Secretar.
= of the Treasury, William Gibbs Nc
J. Adoo.
Q Miss Wilson Draws Ring.
The wedding cake was cut will
5 great ceremony, and the discover,
e that Miss Eleanor Wilson had draw
the ring created the greatest excite
ment A little later. when Mrs. SayrC
her veil thrown backward and he
wedding robes fluttering about heT
threw the bouquet to the waitin
= company. Miss Margaret Wilson
when the scramble was over, cam
. out in possession Of the flowers.
Unless all signs fail. therefore. tn
10 Wilson administration will have Tn
novel distinction of having thre
2 weddings occur at the White Hous
X in quick succession.
e The wedding of the daughter Of
u President to one Of the members c
d. the Cabinet, is unique in the histor
ie of White House ceremonies. and a
IS though 13 weddings have taken plac
ID in the White House that of Miss Wi
re- son and Mr.. McAdoo will be but tn
N sixth in which the daughter of
President has been the bride
TO President Jackson's administrator
re holds the record for weddings. Il
le 1929 Miss Della Lewis, of Nashville
le Tenn. daughter of one of Presiden
n Jackson's famous Kitchen cabinet,
II was married to Alphonse Joseph I'VE
n Paget. a member Of the French Lega
n tion staff at Washington.
T. I'm 1881 President Jackson's niece
Miss Emily Martin. was married {
Mr.. Lewis Donaldson, a grandson q
Thomas jefferson.
VI. In 1897 Miss Mary Easten. a nice
VI. of President Jackson, was married {
i, Lucien B. Polk, a redative of Pres
". dent Polk
NJ .