Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18
BIG CAPITAL WEDDINGS
RECALLED BY TONTGHT'S
SIMPLE CEREMONY
Chief agistrates, Their
Friends and Relatives Have
Figured in Many Inter
esting Romances
BRIDES OF THE LONG AGO
Philadelphia Girl Was Married in
First White House, Burned
by British


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tyo,sc ,tr,ospborc has mover haep cold
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Wilson to Mrs. Cat tonight recalls many
similar incidents In which chief Mag.
,sn.ates tbcir relatives or high officials
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a dav in IN, vicinity Of the CAPITOL
. out of three Presidents who entered the
white ucus, ,inrnarricl orI, one emerged
,rb,n,pbaptI, i'm bis single state THE
other two fell victims to the little nude
bows how and arrows The sole survivor
vas lame. buchanan who stono where
TYLER and cleveland foil
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nprr'eu III .UN"So, spent '"e'' "o'''s
moon oaJS mere
TIL" tradition of romance even runs
back to the time when the present White
House lid not cXist-whcn a less pre-
tentious White House stood in its stead.
In, this building. burned by the British
in the coul SO Of the War Of lSi2 the wife
of. President Madison persuaded her
cousin. Miss Todd. Of Philadelphia, TO hc
married The husband was John q.
Jackson member of Congress from Vir-
glna.
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Fll'SF WHITE HOUSE BRIDE
TIL" first wedding In the present White
rluiSe W. ,,'uL uI n.SS nn,," ''',.' o,'
yoS who ON March . 1SeG was yeJdcd
TO bor cousin Lawrence Gouverncur of
New York CITY
The year IS9f witnessed tho marriage
NJ Ho,en IocEsor n bes1,tif,,i ,,tri u,tth
classic feotures to .Tobr ADAMS tho tirst
sot NJ -, President to bo n,orried f., tbc
oxncutive r,anqion Ae tho hrido,s be.ltb
,yas moor tho vedding was a u,,iet nne
President Jackson was n guardian angel
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r-,,ost ,t tbc White House nrromnccJi bor
engagement TO Monsieur paGueol. then
secretarv of the t'rerch Legation Jackson
Invited her Ia he married in his home A
big attendance of foreign diplomatIsts and
others was seen Again, in lS32 President
Jackson prevailed upon his niece, Miss
Easton, of Tennessee, ard Mr.. Polk to
take their marriage vows IN the East
Room.
Elizabeth Tyler, youngest daughter Of
President Tyler was married to her
cousin, Congressman Waller, Of Virginia
in the White House. in 1912, She was ~
years old and is said to have been
radiant vision 1t was n grand affair.
Two years later, In 1914, President Tyler.
whose hrst wife mad died. married Miss
'Iaroiner' III Ne" 1oFk CITY me we'd
ding was great surprise to the coun-
NY
NELLIE GRANTS ROMANCE.
A romartic White House yyeddi,g tool,
oIace In the administration of Grant
when his daurhter NoIIie yparried Al.
sa,non Sartoris Nav u 1874 lie was an