The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
Ellen Wilson McAdoo, the Presidents youngest grandchnd, who was
in the White House yesterday, and her mother, who was Miss
Eleanor Wilson

following June Miss Gardner and rres.-
dent Tyler had "A church wedding IN
New YORK., the ceremony being attended
by a sral company of relatives and
personal frlcrds.
Immediately. afte~ IN" wedding the
bride and bridegroom left for Washing
ton and at the Whit. House a large u'i-
cial reception vas held to introduce IN.
bride In Washington society. For the
remainder Of President Tyler's term ~
office his young, attractive and cultured
wife was greatly admired and beloved.
She presided with dignity and grace and
At the close II the administration when
Mr., and Mrs. Polk came to the White
House Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler retired TO
their estate in Virginia.
The next President to marry was
Grover Cleveland, who was a bachelor
when he IA inaugurated n who NJ
teen months later took as his bride Miss
Frances Folsom OF buffalo. fresh from
school and a tour of Europe, "A retiring
young woman, who became onc Of the
most beloved mistresses the White House
ever had.
The month of June. 1856. was chosen
for the Cleveland wedding. The bride
had just returned from Europe. where
she had been travelling with her mother
and incidentally selecting her wedding
rousseau. They came to Washington
o New York. where they had spent
n short time after landing. and reached
here the afternoon before the wedding.
accompanied by Miss Folsom's cousla,
benjamin Folsom.
They went AT once to the White House
after having been met at the station by
Miss Rose Cleveland. sister OF the Presl-
dent. They were followed by n score
of newspaper men from New York who
came down on the same train.
The Cleveland wedding.
Like the Wilson-Galt wedding the
Cleyeland-Folsom nuptials were private
except that the members of the Cabinet
were invited. The ceremony was per-
formed at : r. NJ in the Blu Room
81 tho White House. The Marine Band,
John Philip Sousa conductor, was sta
toned In the corridor and the President
escorted his bride down the stairway
which at that time was at the west end
Of the main corridor just In front of the
doors leading into the state dining room.
At that wedding az at the one to-day
there were no attendants, and the bride
groom escorted his bride to the altar.
She wore the Presidents gift. a diamond
necklace.
At exactly $40 on the evening of their
marriage ITeSluent cleveland and his
bride left the White House through one
of the doorlike windows % the Blue
Room and descended the winding stairs
Mt the south OF the mansion. entering
the carriage at the rear of the house.
They mac an exciting roundabout drive
TO the station In their effort to evade the
reporters, and In spite OF the flight
through highways and byways the news.
paper men were close behind them when
they arrived at their private car two
miles from the city railroad station.
President cleveland and his bride took
a train to Deer Park, Md. reaching there
In the early morning and spending "A
fortnight In nat mountain resort. II is
recorded that the bride accompanied the
bridegroom on several fishing trips in the
mountain streams and they took long
walks through the mountain paths. They
were bcset at every turn by photog-
raphers and other persons and the coupl.
had no peace OF mind until they were
safely back in the White House.
President Wilson apparently proftcd
by the experience of President Cleveland,
for instead OF attempting to evade the
curious and make a secret OF his honey
moon retreat he too the newspaper cor
respondents, into his confidence, told
them where he and his bride were going
and what time they were going to leave.