Evening star., 1918-08-07
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Il SCENE quite TYPICAL Of for
N mer White House weddings.
though of much less magni-
Il tude, is taking place there

"a mer White House weddings.
though of much less n1agni-
a tude. is taking place there
today. and will culminate at
o'clock this evening in the marriage
of Miss Alice Wilson. niece of the
President, and daughter of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Joseph r. Wilson of Baltimore,
and the Rev. Isaac Stuart McElroy.
Several members of the family party
who will witness the ceremony ar
rived in time last evening to take
dinner with the President and Mrs.
Wilson, the company including the
bride and her parents and the bride
groom and his parents, the Rev. Or.
Isaac Stuart McElroy of Columbia,
Ga, and Mrs. McElroy.
The ceremony will be performed by
the bridegroom's father, in the IA
nous blue room, the parlor of state.
where several other weddings have
taken place and where are presented
TO the President all great dignitaries.
diplomats and others of high official
rank.
escorted down the long corridor and
into the blue room by her father, who
will later give her in marriage. She
will wear a beautiful gown of cream
white satin combined with georgette
crepe, made on very simple lines, with
a design in beading and embroidery
showing on both the bodice and skirt.
Her voluminous tulle veil, which
will also form her train. will be held
with coronet of rare old lace. which
has been lent by Mrs. Woodrow Will
son, and the orange blossoms with
which her veil will be caught We're
worn by Mrs. Crowell and Mrs Crook,
sisters of the bridegroom, at their
weddings.
Mrs. Martin Crook of Spartanburs,
S. c., will serve as matron of honor for
the bride. and Prof. R. NJ. Turnbull OF
the Richmond, Va. Theological School
Will be best man for DR.. McElroy. An
interested spectator will be Miss Eliza
beth Perkins of Muncie. Ind, the school
mate and chum of the bride, who came
east for the wedding several days ago.
There will be several regrettable abb
sences from the family circle witnessing
the ceremony. among them the Secre-
'tary of the Treasury and Mrs. McAdoo.
who are due toy arrive in Washington in
few days. Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones, cousin of the bride, upon whom
arrangements for the previous weddings
OF the administration depended to
great extent, is in York Harbor. Me,
and will not be present.
Following the ceremony there will be
q wedding feast served in the state
dining room. and later DR.. McElroy and
his bride will go for a short wedding
journey before taking up their residence
at the White Sulphur Springs, where
the former is pastor of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre-
Miss Jessie Wilson-spent some months
. in Europe just after their marriage, and
after a year or less at the West Vir-
ginia springs Dr. McElroy will take his
bride to Japan, where he will be inter-
ested in church work.
Adding to the natural beauty of the
blue room will be graceful arrange
ment of the rarest blossoms in the
propagating gardens. and the entire
I, White House has taken on an air in
Ikeeping with the interesting event.
A slight delay occurred in the clerks
office, District building, this morning.
when the license was procured for the
wedding.
AS the Rev. Mr.. McElroy had not
been authorized to perform marriage
ceremonies in Washington, it was nee
essary for Justice Hitz to issue such
authority to him. The justice suS-
pended the court session long enough
to aftix his signature to the permit.
Irwin H. Hoover of the White House
force, who made application for the
marriage license, acted in similar ca
lpacity for the marriage of President
Wilson and for each of his two daugh-
cense clerk, who had issued the three
iother Wilson licenses, recognized Mr..
Hoover and fastened to prepare the
necessary papers for him.
The application for the license gives
Sthe age of the bridegroom as twenty
five years, and that of the bride as
tWeptY-three years.