The sun., 1918-08-04
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 3


counting the Presidents own, which
didn't take place there. but at the
residence Of his bride on Nineteenth
street. 1t Is Miss Alice Wilson's Of
course. the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Wilson OF Baltimore, and the
Rev. Isaac Stuart McElroy, Jr.. whose
engagement was announced last April
That announcement. though made,
quite correctly, in the name Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Wilson, was given
out from the White House, and now
the wedding Is to be at the White
House-very quietly. as befits these
war times, but none the less at the
White House - circumstance in
which tho bride, II she's an ordinary
human girl, will glory as long as she
lives, and will love to tell her children
and her children's children. It's
rather nice Of the President, and OF
Mrs. Wilson too. for that matter.
always to remember how much per-
fectly innocuous pleasure he can give
his relatives, by frequently inviting
them to come within the radiance of
the spotlight that plays upon him. 1t
doesn't mean anything much to him.
perhaps, but It means an awful lot
to them.
The President and Mrs. Wilson will
entertain a house party for the we'd
ding. Their guests will include the
bride and her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
from Baltimore on Tuesday; the Rev.
DR.. I. 8. McElroy Of Columbus. Ga.
and Mrs. McElroy. and tho BRIDE
groom's two sisters, Mrs. Martin
Crook Of spartanburg, g. c.. whose
husband, Capt. Crook. Is In the Medical
Reserve Corps; and Mrs. c. C. Crowell
Of Columbus, Ga. whose husband is
doing Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton work. Mr.. McElroy's brother. the
Rev. w. p. McElroy, Is now serving
in France.
Fifteenth White House Bride.
The ce-emon. will take place in the
historic Blue Room. at s o'clock, Dr.
McElroy, the bridegroom's father, off,
ciating. The bride will be given in
marriage by her father, and have for
her matron OF honor and only at
tendant her fiance's sister. Mrs.
Crook. Mr.. McElroy will have for his
best man Prof. r. N. Turnbull Of the
Union Theological Seminary at Rich
mond. from which Mr.. Mcl1lroy was
graduated in May. The ceremony will
be followed by dinner.
The fifteenth White House bride will,
Il seems, heed the old adage that every
bride should wear something old, and
something new. something borrowed
and something blue" The coronet OF
rare old lace from which her veil will
fall has been loaned her by Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, and the orange blossoms
with which her veil will be caught
were worn at the wedding OF Mrs.
Crook and Mrs. Crowell, Mr.. Nc
Elroys two sisters.
Miss Wilson is the daughter Of the
Presidents only brother. She was
scheduled as a debutante this last sea-
son, and under ordinary circumstances
would have had some White House
parties in her honor. possibly even
White House debut. But Of course.
with the nation at war and all festiv-
ity taboo at the Executive Mansion,
that was out Of the question. There
was no formal debut. Miss Wilson and
her mother spent much at the winter
visiting in the South and shortly after
their return to Baltimore the engage
ment of the Presidents niece to a
young divinity student. son and name
sake Of the Rev. I. S. McElroy, d. D.,
pastor OF the Presbyterian Church OF
Columbus, Ga. was announced. no date
being set for the wedding.
Since then young McElroy has
graduated from the Union Theological
Seminary at Richmond and been or
dained, and assigned to the Presby-
terrain Church at White Sulphur
Springs, and there seemed no good
reason for delaying the wedding.
wedding VIII he Quiet.
The President had not known the
McElroys. He had never met his
niece's prospective husband until last
Sunday. when he and Mrs. Wilson.
Miss Margaret Wilson, and, I believe,
Miss Bones and Admiral MCGOWAN
motored over to Baltimore and had
dinner with the Joseph Wilson's. in
their apartment in the Winona. Pre-
sumably the plans for the wedding
were formulated then, for on Monday
It was made known that the marriage
would take place during August And
on Tuesday the definite information
was given out that the marriage would
be solemnized at the White House on
Wednesday evening, the bridegroom's
father officiating.
That Is about all that any one knows
about 1t. There are to be no cards and
the ceremony will be quite private.
only members of the two families being
present. The McAdoos. who had the
last White House wedding, are due
home the day before, and the Sayres,
who started the matrimonial ball roll
Ing during the first year OF the VIII
son Administration, will presumably
come down for the occasion.
Miss Alice Wilson Is really not par