Evening star., 1918-08-08

were called on for the rich. harvest OF
flowers which everywhere lent mid
summer charm to the house.
When the bride entered the great
circular blue room on the arm of
her father. and accompanied by her
| natron Of honor. Mrs. Martin Crook.
the sister Of the bridegroom; the
mere handful Of guests forming the
family party. were assembled there.
Perhaps several simpler weddings
have taken place in the White House
er or more unpretentious ever mark
ed its history. The brides gown
| was the only costume which bore
the earmarks Of elaboration, and that
was wise, as 1t must in future become
an object Of reverence in the family
| because 1t was worn in the historic
surroundings and with the President
as chief witness. 1t was designed to
accentuate the girlish lines of the
petite bride, and was cut in the con-
but without an extreme feature, the
tunic falling straight, and the bodice
| were embroidered in white beads and
| white silk, and the long. full veil OF
belonging to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
the Presidents wife, fell into a train.
Clusters of orange blossoms which
had been worn by the bridegroom's
sisters, Mrs. Crook and Mrs. Crowell.
when they were married were on the
veil. No pretentious jewels or other
ornaments were worn, and the bridal
bouquest of white roses with shower
of lilies of the valley completed the
costume. In contradiction to the
L usual custom, the brides bouquest was
not thrown where it would tell the
story of the next bride, as Miss Mar
garet Wilson, the Presidents elder
daughter. and Miss Elizabeth Perkins.
a school girl friend. were the only
single women present.
Mrs Crook, who accompanied the
bride as matron of honor. wore a
modish gown of white net over pink
and a trimming Of iridescent beads.
Her bouquet was Of pink roses.
Columbus, Ca. father Of the BRIDE
| groom, performed the double-ring
| ceremony, and another dignitary of
the church present was the Rev.
| Charles L. King, one Of the BRIDE
1 groom's classmates at the Richmond
| Theological Seminary, from which he
| was graduated a few months ago.
| The bridegroom and his best man,
Prof M. R. Turnbull of the Richmond
| Theological Seminary. entered the
| blue room from the red parlor,. into
| which guests pass after being pre-
I sented to the President on state oc-
! casions, and where Mrs. Wilson gen.
| orally assemblies her friends and
guests for small teas and informal
pourings.
Flowers From Executive Gardens.
Tho white satin prie-dieu formed
the only feature. Of an altar in the
round window where white hy-
drangeas, white phlox, hyacinths and
other white blossoms of the season
culled from the garden without were
kaI d ha anl< fNf
palms, some of them having been used
at the wedding of the President when
| his marriage to Mrs. Norman Gait
took place and at the weddings of
Miss Jessie Wilson to Mr.. Sayre. Miss
Eleanor Wilson to Secretary McAdoo
and as far back as the wedding of
Miss Alice Roosevelt to Representa-
| tive Nicholas Longworth and President
Cleveland to Miss Frances Folsom, if
not much earlier. Ferns, too, were
! ner, while in the red room were red
| flowers, and yellow ox-eyed daisies
were in the east and green parlors.
Radiance roses formed the decora-
| ton in the state dining room and on
| the table, where the center Of interest
was the brides cake. This was
large round confection, wonderfully
] frosted in traditional design. but It
was not constructed In the White
House Kitchens :
Assembled in the blue room when
the bridal company ascended the state
stairway were: The President and Mrs
Wilson, Mrs Joseph r. Wilson, the
Rev, and Mrs Isaac g McElroy, ST., Of
Columbus. Ca; Miss Elisabeth Per-
kins Of Muncie, Ind, q schoolmate' Of
the bride; the Rev. Charles L King
Of Richmond: Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bry-
ant, the maternal aunt and uncle Of
the bride, and Mr.. Julian r. Boiling,
the brother Of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
The entire company. including the
minister and the bridal party. were
seated about the state dining table for
the wedding feast.
Several Of the White House attend
anita who haKal Witnessed each of -thar