The Washington herald., 1918-08-04
n Prominent in the Social Life Of the Nations Capital

handsomest Japanese of his time.
He Is full six feet tall. which 10
decidedly unusual for q Nipponese,
and built like a Greek sculptor's
model. He IL assured in advance
of q favorite's niche in both the
social and the military-naval cir
cles, wherein he already has a wide
acquaintance.
Another White House wedding
next Wednesday, The third under
the Wilson regime, not counting the
Presidents own, which didn't take
place there, but at the residence of
his bride, in Ninteenth street. It
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 en-
gagement was announced last April.
That announcement though made.
quite correctly, in the name off, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Wilson, was given
out from the White House-ane now
the wedding Is to be at the White
House-very quietly, as Uniting
these war times, but none kyhe less
at the White House, Circumstance
in which the bride. IL she's an or
dinary girl, will glory as long as
she lives, and will love to tell her
children and ,her children's child
rem. You know I think it's rather
nice of the President-and Mrs. WILL
SON, too, for that matter-to always
remember how much perfectly in
nocuous 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.
Miss Wilson is the daughter of the
Presidents only brother. She vas
scheduled as a debutante this last
season, and under ordinary circum-
stances would have had some White
House parties In her honor, possibly
even a White House debut. But of
course. with the nation at war and
all festivity tabooed at the Executive
Mansion. that was out of the ques-
ton. There was no debut. Miss Will
son and her mother spent much OF
the winter visiting in the South, and
shortly after their return to Balti-
more the engagement Of the Presi-
dents niece to a young divinity stu
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 McEiroy has grad
uated from the Theological Seminary
at Richmond and been ordained and
assigned to the Presbyterian Church
at White Sulphur Springs. (Of course.
the fact that he was engaged to the
Presidents niece had nothing to do
with his getting that very desirable
charge! No, in-deed-y! Why should
you think such a thing?J And there
the wedding. The young people were
very thoroughly acquainted. Their
families were old friends and they
had grown up together.
The President. however, 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 Will
sons in their apartment in the WI
mona. Presumably the plans for the
wedding were formulated then, for
on Monday 1t was made known that
the marriage would take place during
August. And on Tuesday the Jefi-
mite information was given out-not
through any of the usual sources of
social Information there, but from the
executive offices. as II II was an ef-
fair of the nations business-that the
marriage would be solemnized at the
White House, on Wednesday evening,
the bridegroom's father cfficiating.
That is about all that any one
knows about II. There are to be
no cards. and the ceremony win be
quite private, only members of the
two families being present. Tho
McAdoos. who had the last White
House wedding, are due home the
day before, and the Sayres, who
started the matrimonial ball rolling
during the first year of the Wilson
administration, will presumably
come down for the occasion.
Miss Alice Wilson is really not
particularly well known in Wash
ington. Her family had lived in
Tennessee until shortly after her
uncle's Inauguration. when her
father accepted . position as man