The sun., 1919-01-05
WASF4INGTONS NEW YEAR DAY FESTIVITIES
APPARENTLY ARE ABANDONED FOREVER

coIors imaginable, with big velvet pic
ture hats a few shades darker than
the gowns.
The brides sister, Mrs. George
Baker st. George, wore an equally
effective gown Of turquoise blue chiffon
velvet or satin, I arm not sure which.
She was separated from the group OF
bridesmaids, however, by the two little
Colville Barclay boys. Colville Barclay,
Jr., and Cecil, named for the former
British Ambassador, the late Sir Cecil
Spring Rice, two diminutive British
sailor lads with H. NJ. s. Warrior hat
bands.
1t was really a lovely bridal party
the colors were equisite-out In the
vestibule Of the church, but they really
did not go with the Christmas dec
orations when they got up to the
chancel. where the altar was ablaze
with poinsettias. Nor did they go"
particularly we'll with the two flags.
American and British, that were prom
inently featured.
Brides Gown Beautiful.
The bride herself. who followed her
matron OF honor on the arm of her
cousin and godfather. Franklin d.
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary Of the
Novy, was lovely in a gown of old
French brocade in a design OF silver
wheat, made on rather clinging lines
and guiltless OF trimming except for a
bit OF fine old lace at the throat and a
girdle of pearls. The long court train
hung from the shoulders and she wore
tulle veil arranged with a chaplet of
orange blossoms. She carried n sheaf
of Easter lilies and a string Of pearls
completed the costume.
The men? why OF course-no we'd
ding Is complete without 'em! And
this was most effective bunch. nearly
all Of them in uniform. And there
were the choir boys They really
worked at that wedding. Besides
singing THE Star Spangled Banner
and the "Lohengrin" wedding music,
their lovely boy voices chanted softly
during the service. and the chimes
played merriy the while; and then as
bride and bridegroom faced around
the asSembiage was once more brought
to its feet while the boys sang God
Save the King" after which the men
of the wedding party who were in the
service formed an arch with their
swords for the bride and bridegroom
One thing the week has brought,
| anyhow-and that is the reopening Of
the White House. Formerly the latch
string was always out at 1900 Penn
sylvania avenue. The grounds. on the
| north side OF the house, anyhow along
Pennsylvania avenue, were open to
the public day or night. They were
almost a tnoroughfare Until that
February morning two years ago
when the President announced TO Con-
gress lat he was sending the Ger
| man Ambassador Count Johann Won
| Bernstorff, his passports, I, though a
| resident of Washington for a dozen
| years, had scarcely known that there
were gates TO the Pennsylvania ave-
/ grounds. having never seen them
! closed
Since then, WHY. last time went
20 the White House nv invitation 7
was ed up az the gate while a roliHe-
man looked over his list TO compare
/ nv card and see whether was to be
( admitted, At first il was merely po-
'!Cemen al the gates dav and night.
! and ever so many more than usual in
the grounds and so many more lights
aNout AT night that none might ne
skulking In the shadows OF the trees.
! And soon after the United States en-
tered the war soldiers patroiling the
entire block