The New York herald., 1921-01-02
President Wilson's Dau9h ters
end Grandchildren Visit
Washington.
MAsuINGroN. ID. q. Jan. /.


wv TASHINGTON society has been
nv doing a little of everything
and a whole lot of some
things. AT the White House q belated
Christmas mousse party assembled. not
10 celebrate Christmas exactly, but
partly to celebrate the Presidents
birthday-fAss sixty -fourth--last Tues
day, and partly TO attend family
wedding. Christmas was the most alb
solutely -Christmasy day the White
House has ever known when the
President has been in residence. They
didn't even have Christmas tree
which has always been a feature OF
The celebration whether there We're
any children TO rejoice in it or not
There were no house guests but Miss
Margaret Wilson. and the family din
ner was reduced to the smallest pos
sible little party
But on Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els b. Sayre and their children ar
rived from Massachusetts. and Mrs.
William Gibbs McAdoo and her chill
dren arrived from New York. as did
Miss Helen Bones, the Presidents
cousin. who made her home with the
Wilson family until aaout two years
ago. Mr. McAdoo was not able to Join
the Presidents house party, having
been detained IN New York to attend
TO matters concerned with the sudden
death there of his sister. Mrs. James
Saunders ONeale.
The Wilson clans always gather for
a wedding, and Marjorie Brown, who
had CONSIDERABLY picked the Presi-
dents birthday for her wedding day
so that the family was able to cele-
brate both events on the one trip. has
been rather favorite cousin. a fire.
quent visitor at the White House be-
fore her father. Col Il. r. Brown OF
Atlanta and New York took a house
here, and bridesmaid at tho marriage
Of Jessie Wilson and Francis Bowes
Sayre.
Miss Wilson Maid of Honor.
For her wedding Tuesday night. with
Benjamin King of New York, she had
Miss Margaret Wilson as her maid of
honor. and they do say that Miss Wilson
brought the wedding about. At least
she brought Miss Brown and Mr.. King
together, after having told each so much
about the other that they were prepared
TO be disappointed when they met But
Miss Wilson was only one of a large
wedding party. There were, besides her,
matron of honor, Mrs. George McCarty
of Atlanta. and five bridesmaids,
Misses Kathleen and Alma Evans, cous-
ins OF the bride. Hazel Nelson, Ethel
dreda Aves of Galveston. AMI Esther
Smith of Atlanta. Mr.. Kings best man
was DR.. Stockton Axson. the Presidents
brother-in-law. and a knsman of the
bride, the party being completed by
three groomsmen and four ushers
Perhaps you didn't know that grooms-
men and ushers were different function
aries down where the bride came
from. The ushers have only to ''ush,"
10 see that the guests are properly
seated. The groomsmen arc charged
with the pleasant duty of escorting the
bridesmaids In this instance the
groomsmen were Messrs. Edward II.
Brown. the brides brother; DIR. Edmund
Devol of New York. and Harry Stanton
OF Cleveland and the ushers were Fitz-
williams Woodrow. Percival Sneed. Her
man Riddeli and Grant Isaacs of Ten
nessee.
1t was an evening wedding and very
pretty one, the ceremony being per-
formed in the ballroom Of the Brown
residence at 1712 I street by the Rt.
Rev. Troy Beatty, Bishop coadjutor of
Tennessee, assisted by the Rev DR.. c.
B. Wilmer of Atlanta. Mrs Beatty and
Mrs. Wilmer being among the wedding
guests. and their husbands having both
been the Browns pastor in Atlanta.
The engagement of Miss Brown and
MIR. King was announced six months
ago. but until the latter arrived in
Washington about ten days ago. few of
the BRIDES Washington friends had met
him. He is Californian. who has es-
tablished himself in business in New
York. and 1t was in New York that the
two met. 1t seems that he is member
OF an importing firm with interests in
Central America, and but recently re-
turned from Guatemala.
Constant Round of Parties.
Since his arrival there has been a con-
slant round OF parties for him and his
prospective bride, even one at the White
House-a very informal family" lunch
con, i understand, that being about the
only form OF entertaining at which the
President could possibly play host IL
was not thought wise for him TO at
tempt to attend the wedding. and lie
wished TO meet his prospective nephew
as well as to pay one OF his favoritc
nieces such attention az an invalid
might. Mrs. Wilson went to tho we'd