The Washington times., 1929-09-24
Nd Jury CALLS A WITNESSES TO PROBE NURSES DEATH
JOHN COOLIDGE
GIVEN $4,000
BY FATHER
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and glory OF a White House wedding
in favor of what she thought would
be a simple New England family
affair, her nuptials turned out to
be a national event.
But the desire for privacy by
young Coolidge kept the press at q
distance. Perhaps influenced by the
Lindbergh wedding. John frowned
cold New England frown on any
intrusion by news representatives..
so Troopers Keep Guard
Seven reporters were permitted to
talk to a spokesman and spokes-
woman as to wbst atmosphere pre-
vailed In the ~oid Congregational
church where the marriage cere-
mony was performed
The news representatives were
permitted to gaze through a fence
at the reception on the Trumbull
estate. Sixty State troopers of
Connecticut, wearing borrowed black
gloves were drafted from their en-
forcement duties to keep the public
and the press at their proper dis
tance.
The following psychological In.
formation was blended from what
the spokesman and spokeswoman
said:
That John was nervous at the
ceremony and that Florence wore
a heavenly expression.
That John kissed the bride en-
Enthusiastically and puckered his lips
before so doing.
That Calvin Coolidge did not kiss
the bride, but was unusually con-
municative at the reception. On
leaving the church he waved his
high silk hat at the crowd and
smiled affably.
Calvin F0ils Plot
That there was nom faltering in
the responses by either party during
the marriage ceremony and that
John held the platinum wedding
ring with a sure hand.
The observing qualities Of the
former President were emphasized
by his discovery at the wedding
reception of an attempt by a NOV.
ing picture sound company to boot
leg the conversation at the re.
ceiving line.
An oriental rug blanketed the
space where Florence and John
stood to receive the greetings Of
their guests. Calvin Coolidge noted
hump in the rug.
What is that" he inquired and
beckoned an attendant to turn the
rug over.
A microphone with trailing wire
was discovered. The device was
peremptorily removed.
Johns Mother Charming
Aside from the bride in her bridal
gown OF ivory satin, perhaps the
most strikingly dressed person at
the wedding was Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge. She wore charming costume
Of dark beige with a panne velvet
hat to match and brown shoes and
gloves. She wore a shoulder cor
sage of iris and carried a bouquet
of roses.
Among the 81 specially invited
guests at the church was E. G.
Stevens. 55-year-old woodsman who
left Maine for the first time. The
Trumbulls sent a plane to Boston
to pick up Stevens.
Florence made quite a fuss over
the old woodsman whom she has
known from childhood. he being in
charge of her fathers Maine camp.
This supported the report that the
honeymooners would go to the
North woods.
One of the gayest of the guests
was 86-year-old Mrs. Robert c.
Usher, grandmother of Florence.
She wore her 50-year-old wedding
dress to the wedding. 1t was the
same one in which she was married
in the very same church. During
the reception, she sat in the Trum-
bull house in a rocking chair with
her cane beside her and held a
receiving line all her own. Inci-
dentally, the grandmother gave
Florence paisley shawl which was
hung on the wall for all to see.
Among the wedding presents was
an intangible but welcome one
Eddie Wittstein. who used to play
at the Amherst proms. furnished the
music for the lawn fiesta. He had
promised one time at Amherst when
Florence and John danced to his
music that he would play at their
wedding for present.