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Show WHIIIB Of MISS JESSIE Mil MID FRAHCtS B. Sill . . Sim-' ' '-i'- V'w i v' r J- i'n i W hi:-Mh -V' .... a , . ;v5r'- - . , -wM? Mr. and Mrs. Sayr and East Room In Which They Wer Wedded. Washington, Nov. 25. Jessie Wood-row Wood-row Wilson, second of President Wilson's Wil-son's three daughters, was married to Francis Powes Say re at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. The ceremony took place In the eat room of the White House, and was performed by Ret. Sylvester IJeach of Princeton, N. the president's former pastor and the close friend of tne Wilson family for many years. The entire affair was tery simple, aa bad been requested by the bride, and the number of guests was rather small distressingly so to many persons per-sons In official and social circles of Washington who bad expected to receive re-ceive Invitations but were disappointed. disappoint-ed. Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, eldest of the three daughters, acted as maid of honor to ber sister, and Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, the youngest, wa one of the bridesmaids. The three other bridesmaid were Mlas Adeline Mitchell Scott of Princeton, Prince-ton, daughter of Prof. William D. 8cott; Miss Marjorie Prown of Atlanta, Atlan-ta, Pa., daughter of Mrs. Wilson's cousin, cous-in, Col. E. T. Urown, and Miss Mary G. White of Baltimore, a college friend of the bride. Dr. Grenfell Is Best Man. Mr. Sayre was attended by bl beet man. Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the fa-mou fa-mou medical missionary to the fishermen fisher-men of the Labrador coast. The two men have long been faat friend and Mr. 8ayre pent two ummer helping help-ing Dr. Grenfell with hi work. The usher were Charle E. Hughe. Jr son of Justice Hughes of the 8u-' 8u-' preme court snd a classmate of Mr. Sayre In the Harvard law school; Dr Gilbert Horax of Montclalr, N. J.. who waa a classmate at Williams college In 1909 and now at Johns Hopkins unl-! unl-! varsity; Benjamin Burton of New i York city, and Dr. Scovllle Clark of 1 Salem, Mass, who was Mr. Sayre's companion In Labrador and Newfoundland. Newfound-land. Wedding Gown of Ivory Satin. The bride's gown was of satin, of a soft ivory tint, trimmed with beautiful beau-tiful lace, both old and rare. It was made tn New York and the women connoisseurs declared that It was a masterpiece. The lingerie In the trousseau Is of the most dainty material mate-rial and Is all hand made. ' The maid of honor and bridesmalda were beautifully beauti-fully gowned and all looked their best Coming right In the midst of the chrysanthemum season, this w made a chrysanthemum wedding and that flower wa ued most profuely In adorning the White Houe. A the bride's favorite color Is mauve, that waa made the . revelling color In the decoration. The east ro m. and Indeed In-deed all the rooms In the president's mansion, were tx.tttlful .ndeed. Depart on Tl. I. Honeymoon. After the ceremony war completed and the couple bad received the congratulations con-gratulations ot the guects, refreshments refresh-ments were served, and then Mr. and Mrs. Sayre departed for their boney-moon. boney-moon. Their plana Include a visit to the borne of Miss Nevln, Mr Sayre'e I aunt, at Windsor Forges, near Church-! Church-! town. Pa, where they first met After ' January 1 they will live in WUllam-I WUllam-I town. Mass- for Mr. Sayre is to sever bis connection with tb office of District Dis-trict Attorney Whitman In New York and become assistant to Harry A. Garfield, Gar-field, president of William college. There was one disappointment for those who attended the wedding, for the gifts were not put on display. It Is known that these Included many beautiful and valuable articles sent by relatives snd personal friends of the bride and groom and of their families fam-ilies and by admirers of President Wilson. Handsome presents vera sent by both the senate and the house, that of the latter being a diamond la-valllere la-valllere which Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of the speaker, bought for ttie representatives in New York. Guests Limited to 400. Those who were Invited to wltnes the wedding were mostly personal friend and the number was kept down close to four hundred. The list wa pared and revised several times, and as has been said, the operation resulted result-ed In many heartburnings. From the house of representative' circle, for Instance, the only guest were Speaker Champ Clark, Mr. Clark and Ml Genevieve Clark, Marjory Leader Underwood Un-derwood and Mr. Underwood, and Minority Leader Mann and Mr. Mann. A might be expected, the streets outside the White House were as crowded as the police would permit with curious persons eager to watch the arrival and departure of the guests i (3 Gift of the House. This Is th rilamnnd lavalllrre which was lh wedding lr-wnt of U noun of r trrnUUve to Jwm Woodrow Wilson. Wil-son. and trying to obtain through the window win-dow a glimpse of the doings within. The police arrangements were admirable admir-able and nothing happened. In the White House or outside, to mar the happy occasion. Immense Wedding Cake. Jessie Wilson' wedding cake wa a triumph of the pastry cook art It wa two and a half feet tall, counting the white orchid that were placed on top of it, and weighed 125 pounds. The first layer wa four Inches thick snd 22 Inches across. The cake con-I con-I tained 19 Ingredients and Its cost was about $500. Over the body of the cake was molded a thick white Icing scroll work, on It top wa a dealgn for the Initials of the bride and groom, done In silver, and around tb side were lilie of the valley In white auger. This delirious confection wa distributed In 2.000 dainty white boxe tied with satin ribbon and each of the proper size to go under the pillow of the recipient to bring dreams. Mr. Sayre waa born In Galrisvltfo Pa., twenty-five year ago. She at tended the Women' college at Haiti more and wa an honor member o the class of 1908, being also elected I member of Phi Beta Kappa. For tw yrars after her graduation she en gt lei In settlement work In Kenslng ton, Pa., and she is a member of th' executive board of the National Youni Woman's Christian association. Bin has delivered several excellent ad dresses In public In appearance she does not res em ble ber father as much as do ber sis ters, having rather the features of bei mother's family, the Axsons. Something About th Groom. Francis Bowes Sayre la twenty eight years old, and was born al South Bethlehem, Pa., a son of th late Robert Hcysharn Sayre, who bull! the Lehigh Valley railroad and al one time was assistant to the president presi-dent of the Bethlehem Iron work, since known as the Bethlehem steel work. He was also once president of the board of trustees of the Iblgh university. Francis Bowes Sayre graduated from Lawrencevllle school, Lawrencevllle, N. J., In 1904, and from Williams college col-lege In 1909. He entered Harvard law school and graduated "cum laude." He was a member of the Sigma Pbl fraternity, Gargoyle society and the Phi Beta Kappa at William. For the past year be ha been working In the office of District Attorney Whitman of New York. During the summer he was admitted to the bar of New York state. Mr. Sayre's mother Is Mrs. Martha Finlay Sayre, daughter of the late William Nevln, who was president of Franklin and Marshal collfge at Lancaster, Pa. She Is a descendant ot Hugh Williamson of North Carolina, one of the framers of the Constitution of the United States, and Is a sister of the late Robert Nevln, bead of the American church at Rome, and a cousin cous-in of Ethelbert Nevln, the composer. Other White House Wedding. The wedding of Jessie Wilson and Francis Sayre was the thirteenth to be solrmnlied In the White House. The first was that of Anna Todd, a niece of Dolly Madison's first husband, end John G. Jackson. Then Mrs. Madison' Madi-son' lister, Lucy, waa married to Judge Todd of Kentucky. The third wedding, that of Maria Monroe, daughter daugh-ter of President Monroe, to Samuel Lawrence Gouvemeur In 120 marked the first social use of the east room. Eight years later John, the second son of President John Qulncy Adama. married mar-ried his cousin. Mary llellen. In the blue room. While General Jackson was president there were three weddings wed-dings In the White House, those of Illa Lewis to Alphonse Joseph Yver Pageot of the French legation; Mary Eaton to Lucien B. Polk, and Emily Martin to Louis Randolph. Many year passed before there wa another anoth-er marriage ceremony In the president' presi-dent' mansion, the next being of Nellie, Nel-lie, the only daughter of General Grant, and Algernon C. F. Ssrtorts. In 1S7I Emily Piatt, a niece of Mrs. Hayes, waa married In the blue room to Gen. Russell Hastings. The eleventh elev-enth of this rle of weddings wa that of President Cleveland to France Folaom, and th twelfth that of President Presi-dent Roosevelt daughter Alice, to ; Nicholas Lore worth. |