| Show Have H nave TT Been B I teen en Twelve T T I 1 White w House TT Marriages N S Snave Three of the Brides Daughters of bi Presidents With Miss Roosevelt the Fourth In the Case Of the Other Historic Weddings the Brides Were V ere Generally Related to The Chief Executives Who They Were Washington Fob Feb I eh 17 Romance and history have math matin mac the White House ou e the moat 10 t Interesting home In I America Of or the two romance probably luLls has con eon contributed more bore to endear tho th mansion to the the people men us mis I well us we women 1011 than history The h which taken place Illace within Its I classic 1 portals appeal with keenest I t Interest to tl every CWI tint titis American In II the century e of Us its II history the this White lions his hias hia been beell tho scene of or 12 I weddings 8 That of or Miss Mimic Jou and auth Mr lr today was II miS the largest by h far and In soon some respects Ito tho most abet notable wedding that limit I vcr ever II was WI e I In thin the mansion I Hoose Hooe velt elt was Wil the time laughter daughter of o a pros pres ident of the time flitted States Stales to be lie I I In marriage In iii II this title official homo hOlo of ur the chief executive ONI ON THOUSAND The list of 1000 guests to witness the tho ceremony today U Is several times tunes larger than that Invited to any previous ous tue White House wedding und amid yet thu President and amid Mrs Ir Roosevelt might WIght have extended the list t many lallY times without satisfying thu the desires of tilt nil their friends Tilt The TIl list lint Ht therefore was wai wa made loathe marc up with the mica lea of or Including ou on onIt It certain classes relatives ur of the two families and anil the time Intimate per ver personal cr friends of ff the limit tinkle bride and 1111 room groom groomAs As was is s to loire have been expected the number of oC guests ghosts taxed the tho capacity of ot the time House to tho utmost ullo t Prior to tl the remodelling of tin the til In imi Interior tenor of ot the th While lluu i e three yean ears ear ago 10 It would not Iut Inure have bent Iwu Iel possible to tj entertain so 50 large lurKe a 1 company In II the tile house as attended tOlu wedding we That fact tl tet t probably accounts for tor tho thim th comparatively small list of ot at atthe atthe the years ears ago ORO Ellen W Grant who endeared h to the tho American people as Nellie Grant irant one omie of or the loved nut and most mast popular lar of or women WOlen became a I White Rouse House bride The number of or guests at al her hem wedding was Wi about COO 0 and 1111 nun writers r of II the tints time Ihle said Rale that was practically nil al comfortably that could eo u II have luu been len accommodated TIlE THE FIRST nilST WEDDING The first trat White House wedding took tool place during the administration of James Madison whose was semiS probably ably ubly lb I the most popular woman of te her time In I America Mrs Irs youngest sister Lucy Payne Wash widow wIlow wl ow of o a II nephew of 0 President Washington was married on 01 the tho even eyen evenIng leg Ing of or March Marchu 11 1 1104 to a widower who resided In Kentucky The tue mar marriage wa 0 witnessed by Important Il om aPI officials dais and amid members member of tho the diplomatic corps Just titter after tho thin war of 1812 tho the second White House Hou e wedding occurred This also Blo was In Imi tl the tho administration of Madison the bride Miss ISH Anna lla Todd being a Il cousin of Mrs Irl Madison Tho groom WitS was John C Jackson then member of ot the thue house houKe of or representative tive the from Virginia On of the war soel t irate at lt low tIthe tide tre in I Washington end fn tIm tho marriage uRe was 1111 not tuot so 10 notable n 1 tu the one onu MISS MONROES Tho Tue he wedding of 0 Miss Maria Hester heater Monroe the first daughter of oC n a President President dent of ot the United States Slates to be he mar mur married tied ried In the White House was wn a dis dl disappointment In a social way wayOn wn On 01 hut MUlch Match 9 1820 10 she went I married In Inthe inthe the bluma JIll room to Samuel Lawrence of Now New York who was watt acting as us private secretary l to o President Monroe It I was purely urel a family affair not lUll oven cen the tue members ot or the Presidents Ire l dents cabinet being Jehl Invited Tim The re restrictions placed on the list Hit of oC guests II mid some other othier matters concerning tho the marriage formed the subject t of con comm considerable titan time comment nt et time Tho rho fourth wedding In the White While Whitehouse House was 1 that thit of or a I presidents son sou 1011 John the son AOI and private see sec secretary ec rotary of or President Ire John Quincy Adams on nn Fob Feb 10 1838 1821 inns RI married In iii II tho the blue room to tc his cousin Miss Ihs Mary Ial Italian Helen of oe Philadelphia It I was lolen a mi 1 brilliant brilant social function and was manila mato peculiarly notable by bythe b bythe the tho fact act that President Adams lOll led il the Virginia reel In hut II tho thin danco damico that fol followed til followed lowed lowell the this ceremony Tho wedding until and 1111 a series surles of parties pates given Rel the he young oung couple afterward by b the true President and Mrs Adams dammis were irene tha tims greatest lt social functions of ue that time IN 1 JACKSONS TIME During tho the administration of Prod President dent Jackson three marriages were cel cui celebrated In the thc Ite House The rite first was that of Miss Ies Delia Lewis of if Nash 11 Tenn to tl Alphone Joseph Yr Yer var le secretary of ot tho the French lega legation hut tion tol It 1 took pIneo In the lube blue room 1001 amud was ivas witnessed by hy tile the members of ot time the cabinet and their wives members of 0 tho time diplomatic curls corps anti and personal friends The bride was given Ren away awo by br President Jackson Shortly afterward Miss Mary Heaston Iea ton also of or Tennessee a II niece of at lf Mrs lefts Jackson was married III In thin tho blue room to to B 13 I The Fbi third marriage In iii the White House during the tho Jackson Wa was that of Miss t Jm I Martin a 1 relative of ot tho tim Presidents family enmity who tho the brim of 1111 Randolph a grant grand grandson grant son of lit 1 Thomas File Tho eighth House BouRn moUnting was that of ot auditor another daughter of ot a mm R the third president daugh ter tel of ot President John Tyler r was WI mar married ma cloth ried In the blue room 1001 on lan Jan I 1842 to Waller Satier 11 I el tit it lr Vu Va ma It was WIS Intended that the time marring marriage should be bo quiet q let and amid simple but Jit It de tic developed Into a u great social event It 1 was at nt this wedding that one 0 of o I Ithe the bridesmaids 1 her surprise to 10 Daniel Web that Ml Miss 1 s Tyler huld relinquish ul h White HOls home and 1111 the tho gaiety of ot Washington toll moiety ld t for fur a mm I Virginia i tech resi residence lesl dence ml c ic Ah A Is h le tesi Mr t u Webster eh lame lne rules tho tue court tile the camp the lii grove and atul love Is II heaven and heaven row h is love nc I Then hen In order ordem on nn n May Iu 12 I 1 2 1571 IH th lila wedding of ur Nellie 1 took place Jp Lt LI to that time tinie It mine a tar lr and amid nl away tho Ule mo mot t brilliant social nelll function of oC oCal atam any al am kind that over ever hail had token takemi place I lace In itt II hlo House I Tile The bridegroom was Algernon F C 0 of or England had hid como oro across time tho water and auml 1 lund had hur won mon tIle the hand and amid heart of u the time beat heKt beloved of ot Amei leas daughters The Tho ceremony occurred In tile the historic Pst east room the scene of or lodus wed wedding wedding ding amid anil l In many man respects re the tho wed ived I Iding ding of today toda aril and ard that of 32 UKO u Og IO clo I The Jho I rc rt esit 11 other duet Hy forth floral decorations were magnificent I tho the exquisite and every Ier detail wm seas developed beautifully The Tho OO guests represented the tile moist Important ito of oe tho the government soil and mem members Ilm bers imers of oC the diplomatic corps COrl Thu rho rw ceremony which united Miss Hoose olt to Mr lr Longworth was performed on ott 11 almost t Identically the time tunic fame spot Slot where Nellie Grant Gramit and Algernon A Stir Sar Sart tons t pledged their lives InN V tl la each filch other j i Hundreds of o beautiful and costly pres pree presents emits wore varv nude niada to tho lie bride After an ami elaborate wedding In II tim the tO i state lilting dining room Mr Ir Mrs amid a 11 shower hower nf of o rice rico In dainty slippers wore were whirled away to the tue railway rai WIY station In itt a I reach coach drawn dm wn by b four handsomely equipped bay horses horse and left heft for Cor New York on un a per perfectly equipped special train One On wedding took In the time White Houte during the time administration o it C President Hayes Ills His 11 niece Ilece Ml Miss l s IH Es I Estella tella Platt In Juno June 1878 1178 became camo the time bride of IC le On lea ln Hastings the tims th ceremony being performed In the time room roon r 1 CLEVELAND THE ONLY DENT D T Grover rover r Cleveland was mine ll the only president president dent ent of o the tho United States marriott married in iii inthe 1 the time White House His Ils to Miss Mints Prances Frances Folsom was WO celebrated celebrate in this th blue room on the time evening of 01 Juno 2 18 Tho rIte room II was WI superbly decorated with wih green reen and cut flowers fower and amid 1111 th the entire lower hewer part nf at l atthe the White Housu Hou u hail been boel transformed trun Into u it I bower of floral beauty Thins Th guests were Ware limited tu to time the relatives of O the president pre nod and RII Miss II Folsom I olom the of the cabinet and their wives wl and auth Private Hocy tIl und and Mrs Lament The band the music musi lAter the jr I ent and auth Mrs In Cleveland took an nn trip trl through the ivest est 1 For lor 20 2 years er until today no wearing o 1111 has been en celebrated In Iii time the House and In time the annuls of ot til Ihl this rc rl manco and history of or th tho mansion titers then thenIs Is I no tio 10 record of o so 81 elaborate ami beau beautiful hlll beautiful a R ceremony as I th the wedding of 0 Alice Allee Lee fee anti and Nicholas |
