White House gossip : $b from Andrew Johnson to Calvin CoolidgeColman, Edna M. (Edna Mary)
History
White House gossip : $b from Andrew Johnson to Calvin Coolidge
Colman, Edna M. (Edna Mary)
Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs; White House (Washington, D.C.)
A fanfare of trumpets and Lohengrin’s march by the Marine Band
announced the approach of the bridal party. The bridesmaids were the
Misses Eleanor R. Wilson, younger sister of the bride; Mary G. White of
Baltimore; Adeline Mitchell Scott of Princeton, and Marjorie Brown of
Atlanta. With them walked the ushers: Benjamin R. Burton of New York;
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr., of New York; Dr. DeWitt Scoville Clark,
Jr., of Salem, Mass., and Dr. Gilbert Horax of Mount Clair, N. J., all
college associates of Mr. Sayre. Miss Margaret Wilson preceded the
bride, who, in the traditional white satin and veil, was escorted by
her father. Miss Wilson was met at the improvised altar by Mr. Sayre,
who was attended by Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell. The Reverend Sylvester W.
Beach, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, N.
J., where Miss Jessie taught a Bible class and where the Wilson family
attended, read the service. The Reverend John Nevin Sayre, brother of
the bridegroom and missionary to China, pronounced the benediction.
For the supper, the table, with its huge wedding cake, was beautifully
decorated. The cake had been made in New York, in two layers, and was
two and a half feet high and three feet in circumference. It weighed
one hundred and thirty-five pounds and was reported to have cost
five hundred dollars. To Miss Margaret’s lot fell the slice with the
ring, and later she caught the bride’s bouquet. The collation in the
State dining room, the same as served to the bridal party, consisted
of Virginia ham, salads, sandwiches, relishes, bonbons, ices, cakes,
coffee, and fruit punch, made in accordance with the bride’s expressed
wish without wine or liquor of any kind.
With the aid of the President’s secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, and the
White House police, the bridal couple escaped their friends. Then the
ropes were removed and the young people had a delightful dance with the
Marine Band to play.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account