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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
8
The ceremony united a cabinet member with the president’s daughter in a simple Blue Room service at the White House. The setting featured lilies and palms, a plain white stand, and a small, family atmosphere with under a hundred attendees.
Washington May 7 The words love honor and obey were used in the Presbyterian service as Eleanor Randolph Wilson youngest daughter of the President became the wife of William G McAdoo Secretary of the Treasury in the Blue Room at the White House The bride wore a white frock with hand embroidery and a hat with flowers The wedding featured Miss McAdoo youngest daughter of the groom as bridesmaid and Mrs Francis Bowes Sayre as maid of honor The Marine Band played and guests toasted The couple left for a two week honeymoon unable to go abroad as previously reported The President and Mrs Wilson and three daughters attended and the ceremony ended with supper and dancing in the Blue Room.
The bride Eleanor Randolph Wilson and Secretary McAdoo left the White House for a brief drive as guests gathered. Gifts from cabinet members, the Senate, and House women included opal jewelry, diamonds, and a set of silver dinner ware, with personal linen and embroidery pieces from cabinet wives.
The bride’s ivory satin gown featured Empress Eugenie lace with a sweeping train. A Y shaped bodice opening, long lace sleeves, and a long tulle veil complemented the cap Bridal wreath and an orange blossom spray. A diamond neck lace adorned the bride, while Miss Wilson carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley white orchids and fern fronds.
May 7 at Old Point shows the famed old point lace on Mrs. McAdoo’s bridal gown. The lace, a world renowned work of art, may become part of a national antique collection. The bride wears a three piece going away dress in corbeau blue gabardine and charmeuse gabardine.
The article lists wedding gifts to the White House bride from President Wilson and Cabinet members, including diamonds, opal pieces, silverware, and linens. It then details an array of elaborate evening gowns and outfits featuring blue, rose, and white fabrics, silk braids, and decorative trimmings with silk bows, lace, and embroidery, plus technicolor gowns in peau de soie and tulle with affected necklines and bodices.
Washington rumors say Secretary William McAdoo, now President Wilson’s son in law, may be moved to ambassador to France while a replacement for him in the treasury would be named. Insider talk favors Congressman A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania as McAdoo’s successor in case of a cabinet vacancy.
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