Those who were invited to- witness
the wedding were mostly . personal
friends and the number was kept down
close to- four hundred. . The list was
pared and revised several times, and
as has been said, the operation result
ed In many heartburnings. From the
house of representatives' circle, for
Instance, the only guests were Speaker
Champ Clark, Mrs. Clark and Miss
Genevieve Clark, Marjory Leader Un
derwood and Mrs. Underwood, and
Minority Leader Mann and Mrs. Mann.
As might be expected, the streets
outside the White House were as
crowded as the police would permit
with curious person b eager to watch
the arrival and departure of the guests
and trying to obtain through the win
dows a glimpse of the doings within.
The police arrangements were admir
able and nothing happened, in the
White House or outside, to mar the
happy occasion.
The wedding of Mr. Sayre and Miss
Wilson was the thirteenth to be cele
brated in the White House, but the
bride has always considered 13 her
lucky number instead of a hoodoo.
There have been more than twenty
weddings in which either the bride or
groom resided in the White House,
and the last wedding ceremony per
formed there was the one which united
Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Long
worth. Today's event was much quiet
er than that one, and the guests not
nearly so numerous.
Mrs. Sayre a Social Worker.
Mrs. Sayre was born in Gainsville,
Pa., twenty-five years ago. She at
tended the Women's college at Balti
more and was an honor member of
the class of 1908, being also elected a
member of Phi Beta Kappa. For two
Mrs. F. B. Sayre.
