15 May 1917. The New York Times

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Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

The New York Times

The marriage of Miss Nona McAdoo, second daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury, to Ferdinand De Mohrenschildt, Second Secretary of the Russian Embassy, took place this afternoon at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington with President and Mrs. Wilson heading the list of guests.

The President and his wife entered the church from Sixteenth Street, passing through a throng of men, women, and children who blocked the sidewalk for one hundred feet in every direction from this historic church door.

Vice President and Mrs. Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States and Mrs. White, Charge d'Affaires of Russia and Mme Onou, and other officials were also among the guests.

The bride’s gown was handsome enough for a presentation at a Court, with the round skirt, covered in tulle, falling in soft billows from waist to ankle, with train of white satin from the shoulders.

The bridesmaids were gowned alike in pale-blue chiffon, with which they carried huge bunches of purple lilacs.

The floral decorations was entirely in white and green, lilacs ad dogwood through the body of the church, with bride roses on the altar.

A third of the church was screened capacity to less than 400. Admission was by card, with the reception, following the ceremony, limited to even a smaller company.

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