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...form a marriage license was issued to David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce, 28, and Ailsa Mellon, 24. Three days later the marriage was celebrated in Bethlehem chapel, the completed part of the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Washington. Only about 200 relatives, high officials and official families were present. Twenty ushers, including Paul Mellon, the bride's brother, Richard K. Mellon, Albert C. Bruce, Richard F. Cleveland (son of the late President), assisted by six young experts on precedence from the Treasury and State Departments, took the guests to their seats. The President and his wife...
...noon the bridal procession came down the aisle as Mr. Bruce and his brother James approached from the side. The 20 ushers were, followed by four bridesmaids?all school friends of Ailsa Mellon's at Farmington, Conn.?and Miss Craigie McKay, the maid of honor. The female attendants wore orchid chiffon swinging a full 18 inches from the ground in front and wide brimmed hats. The costumes were extremely simple, that of the maid of honor being distinguished by a slightly darker hue. Their bouquets were of larkspur, butterfly roses and purple orchids...
...Prime Warden of the Billingsgate Fishmongers Co., an institution which nourished in the days of Robert Bruce (three centuries before the birth of Shakespeare), proudly conducted the Duke of York to Fishmongers Hall...
Five Days. Bruce, the Conservative from Maryland, voted for the measure, but not until he had proposed and been defeated in each of six amendments - not until he had awakened Senator Neely, Democrat from West Virginia, to exceedingly vigorous language...
...looks like a. prosperous business man and he is. It is Butler, who is supposed to be especially close to the President and the personal representative of the Administration. He tries to manage things but he is not always successful. That grey-haired man with rather stiff movements is Bruce. He is a Democrat and another one of the vigorous antiprohibitionists. Like King, he has much to say on many subjects. He too is very learned and fond of classical allusions, but he can be fierce at times. James Couzens, millionaire, isn't here. He has been...