Show PRESIDENT AND MRS GALT WED simplicity and good taste mark ceremony at home of bride ONLY RELATIVES ARE PRESENT no fuss and feathers at the wilson wedding bride Is attended by sitters sister spend honeymoon in the south washington dec 18 official and social circles here never saw a more quiet wedding than the nuptials of president wilson and mrs edith bolling boiling galt gait this evening in the unpretentious galt gait home at 1308 twentieth street only members of 0 the immediate families witnessed the ceremony william G mcadoo was the only cabinet officer present and he was there as the husband ot of the presidents youngest daughter even with the limited number 0 of guests the house was packed tor for both bride and bridegroom have many close relatives the bride was attended by her sister miss aliss bertha bolling boiling 0 of this city she was attired in a traveling costume and carried a magnificent bouquet ot of orchids As a selected orchestra from the marine band played the wedding march she met the president in the hallway outside the parlors and together they went slowly down to the great altar of flowers erected at the east end ot of the rooms the wedding ring used was a plain gold circlet marked with the initials ot of the bride and bridegroom keep hour a secret in order to avoid the crowds of curious folk in washington the hour 0 of the wedding was kept secret until late ing ot of virginia was well represented with kinsmen and kins kinswoman kinswomen women she and her mother mrs william it II 11 boiling I 1 have lived together for several years and mrs boiling of 0 course was the dowager queen of 0 the occasion the brides sisters miss bertha bolling boiling ot of washington and mrs airs 11 11 II maury of anniston Annl ston ala and her brothers john randolph bolling boiling richard W dolling bolling julian B D dolling boiling all of washington R E dotting boiling ot of panama and dr W A coiling bolling ot of louisville ky attended the ceremony it will be remembered that aliss margaret wilson and miss helen woodrow bones really brought about the romance of 0 the president and hla his bride during the first mrs wilsons Wil sons last illness miss bones was almost constantly at her side the vigil was tedious and wearing and after mrs Wil wilsons sons death miss nones bones was in such frail health herself that dr carey grayson family friend and white house physician was much worried he urged miss 13 bonasto onesto Bo nesto take long walks and miss aliss bones did so accompanied by her widow friend mrs norman galt gait who also enjoyed journeys a toot afoot friendship ripens into love dy by and by miss aliss bones introduced miss wilson and mrs galt gait and the friendship 0 of these two soon became intimate in the natural course of 0 events mrs gait sit took luncheon now and then with her chums chuma in the white house and it long before the president was enjoying mrs gaits charm mr air wilson Is the alith president ot of the united states to marry a widow washington jefferson madison fillmore and benjamin harrison were his predecessors in this sort of a union but in not more than one or two cases was the widow tho the second wife as in this case john tyler and th theodore C oil ore roosevelt married twice but their second wives had not been wedded before it is scarcely necessary to recall george marriage the world knows of his courtship engagement and espousal his love was the widow custis thomas jefferson 0 arv president and mrs wilson la n the day tk plan worked with fair success and tt tue e police had no trouble in handling the few ew hundred men women and children who pressed eagerly in the streets near the galt gait home As soca as the ceremony was over and the bride had been saluted by those present in the accustomed fashion while the smiling groom received congratulations the newlyweds newly weds sped away in a big white house automobile to the union station and took a train to the south tor for their honeymoon it if they told anybody their destination that person kept his secret well it Is reported from family circles however that the couple will be away until the first week in january they must be back in washington by january 7 though because on that date the president and mrs airs wilson will act as host bolt and hostess at a great reception to be given in the white house tor for the pan american representatives senta tives at the national capital moreover congress will have reconvened after the holiday season and mr air wilson will have to be back at his bla desk only relatives relative are present among those present at the ceremony were miss margaret wilson the presidents eldest daughter mrs francis bowes sayre 0 of williams town mass the presidents second daughter mrs william G mcadoo the presidents youngest child mrs airs anne howe of 0 philadelphia the presidents sister joseph R wilson ot of baltimore the presidents brother and miss helen woodrow bones the presidents cousin the bride who before her marriage to norman galt gait was miss edith bolt boll at the home of 0 a friend john wayles met martha skelton wayles widowed daughter sho she was a beautiful woman much sought after but jefferson finally won her heart perhaps dolly madison wife of president james madison is best known generally to americans of all generations next to martha washington john tylers eylers romance john tyler was twice married the second time while he was president e nt his first wife was letitia christ christian lan who belonged to one ot of the old families of virginia mrs tyler bore the president nine children just before her husband was elected vice president of the united states she suffered a stroke of paralysis and a short time after he succeeded william henry harrlson harrison as president she died in the white house the second winter after her death the president net met julla julia the tha daughter di tighter of a mr air gardiner who lived on one of the islands la in long island sound the president tell fell desperately in love he wooed as a youth of twenty would woo impetuously and romantically ti it a great while before be fore they were engaged and a short time later they were married quietly at the church of the ascension in new york city grover gi rover cleveland did not marry until fairly late in life then he fell in love with frances folsom the daughter of his law partner she was a girl whom he be had known from early childhood there was a time when she called him uncle cleve mr air cleveland and miss folsom were wedded in the famous blue room at the white house |