| Show VILSON WEIN WEINA Q A FAMilY AFFAIR SIMPLE CEREMONY PERFORMED IN PRESENCE OF LESS THAN THI THIRTY TY GUESTS President and First Lady of the Land Depart Soon After Wedding Ceremony Ceremony Cere Cere- mony for Virginia and Will Return Return Re Re- turn to Capital In Fortnight Washington President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Edith Boiling Bolling Galt Gait were married Saturday night December December December Decem Decem- ber 18 at at the home of the bride The ceremony was performed by Dr Herbert Smith rector of St SL Margarets Margaret's Episcopal church assisted by the Rev James H H. Taylor pastor of th the Central Presbyterian church which Is attended by the Wilson fam fam- ily lly After a day of fluctuating lights and shades and a wedding morning that broke in wild s 's storm rm the sun shone out and made possible the prediction that happy will be the bride brId that the sun shines on The guests who witnessed the ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony many numbered less than thirty and when congratulations were over and a alight alight alight light wedding supper had been served the president and his brid bride motored to Alexandria Va and boarded a atrain atrain train which departed at 1115 o'clock for Hot Springs Va where the honeymoon honeymoon honeymoon honey honey- moon will wUI be spent Plans for a more extended wedding journey were abandoned almost at thelast the thelast thelast last hour because of the possibility of ofa ofa ofa a break in d diplomatic relations between between between be be- tween the United States and Austria over lver the Ancona note The presidents president's itinerary will bring him and the first lady of the land landback b back k to the White House on Jan January ary J. J Mrs Wilsons Wilson's first public function pastor the Rev James H H. Taylor of the Central Presbyterian church Mrs William H. H Boiling Bolling the brides bride's mother gave her away The president stood to the right of the clergymen and the bride stood on their left At once Dr Smith began the words of the Episcopal marriage i service arvIce the time president making his responses first and then the bride making hers After the bride promised to love cherish and obey ey the president placed the wedding ring a plain band of gold upon her finger and then after a prayer a and d while the couple clasped their right hands together Dr Smith declared them man and wife v l The entire party then turned to the dining room where a buffet burlet supper was served The decorations there were in pink and on the buffets were banked growing ferns and pink ro roses es The tables were decorated with Lady Stanley rose blossoms On a table Inthe in inthe the tho center was the wedding cake a fruit cake of several layers high ornamented or or- with sprays of pink orchids In the center Mrs Wilson cut the I cake without formality and no arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar was made f stowing or bestowing bits of it upon others than those In Inthe inthe inthe the wedding party Married In Traveling Gown During the ceremony and at the luncheon afterward during which a string orchestra played the bride wore her traveling dress a black silk velvet velvet vel vel- vet yet gown with a picture hat of black beaver with no trimmings whatever except one fe feather ther slightly upturned on the left side At hr throat she wore the presidents president's wedding gift a magnificent diamond brooch The skirt of ot her gown was of walking walking walk walk- ing length and cut on full fuU lines The waist had silken embroidery of blue shading from the deep tones of royal blue to delicate shades of pastel and andas andas was as threaded with silver Mrs Wilsons Wilson's trousseau is said by close friends to be magnificent in Its extent and to have cost several thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars Most of it Is American American- made and the best shops in the United States were called upon to supply what what the brides bride's friends say I is i ill cr PR J m runa will be the Pan-American Pan reception on 7 Quiet Home Wedding Everything was In readiness for the ceremony when the Ule president arrived and it proceeded without music Neither the president or Mrs Galt Gait had any attendants and there were no ushers ushers ush ush- ers or flower Neither the army the navy nor the diplomatic corps was represented and the occasion sion was essentially essentially es es- es what both of the couple had wished it to be be-a be a home wedding On the first floor of the brides bride's I home in two comI communicating rooms a wedding bower had been arranged I with a background of of and I maidenhair ferns which extended I from the floor to the ceiling Overhead Overhead Over Over- i head there was a canopy of green reen in inthe inthe in inthe the form of a shell lined with Scotch heather In the background and at atthe atthe atthe the center was placed a large mirror framed with orchids and reflecting the scene Above the mirror was a spray of orchids across a background of ferns and the corners of the canopy were caught with orchids American beauty roses were on both sides of the canopy beneath which was a prayer rug ag on which President Wilson and Mrs Galt Gait knelt during the cere mony many Just at the hour for the ceremony the president and his bride appeared at the head of the staircase which was decorated with ferns asparagus gus vines and and American beauty roses They descended to the tho lower floor where the guests were grouped about Informally United by Episcopal Service The Rev Herbert Scott Smith rector rec rec- rector tor of St St. Margarets Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Epis Epis- copal church of which the bride is a communicant was waiting beneath the canopy to perform the ceremony and with him to assist was the presidents president's one one of the largest and most carefully s selected wardrobes s ever gathered by any mistress of the White House The ring used in the ceremony was made from a nugget of or virgin gold presented presented presented pre pre- to the president two months ago by a delegation of school children from San Francisco Despite the intimation from the White House that nothing should be besent besent besent sent by any others than relatives and close friends the President and Mrs Wilson were showered with gifts that filled an entire room In the Galt Gait home They were of a wide variety and came from many climes and many peoples Sketches of President and Bride Mrs Edith Bolling Boiling Galt Gait was born October 14 1872 in Wytheville Va Is direct descendant of the Indian princess princess prin prin- c cess ss P Pocahontas Has eight brothers and sisters Still retains the good looks for which she was famous in her youth Is charming tactful and Intelligent intelligent intel Intel- Has devoted herself to charity rath rather r than to society's conquests Runs her late husbands husband's jewelry store and brings a dot of to the president v. v Likes baseball golf auto- auto good books and music Dresses well weIl President Woodrow Wilson Wilsonn was born December 28 1856 in Sta Staunton Va Passed his childhood and youth mostly in Georgia and South Carolina Educated in public schools Davidson college Princeton university University University sity of Virginia and Johns Hopkins university Married Helen Louise Axson of Savanah June 24 1885 Taught history and economics at Bryn BrynMawr BrynMawr Mawr Wesleyan and Princeton Elected Elect Elect- ed governor of New Jersey Elected president of the United States in 1912 The last official act of the president before leaving on his honeymoon was the signing of an appeal for funds for Belgian relief work |
