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Show PRESIDENT'S WEDDING DAY IS SET; SIMPLICITY TD MARK THE EVENT 9H WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 4. President Wilson and Mrs. yB Nonnnn B. Gnlt will bo married Saturday, December 18th, at Mrs. K Gait's home hero, according to a formal announcement made to- ! day at tho White House. It was also stated that tho only guests JBBBf will be Mrs. Gnlt's mother, her brothers nnd sisters, the president's B 'brother nnd sister, his daughters, and the members of his immc- BBl diato household. No invitations will be issued. No announcement BBK was mnde regarding plana for a honeymoon, but it was expected "BBBl that tho president nnd his bride will leave Washington soon after ' jB- tho ceremony for somewhere in the South. While no announce- BBB ment was made of tho hour of the ceremony, it was understood it BBBV will bo in tho evening. Rev. Sylvester Reach, tho president's 'k pastor in Princeton, and Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of Mrs. BBV Gait's church, aro expected to officiate. FJH The formal announcement of the wedding plans was written BBB out by the president himself this morning. Immediately after- BBBK ward ho left tho Whito Houso to visit Mrs. Gait. Both have agreed BBb that nil the details shall bo as simple ns possible. It has been in- BBBb titnnted to tho diplomats who have made inquiries at the state dc- BBBB partment that no display in connection with the wedding is de- 1 BB sircil. However, it is expected that mnny officials nnd admirers aBBB of the president will aend gifts. Joseph R. Wilson of Baltimore, the president's brother; Mrs. BBBk Anno Howe, his sister, nnd Mrs. Francis B.. Sayre, tho president's BBB daughter, will be guests at the White HousO when they come to attend tho wedding. Miss Mnrgarct Wilson and Mrs. W. G. Mc 'B Adoo, the other two daughters of the president, already are here. 'BBB Mra. Cult's home, where the ceremony will be performed, is in BB the fnshionnblc section of Washington, but is too small to contain BBBI a largo party. Nevertheless, both Mrs. Gait and the president j BBBV decided not to have the wedding in the Whito House. BBBV Members of Mrs. Gnlt's family said today that the ceremony jBBBV would be performed after G o'clock in tho evening and thnt the BBB couple will leave immediately for a honpymoon journey. Their '"'''B destination hns been kept secret even from members of tho family. ' HBVf Mrs. Gait's mother is in personal charge of most of the arrange- ,BBVt menta. fBVf The duty of securing a mnrriage license will fall to I. H. Hoover, ' BBB chief usher at the White House, who performed similar service for BVB the wedding of Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. Sayre. yBB) Dr. W. A. Boiling of Louisville, Ky another brother of Mrs. JBBBVJ Gait, will bo unable to attend the wedding because of the serious jBBBB illness of his wife. IbBbbvvBvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvB jwBBI3BVBVVBVBVBVBVBVPBVBVBVBVBViVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBl |