Show WILSON WEDDIN QUIET aff SIMPLE 0 CEREMONY PERFORMED A AT r THE HOME OF THE BRIDE THIRTY GUESTS BEING PRESENT following the wedding the president and mrs wilson left for fop hot springs va to spend the their dr honeymoon traveling trailing in n private car washington v president woodrow wilson anti ain mrs airs edith dolling boiling galt gait were married at a 8 30 saturday night december 18 and ami left after ward to spend their honeymoon at hot springs va the president and his brine traveled in a private car at tallied to a special train I 1 th 0 fedling was quiet and simple but thirty gut gues als being arc present eilt when the ceremony was performed af a the brides homo home which made her the first lady of the land I 1 shortly after 10 tho the president and mrs afro wilson entered a waiting white house auton automobile lobile arid and motored to alexandria va across tho the potomac to jake their private car there and avoid a crowd at the railroad station in this city the ruso ruse by which the wedding party got abaly av uy to alexandria waa complete because the die hour of the he wedding was known to comparatively few persons there was not a largo crowd in the vicinity qt of the brides home although a large police guard had been provided all arrangements for ule the 1 wedding ceremony a carried out perfectly the president arriving at hla his brides home soon after 8 and the remainder ina inder of tho wedding party which numbered less than thirty following oon after the ceremony was begun as had been n arranged at andaas and was followed by d a buffet luncheon mrs was married in the traveling gown she wore to the train quiet home wedding evereth everything ing was in readiness nesa for the ceremony when the president arrived and its proceeded without music neither the president or mrs Airs galt gait had any attendants ants and there were no ushers ar or flower girls neither the army the navy nor the diplomatic corps wits was represented and the occasion was essentially senti ally w what hat both of the couple had wished it to b be a home we wedding eding on the first floor pf af the brides 1 homdan home in two communicating communication g rooms a wedding bower had been arranged with ith a background of tarle farlo and maidenhair terns ferns which extended from KS i bloor to lie he ceiling cel ling overhead there was a canopy y of green in the form of a shell lined with scotch heather in the background and at 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 terns ferns and the corners of the canopy were caught with orchids american beauty roses were on both sides ol 01 of f the canopy beneath which was a prayer rug on which president wilson and mrs galt gait knelt during the ceremony just at the hour tor for the ceremony the president and his bride appeared at the head of the staircase which was decorated with terns ferns asparagus vines and A merican american beauty roses they descended to the lower floor where the guests were e grouped about informally ormall Y united by EIs episcopal copat service the rev herbert scott smith roctor of st margarets Alar gareta protestant episcopal church of which the bride is a ant wits walting walling beneath tho the canopy to perform the ser creni emony ony and with him to assist was the presidents pari pastor tor tho the rov rev jamea 11 taylor of tho the central presbyterian church mrs william 11 II bolling boiling tho the brides mother gave tier her away tho the president stood to tho the right ot of tho the clergymen and the bride stood on their left at once dr smith began ill the words of 0 tho the episcopal marriage service tho president snaking his responses first and then tho bride making hers after tho brile bride promised to love cherish and obey ober the president cut placed tho the wedding ring ft a plain hand band of got colu upon tier her finger arid and then after ti prayer and while the couple clasped their right fiands together dr smith declared them man mail and wife the entire party then turned to tho the dining room where a buffet supper was served the decorations there were in pink arid and oil oh the buffets were banked growing ferns and pink roses the tables were decorated with lad y stanley rose blossoms on a table in tho center wits vaa the wedding cako cake a 0 fruit cako cake of several layers high or lamented namen ted with sprays of pink orchids lilda in the center mrs airs cut the cake without formality and no arrangement ran gement was mado made for bestowing bits of it upon others than those in tho the wedding party married in traveling gown during the ceremony and at the luncheon afterward during which a string orchestra tho the bride wore her traveling dress a black silk vol vel vet gown with a picture lint of black beaver with no trimmings whatever except one feather slightly upturned on the left side at lic her r throat threat she wore the presidents wedding gift a iamond diamond broo brooch cli the skirt of tier gown was of walking length and cut on full lines the waist had silken embroidery of blue shading from the deep tones of royal blue to delicate shades of pastel and was wab threaded with dilver mrs wilsons Wll Wil sons trousseau I 1 la said aid by close friends to be magnificent in its extent and to have cost thousand dollars most of it Is american I 1 I ill 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 5 t N I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 t 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 w fl 1 I 1 11 1 11 1 A q 1 1 1 I 1 14 s 11 x 1 0 ff I 1 11 I 1 Z k I 1 I 1 74 4 I 1 w 1 V 4 1 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 t 0 1 g N 01 Z 1 W I f e r I 1 11 1 v 0 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 ali i 11 1 I 7 13 A I 1 1 I 1 I 1 ap 1 I 1 1 1 i 3 I 1 I 1 1 Z 11 f 19 N N I 1 z I 1 I 1 I 1 a I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 president and mrs wilson made and the best shops in the united states wera called upon to supply what what the brides friends say la is one of the largest and most carefully selected wardrobes ever gathered by any mistress of the white house the ring used in the ceremony was made from a nugget of virgin gold presented to the president two months ago by a Me delegation degation gation of school ch ildron from san francisco despite the intimation from the white house that nothing should be sent by any others than relatives and close friends the president dept and mrs wilson were showered with gifts thap tha filled an entire room in Galt home they were of a wide variety and came from many climes and many peoples sketches of president and bride mrs afro edith dolling bolling galt gait was burn born october 14 1872 1972 in Wyth wytheville eville va Is direct descendant of the indian princess pocahontas has eight brothers and sisters still retains the good looks tor for which she was famous in her youth Is charming tactful and intelligent has devoted herself to fo charity rather than to socie tys conquests runs her late husbands jewelry store and brings a dot of to the president likes bukea baseball golf woo aito mobil ing good books and malc dresses well president woodrow wilson was born december 28 1856 in staunton va passed his childhood and youth mostly in georgia and south carolina E educated in public sch schools 00 Is davidson Dav ldson college princeton university university of virginia and johns Il university married helen louise ax axson 8 on of Sa savanah anah june 24 1885 taught history and economics at bryn mawr wesleyan and princeton n cean elected governor of new jersey elected president of the united states in 1912 |