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Show I ! President Wilson I to Many I I Capital Belle ' ' B ' Has Announced His Engagement to B Mrs. Norman Gait of H Washington H Washington, Oct. C. Woodrow H Wilson, the President of tho United B flutes, announced tonight his en- H gagement to Sirs. Norman H. Gait jj of Washington, D. C. Tho dato of H; tho wedding hns not been fixed, but H; it probably will tako placo In Decern- B ber at the homo of tho brido elect. HBSjr I Tonight Mrs. Gait was a dinner BBV, guest at tho Whlto House. At t'.to BBS)- moment when Secretary Tumulty H' htood In tho executive oinces an- Hr nounclng tho engagement to Wash- H lngton correspondents: who had been Hl summoned for tho occasion, tlio H I'resldent nnd Mrs. Gait wcro spend- H: lng tho evening with Dr. Cnry T. H' Grayson ar.d Miss Bones In the B Whlto Ilouso parlors. ft. Tiio announcement of tho engage- HJ incut was generally regarded ns a B forerunner of iui Interesting social B season for Washington, with the now B First Lady of tho Land at tho head B of tho receiving lino at official ro- H Mrs. Gait was present at tho first B poclal affair participated In by tho B President and Miss Margaret Wilson HHB In more than a year. It was n tea H given by Miss Wilson to neighbors K in tho artist colony at Cornish, N. BBB B. Slnco t'ao return of tho President B to Washington, lio nnd Mrs. Gait HBBBM liavo spent many avenlngs togotlicr, H comotlmes at tho Whlto House and K often at btr homo. Last week sho BJ occupied a prominent scat In tho BBBBE President's rovlowlng stand at tho H , G. A. It. parado. Sho was with H J her mother in tho midst of a clrclo H ' of the President's friends and wives H ', t cabinet membeis. Sho was mod- BBBBBBH sMflHik. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlliBi BBBBBBBBbBBT BBBBBBBBMBBHWf MM ichly attlrrd ln a flannel suit of pearl gray and vero a largo bouquet of lowers. Fomo of tho President's friends who may havo had an Ink-'lng Ink-'lng of today's announcement, wore fetttlicred about Mrs. Gait in animated ani-mated conversation. It was Miss Margaret Wilson and her cousin, Miss nones, who drew .drs. Gait Into tho Whlto Ilouso circle. cir-cle. They met iier first in tho early autumn of lust year and were so .iitich attracted by her that they j bought her out more nnd moro fro-.iuently fro-.iuently and tho friendship between I them rapidly ripened Into nn affectionate affec-tionate Intimacy. Mrs. Gait spent month this summor at Cornish as the houso guest of tho President's eldest daughter. It was through this intimacy of his daughter and cousin that tho President had nn opportunity opportun-ity to moot nnd know Mrs. Gait. Mrs. Gait Is tho widow of a widely wide-ly known business man of Washington, Washing-ton, who dlod eight years ago leaving , a Jewelry business that still bears his natno. Sho has lived In Washington Wash-ington since her mnrrlngo in 180C. "ho is obout 38 years old and was Miss Edith Polling, born in Wythe-vlllo, Wythe-vlllo, Vn., whero her girlhood was ppent, aud whero hor fathor, William Willi-am H. Hulling, was a prominent law. yer. For many weeks Mrs. Gait and iier relatives havo been frequent dinner din-ner gttestj at tho Whlto Ilouso. Often Of-ten sho has accompanied tho President Presi-dent on motor rides. She Is not nB tall as Mi-. Wilson, has dark hair and dark tyos, and always Is In stylish styl-ish attire. Hor tastes nro bald to he strikingly similar to thoso of tho President with a deep lntorost In literature lit-erature nnd charity work. With tiio marriage of his two daugh tors and tho death of Mrs. Wilson, Vugtist C, 1914, tho President's llfo has become ono of solitude. His nbsorptton In official labors began to tell on hltn physically nnd when a fow months ngo ho began to tako a renewed lntorost In personal affairs, his friends nnd aombers of tho family fam-ily welcomed tho distinct change vhlch It brought out ln his health and spirits.- No word ns to plans for tho wedding wed-ding was eald to be nvnllablo as yet, - -" r but It generally Is presumed that Mrs. Gait, who is of democratic tastes, will prefer n. private wedding ln her own homo Instead of ln the Whlto Houso. m |
