Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-24


were married here at $3.50 o'clock Sat
urday night with a simple ceremony
spoken in the brides home in the |
presence of less than 80 guests, virtu-
ally all of whom were relatives. They |
left at H. 10 o'clock for a two weeks
honeymoon at Hot Springs, Va. They |
travelled in private car attached to a |
special train.
To avoid the crowds the couple took |
their car at Alexandria, d suburb, 10
miles away.
A Home Wedding.
A cold, driving rain which swept the
city all day cleared off at sunset, and
the evening was cool and pleasant.
Everything was in readiness for the
ceremony when the president arrived,
and it proceeded, without music. Meth
er the president nor Mrs Gait had
any attendants, and there were no
ushers or flower girls. The occasion
was essentially what both of the cou-
pie had wished it to be-a home we'd
ding
The Decorations.
On the first floor of the brides
home, in two communicating rooms,
wedding bower had been arranged
with a background of farbyanse and
maidenhair ferns which extended from
the floor to the ceiling. American
beauty roses were on both sides of the
canopy. beneath which was a prayer
rug on which President Wilson and
Mrs. Calf knelt during the ceremony.
The Ceremony.
Just at the hour for the ceremony
the president and his bride appeared
at the head of the staircase. They de-
seended to the lower floor, where the
guests were grouped about informally.
The Rev Herbert Scott Smith, rec
tor of ST.. Margaret's Protestant Epis-
copal church, of which the bride is a
communicate, was waiting beneath the
canopy to perform the ceremony, and
with him to assist was the president S
pastor, the Rev. James H. Taylor of
the Central Presbyterian church.
Mrs. William H. Boiling, the brides
mother, gave her away, The president
stood to the right of the clergymen
and the bride stood on their left. At
once DIR. Smith began the W rds of the
Episcopal marriage service, the presi-
dent making his responses first and
then the bride making hers. After the
bride promised to "love, cherish and
obey" the president placed the we'd
ding ring, a plain band of gold, upon
her finger and then, after a prayer
and while the couple clasped their
right hands together, DR.. Smith de
clared them man and wife. The briei
and simple ceremony was over.
Bride Cuts the Cake.
The entire party then turned to the
dining room, where a buffet supper
was served.
The tables were decorated with Lady
Stanley rose blossoms. On a table il
the center was the wedding cake, {
fruit cake of several layers high, or
namented with sprays of pink orchids
in the center. Mrs. Wilson cut tn,
cake without formality and no arrange
mentlwa made for bestowing bits o
it on others than those in the weddin!
party
The Brides Attire.
During the ceremony and at tn
luncheon afterward, during which
string orchestra played, the bride wor
her travelling dress, black silk velve
gown, with a picture hat of blac
beaver, with no trimmings whateve
except one feather slightly upturne
on the left side. At her throat sh
wore the presidents wedding gift,
magnificent diamond brooch.
The skirt of her gown was of wall
ing length and cut on full lines. TIL
waist had silken embroidery of BLU
shading from the deep tones of roy;
blue to delicate shades of pastel an
was threaded with silver.
The lower part of the waist was en-
broidered on black net over a band {
silver in the design of lilies, belo
which was a girdle of black velve
The sleeves of the gown we're Of blac
net fashioned in tiny tucks with Ion
bell-shaped cuffs of embroidered We
vet which came well down over Il
hand. Her collar, which was high ar
outstanding, was OF Dlack lace. Wnt
she left on her honeymoon journe
Mrs Wilson wore over her gown Fl
coat and muff to match.
All the men in the party wore co
ventioual evening dress.
Mrs. Wilson's rousseau.
Mrs. Wilson's trousseau is said
close friends to be magnificent in
extent Most of it is American ma
and the best shops in the Unit
States were called upon to supp
what the brides friends say is amor
the largest and most carefully select
wardrobes ever gathered by any m
tress of the White House.
Upstairs in the brides house O