The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
WILSON ON HONEYMOON.
Marriage of the President and Mrs
Gait Quietly Solemnized.

OdlG QulCtly
Washington, Dec 18.-Preslden,
Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait
were married at $50 o'clock tonight
and left asterward to spend theil
honeymoon at Hot Springs, Va. The
president and his bride travelled IN
a private car attached to a special
train, leaving here at 11:1O clock,
which is due to arrive in Hot Springs
tomorrow at SIS a. m.
At Hot Springs Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
son will live at the Homestead Hote'
until after New Years day unless
some development should necessitate
the presidents earlier return to the
capital. Two of the white house au-
tomobiles have been sent on ahead
and the couple expect to spend their
honeymoon motoring, golfing and
walking over the mountain trails
Beside the secret service guard the
party was accompanied by one stenog-
rapher. The president will keep in
touch with the white house over
special wires. Because the hour OF
the wedding was known to compare
lively few people there was not a
large crowd in the vicinity of the
brides home, although large police
guard had been provided.
According to- Programme.
All arrangements for the wedding
ceremony were carried out perfectly,
the president arriving at his brides
home soon after o'clock and the re-
mainder of the wedding party, which
numbered less than thirty, follow
ing soon after. The ceremony was
begun, as had been arranged, at $3.50
o'clock, and was followed by a buffet
luncheon. Mrs. Wilson was married
in the travelling gown she wore toI
the train.
J. Wilson Howe, of Richmond, Va.,'
the presidents nephew, and Mrs
Howe arrived after the list of guests
had been made up and Joined the
wedding party.
The last official act of the president
before leaving on his honeymoon was
the signing of an appeal for funds
for Belgian relief work. The text
of the appeal will be given out to-
morrow.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson entered wait
ing white house automobile and mo-
tored to Alexandria, Va, across the
Potomac, to take their private car
there and avoid a crowd at the rail-
road station in this city.
Dined at White House.
The president dined, as usual, at
the white house at Z o'clock, with his
daughters, and afterward drove to
his brides home, about mile from
the executive mansion. A cold, driv-
ing rain which swept the city all day
cleared off at sunset. Near the
brides home the crowd was held
back by police lines spread during the
afternoon.
Everything was in readiness for
the ceremony when the president ar
rived and it proceeded without music.
Neither the president nor Mrs. Gait
had any attendants and there were
no ushers or flower girls. Neither
the army, the navy, nor the diplo-
matte corps was represented and the
occasion was essentially what both
had wished it to be-a home we'd
ding.
On the first floor of the brides
home, in two communicating rooms,
wedding bower had been arranged
with a background of farleyanse and
maidenhair ferns, which extended
from the floor to the ceiling. Over
head there was a canopy of green in
the form of a shell lined with Scotch
heather.
WILL PAY $664,OOO
White Star Line Agrees on This Sum