Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-21
HONEYMOONERS
AT HOT SPRINGS
Cards Are Sent Out.
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VI DeCeIIDeT. 1910, w dSulHSIoH, ~ ~
Evening Without Hitch.
All arrangements for the wedding
ceremony were carried out perfectly.
the president arriving at his brides
home soon after S o'clock and the re-
mainder of the wedding party which
numbered less than thirty, following
soon after
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 driving
rain which swept the city all day
cleared off at sunset, and the evening
was cool and pleasant
Both Are Unattended.
Everything was in readiness for the
ceremony when the president arrived
1 and it proceeded without music.
Neither the president nor Mrs. Gait
had any attendants and there we're
no ushers or flower girls. Neither the
army, the navy, nor the diplomatic
corps was represented and the occa-
sion was essentially what both OF the
couple had wished it to be-a home
wedding.
On the first floor of the brides home,
in two communicating rooms, a we'd
ding bower had been arranged with
a background of Farleyence and maid
enhair ferns which extended from the
floor to the ceiling. Overhead there
was canopy of green in the form
of shell lined with Scotch heather.
In the background and at the center
was placed large mirror framed
with orchids and rejecting the scene.
Above the mirror was a spray of or
chids across background of ferns and
the corners of the canopy were caught
with orchids. American beauty roses
were on both sides of the canopy,
beneath which was prayer rug on
which President Wilson and Mrs. Gait
knelt during the ceremony.
March to Altar Together.
Just at the hour set for the cere-
mony the president and his bride ap-
peared at the head Of the staircase
which was decorated with ferns. as
paragus vines and American beauty
roses. They descended 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.
Ring Service Used.
Mrs. William II. Boiling, the brides
mother, gave her away. The president
stood to the right of the clergyman
and the bride stood to the left. At once
Dr. Smith began the words 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 wed
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 brief
| and simple ceremony was over.
| Followed by Luncheon.
| The entire party then turned to the
| dining room where a buffet supper
was served The decorations there
were in pink and on the Bullets We're
banked growing ferns and pink roses
The tables were decorated with Lady
| Stanley rose blossoms. On table In
1.-THE center was the wedding cake-a
fruit cake several layers high, orna
mented with sprays of pink orchids II
/ the center. Mrs. Wilson cut the cake
! without Formally and no arrangement
I was made for bestowing bits of it upor
! others than those in the wedding
| party.
Bride Wears Travelling Gown.
4 During the ceremony and at the
luncheon afterward, during which ;
string orchestra played, the bride wore
her travelling dress, a black silk velve
gown with picture hat of blacl
beaver with no trimmings Whateve'
except one feather slightly upturnet
on the left side. At her throat she
wore the presidents wedding gift,
magnificent diamond brooch.
The skirt of her gown was of walk
ing length and cut on full lines. Thu
waist had siken embroidery Of blue
shading from the deep tones of roya
blue to delicate shades of pastel, ant
was threaded with silver.
/ The lower part Of the waist wa!
! embroidered on black net over bant
/ of silver in the design of lilies, below
/ which was a girdle of black velvet
The sleeves of the gown were of BLACK
net fashioned in tiny tucks with loni
bell shaped cuffs of embroidered vel
wet which came we'll down over tn
1 hand. Her collar, which was high ant
outstanding, was of black lace. Whe1
she left on her honeymoon journey
Mrs. Wilson wore over her gown fu
4 coat Of broadtail with bands OF Yukol
4 and muff to match. She wore chin
chin collar.
Other Gowns Elaborate.
Miss Margaret Wilson, the pres:
Edent's eldest daughter, wore saI
phire blue velvet gown with sapphir
I, and velvet trimmings. Mrs. William
G. McAdoo. his youngest daughter
wore blue silk brocade with fur an
| silver trimmings. Mrs. Francis {
Sayre, his third daughter. wore ros
charmeuse with cream lace. Mis-
Helen Woodrow Bones, the president
cousin, wore yellow silk and gold.
Mrs. Boiling, the brides mother
and nuts o, bring my brothers SOM