Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-29
CAPITAL SOCIETY
ON TENTER HOOKS
Before Wedding White House
Bride Was Taboo Because She
Was Elm Trade"- Must
Accept Her Now.

Washington. d. c.. Dec. 27.-With an
interest which might almost be de-
scribed as an apprehension, Washing
ton society is looking forward to the
resumption of social activities by the
White House family.
What will the winter bring forth? o.
is h question asked and left un-
answered over the tea cups and the an
teprandial cocktail glasses of Wash
ington's homes and clubs.
j. The course Of the White House fam
lily, which by reason of the brief vows
and briefer benediction of an Episco-
palian ceremony, becomes a new fam
lily. with a new first lady of the land"
is a problem to Washington society
fronted 1T in a generation, for President
Wilson, Mill any of his predecessors,
is marrying a Washington woman.
Society Concerned.
Washington has been we'll acquain-
ted with many wives of presidents aft
err they had come to make Washington
their homes, but the union of Woodrow
Wilson and Edith Boiling Gait pre-
sents an entirely new n unprecedent-
ed situation. The situation, besides
being new, has elements of concern to
the permanent dwellers in the national
capital. 1t would be different if the
president, even though he were marry.
lnS l0LO Il WaSIlIllStO family, was at
the time wedding with whose rela-
tons with the official life of Washing
ton had been direct. Strange, UNI
American, homogeneous as it may seem
in this land of democracy and equality,
he society of the federal city has not,
in years gone by, recognized that any
one engaged "in trade" had any actual
social standing in the activities of LIE
Grand Monde, as evidenced in the
round Of festivities and functions here.
Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait, nov Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson. belonged to the COM
mercial circle of Washington society.
Was Outside the Pale.
Regardless of the fact that h Boil
lings of Virginia rank in their own
home state as the equals OF any
family in the ancient commonwealth,
the union of Edith Boiling with Nor
man Calf. almost a score of years
ago., took the fair daughter Of the old
dominion, a descendant of John Rolfe
and Pocahontas. out Of her inherited
fixedly outside the charmed circles, SO
far as Washington county was con-
cerned.
The Galts of Washington constitute
a huge family n the present gen.
Grafton, as were the original arrivals
in the hen new District of Columbia
away back in 1862, are actively en-
6o6ON ia ~ wv PAAAA LA AAiAOa
Of trade. Trade is trade. in Washing
ton, and trade is not society and never
had been ridiculous and un-American
as 1t may seem.
What makes the situation doubly
interesting is h fact that Mrs. Cali
herself has since the death Of hel
first husband been actively engaged
as the head of the jewelry firm or
Pennsylvania avenu which bears the
family name and which was estab-
lished. in 1902.
Was Real Proprietor.
The jewelry store has been located
at the same stand since the days OF
Andrew Jackson. Mrs. Calls two
brothers conduct the business, but
she has been the actual proprietor.
Naturally. many folks in society
who previously have observed the un.
American Tin trade" rule. are wonder.
ing what the attitude of the new
White House mistress will be toward
them and Washington's social customi
oS long standing