The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-12-23
Extra Precautions Are Taken
to Safeguard President and
His Bride During Wed
ding Tonight.
COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS
Route to Be Taken on Honey
moon Not Made Public
Third American President
to Wed In Office.

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Boiling Gait overshadowed I'm interest
today affairs of state.
All arrangements are complete for
the ceremony. which Is to be -seen1n-
ized az Mrs. Cats home tonight. The
members OF tho two families .who are
to be the wedding guests, are here,
and decorators and florists have put
the finishing touches on the rooms to
be used for the wedding. Arrange
ments for guarding the house, during
the ceremony included dfVePstoR of
all traffic from the street ancRa heavy
guard of policemen and secret service
agents about the premises.
Trip Plans Unknown.
Although details of the wedding trip
have not been disclosed, II Is, known
that the couple viii leave FOR the
south shortly after the ceremony. The
st. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal
church here. Is 10 perform tho cere-
mony.
Members of the Presidents family
attended at noon the christening OF
Ellen Wilson McAdoo, daughter OF Sec
rotary and Mrs, McAdoo, the presl-
dents only. granddaughter. me
christening was in the Blue room OF the
| White House
The president was godfather and
Mrs. Francis u. Sayre, the baby's aunt.
and Miss Helen Woodrow bones. oous-
in of the president, were godmother5.
| The Rev. Roland Scott Smith, rector
OF st. Johns Protestant Eplscopat
| church here christened the baby who
was born last May.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre, was chris
tened at Williamstown. Mass. The
president acted as his godfather, too.
The president paid an early morning
| call today on Mrs Calf. After a brief
| visit the president went to hrs bank
where he spent half an hour booking
| through his safe deposit box and going
over some accounts.
Scores Of Presents.
One room at Mrs. Cats home has
been reserved for wedding presents
| Many gifts have been received from
l strangers I'm spite of the efforts OF the
president and Mrs. Gait to discourage
| giving of presents from those outside
| the circle of friends and relatives
| Gifts continued to arrive at the White
House today. One was a small bale
| of cotton sent by a Texas admirer of
| the president.
The president planned to devote the I.
| afternoon today to work and clearing
| up much official business before de-
parting on his honeymoon trip. He
| will dine with members of his Family
at the White House at 2 b. m, and
leave soon afterward for Mrs. Cats
| home for the wedding ceremony.
woodrow Wilson is the third pres
ident to be married during his term
of office. President Tyler was the
| first, and President Cleveland was the
other. Mr.. Tyler, like Mr.. Wilson, was
left O widower during his term Two
years later. in 1914. in New York city,
| he was married to Miss Julia Card
| ner, who then presided at the White
| House functions during the hast year
Of her husbands term Of office.
Grover Cleveland's marriage to Miss
Frances Folsom took place in the
Blue room OF the executive mansion.
| 1t was comparatively private affair,
| for the invited guests included only
the cabinet members, their wives and
Few friends and relatives Of the
| couple. "&
Third Wedding In Family.
President Wilson's wedding Is the
| third in his family since he took Of
flee. The first White House wedding
| of his term was that of his second
daughter, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, to
Francis Bowes Sayres, and the other
eanor, to Secretary McAdoo. The pres
ident now has two grandchildren, the
little son of the Sayres and the baby
| daughter OF the McAdoo's.
The president and his bride both are
Virginians by birth. He was horn at
| Staunton SO years ago this month and
| she was born at Wytheville, the daugh-
| ter Of Judge and Mrs. william III. Boil
Ing and was one child in large
| family. Two sisters, Mrs. Alexander
| H. Gait and Miss Bertha Boiling, anu
three brothers. John Randolph Rich
| ard Wilmer and Julian b. Boiling live
| in Washington. Rolfe r. Boiling, an
other brother. Is manager of the Com
mercial bank at Panama, and another,
DR.. William e. Boiling. lives in Louis
| vile, Ky. A third sister. Mrs. M. III.
| Maury. lives in Admission. Ala. The
brides family has been prominent in
/ the history of Virginia and she her
| self is a descendant OF Pocahontas. the
Indian chiefs daughter. who married
| John Rolfe.
Since 1896 Mrs. Gait has lived in
Washington, belonging to none OF the
| distinct social sets. but active in char
| ity and philanthropy in her own way.
From her first husband she inner
business, of which she has been ac-
1 credited with now being the active
head, and many tributes are paid To
her ability But activity In business.
her friends say, never has diminished
\ her interest in q woman's world She
| loves flowers, books and outdoor recre-
atoms. After the presidents courtship
began she took up golf and on many
| Saturday afternoons they were seen
/ together on the links at some one of
/ the country clubs about the capital or
| at other times taking long motor drives
| over the Virginia hills or along the
shore roads in lower Maryland Often
1 they took picnic luncheon from the
White House on their journeys and ate
| II by the roadside.
A ConaeniaI Couple.
In the White House circle the bride
| quickly found her place. She plays the
| piano. sings and loves poetry and when
| in the intimacy OF the family the presi-
| dent often has read aloud his favorite
| poems, as Is his custom. she Is said 10
have been one OF his most interested
hearers.