Arizona republican., 1915-10-17

who enjoyed the occasion were Judge and Mrs R. C. Stanford, MT. and Mrs Lloyd Christy, Mrs. and Mrs. Harry Shedd. MT and Mrs. J. 0. Sex son, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Munson, MT. and Mrs Harry Blair Mrs. May Walker John Wilmington and Pierce Johnson.
 Since the announcement from the White House of the engagement of President Wilson to Mrs. Norman Gait, Mrs Galt has become the most talked of woman in America. She has been the subject of numerous cable dispatches and newspaper ar ticles. as well as of individual dis Cussion.
 Strange to say, the widely diffused informa tion shows a most unusual similarity in all essential points, which should prove to the world at large that this next mistress of the White House is a woman of such genuine charm of manner and beauty , of face and of such individuality.
 T.le New York Times speaks of Mrs. Gait as an accomplished musi- elan. with the piano as her favOrlte
 
 interest the articles continue: Like Miss Margaret Wilson, Mrs. GaIt is an accomplished musician, with the piano as Ter favorte instru ment. She is also deeply interested in the serious things of life, with the same intellectual tastes and apprec- iation of simple living that charac- terize the ladies of the presidents s i for mil worker in the charities of St. Thomas Parish and one of the most jealous promoters of the Southern mountain craft schools and sales.
 woman cheerful by nature. Of keen mentality. fond of books, of mu- sic. of the theater and even of base ball, sle is the ideal companion for busy man of President Wilson's tastes. and admirably adapted to the difficult role of stepmother to grown daughters.
 Not the least of the many attrac- tions of the next mistress of the White House is her excellent exam pie in the matter of dress. The shortage of imported materials or failure of the dye-stuffs has no ter TOTS for Mrs Norman Galt who, since laying aside her mourning several years ago has evolved style of costuming in white. in black. and m the softest of grays that is both mod ish and becoming.
 Left a widow in her early thirties Mrs. Galr wore the deepest mourn ing for several years. later adopting crepe de chine in both white and black as the material for her after noon and evening gowns, with serge .velours de laine and broadclotl for street wear.
 At Cornish last summer she in- variably wore white tailored skirts and soft blouses for the morning, white silk, sometimes white chiffon for evening, with any number of charming white muslins for in be- tween. All through the spring sea- son she was noticed to wear a cor sage bouquet Of violets, but since her return from Cornish, orchids, now known to be the choicest blooms of the White House conservatories, have succeeded the violets.
 A white serge. tailored suit on new smart lines. with the jacket decorat- ed in military fashion in white silk braid is one of the favorite costumes in which the future mistress of. the White House is to be seen almost any pleasant afternoon. With this Mrs. Gait wears white kid low shoes. white silk hosiery, and a small black velvet hat.
 Tall, darkeyed and dark haired with regular features and clear com pleXion. the next mistress of the White House compares well in ap- pearance with that other presidential bride, the former Mrs Grover CleVe- land, who until now has been the