The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
THE PRESIDENT MARRIED
Couple Honeymoon Down in Old
Virginia.

I Virginia.
81 President Woodrow Wilson and
{ Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait were married
I lat the home of Mrs. Gait Saturday
! night, Dec. 18, and left Immediately
taking private car at Alexandria,
Va, for Hot Springs, Va, where they
Iare spending their honeymoon. They
ARE sojourning at the Homestead Ho-
tel.
On the first floor of the brides
home, in two communicating rooms,
a 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 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
lspray of orchids across background
of ferns and the corners of the cam
Iopy were caught with orchids. Ameri-
Ican Beauty roses were on both sides
lof the canopy, beneath which was a
1prayer rug on which the President
and Mrs. Calf knelt during the cere-
mony.
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 the St. Margaret's Protestant
Episcopal Church, of which the bride
is communicate, was waiting be-
meath the canopy to perform the
ceremony and with him, to assist,
was the Presidents pastor, the Rev
James H. Taylor of the Central Pres
byterian Church.
MOTHER GIVES BRIDE AWAY.
Mrs. William H. Boiling, the brides
mother gave her away. The Presi-
dent stood to the right of the clergy
men and the bride stood on their
left. At once DR.. Smith began the
words of the Episcopal marriage
service, the President making his
responses first and then the bride
making hers. After the bride prom
ised to "love, cherish and obey" the
President placed the wedding ring,
a plain band of gold, upon her finger.
and then, after a prayer and while
the couple elapsed their right hands
together, DR.. Smith declared them
man and wife. The brief andsasmple
ceremony was over.
The entire party then turned to
the dining room, where a buffet sup
per was served. The decorations
there were in pink and on the buffets
were banked growing ferns and pink
roses. The tables were decorated
with Lady Stanley roses and bios
SONS. On a table in the center was
the wedding cake-a fruit cake sew
eral layers high-ornamented with
sprays of pink, orchids in the center.
Mrs. Wilson cut the cake without
formality and no arrangement was
made for bestowing bits of it upon
those other than the wedding party.
MARRIED IN TRAVELLING DRESS.
During the ceremony and at the
luncheon afterward, during which
stringed orchestra played, the bride
wore travelling dress, black silk Ei
velvet gown, with picture hat of
black beaver, with no trimmings
whatever except one feather slightly
lpturned on the left side. At her d
throat she wore the Presidents we'd
ling gift, magnificent diamond
brooch
The skirt of her gown was of walk
ng length and cut on full lines. The Il
waist had silken embroidery of blue u
hading from the deep tones of royal =
'lue to delicate shades of pastel and =
vas threaded with silver. y
The lower part of the waist was y
on black net over band d
# silver in the design of lilies, be- a.
ow which was girdle of black vel .
ct. The sleeves of the gown were y
f black net fashioned in tiny tucks III
Nth long, bell shaped cuffs of em- a.
roidered velvet which came well ~
own over the hand. Her collar, us
1hich was high and outstanding, was Cd
black lace. When she lefs on her pc
oneymoon journey Mrs. Wilson wore III
yer her gown fur coat of broad pa
Ill with bands of Yukon and muff OF
} match. She wore a chinchin col W!
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