Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-23

settlement work and in the philanthro
pies of st. Thomas church. She is {
member of the Rector's Aid Society
of that church and was chairman oil
one Of the circles" of that society.
Many persons In Washington are
maryeling at the way in which the
President had managed to keep his
attentions toward Mrs. Gait from the
public. This was all the more sur
| prising when 1t became known that
he actually had called at st. Thomas
church last Sunday evening, met Mrs
| Calf and escorted her home.
It was announced that Miss Isabelle
Hagner, who was soeiaI secretary to
Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Roosexelt laas
been retained in the same capacity BY
Miss Margaret Wilson. Society peo-
pie assume that the capital is enter.
ing upon gay social season. OF
course there will be great deal of
entertaining in honor of Mrs. Gait, un-
less she and the President ask other.
wise.
The marriage of the President and
Mrs. Gait will be the third in the VIII
SON family since March 4, 1913. The
Presidents daughters, Mrs. McAdoo
and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, were
married there last year.
A thrill of romantic interest ran
through Washington society when it
was learned that the future first lady
of the land Is a direct descendant of
Indian royalty and traces her ances-
try back through nine generations to
Pocahontas, the good Indian princess
of colonial days, whose saving of Cap.
tain John Smiths life is one of the
classic tales of American history. So
far as is now known she will be the
first mistress of the White House In
whose veins runs the blood of the
royal race which originally ruled the
land.
Mrs. Cats relationship with the
Indian princes comes in through Po-
cahontas' English husband, John
Rolfe, who took the woods maiden to
London, where she was presented to
Queen Anne, and where, pining for
the freedom of her native hills, she
soon died. Her children, however. be,
came the founders OF several distin-
guished Virginia houses, including that
of John Randolph of Roanoke, who
is another ancestor of Mrs. Gait.
Thomas Rolfe, son of Pocahontas and
John Rolfe, married Jane Poythress.
Their daughter, Jane Rolfe, married
John Boiling, who was the son of
Col Robert Boiling of the English
army. Archibald Boiling of Virginia
was the great-great-grandson of John
Boiling and also the paternal grand
father of Mrs. Gait. His son was Will
liam Holcomb Boiling, father of Mrs.
Gait.
Moonlight Dance at the Country Club.
The dancing craze seems to have
gripped the Honolulu smart set even
harder this week than it has for some
time and everyone will acknowledge
that dancing has been voted the most
popular of all of the summer enter.
tainments. Perhaps it is because the
cruiser Maryland is in and so many
of the junior officers are such good
dancers that the young people have
welcomed so heartily the invitations
to dance. -
Thursday evening the Country
Club was the scene of one of the most
brilliant affairs witnessed since the
summer crowd" returned from the
coast. 1t was the evening of the
monthly dance and nearly every men,
Der answered the invitation TO trip
the light fantastic. The clubhouse
itself was prettily lighted with yari.
colored lights and bright gowns worn
by the fair dancers together with the
white and gold uniforms worn by the
army and navy officers, for there
were goodly number of them there,
made very gay scene and one that
will not soon be forgotten by those
who took part in the affair. All dur
ing the evening the moon was very
bright and shone benevolently upon