The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-10-15
PRESIDENT TO WE'D
WILSON ANNOUNCES ENGAGE
MENT TO WASHINGTON WIDOW
AT WHITE HOUSE DINNER.
WEDDING DATE NOT KNOWN
Mrs. Norman Gait, Widow Of Late Jew
eler, Will Become First Lady" Soon
Executive Was introduced by
Daughter Margaret.

Board the Presidents Train, Man
haitian Transfer. n. j., Oct. 11.-Presi-
dent Wilson placed upon the finger of
his fiancee, Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait,
the engagement ring that seals their
betrothal. Ii is a magnificent dia-
mond solitaire. The ring was pur-
chased at the establishment OF Fifth
avenue jeweler in New York city, pre-
sumably by Joseph Tumulty, the
presidents secretary.
Date of Wedding Not Announced.
Washington, Oct. Announcement
was made at the White House on
Wednesday night of the engagement
of President Woodrow Wilson TO Mrs.
Norman Gait OF this city.
Mrs. Gait, the bride-to-be, is the
widow of a Washington jeweler who
died eight years ago. She is Of Vir-
ginia birth and about ten years young
er than the president.
The date of the wedding was not
given in the statement announcing
the engagement. but it is believed the
event Will take place within a short
time.
The official announcement follows:
THE White House, Washington,
Oct. 6, 1915.-The announcement was
made today of the engagement OF
Mrs. Norman Gait of this city to
President Woodrow Wilson"
Wedding in Gait Home.
Ii became known that in all prob
ability the wedding will take place al
Mrs. Galt's home here in the presence
only OF the two families and most init
mate friends. The tentative date is
understood to be early in December
although a well-defined rumor places
the event late in November that the
president may have a few days OF
honeymoon before congress convenes
President Wilson. wearing a white
flower in his buttonhole, and looking
to be in high spirits, went to his desk
in the executive office early. The first
to congratulate him were members oil
the White House staff. and then
dozens of callers began to arrive. The
president received the majority Of
them.
Bride-to-Be Born in Virginia.
Mrs. Gait. who will the the next frs,
lady of the land, is the widow of a
business man Of Washington. Norman
firm, who died eight years ago. She
has resided here since her marriage
Mrs Gait was Miss Edith Boiling and
was born in Wytheville, Va. Her faith
er was Hon. William II. Boiling. 9
well-known lawyer of that section Of
Virginia. Her family is distinguished
in Virginia and Mrs. Gait is related tC
many of the best families of the Ole
Dominion.
Wilson introduced by Daughter.
The president met his hancee
through his daughter. Miss Margare
Wilson, and his cousin, Miss Heller
| Woodrow Bones. wht is a member o.
the White House household. Mrs. Gall
is one of Miss Bones most intimate
friends and spent month at the sum
mer White House at Cornish as the
| guest of Miss Bones and Miss Wilson
Announced at Dinner
An informal dinner party was giver
at the White house last night. which
Mrs. Gait attended, TO celebrate The
announcement Of the engagement The
other guests were Secretary of tbs
Treasury and Mrs. McAdoo. the Mise.
Smith, the presidents cousins from
New Orleans: Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones and Col III. Brown, anothe
cousin from Atlanta.
Mrs. Wilson Died IA Months Ago.
Fourteen months age IT, a day tn,
presidents first wife. who was Miss
Ellen Arson. died in the White House
Resembles Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs Galt's resemblance TO the lat,
Mrs. wilson has frequently excited
comment She is strikingly prett,
woman in her late forties. slight,
below medium height. has a graceful
rather plump figure. Her hair Il
brown and her eyes are gray blue
Her prettiest feature is her mouth
which Is curved and expressive. Pres
ident Wilson will te ffty-nne year
| old in necemher