The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-07

view the G. A. R. parade from the presidential grandstand.
 Mrs. Galt had a box in the grand stand and with her mother enter tained a party of friends, but she did not appear in the Presidents box In speaking of the President and his fayn1i1y1to her ihtinates, Mrs. Gait is said to have declared that the fact that all were Southerners and had si- n1iIar tastes in books and music was responsible for the friendship The ] news of her engagement comes as a great surprise to many of her friends because she had worn mourning for her husband for eight years and was supposed to be still unreconci1ed to his loss.
 Is Noted Business Woman
 Mrs. Galt's marriage to Norman Gait occurred twenty years ago and after his death she bought. out the interests of the other Ga1t brothers and is now known as sole owner of the flourishing firm conducted by her brother 4s
 Mrs. Galt's resemblance to the late Mrs. Wilson has frequently excited comment. She is a striking1y pretty woman in her late thfrtfes,s slightly fu1, rather plump figure. Her hair is brown and her eyes are gray blue. Her prett1est feature is her mouth, which is curved and expressive. JC oIdsin December.
 Mrs. GaH has been Identified with the southern colony and the musical and literary circles of the National Capital. She has graceful, viva :, cious manner and is well informed on al the subjects of the day and takes a keen interest in politics She is very fond of outdoor sports and shares the Presidents partiaiity for golf. She has frequently played | a ltwo-sor1e with the President at the l Washington County Club.ss Dr. Cary Bones usually make up the foursome. I The rare good taste displayed by, Mrs. Galt in her scostuming has often been remarked upon. Up to three or four months ago she wore black con stantly. Recently, however, she has discarded this mourning and at the IG. A. R. parade looked very fetching land smart in a walking suit of white serge and a broad -brinmed white hat l Infect On Social Season.
 TRe Presidents marriage in Decem- Der and the spFesencea of a new chate- 1aine at the White House will presage a brilliant social season The wedding. I if it occurs in the Executive Mansion will be the first of a series of social happenings that will inaugurate a new social era here.
 The White House has been dark, so- cially speaking, during much of the I Wilson administration, and this nat urally had an effect on the brilliancy Of the Washington seasons. This White House social inactivity last sea- son on account of the mourning for Mrs Wilson prevented the solution of the difficult diplomatic social prob1ems brought about by the war.
 It is thought that the White House will now resume the customary state enteFt ailments which include state dinners and receptions for the Cabinet, l jdipIomatic corps, Supreme Court, army and navy and Congress. The pictnr esque New Years reception which for various reasons has been abandoned in the Wilson administration. will prob ably also be a feature of he winters entertainments.
 President Wilson is the second Pres ideRt of the United States to marry in the White House
 Recalls CIeveland's s Wedding.
 The first one was President Grover Cleveland. who in June, 1886, married Miss Frances Folsom in the Blue Room of the White House
 Mrs. Gait. if married in the Exec utfve Mansion, will be the fifteenth
 White House bride, and the third
 White House bride in the Wilson ad-s lIninistrat tion, the two preceding ones being the Presidents. daughters,S Mrs. Francis B. Sayre on NoEen1 Der, 25, E1913, and Mrs. William G. McAdoo, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, I on May 2. 1914.
 It is expected that the wedding of President Wilson and Mrs. Galt will be on a brilliant scale Representa- Etiyes of foreign nations. the official world and heads of government de- fpartHents, as we'll as the President's S personal and family friends, win at2 tend, if tbe wedding is not confined strictly to the two families.
 l The formal announcement of the en- lgagement was surrounded by some mystery. A certain few, however, knew the character of the announce- Ement which, it was stated, would be ready at 8 o'clock. The corridors and press room of the executive offices were filled with newspapermen at that ss hour.