Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
INCREASED GUARD
IS THROWN ABOUT
MRS. GALT'S HOME
Extra Precautions Are Taken
to Safeguard President and
His Bride During Wed
ding Tonight.
COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS
Route to Be Taken on Honey
moon Not Made Public
Third American President
to Wed In Office.
COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS

iSIlllSloU oeC. To- iS WH011AAii
of President Wilson and Mrs. Edith
Boiling Gait overshadowed in interest
today affairs of state.
All arrangements are complete for
the ceremony. which is to be solemn
lied at Mrs. Galt's home tonight. The
members of the two families, who are
to be the wedding guests. are here,
and decorators and florists have put
the finishing touches IN the rooms to
be used for the wedding. Arrange
ments for guarding the house during
h ceremony included a diversion OF
all traffic from the street and a heavy
| guard of policemen n secret service
agents about the premises.
Trip Plans Unknown.
Although details of the wedding trip
| have not been disclosed, 1t is known
that the couple will leave for the
south shortly after the ceremony. The
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith. rector OF
st. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal
church here, is to perform the ceres
mony.
Members of the Presidents family
attended at noon the christening OF
Ellen Wilson McAdoo, daughter of Sec
rotary n Mrs. McAdoo, the presi-
dents only granddaughter. Inc
christening was in the Blue room of the
| White House.
The president was godfather and
Mrs. Francis b. Sayre, h baby's aunt.
and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, III
in Of the president, were godmothers.
The Rev. Roland Scott Smith. rector
of st. Johns Protestant Episcopal
church here christened the baby who
was born last May.
The presidents other grandchild, the
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre, was chris
tened at Williamstown, Mass. The
president acted as his godfather. too.
The president paid an early morning
call today on Mrs, Gait. After a brief
visit the president went to his bank
where he spent half an hour looking
through his safe deposit box and going
over some accounts. <
Scores of Presents.
One room at Mrs. Calls home a
heen reserved for wedding presents.
Many gifts have been received from
strangers in spite of the efforts Of the
president and Mrs. Calf to discourage
| giving of presents from those outside
the circle Of friends and relatives.
Gifts continued to arrive at the White
House today. One was a small bale
of cotton sent by a Texas admirer of
the president.
The president planned to devote the
afternoon today to work and clearing
up much official business before de-
parting on his honeymoon trip. He
at the White House at Z p. M, and
cave soon afterward for Mrs. Galts
home for the wedding
Woodrow Wilson is the third pres
idcnt to be married during his term
of office. President Tyler was the
other. Mr.. Tyler, like MI. Wilson, was
left a widower during his term. Two
years later, in 1914, in New York city.
he was married to Miss Julia Gardi-
ner, who then presided at the White
House functions during the last year
of her husbands term of office.
Grover Cleveland's marriage to Miss
Frances Folsom took place in the
Blue room of the executive mansion.
1t was comparatively a private affair,
for he invited guests included only
the cabinet members, their wives and
couple,
Third Wedding In Family.
President Wilson's wedding is the
third in his family since he took Of
flee. The first White House wedding
of his term was that of his second
daughter, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, to
Francis Bowes Sayres, and the other
was that of his youngest daughter. FL
eanor. to Secretary McAdoo. The pres
ident now has two grandchildren, the
little son of the Sayres and the baby
daughter Of the McAdoo's.
The president and his bride both are
Virginians by birth. He vas born at
Staunton SO Years g his month and
she was born at Wytheville, the daugh-
ter of Judge and Mrs. William Fl. Boil
ing and was one child in a large
family. Two sisters, Mrs. Alexander
II. Gait and Miss Bertha Boiling, ana
three brothers, John Randolph, Rich
ard Wilmer and Julian b. Boiling live
in Washington. Rolfe f. Boiling, ar
other brother. is manager of the Com
mercial bank at Panama, and another,
DR.. William E. Boiling. lives in Louis
vile, Ky. A third sister. Mrs. M. FL.
Maury. lives in Admission. Ala. The
brides family has been prominent In
the history Of Virginia and she her
self is a descendant of Pocahontas, the
Indian chiefs daughter, who married
John Rolfe.
Since 1896 Mrs. Galt has lived in
Washington, belonging to o of the
distinct social sets. but active in char
ity and philanthropy in her own way.
From her first husband she inner
business. of which she has been ac-
credited with now being the active
head, and many tributes are paid to
her ability. But activity in Business.
her friends say, never has diminished
her interest in a woman's world. She
loves flowers, books and outdoor recre-
atoms. After the presidents courtship
began she too up golf an6 on many
Saturday afternoons they were seen
together on the inks at some one Of
the country clubs about the capital, or
at other times taking long motor drives
over the Virginia hills or along the
shore roads in lower Maryland. Often
they tool picnic luncheon from the
White Hous on their journeys and ate
it by the roadside.
A Consenial couple.
In the White House circle the bride
quickly found her place. She plays the
piano. sings nj loves poetry and when
in the intimacy of the family the presi-
n often has read aloud his favortte
poems, as is his custom, she fs said TO
have been n of his most Interested
hearers