The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-14
WILSON WEDDING IN
NEXT 2 MONTHS.

Of congratulatory messages from all
parts Of the United States and from
the representatives Of foreign Govern
ments.
kilograms to the White House in
such numbers that an extra force Of
operators and clerks we're needed to
handle them. Many were read by the
President aud Mrs. Gait together.
Count Won Bernstorff, the German Am
bassador, was one Of the first to SEND
congratulations. and there followed
messages from other members Of the
diplomatic corps conveying the good
wishes of their Governments.
Definite arrangements for the we'd
ding will not be made Immediately. but
it has been disclosed that the President
and Mrs. Gait have agreed that it shall
not take place in the White House be-
cause of the formaltv which would be
necessary there. The ceremony will be
solemized within the next two months,
before the converting of Congress in
December, either in Mrs. Cats home
or in one af the Washington churches.
President Wilson Is a Presby
and Mrs. Gait an Episcopalian and no
decision has been reached as to which
service shall be used at the wedding.
Mrs. Gait is a member of st. Thomas 5
Episcopal Church in Washington.
The President has not yet chosen a
best man. Colonel House, of New
York, is considered his most likely
choice. One of Mrs. Cats brothers
probably will give her away.
The interest in the people of the ma
ton who know neither the President
nor Mrs. Gait personally has been
shown in the character Of the mes
sages received at the White House
One of the many well-wishers sent a
telegram of congratulations in which he
described himself as lone of the com
mon herd.
For the third time in American his
tory President Of the United States
will take bride. In choosing to have
the Ceremony performed at place
other than the White House. Mr..
Wilson follows precedent set by
President Tyler. who was married in
New York in the Church of the Ascen.
sion, President Cleveland. the only
other Chief Executive to be married
while in office. was married in the
White House.
DESCENDANT OF PoCAHONTAS.
'She is descendant of Pocahontas. /"
was the first thing the average Virginian
said yesterday after reading that Mrs.
Norman Gait was to be married to the
President. Some of the proudest and
Oldest families of the Dominion trace
their decent to the Indian Princess.
The nearest strain of all is considered
to be that of the Bollings, and Mrs.
Cats maiden name was Edith Boiling.
1t is known that she takes pride in her
relationship to the daughter Of Powha-
tan.
1t IS the custom now for Virginians TO
deny the story, so dear to the heart of
youth. that Pocahontas saved Captain
John Smith from being dubbed to death
by the warriors of her father, the Indian
chief Powhatan. About her name, none
the less, glows the light of romance.
As child she visited the colony at
jamestown, and after she grew up she
played an important part in its history.
She often interceded for the colonists
and finally was looked upon as their
diplomatist and emissary. Pocahontas
became a Christian in April 1914, and
she was married to ayoung Englishman,
John Rolfe. She had beauty, and even
the prim garb of the English of that
day did not hide her charm. Pictures
which remain of her show her in ruff |
and tightly fitting gown.
a When, in 1910. she went to England |
with her husband, Pocahontas was pre-
sented at the Court OF St. James by
Lord and Lady Delaware. The Bishop
of London gave reception in her
honor. The British metropolis extohed
her beauty, and for months this child
of Virginia, in her native grace and her
air Of royalty, which seemed part Of
her, was the idol of the social world.
Pocahontas died in l6l7in Gravesend,
England, and there she lies buried. The |
story is that she had married John
Rolfe in the belief that Captain John
Smith was dead, and that, meeting
Smith in England. she was overcome
with the old love for him, and so griev-
ed over having been deceived that she
went into a decline and died within
year. She left one son, Thomas Rolfe,
who was educated in England. He did
not 60 to Virginia until 1913, and there
he married Jane Proythress. Their
daughter, Jane, married Col. Robert
Boiling, and it was at this point in the
family's descent and its name was
changed from Rolfe to Boiling.
1t is noted that through all the family
history appear Indian names. There
are Powhatan Bollings and Pocahontas
Bollings. Occasionally IN the records
one finds far member called Matoaca,
one Of the titles of the Indian Princess,
and often Pocahontas's plain English
designation, Rebeeea the name given
to her when baptized IN the Church of