The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-18
Guests Reach Washington and
Decorations are Completed;
Executive Pays Morning
Call on Bride.to.be.
LITTLE ELLEN M'ADO0
IS CHRISTENED TODAY
Members of Chief Magistrates
Family Attend Services in
Blue Room of the Executive
Mansion.
tBy Evening Herald r.....d wlr.l,


tBy Evening Herald Leased wirel
Washington, Dec. lS.-Everything
was ready today tor the wedding OF
President Wilson tand Mrs. Edith
Boiling Gait Guests had arrived and
decorations In Mrs. Galts home, in
which the ceremony will be perform
ed tonight, were completed.
Members OF the presidents family
! attended at noon the christening Of
Ellen Wilson McAdoO, daughter OF
/ Secretary and Mrs. McAcoO. the pres
: ident's only granddaughter. The
christening was IN the blue room Of
| the White House.
The president was godfather and
Mrs. Francis 3. Sayre, the bahy's
aunt. and Miss Helen Woodrow
| Bones. cousin OF the president. were
godmothcrs. The Rev Roland C1t-
ton Smith, rector of -. John's Pro-
testant Episcopal church here, chris
tcncd tho baby who was born last
May
The president paid an early morn
ing call today ON Mrs. Gait. After
/ a brief visit the president went To
his bank, whore he spent half an hour
looking through his safe deposit box
and going over some accounts,
! Gifts continued to arrive at the
| White House today. Oae was small
/ bale of cotton sent by Texas ud-
| mirer of the president.
| The president planned To devote the
afternoon today 10 work and clearing
up much official business before de-
parting on his honeymoon trip.
| The president celebrated his we'd
ding day 10y extending executive elem
| cncy To several convicts. lie gave a
run pardon to Charles Couture, con-
victed at Mis-oula, Mont. for selling
liquor Co Indians he commuted the
sentences OF H. l.. Dillingham;, con-
victed IN Georgia for operating an IL
licit distillcry. and william IA. Hood.
under conviction of robbery in Ala
bama.
The president also made several np-
pointments. He signed an executive
order permitting the appointment OF
| Mrs Virginia Campbell. grind nieco
of Thomas Jefferson. to "A federal pO-
sition without civil service eNafninu
i tion; rcinstatcd william $. Phelps,
| who had been removed as an examiner
in the New YORK customs house on
what the president considered ilsuii-
cient evidence and ordered the ap-
pointment OF Harriet NJ. sweet 10 a
position Ia the treasury without eN-
animation because of her services In
connection with the recent Pan-Amer-
Jean financial congress.
II Woodrow Wilson il the third pres
ident tn be married during his term
of office. President Tyler was the
other. Mr. Tyler. like MIR Wilson.
was left Il widowcr during his term.
Two years later, ia tS4i in New NorS
city, he was married to Miss julia
Gardner, who then presided at the
White House functions during the
last year Of her husbands term OF
office.
Grover Cieyeland's marriage to Miss
| 81 Nf
blue room OF the executive mansion
Il was comparatively private affair
for the invited guests included only
the cabinet members, their wives and
a few friends and relatives of the
couple
President Wilson's wedding is th,
third in his family since he took of
! flee The first White House wed
% ding of his term was that Of his sec
o. ond daughter. Jessie Woodrow Wi
son. To Francis Bowos Sayre. and th'
other was that OF his youngest daugh
, ter. Eleanor. TO Secretary McAdoo
The president now has two grand
children. the little son of the sayrel
u and the baby daughter of the Me
"a AdoOs.
g r'hc president and his bride boti
al Stauntou 80 years ago this montl
, and she was horn at Wytheville, IN
daughter of Judge and Mrs. william
| H. boiling and was one child In
q large family TwI sisters. Mrs. Alex
d andcr a. Gait and Miss Bertha Bot
= ling. and three brothers John Ran
" dolph. Richard Wilmer ana Julian J.
" boiling live in Washington. Rolfc J.
Boiling. another brother. Is manage
/, of the Commercial bank at Panama
- ana another In William r., Bollin.
II lives In Louisville, Ky. third sister
II Mrs NJ, II. Maury, lives in AnniHof
II Ala. The brides family has be-,
II prominent In the history OF Nrgini
II and she herself B. descendant q
II PoCahontds. the Indian chief
daughter who married John Rulie.
II since 1896 Mrs. Gait has lived 8
II Washington belonging to none of th
distinct social sets. hut active ia char
II ty and philauthropy in her uH
ways From her FIRST husband sh
II inherited control ot prosperuu
mercantile business OF which she hp
been accredited with now being th
II active head and many tributes ul
L paid 60 her ability Hut activity
II business. her friends say. never hs
L diminished her interest In a woman
world she loves flowers books AN
outdoor rccrentions. After the pres
dents courtship hcEau she took u
golf and ON many saturday aftcl
= moons they were seen together on th