The Detroit times., 1915-12-18


clear.
President Wilson will leave the
White House for the Gait home
shortly before s o'clock. accomps-
MED by his daughter. Miss Margaret
Wilson. and his cousin, Miss Helen
woodrow Bones.
Following the wedding, the prest
dent and his bride will go directly
70 the station. The only ones 10 ac'
| company the president and his bride
ON the wedding trip will be his pri'
vate stenographer. Charles SVEN
Inc destination continued a secret
during the day.
The new mistress OF the White
House Is quite the Wilson tyre
plus the virginia manner and a
southern love OF life. She was FOR
merly Miss Edith Boiling. OF Wyth-
| vile. Va She was one OF l3 chill.
dren. nine OF whom are still living
In 1895. Edith Bool!ng. a oeauti-
.ul girl, met Norman Gait. A short
time later they were married. This
happened while she was visiting her
sister, Mrs. Alexander Hunter Gait.
He was a vestryman in ST. Thomas
church In washington and was gen
erous with his wealth and personal
activities In the church until his
death eight years ago. After his
death Mrs. Gait continued an active
member OF the same church. occupy
ing the pew her husband had pos
sessed ever since the church was
built. Just after the announcement
of her engagement TO the prcsi-
dent, however, Mrs. Gait transferred
her membership TO st. Margaret's
Episcopal church
The presidents bride is not known
as a college girl, though she con-
cluded her education at Powelrs
college In Richmond. Va. after at
tending Martha Washington college
at Abingdon. Va. for some time.
She is fond OF music. flowers.
economics and light literature. Like
all good virginians, she is good
horsewoman and splendid driver.
She likes golf. and since her engage
ment TO the president he has at
tempted to teach her some OF the
fine points of the game.
On baseball and horses she Is a
fan, as much so as the president
himself. She does not play tennis
but is great walker. enjoying long
tramps. sometimes for two or three
hours about town or along a coun-
try road. She is not strenuous.
however, and could not be called
athletic; is rather one who enjoys
good health and living. reasonable
hours and prefers bealthful fun TO
late suppers.
Indication OF her love OF the open
Is found In the frequent jaunts Mrs
Gait and the president took into
the country after the announcement
of their engagement On several
occasions hampers of picnic lunch
were loaded into the presidents big
the long ride over the rolling high
ways of Virginia and Maryland.
Mrs. Gait is not a suffragist. 1t
Is not because she opposes suffrage
1t Is because she never has gone
deeply into the issue. Mrs. Gait Is
Of a commercially successful fam
lily. Two OF her brothers, Richard
w. and Julian B. Boiling. are now
associated in the Gait jewelry firm.
the oldest in the city, established
by Norman Galts grandfather and
now owned by Mrs. Gait herself.
Mrs. Galt's other brothers are
John Randolph Boiling of this city.
and Rolfe e. Boiling, manager OF the
Commercial bank of Panama. Her
sisters are Mrs. Matthew II. Maury.
of Admission, Ala, Mrs. Alexander
Hunter Gait and Miss Bertha Boil
ing, who now make their home In
Washington.
The coming Of a woman OF Mrs.
Galt's type to the White House is
a matter of general satisfaction 10
genuine Washingtonians. White
House life will not be new or
strange to her. The Gait family OF
Washington and the Bolllngs, OF
wythville, have been on visiting
terms at the executive mansion
for many years. During the first
Cleveland administration. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. NJ. Gait were not only
among the closest OF the personal
friends OF President Cleveland. but
also among the very few guests al
the wedding OF the president and
Miss Frances Folsom, Miss Gertrude
Calf, now Mrs Richardson, OF Col
umbus. o.. practically made her
debut IN the White House as pro
tege OF Mrs. Clevelands
II was from a country town In old
Virginia that Miss Edith Boiling
came to Washington some 20 years
ago. Possessed OF more than aver
age beauty, she Immediately found
herself in a cultured circle. II is
from this circle that the coming
season Is likely to draw a new ele-
ment to The White House.
BIG FUSS