Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
EVERYTHING IN
READINESS FOR
WILSON WEDDING
Guests All Gathered For Mar
riage of President and Mrs.
Gait, Tonight
MANY GIFTS ARRIVE
Members of Family Attend
Christening of Wilson's
Only Granddaughter
Y GIFTS ARRIVE

Washington, d. c., Dec. 1S.-Every-
thing was ready to-day for the we'd
ding of President Wilson and Mrs.
Edith Boiling Gait, guests had arrived
and decorations in Mrs. Galt's home,
in which the ceremony will be per-
formed tonight were completed.
Members of the Presidents family
attended at noon the christening of
Ellen Wilson McAdoo, daughter of
Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo and the
Presidents only granddaughter. The
christening was in the blue room of
the White House. The President was
godfather and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre,
the baby's aunt, and Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones, cousin of the Presi-
dent, were godmothers. The Rev.
Roland Cotton Smith, rector of st.
Johns Protestant Episcopal Church
here, christened the baby who was
Srandchild, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sayre, was christened at Williams
town, Mass. The President acted as
his godfather. too.
Goes to Bank
The President paid an early morn
ing call to-day 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.
One room at Mrs. Galt's home has
been 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 outside of the circle
of friends and relatives. Gifts con-
tinued to arrive at the White House
to-day. One was a small bale of cot
ton sent by Texas admirer of the
President.
The President planned to devote
the afternoon to-day to work and
clearing up much official business be-
fore departing on his honeymoon trip.
He will dine with members of his fam
lily at the White House about Z p. m
and leave soon afterward for Mrs
Galt's home for the wedding cere-
mony.
Overcast skies and heavy rain driven
through the streets by a forty-mile
an hour wind, marked the early hours
of the wedding day. But the weather
man held out the promise that by
$3.50 this evening. the time fixed for
the commencement of the ceremony,
the rain will have passed off and clear,
cold weather, which should continue
for the major part of the honeymoon,
could be expected.
Mrs. Gait Tranquil
Everything was in readiness for the
wedding to-day, although at the Gait
home the old family servants who
have worked for the last week almost
night and day getting things ready
were nervously wiping here and there
with dust cloths, or putting about the
richly decorated rooms in an endeavor
to keep busy. Mrs. Gait, however,
chatted TRANQUILITY with her mother
and sister and other members of the
| immediate family who are on hand
for the ceremony A goodly part OF
the morning and afternoon had been
set aside for visit from the President
and for final consultation regarding
the details of the wedding journey
President Happy
The President was declared by those
closest to him in his White House
family to be as happy as a boy to-
day. He arose very early and 1t was
stated that his morning routine was
unvaried. He shaved as usual, glanced
over the morning papers and then
breakfasted with his daughters After.
ward he planned a brief conference
with Secretary Lansing to go over
with him the outline of the new note
that is to go forward to Austria deal
ing with the Ancona sinking. But
this conference was a mere detail as
the President yesterday had author
lied his premier to settle the matter
himself.
A special delivery messenger
reached the White House early to-day
with a package which he had been in
structed to deliver personally to the
President. Tt was the gift that the
President Will tonight make to his
bride and which she will wear for the
first time during the ceremony. No
, information regarding it was obtain
able although the natural assumption
was that 1t would be neck ornament
of some distinctive character.
Honeymoon in Secrecy
1t was learned that the arrange
ments for the ceremony and the list
of guests as given out yesterday will
be followed out. 1t was. stated that
the ceremony will be over and fhe
wedding dinner well under way by
$3.50 o'clock and the President and his
bride will depart shortly afterward
They are still Withholding the location
of the place where the honeymoon is
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