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WILSON AND BRIDE
>OFF ON HONEYMOON
MARRIAGE QUIETLY SOLEM-
NIZED AT BRIDES HOME
OFF TO HOT SPRINGS, VA.

washington, DeemDer lS.-fFeSl-
dent Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling
Gait were married at $50 o'clock
tonight and left afterward to spend
their honeymoon at Hot Springs,
Va. The President and his bride
travelled in a private car attached
to a special train, leaving here at
lilo o'clock, which is due to arrive
in Hot Springs tomorrow at S.15
A. M.
At Hot Springs Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son will live at the Homestead Ho-
tel until after New Years Day un-
less some development should neces-
state the Presidents earlier return
to the Capital.
According to Programme.
All arrangements for the wedding
ceremony were carried out perfectly,
the President arriving at his brides
home soon after 8 o'clock and the
remainder of the wedding party,
which numbered less than thirty, fol-
lowing soon after. The ceremony
was begun. as had been arranged,
at $50 o'clock, and was followed by
buffet luncheon. Mrs. Wilson was
married in the travelling gown she
wore to the train.
Everything was in readiness for
the ceremony when the President ar
rived, and it proceeded without mu-
= sic. Neither the President nor Mrs.
Gait had any attendants and there
were no ushers or flower girls. Mel
ther the army, the navy nor the
diplomatic corps was represented and
the occasion was essentially what
both had wished it to be-a home
wedding.
On the first floor of the brides
home, in two communicating rooms.
wedding bower had been arranged
with background of farleyanse
and maidenhair ferns, which extend
ed from the floor to the ceiling.
Overhead there was a canopy of
green in the form of a shell lined
with Scotch heather.
In the background and at the CEN
tire was placed large mirror franz
ed with the orchids and rejecting
the scene. American Beauty roses
were on both sides of the canopy,
beneath which was prayer rug, on
which the President and Mrs. Gait
knelt during the ceremony.
Just at the hour set for the cere-
mony the President and his bride ap-
peared at the head Of Tie staircase,
which was decorated with ferns, as
- paragus vines and American Beauty
:. roses They descended to the lower
floor, where the guests were grouped
about informally.
The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith,
rector of St. Margaret's Protestant
Episcopal Church, of which the bride
is communicate, was waiting be-
meath the canopy to perform the
ceremony, and with him, to assist,
was the Presidents pastor, the Rev.
Jas. H. Taylor, of the Central Pres.
byterian Church.
Mrs. William H. Boiling, the brides
mother, gave her away. The Presi-
dent stood to the right of the clergy
men and the bride stood on their
left. At once DR.. Smith began the
words of the Episcopal marriage SER
vice, the President making his re-
sponses first and then the bride max
ing hers.
The Usual Promise.
After the bride promised to Glove,
cherish and obey" the President
placed the wedding ring, a plain
band of gold, upon her finger and
then, after prayer and while the
couple clasped their right hands to-
gether, DR.. Smith declared them man
and wife.
The entire party then turned to
the dining room, where buffet sup
per was served. The decoratins
there were in pink. The tables
were decorated with Lady Stanley
rose blossoms. On a table in the
centre was the wedding cake-a
fruit cake several layers high orna-
mented with sprays of pink orchid.
Mrs. Wilson cut the cake without
formality and no arrangement was
made for bestowing bits upon others
than those in the wedding party.
During the ceremony and at the
luncheon afterwards, during which a
string orchestra played, the bride
wore her travelling dress, a black
silk velvet gown, with picture hat
of black beaver with no trimmings
whatever except one feather slight
ly upturned on the left side. At
her throat she wore the Presidents
wedding gift, magnificent diamond
brooch.
Wedding Dress.
The skirt of her gown was of
walking length and cut on full lines.
The waist had silken embroidery of
blue, shading from the deep tones of
royal blue to delicate shades of pas
tel.
The lower part of the waist was
embroidered on black net over
band of silver in the design of Ill
les, below which was girdle of
black velvet. The sleeves of the
gown were of black net, fashioned
in tiny tucks, with long bell-shaped
cuffs of embroidered velvet which
came down over the hand. Her col
lar, which was high and outstanding,
was of black lace. When she left
on her honeymoon journey Mrs. Will
son wore over her gown a fur coat
of broad-tail, with bands of Yukon