Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
Woodrow Wilson Is Third
President to Be Married
During Term of Office

Washington, d. c.. Dec. 1S.-Wood-
row Wilson is the third President to
be married during his term of office.
President Tyler was the first and Presi-
dent Cleveland was the other. Mr..
Tyler, like Mr.. Wilson, was left a
widower during his term. Two years
later, in 1914, in New York city. he
was married to Miss Julia Gardiner,
who then presided at the White House
| functions during the last year of her
husbands term of office.
Grover Cleveland's marriage to Miss
FRANCES Folsom took place in the
blue room of the Executive Mansion
1t vas comparatively a private affair,
for the invited guests included only
the Cabinet mem beFS, their wives and
few friends and relatives of the
couple.
President Wilson's wedding is the
third in his family since he took office
The first White House wedding of his
term was that of his second daughter
Jessie Woodrow Wilson, to Francis
Bowes Sayre, and the other was that
of his youngest daughter, Eleanor, to
Secretary McAdoo. The President now
| has two grandchildren, the little son
of the Sayres and the baby daughter of
the McAdoos.
BOth are NiFSinianS
The President and his bride both
are Nirginians by birth. He was born
at Staunton, fifty-nine years ago this
month, and she was born at Wythe-
Vile, the daughter of Judge and Mrs.
William Fl. Boiling, and was one child
| In large family. Two sisters, Mrs.
Alexander II. Calf and Miss Bertha
Boiling, and three brothers, John RAN
dolph, Richard Wilmer and Julian B.
Boiling, live in Washington. Rolfe e.
Boiling, another brother, is manager
| of the Commercial Bank at Panama
and another, DR.. William e. Boiling,
lives in Louisville, Ky. A third sister,
Mrs. NJ. Fl. Maury, lives in Admission,
! Alab. The brides family has been
prominent IN the history of Virginia
| and she herself is a descendant of
Pocahontas, the Indian chiefs daugh-
! ter who married John Rolfe.
Since 1896 Mrs Gait has lived in
Washington, belonging to none of the
distinct social sets. but active in
charity and philanthropy in her own
ways. From her first husband she in
| herited control of a prosperous mer-
camille business. of which She has been
accredited with now being the active
head, and many tributes are paid to
her ability. But activity in business,
| her friends say, never has diminished
| her interest in q woman's world She
loves flowers, books and outdoor
| recreations. After the Presidents
courtship began she took up golf and
on many Saturday afternoons they
were seen together on the links at
some one of the country clubs about
! the capital or at other times taking
| long motor drives over the Virginia
| hills or along the shore roads in laWer
| Maryland. Often they took picnic
luncheon from the White House on
| their journeys and ate it by the road
| side.
Was Frequent Guest
In the White House circle the bride
( quickly found her place. She plays
the piano, sings and loves poetry, and
when in the intimacy of her family
the President often has read aloud his
favorite poems, as is his custom, she
is said to have been one of his most
interested hearers.
Miss Margaret Wilson, the Presi-
dents eldest daughter and Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones, his cousin, are said
to have drawn her into the White
House circle in the early autumn of
1914. From that time she was a fire.
quent guest at the Executive Mansion
and last summer spent n month as
theguest of Margaret Wilson at the
summer White House at Cornish, n. H
The engagement was announced on
CStobCl W hOt iOh5 AllSI lHe pTeSl-
Dental party returned to Washington
for the winter.
Both the President and his bride
agreed not to have their wedding in
the White House, but in her home,
near Du Pont circle, which sometimes
is called the social hub of the capital.
She lives there in tastefully arranged
house. somewhat small by comparison
with the mansions which surround il.
1t is not large enough for entertaining
on an extended scale and for that rea-
son large company was not invited
to the wedding. Mr.. McAdoo, the
Presidents son-in-law. was the only
member of the Cabinet included in the
party. The rest were all relatives.