New Britain herald., 1915-10-07
WILSON TO WE'D
 IN DECEMBER
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cabinet. government officials and | friends of the President telephoned and sent cards to the White House | conveying their congratulations. MT.
 Wilson was kept busy all morning at tending to personal matters growing
 out of the announcement of his en- gagemet.
 No Detailed Arrangement. It was said that no detailed ar rangement had been made yet for the wedding One of Mrs. Galt's broth CTS probably will give her away. Be- cause of the smallness of Mrs. Gait S home, the wedding party will be nec- essarily limited to a small group.
 The fact that the President of the United States, on whom the eyes of the world have frequently been focused in the last few months of the European war had decided to marry again, gave the national capital a topic of absorbing interest which, for the moment, overshadowed all questions of international or domestic politics.
 News Came as Surprise.
 The news came as a surprise to all but a few intimate friends who knew that the friendship of the president for Mrs. Gait had developed into an intimacy that presaged marriage. That Mrs. Galt had become a com panion of the president was known, however, in official and society circles, because she appeared frequently with him not only on motor rides but at baseball games Close friends who watched the friendship develop ex- pressed today. their pleasure at it's continuation, not only because of the personal happiness of the president hut because it meant a change from a life of loneliness and unvaried occu- patton to- an atmosphere of helpful companionShip.
 His incessant labor alone in the White House during the period of mourning had affected his spirits. When he began to take a renewed interest in personal affairs his friends rooted immediately a change for the better in his health and the energies with which he attacked tremendous problems before him.
 Woman of Rare Beauty.
 Mrs. Gait is regarded as a woman of rare beauty and charm. Those who have known her best predicted today that she would be, as the first lady of the land, a popular hostess as well as a comfort and support to the president in his daily work. Mrs. Galt is about thirty-eight years of age, youthful in appearance and sim pie in her tastes. She is the widow of well known business man of who died eight years ago. She was married in 1896. Be- fore that she was Miss Edith Boiling. of Wytheville, Va.
 Her father was Wm. H. Boiling, 8 lawyer of distinction.
 Friend of Daughter.
 It was Miss Margaret Wilson and her cousin, Miss Bones, who drew Mrs Gait into the White House cir cle. They met her first in the early autumn of last year and were so much attracted by her, that they sought her out more and more fre- quently and the friendship between them, rapidly ripened into an affec- tionate intimacy.
 Mrs. Gait spent a month this sum- mer at Cornish. as the house guest of the presidents oldest daughter. It was through this intimacy of his daughter and cousin that the presi- dent had an opportunity to meet and know Mrs. Gait.
 One of the most significant facts about the engagement, indeed, as told by friends, is that the presidents daughters should have chosen Mrs. Gait for their admiration and their friendship before their father did.
 Presidents Lonely Life.
 With the marriage of his two daughters and the death of Mrs. Will son, more than a year ago, the presi- dents life had become one of soll- tude. His absorption in official labors began to tell on him physically, and when, few months ago, he began to take a renewed interest in personal affairs, his friends and the members of the family welcomed the beneficial change which was brought about in his health and spirits.
 Last night, at the end Of a busy day for the president, during which he that he would vote for woman suffrage, took a firm position in favor of national defense and re- ceived a number of callers, Mrs Gait | was dinner guest at the White