East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-18

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ig-The new
mistress of the White House is quite
the Wilson type, plus the Virginia
manner and southern love Of life
She was formerly Miss Edith Boiling.
daughter Of the late William II. Bol.
ling Of Wythville, Va. She was ons
Of thirteen children, nine Of whom
are still living.
/ In 1896, Edith Boiling, a beautiful
! girl met Norman Cart A short time
later they were married This hap
pened while she was visiting her Sis
ter, Mrs. Alexander Hunter Gait He
was a vestryman III st. Thomas's
church In Washington and was gem
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, occu-
pying the pew her husband had pos,
sessed ever since the church was
built Just after the announcement
Of her engagement TO the president
however, Mrs. Gait transferred her
membership to St Margarets Epis-
copal church.
| The presidents bride Is not known
as college girl, though she con-
cluded her education at Powelrs col
iege in Richmond, Va, after attend
ing Martha Washington college d!
Abingdon Va, for some time
She is fond of music flowers,
economics and light literature Like
all good Vrginians, she is a good
horsewoman and splendid driver. She
likes golf and since her engagement
to the president he has attempted to
teach her some of the rne points Of
the game.
| On baseball and horses she is a fan
as much 50 as the president himself
She does not play tennis but is a
great walker, enjoying long tramps
sometimes for two or three hours
about town or along country road
She is not strenuous, however, and
could not be called athletic; is rath-
er one who enjoys good health and
living, reasonable hours and prefers
healthful 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 ocva-
sions hampers of picnic lunch were
loaded into the presidents big limou-
sine, to be Investigated during tho
long ride over the rolling highways
OF Virginia and Maryland
Mrs. Gait is not suifragist II
Is not because she opposes suffrage.
1t is because she never has gone
deeply into the issue. Mrs. Gait is OF
commercially successful family
Two Of her brothers, Richard w, and
Julian b. Boiling, are now associat-
ed in the Gait jewelry store, the old
est in the city, established by Nor
man Galts grandfather and now
owned by Mrs. Wilson herself
Mrs Cats 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 H, Maury
Of Admission, Ala, Mrs Alexander
Hunter Gait and Miss Bertha Bol.
ling, who now make their home in
Washington.
The coming of a woman of Mrs
Galt's type to the White House is d
matter of general satisfaction to gen.
uine Washingtonians. White House
life will not be new or strange to her
The Gait family of Washington and
the Bollngs Of Wythville have been
on visiting terms at the executive
mansion for many years. During the
first Cleveland administration. MI
and Mrs w. NJ. Gait were not only
among the closest personal friends OF
President Cleveland, but also am
ong the very few guests at the we'd
ding of the president and Miss Fran
ces Folsom. Miss Gertrude Gait, now
Mrs Richardson of Columbus, Ohio
practically made her debut in the
White House as a protege of Mrs.
Clevelands.
1t was from a country town in old
Virginia that Miss Edith Boiling came
to Washington some twenty years
ago. Possessed of more than aver
age beauty, she Immediately found
herself in a cultured circle. 1t Isl
from this circle that the coming sea-
son is likely to draw a new element
to the White House.