New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
WILSON AND BRIDE
 REPLY TO MESSAGES
Spend Day Answering Notes Of
 Congratulation
UPON THEIR MARRIAGE
Abandon Plans to Play Golf-Renain in Deep Seclusion-Arrangem for Xmas Celebration at Hotel Being Made.

Being Made.
 Hot Springs, Va, Dec. 20.-Presi- dent Wilson and his bride abandoned plans to play golf today to reply to hundreds of messages of congratula- ton from personal friends, relatives and officials
 Since reaching here the couple have remained in such deep seclusion that only members of their immediate par ty have seen them. They expected, however to take an automobile ride late today Their private railroad car was sent away today.
 Christmas Celebration.
 Arrangements for a Christmas cele- bration at the Presidents hotel were being made today.
 Every arrangement had been made to allow the distinguished couple to spend their honeymoon quietly in the seclusion of the mountains of the state in which they both were born.
 Camera Men Barred.
 A section of hotel was set apart for them and secret service agents attempted to keep off corps of photographers and moving picture operators.
 Mountains and hills, wild and TO- mantle, entirely surround the green plains of the warm springs valley. Winding roads and steep trails lead up the slopes of these highlands and Mrs. Wilson will have unlimited op- portunity to indulge in her fondness for walking with the president. Num- erous motor trips have also been y,1o hx,t fxro house automobiles having been ship ped here for their use.
 Congratulations Arrive.
 Congratulatory messages from all most every part of the world con- tinued to reach the president and his bride today. Many of them will be personally answered from here.
 The president plans to attend to only the most pressing business dur ing his stay here, but he will keep in direct telephone communication with Secretary of State Lansing and other officials.
 Wilson Answers Messages.
 President Wilson arose shortly af- ter a. m., today and after breakfast in his private apartment began the task of clearing up the volume of ac- cumulated personal correspondence. The president called in his private stenographer and dictated responses to messages of congratulation receiv- ed from rulers. in Europe and South and Central America and from per- sonal friends in this country.
 The day was ideal for golf1ng and the president and his bride had ;,r- ranged to spend several hours on the links.
 Wedding Ceremony Simple.
 Washington, Dec. 2O.-The mar riage of the President and Mrs. Galt was solemnized Saturday evening at S:3O o'clock at the home of Mrs. Galt, 1908 Twentieth street. The trappings of state, which in recent years have been made a part of the Presidents office, were laid aside and the President appeared in the role of the bridegroom simply. There were no military or naval aids in attend ance, none of the brilliancy of full dress uniform to add formality to the ceremony. Nor was there present any member of the Presidents official family as at the Cleveland-Folsom wedding when the entire cabinet circle gathered around the bride and bride groom in the blue room.
 The diplomats who expressed the good wishes of their rulers and gov ernments to the first bride of the ad- ministration in the east room at the White House were not represented in the little gathering of friends, who last night had the honor of witnessing the nuptials of the President and Mrs. Gait.
 No Music Or Attendants. So far as the details of the cere- mony went, nothing could have been simpler. There was no wedding march to herald their approach, no attendants to precede the bride and no best man to support the bride groom. The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St. Margaret's Episco- pal church, of which the bride is a member and the Rev. James H. Tay- ! Tor, pastor of the Presbyterian church, attended by the President and his household, awaited them.
 The rarest and loveliest of blooms made beautiful the setting for the ceremony. A grotto lined with Farleyense and maidenhair ferns was canopied in green in the form of a shell, it's inner side covered with the pearly blossoms of the Scotch heather The white satin priedieu on which the bride and bridegroom knelt to receive the final blessing, was adorned at either end with clusters of orchids. Ferns and American beauty roses lined the stair way down which the President and Mrs. Galt passed together.
 Rev. Dr. Smith Ties Knot. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Smith, using the ritual | of the Episcopal church and the