Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23
NO WEDDING POMP
Simple Ceremony Used in the
Marriage Of President Will
son and Mrs. Calf.
LESS THAN THIRTY GUESTS
Without Music Or Unnecessary cere-
mony Wedding Takes Place at
Brides Home-leave In Pri-
vate Car for Honeymoon.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1S.-Presi-
dent Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling
Gait were married here at $3.50 o.
clock with simple ceremony spoken
In the brides home in the presence
of less than thirty guests, virtually all
Of whom were relatives. They will
spend their honeymoon at Hot
Springs, Va. Their private car was
attached to special train leaving the
capital for Hot Springs shortly after
IL o'clock.
At Hot Springs Mr. and Mrs. Will
son will live at the Homestead hotel
until after New Years unless some
development should necessitate the
presidents earlier return to the capi-
tai. Two of the White House auto
mobiles have been sent on ahead and
the couple expect to spend their hon
eymoon motoring, golfng and walk
ing over the mountain trails. Beside
the secret service guard the party
was accompanied by one stenograph-
er. The president will keep in touch
with the White house over special
wires.
All arrangements for the wedding
ceremony were carried out perfectly,
the president arriving at his brides
home soon after s o'clock and the re-
mainder Of the wedding party, follow
ing soon after. The ceremony was be-
gun as had been arranged at $3.50 o.
clock. Mrs. Wilson was married in
the travelling gown she wore to the
train.
Because the wedding arrangements
and the hour OF ceremony had been
kept close secret there were few on
the streets about the White House
but near the brides home the crowd
was held back by police lines spread
during the afternoon.
Proceeds without Music.
Everything was in readiness for the
ceremony when the president arrived
and 1t proceeded without music. Meth
err the president nor Mrs. Gait had
any attendants and there were no
ushers or flower girls. Neither the
dTIny, Iut hui thC
corps was represented and the occas-
ion was essentially what both Of the
couple had wished 1t to be-a home
wedding
On the first floor of the brides homo
in two communicating rooms, wed.
ding bower had been arranged with a
background OF farleyanse and maiden
hair ferns which extended from the
floor to the ceiling. Overhead there
was a canopy Of green in the form or
a shell lined with Scotch heather In
the Background and at the center was
placed a large mirror framed in ORCH
ids and rejecting the scene.
Prayer Rug Beneath Roses.
Above the mirror was spray or
orchids across background Of ferns
and the corners OF the canopy were
caught with orchids. American beauty
roses were on both sides Of the can
opy, beneath which was prayer rug
on which President Wilson and Mrs.
Gait knelt during the ceremony.
Just at the hour for the ceremony
the president and his bride appeared
at the head of the staircase, which
was decorated with ferns, asparagus
vines and American beauty roses.
They descended to the lower floor,
where the guests were grouped about
Informally.
Presidents Pastor Assisted.
The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith. rec
tor Of st. Margaret's Protestant Epis-
copal church, OF which the bride is a
communicant, was waiting beneath
the canopy to perform the ceremony,
and with him to assist was the presi-
dents pastor, the Rev. James H. Tav-
lor Of the Central Presbyterian
church.
Mrs. William H. Boiling. the brides
mother, gave her away. At once, DR..
Smith began the words of the Epis-
copal marriage service, the president
making his responses first, and then
the bride making hers. After the
bride promised to "love, cherish and
obey the president placed the we'd
ding ring, plain band Of gold, upon
her finger and then, after a prayer,
and while the couple clasped their
right hands together, DR.. Smith de-
clared them man and wife. This brief
and simple ceremony was over.
Back In Capital Jan. 4.
The president and Mrs. Wilson are
expected to return to the capital on
or before Jan. 4. when congress re-
convenes. The Pan-American recep-
ton in the White House on the night
Of Jan. z, will be the social function
| ~ tha season which Is expected to be