The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-18
Guests Arrive for theWilson-
Gait Marriage in Wash
ington Tonight
WILL GO SOUTH FOR
THEIR HONEYMOON
Elaborate Preparations Have Been
Made for Guarding the Gait Home
Some Interesting Facts About the
Contracting Parties.


Some Interesting Facts About the .
Contracting Parties.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 18.-Arrange- |
ments were completed last night for the /
wedding this evening of President
Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boil |
ing Gait. The ceremony will be solemn
lied at Mrs. Calf s home, in the pres
ence of members of the two families. All
Of the guests who viii be present are in
/ Washington. Mrs. Francis B. Sayre of
| Wllhamstown, the president s second
| daughter, Mrs. Anne Howe, his sister.
and Mrs. Anne Cothran, his niece. ar
rived during the day and are guests at
the White House. Others who arrived
were DR.. William Boiling of Louis
vile, KY, and Rolfe f. Boiling of Pan
ANA, brothers Of Mrs. Gait.
Most of the members of the wedding
| party witnessed the christening at the
White House at noon today of Ellen
Wilson McAdoo, the seven -months-old
daughter of the secretary of the treas
urer and Mrs. MeAdoo, and the Presi-
dent 5 only granddaughter. Rev. Her
bert Scott Smith. rector of St Narga-
ret's Protestant Episcopal church in
| Washington, who Is to perform the we'd
ling ceremony otficiated at the chris
tening. President Wilson acted as god
father for the baby and her godmothers
were Mrs. Francis B. Sayrc, her aunt,
and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. the
president s cousin.
Decorators and florists arc busy at
Mrs. Gait S home putting the final
touches on the rooms to be used for the
| wedding ceremony and entertainment
of the guests afterward. Members Of
| Mrs. Calf 5 family inspected the large
? number of presents sent from all parts
Of the country. The gifts included a
r huge wedding cake sent by q number of
= women in Minnesota.
: Elaborate arrangements have been
1 made for guarding the house during
t the ceremony. All traffic will be di-
t verted from the streets and a heavy
: guard of policemen and secret service
g agents will 60 on duty about the house
early in the evening
e Details of the wedding trip are kept
t. secret. but it became known that the
e couple plan to leave Washington soon
d after the ceremony and to go to some
Ii point in the South. There will be nc
? effort to keep their whereabouts a Sc
:. cret.
II Woodrow Wilson is the third Presi
Z dent to be married during his term Of
office. President Tyler was the first an6
President Cleveland was the other. Mr.
Tyler. like Mr.. Wilson was left a wild
over during his term. Two years later
y in lS44 in New York city he was mar
4 ried to Miss Julia Gardiner who thel
presided at the White House function
during the last year of her husband
IL term of office.
Grover Cleveland 5 marriage to Mis-
Francis Folsom took place in the blu
room of the executive mansion. 1t wa
IN comparatively a private affair for tn
Ell invited guests included only the cabi
ed net members, their wives and a fey
ne friends and relatives of the couple.
Is President Wilson 5 wedding is tn
e. third in his family since he took OF
er fee. The first White House wedding o
his term was that of his second daugf
ge ter, Jessie Woodrow Wilson to Franci
d. Bowes Sayre and the other was that q
er his youngest daughter Eleanor, to SCI
Ut retarv McAdoo. The President now ha
m two grandchildren, the little son of tn
Ter Sayre s and the baby daughter of til
rs, McAdoo's
eel The President and his bride both al
he Virginians by birth. He was born 6
he Staunton 80 years ago this month an
in she was born at Wytheville, the daugl
he ter of Judge and Mrs William H. Bol
Up ing and was one child in a large famil
ity Two sisters, Mrs. Alexander H. Gait an
Miss Bertha Boiling and three brother
John Randolph, Richard Wilmer an
Julian B. Boiling live in Washingto
Rolfe z. Boiling, another brother,
manager of the Commercial bank
ng Panama and another, DIR. William
Boiling, lives in Louisville, Ky.
third sister. Mrs. NJ H. Maury, lives
- Admission, Alabama. The bride s fami
1he has been prominent in the history
hp Virginia and she herself is a descen
ant of Pocahontas the Indian chief
daughter who married John Rolfe.
H. Since 1896 Mrs. Gait has lived
IA Washington, belonging to none of Il
II, distinct social sets, but active in cha
of ity and philanthropy in her own way
- From her first husband she Inherit
control of prosperous mercantile bu
GRO ness of which she has been accredit
M with now being the active head a.
md many tributes are paid to her abilit
lief But activity in business, her frien
Vas saw never has diminished her intere
rks in a woman S world. She loves f1owe
we'd books, and outdoor recreations. Aft
,rk. the President 5 courtship began she to
up golf and on many Saturday aft
moons they We're seen together on t
ege INKS ae some ono u 'Ao oo''ii'
ook ---