West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-14
PRESIDENT WILSON'S FIANCEE
IS OF OLD VIRGINIA FAMILY
Mrs. Gait is Woman of Great
Personal Beauty and Attain
mentS-Was Social Favorite IN
Her Home Town-Hcr Father
Was Eminent Jurtst

WYTHEvILLE. Va. Oct. 9.-Mrs.
Norman Gait. President Wilson's fan
Gee. is remembered i'm this old aris-
tocratic Southwest Virginia village as
the youngest OF four brilliant sisters
in family of eleven children. nine OF
whom are living.
Modest and retiring almost To reti-
cehce. Edith Boiling was the family
pet All the Boiling sisters are de
scribed as remarkably handsome wo-
men, tall and stately. Edith. the
youngest. is the best remembered for
her black hair. her olive complexion.
classic features and her large and
brilliant brown eyes.
| Fond OF dancing, Miss Edith Boil
Ing was usually leader at the week
| ly dances OF the Wytheyille German
club. Though much admired as were
all OF the Boiling girls. Edith had no
serious attachment until she met and
married Norman Gait, OF Washing
ton.
OF the sisters, Gertrude. the oldest
married a Mr.. Gait OF Washington.
who was court stenographer. and IL
was while stopping with her sister in
Washington that Miss Edith met Nor
man Gait, a cousin OF her sisters
husband.
upon returning to Virginia, the
Presidents fancee entertained her
Washington admirer at her home. and
early in 1894 Norman Calf and Miss
Edith Boiling were married at ST
Johns Episcopal church. Wytheville,
by the Rev. Mercer Z. Logan.
Mrs. Gait attended the inaugural
ball of President Mckinley, of which
her husband was floor manager. in
1895, and at this function Mrs. Gait
wore her wedding gown and is de-
scrlbed by those present as having
been one OF the handsomest women
there
Miss Edith Boiling attended a pri-
vate school in Wytheville taught by
A. Shelburne, and later was pupil
at Plummer college, a school for
young women. She also attended
Powells school at Richmond.
Mrs. Galt's father, Judge Boiling.
Is described as having been in moder-
ate circumstances, coming out OF the
war and with a large family to bring
up. The Bollings were known. how
ever as good livers. Judge Boiling
died in 1898. and since then the Boil
ing family has scattered, the majority
making their home with Mrs. Norman
Gait. in Washington,
Mrs. Boiling, Mrs. Galt's mother
who was Miss Sally White of Bed
ford, Va, and Miss Bertha Boiling. her
sister who never married. are mem
bers OF Mrs. Norman Galt's Washing
ton household, Two of her brothers.
Wilmer and Randolph Boiling. are
managers of the jewelry establishment
in Washington which was left to her
by her husband. Their brother, Ralph
Boiling, who was a banker i'm Balu-
more and Bluefeld, has gone recently
to Panama, where he has married
daughter.
Ralph Boiling married MISS Litch-
field OF Abingdon, Va, and the mar
riage Of their daughter to a Spanish
officer in Panama is said TO have beer
opposed bitterly by the Boiling fam
lily.
Mrs. Galt's childhood home i'm TIKI,
city is known yet as tne Boiling nat.
In this fiat of eight rooms in Main
street, Miss Edith Boiling, now Mrs
Calf and the fiancee Of the President
OF the United States. was born. She
is said TO be thirty-nine years old
This Is reckoned from her marriage
to Norman Gait early in 1894. when
she was eighteen years OF age.
The Boiling fiat was owned by
Judge Boiling and II came to him
through his mother. Underneath the
fiat' which Is ON the second floor, are
a butcher shop, doctors office,
barber shop and grocery store.
Mrs. Galts second sister Miss Anna
Boiling, married w. NJ. Maury, super
intendent for the Virginia Coal and
Iron company at Max Meadows. Va.
Miss Gertrude. the Oldest daughter
was remembered as having been the
most vivacious
Miss hsrtps Boiling went IN for lit
erature. and Ia said to have written
creditable short stories and magazine
matter. Mrs. Gait, after her marri-
age and life I'm Washington, according
TO her friends. overcame her youthful
timidity, and is declared now 10 be
brilliant woman.
The announced engagement ~ Mira
Gait and the Pregidep, wss ig np way
surprise - Mrs Galts friends in
her childhood home Most Of her in
Inmates here knew OF the trip 10 the
summer White House and some de-
clared II was all settled six weeks ago
The universal opinion OF wythe
county and Southwest Virginia. is that
Mrs. Norman Gait, nee Edith Boiling.
will grace fttlngly the position as the
first lady OF the land
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