River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-12-23
WILSONAND BRIDE ELUDE CURIOUS
CROWDS, TAKE TRAIN FOR VIRGINIA

Washington, Dec 21-A blur Of two
faces inside the White House limou-
sine as it WhirIed away was the last
Washington saw of President Wilson
and new first lady Of the land"
The president Of the United States
and Mrs Filth Boiling Gait were mar
ried Saturday night, and, speeding
away in az automd@1Ie to Alexandria
to elude curious crowds, were soon
en- route to Hot Springs, Va, on their
honeymoon
Only few hundred persons re-
ceiyed the last impression. They were
those who had braved a raw, cold
blustery night and had stood outside
the Gait home, held at distance by
100 police
1t was 10 p. m. when the big car
dashed up. The old oil lamp which
swung back and forth over the door
way of the brides home fared up and
cleaned brighter for a moment The
bride and groom walked down the
enclosed stairway to the machine.
There was a roar and the limousine
dashed forward, closely followed by
two cars with secret service men.
The wedding was over. The chill Of
the night grew sharper and the crowd
melted away.
Ceremony is Simple.
There was none Of the panoply Of
a state function at the wedding cere-
r,7Opy II xnzoa Cbui0us1V1 tI,o docir0 re
re president that all the details
should be in keeping with the idea
that it was to have no official chaS-
acter whatever, and he as to appear
as Mr. Woodrow Wilson, rather than
as the chief executive of the nation.
For that reason there were no military
aids, no CLINT of uniforms, no simmer
OF gold braid. no suggestion of the for
malities which even on ordinary oc-
casions surround the president Even
as weddings 60 the ceremony at the
Gait residence was Of the simplest and
most dignified character.
Brides Rector Officiates.
1t was beneath canopy of green,
backed with ferns, Scotch heather
and orchids, that Woodrow Wilson
took Edith Boiling Gait to wife The
ceremony was performed in the brides
home by Rey Herbert Scott Smith,
rector Of st. Margarets Protestant
Episcopal church, of which the bride
is a meraber. lie was assisted by
Rev. James II. Taylor, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church, the place
Of worship Of the president and his
family iii Washington
Not more than As guests, mem
bers Of tho immediate families of the
president and his bride, and several
Of their most intimate friends, were
present at the wedding ceremony.
The president left the White House
alone in his limousine except for mis-
secret service guard and arrived at
the Calf home at 7:45 p. m.
Bride Married in Black.
A half hour later Mrs. Gait. smiling
radiantlv, descended the stairs, at the
foot Of which her fance stood waiting
to receive her. 1t was Immediately
noted that She was to be married in
black
Mrs Gait took the presidents arm
and. followed by the guests. they led
the way 10 the drawing room where
the improyised altar had been ar
ranged for the ceremony. No music
preceded the entrance of the wedding
party There was none during the
impressive but simple ceremony.
When the president and his bride
knelt on the white satin prize dieu to
repeat their marriage vows, the bride
in a gown of black silk velvet and
wearing no jewels except a brooch Of
flashing diamonds, set in platinum, the
presidents gift, they were unattended
The wedding bower was a mass OF
maidenhair ferns reaching from floor