Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-20
President and Bride Today Re.
plying to Hundreds of Mes
sages of CongratuIation.
PEOPLE OF HOT SPRINGS
GREET THEM CORDIALLY
Members of Their Respective Fam.
lilies May Join Them for Christ
mas Holiday.

J HOT SPRINGS, Va. December 90
President Wilson and his bride aban-
doned plans to play golf today to reply
| to hundreds of messages Of congratu-
lation from personal friends. relatives
and officials.
Since reaching here the couple have
| remained in such deep seclusion that
only members of their immediate party
have seen them. They expected, how
| ever. to take an automobile ride late
today. Their private railroad car was
sent away today.
| Arrangements for Christmas cele
! bration at the Presidents hotel were
being made today. There will be
| large Christmas tree and a special
musical entertainment. Members of the
families of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson may
come for the holidays. but no definite
plans have been made.
President Wilson and his bride had
| brought their clubs from Washington
and had planned to spend several hours
on the course today. but this program
was eliminated. Mrs. Wilson is
devotee of the game, the President
having taught her since they became
engaged.
here shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning. They were met at the station
by a crowd of several hundred people,
who applauded as they allgnted ;9aa irom
took the party Immediately to their
hotel.
Plans for Quiet Honeymoon.
Every arrangement had been made to
allow the distinguished couple to spend
their honeymoon quietly in the seclu-
sion Of the mountains of the state in
which they were both born. A section
of the hotel was set apart for them.
and secret service agents attempted to
keep off a corps of photographers and
moving picture operators.
Mountains and l-ills. wild and roman
tic, entirely surround the green plains
Of the Warm Springs valley. Winding
roads and steep trails lead up the
Mso, SI9nss % 0i hsye
to ffsdulgesin In her fondness Tor walking
with the President. Numerous motor
trips also have been planned by the
couple, two White House automobiles
having been shipped here for their use.
Continuance Of Congratulations.
Congratulatory messages from almost
every part of the world continued to
reach the President and his bride to-
day Many of them will be personally
answered from here. The President
plans to attend to only the most press
| ing public business during his stay
here, but he will keep in direct tele-
phone communication with Secretary of
State Lansing and other officials.
The President arose shortly after Z
am today. and after breakfasting in
his private apartments began the task
OF clea aring up accumulated correspond
ence. He called in his private stenogra
pher and dictated responses to messaprs
| of congratulations received from rulers
| in Europe, South and Central America,
and from personal friends in this coun-
| try.
Will Climb Mountains Together.
During the two weeks or more before
returning to Washington to take up
the official and social duties of the
White House the couple will golf.
motor and climb mountains together,
and as far as possible be protected
from the prying eyes of the outside
| world.
Hot Springs and it's colony of visitors
welcomed the President and his bride
enthusiastically. When the crowd be-
gan applauding at the station the
President and Mrs. Wilson appeared
to be just as nervous as any newly
married pair. They smiled at each
other and at the crowd and the Pres
ident raised his hat. Then they walked
briskly to the waiting automobile.
| The President and Mrs. Wilson oc-
lcupy four rooms in section of the
hotel set apart especially for them. No
other guests will be given rooms near
them. The suite Is on the third floor,
and porches outside the windows over
look the golf links. The suite has a
dining room and the couple expect to
yately. They did not appear in the
public part of the hotel
Corps Of Photographers on Hand.
| Trials of the seclusion seekers began
yesterday with the arrival of a corps
of photographers and moving picture
operators. The President had directed
that no pictures be taken of Mrs WI
son or himself during the trip. and the
order Is being enforced by the usual
proup of White House secret service
agents, augmented by several addi-
tional men ordered here from their
regular stations to aid in guarding
the couple. After some diminishing
the photographers declared a truce.
hut said they would try for some pic
lures later.
The President will attend to only
the most important public business
| while here. but arrangements have
| been made for connecting the hotel
with the White House by special tele-
graph wire II necessary. and he will
keep in direct telephone communica-
tion with Secretary Lansing and other
| officiaIs. The eastern newspapers ar
rive here an entire day late and there
fore the President will have to depend
entirely on word from the White House
| Tor his news. His stenographer brought
along several applications for pardons
and some important correspondence
| and the President will devote a por-
ton of each day to work.
! Certifies to Presidents Marriage.
| p.v uerhert Scott Smith pastor ~