PRESILENT AND
MRS. GALT WED
Simplicity and Guod Taste Mark
Ceremony at Home of
Bride.
ONLYRELATIVES ARE PRESENT
No Fuss and Feathers at the Wilson
Wedding-—Bride Is Attended by
Sister—Spend Honeymoon
in the South.
18, Official and
Washington, Dec.
quiet wedding than the nuptials of
President Wilson and Mrs. Edith
Bolling Galt, this evening, in the un-
pretentious Galt home at 1308 Twen-
tieth street.
Only members of the immediate
families witnessed the ceremony.
William G. McAdoo was the only cab
inet officer present, and he was there
as the husband of the president's
ing of Virginia, was well I roprosouted
with kinsmen and kinswomen. She
and her mother, Mrs. William H. Boll.
ing, have lived together for several
years, and Mrs. Bolling, of course, was
the dowager queen of the occasion,
The bride's sisters, Miss Bertha
Bolling of Washington and Mrs. H. H.
Maury of Anniston, Ala, and her
brothers, John Randolph Bolling,
Richard W. Bolling, Julian B. Bolling,
all of Washington; R. E. Bolling of
Panama and Dr. W. A. Bolling of
Louisville, Ky., attended the cere
mony.
It will be remembered that Miss
Margaret Wilson and Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones really brought about
the romance of the president and his
bride. During the first Mrs. Wilson's
last {linens Miss Bones was almost
constantly at her side. The vigil was
tedious and wearing, and after Mrs.
Wilson's death Miss Bones was in
such frail health herself that Dr.
Carey Grayson, family friend and
White House physician, was much
worried, He urged Miss Bones to take
long walks—and Miss Bones did so,
accompanied by her widow friend,
Mrs. Norman Galt,
journeys afoot,
Friendship Ripens Into Love.
By and by, Miss Bones:
Miss Wilson and Mrs. Galt, and the
friendship of these two soon became
youngest daughter, Even witlr the
limited number of guests, the house
was packed, for both bride and bride-
groom have many close relatives,
The bride was attended by her sis-
ter, Miss Bertha Bolling of this city. |
She was attired in a traveling costume
and carried a magnificent bouquet of |
orchids, As a selected orchestra]
from the Marine band played the wed-
ding march she met the president in
the hallway outside the parlors and |
together they went slowly down to the
great altar of flowers erected at the
east end of the rooms. The wedding |
ring used was a plain gold circlet |
marked with the initials of the bride |
and bridegroom.
Keep Hour a Secret.
In order to avoid the crowds of «
ous folk in Washington the hour of
the wedding was kept secret until late
uri
plan worked with fair
succes 1d the police had no trouble
in Eo the few hu
women and children
eagerly in the streets
ome,
As soon as the ceremony was over
and the bride had been saluted by
in the day. The
ndred men,
who
near the
pre saed
fon, while the smiling groom received
congratulations, the newly-weds sped
intimate. In the natural course
events Mrs. Galt took luncheon
and then with her chums in
White House-—and it wasn't
Calt's charm.
Mr. Wilson is the
the United States to marry a widow
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Fill
predeces in this sort
but in not more
was the widow the second wife—
John Tyler and
married twice,
S8OTS8
this case
Roosevelt but thelr
fore.
It ia scarcely necessary to
Washington's marriage
f his courtship
al.
The
world knows o engage
ment and espous
“Widow Custis.” Thomas Jefferson,
Wilson.
at the home of a friend, John
met Martha Skelton,
daughter, She was a beautiful
an, much sought after, but
finally won her heart.
Perhaps Dolly Madison, wife
President James Madison, is
known generally to Americans of
generat!
Way
Wayles' wid
wom
Jefferson
» the South for their honeymoon.
they told anybody their
that person kept his secret well, It
is reported from family circles, how-
ever, that the couple will be away un-
til the first week in January.
They must be back in Washington
by January 7, though, because on that
date the president and Mra. Wilson
will act as host and hostess at a great
reception to be given in the White
House for the Pan-American repre-
sentatives at the national capital
Moreover, congress will have recon:
vened, after the holiday season, and
Mr. Wilson will have to be back at |
his desk.
Only Relatives Are Present
Among those present at the cere |
mony were:
the president's eldest daughter: Mrs.
Francis Bowes Sayre of Williams-
town, Mass, the president's second
daughter; Mrs. William G. McAdoo,
the president's youngest child: Mrs.
Anne Howe of Philadelphia, the presi.
dent's sister; Joseph R. Wilson of Bal
timore, the president's brother, and
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the pres-
fdent’s cousin,
The bride, who before her marriage
to Norman Galt was Miss Edith Boll
~~,
destination
"a A,
Shrine Baved From Destruction.
John Tyler's Romance.
John Tyler was twice married,
second time while he was president.
His first wife was Letitia
les of Virginia.
president nine children.
|
{
|
| dent of the United States she suffered
a stroke of paralysis and a short time
after he succeeded William Henry
Harrison as president she died—in the
White House
The second winter after her death
the president met Julia, the daughter
of a Mr. Gardiner, who lived on one of
the islands In Long Island sound
The president fell desperately in love
~he wooed as a youth of twenty
would woo, impetuously and roman.
| tically. It wasn't a great while before
| they were engaged and a short time
the Ascension in New
York city.
Grover Cleveland did not marry un:
til fairly late in life. Then he fell in
love with Frances Folsom, the daugh-
ter of his law partner. She was a
gil whom he had known from early
childhood-—there was a time when
she called him “Uncle Cleve.” Mr.
Cleveland and Miss Folsom were
wedded in the famous Blue room at
Dame cathedral, famed the world over,
was menaced with grave dangers ow
ing to the fury of the communists,
who, having effected an entrance, eol
lected all the available chairs and
other combustible material and, piling
it in a huge bonfire, drenched with
oll, in the center of the choir, attempt:
ed to destroy the cathedral by fire.
The evil designs of the incendiaries
were, however, happily frustrated by
the arrival of the National guard.
Pe
Where He Belongs.
"Robert, our son has been arrested
for going forty miles an hour and
wants us to bail him out!”
“Huh! if he can't go any faster than
that lot the pikes may in Jail! «Judge
Prisons De Luxe.
“Now, my man, would you rather
£9 to our state penitentiary or to the
county jail?”
“I dunno, yer honor. I'm a stranger
in these parts. What's the course of
study at yer penitentiary?”
THE GERMANS 10
JIRIKE AT EGYPT
Rushing a Railroad Line From
Damascus.
300,000 TURKS NOW READY
Tribesmen To Attack Egypt From the
West and Abyssinians Are Being
Influenced To Begin a War-
like March Into Sudan.
threat
Erave
men,
a railway
Egyptian fron-
Rome. —The Turko{erman
against Egypt is becoming more
daily, in the belief of military
The construction of
from Damascus to the
has been with
nary =
pushed
it is
it will be
ruary 1, there being
of track to lay
sula reached.
has double tracks,
itary men to permit of 4 con
ration of a half million men
month, together with the
supplies and unition,
frontis
400.000 Ottoman troops,
peed, and it
finished by
only 00
before the
The
stated,
miles
Penin is
mil
cent
One
SATrY amim at the
Egyptian
About
IRI
com
lied by German officers,
bee be
anare and
engineers
ied and dri
concentrated
tia, Aleppa
Army
tubes for carrying
the desert
inl for the
with whic
have n
tated
of
ROCTOES
» providing mater
uction of bridges
he Suez Canal
TurkoGerm ries are said to
i to attack E
also
Abvs
an atiempl
due the
y Sudan
SHARP
NOTE TO FRANCE.
From American Ships ls Demanded.
i
a
The nite
bassador
OR CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.
uthern Commercial Congress
Credits.
Also
Rural
Urges
agriculture
Landschaft
syaiem
¥
HaEion of
ide addre
nt Postmaster
Roper, Assistant
Edwin F
fecha
rota rs
Sect
and
anlel O
meres Sweet
3
CHURCHILL HAS CLOSE CALL.
German Shell Hits Former Chancel
lor's Dugout.
London. Winston Spencer Church
s
1, who resis
ned his portfolio of Chan.
the Duchy of Lancaster to join
front, had a nar.
days ago, according
who have arrived at
men say that Mr
was hit by a Ger
erollor of
his regiment at the
row ©8 n few
to wounded men
These
Churchill's dugout
man shell
cape
home
VOTES TO EXTEND WAR TAX.
Senate Expected To Follow Action Of
House Shortly,
Washington. The House, by a vote
of 205 to 189, passed the joint resolu-
tion extending the emergency revenue
tax until December 21, 1916. The Sen.
ate is expected to take like action In a
day or two. The law, Administration
loaders estimate, will bring revenue
into the treasury at the rate of $82, -
060 a year
WILSON ON MICHIGAN BALLOT.
Enough Petitions Presented To Make
Action Certain,
Lansing, Mich.—President Wilson's
name will be placed on the Michigan
Presidential primary ballot as Demo-
cratic candidate for President. The
Secretary of State announced that
enough petitions had been filed to
make certain such action.
TO MAKE 10,000 AERO GUNS,
Origgs- Seabury Company Also Gets
Other Big War Orders.
Bharon, Pa, «= The Driggs-Seabury
Ordnance Company has closed a con
tract with the British Government for
10,000 aeroplane guns. Another oon
tract has been closed for M0 cannon
and a large number of six-inch high
explosive shells,
DEW FORE BI eA Y SIRT ™
HE FIRST Christmas away
from home is usually filled
with sadness and a powerful
sense of homesickness, That
is the reason why so much
new iy
gners cheerful at this sea
year. One can easily im
barren a Yuletide without
incidentals and frivolities the
would be to these poor folk,
not only separated from their
but in a new country,
faces and strange sur
Naturally, they would miss
merrymaking the old country
the greetings of their life
friends, says the Philadelphia North
American
arrived foreis
agine how
the of
who are
Aare
of
ong
But, as it ts,
dav
tuelf. fiamoedint
d of festivities
of one 13
New
a tree is
until
and here the
with many
cial and the
in finding their frien:
uting
reg
of the
new ar
iz and dis
to the
tors
workers,
toys and candies chil
dren
If one wants
ng phase
Ous i NAG
spirit
to go,
mions
to aoe life
the real
this
in ftz vant
Christmas
the place
and
exemplified,
for here
la
take place-—-the greetings be
3
woen husbands and
aged parents,
swoothearts,. Each case has its own
embraces Here, too, the cus-
into |
Some kiss on one cheek and |
then on the other, while others prefer
the more familiar method. Some men
kiss one another as fervently as they
do the women, while others merely
These scenes, it is true, take place
at all times of the year, but the coming
of Christmas seems to bring more joy
into the meetings. There is a double
reason for rejoicing, as the families
are not only reunited, but are spending
the holidays together once more,
In some cases the rejoicing is triple
fold, for many of the Christmas lasses
come here at special pleadings and be
fore the Yuletide sun has set will have
become brides
This year there will not be ae many
Christmas brides, for the girla living
in the warridden countries will be
neaded at home to till the soll while
their fathers and brothers are off to
the front. Besides, the ships of the
American lines are the only vessels
reaching this port. This means that
there will be a marked falling off in
every type of foreigner, except those
who are able to reach the English
ports.
The cases of those who do come
SAYS ACTION IS NOT INSTANT
Gravitation, as Electrical Phenome.
non, Explained by Scientist of
Worldwide Fame.
Gravitation is an otectrical phenom.
snon and does not act instantly across
pace, but is transmitted with the ve
locity of light, thus coming from the
sun to the earth in eight minutes.
S80 says Prof. Thomas Jofferson
Jackson See, famous astronomer, in
his G00-word memoi® entitled: “Eloo
# sen
IMPRESSION J
ARE MOST LAST:
ING, FOREIGNERS
WHO “ARRIVE! IN
THELJOYOUL
CHRISTMAS, ZO
SON WILL ALY/AYS
HAVE FOND/ MEM-
rs
HOSP AUTY Ss
> .
yo de TA i
CIC a I
—
RANT
od The
ir frie
happy holidays,
are fore
LO Lhe
od to spend the
ted the detention
the cheer, th
miserable on
they
building
¢ barred
mpanion
many of
BOR 18018
| Without ir
ndeoad be
for
the
this day
tie d to
lows of
their
immi-
flerent
are not permi
the
and wherein
5 are their
whom speak di
days
eave win
wilita al
only co fellow
{ grants
tongues
But the gloom is dispelled
stead happiness
throughout the festival Umse
are two big days—Christmas itself,
when a chicken dinner 8 served and
fruit and candies distributed to the {or
aigners; then, on the following after
noon, a real Yuletide party is held. in
which representatives of almost every
nationality under the sun usually take
| part. Last year 200 men, women and
children from scores of countries were
the guests of honor, This year the
numbers will not be nearly as large,
and it i2 a question if there will be
more than a score or two of immi
grants,
All of which means that the festiv-
ities and jollification will be on a larg:
er scale, for with fewer mouths to feed
and fewer presents to buy it only
stands to reason that those In charge
can be more Uberal. The entertain
ment usually starts early in the after
noon. The gong is sounded, and the
immigrants, escorted by the matrons
and attendants, are brought to the din:
ing room, where they take their reg:
ular places at the tables,
When they are all assembled the fun
begins. Notwithstanding the difficulty
of entertaining those of various nation:
alities, the performance i8 always a
success, for the headliner is a sleight.
of-hand artist. This Is one thing that
interests all at the one time, for
speech is unnecessary. All kinds of
things disappear, to the amazement
and amusement of the onlookers
Newspapers and rags are transformed
into toys and candies for the children.
and in
ipreme
There
reigns
*
trodynamic Theory of Magnetism and
of Universal Oravitation: Discovery
of the Cause of Gravitation, With
Proof That This Fundamental Force
of Nature Is Propagated With the Ve
locity of Light” He claims to have
discovered the secret of gravitation
and has put the information im the
{ hands of the Royal society of London.
{ Professor See fs an astronomer of
: pote. He is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Missouri and has received the
| degree of Ph. D. from the University
of Berlin, for whiock mstitutien ho was
uted
I nis are
gars to the
The chil
and
yalr's
os
i dis
it
al treat
dren are gathered arour
the gift-filled stockings
Arks and oth attractive
| are taken fro he branches
little ones.
the
MIVO
1G the tree
and the
cand
gE the
pleasing to watch the faces
of these children as they rec their
gifts, n together in
nd in hav
8
30% "
Joy o1
and all of them joi
ining t¢
ing a good time
‘hls scene around
would be hard to
{are to be found Italian, Palish, Hun-
garian, German, Russian, English,
Scotch and, in fact, the little ones from
every part of Europe. Last year there
was an interesting group of three Hine
du children, who were the pets of the
station.
If the weather i8 not too severe tha
children are usually permitted to play
on the roof garden at the close of the
festivities, and there the toys are dis
tributed by the young alds, who assist
the workers. The chiidren have plenty
of room to indulge in the games and
they have the time of their lives,
What is probably the most interest
ing feature of the Yuletide parties is
the fact that the representatives of
every denomination unite with the ma.
trons and nurses in lightening the
hearts and making merry the tmmi
grants. A real holiday spirit is dis
played, for there is no distinction of
any kind, either of race, creed or ne.
tionality. Jews and Gentiles join
aiding those from every country, and
in last year's contingent there were
even three stowaways, who had been
taken from a ship on Christmas eve.
heir stockings a
in gents ral.
the Christmas
for hepa
ye: 1
SUL,
later an observer. He is now a saval
observer for the United States gevern.
ment and is stationed at the Mare
Island navy yard.
Professer See holds that gravitation
is due to elementary currents of oles
tricity circulating around stoms of
matter, Ampere, the celebrated
French scientist, discovered ia 1880
that two parallel currents of electric.
ity floating in opposite directions re.
pel. Following the lines first taken
Ampere, Professor See has
out his theory of gravitation.