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CANADIAN VALLEY RECORD, CANTON, OKLAHOMA.
PRESIDENTS WEDDING
SIMPLICITY ITSELF
WOODROW WILSON AND MRS.
EDITH BOLLING GALT QUIET-
LY WED AT BRIDE'S HOME.
OUT R:L«TI¥.S WIRE PBESEUT
close friend* to be magnificent 1b its
extent and to have cost several thou-
sand dollars. Most of It Is Ameri-
can made, and the best shops In the
United States were called upon to sup-
ply what the bride's friends say la one
of the large*' and most carefully se-
lected wardrobes ever gathered by any
No Fuss and Feathers Mark the Oc-1 ralBtress of the white house.
caston—Bride's Mother Gives Her
Away—Happy Couple Start 8outh
On Two Weeks' Honeymoon.
Washington, Dec. 20— In the pres-
ence of relatives only. President Wil-
son and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait were
quietly and simply wedded Saturday
evening in the parlors of the bride's | * —■""" ia," mwir private cai
home on Twentieth street. There whs ! t,lere and avoid a crowd at the rail
_ ... . . . ' ron A I _ 4LI i4
I There are plain gowns and elabo
rate gowns, hats, shoes, parasols, um-
brellas, gloves, veils and other Items
in ample number for each and every
occasion.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson entered a wait-
ing white house automobile and mo
tored to Alexandria Va.. across the
Potomac, to take their private car
vu 1 Bucn. luen? WHS - v,uw'
no fuss and feathers, official and so-! road 8tat,°n In this city.
_• . ... .... I A* tt.4 ci f •-
rial life being barred from the func-
tion. Secretary of the Treasury Mc-
doo was the lone official present and
he was there simply as Mr. Wilson's
son-in-law.
At Hot Springs Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
son will live at the Homestead hotel
until after New Year's day, unless
some development should necessitate
the president's earlier return to the
The president dined as usual at the c*Pltal
white house at 7 o'clock with his Two of the wh'te house automobiles
daughters and afterward drove to his haVe been 8ent on "head, and the
bride's home, about a mile from the couPle expect to spend their honey-
executive mansion. A cold driving moon motoring, golfing and walking
rain which swept the city all day, over the mountain trails. Besides the
cleared off at sunset and the evening t 8ecret "ervice guard, the party was
was cool and pleasant. Because the ; accomPan,ed by one stenographer. The
wedding arrangements and the hour Pres,dent will keep in touch with the
of the ceremony had been kept a close white h°use over special wires.
secret, there were few on the streets 1 arran&ements for the wedding
about the white house, but near the | ceremony were carried out perfectly,
bride's home the crowd was held back the Presldent arriving at his bride's
by police lines spread during the af llome BOOn after 8 o'clock, and the re-
ternoon. mainder of the wedding party, which
Everything was In readiness for the numbered less than thirty, followed
ceremony when the president arrived, soon after"
and it proceeded without music. Nel- j In vI,ew °' the des're of the presi-
ther the president nor Mrs. Gait had dent and Mrs" Wi,8°n that as little
any attendants and there were no ,,ub,,city a8 possible attend their wed-
ushers or flower girls. Neither the 1 d,ng> names of those sending wedding
army, the navy nor the diplomatic Bifts bave been withheld from publl
corps was represented and the occa catlon- Tlie Rreat number received
sion was essentially what both of the however. completely upset the plans
couple had wished it to be—a home *°r cataloguing and classifying them
wedding.
On the first floor of the bride's
home, in two communicating rooms, a
wedding bower had been ararnged
with a background of Farleyanse and
maiden hair ferns which extended
from the floor to the celling. Over-
head there was a canopy of green In
the form of a shell lined with Scotch
heather. In the background and at
the center was placed a large mirror
framed with orchids across a back-
- ground of ferns and the corners of
the canopy were caught with orchids
American beauty roses were on both
sides of the canopy beneath which
was a prayer rug on which President
Wilson and Mrs. Gait knelt during
the ceremony.
Just at the hour set for the cere-
mony the president and his bride ap-
peared at the head of the staircase
which was decorated with ferns, as-
paragus vines and American beauty
roses. They descended to the lower
floor wherp the guests were grouped
about informally.
The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rec-
tor of St. Margaret s Protestant Epis-
copal church, of which the bride Is a
communicant, was waiting beneath tne
canopy to perform the ceremony and
with him. to assist, was the president's
pastor, the Rev. James H. Taylor, of
the Central Presbyterain church.
Mrs. William H. Boiling, the bride's
mother, gave her away.
The president stood to the right of
the clergyman and the bride stood on
the left. At once Dr. Smith began the
words of the Episcopal marriage serv-
ice, the president making his re-
sponses first, and then the bride mak-
ing here. After the bride promised to
"love, cherish and obey" the president
placed the wedding ring, a plain band
of gold, upon her finger and then
after a prayer and while the couple
clasped their right hands together, Dr.
Smith declared them man and wife
The brief and simple ceremony was
over.
The entire party then turned to the
dining rcom where a buffet supper,
was served. The decorations there 8°m woman, unusually good to look
were In pink and on the buffets were ! upon- and for >"earB she has been
banked growing ferns and pink roses, j known the most perfectly gowned
The tables were decorated with I^ady j woman ln Washington, both because
Stanley rose blossoms. On a table' sbe bas eX(lulB'te taste and becausp
In the cer'er was the wedding cake— 1 she has P,enty of means to follow her
n i««l* l, _ _ . i « _ ■ . tAHtp In riroou lino •> M ~ i. _ t
medium of German-American middi*
men. Most of the stories were base-
less, be It said truthfully, for the
bride's wedding outfit was almost en
tlrely of American origin.
Mr. Wilson is the sixth president of
the United States to marry a widow
Washington, Jefferson. Madison, Fill
more and Benjamin Harrison were his
predecessors In this sort of a union
but in not more than one or two
caaee was the widow the second wife
—aa in this case. John Tyler and
Theodore Roosevelt married twice, but
their second wives had not been wed-
ded before.
It ia scarcely necessary to recall
George Washington's marriage The
world knows of his courtship, engage
ment and espousal. His love was the
' Widow Curtis." Thomas Jefferson,
at the home of a friend, John Wayles.
met Martha Skelton, Wayle's widowed
daughter. She was a beautiful wom-
an, much sought after, but Jefferson
finally won her heart.
Perhaps Dolly Madison, wife o'
President James Madison, is best
known generally to Americans of all
generations next to Martha Washing-
ton.
John Tyler was twice married, the
second time while he was president
His first wife was Letitia Christian,
who belonged to one of the old faml
lies of Yirginia. Mrs. Tyler bore the
presdent nine children. Just before
her husband was elected vice presi-
dent of the United States she suf-
fered a stroke of paralysis and a short
time after he succeeded William Hen-
ry Harrison as pcesident 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 Ix>ng Island sound. The
president fell desperately in love —he
wooed as a youth of twenty would
woo, impetuously and romantically. It
wasn't a great while before they were,
engaged and a short time later they
were married quietly at the Church of
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
WAR TAX EXTENDED
President Signs Measure After
the Senate Had Finally
Adopted It.
HOJOURNS FOR THE HOUDAYS
Both Houses of Congress Will Take
Up Legislative Program in Real
Earnest on January 4.
at the bride's home, and the work will
be turned over to white house at
taches. When the gifts are sorted
It is understood all those having In-
trinsic value which came from per-
sons unknown to the president or
Mrs. Wilson, will be, much to their
regrets, returned.
The president and Mrs. Wilson are
expected to return to the capital on or
before January 4, when congress re-
convenes. The Pan-American reception
In the white house on the night of
January 7. will be the social function
of the season, and is expected to be
unusually brilliant.
The president's bride is a hand
ft fruit cake several layers high, orna
mented with sprays of pink orchids In
the center. Mrs. Wilson cut the cake
without formality and no arrange
ments were made for bestowing bits,
of It upon others than those in the I
wedding party.
taste In dress. Her gowns have al-
ways been chosen with rare care and
she bought much from the fashionable
costumers In Paris, where she was a
frequent visitor before the war.
Those who are in a position to know
say the bride spent several months in
M- waj i us III
During the ceremony and at the I preparation of her trousseau, be-
luncheon afterward, during which a I ing ald*d in this Important labor by
at ■><•.. « * . _ YiPr nint hoi* «<• hA <«. MI.A _
stringed orchestra played, the bride
wore her traveling dress, a black silk
velvet gown with a picture hat of
black beaver with no trimmings what-
ever except one feather slightly up-
turned on the left side. At her throat
she wore the president's wedding g!ft,
a magnificent diamond brooch.
Mri Wilsons' trousseau is s id by
her mother, who Is also a woman
of extraordinary discernment. It was
all complete, 'tis whispered two weeks
before the date of the wedding. Some
controversy arose as to the origin of
the gowns and frocks and linens and
laces. There were stories to the ef
feet that French supply houses balked
at furnishing anything through the
girl 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
the White House
For a long time It was thought that
President Wilson and Mrs. Gait would
be married in the White House, peo-
ple just supposed that Mrs. Gait would
want to go down in history as an
actual White House bride. From the
general feminine point of view It
seemed really the only thing to do.
Charming, tactful Mrs. Gait dec!d <!
long ago, however, that a wvnai
should be married in her own home
and not that of her husband. she
did not believe In breaking the Amer-
ican nay, the world—precedent in
the matter. And in this all Washing
ton approved.
Washington, Dec. 18.—Congress ad-
journed tonight for the Christmas hol-
idays after the senate had adopted the
Joint resolution passed by the house
yesterday extending the emergency
revenue law one year, or until Decem-
ber 31, 1916. The senate adopted the
resolution after a lively partisan de-
bate by a vote of 45 to 29. Democrats
supporting it solidly and Republicans
unanimously opposing it. President
Wilson signed the measure tonight.
Both houses will reconvene at noon
Tuesday, January 4, when the admin-
istration legislative program, includ-
ing the plans for national defense will
be undertaken in earnest.
In the house speeches for and
against extensive military prepared-
ness programs were made by two Re-
publican representatives, Augustus P.
Gardner of Massachusetts and Frank
Mondell of Wyoming.
Gardner said he had not decided
which preparedness plan he would sup-
port, but as a member of the ways and
means committee he would vote for an
appropriation for one of them.
Rapa William J. Bryana.
Referring to proposed investigations
of organizations for and against pre-
paredness, Gardner declared the com-
mittee on rules, to do its full duty,
should Investigate William Jennings
Bryan, among others, to determine
whether he was making money out of
his propaganda.
Reading from President Wilson's
recent address to congress and one he
made a year ago. Representative Mon-
dell remarked that the executive's
views had changed greatly regarding
preparedness.
'If the program now before us had
been presented a year ago it would
have been condemned in unmeasured
terms by the president himself," he
said. "Had it been presented up to
now by any Republican it would have
been called outrageous by all persons
calling themselves Democrats and
many Republicans aa well."
He argued the country needed coast
defenses, not battleships.
During the two weeks of the session
the only important legislation was the
extension of the war tax. This was
done to prevent a lapse of the law De
cember 31. next, with the understand-
ing that the law will be taken up for
amendment in order to increase the
revenues as soon after the holidays as
possible.
Upon the adjournment tonight there
was a general exodus of members for
their homes.
PROUD BEAUTY IN DISTRESS
Incident Road* Something Like loo wo
From Modern Novel in It* Dra-
matic Intensity.
She waa a proud beauty.
"Sir!" she cried with flashing tyea,
"release my hand!"
He saw her flaabing eyoa; ho knew
she was a proud beauty. He retained
poaaession of ber hand and stared at
It fixedly.
'Mr. Dottles!" she exclaimed, "will
you releaae my hand?"
Her very noae seemed to flaah.
There were few beauties prouder
than she.
"In a moment," he promiaed.
"Now!" ahe screamed. "Release my
hand instantly or I ahall atop playing.
Even if you are my partner I'm not
going to have you give the impression
that I haven't aenae enough to play my
hand."
So, with a sigh, he gave her back
her hand, though he knew ahe would
bungle it, and they were playing for
real money that day, too.
She was a proud beauty.—Detroit
Free Press.
AT THE FIRST SIGNS
Of Falling Hair Get Cutlcura. If
Worka Wonders. Trial Free.
Touch spots of dandruff and itching
with Cuticura Ointment, and follow
next morning with a hot shampoo of
Cutlcura Soap. This at once arrests
falling hair and promotes hair growth.
You may rely on these supercreamy
emollients for ail akin troublee.
Sample each free by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XT,
Doston. Sold everywhere.—Ad*.
Didn't Want to Make Trouble.
When Bobbie went to aee his grand-
mother he waa much Interested In
whatever went on in the kitchen. One
day she said to him: "I'm going to
make you a nice little pie in a saucer
all for yourself. Don't you think I'm
pretty good to take so much trouble?"
Bobbie pondered. "Grandma." ho
said at length, "mother told me not to
be a bother, and if It's goln' to bo any
trouble you can Jeat as well make my
pie reg'lar size."
COVETED BY ALL
hut possessed by few—a beautiful
head of hair. If yours ia atronkod with
gray, or ia harsh and stiff, you caa re-
store it to its former beauty and ten-
ter by ueing "La Creole" Hair Dree*
lag. Price $1.00.—Adv.
Scratch.
Tommy and Freddie were arguing
hotly. "I tell you." vociferated
Tommy, "he ie my pa. he is!"
Freddie laughed scornfully, "Ho
ain't either your paw."
"He is—he ia! My ma aaya he is.
too."
"And my maw aays he'a a cst'a-
psw! "—Judge.
VILLA A LEADER NO LONGER
Eleven Rebel Generals Holding Con.
ference at Chihuahua May Decide
to Deport Former Chief.
hi Paso. Tex., Dec. 2C—General
Francisco Villa has given up as hope-
less, his struggle against the de facto
government of Mexico, accord.og to
authoritative advices today from Chi-
huahua. The followers who still
mained faithful to the man once
powerful in Northern Mexico have
been warned to "take care of them-
selves" and are said to be scatternig
in all directions Many. It Is said, are
preparing to make their peace with
the Carranza government.
Cambridge, Mara., Dec 20—Seven
men were drowned In the Chesapeake
Bay today when the oyster sloop Lady
Harrington of Oxford capsized aad
sank in a gale of wind.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 18.—Gen. Fran-
cisco Villa, virtually a prisoner of his
eleven generalB at Chihuahua, today
faced deposition as leader of the rebels
and possibly deportation from Mexico.
Considered a failure, his followers,
still determined to wage warfare
against the recognized Carranza gov-
ernment, are reported to be meeting
In Chihuahua to decide whether to con-
tinue under Villa's leadership or select
a successor to him. In case he is de-
posed he will be taken under guard to
the United States and told never to re-
turn to Mexico.
During the council now in session
Villa has been inactive. Since his ar-
rival at Chihuahua Wednesday he has
remained secluded at the home of his
"church" wife, Senora Luz Corral de
Villa. Villa's presence at the council
was forbidden and he was placed un
der surveillance.
The Beet Liniment.
For falla on icy walks, sprainn and
bruises, rub on and rub In Hanford'e
Balsam of Myrrh. Apply this liniment
thoroughly and relief should quickly
follow. Adv.
The Danger.
"I am half afraid to try thla new
scalp tonic."
"Why are you afraid?"
"It Is really a hair-raising experi-
ment, you know."
THIS IB tHE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years yoeager if yam
Minor Scale.
Mining Fresh—Say, Prof., on what
scale do you grade students here?
Prof.—On the minor scale.—Pan-
ther.
Pilea Cored In 6 to 14 Days
DnwrUu rthnd monoy if FAXO OINTMENT
fail* to core Itchinf, Blind. Rlcadlnf or Prom*
ins Pilot. First application giva* ralTef. fa*.
Just Staying.
are you living now. Pod*
THE F0R0 SHIP RELEASED
London, Dec. 17.—After being de-
tained in Kirkwall more than twenty-
four hours, Henry Ford's peace ship,
the Oscar II. was released tonight, and
according to word received at a late
hour, she started on her way to Chris-
tiania. The correspondent is informed
that the detention of the party was due
to the fact that part of the cargo car-
ried by the Oscar II was contraband
and that the whole enrgo will have to
go into prize court before any of it
can be released Exactly what the
character of the contraband is the Brit-
ish officials do not divulge. Among
the cargo, it Is stated, Is a shipment
of prunes, but thes> are not on the
contraband list.
"Where
gers?"
"Nowhere. Boarding at the name
old place."—Browning's Magaslno.
WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY
la her hair. If youra is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use "La Cre-
ole" Hair Dressing and change It In
the natural way. Price |1.00.—Adv.
Precarious Position.
"Why did you toll that man you
were sorry to hear he had a family?"
"Because he's a Maine guide."
Start the year by getting Hanfortfs
Balsam. You will find frequent use
for 1L Adv.
Some men are loafers by choice and
others drift into the habit through be-
ing elected to office.
For any cut ueo Hanford'a
earn. Adv.
But the hen that sits on a china <
la bettor off.
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