Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-25

WASHINGTON, Nov. e5.-similar
tastes. a devotion to the same ideals,
and a desire to dedicate their lives 10
work of Christian usefulness ana
social service are the characteristic
qualities of Miss Jessie woodrow
Wilson, daughter of the President
and Francis Bowes Sayre, who today
take up LIES duties together.
Each has won laurels at college
for studies in political economy and
sociological subjects, and each has
worked among the poor in the set
Elements of the big cities, seeking
knowledge of Iife's problems.
A fondness for outdoor sports a
desire to spend more time In the work
of social welfare and service than
in the drawing room, and an an1oi-
ton to live simply and quietly and
without ostentation. have developed
mutually of interest in the young
couple aside from their congeniallty
| of disposition They have known
each other about two and o nal
wears, during which time the Two
| families have become intimate as
we'll The Sayre family 10 an Ola
Pennsylvania institution with col
legiate and theological trend quite
similar to the ancestry OF MISS VIII
son.
sayre an Out-of-Doors Man.
Mr. savre Is a graduate of Williams
College and Harvard Law School. he
has spent his vacations In the sheep
ranches of wyoming, hunting IN the
Rockies or exploring in Alaska. he
counts among his thrilling aoVen-
lures a hazardous trip across Berlng
Strait in a l5-ton schooner, and has
| tramped the Canadian woods for days
at time, living the hardships or the
forest.
He has spent some OF his summers
an fine Labrador coast with DR.. Will
fred L. Grenfell, who each year min
listers to the sick and needy fisher
men there Or. Grenfeli is to be best
man at the wedding today. The
couple has selected a modest little
house in Williamstown, Mass, where
Sayre is to be assistent to the presl-
dent of williams College, Professor
Harry A. Garfield, g son of the mar
| tyred president, and once member
of the Princeton faculty.
both won Scholastic Honor.
Miss wilson. the white House bride
of TODAY. was born in Gainesville, Ga,
twenty-six years ago, being two years
Younger than her future husband.
But she has lived most OF her l1re
in Princeton, where her father was
for twenty-seyen years connected
with Princeton University. After be-
ing educated by a German governess
until the age of twelve, she attended
Princeton schools and then specialized
in political economy at Goucher COL
lege Baltimore, where she graduated
with a Phi Beta Kappa key, symbol
of high scholarship, which Sayre also
won at williams.
Miss Wilson spent two years, living
four days week in settlement
house in the kensington mill district
of Philadelphia. She shared the hum
Bile fare OF the settlement restaurant
ana became affectionately devoted to
her charges. She taught mothers
clubs, preaching industry, economy
and household concerns. She was
not seen often at the afternoon teas
at the White House last spring. be-
ing away most of the time speaking
In bexslf of the Y. w. G. A.. OF whose
natio1al board she is an active MEM
Der.
Bride snnragist.
She is an ardent believer in
woman suffrage--the result of her
observations of social problems. She
has not taken prominent part n
advancing the cause. however be-
cause of her fathers official position,
but she sympa thizes heartily with the
efforts of women to get the ballot
as an instrument for the correction
of the evils of child labor and the in
st.tution of other social reforms.
The bridal party selected by both
the bride and groom reflects In its
personnel the intimate feeling of the
couple for those who have been az
ISOLATED with them in their recrea-
tons and serious pursuits
The Bridal rarty.
DIR. Wilfred I. Grenfell, the best
man, has worldwide fame as q mis-
sionary physician IN the bleak land
of Labrador. His wife, who was
among the guests at the White House
today, was Miss Anna Mechanism,
of Chicago, where their marriage
took place. with Francis Bowes Sayre,
today's bridegroom, as an usher. DR.
Grenfells second return from his
humble home In an isolated land, to
be best man at White House we'd
ding, adds another chapter to a career
already full OF unusual experiences.
DR.. De Witt Scoville Clark, jr.,
another member OF the bridal party
lis an old friend of DR. Grenfell. He
made two trips to Labrador and was
Mr.. Sayre's companion OH their one
hundred mile trail across Newfoundr
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