The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-25

Washington, Nov. 25.-Washingtor
is dressed in its gayest and has pu
on its best manners to see Miss Jes
sic Wilson, daughter of President anC
| Mrs. Woodrow Wilson become the
thirteenth White House bride, wher
she marries Francis B. Sayre of New
! York in the East Room at 4:30 tn S
| afternoon. The officiating clergy man
is Rev. Sylvester Beach of Princeton
n. j., the presidents former pastor
and a close personal friend of the
entire Wilson family. While a spe
cal musical program has been ar
ranged, the ceremony will be simple
because the Wilson's are all Pres5y
terians, and the marriage service OF
that church is very unpretentlCus.
The White House has been turned
into a floral bower for the wedding
the chief decorative scheme being car
ried out in chrysanthemums The
new bloom which has been named in
honor of the bride, predominates the
floral effects
The bride enters the East Room
on the arm of her father, being met
at the specially arranged altar by
Mr.. Sayre. All of the relatives and
friends of the Wilson's are here to at
tend the ceremony.
The Bridal Party.
Similar tastes, devotion to the
same ideals, and desire to dedicate
their lives to work of Christian use
fulness and social service is the char
acteristic quality of Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson, daughter of the president,
and Francis Bowes Sayre, who today
are to be married at the White House
Both have won laurels at college
for their studies in political economy
and sociological subjects and each has
worked among the poor in the set
tlement of the big cities, familiariz
ing themselves with life's problems.
A fondness for outdoor sports, a
desire to spend more time in the
work of social welfare and service
rather than in the comforts of the
drawing room, and an ambition to
live simply and quietly and without
ostentation, have developed a mutu-
atty of interest in the young couple
aside from their Congenlality of dis
position They have known each 9TH
er about two and a-half years, dur
ing which time the two families have
become intimate as well. The Sayre
family is an old Pennsylvania insti-
tuition with a collegiate and theOlogi-
cal trend quite similar to the ances.
try of Miss Wilson.
Sayre 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 Alas
ka. He counts among his thrilling
adventures a hazardous trip across
Bering strait in a 1j-ton schooner,
and has tramped the Canadian woods
for days at a time living the hard
ships of the forest. He has spent
some of his summers on the Labra-
dor Coast with DR.. Wilfred T. Gren-
fell who each year ministers to the
sick and needy fishermen there. DR..
Grenfell is to be best man at the
wedding today The couple has Sc
lected modest little house in Will
Jamestown, Mass, where Sayre is to
be assistant to the president of Viii !
liams College, Professor Harry A. !
Garfield, a son of the martyred Pres
ident, and once a member of the |
Princeton faculty.
Miss Wilson the White House
bride of today, was born in Gaines
Vile, Ga, 26 years ago. being two
Years younger than her future hus-
oand. Bit she has lived mIst of her
ife in princeton, where her is. her
was for y years conrccteI With
Princeton University. After being
educated Dy q German gcverness un-
il the age of twelve, she attended
'rinceton's schools and then specializ-
ID in political economy at Goucher
'ollege, Baltimore, where she gradu-
ted with a Phi Beta Kappa key, a
ymbol of high scholarship which
'ayre also won at Williams.
Miss Wilson spent two years liv-
1g four days a week in a settlement
ouse in the Kensington mill district
( Philadelphia She shared the hum.
lie fare of the settlement restaurant
nd became affectionately devoted to
er charges. She taught mothers
lubs, preaching industry. economy