The chronicle=news., 1913-07-10
SAYRE m0OESTLy
TELLS Of HIS
CAREER

/ poSes ooybe eeAe yee'SeS soss ss
didn't intend to the let the fact thai
his engagement to the daughter ol
the president Of the United State.
had just been amounted stop hi,
work for an instant. He reported at
his office In the Criminal Court
building yesterday morning and va,
listening to the complaint Of = wo'
msn who wanted her husband arrest.
cd because she had been deserted
when the "tinkie. tinEle" OF the tele-
phone came for the first time.
Then Louis" and "Jlmmie' and
half dozen other clerks dropped In
to offer their conKratulations. They
were followed by n strinK Of aaaist.
ant district attorneys. and finally
by District Attorney Whitman. The
telephone bell kept on ringing. with
the result that Mr.. sayrs didn't get
much work done for the rest Of the
day.
AmonE those who had been asso-
eiatsd With him In the office II was .
case OF well. well. that's mighty
fine. Congratulations! But why
didn't you let us know what was
happening? To think that you have
been sneakiuE off to Washin xton for
three months and we never knew =
thing about II: How did you keep
II 70 quiet:
Mr. Sayrc's present position 10 thai
Of assistant to Aaron J. Conlou. vhs
Is In charge Of the bureau OF CON.
piaints. II is Mr.. sayrc's duty to
listen to the tales Of woe that arc
brought In by hundreds Of persoas
and to sift out those which are Ia
such shape that they ought to b.
placed before the Grand Jury.
He entered the office last October
through the Influence Of Colonel
Roosevelt. lie took bis examination
for the bar about . week ago aud *.
poets to b~ admitted In the fall. lie
hss gained such = GOOD reputation ~
= lawyer aad hard worker that Mr..
Whitman has promised him an ap-
pointmcnt ~ an assistant district al.
torney ~ snou as the position can
legally bc given to him.
Mr.. Sayrc has Travelled extensively.
Tie has shot big game In the Rocky
mountains. cruis-d above the Arctic
circle and suddcniy has made him.
self one OF the most talked Of per.
sons In the country. yet he remains
modest and unsxsuming younx man
lie In tall and slim aud many per-
sons consider that his face bears a
striking resemblance to that Of his
fsther.in-law.
Now I Will answcr any questions
ihnt I can" he said when he wat ap-
proachcd yesterday by = reported. 81
met Miss Wilson at house part:
near Lancaster about two years $50
and We are TO be married In Novcm-
her. can't tell you any more de-
tails as TO when We first became en-.
gagged or the exact date set for the
wedding. Us all that will have to
come from the other end. We will be
married at the White House.
1t was suggested that perhaps the
fact that both he and Miss Wilson
were interested In social work might |
have had something to do with draw
Ing them together.
she Is such u fine woman" came
back tn. reply. that II would have
been the same whether she was In
tcrested in that sort OF work or not.
] don't think that made my differ
encc.''
1t was with difficulty that he was
led to talking about himself.
II was graduated from Williams"
he finally said. I'm the class Of
1909. and three years later was grad
uased from the Harvard law school.
spent two summers with DR.. Grcn-
icii IN Labrador ana was much In
tcrcsted in missionary work. have
travelled all through Alaska and have
spent considerable time In hunting
big game in the Rocky mountains.
and have been all through southern
Mexico I'' L.iiItr
You must have seen some inter-
csting and exciting experiences II
was suggested.
We'll. once started out with Dr.
Scoville Clark OF Yale to tramp
across northern Newfoundland. II
was only 40 miles. but mighty hard
goinyi and each OF us carried moth
Ing but small pack. We depended
on the caribou that we were to shoot
for food and then found that they
l.