The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-03

Washington. July 2.-The President
and Mrs. Wilson announced to-nlg!l,
the engagement Of their aecond daugh-
ter, Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, TO
Francis Bowes Sayre, of Lancaster,
Pa The wedding is expected to take
place next Nocember at the White
House. Mr. sayrc is at present an at
torney in the Office OF District Attor.
ncy Whitman. OF New York
While close friends OF both families
have known OF the engagement tor
some time. announcement was with
of Mr.. Wilson's nomination at the
Baltimore convention.
White House officials accompanied
the brief announcement with a bio
graphy OF Mr.. Sayre. He is twenty
eight years OF age. and. after prepar
Ing at the iill School at Pottstown.
Ia. and Lawrenceville, y. j., grad
uated from Williams College in 1903.
He was manager OF the football team
there. valedictorian OF his class. ana
interested in y. NJ. C. A work He
spent two summers with DR.. Alfred T.
Grenfell In his missionary work on
at Harvard law school. where ne grad
uated last year cum laude" He has
travelled extensively during his vaca-
tions. spending last summer in Alaska
and Northern Siberia
Or Collegiate Family.
MI. Sayre comes from q collegiate
family. His father was the late Rob
ert Heysham Sayre. for n long time
president OF the board OF trustees OF
Lei ~ mi, 70
Lehigh Valley Railroad. His mother
was Martha Finley Nevin, n daughter
or John Williamson Nevin. theologian
and president of Franklin and Mar
shall College at Lancaster, Pa
She is descended from Hugh VIII
hanson. of North Carolina. one OF the
trainers of the Constitution She Is
sister of Robert j. Nevin, head OF
the American church of Rome, Italy,
and first cousin OF Ethel Bert Nevin,
the composer.
Miss Wilson is twenty four years of
age. and was educated At Goucher Col
lege. baltimore, and specialized in po-
Ntlcal science. She has done much
settlement work in Philadelphia and
has been actively Identified with the
Y. W. c. a, having recently made many
speeches in its behalf
While Mr.. Sayre is not known to
w Washfngtonians. he has made several
quiet visits to the White House in re-
cent months, and was n frequent visi-
tor at the Wilson home at Princeton,
~ ]. The announcement was received
with keen interest in Capital social
circles. as the wedding starts the win
ter season with an important social
function. Not since Miss Alice Roose-
welt and former Representative Long
worth, of Ohio. We're married. has
there been wedding at the White
House. and prior 10 that occurred the
wedding of the Clevelands
Thirteenth White ISouse Bride.
Since March last official and social
Washington has been speculating on
winch one of the Misses Wilson would
be the thirteenth White House bride.
ana thus carry on the lucky number
tradition in most pleasant manner.
Tho historians tonight were busy
counting UP the White House brides
and rehearsing the glories of their
nuptials
The last White House wedding. that
or Mrs Alice Roosevelt -Longworth. is
still fresh in the mind; the ysSSars We're:
1811-Lucy Payne Washington, sister
OF Mrs. Madison. to Judge Todd. of
Kentucky
1Sl2-Anna Todd. Mrs. Madison's
cousin, and Representative John G.
jackson. of Virginia
lSlo-Marie Monroe. daughter of tho
fresident, to Lawrence Gouveneur, his
secretary.
is22-John Adams. son of President
John Quincy Adams, to his cousin
Helen Jackson.
1829-Dela Lewis to Alphonsc Yver
Pagot, attache OF the French legation.
Mary Easton, niece OF President
Jackson. to Lucien B. Polk.
nmdiy Martin to Lewis Randolph
1S42-ElfZahoth T0lar dou~lta.
the President, to William Walter.
1874-Nellie Grant to Algernon Sar-
toris.
1S7S-Emily Plat. niece of President
Hayes, to General Russell Hastings.
1SS6-President Grover Cleveland to
Frances Folsom.
1e06--Alioe Roosevelt to Reprcsen-
tative Nicholas Lonrworth