The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-04
Fiance Of Miss Jessie
Wilson Is Bombarded
by IntervieWers.
FINDS HIMSELF IN
LIMELIGHT GLARE
Tells How He Met Presidents
Daughter and of Their Mutual
Interest in Social Settlement
Work, to Which He
Proposes to Devote
His Life.

New York, July o.-Francis Bowes
Sayre, fance OF Miss Jessie Woodrow
Wilson. daughter Of the President.
or the limelight. Mr.. Sayre, since last
october, has been a clerk in the com
plant department of the district at
torney's office. When 1t became known
that he Is to marry Miss Wilson. the
Criminal Court building attaches drop.
ped everything else to pop in and con-
gratulate him
Mr. Sayre accepted tho handshakes
with blushing modesty All day long
he had to answer fire of eager aues.
tions as to his acquaintance with Miss
Wilson. the romance OF it all and
points about his career.
I'm really not much Of person."
protested Mr.. Sayre, in telling what he
knew Of himself.
I'm here in this Office because 1 want
to work my own way in the world"
Met Her Two Yenrs Ago.
He met Miss Wilson two years ago.
he explained. at the home Of his aunt,
in Lancaster. Pa, where he lived for
years, and where Miss Wilson spent n
summer vaca ton.
You see. Miss Wilson and I were
hugely interested in social settlement
work he went on. she had studied
IT deeply and | had. too, both in my
college days and since leaving VIII
liams Well with a common point of
interest, II did not seem incongruous
that we came to know each other very
we'll"
A hint that he tell of the romance
or the engagement brought smiling
declination from young Sayre.
Mr. sayre. who has just turned
twenty eight. became affiliated with
the district attorneys office through
The influence of Colonel Roosevelt
whom he admitted. he immensely ad-
rires. This impelled the interviewers
tC ask If Sayre is n Bull Mooser No
am not" he replied. refectively. I'm
at heart Republican. l guess. but
more than believe in the principles as
represented by the man.
ITO speak frankly. I admire Presi-
dent Wilson for his idens and princi-
ples-poltical principles. of course
more than ! do Mr.. Roosevelt Yes:
l like Mr.. Wilson more"
And luminous smile spread over
Sayre's face.
Hope. to Help Others.
Social settlement work. to nv mind
is one of the most vital we have CON
fronting u.s." Sayre went on. Its prob
lens strike AT the root Of good citizen
ship. ! hope 10 devote my life to the
uplift of those who are not as high
up n life's scale-those who need help
i don't know how to work il out.
exactly. To get fair idea of the prac-
teal end of IL, / got the job in Mr.
Whitmans office and as complaint
clerk have learned much.
ITS my aim to become useful in the
office. perhaps. as an assistant to Mr..
Whitman so I may further pursue my
career.
Recently I took the examination to
be admitted to the bar, and hope to
hear within a few months that tho
appellate division has passed me- AS
n lawyer. / think l will be able TO
pursue the work I have in mind"
Sayre gets 1900 a year as complaint
clerk but says he would have been
willing to work for anything for the
experience.
1T will be a White House wedding.
In November" explained Sayre, but
the exact date Miss Wilson has not
fixed yet"