The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-25
AMBITIOUS TO AID THE POOR
Prefer Social Welfare Work to
Comforts Of Drawing Room
SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPALS

Washington, Nov 25-Simlar tastes,
a devotion Ia the same ideals. and a
| desire To dedicate their lives To work
of Christian usefulness and social SER
vice is the characteristic quality of
Miss Jessie Woodrow 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 settle
ments of the big cities, familiarizing
themselves with life's problems.
a fondnes3 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
have developed "a mutuality of interest
in the young couple aside from their
congeniality of disposition. They have
known each other about two and
half years. during which time the two
families have become intimate as well.
The Sayre ftnpilSsl ls ap old yPennsyl.
vania institution with a collegiate and
theological trend quite similar Ia the
ancestry of Miss Wilson.
Sayre is a graduate of Williams
college and Harvard law school. He
has spent his vacation i'm the sheep
ranches Of Wyoming, hunting in the
Rockies or exploring i'm Alaska. lie
counts among his thrilling adventures
a hazardous trip across Bering strait
in l5-ton schooner, and has tramped
the Canadian woods for days at time
living the hardships of the forest. He
has spent some of his summers on the
Labrador coast with DR.. Wilfred r.
the sick and needy fishermen there.
Or. Grenfell is to be best man at the
wedding today. The couple has Sc
lected a modest little house in Will
Jamestown Mass. where Sayre is to
be assistant To the president of Will
liams college. Professor Harry A. Gar
field "A son of the martyred president,
and once a member of the Princeton
faculty.
Bride Social Worker.
Miss Wilson, the white house bride
OF today, was born in Gainesville Ga.
2G years ago, beng two years younger
than her future husband. But she
80 =.
ton. where her father was for q years
connected with Princeton university. |
After being educated by a German
eoverness until the age of II, she at
tended Princeton's schools and then |
specialized In political economy at
graduated with a Phi Beta Kappa key, |
"a symbol o. high scholarship which |
Mr.. Sayre also won at Williams.
Miss Wilson spent two years, living |
four days a week i'm q settlement house
m the Kensington mill district of Phil
idelphia. She shared the humble fare
If the settlement restaurant and be-
anne affectionately devoted TO her
charges. She taught mothers clubs.
preaching industry, economy and
concerns. She was not seen
pften at the afternoon teas at the
white house last spring. being away
most of the time speaking in behalf of
he Y. w. G. A., Of whose national
BOARD she is an active member. She
s an ardent believer in woman suf-
rage--the result of her observations
# social problems. She has not taken
prominent part in advancing the
ause. however. because of her fathers
heartily with the efforts of women to
.et the ballot as an instrument for the
direction of the evils of child labor
nd the institution Of other social re-
orms.
The bridal party selected by both ,
he bride and groom reflects i'm it's {
ersonnel the intimate feeling of the {
ouple for those who have been asso- '
iatd with them i'm their recreations
nd serious pursuits.
Or. Grenfeli, Best Man.
DR.. Wilfred T. Grenfell. the best ,
han, has world wide fame as a mis- '
ionary physician i'm the bleak land of
abrador. His wife. who was among 4
he guests at the white house today. {
as Miss Anna McClannahan. of Chi !
lgo. where their marriage took place $
18th Francis Bowes Sayre. today's {
as an usher. DIR. Gren-
,lrs second return from his humble q
ONE in an isolated land. to be best n
'an at a white house wedding, adds 4
on srd PAGE, 9TH Column. !