The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-25

dent and Mrs. Wilson lad some OF
their relatives at luncheon.
The Bridal Pair.
Similar tastes, a devotion to the
same ideals, and a desire 10 dedicate
their lives to work of Christian use
fulness and social service Is the char
acteristic quality of Miss Jessie
Woodrow Wilson and Francis Bowes
sayre.
Both have won laurels at college
for their studies in political economy
and sociological subjects, and each
has worked among the poor in the
settlements of the big cities, famil-
iarizing themselves with life's prob
lens.
A fondness of outdoor sports, a de-
sire to spend more time in the work
of social welfare and service rather
than in the cohorts of the drawing
room, and an ambition to live simply
and quietly and without ostentation,
have developed a mutually of inter
est in the young couple aside from
their congeniality Of disposition.
They have known each other about
two and a half years, during which
| time the two families have become
| intimate as well. The Sayrefamily
is an old Pennsylvania institution
with a collegiate and theological
trend quite similar to the ancestry
Of Miss Wilson.
Sayre is a graduate Of Williams
College and Harvard Law School. He
has spent his vacation in the sheep
ranches Of Wyoming, hunting in the
Rockies or exploring in Alaska. He
counts among his thrilling adven-
lures a hazardous trip across Boring
Strait in a 15-ton schooner, and has
tramped the Canadian woods for days
at a time living the hardships OF the
forest. He has spent some Of his sum
mers on the Labrador Coast with DR.,
Wilfred r. Grenfell, who each year
ministers to the sick and needy fish
clhlen there. DR.. GrenfGll is to be
best man at the wedding today. The
couple has selected a modest little
house in WflIiamstown, Mass, where
Sayre is to be assistant to the presl'
dent OF Williams College, Professor
! Harry A. Garfield, a son of the mar
ltyred president, and once Il member
| nj tho Princeton faculty,
Miss Wilson. the White House
bride OF today, was born IN Gaines
Vile, Ca, % years ago., being two
years younger than her future lus'
band. But she has lived most of her
fife in Princeton, where her father
was for ~ years connected will
Princeton university. After being
educated by a German governess un.
til the age Of twelve, she ATTENDED
Princeton's schools and then special
lied in political economy at GouclleI
College, Baltimore, where she gradu'
ated with a Phi Beta Kappa key,
symbol OF high scholarship which
Sayre, also won ut Williams.
Miss Wilson spent two years living
four days u week In Il settlement
house in the Kensington mill district
Of philadelphia. She shared the hum
BILE fare of the settlement restaurant
and became arfcctionatcly devoted tc
her charges. She taught mothers
clubs, preaching industry, economy
and household concerns. She was
not seer often at the afternoon teaS
at the White House laSt'6pring, be
ing away most Of the time speaking
in behalf OF the Y. W. c. A. of whose
national board she is al active mem
Der. She is an ardent believer III
woman suffrage-the result of he
observations OF social problems. She
has not taken a prominent part in ad'
vancing the cause, however, because
OF her fathers official position, but
she sympathizes heartily with tho
efforts of women to get the ballot as
an instrument for the correction o.
the evils of child labor and the In
stitution of other social reforms.
The bridal party selected by boil
the bride and groom reflects in Its
personnel the intimate feeling OF the
lcouple for those who have been. as
ISOLATED with them in their recrea;
tionsA and serious pursuits.
Or. Wilfrted i. Grenrell the best
En,nn Wins Eunr1hg6tidaffaf HE ghs, asmfs,