Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-11-25
Congenlalliy Of Disposition
and MutualIty Of Interest
Binds Two
Serious Enthusiasm 70: So
ciaI Service First Drew
Them Together
Nupl'aIs oily ! | 4 II w ! !
the Pathway Of 1helf
LifewOfk
Groom Is Descendant Of De
Of the Oldest faDM9
Pennsylvania

washington, NOV. 24.-A flutter OF
happy anticipation of Tuesdays we'd
ding of Jessie Wilson and Francis
sayre reigned supreme at the white
house.
Monday. through the twilight hours
in the east room, the bridal party re-
hearsed the ceremony. Later the
young folks were entertained at din
ner and a dance by officers Of the
presidents yacht. Mayflower, aboard
the vessel at the navy yard.
Elders and relatives of the bride
and groom, were guests of President
and Mrs. Wilson at a white house din
ner The president lorsook his usual
game OF golf and devoted the after
noon to wedding preparations.
A delegation representing five hum
dred New York factory girls present.
ed Jessie Wilson 18th a hand. embroi-
dered petticoat. in s5Srs,, ,7s.-
A large number OF guests arrived
last night. The hotels were decorated
recalling the festive days Of the innu-
Washington, Nov. 24.-Apart from
the interest that naturally attaches to
a wedding in the white house as, the
world glimpses fer day the mingling
of official splendor with the human
side of presidents family, the mar
riage tomorrow of Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson and Francis Bow0 Sayre
emphasizes conspicuously q union OF
two personalities, bred with the same
ideals, and devoted to the same pnr-
pose-a life of Christian usefulness.
1t was not only congeniality of dis.
position but mutually of interest-a
serious enthusiasm for social service
which first drew the two young peo-
pie together less than two and halt
years ago. The preceding years were
occupied by each in training for q
work of sociology and tomOrroW'a
wedding is but a milestone in the life-
road which the two have chosen, for
it means a simple, modest home in
the academic quiet of Williamstown
Mass, where ambitious for social mp
lift and continued-study may be nour-
ished without the glare OF a national
limelight.
Mr.. Sayre is % and Miss Wilson Is
26. Both are of the same height, tall
and blonde, with tint Of pink in their
fair compilations. The fusion Of per-
sonalities which is reflected in a sur
vey OF the distinguished couple, all
the more remarkable, too, as it is
traced back to the collegiate family
Of the bride but equally pronounced
in the Presbyterian ancestry of rhe
groom N
The Sayre family is one Of the old
est in this country dating back to
1884 and resident for the most part
in Pennsylvania. Robert Heysham
Sayre, father Of Francis, died in 1907,
in his 84th year. He had built the
Lehigh Valley railroad and was lat
er assistant to its president. He had
and was general manager Of
he Bethlehem Steel Works. He was
president of the board of trustees OF
Lehigh university. The mother, Mrs.
Martha Finley Nevin sayre, still lives
1t Lancaster, Pa She has lived re- I
Gently with the groom to-be in New
York as her other son, John Nevin X
sayre, Princeton graduate. is doing
work In China. Mrs. Say
'e's father was theologian, John
Nevin, who: was president
# Franklin and Marshall, college.
She is descended from Hugh William
ION, Of North Carolina, one OF the
trainers Of the constitution. Her
'rother was the late Robert u. Nevin. u
head of the American church q
Rome, Italy. and Ethelbert Nevin,
he composer, was her cousin.
Young sayre would never reveal
hese details to the interviewer. He
relieves that achievement, and not
lncestry, are Of chief value In ! busy
world that looks forward and not
.;s
Fond of travel, exploration and "a
'enture, but primarily interested Tor
he revelations OF human nature
which they bring forth, Sayre hls n
lis short span Of years seen much of
he world. He went u Wilia1ls col-
ege IN 1905 and nnishsd N coqreo
lContin0ed o f1goI z D 'l8