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M. [.APPOINTMENTS MADE
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Becomes
Bride of Francis Bowes Savre
Francis B. Sayro.
Washington, Nov. 25.—In the beau
tiful east room of the White House
ttt 4:30 o’clock this afternoon Jessie
Woodrow Wilson, second daughter of
the president, was made the wife of
Francis Bowes Sayre. Rev. Sylvester
Beach of Princeton, N. J., performed
{the ceremony.
The entire affair was very Bimple,
laa had been requested by the bride,
and the number of guests was rather
email—distressingly so to many per-
*ons in official and social circles of
Washington who had expected to re
ceive invitations but were disappoint
ed.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson,
leldest of the three daughters, acted
ia*. maid of honor to her sister, and
Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, the
youngest, was one of the bridesmaids.
The three other bridesmaids were
Miss Adeline Mitchell Scott of Prince
ton, daughter of Prof. William B.
Scott; Miss Marjorie Brown of Atlan
ta, Pa., daughter of Mrs. Wilson’s cous
in, Col. E. T. Brown, and Miss Mary
C. White of Baltimore, a college friend
Of the bride.
I Dr. Grenfell ie Best Man.
Mr. Sayre was attended by his best
man. Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the fa
mous medical missionary to the fisher
men of the Labrador coast. The two
men have long been fast friends and
Mr. Sayre spent two summers help
ing Dr. Grenfell with his work.
The usher3 were Charles E. Hughes,
Jr.,, son of Justice Hughes of the Su
preme court and a classmate of Mr.
Sayre in the Harvard law school; Dr.
Gilbert Horax of Montclair, N. J., who
was a classmate at Williams college
In 1909 and now at Johns HopklnB uni
versity: Benjamin Burton of New
York city, and Dr. Scoville Clark of
Salem, Mass., who was Mr. Sayre's
companion In Labrador and Newfound
land.
Wedding Gown of Ivory Satin.
The bride's gown was of satin, of
a soft Ivory tint, trimmed with beau
tiful lace, both old and rare. It was
made In New York and the women
connoisseurs declared that it was a
masterpteco. The lingerie In the
trousseau Is of the most dainty mate
rial and Is alk hand made. The maid
.of honor and bridesmaids were beauti
fully gowned and all looked their best.
Coming right in the midst of the
chrysanthemum season, this was
made a chrysanthemum wedding and
that flower was used most profusely
In adorning the White House. As the
bride's favorite color Is mauve, that
was made the prevailing color in the
decorations. I’he east room, and 1 In
deed all the rooms In the president’s
mansion, .were beautiful Indeed.
Depart on Tfcsir Honeymoon.
After the ceremony was completed
and the couple had received the con
gratulations of the guests, refresh
ments were served, and then Mr. and
Mrs. Sayre departed for their honey
moon. Their plans Include a visit to
the home of Miss Nevln, Mr. Sayre’s
aunt, at Windsor Forges, near Church-
town, Pa., where they first met. After
January 1 they will live In WllUams-
town, Mass., for Mr. Sayre Is to sever
his connection with the office of Dis
trict Attorney Whitman In New York
and become assistant to Harry A. Gar
field, president of Williams college.
Future Home of the Sayree.
East Room of White House.
JESSIE'S WEDDING CAKE.
Jessie Wilson’s wedding cake
was a triumph of the pastry cook’s
art. It was two and a half feet
tall, counting the white orchids
that were placed on top of It, and
weighed 135 pounds. The first
layer was four Inches thick and 22
Inches across. The cake contained
19 Ingredients and Its cost was
about |500. Over the body of the
cake was molded a thick white
Icing scroll work, on its top was a
design for the Initials of the bride
and groom, done In silver, and
around the sides were lilies of the
valley In white sugar. This (Jell-
clous confection was distributed In
2,000 dainty white boxes tied with
satin ribbon and each of the proper
size to go under the pollow of the
recipient to bring dreams.
There was one disappointment for
those who attended the wedding, for
the gifts were not put on display. It
Is known that these Included many
beautiful and valuable articles sent
by relatives and personal friends of
the bride and groom and of their fam
ilies and by admirers of President
Wilson. Handsome presents were
sent by both the senate and tho house,
that of the latter being a diamond la-
valliere which Miss Genevieve Clark,
daughter of the speaker, bought for
the representatives In New York.
Gueate Limited to 400.
Those who were invited to witness
the wedding were mostly personal
friends and the number was kept down
close to four hundred. The list was
pared and revised several times, and
as has been said, the operation result
ed in many heartburnings. Prom the
house of representatives’ ctrcle, for
Instance, the only guests were Speaker
Champ Clark, Mrs. Clark and Miss
Genevieve Clark, Marjory Leader Un
derwood and Mrs. Underwood, and
Minority Leader Mann and Mrs. Mann.
As might be expected, the streets
outside the White House were as
crowded as the police would permit
with curious persons eager to watch
the arrival and departure of the guests
and trying to obtain through the win
dows a glimpse of the doings within.
The police arrangements were admir
able and nothing happened, in the
White House or outside, to mar the
happy occasion.
The wedding of Mr. Sayre and Miss
Wilson was the thirteenth to be cele
brated in the White House, but the
bride has always considered 13 her
lucky number instead of a hoodoo.
There have been more than twenty
weddings in which either the bride or
groom resided in the White House,
and the last wedding ceremony per
formed there was the one which unitod
Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Long-
worth. Today’s event was much quiet
er than that one, and the guests not
nearly so numerous.
Mrs. Ssyre a 8oclai Worker.
Mrs. Sayre was born in Galnaville,
Pa., twenty-five years ago. She at
tended the Women’s college at Balti
more and was an hcanr member of
the class of 1908, being also elected a
member of Phi Beta Kappa. For two
Mrs. F. B. Sayre.
years after her graduation she en
gaged in settlement work in Kensing
ton, Pa., and she Is a member of the
executive board of the National Young
Woman’s Christian association. She
has delivered several excellent ad
dresses In public.
In appearance she does not resem
ble her father as much as do her sis
ters, having rather the features of her
mother’s family, the Axsons. She Is
an accomplished swimmer, rider and
tennis player and also something of
an actress.
Something About the Groom.
Francis Bowes Sayre Is twenty-
eight years old, and was horn at
South Bethlehem, Pa., a son of the
late Robert Heysham Sayre, who built
the Lehigh Valley railroad and at
one time was assistant to the presi
dent of the Bethlehem Iron works,
since known as the Bethlehem steel
works. He was also once president
of the board of trustees of the Lehigh
university.
Francis Bowes Sayre graduated from
Lawrenceville school, Lawrenceville,
N. J., In 1904, and from Williams col
lege in 1909. He entered Harvard law
school and graduated "cum laude.’’
He was a member of the Sigma Phi
fraternity, Gargoyle society and the
Phi Beta Kappa at Williams. For the
past year he has been working In the
office of District Attorney Whitman of
New York. During the summer he
was admitted to the bar of New York
state.
Mr. Sayre’s mother Is Mrs. Martha
Finlay Sayre, daughter of the late
William Nevln, who was president of
Franklin and Marshal college at
Lancaster, Pa. She Is a descendant of
Hugh Williamson of North Carolina,
one of the framers of the Constitution
of the United States, and is a sister
of the late Robert Nevln, head of the
American church aURome, and a cous
in of Ethelbert Nevln, the composer.
Other White House Weddlnge.
The wedding of Jessie Wilson and
Francis Sayre was the thirteenth to be
solemnized in the White House. The
first was that of Anna Todd, a niece of
Dolly Madison’s first husband, and
John G. Jackson. Then Mrs. Madi
son’s slater, Lucy, was married to
Judge Todd of Kentucky. The third
wedding, that of Marla Monroe, daugh
ter of President Monroe, to Samuel
Lawrence Gouverneur in 1820 marked
the first social use of the east room.
Eight years later John, lie second son
of President John Quines- Adams, mar
ried his cousin, Mary ftellen, in the
blue room. While General Jackson
was president there wore three wed
dings In the White House, those of
Delia Lewis to Alp|§ Aj Joseph Yver
Pageot of the FrencL nation; Mary
Eaton to Luclen B. P&jk, and Emily
Martin to Louis Randilpli. Many
years passed beforo tjfl was anoth
er marriage ceremonjMh ihe presi
dent’s mansion, the nejfe being of Nel
lie, the only daughtJI of General
Grant, and Algernon F. Sartoris.
In 18.76 Emily Platt, tffolece of Mrs.
Hayes, was married in ae blue room
to Gen. Russell Hastinfii Tho elev
enth of this serieB of l -tidings was
that of President Cts>vela<|| to Frances
Folsom, and the tw&iftb ||at of Presi
dent Roosevelt's daughtSI Alice, to
Nicholas Longworth.
ATLANTA DITRICT—W. P. Love-
joy, presiding elder; Bonnie Brae, A.
J. Sears; Capitol View, W. P. Carmi
chael; Center Street, G. L. Chastain;
College Park, H. M. Qulllian; Collins
Memorial, W. H. Clark; Decatur and
Orphans’ Home, Frank Qulllian, J. M.
Hawkins, junior preacher; Druid
Hills, Henry B. Mays; East Point, F.
S. Hudson; English Avenue and West
Side, C. P. Marchman; Epworth, A.
H. S. Bugg, First church and Asbury,
H. M. Dubose, H. B. Pace junior
preacher, J. B. Allen, supply; Gordon
Street, L. W. Collins; Grace, C. O.
Jones; Hapeville, L. W. Rivers; In
man Park, W. H. LaPrade, Jr.; Kirk
wood, and East End, T. J. Branson;
Lakewood Heights, William Green
way; Martha Brown Memorial, C. V.
Weathers; Mount Vernon, C. L. Bass;
Oakland City, M. L. Underwood;
Park Street, Wallace Rogers; Payne
Memorial, G. D. Stone; St. James',
W. W. Brlnsfield; St. John’s, G. M.
Bakes; St. Luke’s, W. W. Gaines; St.
Mark’s, A. M. Hughlett; St. Paul’s,
B. F. Fraser; Trinity, L. G. Johnson,
J. T. Richardson, supply; Walker
Street, Olin King; Wesley Memorial,
W. It. Hendrix; Wesley Memorial In
stitute director, H. H. Harris; Wes
leyan Christian Advocate, it. F.
Eakes, assistant editor; Orphans'
Home, J. M. Hawkins, agent; confer
ence missionary secretary, J. S. Jen
kins; conference missionary evangel
ist, G. M. Eakes.
ATHENS DISTRICT—B. P. Allen,
presiding elder; Appalaehee, W. A.
Wells; Athens, First church, C. C. Jar
rell; Athens, Oconee Street, A. A.
Sullivan; Athens, Young Harris Me
morial, R. M. Dixon; Athens circuit,
D. B. Canirell; Bishop, R. J. McEl-
rath; Barnett Shoals and Temple, J.
F. Davis; Broad River, W. A. Sim
mons; Buckhead mission, William D.
Amack; Center, Z. Speer; Green cir
cuit, V. A. Roark; Greensboro, W.
iR. Mackay; Lexington, G. P. Gary;
Little River, J. R. Speer; Madison,
J. R. King; Princeton, M. A. Frank
lin; Rutledge, J. J. Coplan; Sharon,
L. W. Browder; Union Point, G. W.
(Barrett; Washington, J, P. Erwin;
Watkinavllle, and mission, G S. Fray-
er; WeBt Wilkes, R. P. Jackson, sup
ply; White Plains and Siloam, W. S.
Branham; Wintervllle and Cherokee
(Comer, F. A. Kellett.
AUGUSTA DISTRICT—W. T. Ham
by, presiding elder; St. John, S. P.
Wiggins; St. James’, W. B. Dillard;
Broadway, C. M. Verdell; Asbury, A.
D. Echols; Woodlawn, J. O. Brand;
St. Luke, J. F. Roberts; Culverton,
W. O. Butler; Dealing, W. R. Eng
land; Deveraux and Hancock, W. S.
Gaines, Forster Young, supply; Grace-
wood, B. F. Mize; Grovetown, Arthur
Maness; Harlem, L. M. Twiggs;
Hephzibah, W. T. Bell; Mayfield, M.
K. Patillo; Mcsona, W. R. Kennedy;
Norwood, J. M. Fowler; Sparta, M.
S. Williams, A. A. Tilley, supply;
Thomson, J. H. MaBhburn; Thomson
circuit, B. F. Mize; Warrenton, J. C.
Atkinson; Paine College, J. O. Ham
mond, president; R, L. Campbell, pro
fessor; W. L. C. Wailes, professor.
DALTON DISTRICT—W. T. Irvine,
presiding elder; Adairsville, J. E.
Russell; Calhoun, E. G. Mackay; Cal
houn circuit, G. A. Chambers; Car
ters ville, W. TV Hunnicutt; Chats-
worth, C. N. Hay; Chlckamauga, C.
A. Hall, Dalton, First church, W. R.
Fpote; Dalton, Hamilton Street, J. W.
Veatch; Emerson, N. A. Parson,
supply; Fairmount, G. W. Hamilton;
Kingston, H. M. Strozler; Lafayette,
and Rock Springs, J. R. Jordan; La
fayette circuit, W. S. Norton; Lyerly,
J. H. Little; Eton, H. O. Greene;
Resaca, Nelson Hinesley; Ringgold.
R. A. Cllett, supply; Stllesboro, J, J.
M. Mlze ; Subligna, T. E. Thurmond;
Summerville, J. S. L. Sappington;
Trion, W. O. McMullan; Tunnel Hill.
C. A. Allday; White’s, A. W. Con
way, supply; Whitfield, H. A. Win-*
stead, student at Vanderbilt universi
ty, H. L. Hendricks.
ELBERTON DISTRICT — T. J.
Christian, presiding elder; Elberton
First church, R .C. Cleckler; Elbert
circuit, J. W. Stephens, J. D. Turner,
supply; owman, E. G. Thomason;
Camesville, Irby Henderson; Clayton
and Wesley, R. W. Bugg; Clayton cir
cuit, J. L. Franklin; Comer, T. M. Sul
livan; Commerce, J. T. Eakes; Cor
nelia and Demorest, J. E. Ellis;
Clarksville, J. S. Strickland; Daniels-
vllle, A. P. Watkins; Hartwell, T. R.
Kendall, Jr.; Hart circuit, W. A. Coop
er; Homer, Sam Hagan; Lavonia, M.
B. Saras; Lincolnton, R. F. Elrod;
Maysviiie, H. S. Smith; Middleton, J.
W. Brlnsfield; Royston, F. D. Can
trell; South Lincoln, T. H. Maxwell;
Toccoa, W. S. Robinson; Toccoa cir
cuit, H. L. Bird.
GAINESVILLE DISTRICT-S. R.
Belk, presiding elder; First church,
T. R. Kendall; St. Paul, W. W. Ben
son; New ftolland, Marvin Swilling;
Belton, A. W. Qulllian, Jr., supply;
Bethlehem, J. W. Bailey; Buford, Ar
W. Qulllian, Sr.; Cleveland, D. S. Par
terson; Dacula, J. M. Crowe; Dah-
lonega, M. D. Cunningham; Duluth,
Z. V. Hawkes; Flowery Branch, C. A.
Swift; Hoschton, M. B. Whitaker;
Hall circuit, W. M. Barnett; Jefferson,
William Dunbar; Jefferson circuit, G.
T. Sorrell; Loganvllle, G. T. Tum-
lln; Lawrenceville, F. J. Mashburn;
Loudsville and South Lumldn, J. L.
Dillard; Monroe, W. P. King; Monroe
circuit, Homer Thompson; Norcross
and Prospect, V. E. Lanford; Nor
cross circuit, G. F. Chandler, supply;
Pendergrass and Zebulon, M. J.
Smith, supply; Winder, J. F. Yar
brough; Nacoochee circuit, J. H. Bar
ton; North Lumpkin, I. N. Austin,
supply.
GRIFFIN DISTRICT — Fletcbe
Walton, presiding elder; First church,
G-. F. Venable; Hanleiter, J. W. Go-
ber; Third church and Kincaid, J. C.
Adams; Griffin circuit, T. M. Elliott;
Barnesville, S. B. Ledbetter; Cullodeu
and Yatesville, N. A. White; Barnes-
ville circuit, C. T. Ivey ; Fayetteville,
W. J. DeBardeleben; Flovilla, J. T.
Pendley; Forsyth, W. G. Crawley;
Forsyth circuit, M. M. Walraven;
Hampton, J. E. England; Inman, A.
E. Scott; Jackson, A. E. Sanburne;
Jenkinsburg, J. G.„Speerman; Jone-
boro, E. W. Jones; Locust Grove, L.
L. Landrum; McDonough, A. B. San
ders; Milner, I. J, Lovern; Senoia, J.
A. Qulllian; Stockbridge, F. R. Sea
born; Tliomaston, J. M. Tumlln;
Thomaston circuit, L. A. Neff; Zebu-
Ion, J. W. King.
LAGRANGE DISTRICT—W. L.
Pearce, presiding elder; LaGrange
First church, S. A. Harris; South La-
Grange, Lucien Roper; St. John's and
Unity, C. S. Martin; Bowden, W. A.
Maxwell, R. H. Crawford, supply;
Chipley, A. J. Sewell, A. M. Spray-
berry, supply; Fairburn, H. C. Em
ory, John Speer, Jr., supply; Grant-
ville and Lone Oak, C. H. Branch;
Greenville and Trinity, K. Read; Ho-
gansville and Corinth, A. S. Hutchin
son; Manchester, W. H. Harris;
Moreland and Lutherville, Flrley
Baum; Mountville, E. P. Eubanks;
Newnan, First church, H. L. Edmond
son; Newnan, Lovejoy Memorial, S.
D. Creeman; Newnan circuit, Guy
(Vhite; Palmetto, O. M. Ponder;
Primrose, C. J. C. Robertson, supply;
Roopvllle, R. P. Tatum; Turin, J. G.
Davis; West Point, C. E. Patillo;
West Point circuit, W. W. Watkins;
Whltesburg, G. B. Barton; Woodbury,
H. L. Embry; LaGrange college, E.
D. Hale, professor; agent superannu-
uates’ home, L. P. Winter.
MARIETTA DISTRICT —W. H.
Cooper, presiding elder; Acworth, E.
A. Ware; Alpharetta, C. W. Fox; Aus
tell, J. B. Gresham; Blairsville, V.
L. Bray, Fred Owens, supply; Ball
Ground, H. F. Branham; Blue Ridge,
J. E. Rorie; Canton, J. A. Timmer
man; Cobb, W. H. Speer; Cummlng,
A. T. Hind; Dawsonville, W. E. Pur
cell; Douglas ville and Bethel, F. E.
'Jennings; Douglasville circuit, G. B.
Braswell; Dunwoody, J. R. Jones; EI-
lijay, F, R. Smith; Elizabeth (to be
supplied); Holbrook, J. II. Bailey,
Holly Springs, R. J. Johnson, N. H.
Jay, supply; Marietta, First church,
G. W. Duvall; Powder Springs, T. L.
Rutland; Roswell, B. H. Greene;
Tate, Nath Thompson; Waleska, J.
L. Algood; Woodstock, G, L. King;
Young Harris, W. A. Woodruff;
Young Harris college, J, A. Sharp,
president.
OXFORD DISTRICT—J. W. Qull
lian, presiding elder; Baldwin cli&ult.,
S. H. Dimon; Clinton circuit, J. M.
Sewell; Conyers, Felton Williams;
Conyers circuit, W. R. Branham; Cov
ington, J. G. Logan; DeKalb circuit,
C. H. Mlddjebrooks; Eatonton; S. R.
England; East Putnam, J. L. Hall;
Gray, J. T. Robins; Lithonla, Marvin
Williams; Mansfield, L. B. Linn; Mil-
ledgevllle, E. P. Dempsey; Midway
circuit, O. P. McDerment; Montlcello,
R. B. O. England; Montlcello circuit,
W. T. Gannt; Newborn, J. R, Allen;
North Covington and Mill, R. G.
Smith;Oxford, O. L. Kelly; Pprter-
dale circuit, Adrian Warwick, supply;
Salem, J. S. Askew, W. J. Culpepper,
supply; Shadydale, J. H. Farr; Social
Circle, Aifgustus Ernest; Stone Moun
tain, J. D. Milton; West Putnam, C.
F. Hughes; Emory college, J. E. Dick
ey, president; C. E. Dowman, W. F.
Melton, R. G. Smith, professors; mis
sionary to Hebrews, Jullug Magath;
conference secretary of education, O.
L Kelly.
ROME DISTRICT—J. H. Eakes,
presiding elder; Aragon, J. R. Tur
ner; Buchanan and Bremen, A. A.
Norton; Carrolton, First church, R.
L. Edmondson; Carrolton circuit, L.
P. Huckaby; Cave Spring, J. A.
Sprayberry; Cedartown, First
church, A. M. Pierce; Cedartwn cir
cuit, L. H. Green; Dallas, J. L. Ware;
Draketown circuit, E. L. Dodson;
Floyd circuit, L. E. Wright; C. V.
Barnes, supply; Llndale, Claude Hen
drix; Mizhap and Rush’s chapel, W.-
T. Carden; North Rome, B. H. Tram
mell; Oostanaula circuit, W. T. Car
den; Rome, First church, S. E. Was
son; Rome, Second church, V. P. Sco
ville; Rome, South Broad, A. F.
J)iunn; Rome, SeconiT avenue, J. O.
J^^kis; Rockmart, C. M. Llpham; Tal
lapoosa, J. A. Partridge; Villa Rica
and Temple, C. A. Jameson; Waco, J.
Max Cook.