| Show S t tJ J ft t G n 1 9 a Capt 1 j r Cora 1 1 R Romance rn Goes Hand 1 in n Hand With Her h B oth 1 Work and She Marries L t the the Br Bride r I r Humanitarian an I r y r v of 1 3 Q h hPe za Married Judging from Army's ls r Capt P t. t Jf a Stays a far 1 Pe Peter I 1 tF y U J Johnston e eeor a ii Nl t a rAfa A a R k Y It Y rauw r w wV 41 V I d f o r i Z 1 1 f e l lr C I Jit r R 7 fi I. I 7 l I I I i I t 4 7 I J t 0 AtI At t I r a y I j. j Ii 4 4 I r b t A 1 J r a 4 1 j l t. r 4 1 I J w t e. jJ I r. r I r j J. J t 11 17 4 d SG iv 4 4 Fate 1 l Y v. v 1 r J SS r Sf 1 r. 7 1 r t A fv rl l j h i ot f h i I OJ y sr Violet olet McAllister l One of the Original r 4 t Doughnut Girls Girl i in e 3 France and Now the Bride Bade of j Cap Capt I. I Harry I r t Booth Whom horn hem She Met l Over There y r 3 If 7 z r I o By Y Helen H. H Hoffman T is quite likely that you have associated the IT tambourine with the Salvation Army Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps you you have not thought of wedding bells as being quite as appropriate to the background und of cf that interesting bonn bonneted company Yet Salvation la lassies sies do marry If you ou looked looke at the record for June Tunc alone you must suspect ct fI tb that t they married pretty much like other folks What is more Salvation lassies seem to stay mar- mar ried tied Divorces are not only unfashionable in this division of human service but a no divorces record is said to have ha been established Anyone knowing the va vast t amount of time tim given by the Salvation Army lassies to helping unfortunate members of society would never for fora a moment dream that these same young women Vea wearing ing the stiff blue uniforms and unromantic looking bonnets would have time to think of themselves and th their ir own happiness and comfort They haven't as a matter of fact They find nappi happiness ess and satisfaction in their work work work-in in the work ork to fo which they have dedicated their lives loves Nevertheless Cupid has a m mysterious and unexpected unexpected way of making his influence felt and when romance crept into the lives of several sc of or the Army workers young people working by side drawn to each other by hy the thc same Bame interests it seemed the most natural thing in the world for forthe forthe the romance to develop From Doughnuts to Wedding Rings The record of Salvation Army romances and marriages might easily provide a standard for idealistic married life In the whole history of the work of ot the Army in this country n no divorce scandal has marred its peaceful routine With divorce di divorce di di- vorce suits choking the business of ot the courts this record puts Salvation Army marriages in a cla class s 9 by themselves As lilt lilt-a a matter of fa fact t an officer of the Army explained we have no policy on divorce for the subject has never confronted us Why then it asked was in in this day of f reckless divorce are arc S Salvation Army workers immune from this social epidemic which is steadily stead stead- lily ily increasing Simply because marriage among Salvation Army workers ers is n not t entered into light lightly explained explained explained ex ex- ex- ex a leader of the Army It is urged that young people know each other at least six months before marrying This helps them to avoid making mak mak- making ing the mistakes so many make when they rush Into marriage after a mere introduction Another reason I think for successful marriages marriages mar mar- among the Salvation Army AImy may be bo attributed attributed attributed at at- to the fact that t the e husband and wife share hare the same interests They continue their work in the Army after marriage and as both 1 have havea a common working interest neither becomes i bor bored d when the other discusses something he A or r M 4 f l il Y i J f r 1 5 i A k 75 74 PAS r M J r t f A 1 I f 31 I a ti r 1 t fn Ii 1 t f fI a ax r x s' s Cant Capt Clarence A. A 1 Miller i le r an and d Ca Capt t. t I y fv r Catherine A. A Miller hiller Sometimes Received N One Another's s sa Mail by Mistake And That Is a How Hoy r This Romance Began Regan i iA A Worker E. E Faith Stayton Promised Bride of Willard Villard S. S Evans she cannot comprehend or cares nothing about a I believe if more people found mutual interests interest in their heir married lives there would b be fewer di di di- The The first of the June b brides ides Miss Violet McAllister Mc Mc- McAllister Allister was one of the original girls in France She is one of the heroines who loomed large in the world war and being yo young ng and pretty besides it is no wonder that Capt Harry Booth who was sent to France to help with the tho work of the Salvation Army at the conclusion of the war should have lost his heart at once to his hid attractive little co At the Army canteen in Brest Miss McAllister l met hundreds of the khaki-clad khaki boys she had cooked doughnuts for near the front line trenches They poured through this canteen en cn route homo home and their remarks of admiration for the courI cour cour- I i.- i. I t. t ageous young woman who ha had served them hot coffee and md doughnuts under fire and shell only deepened the fec feeling ling which Capt Booth had come cometo cometo cometo to entertain for this heroine of the many drives drive Miss hiss McAllister who has been in charge o oa of ofa a Salvation Corps of Philadelphia was Vas married June 10 to Capt Booth in Memorial l Hall Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia and no bride had a n prettier wedding Capt Booth and his bride will reside in Des DesMoines Moines la Ia where he is in charge of the Army work The young bride brido will assist her husband in his work there remaining a 1 captain to in t tie the e Army A recruit to the Salvation Army and a n husband husband husband hus hus- band are arc identified with Lt Kate romance romance romance ro ro- mance for Mars lars and Cupid led James Dempster into the ranks of or the Salvation Sal Army James Dempster formerly of Paterson N. N J. J Jt while employed in the finance department of the United States Army Q M. M C. C supply department at Camp Dix during the war met Miss Hillman Dempster young and homesick made frequent visits to the hut but conducted by the Salvation Army His comrades joked him on his abnormal appetite for doughnuts but as it turned out the object of his spare time visits was really Miss Hillman How Recruiting Sergeant Cupid Works Later on he told her about it She Sho She said she sho would not quit the army to marry him but that if H after the Uw war he still felt the way he did she sho would consider his proposal providing he would join the Salvation Army He gladly agreed to this Today he is a cadet at the Army training college in New York city He will graduate with the rank of lieutenant this month and then his official engagement will be bc announced Another war time romance which will end in Future Service l 1930 1020 ZO t j r t I s 's A ft Salvation Army wedding this month will be that of Verner Van a former member of the Naval Air Service and at present a cadet in inthe inthe the Salvation Army training college in New York YorkI I city Before young Van S went overseas he was stationed at Providence R. R I I. I The young aviator had no intention of joining any other army than Uncle Sams Sam's when he left his home in Easton Pa for war duty But at the Providence canteen he met Miss Ollie Smith or to be exact Lt Ollie Smith One day I 1 asked Miss Smith how now shed she'd like to become Mrs Van and she said that would be fine if I 1 would become Lt Van of cf c- c the Salvation Army said the young man telling of his romance I 1 was glad of the acceptance acceptance acceptance ac ac- ac- ac and of the invitation as well I had a 4 Fv i s a x L Le w e r ra a r. r un Capt Martha lartha Irwin Wedded to Capt Ralph Miller l great admiration for the work the Army was doing doing doing do do- ing for fOl the men and so Miss Smith and I hd hid an understanding before I s sailed overseas Cadet Van received the French order of merit for his services abroad He spent a year and a half over there and then came home and entered the training college of the Salvation Army After their wedding in Providence they will take up their Salvation Army work together When Capt Catherine A. A Miller marries Capt Clarence A. A Miller in New York another romance will be recorded without even a change in names The romance of the Millers began last autumn in Asbury Park N N. J. J where Miss Miller who had been doing army work in Michigan was taking taking tak ing her vacation at the Salvation Army R Rest st Home Capt Clarence Miller was conducting meetings at the N New NV V Jersey resort when they met Fate decreed that their acquaintance should continue continue con con- for both were transferred to work at th the tho New York headquarters at about the same time 4 I Capt Clarence A A. A Miller l Is connected with mth t till legal department of the Army and Capt Catheine Cathe Gather Gatherine ine Inc A. A Miller is a 11 member of the editorial depa depart ment fi Their romance was wag brought about by the larity of names Capt C. C Miller received Cap Capt C. C Millers Miller's mail and telephone calls would not not in infrequently frequently go to the wrong Capt Miller So t tte upshot of it was that they decided that tw to C Gap Capt p Millers in one family would not be so 50 as two Capt Millers unmarried 7 4 fj li Romance and Humanitarianism 4 J Capt Ralph Miller Is following the of his brother Clarence this month by takings taking bride who as Capt Martha Irwin served as s see to Col Barker when the latter was IB charge of the tho Salvation Army forces in France France f Another June bride is Capt Agnes Johnst married to Lt William Slater of New York hea beat beat- head beatI quarters I And still another Salvation Army weddin was recorded this month in N New ew York when Cap Capt Cora Booth now stationed at Port Chester bt became be b- came the bride of Capt Peter Johnston i iThe The last of this big group of June roman Toman which had their inception in Salvation A Arm work is that of Candidates s E. E Faith Stayton an and Willard S. S Evans who are the youngest member of this great army which extends from coast tji i coast Both these young people are aro still In for Army service and the Army authorities ha haff withheld official sanction until they have had fa father further fur fir ther c experience in Army work S Sers So o the romance of the Salvation Army work workers workers ers in m a way represents the romance of the 05 itself in its love and service for h ha gent inanity manity E 1 1 Capt Agnes Johnston the Bride of f Lt William Slater f f y tl t fr 1 1 j l f j Y r j i r j- j jj i 1 i iJ r J x A Q QA A f I OJ J |
