The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
WEST SIDE EVENTS.
Colonel Pattie Watkins, Formerly 10
Charge Of the Salvation Army Bar
racks Here, Soon to Marry.

The beloved Pattie Watkins, known
to every Scrantonian, who is Interested
in the Salvation and Volunteer arinies'
will be welded to Frederick a. Lindsay
staff captain in charge of the Noiuh-
teers' trade department. concerning
the marriage yesterdays New YORK sun
has an interesting announcement oi the
event. There is an account OF the carry
association of the two Volunteers anu
the fructuous consequences. Says the
Sun:
The wedding vii take place in Car
merle Hall on the evening of September
s. Commander Booth, assisted by MIS-
ROoth will olliciate. Great prepafu-
tions for the wedding are being maue
by the officers and soldiers OF the Vol
unteers, as 1t will be the first function
of the kind held under the direction of
the new organization.
one evening, nearly three years ago,
a young business man, holding a re-
sponsible place in the store Of A. a,
Vantine * Co, was walking up the
Rowery Passing the barracks or the
Rowery corps of the salvation Army,
diagonally opposite Cooper Union. he
was attracted by the usual sounds that
come from an Army meeting. He had
heard what these meetings We're like,
crafty his curiosity, he entered the
barracks and took seat near the
door.
The enthusiasm of the Salvationists
didn't appeal to him, and the discord-
ant notes of their singing, the changing
of the cymbals, and the pounding OF the
bass drum Jared upon his ears, for
he was not only a trained business man.
but a trained musician as well.
II., .nt hare "a
ever, when the disordant sounds ceased,
and little dark haired woman, with
big, soft dark eyes and trim figure,
who appeared to be the leader of the
meeting, began the singing of one Of
rhosa pathetic Army songs that have
mac o many converts. The voice or
the ger was a sweet and powerful
sopI 20. She sang as If her very soul
was n the singing. The young man
ney ! took his eyes from the singer and
he jeemed TO be totally obliVious of
everything else around him. When the
song was finished and the little woman
said simply: Let us pray" the young
man. instead of bowling his head In
prayer, sat there. with his gaze still
riveted on the woman whose singing
had captivated him.
At length the meeting closed and the
young man, mingling with the Saliva
tionists, left the hall. The next night
he was at the barracks again, and the
next and the next. In fact, he had
standing engagement with himself to
attend the Bowery corps meeting. His
regular attendance was noticed by the
young woman singer, and one night
she walked uD the aisle to where he
sat and spoke to him about his souls
salvation. She learned that he was not
a protesting Christian, and she talked
to him as only an earnest woman can
who believes that the only thing really
worth striving for in this world is a
preparation for the world to come. She
made little headway at first, but before
two weeks had come and gone there
was great joy in the Bowery corps over
the fact that STAFF Captain Pattie Wat
kins. the corps leader. had made a con-
vert of Friedrich A. Lindsey.
1t was not long after that that Lind
sey gave up business and joined the
Army. AS condition of active SER
vice he insisted upon being attached to
the Bowery corps. The condition was
gcceded to, and he became treasurer of
the corps. He and Staff Captain Pattie
worked side by side in the Bowery for
little more than year, and ii was
largely owing to Lindsev's business
methods that Miss Watkins was able
TO wipe out the debt of $1,000 under
which the corps was struggling when
SIZE tDDh tDlllIIlbItl. IDtlOTt MISS Nal-
kins was transferred to the command of
the Newark corps, about two years ago,
Lindsey had asked her a question to
which he received an answer that will
brighten this world for him always.
When she was sent to Newark Lindsey
was transferred to the Army headquar-
ters i'm Fourteenth street, promoted to
the rank of lieutenant, and assigned
to the trade department. 1t was ar
arnged between him and his betrothed
that the wedding should take place as
soon as practicable.
When the trouble in the Salvation
Army last March resulted in the eXpul-
sion of Commander and Mrs. Booth,
STAFF Captain Watkins decided to fol-
low her old commanders. or course,
Lindsey could not stay in the Army af-
ter that, and he, too, resigned. Miss
Watkins was placed in command of the
New York and New Jersey Regiment
of Volunteers. with the rank of colonel,
and Lindsey was put in charge of the
trade department, with the rank of staff
captain.