Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-17
THE HAlLELUJAH WEDDING.
NOVEL SCENE; IN A TENT AT EIGH.
TEENTH AND VINE.
of the Marriage of Captain
Harry brown and Lieutenant Ivy
Wc,idcl, DOtll of Ikansns-
DriEndIcr Sully Funny.

The Salvation Army tent on the vacant
lot at the corner of Eighteenth street and
Highland avenue was the scene last night
of one OF those semi-humorous. although
always sacred events-a hallelujah we'd
ding. The ceremony was performed by
Brigadier Sully and the contracting parties.
n handsome pair, were Captain Harry
Brown. u native OF Winfield, Kas., and
Lieutenant Ivy Wedde, of Argentine. The
tent was packed with an eager crowd of
curious people and crowd two or three
deep stood around and looked in at the
ceremony within. The bride wore no
wreath of orange blossoms, neither was
she wrapped in IL maze of bridal yelling.
on the contrary. she sat on the platform
next to her husband elect. and both were
clothed in the uniform of the cause which
they had sworn TO make their life work.
Neither of the martial pair showed the
slightest embarrassment. On the contrary,
they displayed an unconcern that might
almost have led one to believe that 1t was
an. every day occurrence with them, this
holy ceremony of marriage.
Br!gadier Sully is II useful man for such
an occasion. The secret OF his success and
rise in tho ranks of the army Is his fortu-
nate touch OF human nature.
He commenced the proceedings with a lit.
tie humorous address, which made every
feel quite Mt home. He then read the arti
cles of marriage according TO the form pre-
scribed BY the Salvation Army, which We're
repeated by the bride or bridegroom as the
with the words. And this I declare upon
my honor as true soldier Of Jesus
Christ" AS soon as the groom had ut
tered these words, the brigadier turned to
the married couple with Now you can sit
down" 1t sounded so. comical after the
solemn oath taken by the bridegroom that
the assembled crowd was @ unable TO with;
burst into II suffaw, long and loud, at which
the ready-witted brisadier elevated his
eyebrows with simulated surprise and SAID,
NOW friends, I'm shocked.
Some one In the crowd shouted that he
had quarter for the collection for the
newly-wedded pair, which gave rise 10 an
other spell Of laughing, and when the brig
adler replied that he had better hold on 10
and Mrs. Henry Brown had Gained them
selves after the excitement which this
muniilcence had stirred within them. The
crowd shrieked with laughter.
AT the conclusion of salvation hymn.
Nj. suly was. seized with another, funny
streak, He shouted. IAN you, who are
one one had the ,emerity to brave the briga-
dier's huinor, what he intended to do must
remain mystery. He tried to egg them
on WIN such re remarks 1aIiu as nom lo9N here, q
make me believe that you've never been
married" and so on. but the Old ladies'
would not bite At the bait and Sully had
to give 1t up. Then the new husband and
the new wife. in response to n call from
the chair. made few remarks about
their past lives and their prospects for the
humor,. took 1t all as n huge joke, and
laughed at everything said, When the pro
ceed!ngs were about wound up the briga-
wanted to get "hltched up" which set the
audience iirng various pleasantries at
Went Went to corps No. !. to Which the the newly newly
welded young soldiers belong.