The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-13
FOOLED THE OFFICIALS
Couldn't Keep the Ladies
Out Of the P. R. R. Depot
Yesterday.
ECHOES OF FOURTH'S DEPARTURE
Romantic Marriage Of One Of
the Boys Off to the War
Buses Of the Fair Ones.

The ladies-God bless them-gave the
officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad a
pretty lively time of it Yesterday after
aeon at the departure Of the Fourth Regi-
ment for Sea Girt. Strict orders were
given not TO admit any to the train shed
but the recruits, but did it stop the wom-
en- from getting in to say goodbye? Not
a bit of it.
Fully three hundred of them-and Sta
tionmaster Kiefer is the authority, and a
good one. too-bought return tickets to
Newark, and simply marched in, defiant
ly waving their tickets, n then invad-
ed the cars where the men were. Others
swarmed up the iron steps leading from
Henderson street to the iron viaduct. and
from thence gaining access to the depot,
while many others simply grabbed hold
of a recruit and marched in with him
carefully keeping within the ranks. The
stationmaster hadn't. enough men to start
a wedding put proNss. so he surrendered
and the women were triumphant.
That much to be pitied Mr.. Kiefer was
next confronted with a new difficulty. The
girls had the men corraIed on the plat
form, and wouldn't let them on the train.
More than half of the soldiers were sub
hitting manfully. and without a kick or
murmur, as became soldiers going to war,
to a delightful process Of hugging, kiss
ing and general yum-yumming. utterly ig-
noring the repeated cries of officials and
officers. "All aboard"
In despair the -stationmaster told the To-
connective driver to go slowly ahead for a
few yards and that would probably pro-
duce the desired effect. The engine let
off an ear splitting shrek, and then the
cars were seen slowly moving away
Then there was a volley of smacks on fair
cheeks and lips as the boys broke loose
from the girls and jumped aboard. Once
having them in tow the crafty engineer
kept increasing the speed until finally the
train was on its way to Sea Girt, war and
glory.
In connection with the departure OF the
Fourth Regiment yesterday were develop
ments of a number of romanees which IN
the general excitement passed unnotieed
save to those personally interested. There
was one that was specially interesting.
Almost the last man to board the train
bearing the soldiers as it pulled out Of the
big train shed at the Pennsylvania depot
was Albert Sorensen. a handsome Dane,
thirty-three years old. He stood upon the
rear platform of the last car waving his
hat at a pretty, blue-eyed, golden-haired
little woman of the same nationality VINO
stood in the crowd at the gates waving
her handkerchief at the stalwart young
Dane on the car platform.
She stood there as long as the train re-
NAMED in sight. Then she turned away
with friends and was soon lost in the
crowds about the depot. Sh had become
the bride of the young Dane only an hour
or so before his departure with Uncle
Sans boys. Her maiden name was Alevia
Andersen.
Sorensen came to this country some
years ago. He is a jeweIer by oceupa-
ton. He worked hard and saved money.
Then he sent for the family Of the sweet
heart he had left behind They recently
came over. The wedding had been fixed
for a certain day. but the call for the
boys of the old Fourth interfered with
the arrangements that had been made
for a more elaborate wedding. An hour
or so before the regiment was to start
the couple decided TO wed. They called
upon Justice of the Peace zarecki in
Grove street and were made one.
The patriotic old Justice never per-
formed a more pleasing duty in his life.
The witnesses were Roundsman Higgins
Patrick J. Walsh. After the we'd
ding the party adjourned to a restaurant
near by for a lunch. Fine passed so
pleasantly that soldier-bridegroom sud-
denly remembered that he had barely time
to catch the train. With his bride and a
friend they boarded a car and made for
the depot, which they reached Just as the
train was ready to pull out Of the shed
The bride lives at No. % Montgomery
street. Her folks refuse to discuss the