Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-26
FOR
THE MARCHERS
Wedding in Sight as suftra-
qettes Near Albany.

Hudson, N. Y, Dec. pa romance
has developed In the camp OF the Al
bany bound marching sufragettes,
which simply put all thoughts of votes
for women ont of the mind OF General
Jones, Colonel Craft. Surgeon General
Dock. who also forgot sore feet. n
Chief Scout Alice Clark for the space
of several hours. The romance, It may
be said, did not manifest itself in the
ranks of the regulars, but among the
volunteers. and it was so close that 1t
came under military jurisdiction.
Miss Gladys Coursen. who was a stu
dent at Vassar and Is q Violinist as
well, Joined the army at P~oughkeepsle.
She was welcome because she Wonid
have her fiddle within reach at night
At the same time there appeared
among the camp followers and genera
riffraff that always eallows n success
full march to the sea or tie mountains
an earnest young man. Grim} bonner'
a grandson of the LATE Robert Boz
who beyond proving that he was not a
spy Of the enemy gave no particular
account of himself. 1t was noted by
shrewd observers. however. that young
Mr.. Bonner was most solicitous about
the welfare and comfort of Miss Cour-
sen.
Engagement Announced.
Well, Just after they returned from
the skating rink where General Jones
made a speech and got skates on for q
few turns, Mr.. Bonner whispered blush
ingly that Miss Coursen had agreed to
a three months probation engage
ment." Miss Coursen whispered the
news to the general. and then, of course,
| Santa Claus had to take a back seat.
Because they had such a hard hike
the day before, the one big event Of
yesterday was the sleeping till noon OF
the entire army. After dinner they
went to the skating rink, where the
| youth Of Hudson had gathered for the
| afternoon, and the manager stopped
everything while the general said a few
words. after which she skated and
skated well.
From the skating rink the army, re-
duced to three regulars because the
surgeon general thought better to sit
down for the day. returned to the ho-
tel where Santa mad paid them a visit
In the meantime. leaving a fine large
tree laden with presents. necessary
and otherwise. There was a big settee,
large enough to hold the army. a pres.
ent from an unknown admirer: a silver
slipper for Surgeon General Dock, who
lost her slipper yesterday; assorted
bottles of arnica and other soothing
lotions. ear muffs. gloves. wooden stock
ings. goloshes and just plain. old fash
ined "rubbers." and finally a big cake.
Just at the moment when they were
opening the cake or cutting 1t came
the announcement of the probation en-
gagement. and when they cut 1t there
were found inside Il piece OF money. q
thimble and a wedding ring. Mr.. Bon
ner got the thimble. and a lowly camp
follower got the wedding ring. which
she Is keeping until she gets back to
the Office where there are some bacha-
lors.
Titanic Heroines' Guests. e
/ The army. the camp followers and
everybody but the surgeon general at.
tended the annual ball last night at
the armory. This year there was q
sentimental interest attached. for the
! patronesses were Miss Coruelia An.
drews. Miss Gretchen Loring and Mira.
J. T. Hogstoon. three we'll known
ladies' Of the city. all of whom are sur.
vivors Of the Titanic disaster. Miss
Loring. who Is young and athletic
pulled an oar with the men through
the awful night. They were in the
same boat. The army has gone L
this ball In fancy Costume. each dress
I'd to represent some famous woman
pioneer In the suffrage cause.
The army will not make a lonf
march today. no more than Ave or sill
miles. to Stockport. because they arr
now within twenty-slx miles of AL
bany. and they do not want to r.
there until Monday.