The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23

~ wedding FlSnL mere III nttle Vi
New York the other night, wit
beat of drums and martial music, I'm
forms and waving Of flags.
Right down on Fourteenth street
A real army wedding. Makes yo1
think of all sorts things, doesn'
It? Gold lace and dashing uniforms
clink of swords and military band
all the gayety and color of garrison
life-perhaps little tightening of TIL
lips when the old sweet words arr
read:
Until death do us part"
For that means whole lot of things
when you're an army bride-when an!
day may bring marching orders, cal
perhaps to a distant land, day wher
Che little wife stands alone waving
goodby to speeding train or vanish
Ing ship.
Army brides must be brave-hearted
but this little brown-eyed one, Marga
ret Hicks, was a soldier, too, a cap
tain in the same army as her husband
Here there is no separation. Shoulder
to shoulder they are to march through
life together, as sweetheart com
rades in the Salvation Army, writes
lola Forester in the New York World
Sunday Magazine.
1t was double vow they took to
gether promising loyalty to each 9th.
er and fealty to the Army. Promising
never to allow their love to interfere
with their work. Promising always to
regard their home In every way as a
Salvation Army Soldiers or Officers
Quarters.
Wasn't 1t strange army wedding
CAPT Margaret Hicks and her soIiier
sweetheart, Capt. George A. Jackson
Just supposing. you boy or girl who ex'
pect to stand one of these days beside
the one you love best, just supposing
you had to repeat these VOWS to be
faithful soldiers, continual comrades
obedient to your commanding officer
first of all?
Supposing, like these two children
of the army, your parents had taker
you when you we're wee Riddles, trot
ted you up to headquarters and dedi
Gated you to the service of the Lord
Surprising, before you could ever
see each other alone in the counting
days, permission must be given from
your commanding officer, leave of alb
sence to go a-wooing?
Then, when you had finally won he
consent, you must both ask for al
official engagement: Even your wed
ding day was set for you. You knew
that while love was to link your lives
your duty as faithful soldiers mus
always come first through life. 70,
knew that you must dedicate what
ever little ones came to bless tn,
union to the service of the army, JUS
as your father and mother dedicated
you?
You'd think that was a pretty hare
restraint to place on Cupid-to hant
him blue uniform, and drum sluns
handily on one hip, with a War Cry
rolled under his arm. Maybe 20,
think he doesn't enjoy It? Then 70,
haven't been to an Army wedding
You've never seen the little smilin,
blue bonnet bride.
This one Is brown.eyed and dark
haired, with chin that points upward
and lips that can't help but smile
She's barely up to Captain Jackson,
shoulder, but then, as she tells you
he is really exceptionally tall. Onl,
for minute did see her to clasp he
hand and wish her JOY, before sh,
was swept away to the wedding SUP
per. but the big. blue-eyed soldier hus
band talked for her at headquarter
after the wedding.
Yes, Mrs. Jackson Is on duty. an,
I'm awfully sorry you can't see her
but | have to go without seeing her
myself. We've started a little hom
over at East Orange. though, and hop,
to settle down there for little Will
until marching orders come.
You see, We don't mind Army lif
because we've been in it ever sine
we were born" He handled the Nttl
red morocco-bound Covenant Book O
the Army tenderly in his hands. IN,
father is Col. ]. w. Jackson, superip
tendent of the Plainfield Industrial
home, and my wife's father was Col
John Hicks, the first officer commits
stoned in the United States. We grew
up In Army life together ever sine
We were babies.
When did we first find out we love,
each other?"
There was no evadfng the issue o
smiling over it. 1t was very wonder
ful and sacred subject to this earnest
eyed, blue-clad soldier, even If som
Of the questions did send the color t
his cheeks.
"you see, when you've only beel