The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-01
DAN CUPID" IN CAMP
Pvt. Burt d. Lewis and|Miss Susie
Shaffer United in Marriage.

Young Dan Cupid" whose chief
business is to get two people together
and then make them prisoners for
life, had the battle of his experience
against fate, a chain of circumstances
or whatever you are mind to call
it, for several days last week, to &C
complish his purpose. For while II
looked as tho 1T were all over Tor
Dan and that he would be COM
PEELED to throw up the sponge and
surrender for good, but AL the
world loves a lover" so some or the
spectators couldn't stand idly by ana
see Dan" licked, especially as they
were friends of his, so they just
jumped in and gave Fate, Circum,
stances and Disappointment an awful
beating. and helped Dan" to get two
more human beings enmeshed In the
net of matrimony.
The two human beings were PVT.
Burt D. Lewis. Co. H, 354th infantry
and Miss Susie Shaffer of Kansas
City, Mo-. and all the trouble was
over a license. Miss Shaffer and Mr..
Lewis had been sweethearts Tor
several years, and when he was
called into the army several weeks
the opportunity came only Few days
ago. license was procured ana
here is where the trouble began. In
some unexplainable manner 1t was
misplaced and could not be found at
the proper time, so that it was neces-
sary to postpone the ceremony until
a duplicate could be gotten.
A friend volunteered to have a du-
plicate sent over from the county seat
the following morning. the SECOND
license was secured and put into the
hands of a party who was to bring II
TO Funston and leave it at the Y. M. c.
A. headquarters station until 1t was
called for OF course the license was
in a self addressed envelope with a
stamp on il ready to be mailed back
to the probate judge after the cere-
mony. The license was duly delivered
at the station in Funston but the in
structions were vague to the party in
charge of the station, so that when he
went off of duty he failed to say any
thing about the matter to his SUCCESS
or, and said successor, being kind
and accommodating person, seeing a
nicely addressed and stamped enve-
lope just picked 1t up with some more
mail and carried II to the poStoff1ce
and the judge was surprised man
when he got it in his mail the next
morning. But all these discourage
ments did not prevent wedding. An
other trip was made, the much trav-
eled license again secured and all
parties made happy
The marriage ceremony took place
at Y. M. C. A. headquarters. one of
tne secretdTleS VINO ndppenS 10 De d
minister official ting. assisted by some
of the staff. who acted as brides
maids" 1t was a regular family af-
fair. for the secretaries at headquar-
tiers took a personal interest in the
matter, because of the quality of the
couple concerned. Mr.. Lewis is a
splendid young man, a graduate of
Harvard university, while Miss Shat
fer is a graduate Of Kansas university
and teacher in the Kansas City high
schools This paper extends to the
soldier boy and his bride heartiest
congratulations and best wishes. We
hope that he will be returned safely
home after the war and that their life
will be long and prosperous one, and
that. like the proverbial ending in ev-
cry good story. they will live happy
forever after