New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
X lTTY DALTON will never
AN General Pershing

an General Pershing.
Kitty is nineteen and is said to be
the most beautiful of all the young
women members of the Catholic War
Workers. Councl~so popular that she
has been compelled no fewer than
200 times to reject proposals of mar
riage. SO it was not strange that it
was she who was selected to present
a bouquet of American Beauty roses
to Pershing when he reached st.
Patrick's Cathedral.
AS the general dismounted Miss
Dalton handed him the bouquet. He
promptly stopped over and kissed her.
Then he asked:
"What do we do now"
"How about another kiss ?" she smiled.
Then Miss Dalton, whose home is
at 154 East 122d Street, posed for a
picture with the general
Just before the calvacaGc moved yes
tcrday morning Private Marvin Smith,
of Company NJ, "Pershing's Own" un-
burdened himself of bit of the
"other side" of the parade question.
"This is sure fine he said, "but
the folks here know only the pretty and
inspiring part of it. We were routed
out Of bed before o'clock this morn
ing and told to furbish up for the
big doings.' Nothing so picturesque
about that, is there ?"
Two men who attracted a lot of in
tcrest in the parade were General Per
shing's color bearers. Each is f.
six-1ootcr, and they were selected
from hundreds of thousands of men.
They were Sergeant Major Harry
Cooper, of Boston,, who carried the ma
tlonal colors, and Sergeant John j.
Weidncr of Toledo, H., who carried
the generals wn four-starred standard.
More than hundred wounded SOL
dlcrs were guests at the home of Henry
c. Frick, and when they arose to their
feet General Pershing waved them back
INTO their seats, after saluting them.
The Rev. Father George Warning
who served as a major with the army
was member of the reviewing party
IN the knights Of Columbus stand at
st. Patrick's Cathedral, and he tossed
All dignity and restrain to the winds
when General Porshing appeared.
"Three cheers for General Pcrshincl"
/ he cried.
And the rest of the stand including
Cardinal Mcrcier, Archbishop Hayes
and Minister Brand WhitlocL. re-
sponded with a will
If remarks from the curbs along the
route of the parade can be taken as
an indication, the most envied boy il
the world yesterday was Warren Per.
shlng the generals son.
"Gec!" one urchin said, 81 wisht ]
was pcrshlng's kid"
But another boy was more daring.
a < he VpilpYal ri n, n,,DtoJ Of 49,.
ton Square a fair-hared lad of six
who greatly resembed Warm, dasheC
from the crowd and grasped the gen.
erals hand
"Hello MIR. General Pcrshing," he
cried
The general looked at the boy, whose
face was beaming, and said:
wont you tell me your name
sonny?"
Yes, sir. It's Francis Gciger, ant
I'm right proud of you, general"
You certainly are bright little
boy" the great man responded. Ant
Francis was led away bursting witt
pride. He is the son of George Gciger
and Irvngton, N. j., newspaper man
The Red Cross once again proved its
efficiency after the parade. Canteens
had been established in all side streets
through which the troops detoured an(
the men were given sandwiches, coffee
ice cream, cake and pie. They were al
hungry, even General Prshing.
When the commander started bach
to the Waldorf Astoria from Washing
ton Square he was halted at WavcrleS
Place and Washington Square by tie
members of the Mrs. Van Igen unit OF
the Red Cross. He was introduced tc
all the workers and urged to eat some
thing. He selected doughnut and
brick of ice cream to stay his hunger
The gun that fired the first shot from
the American lines had a special deco