Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-08
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| (Pershing's Courtship Continued)
"A day or so after the Fort Myel
dance" said Senator Warren, con
tinuing his story of Pershing's court
ship, there was dance at the navy
yard. Mrs. Tom Walsh was there
| presented my daughter and Jack
to her. Thereafter Jack was in
vited everywhere and he and my
daughter were much together at So
cial functions.
"I recall one dance in particular
1t was given in honor of Miss Alice
Roosevelt, now Mrs. Longworth
For some reason my daughter did
not think she could go; on the morn
ing of the dance, l remember, she
said she was not going. When
came home to luncheon | noticed
some orchids in vase. I asked her
who had sent them. She told me
they were from Jack. Later she
showed me a note from him asking
ii he might dance the cotilion with
her that night. Frances went to the
dance. ....
"Thst wasn't all, either.
Snowy Night Incident.
"I remember that it showed that
aight-such a snowstorm as Wash
ington has occasionally. The streets
were s1ushy, Now when the dance
ended Jack walked with my daugh-
ter to her cab. Then, as customary,
when attending a girl unchaperoned,
as my daughter, by some chance,
happened to be that night, he turned
to leave her. She looked down at
his feet. He had on pumps. She in
sisted that he get into the cab with
her-that she drop him at his apart
nent. He demonstrated, explaining
that i. would not be proper. He
must have forgotten that Frances
was from the west. She insisted
told him she would drive down the
street short distance and wait for
MIN.
Musketeer's Story.
Meantime, that the thread Of the
romance be not lost, one must leave
the senator for time and tell the
story of the "Musketeer." Persh-
ing was living in Washington with
him. LIZ.
"Yes," the "Musketeer" told me,
"I remember distinctly the night
Jack first met Frances. He came
home-back to our apartment-and
woke me up. He just had to. he
said. Then he began. He told me
Of Frances-'the girl God made for
me, he said to her.
For hours, yes, verify, until l in
formed him that if he were in love
and could go without sleep was
not in love and had to sleep, he
went on talking of Frances. He
asked me a thousand questions
wanted to know if thought it right
for an old man like him-a man
43, an army officer with the sliminest
chances Of promotion, to marry a
young girl like Frances.
Eyes" the "Musketeer" con-
cluded, after giving me more de-
tails of Jacks confession, 1T cer-
tainiy was love at sight"
Pershing finally answered his
questions himself. Not for more
than a year, though.
On First General Staff.
Back in Washington he was ap-
pointed a member of the first gen.
eral staff-created in 1908 when the
office Of commanding general of the
army was legislated out of existence
-an honor to which all army Off
GERS aspired, but one which few at
tanned.
In January, 1904, he was detailed
to Oklahoma City as assistant chief
of staff to the commanding general
of the Southwestern division. none
other than General Summer, his old
commanding officer in Mindanao,
and who had been recalled to the
United States soon after Pershing.
A New Appointment.
Pershing received this new ap-
pointment gladly. Miss Warren
spent much time of her home in
Cheyenne, especially during the
summer. And in the summer Cen
eral Summer moved his headquar
ters from Oklahoma City to Colo
RADIO Springs. Which, as Pershing
soon learned, and as General Sum-.
mer told me. was not far from
Cheyenne.
I Pershing remained with the
southwestern division, part of the
time as chief-of-staff, until October
"a, 1914, when he was ordered to the
army war college. He was stu
dent in the college until January,
1905. Came that month the mo-,
mentous event of his life-his mar
riage.
The Marriage.
ut happened all in a minute, it
seems" the senator told me. "Jack
receiving my permission, had asked
Frances to be his wife, and she con-
sented. Then, of sudden. before