The Washington times., 1920-02-09
SP|KERS W|LLLWE
IN BROTHERS HOME
English War Mother, After Wed
ding, Taken to Baltimore
For Honeymoon.
BALTIMORE, Feb. Give are very

BALTIMORE, Feb. Owe are very
happy. Please let us have our honey
moon, and live our lives from now
on without public attention"
With these words. Guy S. Spiker
and his pretty English bride. erst-
while Miss Emily Knowles. the wac
mother whose advent into America
stirred two continents, arrived here
today to take up their residence N
the home OF Perley Il. Spiker. father
! of the famous baby.
To Establish Home.
When they alighted from the train
AT Union Station, the little bundle OF
humanity that brought them woril
wide attention was sleeping peace
fully in his mothers arms.
II am so tired. Please don't ask
me to say anything more. We want
to rest" said Mrs. Spiker as she
plucked at her husbands arm to leai
him from the eager newspaper men,
The Spikers arrived after q quiet
ceremony at the home of MI. and
Mrs. william Battersby In Fail RIVER
Mass, that made them man and wife
Soon they plan to establish their own
home in Baltimore. but for the pres
ent they will live with Perley Spiker'
whose war romance was barred to the
world when his. wife opened her
heart and home to the girl he wrong
ed in England.
The Rev. Henry A Arnold, Of the
Christian Church, Fall River, stated
that he had no scruples whatever
against performing the marriage.
III / can take one ounce OF the load
which this young woman has borne
off her shoulders" said the minister.
tIaf
church was like that of the Disciples
Of Christ, 81 would not hesitate
Bit"
Family In Background.
Only one incident reminded the re-
porters who witnessed the ceremony
that anything unusual was happen
ing, and that was that the Battersby
family, who are strict Catholics, kept
in the background. William Henry
Battersby, the husband, was not in
the room in which the ceremony was
performed. He stood in an adjoining
room looking at the marriage in a
most casual manner. Near him stood
his children. one of whom. Mrs.
Charles Whitehead, held Alfred
Knowles. the baby. Mrs William
Henry Battersby, who was appointed
guardian of the girl during her ninety
days III tHis sSN
on a chair in the little parlor where
Spiker and Miss knowles were mar
ried.
Misses Open Fires.
A son-in-law and a daughter-in-
law, Charles Whitehead and Mrs.
Sarah Battersby, acted as witnesses.
and vouched for the good faith" OF
both parties to the ceremony.
One thing she missed more than
ANYTHING, Miss Knowles said, was the
open fires OF England. Its so cozy,
she said, "to sit before an open fire.
1t makes you feel warm whether you
are or not"
Miss Knowles also spoke Of the new
hat she had just bought. 1t was
spring one, she said, a pretty shade OF
brown, and "wee" in size.
All of this conversation took place
in the little parlor, where Miss
Knowles sat awaiting the coming of
the minister, who had agreed to per-
form the ceremony at the church al
the morning service.
Crowd Gathers Outside.
Guy Spiker sat beside her, o,
walked up and down, venting his dis
pleasure against crowd that had
gathered across the street, and now
and then hooted the house,
-"I wish l had gun" he remarked
jocularly One of the, Fall River re
porters in the meantime sat down e
the little piano and played some o
the music which happened to be or
the piano, consisting of some OF the
ballads OF the day, which Spike
hummed along In an evidentl!
pleased frame of mind
That there may always be jeal
hot hA
admitted by Guy S. Spiker, VIII.
agreed with Assistant City Clerl
Delahanty that 1t would not be wis,
for them to live together. His pla1
was, he said, to stay with Mrs. Cor
Spiker for the present only, until ht
could get n place for his wife. he.
baby and himself elsewhere.
Fellcitations were received in a tele
gram sent from Mrs. Cora Splker
II was the only message or gift re.
ceived by the young couple.