The Washington times., 1920-02-10
SPKERSnSREeARD
. .M|N|STER'SADNC[
Guy Brings Bride 10 Home sf
Hls Brother and Father Of
@' Her Child.


BALrIMoRE, Feb. iQ.-iSportAs
ths advice Of the pastor OF the ehufeh
fnto which they have sought sam,s-
sion, Mr.. aud Mrs. Farley setkss
have taken into their hsae day
spikes and his bride who IL we
mother .f the baby Of Per'.s sp'ssr
Guy sp,rsr hi, bride. vho was
EsAily Knowles, an Bneiish wsa
worker, anA her famous ~wSr eNsy,
arrived last night FROM EAil hiver,
Mass, whittier the giSl-mothsr, went
when she was freed from Eiiis lslsnA
larsely through, the enorts Of Mrs.
Perley spiker, and where she was
welded to Guy. They we're given .
hearty welcome by fsrlsy ana his
wife, ,, I
tempting fate; playing with are.
the Rev. DR.. David Hughes. pAAtor 81
the Albert Memorial PIesbytssian
Church. into which Perlsy Spikes AAd
his wife applied for memeershtp re-
Gently. voiced his disspp.evsi when
he heard of the plan for the wife
and the husbands former afnntty to
dwell under the same roof.
He said, In an interview iast week
that he would require the two women
to, promise to sedulously avoid each
other II they were adhittsd TO his
congregation.
Perley Spiker and his wife, how
ever. seem as happy and contented as
the bride and bridegroom
I'VE believe we are doing the right
thing" Periey said. "and we have
nothing at all to hide. We don't like
the wide publicity that has been
given to us and what we are doing. 1t
would have been much nicer could 1t
have been done quietly. but since this
has not been possible we feel that 1t
is better that the whole truth should
come out"
His wife Approves.
His wife nodded her approval. 1--WE
know some people don't agree with
us. hut We also know there are many
who do" she said. ~ have gotten
letters from persons all over the
country, and. only four of them cen
sure US for what we have done.
There is one rumor that I visa
corrected. she added. "It has got
ten abroad that II vas j who orlgi-
| mated the marriage plan between Miss
| Knowles and Guy. This 10 In, orrect.
| never mentioned such thing -
him. Guy read some of 1.-The letters
tthat passed between me and Mas
Knowles. and 1 know from what he
said that he then thought of her with
the deepest respect
Just before the arrival of the con-
pie, when asked directly how he felt
| about the matter. Perley Sniker laid
frankly:
Invited Her to Visit -.
"Wsn, l don't expect svefSbody to
| look at 1t rim the same light. be-
lieve we are doing the right and only
| thing 2that ahould be done. When
left Eng slandI told Miss Knowles that
IL she should ever come to this eoun-
try 10 be- sure and coma and see Us,
and i gave her our address.
II told my wife Just what had 90
Cured within a very short time after
1 got home, and she read all the let
ters that Miss Knowles wrete to me
and / correspopded with her, too.
when we knew that thsre was to
be a child I did not feel that 1t was
right that Miss Knowlea should bear
the burden alone"
Deaies Week In LivesDesL
Spiker requeste ed that both no and
his brothers wife be set right
light on one Incident. That was the
report that he and. she had apent =
week together at Liverpool. the port
Of embarkatien, before sailing.
THAT couldn't be-" he said. "Any-
body who knows anything about mil
itary regulations knows such a thing
would be impossible"
To evade the few curious persona
who were at Union station ON the
watch for the arrival of the bride
and groom. Perley SpukeY and his
wife remained seated among passen-
gers in, the waiting ROOM. As Guy
Spiker and his bride entered from the
train, the two couples merely smiled
and hurried through the crowd to a
VI