Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-02-02
MARRYING IN FRANCE
o'holal Obstacles That Bar the
Way to the Ceremony.
THE WORRIES OF A FIaNcE.

MS enorts to Accomplish th. N.es..
ssry Preliminary Forrnsli.....
Marrying In France is not nm s,sv
matter On the contrary. the civil 81.
ncers seem 10 employ ingenuity In nn,.
ting as many obstacles as ,,ossIbl.. IN
/ the way OF those who contpmnls,e
matrimony.
lake the case OF French Citizen
who until recently resided I'm the
Eighth arrondissement of Paris I'm,
VINO removed Go the Ninth and then
began TO accomplish the formoIit,es
necessary for his marriage.
Smiling and happy. as a man about
70 wed should be. be presented himself
at the marie OF the Ninth ward with
the following documents. which he
had previously obtained NJ the marie
or the Eighth reimbursement: His
birth certificate. his discharge from In.
army. the death certificate OF his mar.
ents and the certificate. OF his first
marriage. for he had been married
once already.
On Saturday afternoon M 4 O'Clock
he called upon the functionnry who's .
business II Is to attend TO matters NJ
fecting the "etat civil" Ewing the Wis.
itor coldly. the functionary asked
What do you wantT'
To get married." replied the other.
smiling.
Its closed"
BEG parionr'
Il snid IL was closed-for marriages
Come back on Monday or THURSDAY"
why Monday or Thursday instead
OF Tuesday or Friday? What reason"
How should 1 knowf And do Won
think I care? It's like that-thats all
I know"
On the Monday the tance returned
He had recovered his good humor and
MS snsiie, and the FIRST document he
banded to the employee at the mai. G
was his birth certificate, which had
cost him originally francs.
whats thatT" exclaimed the func-
uonary. with an air OF surprise "Its
too old"
What do you mean-too oldT'
Il mean what | say Your certifi-
cate was made out eight years ago.
and 1t has been used already. I don't
IL
not older than three months"
But my birthday does not change.
and IL Is clearly indicated on this doc
ument. which is official. why do you
want one that Is not more than three
months oldr'
"Why7 You are too inquisitive."
The tiance was still smiling. but I'm a
rather faint hearted fashion.
Where is your military memorau-
dun bookT' asked the employee.
Il haven't got one"
What! You haven't got one7 And
you come here and expect TO get mar
ricd without 1Gvrdt militaIreT No:
you're joking. You can't be serious"
Yes, l am. I'm an officer on the
reserve list"
Show me your mobilization order"
That's n secret order which have
not the right TO show you. The army
regulations are opposed TO IT, Here is
my discharge. That is all can show
you"
"All right; we'll see"
Then the nance interpolated:
why must you have a military doc
umentg'
ITO show that you are really a
Frenchman."
Isn't my birth certificate sufticIentT
81 have no time for discussion.
Where is the document showing that
your first union was dissolvedf"
"voicir'
That's not what l want. mus,
have copy OF the act OF transcript
ton"
The document I've just given you
cost me 2 francs at the marie at Neuil.
iy. Where must / apply for the other ?
At Neuillyy'
bunal OF the Seine"
The flance made for the door, ran
downstairs and jumped into a taxi
motor. In n few minutes he was at
the registrars Office.
Monsieur" replied the assistant
registrar, 1.-The registers from Neuilly
have not come back yet. But you'll bt
sure TO find them there. and they'll be
able TO give you all the information
you want"
Another taximotor cab. and ten min
utes later the distracted flance was at
the marie OF Neuilly.
YES: l understand" replied the off,
cial after the visitor had explained
the object of his call. But we can't
give you what you want under forty
eight hours"
81 suppose must wait" said the
flance.
Two days later, armed with n com
plete dossier. he returned 10 the marie
OF the Eighth reimbursement. His
smile had come back; he felt that vic.
tory was nigh.
Eat iastw he exclaimed triumphant
ly as the functionary came forward
"I've got them all now"
'.Quite right" replied the other after
q glance at the various documents
"But did understand you TO say you
wanted TO be married on the l5th?"
Eyes. that's the date"
"In that case I'm very sorry. mon
sieur, but that does not leave us the
legal time In which 10 publish the
banns. You will have to postpone tho
date OF the ceremony"
Then the fiance's smile came or
Tor good. and doubt whether he viii
recover II before the wedding day
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