The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-04

forty-three; Southern. nineteen; Penn
s~ylvania, twenty-two: Southwest. TWEEN
ty-hye; Pacific, thirty-nine; Atlantic.
fftyTnine; New England. twenty-one
and Northern. fourteen.
The French brides coming to the Po-
tomac division are Mrs. Fred HAYNES.
III Holbrook street; Mrs. Sampson
Pike, 212l Linden Mrs. Maurice
Wood, 2o15 Mccullough street and Mrs.
William Jones. 3S1S Lombard street all
of whom now reside at the above ad-
dresses in Baltimore, Md; Mrs. Sterl-
ing Holloway. 1113 Appomattox street,
Petersburg, Va; Mrs. Carey Pridham,
Whitestone, Va. who before her mar
riage was Hermaine Daffos. of Ave
Godennot. Hyeres. Alps, Mar. and Mrs.
Joseph Jenries, Ala Eye street, N. E,
Washington. y. C.. whose maiden name
is Agnes Hardy and who lived at Cha
teaubrfand Loire. complete the group
Jefries. who is now in the hospita!
at Camp Stuart, will be transferred to
the hospital at Fort~ McHenry. it is
said. but the Red Cross is endeavoring
tt obtain a furlough for him in order
to enable him to bring his bride to his
home in Washington.
Miss Wilson. during a recent visit
~ Washington. threw some interesting
light on the French brides. their APP
pearanee. their romances. their eager
ness to see their adopted land and
those more peculiarities or
foibles such as only woman can see
in woman.
TO begin with they are tall and
short. thin and fat. pretty and plain,
serious and .frivolous-in fact they
rave no single characteristic ommon
to all with the exception of youth
they average about seventeen years of
a..a - III a. rsI $1,000
in Red Cross service since the out
break of the war and who has been
stationed at Newport News since
February.
They come from both the peasant
and industrial classes, The average
peasant in France. you know. lives and
oies within five miles of his or her
birthplace and it was from homes like
these that many of our boys married
them. Few talk Englisl-probabiy a
Gozen speak our language welI-hut
, the number that had picked up soldier
slang Is surprising, and it is fascinat-
ing to hear them use it with their
French accent.
to dress. their frocks resemble
our bathing suits. iii that they are
short-very Shorthand they have short.
broad feet n wear shoes that accen-
tuate their width. You know the
French women shun our American
shoes because they make their feet look
too long. They wear angle Iacings and
straps and ribbon bows,
THE highest number of brides
eighty-nine-came on the Huron. July
II, and the smallest number on the
Mercury, July S. when thirty-four ar
rived.
The husbands were mostly s. q, s.
men behind the lines. many of them
having seen from twelve to eighteen
months service In the field. They wer4
stationed in the small towns and thus
became acquainted with their brides.
The French people admired the Amer
lean soldier for three things-his gem
erosity. his Difference to women and
his kindness to children. Naturally.
the young Frenehman was jealous and
there were cases of disturbances, but
they were not general throughout
France.
THE. brides eat at the hostess house
al Camp Morrison and are llowed to
zee their husbands during the day,
though the latter are generally kept at
Camp Stuart to assist in making out
their discharge papers. AS soon as they
receive them and are paid We are no.
tined and bring their wives to them
at the railroad station. The husband
ssA allowed a special rate but, he. must
pay full fare for his wife. From the
time tney arrive AT export News, they
are promptly and efficiently handled
by the military authorities. whose CO.
operation with the Red Cross is ex-
cellent. The Red Cross motor CORPS
il also doing valuable work in trans
porting them to and from Camp Nor
rison."
Having seen that they are safely and
comfortably settled in tho train and
having wished them health and hap
piness. tho interest Of the Red Cross
does not cease there.
Before their departure. the director
of the department of civilian relief Of
the division In which they intend to
live is notified OF their coming and he
In turn communicates with the head
OF the home service section In the
torn IN whinh thAv - amAndNun 49,