Evening star., 1919-10-05

TWO YOUNG FRENCH-AMERICANS.
was at Lille. and has not been heard
OF SINCE She has two brothers in the
army. one brother of fourteen and q
sister of ten. Victoria has a good
education. went to school for four
teen years. She went to L. to-
visit friends. and there she met her
hance She trusted him. Without as
paper requesting her transportation
to Brest. she bought ticket and
came. On July 6 a friend Of Private
Ii, who Is marrying a friend OF
Victoria, came to the Office and said
that H had no idea of marrying
Victoria. She was persuaded to re-
turn home.
Marie.-Marie. in Office. wanted "a
pass to B. H. No. 118. to visit her
f1ance. She had been waiting in Brest
almost month. for legal residence
Tor the marriage. She met him at
s.. where she was working. Told
her we would see her fiance, and let
her know tomorrow. If possible, to 60
to hospital. Next day. talked to Ed
gar M at b. H. No. 118, who says
that he met Marie one evening. in q
care at s.. He had been drinking
and had just won 500 francs at poker.
She was weeping. and he gave her
some money. also bought her a ticket
TO Brest. and paid her room rent there,
IN advance. She had been following
him around to different camps, and
on two different occasions he had
given her 100 francs. He knows neth-
Ing OF her character. never had any
intention to marry her, and thinks her
feeble-m minded. Later, she was told
that she had better leave Brest; but
she replied that now she could not
return to her parents, and had no.
where else to go. Explained to her
that she must not follow him around
the camp or try to see him any more.
=, Jeanne.-Twenty years old Had
been living with an aunt in Paris and
there met her fiance two years ago.
while working as saleswoman at the
Samaritaine. Her aunt is now dead
She visited George W. at Chau-
mont. Neufchateau anad Ligny. On
arrival at Brest was taken to Fort
Bouguen. then to Hostess House No.
2. She expects to go today to have
the banns published. claiming to have
all the necessary papers for herself
and little George. aged three months.
She cannot give the address of George
W. but believes that he was in
the cavalry and that his former home
was Florida. She speaks no English.
Andrea-Aged twenty three. Her
mother died when she was eight. and
a stepmother was not good to her. At
eighteen she went to her grandfather
and helped him on the farm. Now he
Is dead. fter she met Cleo s. she
did not work any more. He was sta
toned at L.. She Is we'll posted in
his technical work. knows that his
c. o. was so.and-so. and has papers
made out by her fance asking for her
transportation to Bnest and saying
that he intended to marry her upon
arrival there. She has a testimonial
Of good conduct.
Cleo.-Non est inventus.
The girl left behind me!
P. S.-But how numerous are the
brides?
Are they 10000. as certified by the
Camp Meade buddy?
\
Before leaving for Prague. to get
the Czech brides together. Mrs. Sey-
mour told me that the Y. w. c. A. had
actually received. housed, taught, EN-
barked and chaperoned $500 Euro
pean brides (the majority French):
that there had sailed 500 previous to
the Y. w. c. A. being requested to
take over. and that the estimates
foresaw 1000 more The entire reg
istrations cannot reach 5000. They
include cases like that Of the Italian Z
American who had been married to
his Italian war bride for nine years,
but never got together enough money
fo send for her tO cOmp IN Amorica