The Washington times., 1919-03-28
FIRST FRENCH
YANKEE BRIDE
COMES HERE
Capt. Ollie Purcell and Pretty
Julie Marie Learn Double
Language in France.

Loves language Is universai-a
thing Of the eyes, the lips. and the
heart. Witness the case OF CAPT.
"Ollfe" Purcell. the irst washington
officer to triumphantIy return home
with pretty French bride.
With only enough knowlsdre OF
the French tongue TO order q table
d'hqte dinner haltlngly. his Yankee
dash won over French gaIIants who
knew every verb. regular ana irreg-
ular. in the whole French grammar.
And, with the greatest war trophy
IN the world-a pretty vivaeious
French girl Captain Purcell came
home to his parents, sf9 North Cap
itol street, late last night
Those Eyes, Tho-e Eye.
~oh-thees Amsficaass' exelaims
pretty Julie Marie, who used to sDeil
her name Machureau. and nov writes
Purcell with a flourish sAn Ameri-
can can say more With hess eyes On
hve minutes than a Frenchman can
say with the entire French LANGUAGE.
"An Ameriean-he-whaf eou caII
it-he go right 20 the point. He
doesn't use 80 many Wordss@but he
gets there-oh 50 quickr
After which II il needles TO say
that the little French woman Il AZ
most as enthusiastic about her tail
American husband a. she Is OF the
land OF her adoption. which in the
tWenty-four hours since her arrival
has won her heart. soul and body.
And this city-Wa Waslington- Il
not too beautiful? And everybody has
motor car, and looks 50 nappy and
prosperous-sO different from ny
poor France: Il all seems, like q
dream 10 me, she says.
Net In Chaunont.
The story OF the romance. COURT
ship. and marriage OF Captain Purcell
with the little French girl reads like
the American army's dash after the
retreating Huns. Meeting IN Chau-
mont, where. the captain was a mem
ber OF the general stan. neither know
ing scarcely a word OF the others
language, they knew they belonged
to each other from the start" al
though neither confessed Il until
some time later
You see. we wanted to be able to
talk" the bride explained, $50 We
started a French class, my captain
girl friends, We begin to teach each
other our language. and then We
learn something else beside--Oh -
very much beside,
He was Ordered Away.
But in three months-war utterly
disregards romance, you know-my
captain he was ordered to Tours
hundreds OF miles away, I thought
maybe he forget ME ana the little
bride smiled archly &C her ArnericaE
husband. and added with tie self
satisfied tilt OF the head only the WON
an who knows she is loved can assume
but he come back-sOon and often.
II was a i've days trip from. Tours to
ChaumOnt, but each four months he
have nine days leave. Then he would
come-but only for day. Think OF IL
one day in four months. But when
the hearts are right, a day can mean
very, very much.
Proposed In England.
In August we arrange definitely
for our marriage. on, yes he ask
me in English--yOu see, we had both
learned, oh! much, BY then-and I
answer him in English-and in
French-and in lots Of others ways.
We've been married eight months now
and are more happy every day"
Captain Purcell, who Is q Business
High, Mckinley Manual, and George
town Law boy, did his. big work in
France by installing q code system
which keeps track or the $4,000
American officers in France. He is
soon TO leave the service and begign
A law practice here.