The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-08
CONLEY GIVES
LECTURE HERE


Nothing Is more fascinating IMAM
to compare the customs OF ditter'
ent countries.
There was once an oiu ,rlsh su S,..
maker living In a small ONO 70"
who used 70 entertain the IniluI gu
passing home from school win
song about the wedding OF wv" VI
his ancestors In the Count! AaS"
One Of the wedding presents re
Ceived by the bride was "a teathcE'
bed, and according 10 the EerHClouS
Chrouicler. It was some bed. 70:
Me iadthcr and MudtheF.
Me sister and brother
Me granny and aUliE ANA DIE
cousin Ted
Me uncle ? Eha e.,
His nephew "a t"s.ur.
All slept OF tha, bnuncih DE-
down feather bed
WnoinE the gentle goddess 81
siumber seems to have been 4 con
Certed family affair in the County
Mayo. And so il is with all other
wooings in France, according 70
Captain RoIIo Conley' VINO en-
tartained q god sized audience in
The First Presbyterian church last
night with talk on France Cap
tniu Conley recently returned from
a trip with party Of American
dictionaries To France and Be-
ainm During the wa he was bit
iaIed in private family ~ snah
town IN France where. be sand. he
called ON three young lauies two
nights week each for period OF
nine months and therefore can ~
expected TO speak with "uthofltA
on the home life OF the french l'eh
Pile. In justice 10 the gallant a"
tain, however. let II be sal" .
his frequent calls. SIX sll' :.
week from till 1880. - ho'fS VI
all. were fo" the sole ana p"l* PdF-
pose OF exchanging English lessons
for French And. ne i"Una. on Ms
recent trip. where he 'Hr' ana H"''
ncbhed with cro%re y ''S. ca
dinals nj the chi.ch. rfs aus d
the army and otile! Hish'taT:e
that the lesson learned nuFinE
those long evenings ScTVeH NM ~
good stead.
When %oHAN man 'ai'S y"
girl in France " SAD y" Is MSuSI,
ed into a room where sit III tnH
members OF the family. from tuE
grandmother down to me tllliesL
tot. There the chap2ronaGe system
Is carried 10 the mn neeTcG. ~ ~
young man can see even hlS
ance alone. not 10: one llii'I.e, u'
til after marriage" RAN an" IA
we'll are uttered IN the BOSOM ol
and under the watcnlnl eyes o. iIe.
family. a chaste nahoclasP p.'S
the only communication pS' ",i'lt"
under the rules "Eethcr o' ~.
this rigid chaperon SSSten! can
make the eyes behave, the E1piaA
did not explain PROBABLY IeaNiHs
the audience 10 amer that ~
France, as elsewhere II can p@
done. When he told MS trlenoS Ut
the houses where ne was suCu
frequent visitor OF the greater iIe'
dom between the sexes IN America
he found. he SAID, mat the Young
sters nodded their headS WIN ap.
proval but the elders sho"k the.F
heads In strong uiSapproVal'
Il regret to say were the exact
words of the captain. speaking OF
the styles. that they're wearing
them longer In France at the pres
ent time, the tashiODahle length De-
ing to the shoe tops. 6ut. he pre-
dicted. that extremity ut tasnioh
may not reach H'neE,g" Tor some
time to come One continual round OF
pleasure was the experience OF the
party OF Americans and their wives.
From the time they landed in Cher-
bourg until they sailed. everywhere
they went. the Americans we're re-
cived with the highest Donors by
the people. All tho celebrated
places we're visited-for the second
time by many OF the legionnaires