SOLDIERS' FOREIGN BRIDES.

Shannon News, 18 March 1924, Page 2

SOLDIERS' FOREIGN BRIDES.

HUSBANDS MERE BOYS.

A romantic story of the adventures of three foreign girls who married men of the British regiments of occupation in Constantinople was told, in an interview, by Lady Parmoor, chairman of the International Service Committee of the Y.W.C.A.j and wife of the Parmoor, the new President of the Council in the MacDonald Cabinet.

“We take ■ care, ’ * said Lady Parmoor, “of girls arriving in England from foreign countries and the dominions, and we were warned that three brides—a Greek, a Bussian and an Armeminn —were being sent on to us from Constantinople, and would arrive at the International Hostel on a certain date. As a matter of fact, they arrived a day earlier, but we were able to take them in. ‘ ‘ They were * the wives of British soldiers, to whom they had been married in Constantinople. None of them could speak English, but they could talk a little Fusnch. Their husbands had come home on troopships, but the wives had to -be sent by ordinary steamer. “We were able to get in touch with their husbands. One is with his regiment at Manchester, one at. Aberystwyth boys, one at Oxford. They are mere boys, the eldest not being more than 21. We sent them on to join their husbands, and we hope they will live happily together. ’ *