Show MUST KEEP FATHERS PROMISE russian girl forced ta to marbry man chosen for he hc tatyana y an handsome girl of seventeen i presented herself a few days ago be fore the presiding judge at the district court in astrakhan with the following prayer As an infant of 5 years she had u n betrothed by her father to the ten cearold son of a ne gabor the father acting according to cu om the oung man now claims his bride and altho although the latter loves another young tribesman she Is held by both pare parent nt and bridegroom to her infantile betrothal the weeping girl prayed the judge to extend to her the riat rint of russian law to choose her own bus band after a careful reference to the code the judge ruled that as the russ an law gave the fullest freedom of re legious and moral rites and customs to the non orthodox subjects of the car char the father a power was paramount and the disconsolate girl s appeal wis re fused |