Show ALLOWED TO CHOOSE MATES eriv lege that Is accorded to french female convicts french female convicts have one privilege that female convicts of other countries do not enjoy they are al lowed to get married but the bus hus bands must also be convicts every six months a notice Is circulated in the female penitentiaries calling upon all women who feel minded to go out to new caledonia in the south pacific and be married to make application to that effect agh the gove governor baor elderly women are said to be prompt in making such applications but they are not entertained as the candidates must be young and exempt from physical infirmities the selected can dilates have to sign engagements promising to marry convicts and set tie tle in new caledonia tor for the remain der of their lives on these conditions the government transports them and gives them an outfit and a ticket of leave when they land at niumea their marriages are arranged tor for them by the governor of the colony who has a selection of well behaved convicts tor for them to choose from and each girl may consult her own fancy within certain limits for the pro portion of marriageable men to worn wom en Is about three to one sometimes wardens or tree free settlers have wooed a pretty female convict but before being permitted to marry her must place themselves ses in the position 0 of a ticket of leave man and undertake never to leave the colon colony the path finder |