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Show CUPID MUST FIGHT RED TAPE. H Ludicrous Mistake In French Law H Hard to Correct. Curious difficulties occasionally bo- set young peoplo who wish to mnrry H In Franco. A young Frenchman pro- H posed recently to a a Mllo. Eugonlo, H and was accepted. Tho parents bo-gan bo-gan collLCtrug tho mass of legal pa- pors required Tor French murrlagos. H Among tho first to bo obtained was H Mdlle. Eugcnlo's birth certificate, and H when thoy got it thoy found that she H was rcglsterod a boy. Sho Is put H down in tho big book as a malo, nnd H a malo sho remains legally and admin- H lstratlvoly. Her parents pointed out first, that H sho was obviously, do facto, a girl; H second, thnt tho Christian namo of Eu- H gonlo entered In tho register was fern lnlno; and third, thnt If sho had boon H a boy sho would nlready havo boon H culled up for tho conscription, being of H age. Tho authorities ropllod that nono H of theso arguments wero legally and H administratively valid, and that sho H continued to bo a boy. Administrative reports, procedure, H nnd a decision of tho courts, all aft tho parents' expense, will bo roqulrod H beforo the law acknowledges Mdllo. H Eugenic to bo of tho feminine sex and allows her to marry. |
