Word: pinteau
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Plump, coquettish Adrienne Delamare, aged 12, wanted to marry brisk, bold-eyed Henri Pinteau, 17. Their parents not only approved-they begged that M. le President sanction by special dispensation a child marriage in violation of French law. M. le President considered the reason: a pink and squawling babe safely born Aug. 28 at which time he weighed nine pounds. "Mon Dieu," murmured President Lebrun, "Est-ce possible...
...Voila!" was the unanswerable argument of the petitioners. The healthy babe, they added, had already been named Alfred Pinteau. Prudently the President of the Republic bowed to a fact of nature. The law, he decreed, should in this case be set aside. Proud 12-year-old Adrienne Delamare announced that she will be married Oct. 7 by the Mayor of Catillon. "She will be the Youngest Wife in France," boasted bold Henri Pinteau, "and I shall be the Youngest Husband...
...major part, that of the Count of Chantelaur, is taken by J. D. Lodge '25, president of the Cercle Francais. The Countess, Helene, is played by Miss Ethel Thayer, and the Count's secretary, Pinteau, by Y. H. Buhler...
...Count returned to his manor to find himself an exponent of the Bourgeois and not the king's trusted servant. Greatly enraged though he was, he could only resign his commission and try to hush the matter. His wife takes his hard. Pinteau, however, is not so fortunate. His bride-to-be refused to marry him, when she learned that he was not the Count. Thus, the Count did not get to Paris for long, and his secretary lost a bride...
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