BRIDE OF 17.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 125, 30 May 1938, Page 5

BRIDE OF 17.

TUG STEWARDESS.

FROSTY MOLLER ROMANCE.

MARRIED THIRD OFFICER. SYDNEY, May 27. Audrey Mihialoff (17), of Melbourne, a week-old bride, signed on as stewardess in the tug Frosty Moller. The Frosty Moller is to make a hazardous 5000-mile tow to Shanghai. Mr 3. Mihialoff is making the voyage ■with her husband, Herman Mihialoff, White Russian, third officer of the tug, which will tow the tug A. J. Boyd, and the steamer Moruya. Her pay will be ten cents a month, for supervising the work of the Chinese steward. "I would not go on a passenger ship unless Herman accompanied me. You see we are very much in love with each other," she said. "I am not worrying about the possible dangers, as we will be together." She is small, slim, brown-eyed, and has wavy, bobbed black hair. She smiled gaily as she told how she gave up her job as a waitress after meeting her husband in the Melbourne cafe at which she worked. "We fell in love with each other at first sight four months ago," she said. "I had a bit of trouble convincing mother to agree to our marriage, but my father and two brothers were on my side, and she gave in when she knew Herman better. "I know the trip may be hazardous,! perhaps dangerous, but I am not afraid j —except of being very seasick. I am taking a supply of dry biscuits to cure that." Because of the limited accommodation on the tug—the double-berth cabin for the couple is about six feet square —she is taking only three pairs of slacks, four pairs of shorts, some sports 6liirts and pullovers.

"I will buy my trousseau in China, after my honeymoon," she said with a laugh. "It will be cheaper, my husband tells me. "I know we are going to have a happy voyage, and my husband and I will make an interesting go of our marriage when we settle down in the East." Food for three months was loaded into the three ships in the tow, and also into the steamer Ready, which will act as escort.