RICH SISTERS MARRY BLIND SOLDIERS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3148, 18 December 1922, Page 7

RICH SISTERS MARRY BLIND SOLDIERS.

A romance of the war had its Elimination in Milan lately, when .the Archbishop of Milan united in mamago two rk'li sistere with two young men blinded and maimed in the war. Uiubcrto Bronchi, blind and minus both hands, and Marco Sala. blind and minus his rights arms, wore the two bridegrooms. They wore married' respectively to Marie, 27, and Rosin© Molteno, 2-5. daughters of a rich Milan fanuly, well known for the generous financial support they gave to wounded soldiers. The romance began in a local hospital, which was among the institutions to benefit from this generosity,, and in winch the two men have been under treatment since the second year of the war. Marie and Rosinc served until recently ats nurses in the blind wards or the hospital. A strong attachment grew between the couplets, and, with the consent of the girls' parents, their marriage was arranged. Other society people m Milan loudly protested against the weddings taking place, hut the church was packed to the doors to-day with people who admired th* girls for their action, and there was no untoward incident. Bianchi was, of course, unable to sign the regirster. The couple spent their honeymoon together iji the country.