A PARISIAN ROMANCE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1926, Page 16

A PARISIAN ROMANCE

COTJN.T AND ACTRESS.

Marriage is by no means as easy a matter in France as in England, as all the world knows, but it is seldom that parents and children disagree to such an extent as to the choice of a future partner that the Courts have to be appealed to before the question can be tackled. All Paris has been gossiping for months over a case of this kind which is reported in the "Morning Post," which, by reason of the prominence of the parties on both sides, has attracted an exceptional amount of attention.

TJie would-be bridegroom in this instance is Comte Stanislas de la Eoohe iFoucauld, son of the head of; the ancient French dimal family of that name, who has been engaged for some time to marry Mile. Alice Cocea, a popular musical comedy star. Mile.' Cocea, who is of Knmanian .birth, it, is stated, created the leading role in. the successful musical piece, "PhiPhi, '' which enjoyed a record run at the Bonfires Parisiennes soon after the war.

In London unions between the peerage and the sta,ge are almost too f re-. quent to attract attention. In Paria such events are practically unprecie- ; dented. No .surprise was felt, therefore, when it became known so.me months ago that Comte Stanislas's family were emphatically opposed to i his project. The Comte being of age,. it was ionly necessary for him, accord- • ing to French law, to "summon his parents respectively" to accord their consent to his proposed marriage. If this were still refused he would bo free to disregard their wishes.

Finding .after this legal obligation had been complied with that Ms son was still determined on the marriage, the iDnc made a formal protest to one of tho Paris Courts with a view to having the project brought to an end by injimction. After iearing much argument on both sides, however, the Court has now declared itself incompetent to decide the question, and there the problem is left.