DE ROUGEMONT MARRIED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)

DE ROUGEMONT MARRIED.

WEDS ENGLISH BRIDE. " WILL YET STARTLE THE WORLD." Louis de Rocgemomt, whose famous story of riding a turtle startled the world some years ago, has been married in London at a west End registery office, the bride being Miss Thirza Cooper. * The lady carries on an occupation in Regent Street- as a financial agent, under the name of "Cooper," mainly transacting business' clients in London and Paris'. The wedding ceremony, according to one who was present, was quite a ''simple affair," no friends or relatives being present except a lady, and gentleman well known in London society. M. de Rougemont looked well and happy, and bore himself in debonnair fashion. Mme. Louis de Rougemont is a strikingly handsome woman, pfissVssed of considerable charm of manner, her personality being more French than English, although she was born of English parents. Met in London. An uncle of the —now —was at one time, it is understood, a distinguished figure on the English stage, and madame herself enjoys the reputation of being a clever amateur actress in artistic circles in Loudon and Paris.

When 21 years of age she married a French stockbroker in Paris, who committed suicide. She married again,' and divorced her husband, some three years ! ago. And .now, just to illustrate the French saying, "Jamais deux sans trois." she has married Louis de Rougemont. She met Louis de Rougemont in London for the .first tjme some few months ago in connection with literary work, and found him a delightful "child of Nature," recounting for hours together tales true and marvellous.

She lias said, when discussing her husband with mutual friends before her marriage, "one cannot be dull in the company of Louis de Rougemont. His imagination is livelier than that of other men. And then, when he presented the truth interestingly, the world called him an outrageous liar. '

'1 Believe in Him." " One' of the things they poured scorn upon him for was his statement that in Australia he saw the sun obscured by great flocks of wild ducks. Australian friends of mine have quite recentlv vcorroborated this, having seen the phenomenon themselves. And as for his ability to ride turtles, it is one thing for a young man to do, as he himself actually did, and quite another thing to expect an old" man to repeat such youthful exploits. " I believe in Louis de Rougemont. He will yet startle the world with the revelation of a great truth, and those who have thrown stones at him will live to see his name vindicated before the world."

M. and Mme. de Rougemont are now preparing for a trip to Australia, in connection with "a highly interesting discovery,"' the nature of which, however, is being kept a profound secret. For the present they are quietly residing in London, monsieur engaging himself in playwriting, and in the study of the occult, in which latter science he has always delved deeply.