musing account of the experiencen of on Amerleun lady who married an "Buglishman in Shunghat her the marriage Taree "of "tworone might. almost muy three eountriens ay the Atlontie Monthly for' October.
1 am one of those individuals who gained by marriage, in addition to A husband, another nationality. Under the' present law of the United States of America I am. still an American citizen and am duly registered in the Consul-General's office in Shanghai under the name of "Mamie Fraser Hall "Tam registered in His tannic Majesty's Consulate-Gen-ne of "Mamie of James Porritt." To be perfectly British T have to drop that good English ame "Hall," retaining the Scotch Fraser" and American "Mamie."
This dual nationality is not with out interest or incident. Its perplexities began before marriage and its privileges Inst even longer. Tt required three marriage certificates, each issued in duplicate, to make it legal and me law-abiding, I arrived in Shanghai three days before T was to be married to find that -my husband to-be had arranged everything from: the first cherub on the wedding cake to the Inst bottle of champagne, except to find out our bearings in the matrimonial sea of entangling alliances.
From the dock we went to the American Consulate, filled in numerous forms and satisfied the powers-that-be that I really was an American citizen, Technically we followed the Law, but they knew T was an American before I. finished asking for the certificate since T was born and lived twenty-five good years in Georgia, and the only possible way I' can keep that a secret from the world is to forever keep my mouth closed, for T have pure and undefiled Southern draw] and a United Daughters of the Confederacy medal, both of which I am very proud.
One Consul Satisfied 1 satisfied the Am Tecttanrored tat be woul),
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