Cairo, Jan. 20, Amid poputzr. acclamations, King Farouk, Egypl's 17-year-old monaren, wag married to-day to his childhood playmate, Mile. "Farida Zulflear, Gaughter'of a judge of the Appeal Court, 'The bride is also 17 years of age, and is the youngest Queen mod ern' Egypt has ever known.
She did not attend the simple marriage ceremony held at Koubbeh Palace, the King's residence, at 11 O'clock. "Moslem law was strictly ceeded, observed. No ladies were present when the marriage tract was signed. The bride's father put the question: "Does Your Majesty agree to take daughter Farida to be your Halt an howie earlier, a ceremony was held at the bride's house Helllopolis. at which she authorized her father to act on her' behalf Farida, immediately after the signing of the' contract, drove to the Palace. Tu accordance' with tradition, she win not be seen in public, but will hold a reception for Princesses, and other ladies of the Court on national holidays.
National Celebrations The wedding will be "celebrated throughout the country for four days, during which the capital and other large cities will be illuminated on a scale unprecedented in the history of "Pho capitol is crowded with visltors, including hundreds of Arab Jchieftains and shellchs and thousands staged this afternoon before Koubbeh, magni lower inagnifcent flower pageant wes
Palace, while later, in the night, there was a @reworks display on the banks of the Nile, followed by festivities in. the public gardens of Cairo.
Free meals were given to the poor today at the King's request, 'A. short honeymoon will be spent thy the Royal couple at the-King's estate at Incelass, near Cairo—Reuter.
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