| Show TELLS CAUSES Of SAD Read Head of Marist Order Says Young People Should Be More Nore Care Careful Careful ful in Choosing BLAMES WASTEFUL WOMEN SAYS HE IS GREATLY PLEASED WITH THE WEST Causes of unhappy marriages were discussed yesterday by Very Rev Father J 3 M Portal provincial of the Marist Fathers Father Portal is the guest of Father 31 J GuInan president of AU All HallowS college Father Portal Portalis I Is on a to tour r of e tion of all the i Marist order foundations foundation one of which in All Hallows college He will re remain remain main in this city until the middle of th the present week when he will con cou continue his hi journey of Inspection He gees from here to Idaho and Montana and from there to St Paul Minn Fa Father ther Portal makes his home in Boston Mass Recently I have seen an account in inthe inthe the local papers of the marriage of two questionable characters in the jail I regret to read of this affair for I believe it can be product productive lye ive of no great good I believe that such affairs as that marrIage are pros of the marriage vows and ceremonies Marriage is a holy estate It should never be regarded lightly It should be entered into in a sober and manner What do those two Individuals in the jail know of rever reverence reverence ence Such marriages tend to make the divorce cOurts grind on unceasing ly The man who reads of such marrIages will feel an utter loath loathing loathing ing for the holy estate if such as they are allowed to enter it Favor a Censorship If such a thing were possible and not in conflict wIth the supposed rIghts and liberties of man I should like to see established a marriage censorship Laws should be made restricting the marrIage of those unfit to undergo the censorship I suppose I am not en entirely entirely alone in this view but I am nearly so If the legal aspect of mar marriage marriage were more in accordance with the religious there would be fewer un unhappy unhappy happy marriages fewer di divorces Men and women would learn soon that when they take the oath of allegiance for a lifetime It does not mean allegiance until one is tired of thE other There is no such thIng pos possible possible sible as a divorce Death is the only liberator Let men decide after care careful careful ful consideration the question of hay hav having haying ing one wom woman n for a lifetime helpmeet and companion Once decide that question rightly and there would be no necessity of divorce or separation How much better it would be if the young man had sought a girl of hIs own class and financial standing They would be happy for they would have havethe havethe the same standards of living Father Portal was for more than twenty years pastor vastor of a church in Lawrence Mass He Is French by birth and a man of wide observation He is looked upon as one of the strong strongmen men in the educational field of the theRoman Roman Catholic church Pleased With the W West st This is my first trip into the west said Father Portal I have been struck by the wonderful scenery of these grand mountains most of nil all Living as I have in and around Bos Boston ton for so many years I have had few opportunities of seeing real mountains It is a grand sIght indeed I carne came to Salt Lake from California Out there the verdure is a wonder and a delight to the eye That long stretch of barren country through which I passed on my way here had the tendency only to prepare me for the wonders of the mountains Western men are the virile types I like them for their wholeheartedness They may not be so spiritual as some of the men in the east but they are no noless noless less men for all that The rugged character of the west the free open life westerns live makes western men resolute strong vIgorous and withal men to be respected and loved I am glad ot of this chance of knowing men of the west and I can truthfully say this shall not be my last visit Speaking ot of the order of which he is the head in the United States Father Portal said Our order Is one of the modern or organizations organizations of the mother church It was founded about sixty years ago iq Lyons France by Father Colin Cohn a leading Catholic educator We devote ourselves to teaching the young preaching and missionary work in the educational field especially We have twenty foundations in the United States By a foundation I mean a achurch achurch church school or building used by the order We are growing rapidly My province e extends tends oyer the entire Unit United United ed States and Canada My successor lS as provincial Is now at the head of the Marist Fathers in Mexico I have been In office but six months This Is my first trip of Inspection and from what I have seen I can say I am well pleased All Hallows college Is doing good work I am well weIl pleased with it |
