Show IVUII 111 AUI IIAIIIIY IIIIM Moy yea ag wbu Ibe todoney to make of marriage a mere civil contract between the paitles was bit oomlog muk1 nmo Ibo In clvJflZld nalln aOd VAl bolg a vocaled strongly by refurin jea lb oonall rllglou IIglllo 01 lb 11m condemned Ibe Indne aud predicted that one til Its no able cllects would be la drive lapplneis from the family circle cir-cle becauio Ibo tacred religious cbllgillons associated with tbe union as uusUua and wlfo nouli be lost Icbtof I audaeeud would take their place Ibu later daveltpinentB In marriage expe Isoces have gono a cnrj way to prove the fulfillment of bis prediction Upjn this point Ibo courco of r Magistrate Cornell of tlu Yorkvllle court lu New York a few days BSD presents a suggestion sug-gestion that has come to tbe mini of many rt civil otUcsr nuil nan recelvel expreislon but tbla li Ibe first case wa have heard of whore thBiu > nlstrat bsB acted upon Iil > COL vlctlon In sucb mailers to Ibe ixtent of reluilm to marry a couple who presumed pre-sumed themselves William M Btlles miclfcJopliln Mclutytn appeired bsfsro Ibo magistrate with a request tUU Im perform the ceremony that would lake tbem msn and wife ills reply Wall I must decline I dont cnro to dls 0uroK you bUI In my exporlnoa on he bench I soe too much trouble lu married lllu 1 never will perform a manlago curmuny Evidently that New YOlk msgli trate has bad his 1111 of the dltcordaut trains from mirrla ot that have proved failures In the ciso of the Iar i ties concerned How far the atsumou reform srlrlt of the age Is I ansuura bleforlbeunileasaut condltlou mlnht hen very Interesting question |