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Show FAMOUS LITTLE CHURCH'S ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED Estimated That Fifteen Thousand Marriages Hare Been Celebrated Within Its Walls in 56 Years. many more couples than he marries. In fact those whom he ' refuses , averages fifty couples a month. Including divorced di-vorced persons and young persons who are unable to swear that their parents' consent has been obtained. - - i tsEW YORK, Oct. 3. With an esti-mated esti-mated record of nearly 15,000 marriages, the fifty-sixth anniversary of the Church of the Transfiguration, known far. and wide as "The Little Church Around the Corner," has been celebrat- ed. Special services were held and large congregations were In attendance, attend-ance, including many theatrical persons, per-sons, among whom the church Is particularly par-ticularly popular. Speaking of the many marriages celebrated cele-brated In the church, the rector. Dr. Houghton, declared that he turns away |