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Show Early Marriage. Rev. Thaddeus Hogan of he Sacred Heart parish of Trenton, N. J., who has been urging younger members of his church to marry early, finds many returns re-turns to his preachings. Engagements are being announced rapidly. Father Hogan's advice is to marry early in life, thereby shunning evil associates, as-sociates, thus saving earnings, no matter mat-ter how small they may be, remaining at home with one's family instead of walking the streets and placing one's self in full view of the temptations of evil. "The question of salary," said the priest, "should be no bar against this step. A young, man earning $10 a week and upward could keep a wige just as well as he can pay $5 a week for board and attend the theatre and take in all sorts of amusements. "The' young girls should take this advice ad-vice home to themselves, too. They are as responsible as the young men. They "will not marry a young man nowadays unless he is earning a large salary, so they can dress in silks and satins and make a great showing on the streets. If this step is not taken early in life the young man generally abandonsthe idea of marrying after he has passed the twenty-five-year mark." Father Hogan has been preaching thus for a long time, but not until recently, re-cently, did he insist upon the matter being .considered seriously. The, population popu-lation of the Sacred Heart parish is the largest in the city of Trenton, and there were more marriages in this church in the past year than any other Catholic church in Trenton. Pittsburg Observer. |