Show WEDDINGS BEST w H H x JUDGE REFUSES TO MARRY wE wANT I 70 ti IT t xA s I m n COME TO ME METO Wl WITH TO MARRY THEM THE SAME ATTITUDE THEY ASSUME IN t FOR A DOG LICENSE s r v IL vt CLERGYMEN THE CHURCHES THE POWER VESTS TO MAKE I MARRIAGE STICK N T By ROY nay J J. J GInno G NU c. 1 Sere Ice Ico A Writer CHICAGO Sept 18 Marriages Marriages are arc very properly properly a t. t religious function function function tion and w law courts have na no busi busi- business business business ness butting In In on this well regu hUed trade by tying lying Imitation knots knols that fall tall to bind This paraphrased opinion of ot Judge John J. J J Lupe of ot Chi Chi- Chicago's Chicago's Chicago's cagos cago's busy bus court of ot domestic re relations re- re relations relations lations who has just announced in judicial decree that henceforth couples desirous of matrimony must look elsewhere than to him for uniting them except in emer emer- Marriages should be served ser with all aIL tiie t e trimmings says Judge Lupe In explaining his rea rea- reason reason reason son for tor the revolutionary move naG DOG SI f. Ill not have folks coming to tome tome tome me to marry them with the same I attitude they assume In applying I for lor a dog license J Marriage is a no sacred sacra sacra- ment It can best be performed by b a II clergyman with all the sol sol- serious atmosphere atmo that makes a marriage under such circumstances cir cir- circumstances circumstances a 11 picture never to be b forgotten HASTY WEDDINGS My experience e on the bench has convinced d me that hasty hast weddings wed wed- weddings wedI I dings dl ss In court lead more often otten to hasty efforts at divorce In other courts There is something about a re religious re- re religious ceremony and ritual that on a human and makes it less easy eMY for Cor to forget torget or look with light upon pon the thing custom or Institution which the ceremony commemorates Court weddings performed by magistrates s justices of the peace and ln l oter oler legal representatives have merely legal sanction and imply to many only a legal and not nol a moral or 01 spiritual sense of oC obligation For this reason In my court I from now on except in cases of ot dire emergency and for the public I good we tie will dispense Justice and marriages Seekers after wedded bliss I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall direct to churches where the proper spiritual atmosphere ob ob- obtains To judges the power Is given legally to marriage WITH 1111 But to clergymen and the churches the power is vested to tomake tomake make marriage stick And the the- only way marriage can be made mad to stick is to servo serve it with all the trimmings so so that it leaves an indelible mark made that cannot be erased or forgotten without serious damage to the conscience Judge Lupe Lupo it should be re remarked re- re remarked marked is married marrIed marrIed-marrIed married In a achurch achurch achurch church and regards the job done I many years year ago ngo by a clergyman far better than anything of ot simi simi- similar similar lar nature natura that he could do for others i |