Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-25 | Page 7 | Parson is Done with Weddings

Salvation Army Leader to Beg for Living Before Taking Tak-ing Such Fees (By International News Service.) MUSKEGON. Mich. Adjutant William Wil-liam John Purdue, Salvation Army leader, who gained considerably reputation rep-utation as a marrying parson, cays he will beg for a living before he will take money in the future for marriages. mar-riages. "I am through," said Adjutant Paz-duc. Paz-duc. "Marriage conditions have been going from bad to worse for , mcnlhs now, until I am heartily sick with our moral, conditions as they apply to marriagoa. "The climax came recently when a woman . arrived with her fifth hua-band hua-band and wanted me to perform the ceremony. I refused and I gave htr a lecture which caused her .to leave quickly for another minister. l"n,.n a few days ago a girl not yet twenty-1 one years old divorced her third hud-band hud-band in the local courts. "Marriage today is to many people peo-ple just a passing fancy. They change husbands and wives as they would change automobiles In the spring. They want the latest model and when the paint is worn they feel it is ilnie to discard. "Worst Offenders." "Women are tho worst offenders against the marrlago vows. They gel married on a dare in the morning and arc separated In tho afternoon. Dress is considered an important factor today to-day with women. They want to dross even if tho table ls without food." "Tills modern life may be fascinating, fascinat-ing, but it is disgusting. Infant mortality mor-tality rates are increasing, and more boys and girls are finding their way into the Juvenile courts. "We talk much about sedition, anu it pays us to guard our country and flatr. but, we overlook tho most im portant danger of our civilization U-day, U-day, bolshevism In the home- an 1 moral conditions. "In the future I will marry only personal frlonds, and not until la.ni satisfied that it isn't creating more jobs for lawyers. "Hell today is being paved with trial marriages. Lot us slop and listen lis-ten a minute, without drowning out the euro by singing, 'Hall, hail, che gan's all here.' Tired ot Divorces. "I notice that a Chicago judge quit a few days ago because he was tired of hearing divorces, lie i3 righi. Divorce Di-vorce ls becoming an asset to tho av-orago av-orago woman today. Tho other day a local justice obtained a divorce for a couple and then came, back to his court and married ano'ther couple. Thai's what I call a double .standard of morals. "It is becoming a disgrace to most females today to know anything about cookjng. They spend their nights on the dance floor to jazz tunes and meet somo young fellow and decido at once thej're in loe. Then they marry and the terror started. Tho ja mlibic gives way to a greater discord and they then swear two witnesses in court and a decree is granted. Then the gay life starts all over again. "Give me tho days when tho baoy carriage and cook book held places of honor in the home and a home-' epun sock was not a luxury," 00