Show nuptial pact stirs interest norfolk va A marriage bon contract tract so binding upon the alie wife that she a agrees g r ees never to claim a dollar of her husbands money and never to run up abill a bill of any kind without ills his written consent caused possibly the widest domestic discussions in the history of virginia it emphasizes the true love of that union the rev hev thomas A smoot pastor of elvorth Ep orth methodist church who performed the wedding ceremony told the united press in discussing the marriage of alary loulie louise baker awen ty nine year sear old school teacher and carl moore jordan fifty year old wealthy lumberman who originated the contract which was signed a month before the wed cd ding rev smoot could not say its more than 2000 words however how stripped the marriage oi of every sus sua biclon of mercenary motive and in effect reduced the lie wife to the status of ada a daughter tighter of jordans Jon lans eighty tour year old mother with whom the couple live even een the widely known words and alth ith all my worldly goods I 1 thee endow were pruned out of the methodist marriage ritual by mutual consent miss bliss baler baker who ft ho met jordan four our years ago solemnly agreed to surrender her youth louth to meet the requirements of a man of fifty years ears of age tn in turn jordan made clear that lie he undertook only to assume the file cespon and requirements of a man of fifty years of age under the circumstances cum stances |