Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-11-20
WILL WE'D BY NEW PLAN
Margaret HERON to Follow Her
Brothers Example.
SISTER OF THE SOCIAL CRUSADE
Miss Heron Considers Marriage l.
Above All Earthly Forms Hes
Sweetheart. Dr. BershaII. Is a
ciaIist ENiIed For His TeachinE>
She Defends Her Brother.

ciaIist ENiIed For His TeachinE~
She Defends. Her Brother.
{ Miss Margaret Evelyn Heron. sister
7 Of Professor George .. HERON. the So
1 eialistie agitator. has announced her
1 enga cement to marry Dr. Henri Yer
I ner BerghaH of Afanistee. Mich. and
Z the wedding will be conducted ON the
( same plan which made sensational the
marriage of Professor Heron TO Miss
| Carrie Rand. his disciple and affinity
Miss Heron is firm believer in
what she terms the new and simple
form of marriage" which is without
the exchange OF the usual matrimonial
vows and with Zone of the ritual or the
formulas of the church. She heartily
approves Of the way her brother es-
roused Miss Rand. on which occasion
the Rev William I. Brown of Plym-
outh Congregational church. Rochester.
said: This is the time and the place
for the muse of a poet. the speech CT a
god. The office of priest or magistrate
We're an Intrusion here
Il quite approve of that idea at a
wedding said Miss Heron 10 a New
York World reporter when seen the 9th
er day at the home established near
Metuchen. y. j.. by her brother for
the group known as The Social Cru
SADIE
Il believe that marriage is away
above all earthly forms; that there is
something too infinite about love TO be
measured by earthly pledges-vain idle
pledges. which are so often broken
What do Such VOWS co,,pf for If txv.,
hearts are afire with love which knows
no expression from the lipsT'
There has been much opposition in
Metuchen TO the esta bIishment of so
cialist colony there and it is generally
known that little favor is felt among
the churchmen for the new form of
marriage" adopted by the Herrons.
When Miss Heron was asked if she
had been made acquainted with such
dissatisfaction on the part OF the town
people, she calmly replied:
well. l. believe l have heard of
something of the s2rt. | believe l
heard that one Of the local pastors. the
Rev. DR.. Mason of the Presbyterian
church. expressed opposition to the
new marriage but since hearing that
l have heard him deny that he had
made any such remark.
Anyhow. ii makes very little differ
ence to me. So long | know that
my views CT marriage are right ii is a
matter OF total Indifference to me what
neigEhors may say. Any opposition
here among the ministers or the town
people would certainly have very lit
tie weight with me. They have the
right TO think as they please. and l
shall reserve the same right for my
SELF
Miss Heron said that the man she
is to marry is himself socialist and
has been conspicuous agitator of the
principles of socialism al. his life. DIR.
Berghall is practicing physician in
Manistee Mich..' she said. He is for
ty-two years old. and | am thirty-five
DIR. Berghall is native of Sweden.
and he is an exile from Russia or Swe-
den ! don't exactly know which. He
was sent away because of his activity
in promul eating the doctrines of so
cialism. He came to this country. set
tied In New York and afterward Went
west | met him there and have known
him for quite awhile"
No date has been fixed for the we'd
ding, and few of the details have been
agreed upon. but Miss Heron says she
will probably ask the same minister
who attended her brothers union with t
Miss Rand TO be present The Rev. |
William T. Brown simply stood by at
the Heron Rand wedding and heard |
each of them say I'VE intend to live |
together hereafter as man and wife"
Then he made few remarks in the I
nature of a prose poem.
Nobody can say that my brother |
was not legally married" said Miss +
Heron, commenting ufen the new
form of ceremony which was made
all the more striking because Of the di- /
vorce which Professor Herron's first
wife had obtained and because of his (
stormy romance with Miss Rand.
Critics of my brother are simply be-
hind the times Miss Heron contiu- I
ued. His views about marriage and .
socialism will yet be generally accept
ed"