The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-05-16
CATHOLIC COMMENT.

CATHOLIC COMMENT.
The corner stone of a new Methodist
church was laid last Sunday at Elm
hurst, l.. l. Among those who assisted
at the exercises was a Mr. Columbus,
who claims to be direct descendant
of Christopher Columbus. 1t must have
made Christopher turn over in his
grave to find one of his descendants
helping at a Methodist ceremony
American Herald.
Partisan taste and tact comes in for
more compliments in connection with
King Edwards entertainment by the
municipality. The manager of the
revels thoughtfully lined up" all the
famous and notorious stage beauties
of the capital for his majesty's delec-
tatiOn. The king is not so young as he
used to be, but though he has succeed
ed his sainted motehr, as head of the
English Church and all that sort of
, thing, he has apparently lost none of
his youthful devotion to art, especially
as represented in the person of the
professional beauty and footlight ia
vorite.-Monitor.
The New York World says: "The
Duchess of Marlborough has the de-
cidedly unusual fortune to be the
proud possessor of a living father and
mother and at the same time a living
stepfather and stepmother." In the
teachings of the Catholic church, the
duchess, who was once known as Con-
suelo Vanderbilt, has only father and
a mother who are both still bound by
their first and only marriage vows and
who are living in adultery with the
companions whom they have since
chosen.-Catholic Columbian.
I'VE notice that Denis Flynn. for
merly delegate from Oklahoma, has a
daughter named Dorothy Blanton, and
that she is going to be married in
Washington by an Episcopal minis
ter says the Western Watchman.
why did not Denis change his name
when he changed his religion" This
is the same Denis Flynn who was
brought up in the Sisters Orphan asy-
lum at West Seneca. He has brought
up his children Protestants. and has
become a Protestant himself. All. we
fear the gentleman's name will be
Denis" in the next worldi-Catholic
Union and Times.
The Duchess of Marlborough has
the decidedly unusual fortune to be
the proud possessor of living father !
and mother and at the same time a |
living stepfather and stepmother-
New York World. That distinction is
fast losing its novelty in Smart So
ciety" 1t would take a genius to dis
the mixed relationships in
which the best families" of American
have become involved
through the divorce habit and the
practice of consecutive polygamy.-
The Monitor.
A minister over in Jersey City is
much shocked because some of the
young men of that city play baseball
On Sunday. He regretted the fact that
A large number of Roman Catholics
-hink nothing of the day except to go
% church in the morning and to spend
he afternoon as they please. We must
not, therefore, be surprised if the
priests uphold their young men in Sun
lay baseball" We think that the
voung men of any city could do much
worse than play ball on Sunday. They
ire getting good, healthy exercise and
ire away from temptations of a worse
lature-American Herald
Our Protestant Episcopal contempo- I
ary, the Churchman, does the Catho- !
lc church an injustice when it insinu-
ties that a priest was allowed to off g
late at the marriage of a Protestant 3
Vanderbilt to a Catholic bride because 7
there was millions in it." It is not
rue, as the Churchman declares, that
the Roman Curia has issued orders
priests to perform mixed
marriages" The church regards with
orrow the marriage of Catholics to
'rotestants because of the danger to
be faith of the Catholic parties. But.
ince it cannot prevent such marri-
ges, it does its best to make the
'atholic parties realize that it is their
uty to stick to their religion. A Prot
slant millionaire who wants to be y
larried to Catholic lady by a priest .
lust subscribe to the same conditions d
a Protestant beggar-Catholic Z
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