Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
MARRIAGE LAWSLAX
Hasty Weddings Too Common
Here, Emma Eames Says.
BETTER CUSTOMS ABROAD
Her Union With De Gogorza in Ac-
cord With Church Rules.
INTERFERENCE TALK ABSURD
Says That it Took Five Months to
Satisfy the French Authori-
ties Before the Ceremony.
INTERFERENCE TALK ABSURD
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

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NEW YORK. September l6-Mme.
Emma Eames who arrived here today.
replied for the first time since her mar
riage to Emilio De Gorgorza. Ia report
that her wedding was To be attacked by
the authorities of the Roman Catholic
Church. with vigorous denunciation -
the marriage laws Of this country
We should not turn our attention TO
the question OF divorce and of the
marriage of divorced persons in this
country" she said, but rather conside.
the laws that govern marriage itself.
1t took us five months to satisfy the
authorities in France that Mr. lie Co
gorza and | had the right to marry, !st
In this country two excited young psotie
can wake up a man ~ night aud Nd
and have the rest of the.r t,.rs IN "..ls.l
to regret it,.
The American diva said she ALSO
lutely happy, and her husband. who Was
with her. declared he was also. Thes
stood at the rail together and watched
the approach 70 the city like persons who
have been away from home for long
time.
She told about her own wedding and
ideas of marriage almost with gladness.
Nine. Games said she had long wisued
to become a Roman Catholic and was
glad she was one now outside III any
question regarding her cxu infringe.
All Sorts of Formalities.
The wonderful oryaa.sits,a II ire
Catholic Church and the French laws.
she said. caused all sorts Of formaii-
ties to be gone through before my pres
ent husband and could be- married and
il was proper that these restrictions
| should exist. / do rot mind them, for
they arc proper This talk of the church
investigating our right 10 bc married Is
absurd. Every detail Of our previous
life was gone into. | had I" prove the
date of my birth which was diiiic..i
for the house i'll which | MAS born.
Shanghai. China, has been burned, AM
it was necessary to get record else
where
In the eyes of the church neither
nor my husband was married before We
| were Joined together. | was not har-
tized until a few months ago. Previous
to that time l was considered an intidc
by the church. My marriage before that
time did not exist in an ecclesiastical
sense.
LAS far as my husband was concerned.
he was married by a civil ceremony
only. His wedding took place AT the citS
hall in New York by Justice McAdams
| 1t was never recognized 10y any church.
certainly not by the Roman Iatholi"
Church, in which communion lie MAS
born.
Il love my country. and | am glad
to be back TO it. but it seems that il
Is always here that ! am bothered with
| such things this. Ii is OWN AFFAIR.
We were married in accord with every
rule of the church, and set, after IL is
| all done, this greets me on my return.
Condemns Marriage Laws
And this in the land where the mar
| riage laws are terribly lax Here there
| is no safeguard against hasty and ill
advised marriages. In France persons
| who are not thirty-five years of age cam
not marry unless they have the consen mt
of their parents. or at least summon
| them to state their objections. There is
| a tendency there 10 throw obstacles in
the way of marriage. This is proper. liz
! they ought to marry, and love each other,
| they Will overcome these obstacles. Mar
riage should be made hard Never mind
the divorce question.
THE trouble here is that there can be
all sorts of haste in getting welded AMI
all sorts Of time to repent All young
and careless persons are permitted t.
| rush into wedlock with no one to stop
them and nothing to c-.use them TO re-
fleet This is the thing that America
should consider. and not the validity of
weddings that take place after the ut
most care abroad.
Nine. Eames told of a new protege she
had discovered abroad. He is Henri
Giles. violinist. who has, IL is said.
remarkable ability. He is to accompany
the diva and her husband on "A conce.
| tour. to begin in Spokane. Wash, Octo-
Der =, and last for several months.