Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-07
PRIEST PROMOTES
MATRIMONY IN
HIS PARISH
Father Dalton of Kansas City
Declares That Young People
Ought to Make Homes for
Themselves.

Kansas city. Mo, Feb. Mar
rlages may be made In Heaven. but
the Rev w j. Dalton Of the Church
OF the AnnuncIation believes they are
facilitated by having branch mau1-
monial agencies risht here on earth.
In that belief he mas established such
a branch az his church al Lnwood
aud Benton boulevarda, and az the
present time he has some 80 couples
in training for double harness--and
the branch has been open only about
a month
Make no mistake. Father Dalton.
priest OF the Church OF the Annunela-
ton, Is conducting a matrimonial class
openly. frankly and under that very
name His object is TO marry the
young people OF his congregation and
he tells them So He doesn't insist that
John shall marry Mary or that Jennie
shall marry William. but he has told
John and Mary and Jennie and vii.
liam and all the rest that the quicker
they get together and settle IL for
themselves the quicker they will be
sharp stick
Father Dalton just got tired OF watt
ing FOR the young people OF his parish
To start something, that's ali The
babies he baptized. say 20 years ago.
girls and bOys-are grown ND now
and have gone 10 work. He sees them
every Sunday at church and in their
homes, fine rosy checked girls and
st1apping young men, but he has seen
with sorrow that thew showed little
inclination TO pair on as the boys and
girls used TO do when Father Dalton
was a young man and Kansas city
wasn't so his and rich as II IL now.
Father Dalton stood & as LONG as he
could and then ne put his foot down.
MS down now. lie called che young
people together about a month ago
and told them what was what lie
talked turkey and he talked Il plain.
lie told them that any man OF % or
q who was making S6h month
should take a wife and that any girl
OF rs or 80 should take a husband
Early marriages and large families. he
told them, were 10 be the cardinal
rules OF q society he proposed 90 form.
And he formed the society right then
and there and every one OF the young
men and women present were enroll.
ed as members on the spot
The Guild is month old now, has a
membership OF about 100 and meets
every week No, there have been no
marriages yet, and Father Dalton
doesn't want them yet. Give him time
he says, and he'll show you some.
though. Al present he's delivering
weekly lectures on matrimony, on
buying furniture, on cooking, on saw
ing money on rearing children and
on counting. And here are some OF
Father Dalton's views on those sub
jects.
The apartment house is destroy.
ing tho American home. Our girls and
boys are reared Ia these rented. steam
heated, furnished by contract quarters
and grow up without knowing the
struggle ard joy OF building real
home
mo home Is n home that supports
"a corner drug store, corner bakery
and a corner cleaning and dyeing es-
.tablishment You'will see those places
scattered through the residence sec.
lions over all Kansas City and they
tell the story Of the modern home and
how II Is run Our mothers baked
their own bread and cleaned their
own clthes and their only idea OF a
drug store was a place 10 buy drugs
when neccssary-sO the cor
.ner drug store OF today scarcely deals
In, understand
THE object Of the guilG-and YOU
may call Il q matrimonial class II Won
wish, for that Is What Il isis TO teach
the young people of the Church OF the
Annunciaiion that this Is an wrong:
that they are not doing their duty to
society IN remaining single, and that
they are inviting want and unhappi-
ness In OLE age
II am getting on, think. / notice
that where they used TO come In
punches they now come In couples"
While the matrimonial class was In
stltuted chiefly TO serve the Church
Of the Annunciation, Father Dalton
SAYS the latch5iring is out for any who
are looking for helpful hints