BRIDE TURNED AWAY

Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1920, Page 1

BRIDE TURNED AWAY

NEW YORK, June 26. Feminine circles in New Orleans are stirred at tile refusal of Father Antoine, -rector of St Louis Cathedral, to marry a wealthy young Italian woman, who came to the cathedral wearing a wedding gown which lie considered too diaphanous. The incident is a direct result of- the recent order by the Archbishop of'the diocese that an immodest dress should not bo tolerated in church. Everything was ready for yesterday’s wedding. The bridegroom was in the chancel and the organist was playing softly when the bride entered the church on her father’s arm. Suddenly a shaft of light revealed the diaphanous texture of her gown, which Father Antoine described as “nothing more than a piece of gauze above the waist-line.” The reverend father shuddered visibly. “It was too much for me,” he said. “I ordered the sexton to put out the lights so that her shame could not be seen by all and in the darkness let her leave the church to put on another gown in which she was wed at a later hour. She wanted, to bring her marriage down to debauchery and disgrace. Her experience is a warning to all Catholic women.” . Father Roth, of St. Theresa’s Church, has posted the following notice at the entrance of his church Woman who wear low-nocked dressos or sleeves so short as to uncover the elbows or otherwise do not wear sufficient clothing may not enter this church. Women’s clothes that reveal the form are barred.”