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is a civ.! contract which can be effected | through the iaw or the church according | to the choice of the ccntracting parties, i and 1 hold that the delusion circula.ing | to the effect that marriage is a sacrament | is something new as far as the Protestant i Episcopal Church of the United States is ccneerned. The contention so far ad- vanced in the newspaper, ard spoken about, by those in f:vor of the absurd notion occasioning this discussion is here- i with thrown out as “llogical and empty, and itssupporters are challenged to dis- prove my deductions as set forth herein. As a matter of fact, the church’s stand as presentedby A. T. and clique, appears to be 1n direct opposition to the law, and savours of bolshevism or revolutionary ideas, to say the least. { We would like to hear from A. T. or ° anyone else of his views, ana would ap- ‘ preciate their advancing their opinion | about the validi'y of marriages as per- tormed hy the law, and whether suh are deemed null and void by their church. Fraternally : FOLLOWER Protestan. Episcopal Church of U. S. . ’ Litt'e Johnny’s Slate. April 12, 1920. Dear Mr. Yohansen:- All I can find to say on marriage is a little peace copied from a book Daddy was look ng through after reading A. T.’S le:ter and forgot on the table. The book says: “The law of the chureh has created neither the purity nor the peace of don- mestiic life. Back of all churches is hu- man affection. Back of all theologies is the love of the human heart. Back of all your priests and creeds is the adoration of the one woman by the one mar, and of the one man by the one woman. Back of your faith is the fireside; back of your folly is the family: and back of all your holy mistakes and your sacred absurdi- ties is the love of husband and wife, or parent and child’’. Yours truly : JOHNNIE IGNATZ. THE CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE. ® —— We would like to know what is the reason for stretching wires across the door on the left side of the Theatre, when the one on the opposite side is left free to the patrons over that way? Jf the manager is afraid that some persons may get in without paying the admis- sion fees, then station guards at the en- trances, or place the wires on a s ¥vinging } door that can be opened and closed, by | some one in authority, but don’t cut off one of the means of escape in the event of an accident as one c%n never know ‘ where danger Jurks in a Theatre. While | we are confident that Mr. Svendsen is % trying his best to accomodate his patrons &1 . Has % A LN we at the same time feel sure that rhere ¢in be no harm in calling his attention to this fact, as_ Theatres can never have 100 many exits - On Monday 2vening when the show was over we c¢-Ild not help noticing the ease with whkich the audience on the right side of the Thea:re found their way out, while the unfortunate on:s on the left side had to content thems >'ves with the main exit, l)av'ng no side door to go through, on a,coim: of the vires put there of 2te. We hope that this matter will s>on be loozed after t. the satisraetion of all ecncerned. In ¢ sing we beg to con:ratulate the manage: for the excellent pictures thet are now eing shown to ftle public,c and wisk t e Theatre all success in the futare. PATRONS OF THE THEATL E. We learn th:it som= one with a '’ jrace and Bit’’(?) eYected an entrance .o the Grocery of Mr. Chr. Jacobs on Sat! rday night and car-ied off hams. and :ther articles to the amount of about S2O. )0. On Taesday last when we came 0 open our establishment we fourd several 10oles in our door; upon investigating the mat- ter we found th:at an entrance had been made and that 'wo holes were bored in the partition dcor in an attempt to enter Mr. Ovesen’s Store. which, how :ver, nroved a failme, A little further laves. tigatinn proved tha: an entrance 'wvas made to the Viieanizing Plant and . tire carried off: so far this and a knife ‘rom the W. E. N. office was the only loss sus‘ained, Everyone should make it a ru=> to have their doors securcly hookec top and bottom, in order to» combat this skilful thief. Still at the sz.ne times when it con 25 to boring holes, not even the locks on our doors could te consid red secuce "It is real beaver-iike work and it apj cars to bé the work of a gocd workma in the carpenter’s line. —West End Ncws. April 13th. TELEGRAMS ST. CROIX STALIO.I. De ayei In Transmission. Washington, April 2nd. —The rejection by Poland ¢ t~e Bolsheviki proposa tor an armistice is consicered by the P lish officials here as indica:ing that the P: lish ‘General Staff is conficent of its ability to withstand the Russian attacks. Washington, April 2nd. - A confer nce of coastwis shivping interests and 1 ng- shoremen, which was convened a‘ the department of labour today in an attempt at the se‘tlement of strikes at the At- lantic and Gulf ports, dissolved latet in the day without having reached an ag -ee- ment. Mr. Post, Assistant Secretar 7of the Labour Dept.. said hegsav no lope ol bripging the two sidesitogether a.d could see no oth:r conelusibn than to de- clare the conferenc: dissolved. The em- ploy«es, he said, were unwillingto recede from %heir demand for an increase of wages, and the employers refused to grant an increase at present, because they were already losing money and could not add to their deficit. Copenhagen, April 2nd.——According to “‘Politiken’’. the Danish Minister to Gr=at Britain, Hr. Grevenkop Casten- skjol, has decided to accept the portfolio of Foreign Minister in the Liebe Cabinet. Warsaw, April 3rd.---The Boisheviki forces launched attacks yesterday on both sides ofthe river Dvina, apparent- ly in beginning their threatened drive on the northern front, designed to car- ry them in the direction of Vilna. They atracked the Polisb lines in the region of Lepel, east of Vilna and north of Borisov on Thursday, but were repulsed. London, Avril 3rd.—Armed troops were on duty along all the roads leading to Londonderry last night and motor- cars were minutely searched, their drivers having to produce their permits and declare their business, says a Cen- tral News despatch from Dublin. it is believed that this military aectivity has something to do with rumours of an Eas.er uprising. : Sandiego, California, April 3rd.—The announcement that the Prince of Wales vho is expected to arrive here next Wadnesday, will deliver a public address here, was contained in wireless advices received yesterday from the command- er of the battle-:ruiser ‘'Renown.’”’ The Prince will be met on his arrival here by a committee including Mr. Robert Bliss, representing President Wilson, Governor Stephenson of California and Mr. Wilde, Major of Sandiego. The party will go to the dreadnought ‘‘New Mexico’’, the flagship of Admiral Rod- man, for luncheon, and after a short sight-seceing trip the Prince will pro- ceed to the stadium. The evening pro- gramme includes an informal dinner given by the Mayor at the hotel Del Coronado. : NEwW YORK, April 7th 1920 i"lour, Blencdad Clear St. Lawrence [-rand pr. brl. $12.00 Meal, Kilndried per 100 bs $4.20 New Season’s Pork per brl. $43.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl, $43.00 Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 lbs $15.80. Molasses Sugar 89° test, no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at i.iverpool per th. 27 76--1004. wxchange, New York and London, 60 days’ sight $3.92% KExchange New York and London, sight $3.964 LoNDON, April 7rh 1920. Sugar-Demerara Crystals, (free of Gov- ernment control) duty paid per cwt. 100s. od. -nomnial Sugar Muscovado, (free of Govt. control) duty paid per ewt. 90s. od. nominal