LADIES' COLUMN. PASSIVE ASSISTANCE.
; # Archduke Heinrioh of Austria, it is related in the Kolnisoho Zeilung, desiring to marry Miss Leopoldine Hofimann, against the will of the Emperor, hit upon the expedient of arranging for the ' passive assistance ' of a priest, who dared nut celebrate a marriage under pain of the Emperor's anger. So the Archduke gave a banquet, to which lieinvited the priest. After the soup had been, served he rose in his place, on which the guests expected a toast. But the Archduke, pointing to Miss Leopoldine Hoffmann, pronounced slowly and solemnly the words, ' Most Reverend, this is my wife.' Mies Hoffmann immediately afterwards rose in her turn and said, ' This is my husband.' According to the theory of ' passive assistance ' in Germany and Austria, these words, spoken before a priest, rendered the marriage of the pair valid and sacramentally concluded. I The Emperor waß said to be extremely astonished, but could do nothing, for the Church says : • What God has joined, let no man put asunder.'
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 98, 22 October 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)
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168LADIES' COLUMN. PASSIVE ASSISTANCE. Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 98, 22 October 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)
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