You may not like your in-laws, but don't criticize them. You might end up not liking your wife either. (Or she may end up by not liking you.)
This is only one of the advance tips of the "Pre-Mar-riage Clinic" to be held 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Church House., 330 St. Charles, under the direction of the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches. The clinic is open to all couples planning marriage.
Physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of married life and the home will be discussed. Participants will be Dr. pinion V. Ward, a physi-cian7~T)r. T. A. Watters, psychiatrist, and Myron C. Madden, chaplain at Baptist hospital.
The Rev. Dudley Downing, associate pastor of St. Charles Baptist church, is chairman. The Rev. George H. Wilson, executive secretary of the federation, and James Schwartz, president, took part in * the planning for the clinic. Counteract Divorce t The federation and its member churches hope by the pre-marriage clinic "to counteract the inroads of divorce now being made against the institution of marriage in America."
There will be a question and answer period after the talks. Persons present may ask any question. There will be no charge and no offering will be taken.
The federation sponsors the clinic as a community service.
The Rev. Mr. Downing said the clinic "is an aid to the pastor in the local congregation who would like for his engaged couples to have discussions with medical doctors, psychologists and spiritual leaders, but does not have enough couples planning matrimony to make it possible for experts in the this field to confer with them." Do's and Dont's
Among preliminary tips which the clinic sponsors give out to help young couples stay married are the following "do's":
Come to an understanding ahead of marriage about church membership. Worship together if possible. Do everything possible to live within a budget. Settle ahead of marriage whether or not the wife should work.
Decide who shall make the final decisions. Decide were to live—with relatives or alone. Agree on a common social life. Discuss the possibility of children. Share all problems with each other.
Here are some "don'ts": t Don't consider marriage a temporary state. Don't let little differences build up to big ones. Don't contradict each other's authority, especially before children. Don't make important decisions independently. Don't go on a spending spree and wreck the budget. Don't criticize friends and acquaintances of the spouse. Don't let anyone come between the spouses to make decisions. PHOTO: PARTICIPANTS IN a marriage clinic Tuesday night will include, from left, DR. SIMON WARD, physician; the REV. GEORGE WILSON, executive secretary of the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches, and JAMES P. SCHWARTZ, federation president.
