Russell wrote that he considered the greater portion of "My Aunt Winifred" in the Ave Maria all right but he believes parts of it are bad and will cause scandal. He wrote the editor of the Freeman Journal, N. Y. Suggesting that he criticize the article. He thinks that certain sentences on page 213 teach a doctrine contrary to that taught by theologians about the impediment disparitus cultus. He questions the part which states that Winifred was married by a Methodist minister without mentioning his civil power. He says that the marriage was invalid since George was not baptized at that time and when he was the story records it in a very unedifying manner. The story also gives the impression that it was a Methodist revival and other worldly motives which made George decide to be baptized. He believes that certain statements about Winifred being the happiest of wives will encourage Catholics to marry Protestants. Unless the next issue of the Ave Maria retracts those scandal-encouraging sentences he will discontinue his subscription to the Ave Maria along with persuading others to do likewise and refuse to permit further solicitation in his parish. He suggests that if the Ave Maria persists in publishing stories of this type it change its name and insert the line that the Church is not responsible for what is printed in this magazine. In the Father Daniel Hudson papers. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.