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Marriage Is not a lottery.
_ 80 far from It that a man with a
ttatletlcal bent and the ever ready
sources of complIed information may
. take up the subject of marriage on a
, , piece of paper and with a pencil out-
line its conditions , probabilities , and
poIIBlblllties to a surprising finish.
For the average man who has hopes
. ' . In his amnlty It would bo a poser
J under certain circumstances for him
: , " ' ; . to attempt to figure his own one
. , ; ' : , chance of marriage at any ag { ! . With
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women as men , due to the fact that ' I
the women marry much earlier In life
and lead a much less hazardous ex-
Istence.
The figures on how much earlier In
life women marry than do men may
surprise the reader. Considering the
ages from 19 years to 54 years , In
periods of ten rears ; each , one may
get an idea of the chances of the
two sexes In the United States to find
partners , early and late. Out of the I
1,000 weddings , representing a thou-
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showing of 2fifi to 208 , while at 64
years he has 220 chances of flmIJlIJg a
bride whore the woman has only 103
chances of some husband taking ber.
In contrast to these figures are
those of Great Britain , from which
there has been so much emigration or
the males In years past. At 20 years
old 149 women and thlrtnve men '
will have married : at thirty years the
figures will bo 080 women and 731
men : I\t 40 Years the chances are for
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the statistician , however , It becomes
easy , and , bunching men and women
tn groups of thousands , he Is able to
make the Individual age calculation .
tn a moment. Not only this , but he
lacy give the best of pointers on the
probable month for the marriage , how
long the married state will exist be- I
tw en them , and just what percent-
' gC of the future population will be
, oxpecd'.d of the union.
There are figures In general hearing -
Ing upon several nations of iurope ,
but those , of the United States will be
given the first place. Hero , perhaps ,
one of the most strikIng first state-
meats that cnn be spade Is that , In
taking up a section of the country lmav
Ing just 1,000 people In It of all ages
and all shades and nationalities as
they run , 570 of the individuals will
be unmarried , 35 ( ; will bo living in a
state of we' ; k. while 60 , for ono.ren'
Ion or another , will have been widow.
R ad In the group or the widowed ,
iN ' there will 1Ja twlao \\1 \ many
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sand men and thousanll women , 109
women have been married at 19 .
years , while only ten young mon will
have found the heart and the means
to accomplish the evident wish. This
will mean that at the least ninety-
nine young women at this ago will
have married men older than them-
selves. Indeed , It may be taken for
granted that 100 of them did so , for
at time ago of 19 years and under the
young man's fancy always runs toward -
ward a woman much older than him-
self.
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Even at 29 years old the women
lend the men in marriage , the record
showing ti80 to 615 in comparison. At
U Soars , however , the ohnncell of
111 women and 144 men : at 50 : rears
they arc 41 women and 52 men : while
at 00 years they are only nineteen
women to thirtyelght men. These figures -
ures call attention to the chief fnct
that a few more women and nearly
four times more men marry In their !
'toons in Great Britain than marry so
early In this countr ) ' .
But , whatever the comparntlve
chances of the women and the man
for marriage It Is considered everywhere -
where that the woman will name the
day for the ceremony , and teat In i
naming it she has whims and dislike S
of her own For instance , tow co n . :
firmed baQholorA having the pootlo al '
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1\ guess so seemingly wild that Mar
Is the poorest of nIl the months for
wedding fostlvltlos. But , grouping '
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the thousands again , the figures are
conclusive that the slowest month and
the gayest ; month of the year are aide
by side on the calondar.
"Marry In May and repent for aye , "
may be nn old couplet that has In-
ftltonced Cupid , but In 1,000 wcddlngtt
only forty-ono have been celebrated
In May , as compared to the 145 to the
credit of Juno , the month of rosoll.
July , with Its summer resort oppor-
tunities and Its outings and picnics ,
cuts a considerable figure In the RC-
companying chart while December ,
with 119 weddings , and January , with
139 , rank next to June.
Once married , time prospects for
married life of long duration are good ,
taking the 1.000 representative group.
In the United States the average
term of wedded life Is a little more
than twentyelght years Counting the
differences In the ages at which worn-
on and men marry , time proportion of
the life period for the married may
be approximated in the United States
as at least half of the Individual me
porlod.
How this compares with the wedded
ded periods In other countries may
be shown In thu rtgmos from Holland
and Belgium , giving only twont-
three years as the period of married
life , twent-slx years In Franco
twenlseven years In Great Britain ,
and thirty years In RllsRln. In this
respect the dominion of the czar
shows n longer wellllecI period for Its
subjects than does any other Euro-
pean country , nccolllitahle to the fact
that marriages are macho earlier there
than In any of the other countries
quoted.
As to mnrrled lire In the United .
States , more than one economist hAs
made his observations upon the decreasing -
creasing number or children In the
hem s of the nation. In the last ton
years , dosplte the Increase In time 1m.- ,
migration to this country , time birth
rate has dwindled distinctly. Taking
the occupants of hones time enumerators -
tors of the last census found only
4 7 persons to a home. Accounting
tor the loss of father or mother In R
home , this probably would give to
the United States nn nddell , population -
tion at 3.000 for each 1,000 couples
marrlod.
This may be compared to most of
the countries of Europe ) to the disadvantage -
vantage of Amerloll For ; Instance , In
Russia these 1,000 couples wOllld add
to the population ! fi,500 sOlllR , In Scotland -
, land there wOllld he 4,000 children ,
In England 3GOO. and In Franco Qnly
2,700 children of the 1,000 marriage !
Of the marriages In general In the
United states It is discovered that
out at the 1,000 considered 139 men
will have been married at least once
before the celehratlon under consideration .
oration , while the 801 will have made
time vows for the first time. Of the
1,000 women In the case only rinety-
eight will have wont widows weeds
before the , wedding. Thus out of the
2,000 Individuals parties to the 1.000
marriages 237 will have bought or
have worn wedding rIngs before ; baying
Ing In the chart proportions the hand
represented by 1.7G3 previously ring-
less fingers or undisturbed Illlr80S.
Illustrative of the married , ' the unmarried -
married , and the widowed , we .pre'
sent some comparative apartment
buildings on a scale to house nil that
are considered. In time unmarried
figures of 579 ! ) In 1,000 it must he remembered -
membered that the young and old
"lInmnrrled" at both sexes , from
babes to octogenarians , are there In.
cluded.
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MosquIto Still In the Ring
Expert confidence last year that the
mosquito was downed and on the way
to extirpation this spring , hives place
to equal ! expert assurance theft he 1&
nothing of the kind , and that all the
measures taken against him leave l him
multiplying his generations Under the
pavilion of the sun's throne as vigor.
ousIy and generously as Over His
couriers camp with the daffodils , and
lair roar guard bid ! ! tar to ebb Bluwly
out with List "OctobGr asters , Poi usual ,