, 1873-08-03

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thsla9ns, h canMa.ing m'; rroaon, Who tooK poioro
.auy aenp' ihla ID ~ uneApeotea 1aot 20 s!aft
M'n' VII 1us ~ no 1aes ~ lhaeatos, Win eoiof
", tas .nE meaalons mnGn
aiop .'1tsako, ior ny E59ncA ataho @ ~ lug lnla-
ui9 ol tno ta9lo Wnlen rms }ast oeen au1,tod,
nu,a" snn ~ H. hnSJh' Mn ~ LIZ
nuu sno nns' uu' rni ~ sno
'He " ~ tn ~ 'dT oo ~
~ ~ sne nu5s " ~ ~ 10
'ai % 9tota H. soo sa1a nv. Nv
;m"to roat;on 4 no 1oa a,I carrp to
irtn tho oo n;phfnomt cnutmrv ~
L,.,,1a1 a,.a 49, ~ .rosro ~. 4oro o,arr,aro
.,,nro Fo35,."t H., th, - ,,n,v arHs;atonao
49,, on.v s-.nftn;,s Il .nas .,n+ ~ Iins,.,tt
to nroyidn for nhitdren: md we conHn1uent1v
fiud that tho number ct annual marriages. reia-
tiyolv to the then populstiou. was. throuehout
rato. but tho timinution which has anco &C.
CURED has been universal; 1t is not special to
Frnuco or to any othor land. Tho French con-
tinuo to tako wives in tic Same proportion rs
thoy have always praoticod towerds thoir noigl-
It has boon diminished all around thon.
#. howeyer. tlo7 have hold thoir own In tho
rato Of marrying, thoy have Diminished largely,
since the Revolution. In
TIE chdrSn haro OF a Nranoa
nrnnorton ~ tIn who1o nonn1,+ior l., q. ~. a.
thop hevo ccn,a Jou,, to T., AZ tIa farr Aom ~
haa a1oonsaoMnnt1r r"oo1,od tLo annr-,a,a an,ra ~
Of 10 por cont. Hore lies tho real explanation Of
tho strange fact which has 30 aBtonished Europe
St ia satt ~, M, 1snoi ~"
creaso in numbers. It ia not, however, ~ d sta-
tiBtcal curiosity TINT tho subject is reforred to
horo, but booauao it is moet intimately connected
with tho entire question OF Fronch marriages.,
t;ns hoonsn T. " t,,n aoor 10
tions wol, ,vond snnst ns uvs
il it were omitted, We will presently como back
1t. Meanwhile we can leave dry figures and
return to tho more interesting study Of opinions,
improsaionB, and personal experiences.
Tho French aro certainly convinced that they
arc
HAPPY PEOPLE.
And 30 thoy arc. il gayety. aud choeriucss. md
and suniciont evidence an lis noint. No natioi,
has more laughter; ;; noitler Irislmon porp porrooy
A,1rr,nsa ttnn tEerf md It ia renernljy Gnnl
honost lauchter. resulting from a motiyo. not
mero sonsolosa cirelinr. Dut hapniness md
laucbtor arc not synony.nous tia latter in
not uocegeorily a gymntom Of tho existonce Of
the formnr. tho entfdoat of ma nav 1nnrh
gomotimes. yhilo tha moat thoromely CON-
tonted nav be congtituttonallv inclined 10 erov-
jtv. II IN mt thnn. IN this ono ontwar1 airn
Tint other nracticnl}y or logically the rench can
hasc THAR cln;m to ho rncaY1ie1 ~ a roollv han.
~ nation, Il tho claim 6o founded. tho grounds
On whioh il resta must be lopkoii for elueWhero-
in f3naDnr tGAH RuDnrffcjA1. and lehR GDDhrn1lt
nronfH It IL aanenialIy In t1eir nae of narr;aI
ffo that tho evidence. IL really it oxipts should
bo looked for and be found, And loro It is tint
wa rnuat tako IN The tcstimonieY allndod to innt
now aud try to measure what thoy royoal to uB.
II MARRIAGE IS rule, ia found to produce suo-
cess-it tic mon and women that it brings to-
gethor generally asBort that thoy aro Batisiicd
with Whist they have extracted from it-if look
ers-on, all round them, confirm their doclaEa-
tions,. and toll US that their married friends
so far % they can Judge them-have no
homo difficulties and no homo regrets
then wo mny, without imprudeuce, recog-
nizo that the French arc roally happy people,
and that the marriage Bysto,n on which their
home life Is based ii proved to be we'll adapted
to their character aud their needs, for tho simple
Il may bo sald at once, subject to exceptions,
e1planati and reservatious, that this result
iB genetally attained by tho French, that they
really arc, indoors, a happy nation, aud that
thoir marriages., as a whole,
tt NAV ho Al we1l. hoWoysr' heforo po;np tur-
thor, to aston1pt m to rive a doaDitiou Of married
hann,nass M X IL somot;1nea cnmnrohnula1 and
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