Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-15

failure entails. Perhaps they blaze
cut their lives to greater extent
than husbands In dissipation and
are every way more careless of
themselves. But whatever the
cause, the veracions figures attest
the important fact. The disparity
continues, however, during the
soberer days of manhood, slightly
diminishing with the decline Into
the vale of years. Thus between
the ages Of forty-five and fifty, of
1000 Benedicts, eleven die yearly,
aud OF an equal number of the
single men who survive their
wretchedness that long twenty give
up the struggle every twelvemonth.
The same thing is true OF women as
of men, though to slightly small.
er extent, owing, possibly, to more
regular habits and better care of
their health, But those who have
been married and lose their partners
in life fare worst of all. OF widow
ers between twenty-five and thirty
years of age, twenty-five In 1000
die annually. Whether this alarm.
ing mortality is due to grief does
not appear from the doctors statis-
tics, but another part of his calcu.
lations show that II such Is the case
q large proportion of the afflicted
seek for n speedy cure.
The inquiries that furnish the
basis of these latter calculations
we're directed to ascertaining what
proportion of the bereaved marry
again and what relation the number
bears to that of celibates of the
same age who assume the blissful
bonds. The aforementioned con-
siderations of health and long life
appear to have nothing to do with
the result. AT all events. the learn
ed doctor makes an entirely differ.
ent application of his figures. His
purpose Is to indicate the effect OF
experience on the inclination of
those who have once ventured, with
happy results or otherwise. What he
expected to prove is not altogether
clear. He finds after assiduous
ciphering from carefully collected
data, that of 1000 bachelors be.
tween the ages of twenty-five and
thirty-five about ITO enter the
state OF matrimony In the course of
year. OF 1000 widowers of the
same age 356 is the yearly number
that take the yoke. Now this may
indicate that the happiness and the
advantages of the married state
exceed IN actual experience the
anticI pation and belif OF those who
have not made the trial, or it may
not. Doubtless 1t shows that at
least welded life loses some Of its
terrors for one who has had expert.
ence Of 1t. Possibly the widower
who made mistake for the first
time in the blindness of youthful
ardor Is conscious of an ability &C.
quired by sober observation, to do
better u second time. He may or
may not have found matrimony all
that his ardent hopes had pictured
1t, but he very likely reaches a
sober and unromantic state Of mind
In which he feels that he can make
choice on good common-sense
principles. Then there IL the fact
that in many cases he has children
that need the care of q mother,
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ence over his actions. And here
again 1t Is shown that the same
rule applies to women as to men,
but not to the same extent. An-
other class to which DR.. Bertillon
extended his inquiries Is that of
divorced persons. One would sup
pose that in such cases marriage
having manifestly once proved
failure, there would be more reluct-
ance to try 1t again, but the figures
show that from the age of twenty.
six to forty divorced persons marry,
in smaller proportion than widow
ers indeed, but more readily than
bachelors, while after forty they
even excel widowers in their read
iness to re-enter the connubial state.