Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-09-29
ADIXORCE, PARADISE.
The Frequency OF latripaopial Sun
behring's IN Switzerland

Our Geneva correspondent writes:
''The bureau Statistics at,Befsng has just
published its analysis of the marriages,
births. and divorces of 1881, and the
present report, like it's predecessors,
contains much interesting Information
on the subjects H., a4AEIe :ftio The mar
riages registered in the confederation in
1881 Il were I9,425, figures which show
hardly any increase on those of the year
before. Compared with i0thet c4hntries,
| the proportion of marriages to The pOpu-
! lation is very low in Switzerland. Of
! twelve European STATES: z0nIyI two
| Sweden and Scotland ,-sbeWn&' smaller
proportion. The average for thf4 con-
| federation in 1881 was "a per 1000 in
| habitarts The rate varies greatly. in diff
ferent cantons. In Appenze.fausser-
| RhOden, for instance, it was 50 per 500,
in Geneva 10. in Tessin and the VaIais
rs and ia N NidTaden "a :pe !4ls2gga III
Switzerland 49 mel out Of l.ODQ'os mar
riageable age. TEs difference arises
from the facts thai While the age Of pu-
betty in the one sis put at lin tie
other it is pm lat Is, ana that
IS 1850, reFf thsfe D 'sr{ los .3 SF more
women in the couInAy thar men. In
I the ten years" between 1870 and 1850
marriages increased in a greater ratio
than the reputation tie fnttease beng
most marked in the eantons OF LuEernc,
Tug, ,Obwaiden, lNiiwalden. Base and
Geneva. This augme ltation Is as&rlpcd
| to the removal by the coHstlFlINon on
1874 to the hindrances to MARRIAGE wnlch
! before that prevailed IN sGv6raf OF the
oil ~,
show, relatively, a decided falling OH
On the other hand, births havREpt IN
! creased in proportion to MARIE ses. in
! 1880 the average number of children I'M
| der Is was only two per family. he
mean age at which the greater npmber
| ofmen marry is 90; that at Rbich.&9men
! marry 25 to 26. The general average is
81 years tor men and y - years for
women. The number of divorces in
1881 was greater than that Of any previ-
Gus year on record-1.17l SUITE were
were granted, aud 946 degrees for dlsso.
! luton of 1natrim ontt sqsaIhted. In 1850
| the figures were ] ,O69 and 336 respect
! lively. In some of the Older CATIONS
Uri, OoWalden, Nidwalde1t, and AFpen-
/ zeli inner-Rhoden7Tpo divorces We're
either asked for or pro4r5unced In
! AppenzelI. ausser- Rhoden, the Protest
divorces to marriages in 1881 was 1915
per 100, the highest IN the CQnteHera-
| ton. In Thurgan the proportion WIS W.,
in Geneva So, Zurich 66S, DnceTne IS,
the Nalais 0.lS percent, the Rurei7 Oath
Ole cantons being always much less given
todivorce than the Protestantlan mixed
cantops. Altogether, Switzerland Is
still the most divorced Of EYEoPean
countries. In only one cityt-BerEl-
are divorces relatively, SO ,fequent; but
as a country Sutherland Is at uhe top OF
the tree, even Saxony, where divorces
are by no means few, laggna taT pc
hind the confederation. ASH touatfng
the religion OF divorced personRth re.
port gives these Particularly 4Rusband
and wife, Catholic, o. per centl of mar
riages in 1881; husband and WEtteer Pro-
testant, So per cent; husband ProSsst-
ant, wife Catholic, As per ceItI l&5NaTll
thus be seen that difference Of rellglon
is one OF the most frequent' causF s'Bfdl-
| vOrce. Protestant and Catholic, divorces
to -.ethef} i ale Ntun " lt4ttheE rate
of 3.15 per 100 marriages,
| while marriages, the parties to which
are of different faiths gave a pFofeorhSn
of 10 divorces per cent. DivoTSaSln
s sTitIS 18th 5Ra5 Ys eSsy
Il classes tnan aaRCLS Sh4dIl AfltB<1sit' u
working folks. In good society div tnroes
as giving rise to scandal, are not irpgs;frts d
favorably, and people WHO applt'tP the
tribunals for release from their .nllatr!-
monial bonds run the risk of 'bcihIS ut
bttheir acquaintances; n But amongS TIE
masses these scfEbleSate unknown4 1t
is quite common thing--at any Tate, in
this pert OF the country--for a. :10SeE end
his lass to buckle to, ou the tnde Isl alhs :
ing that if they should not. like eklGh
other-or married lile-at the end 'dDa
twelvemonth,. they shah join in an Ap-,
plication for 'Av6rce' on the ground OF
'irreconcileable incompatibiiity of lie En-
per- and as the courts accept a siGintaEp-
pIication as sufficient proof ofthe e.
c cana aIWayS obtain at pleasure es IoosenirEg
of their bondsiillB15 BBqaiagg Ups9 M
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