Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-04-25

AN INTERESTING STUDY.
The Struggle Of the sexes in Various For.
lions Of the Cnited States.
In 1880 there were So 600. 900 Of
people in this country. and about 882.-
600 moro males than females. That
was only because more males were
born; the females live the longer. OF
the centenarians 1,409 were men and
2,607 were women.
The boys start out nearly q million
ahead and are in the majority until
the 10th year. when the girls are
& little more numerous Sweet 16
Is numerous age. anyhow. After
that. first one and then the other is in
the majority, the girls gradually gain.
ing after Sc and leaving the men far
behind after IS. To balance this
longevity of the females, in almost
every Stase q few more boys are born;
not many more. but almost always q
few. II is astonishing to see where
the census give thousands and hum
dreds of thousands of boys and girls
under one year old; there are, with
one or two exceptions, always a few
hundred more boys. and only few
hundred more.
In only six of the forty mine States
and Territories are more girls born.
and in these States they are slightly
in excess-from eleven to eighty.
These exceptions are Arizona, Del
aware, Florida. Louisiana, Montana
and North Carolina
The fact that the females are in the
majority in all the original thirteen
States but Delaware and North
Carolina, especially in Massachusetts,
and New England. has created the
impression that there is something in
the climate or in the people that pro-
duced more women than men. This
is popular but egregious error. In
Massachusetts there were in 1880 four
hundred and thirty more boys
than girls under one year of age. The
males are in the minority in almost
all the Eastern States because many
OF the young men go West. All over
the West there is an excess of man,
and those who are not foreigners have
been withdrawn from the States
farther East. In the new States and
Territories this is NEST noticeable.
In Idaho, for instance. there are
twice as many males as females. but
the male infants are only a little in
excess of the females.
The West is drawing heavily on the
manhood of the East. From this ali
the old States have suffered. Massa-
chusetts seems to have lost more than
any. There are parts of Northern
Ohio which are portions of New
England removed. Massachusetts
shows the loss and Ohio shows the
gain.
Another curious fact is that while
all over the country more boys than
girls are born, in cities and towns
there are more girls.
Between the ages of 5 and II, in
elusive. there are 1850 more girls
than boys in New York County, '1,7O8
more in Kings County, 2.725 more in
the city of Baltimore. lob more in
Suffolk County. Massachusetts (Bos-
tony. 1909 more in Cook County (Chi-
cago), Illinois; 2,1S1 more in the city
of st. Louis. 1,971 more in Philadel-
phia County. and 1858 more in the
Parish of Orleans. All these cities
except New Orleans arc in States
where more boys than girls are born.
In Georgia there are 1877 counties.
and in all but 26 of them there are
more boys than girls. These 26 coun-
ties include the II large towns and
cities. Strange that not one of the
cities should be left out Stranger
still. the excess of girls is about in
proportion to population. Savannah
leads off with 528 more girls than boys;
Atlanta, 1856; Augusta. 304; Macon.
1854; Columbus, 13l; Gainesville, 1913;
Rome. SO; Athens. SO; Albany. 16;
Griffin, II. and Americas, Z.
Savannah, though she has some
what smaller population than Atlanta,
has "a larger excess of girls. This
seems to be peculiar to old cities. 1t
is so with Baltimore. New Orleans and
New York. The excess is greater in
New Orleans than any where else. Is
this a popularity of the French?
The facts present a question worth
studying. Are there fewer men in the
cities than in the country?-Philadcl-
phia Times.
Useful Household Hints.
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