The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-12
IN WHAT MONTH TO WED.
June is not the Luckiest, Say the Divorce
Statistics.

June is not the Luckiest, Say the Divorce
Statistics.
There is time for all things, and there is
certainly a time to marry, says the Boston
Globe. That time must be in some month.
Now, what month shall it be?
Let it be understood at the start, that
men who have toyed with marriage half
dozen times, or who have tested the divorce
laws in every state in the union are not in
cluded in this essay. The same may be said
of widows for the sixth time.
What will you say when tell you that,
according to the divorce record, June is the
unluckiest month in which to marry2 OF
sever the marriage tie, rs per cent. were
those of couples married in the month of
roses-the month which some of us think
foreordained for hitching up to Hymen's
wagon. And of these June marriages the
average duration of bliss was three years.
If the figures are to be relied upon, the fault
lay with the men.
Now men are not all bad, and perhaps
will average as good as women, which leads
to the conclusion that June should be
Stunned by men who are thinking of get
ting married. June is all right for women:
they may safely venture on the domestic
sea in that month-that is to say, they
might if they didn't have to marry men,
Hence it would be better that they shun the
month as we'll as the men. That is to say
for l do not wish to be misunderstood
women should avoid getting married in
not for the men, women could get married
in June as we'll as in any other month.
Strange to say great deal depends on
the men. Indeed, before getting married
in any month. women ought to consult the
men. In order that the officiating clergy
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lutely essential that the bridegroom should
be on hand. OF course if he is not con-
suited he may not know the month, nor the
day, nor the hour for that matter. unless
some one should accidentally tell him. Men,
you know, are forgetful.
Why June should be an unlucky month it
is hard to say. But figures never lie and
they stare at you with stubborn gaze from
the court record
Another fact in connection with this
month: Men who become husbands in this
month are apt to forget to come home
nights. Many of them forget to come home
in the morning. Hence desertion seems to
be the ground for divorces prayed for by
women who wed in June. 1t may be that
the weather is So fine and the walking SO
good in this month that men are prone To
take advantage of it. l remember that
when lived in Wayland, O., l acted as
best man for a fellow who had been accus-
toned to walk four miles to see his bride.
1t was probably the practice gained in these
peramublations that caused him to walk
away, shortly after marriage. At last ac-
counts he was still walking.
The month that comes next to June in in
ausplclousness is December. About 60 per
cent. of the marriages which took place in
December were failures, according to the
figures; and the average duration of bliss
was two years.
July comes next. OF the marriages con-
tracted in this month As per cent don't
work. Especially is this true of marriages
during the first week, if the nuptials are
celebrated in territory within the United
States. For man may pass through a
score of Fourths of July before marriage
and not know how noisy it is But a
Fourth of July i'll the vicinity of wedding
usually drives man to drink. Therefore
July weddings are not conducive to temper
ance, and hence do not, according to the
PLY.
OF the remaining months, January Feb
ruRry, March, Nav. September. show an
average of about 30 per cent of ill-starred
unions. business is apt to be dull in any of
these months, and in some of them the
mind gets go confused that a fellow often
3orgets he is somebody's husband and con-
tracts seconu ailiance. TINS of course is
to be deplored, and people should be very
careful about going into harness at such
times.
OF the really fortunate months in which
to get married. these are excellent: August.
April, November, October. In most of
them the average of unhappy marriages fall
below 20 per cent.
August Is the lucky month par excel