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THE MARRiAoEABLE AGE.

Swedish youths aged 81 may take ms life
partners maidens OF 10, and in the Neither
lands they must Ice is and 10 respectively.
According % the Roumanian laws the
nges are Is for males and 10 for females,
but a guardian looks after the affairs of
the husband Until he has reached his 2ist
year.
AT the age Of 10 the girls OF Belgium
may take unto themselves husbands, while
those of the opposite sex transgress the law
IL they marry prior to reaching their 18th
year.
Lapland's marriage code makes mention
only of the age limit for the masculine gen
der, which must be IL, while in Norway
and Turkey theIe is no fixed period for
either sex.
Danish males and females must he, re-
spcctively. 20 and rs before they can be-
come man and wife, while in France the
minimum age for the former is Is and Ia
for the latter.
In Spain, Portugal and Greece, the limits
are the same-l4 and l2-and In Switzer-
land cantonnl laws are such that the ages
vary from IL TO 20 for males, and IL 70 rs
for the gentle sex.
In Arabia. British India, Persia, Siam
and Burmnh, girls are allowed 10
we'd at the age OF 10 or even 9
years, and in many instances their hus-
bEnds are not many months older.
England's laws provide that no female
can marry who has not passed her 18th
year, and the male must be nj least Ia.
Marriages in that country are governed 10y
many restrictions too lengthy TO bc quoted
here.
When "A Bavarian female il between the
ages of IL and 10 she can marry, but the
males cannot legally do so until they are
from IA 60 Is years old, the variation de-
pending upon the districts in which they
live.
Russia has "A law making is and 10 the
legal ages at which the sexes may be
joined In wcdlock, and Ina sooe special cases
the bishop OF the diocese In which the
couple resides may permit their marriage
six months prior 10 the limits quoted.
One would naturally imsein inc that in T.
ally, where males devclop very rapidly, the
legal marriageable age wodld be much
earlier than In colder chimes. Neverthe-
less II IN above the usual standard In that
respect, being rs for men and 10 for
women.
State laws regulate marriage In the
United States, and nearly all Of thcm re
quire the consent OF the parent when the
man ia less than 81 and the woman under
- years OF age. In several states strict
laws regarding marriage licenses are en-
forced ever after both parties have passed
the 2ist milestone in their life journey.
In chilly Finland, II a couple desires to be
married before the man has reached 81 and
the woman Is, they must obtain an impe-
rial decree. The only exception X made
in the case Of peasants engaged In service
by the year. OF those who have "A regular
trade or business. These can wed II tho
prospective groom Is is and the bride Ia.
In Hungary there are canopical and civil
marriages, hut the legal limits Of age are
the same Ia both cases, the male being per
mitted 60 assume the weighty RESPONSE
bilitics OF marriage when IL, while his
bride may he two years younger. The
fathers consent T. absolutely necessary.
without which the union Is considered null
and void. At the age Of "a Hungag ian
youths cease To he minors, while the girls
attain their majority at 10.