The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-15
cuRlosIrIes oF MARRlAeg.


! marry, sometimes Twice.
Gt has been remarked that times af sa. s.
ulation are Invariably ncconpaniod h, .n
increase of marriages DR.. Farr. the o,.i.
nont statistican, hazards thereon tho suu-
gcstion that 1t is the spirit of speculation
itself that leads many to embark on matli.
mony at such times Another reason.
which he is careful not to ignore, is the in
| creased prosperity that induces and some
times seems to accompany what he calls
the periodical epidemics of speculation
A great war, after it is over, is good for
marriage. SO is a good harvest, so is the
establishment of new industries, or the
extension of old ones The reason is tho
same IN all these instancos-the increased
prosperity of the general body of the peo
PIE 90 intimately is matrimony assooiat.
ed with national well doing that II has
come to be styled the barometer of prosnor.
ity. Its indications. however. arc moro
for the future than for the present dcaiiu,y ny
rather with the expected and antirinatcj
than with the actual. But this only yoas
to substantiato what was said of MARRIAGE
as a speculation.
The nation is sometimes extraordinarlv
sanguine, and when this is the case mar
rlages are plentiful. Great popular leaders
inspire this feeling A statesman of gen.
ius at the head Of affairs perceptibly in.
oreases the marriage rate.
In a word, the great fluctuations i'm the
marriages are the results of peace after
war, abundance after dearth, high wages
after want of employment, speculation
after languid enterprise, confidence after
distrust and national triumps after ma
tional disasters.
Autumn is the favorite season every
where. With few spring is preferred Half
the weddings throughout the country are
celebrated on Wednesday and Thursday.
Saturday has more than it's average num-
Der Friday is not a favorite, as few mar
riages are celebrated on that day.
Widowers are more inclined to marry
than bachelors. Widows are more inclined
to marry than spinsters. Both facts arc
eloquent in favor of the comparative ad
vantages of matrimony. For one bachelor
that marries between the ages of so and
%, seven widowers remarry between these
ages. These are marriages out of equal
numbers of each class The actual mum
Der of bachelors married will be greater
only in proportion as they exceed by scycn
to one the actual number of widowcrs liv-
ing at these ages. Under the same condi-
tions, for every spinster married between
~ anu w wv WiuONS dIS IOilldIIlCO. III
asmuch as the total number of spinsters
far exceeds that of widows, and the figures
given refer to marriages out of equal mum
bers, this disparity is not so noticeable
Its existence, however, is beyond dispute.
Similarly, out Of an equal number of wild
overs and bachelors between 25 and 80
years Of age, 80 widowers remarry for ev-
cry l8 bachelors who enter the bonds of
Hymen for the first time.
Finally, one in ten of the survivors of
the young men now living and one in
eight of the young women now living will
die as bachelors and spinsters if they live
to the age of 60 and upward, besides the
great numbers who died at younger ages.
New York Dispatch.