The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-30

years, the aext issue TO embrace the sta
tistics OF 1895.
In Table vi OF the summary We find
some interesting and suggestive figures.
This table is devoted tc the subject
marriages by Months" and tie attrac-
tiveness OF each OF the several calendar
months for brides and grooms in four OF
the New England states is indicated by al
calm and timentsl array Of stat istica
figures. 1t will probably be surprise to
most folk that June Is not the favorite
month for brides in these four States ac-
cordiug to the statistics, and we would
he safe in Offering three guesses with the
probability that the fsvorite month would
not re thought OF. 1t is November. Who
ever had any sentimental idea about
November bride? But in 1892 in these
four States there were i2s1 marriages hest
| in November against 1910 In June AS for
the September brides, whom we had al
ways supposed were very numerous, they
were not i'm it for number. There were
only 3462 OF them. In Rhode Island, to Re
sure, June brides numbered mole than
Noyembe brides, 429 as against 3S2, and
October, with 4Os marriages, was second
choice. But in every other State Novem-
her is the favorite month by comfortable
majority.
! In Rhode Island March is the month
that brides and grooms least covet for
their ceremony, and July comes next.
Decembe also is far from being favor
! ite In fact, June, October and Novem-
Der vastly outclass any of the ther months
for popularity, while the September
BRIDE" to judge from the statistics, would
seem to he only a fiction of sentimental
tradition, that month holding only fourth
place. ata
1t appears, moreover, liable VII Mar
riages by Ages that in Rhode Island and
In all the States OF New England far
more persons are married when they are
between the age OF 20 nnd the sge OF 80
than at any other age, no less han %, 97s
mon and q, 49i women in all New England
OF years between those nges as against only
one-third that number Of ages between
30 and 40 years, which furnishes the
next highest number This is not alto
gether surprising, although the prepond-
erance of the former dgures over the lat
ter is greater than we might have
| guessed. II is to be noted, too, that
whereas about the same number of women
as Of men are between the ages OF 20 and
80 when they marry that many more
| women than men under 20 are married
and many more men than women over 30.
For instance, in Rhode Island, in 1892,
5s7 young women under 20 years OF age
became wives, but only 81 men under
that age became husbands, and whereas
1865 men over 30 took to themselves
helpmeets only $50 women o. 80 and over
found husbands. And excepting at an
age under 20, the bridegrooms outnum-
hered the brides, indicating that from 20
up to 20 years OF age the girl, under 20
found husbands that the girls OF over 20
couldn't find.
A gratifying table demonstrates that
Rhode Island, neither in proportion to
population nor TO number OF marriages,
leads in divorces. New Hampshire had
the greatest number Of divorces for popu-
hiion, and Maine in proportion to mar
riages, in 1892. Rhode leland was second,
though, by both percentages and she may
/ be IN The lead by this time for oil we
/ know.
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