Daily camera., 1897-12-21
CELIBACY AND MARRIAGE.
Statistics Show Some Interesting
Facts and Findings.
From Which Bachelors Would Bet
ter Take Warning and "Double
Up" If They Wish to Pro-
long Life.

The duration of our life may, in q
general way, be heightened or dimin-
ishcd by ourselves, according as we con-
tribute to its maintenance By healthful
methods of living. independently of
these, however, various inner and outer
influences are of great effect upon the
duration Of life, such as marriage,
heredity, occupation, religion, race and
climate. This is manifest to everyone
in regard to certain influences, as, for
instance, climate; but it is not so mani
fest as relates to marriage. And yet the
influence of marriage upon the dura-
ton of life is highly favorable.
Darwin said in his "Origin OF Man."
"According to an enormous mass of
statistics which were taken in the
course of the year 1888, it has been as
certained that the unmarried men in
France between the ages of 20 and 30 die
in much greater numbers than the mar
ried. OF the unmarried 11.3 die yearly
out of every 1000, and of the married,
only 60. In Scotland this was shown
as early as 1903. There, for instance,
out Of every 1000 unmarried men be-
tween the ages of 20 and 80 years 14.o
died yearly, and of the married only
7.2, or less than half"
A similar condition is observed in
nearly all other lands. According to
Hufeland in his ''Mallrobiotik," out of
every 100 persons, II bachelors and 27
married men reach the age Of 70 years,
and % unmarried and 2S married wom-
en-.
According to DR.. ]. L. Casper, the
number of persons who reach the
period Of life between 70 and 1C0 years
is as follows: Unmarried men. 4 mar
ricd men, &c; unmarried women, IS;
married women, 80.
The French statistician Deparcieux,
who has recorded not less than 4S,54O
deaths from the parish of St. Sulpice,
Tives the following as the result of his
researches:
at appears that man lives longer
in marriage than in ce!ibacy. The num-
Der Of bachelors who die after attain
ing the age Of 90 years is nearly twice
as great as. of married men and wild
overs. Also, it is found that, of those
who survive the age of 90 years. the
proportion of unmarried to married
men or widowcrs is as to 40. The dis
proportion between the ages of mar
ried and unmarried women is still more
striking; the numbers of those who
ha Of
to a. respectively"
Noirot found that in Dion married
men lived on an average seven and
married women five years longer than
the unmarried. According to the same
author. the unfavorable influence of
celibacy made itself felt between the
ages OF 25 and 35 years. From then
till the ffty-ffth year it diminished,
and at the latter age disappeared al
most entirely.
according to the French statistician
Dcvay, the man who marrics at 30
thereby adds II years to his life. He
who marries at 35 adds eight and he
who weds at 40 six years to his life.
After the iftieth year this gain ceases.
The expression ''adds" is incorrect
in so far as it may give rise to the idea
that every marriage will bring this ad-
dition to life. While this addition to
life is 20 a certain extent true, it is
also true that marriage may have an
in furious effect, as, for instance, when
it takes place too early or when, es-
Decially in the families of workmcn,
the increased care of the maintenance
of q family has the result of constant
overcXertion and ovcrwork Accord
rs many married men under the age
of 90 and twice as many married wom-
en- die as of the unmarried of the same
age.-St. Louis Republic