The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
WASHINGTON The government
has just published an old maids chart,
which is expected to be Of the greatest
value to unmarried women all over the
country. It is map, printed in colors,
and shows at a glance just in what
localities bachelors are thickest, and in
what regions spinters are most dense
per square mile. he subject is worked
out In this graphic fashion to such O
fine point that any unappropriated per-
son Of the gentler sex may learn in a
moment exactly the matrimonial ex-
pectatiOn, reckoned on a percentage
basis, which she will secure by chang
ing her residence to any given spot in
the United States.
In Michigan, for example, there are
at the present time 1872, 327 bachelors of
twenty years and upwards, while the
number Of spinsters in this state is &c.
O28. Between the ages of twenty and
tWenty+four there are 81, 1S9 bachelors
and 47,759 maidens. Between twenty
five and twenty mine there are 44,399
bachelors and PAL spinsters Between
thirty and thirtty-four there are p, 1867
bachelors and 1894 spinsters. Between
thirty-five and forty-four there are H.
593 bachelors and $3.50 matdens. Be
tween forty-five and f1fty-four there
are 1888 bachelors and 3,163 spinsters.
- Between f1fty-f1ve and sixty-four there
are 2,S76 bachelors and 1,477 maidens.
From sixty-f1ve years upward there are
1915 bachelors and 965 spinsters It
will be observed that the bachelors in
Michigan outnunlber the unmarried
women by Ill per cent.
Now, 1t appears from the Old Maids
Chart and the figures accompanying it
that people generally have been great
ly mistaken In their notion that there
IS an enormous surplus of unmarried
women in this country. The truth is
that no such excess Of spinsters exists;
in fact, it Is quite the other way, the
bachelors outnumbering the maidens
At the present moment there are in
the United States 100000 more unat-
tached males than females similarly
situated, the exact figures being 5,427,-
767 bachelors against 3,224,494 spin
SterS Of ages from twenty years up
Thus it Is obvious that if girls do not
find husbands 1t is not for lack of a
plentiful supply of the article. What is
required seemingly is a general migra-
ton Of spinsters from the North and
East to the great and growing West,
in parts Of which there are ten avail
able mates for every languishing maid
From the last remarks, however, 1t
must not be inferred that there is
actually an excess Of unmarried worn-
en- in the Northern and Eastern states.
Even in those parts Of the country
there are more bachelors than spinsters
twenty years old and upward, notWith-
standing the theory to the contrary 80
widely accepted. No state in the Union
has as many maiders as bachelors
not even Massachusetts, where the
figures are 219, 255 spinsteTs against 1885,
0S5 bachelors. Massachusetts, is the
banner state for spinsters. the bache-
lors Outnumbering them by only two
tenths Of per cent. Next comes Rhode
Island, where the excess Of bachelors
is 2 per cent. The excess of bachelors
In the District of Columbia Is s per
cent, in North Carolina per cent, in
New Hampshire per cent, in Con-
recticut 20 per cent, in Maine 81 per
cent, and in Vermont 81 Per cent. In
Maryland the bachelor surplus is 10
per cent, in New York 1t is 26 per cent.
and in Virginia it is % per cent. All
Of these are low-percentage states, so
far as the superiority Of bachelors in
point of numbers is concerned.
A glance at the Old Maids chart
shows some surprising facts about sur
plus bachelors in some parts OF the
country Idaho takes the lead as a de-
sirable place of residence for women
who want husbands, that state having
LULU per cent more DdCuSlOTS Iildn
spinsters. The exact figures are 49,
5S4 single men against 1,426 single wom-
en-, twenty years old and upwards
Wyoming is close second, with an
excess OF 993 per cent, the figures be-
ing 1913 bachelors against /, 4S7 maid
ems. Arizona is next, with a surplus
of 931 per cent, the figures being 49,
649 against 1926. Washington has an
excess of III per cent in bachelors the
figures being 80.537 against 9,1S1 Ne
vada is q good fifth, with a surplus
of 67S per cent of unattached males, the
figures being 12175 against 1927. 1t
Will be understood that no widowers
are included in any Of these statements, |
nor yet airy divorced people. All of
both sexes below twenty years are left
cut
With these figures in hand It Ought
not to be hard for the average lonely
spinster 10 hunt down a husband and
corner him, so to speak She need not
be attractive. a woman does not need
many charms to secure a mate in d
region like Idaho or Wyoming, where
there are ten bachelors for every avail
able maiden. A premium of LOCO per
cent Is a practical assurance of maitri- |
mony. Other places where the excess
of unmarried men Is large are Califor-
MA with 307 per cent Colorado with Ais
per cent, Florida with 122 per cent,
Kansas with 15S per cent. Michigan |