The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
MANY BACHELORS Government Has Published an
 Old Maids Chart. F0rteeR Bachelors For Every Maiden lH the Territory of
 Arizona.

The government has just published an old maids chart, which is expected to be of the greatest value to unmarri- ed women all over the country. Itis a map printed in colors. and shows at a glance just what localities bachelors are thickest, qnd in what regions spin isters are most dense per souare mlle. hie fashion to such q fine point that any appreciated person of inc gentier sex may learn in moment exactly the matrimonial expectation, reckoned on | 8 percentage basis. which she will SC. cure by changing her residence to any given spot in the United States.
 In Missouri for example, there are at the present time 2j2 2SS bachelors of 20 years and upward while the uumher of spinisters in that state is II3O63. Between the ages of 20 and 24 there arc III ,347 bachelors and GS,O4S maid ems.
 Now. It appears from the old maids chart and the fguures accompanying It that people generally have been greatly mistaken in their notien that their is an enormous surplus of unmarried women in this country. The truth is that no snch excess of spinisters exists Tn fact it IS the other way, the baehe- Tor Outnnmbering the maidens. Atthe pregent moment there IS in tfre United OOO AAl , than females similarly siuated. the exact figures being 5,427767 bachelors against 224 49+ spinisters nfa ages from 20 years up. Thus it IS obvious that If girls do not find husbands it IS not for a lack of plentiful simply of the ar ticIe. What is required seemingly, is a general migration of spiHisters from the north and east to the great and growing west. in parts Of which there are ten avail able mates for every lang 1 uishing maid.
 From the last remark, however, it must not be inferred that there is ac-i tualIy an sxtess of unmarried worren in the northern and eastern states 7 fa tT-.ea t,.rt~ of i-e anuntiv f"er-' ere more u8cnel1ss tuan spluIs- ters 20 years old and upwards notwjfh- standing tha1 heory Co the contrary so widely accep,ei. No state in the union has so many madideus as bachelors moi even Massachusetts. where inc figures are 219255 spinisters against 226. .0S5 bachelors. Mass ,chuseits is the banner state for spinisters. the bache lOrs outnum6ering them by two-tenths of per cent.
 4 glance at the Old Maids Chart shows some surprising facts abOut sur plus bacht hrs in some parts of the coutry. Idaho takes the lead as a des- irable place for residence for women who want husbands, that state having 100 per cent more bachelors than spin. sters The exact numbers are IS 5S4 single men aganst l ,42G single women 20 years old and upward. | Arizona is next with surplus of 93l per cent, the figures being II .640 against 326
 It will be understood that no wld- overs are included IF any of these statements. nor vet any divorced peO pie. All of both sexes below, 20 years are left ont. { With this figures at hand it ought not tu be hard for the average lonely spinister to hunt down a husband and corner him. so io speak. She need net be attractive: d wcIuan does not need many charms 10 secure d mate in a re- zion like Idaho or ArIzona. where there are ten bachelors to every available m alden
 A premium of l GOO per cent is a pra ctlcal assurance of matrimony. Now, it will appear to the casnaI reader at the first glance that these figures are very extraor,lin They make it seem as if the total number If males in the country was enormously greater than the total number Of ieina- les. But 1t must be remembered that the mass 0f the population T each state is paired of hy marriage evenly as ae- tN cen thC sexes. ..t.-.E .'.. t. comparat.y s -..... t-ta... ..
 persons of marriageabIe age. IL is only this fraction that is considered in the present statement, and i'll most states the male part of the fraction IS much in the extreme of inc female part and hence the great percentages of bache- lors quoed. In the whole of the conn try there are .427 767 bachelors agaI1st B. 224 494 ST Insters-an excess of 6S per cent of bachelors over the unmarried women-Rene Bacbe in St. Louis Globe Democrat,
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