The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-03
MEN TELL WHEN
MAIDS MAY WE'D
Judge, Mayor, Lawyer, Banker
and Ministers Talk.
MAJORITY SAY ABOUT 20
TAX THE BACHELORS SAYS
REV. D. A. BROWN.

The when Should Girls Marry?''
question. which was discussed in The
Herald by prominent Salt Lake wo-
men yesterday, has been submitted to
Judge William c. Hall, to whose court
come the majority of this city's divorce
complaints to Assistant County At
tOrney James Ingebretsen. to w. S
Mccormick. to Mayor r. P. Morris. and
to a number of prominent Salt Lake
ministers.
An the men interviewed expressed
their opinion that marriage for girls at
IA should not be allowed. As to the
proper age at which women should
marry. the views held We're different
One declared for %. one for %, one for
% three for 20, two for 20 TO .. and
three FOR IS.
one expressed his opinion that the
husband could we'll afford to have a
help-mate several years his senior
Some thought the husband should be
at least five years older than the wife,
and did not hesitate to declare for a
seniority of fifteen years. Mr. McCor-
hicks stand that matrimony viii prove
hindrance TO a young man just
launched on his career is disputed by
several VI tit uiilil6tetS WHO give IneT
reasons why they believe the reverse
is true.
Tax the bachelors is the cry adj
vanced by Rev D. A. Brown.
The cOncensus of opinion seems TO
be that divorces might be avoided were
more time taken by men and women
to become acquainted with each other.
10 study the dispositions 10 which they
must bend their win in the future.
/ Degradation of wOmanhood and home
( life in countries where child marriage
| in common is cited
! The answers to the query. AT what
I age should men and women marry 2''
! follows:
Early Marriages Lead to Divorce.
Judge William c. Hall: ] have found
in my court experience that divorce
suits are instituted oftener where the
principals are advanced i'm life than
/ otherwise. but there is no way of my
I telling without studying the records
/ whether the opposing parties were mar
/ RED at an early age. However, 1 be-
/ lieve that under ordinary circumstance
a woman should not marry before she
is % years old The man should be
| anywhere from five to ten or fifteen
years older This for the reason thai
! in my judgment woman is more ma
! ture at % than members Of the sternel
sex. Her tastes and inclinations are
more apt TO be wisely chosen than those
Of a man the same age But l have
| known many. we all know of many
happy marriages where the contract
I ing parties were younger than twenty
five years.
James Ingebretsen. assistant county
a
Office, and We usually have one or two
+ cases day, domestic mfelieity and
/ unhappiness occur more frequently
! where the parties are married young n
life than where they wed older If a
( man waits several years to get a good
wife. she Will be worth waiting for: il
/ he gets an uncongenial mate. he vii
get her soon enough even if he does
delay marrying until late. So il pays
10 wait anyhow
A young man should not marry unit
his ideas and plans are settled by edu-
cation and experience.
A life partner that may seem to sui
| a young fellow when he is in his teen,
I viii not appeal TO him at all after ht
has reached years Of discretion Otter
a man and woman may marry exceed.
ingly young In life and not find out
NAAeNN my cAN IA oAAAEQ A1I one dDOInti
until they have lived together a score
or more of years. Such cases OTTER
happen, where couples seek divorce.
after many years of welded life. Upor
investigation il is learned that i'm tn,
majority Of cases the two were welded
exceedingly young
Is Marriage a Hindrance?
W. $. Mccormick: a young business
or professional man who marries while
still attaining competency will finC
that matrimony is a hindrance He vii
have to keep his nose 10 the grind
stone continually. OF course. marriage
| among 14.and l6-year-olds is ridiculous
/ Z am opposed on general principles Il
early marriages. From 20 to % seem.
TO me about the proper age for women
and from p to 80 for men.
Mayor r p Morris: I do believe
girl ought nor 30 be married befor,
she has reached the age Of Is. This
( should be the limit set by the law re-
gardlesS OF whether the child's parent,
give their consent or not A girl MAY
know her own mind before she reache.
her 18th year. but at the same time
do not think she ought to be welded
before she mas become OF legal age.
4 Rev. d. NJ. Helmick pastor Tiff
Methodist Episcopal church.
There is no question On nav mmS
that IA or even iJ is much too y0uus