Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-27

Tor Oh CnufcH III be1ldSV Ms, mas
created a sensation amons mis- parish
| iCners and the people of Wa-do com
] ty by refusing to marry my couple
! in June.
The decision of the minister, made
| after long and careful stu"y Of the
| matter. was announced On the last
| Sunday in May, and tie startled
members of the fock-especial!y
these who had planned their nu3tia's
for the month Of roses-are Up in
| arms.
DR.. Brownlee declares June we'd
dings immoral and wrong in pr!nc'-
he perform ceremony during the
thirty days that constitute the per
iod. He has produced figures, gather
ed from court records of the United
States, Canada and England, to show
that a greater proportion of persons
married in June are divorced than
of any other month-the proportion
being so large as tc lead him in the
instance to investigate.
Among one of the surprising state
ments made by the divine is that the
average age Of persons in the United
States who are married during June
is over two years less than the aver
age of ages of the contracting parties
in weddings that take place in any
other month of the year. The aver
age age of the men is slightly ever
1 months less, while the average age
of June brides is SO months and Is
days less.
Shouldn't Turn Lightly" to Love.
In part DR.. Browlee hclds this com.
parative immaturity Of the brides
and grooms responsible for the extra
ordinary percentage of divorces re-
sulting from June weddings.
While he does not say so. the min
lister lays stress upon one wCrd
eighty" in TIE quotation: "In the
spring the young mans fancy light
ly turns to thoughts of love" He OBJ
jects to the lightly. He declares that
when THOUGHTS turn to love at all they
should turn seriously, reverentially.
with fixed and solemn realization
of the importance of the step and it's
heavy responsibilities. Besides, he
hc,ds that June weddings are merely
an unconscious recurrence in civiliz-
ed man of the spring mating season
of animals.
The would-be brides of Belfast are
protesting wildly against his Decree
and declare that if he will not offic'
ate they will import ministers to per-
form the services, and the grooms to
be are threatening action against the
minister within his own congregation
because c. his peculiar stand on the
subject of June weddings.
Should Choose Mates With More Care
"Marriage." says DIR. Brownlee. "is
the most sacred relation known on
this earth, and for years have been
protestant against the growing
flippancv with which the neople of
the United States, and France and
England as we'll regard the sacred
tie The vast increase in the num-
her Of divorces granted is accounted
for solely by needless, thoughtless
marrving of men and women. Men
and women select their hats CIR shoes.
81 have made it custom for years
to talk with the young people OF my
congregation during their engage
,re-+s or1 % question t'e,'' in regard
to their feelings toward the persons
they intend to marrv Hal! of them
cannot tell whv they are going to
marry. Fully twc-thirds of the girls
get married simr'v because thev are
asked. Mary of them a'noit tNey 90
not I've the man. they like him. hat
Go net love hin: they exoect to learn
that after marriage. | should think
that nearly c,e-thi"d Of TIE girls who
Get married accept man merely be-
cause they believe it their duty to
get married. and from pride; to have
something that will distinguish them
from other girls. Then, having be-
come engaged, half Of them Will not
hack out unless the man gives them
ac. 4 opportunitv A man who IS
eneaeed 20 Gil and wants to know.
l,efcre taking the final step. whether
or not she loves him, should he give
YER a good opportunity to break the
er ga cement herself I believe half the
engaged girls would Jump at the
chance to escape marriage by any
honorable means-until they nave
met the right man.
Think Tco Much cf Gowns.
That is the situation. 1t is dis.