The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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Atsv . esssfal study % the eonsrov-rssss
~hich Apr% ssSn3 asssssst s1ss d-sss.sioa
prof. Oman has arrived 20 ths ~~oociusaon
that In india infant marriages havs b~sp
end sin ere encouvAeed by many NJ
current causes. For example. human Me.
especially infsns NE. beins very uscpv-
tain. the carrier thec ceremony ~ marriage
10 pevformsd the surer 10 the Brahman II
bss fee Then again the ever increasing
subdivision of the castee has an obvious
tendency to narrow ths marriage market
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SAILING suitable alliances for their daugh-
ters Our author has bern informed. he
says. by high authority TINT IL In no un-
common thing for q Desirable mar TO have
overturss Of marriage made % him Cor Ia
his guardians. II h. he q minor, while his
wife In breathing her last and certainly be-
fore her body has been cremated. In tho~s
casea. also, and there are q few such, wherein
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purchase money from the bridegroom's
family Inc desire to obtain the price would
he . direct incentive 10 hasten tho wedding.
Tho professional matchmaker. too. whose
business 10 In to discover suitable husbands
for girls. may be trusted TO exert all his
persuasive powers 10 effect early mar
riages. for obviously the sooner the oere-
monies are performed the moro certain
are the brokers' fees.
The force Of fashion has made child mar
raee common ever among some Moham:
medan communities In India. although
under Islam there 10 no objection TO the
remarriase Of widowAl II In likewise
evident that feminine love OF excitement.
q weakness at noe universal and imperi-
Gus. finds lively qualification IN the oere-
monies. reunions. PROFESSIONS and dis
plays OF the elaborate and often costly
Hindu betrothal and marriage ceremonies
and the festivities which occupy not one
day but many days. weeks perhaps. and
permit OF Q degree Of freedom OF inter-
course not tolerated at other times. We
should also bear In mind that mothers-in-
law. aunts-in-law and sisters-in-law. dwell
ing in q joint family home. are all equally
DESTROYS that the brides who are 10 come
and share the home with them should he
children. indeed young children. amenable
to discipline and motherly handling. Our
author suggests that the handling ID at
times severe. The Hindu widower may
remarry over and over again and at any
age can have a child bride Moreover, II
one wife fails to bring him issue. he may
marry Q second one. while the joint family
system relieves him from the inconven-
iences which might nave been his lot under
other circumstances. inoe the young wife
10 not called pom necessarily to order and
manage tho household. her elders doing
that and also helping the Inexperienced
child wife TO rear her offspring. Finally.
tho fairly successful suppression by the
British Government OF the once very COM
mon practice of female infanticide has also
tended to encourage early marriages. Tho
number Of girls in tho matrimonial market
has increased. and a. q husband has to be
found for every girl. tho competition for
desirable oesro mas oeoome more
Keen: Win inc resui' Oh covering Inc age OF
mstrimcoy
lived In India and kept his eyes and ears
open can have failed to become aware Of
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