Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-04
1907 WAS YEAR Of
MANY Marriages
Twelve Months Show Notable
Increase Over the Year
Of 1906
LICENSES ISSUED TOTAL as5
Only One Was Returned Unused-oc-
tober and the Fall and Winter
Months the Popular Marrying Time
Brides Ages Averaged "a Years
Ono Was IS and Another 81.

The year 1907 must have been
prosperous one for the preachers and
others who perform marriage cere-
monies, for according to the licenses
issued in the clerks office there were
many weddings in the county during
the twelve months. The records OF the
clerks office shows that 1886 licenses
were issued during the year, ana 1t IS
presumed that all of them were used.
excepting one that was returned by the
purchaser This is an increase OF fifty
eight for the year before, when the
total was 277, and an increase Of twen-
ty-five for the year ending with July
1 last.
Juno Left Behind.
June, boosted Of in the past as the
month of marriages, brides roses and
weddings, is what might he considered
has BEEN" It has been left behind
in the matrimonial race, and no longer
has the distinction of being the month
of the greatest number of marriages.
During the year just ended it ranked
poor third among the twelve months.
In fact all the months Of summer, ac-
cording to the past years records, are
not the months of marriages. Among
them June ranks highest, July gets
last place, and May and August We're
tied for tenth.
Love Laughs at Money Stringeney.
AS love laughs at locksmiths, so also
the same sentiment, judging from the
years records, cares naught for banks
or banking, commercial upheavals or
money stringency. 1t was during Oc-
tober, November and December that
the country woke UP to find money
scarce, yet not one mite of difference
did this make in the marriages. In
fact just the opposite resulted, for the
three months making the last quarter
of the year furnished very nearly one
third of the marriages for the entire
twelve months.
Ranking Of the Months.
October, the month Of golden rod,
autumn leaves and chrysanthemums,
took first place among the months for
the number of its marriages, which to-
IalGu ,1OTly-lWO. DCSSHpSA Wao SSS
ond with forty. June got third with
thirty -eight, September was fourth
with thirty three, November fifth with
twenty eight April sixth with twenty
seven, and the other months came aft
er in the following order: February,
twenty-six: January. twenty-four;
March, twenty-four; May, eighteen;
August, eighteen, and July seventeen.
What's in q Name.
Perhaps there is nothing after all In
a name, but the comparison Of those
which were included in the years mar
riages are Of relative interest for COM
parison. The crop Of brides repre-
scented every letter Of the alphabet but
"U." The grooms did even better, for
with them not even the "U" was left
out, altho there was but one ''U" groom.
The en- was the popular family name
initial among the brides. there being
thirty-two Of that class. "H' and rs"
were two other common family name
initials, there being Twenty-Five be-
longing to each Of this class. The
Smiths, and all those others whose
family name begins with IS" led the
way with the grooms.
Brides Ages.
The average age of all the brides OF
the year was "a years and months.
The ages ranged all the way from l5
to e., but there was only one in each
of these extreme classes.
The question Of ages may prove OF
interest to those women who have new
er entered matrimony, as it tends to
show the chances of marriage, basel
on comparison Of the relative ages
Of the years brides. OF the 234 bri !ss
of the year, 116 were between the ages
of is and 20, which would tend to
show that the chances Of marriage at
those ages is about IS per cent. Rsck-
ching on the same basis the percentage
If the brides between the ages Of 90
and rs went down TO 81 per cent. Be-
tween the ages Of rs and 80 it want
still farther down. to 10 per cent. Six
rcr cent represents those between 30
and 40; per cent those between SO
enc so, and only seventy-tive one-hun-
dredths Of per cent those over so
years Of age.
MISS GRACE PADMoRE WEEDS.