Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-04
SLaus Will
Chicago
Especial Correspondence to Morning Journal

worst fears Of Mari @e License Clerk
Morris salmonson rome true.
II VIII be q city Of Slavs, in point OF
numbers, at least, unless the young
men n women of other rationale
ties hurry up and get married.
At the rate that marriages are GO
ing now the peoples Of Slay persua-
sion-Poles, HunBarians, BOhemians,
Magyars, Crotians, L"ithuanians, and so
on-are placing themselves in a posi-
ton to Increase ana multiply in such
numbers that by the time 1880 comes
around, by the time Chicago with
Its expected 10000, 600 inhabitants
stands forth before the world as its
chief city, Chicago, the American city,
VIII have disappeared and in It's place
viii be Chicago a city Oh Slavs.
That is, unless the young people OF
other n%ationalitics hurry up ana be-
giu to marry.
1T is the foreign element that is
marrying nowadays, and the slavic
portion Of II Is far in the lead OF the
Others says Mr.. S~almenson. "Slavs
are great multipliers. They have
children, no matter how high the cost
OF living. Tho result inevitably win
be the prcpondcrance of Slavs within
twenty years-unlcss our American
born young people begin to do their
duty ana marry and raise children.
US becomes all good citizens
~Salmonson, rs the man who helps !
cupid snare Chicago. is the man who
knows. He has sat behind the win
dow marked Marriage Licenses for
tho last twenty-eight years. For half
n liftime he has watched blushing
brides ana |grinnine grooms come to
his window ana get the pink paper
that entities them To wed. In all be
has Issued over 500. 600 licenses.
which means that he has helped
something like a million hearts beat
MS hair that number; and, being an
student, ana philosopher be-
sides, lie has followed and analysed
marriage in Chicago and appreciates
MS no other man. probably, the sig
.niticanee OF the present trend in mat
Iimony.
At the same time Mr.. Salmonson is
alone in his declaration. Chicago
stands in danger Of becoming q city
Of Slavs. Ministers ana priests ANA
other leaders of the city's young folk
AVE become aware of the nced Tor
more marriages among others than
he III and the Rev. j. j. Kearns,
lastor of the Church Of the Presen-
warns the Germans and Irish
the city to begin to marry.
"lf they don't say the Rev. Mr.
<earns, the Poles, Bohemians and
Italians viii be ruling them here in .
few years
Wake up, The alarm has gone I
orth to Chlcago's young folk of un- /,
'lavic persuasion; Hustle mp ana
get married or get put in the shade"
Chicago, the American city, Is APP .
for help to repel the Slav in
aston. 4
And II any one doesn't think that
he facts are vital all he needs to do '
$ to sean the daily list of licenses 4
OF. better still, spend a few
ours near the marriage license VIM =
OW. .
THE high cost OF living probably
nm be blamed for the present situa- :
lon of aitairs as well as anything, +
Mr.. Snlmonson, The young 4
.meIican man does not think of get v
married until he is in a position a
, take care of his wife, and possibly +
family without any danger of il d
inch. In the same way the Ameri- y
IN girl hoes not wish to get married
nth she can find tn man who can n
'kc care Of her in . way that viii +
aarantee good clothes, a good time, /,
Nh ~ hiNN biiAVlN Hs NJ 81 J'0uiff ilhAi l e.
among the Americans and sew i,
raj n%ajonalities OF foreigners are on 3
lc decrease. ~
"But with the Slays i is different n
hey are practically all poor people i
Is, they are WORKING people. But
either that nor the fact that tho a.
of living is increasing keeps them n
ON getting married. They are used a
the pinches OF living on a small ~
come, and the custom of getting =.
no matter what their cir 81
instances. is bred in the bone, The II
,ung men come here ana get work 81
lahorcrs. Then they look around u
find a girl. The girls do not hold a.
eek because the man is earning only i,
horor's wages, The next step is +,
front of this license window. when -,
appcar and ask for a license to Nj
AIRY. In
Again. in considering the future -,
itioualitv of Chicago, We must con-
Ter the family that results from a a.
aIriage here. II is notorious that "a
e American family and the family ~
the higher class foreigners is de- y,
easing in number. It it not fash ~,
nable 10 have "a large family, and -
ousands viii be fashionable In IN
ito Of all. The young American Ia
llllc gus married Hilc ana mas ono .t
two children. and that is all. g,
but how different II is with the ~
AVS They get married early IN -,
e-in fact. MS soon as they have at :,
the legal ages, They get mar ~
,d with q definite idea. and that is =,
have u family OF children. 4 1am-
doesn't mean one or two with
en-. 1t means six. OF eight. or even m
dozen. In comparison. therefore, ~
/, American welded couple at the -
a OF ten years of married life may -,
present two additions TO the pCpu- ~
ion, while the Slav couple repre- ~
lts six. Ns many more Sl0vs arc ~
thing married. the end can be only -
a. thing The SltNs viii be so DOM A.,
ant IN numbers as To- bc the rulers ~
the city
Just who H. responsible for the de- -
i'm marriages among the Amer =,
ms. Germans. and lrish-Whcthcr
Is the young man or the girls n -
that many have tried to an r
en- without coming To- an agreement
e. young men. when accused OF III
.trimouill coWardice. blame il on
f, girls in one Way or another.
The girls nowadays are enough 20 III
ghteu % fellow AWAY from the mar ii
gc license window Is one mans III
"a of the matter. They want 90
dressed as well and have as good III
line after they are married AS be- III
e.. Now. that takes about an "a III
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