Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
By Marrying Justice. +"

r By Marrying Justice +
+ 0pposites do not marry any =
+ more, as u rule. This is as it +
4 should be. +
3 Ninety per cent of the people +
+ who marry are in the late twenties +
= or early thirties. +
+ Of younger couples, man is most r
= affected; it's the woman when +
+ they re older. +
= Between the ages of % and 80 4
= couples seldom kiss after the cere- +
+ mony. +
+ The bride should be the same +
= age or older than the bridegroom, =
+ not younger, +
+ =
+ +++++ = ++++ =
Denver, Aug, 1.-After having mar
ried more than 1000 couples in the past
five years, during which time he has
kept track of the couples following the
ceremony, William Rice, justice of the
peace Of Denver, and some times called
the "marrying JUSTICE believes the
has the right to "tell 'em no VITO do
it." Today he vouchsafed for publica-
tion a few matrimonial hints and OBJ.
servations.
First and foremost, Justice Rice says
no woman should marry under twenty.
five and that no man should marry un.
til he is thirty. And when they do
marry, says the justice, they should
both be the same age or the bride
should be older, and not younger.
"The idea of marrying to grow up
together" said Justice Rice, today,
"is wrOng--all wrong. 1t means that
the two young people will indulge them.
selves in childish quarrels and not have
the restraint of wisdom that years
bring to last out these squalls on the
matrimonial sea. If people these days
waited until they have some sense
there wouldn't be so many divorces
and separations.
"The reason why tn eold.fashioned
marriages did not result in divorce as
frequently as the marriages of today
was not because the couple experienced
any more happiness. 1t was because
they hadn t gotten the habit of break
ing up their partnership as soon as a
few domestic windstorms blew up. So,
ciety did not lean toward divorce as it
does now. Man and wife made the best
of things, believing themselves welded
for life, and, after all IS said and done,
the system worked pretty well as our
grandmOthers and grandfathers will
tell us. Divorce has become habit.
People don't look askance at the di-
vorcee any more so the selfish persons
accept it as the easiest way to settle a
fuss.
"The educated woman, despite the
general belief, makes the best wife.
And this is not strange. The woman
should be better educated than the
husband. He keeps on growing with
the world through contact with the
world. She generally stands still be.
cause she doesn't get that steady con.
tact with the outside. The better edu.
Gated the woman the more she realizes
that the marriage contract is, to a
great extent, business contract with
mutual obligations. 1t is the husbands
of parasite wives who apply for di.
vorce.
Every couple should be engaged at
least one year. During that time the
girl should follow the old German Gus.
tom of gathering a trousseau of linen
and various articles of clothing suffi.
cient to last three years. 1t takes a
man three years to find his bearings as
head of a household, and start nest.
egg. Most Of the collection suits in
my court are against newlyweds who
started married life on the supposition
that their living expenses would fall
like manna out Of the sky"