The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-11
BOOSTING MATRlMoNY.

bOOSTING MATHlMONY.
Two facts have recently been de-
veloped that ought to 60 long way
toward boosting" matrimony. First
health statistics show that both mar
ried men and married women live
longer than single men and single
women. There may De blessed
ness" about batchelorhood or spin
sterhood but it does not last That
fact has been conclusively demon
strated. One will not be surprised
that this should be true of men, I'm.
questionably marriage, proper mar
riage, tends to settle" man, It
makes him more regular in his lab
its. If there is any good in him it
will develop. He will end any desire
that he may have INDUCED to SOW
wild oats" He has some one to take
care of him, to help share his burdens
Life becomes more worth the while
and as result he tends more and
more toward course that will con-
serve his ti,ices and lengthen life.
Small wonder therefore that married
men outlive their single brothers.
They break fewer of the laws Of ma
ture and they do not have to pay the
inevitable penalty so soon.
But it will be surprising to many to
know that the same rule applies to
women. However, the woman who is
married, freed from the cares and
burdens Of making living, takes a
deeper interest in life than her spin
ster sister. No matter how capable
"a woman may be in business, how
successful che may be, in every nor
NAL woman there is a desire to have
a home of her own; to rule as queen
of some domain, whether it
be an humble cottage or a
mansion. The mother instinct
is there too. And whatev-
er the pessimists may say abou, the
fallacy Of the old saying that mar
riages are made in heaven the av-
erage American home demonstrates
pretty conclusively that marriage not
only conduces to longer life upoa the
part of mar and woman but it adds
infinitely to their happiness. The av.
erage marriage woman has less to
worry about than her bachelor sis
ter. She is more thoroughly content
ed with her husband and her home
and her children. She is living d nat
|ural life, the other is not, however
much she may think that she prefers
it.
That marriage not only tends to
physical conservation but is also {
powerful inc entive to correct moral
living is demonstrated in recent po-
lice statistics in New York City. In
that city duing the past year more
than four tines as many single men
were arraigned for crime than there
were MARRIED men charged with in
fractions Of the criminal law. The
proportion OF single women over mar
|ried women is even higher according
to the criminal records. Both men
and women live healthier lives, phys
ically, mentally and morally when
they live in that state which nature
intended for them.
No matter what the pessimists may
say, no matter how often the mar
riage obligation may be brought into
contempt by the high flyers" of GER
tain social circles, the fact remains
that marriage is ordained of God and
that in that state alone can man and
woman attain tc the highest ideals.
Without the IDEAL marriage we can
never have the ideal home and the
home is after all the foundation
structure upull which is builded the
civilization that has made our race
great and strong and noble.