The evening world., 1915-01-09
NEWlYWEDS LEAD
OUTWARD RUSH Of
GTYHOMESEEKERS
IS, 900 Marriages IN Metropoli.
tan District Each Year
Make Realty Lively.
34,684 IN MANHATTAN,
Lure OF Suburbs With Cheap.
er, Better Living Follows
Wedding Bells.
34,oS4 IN MANHATTAN.

Newiywsds are mailing Q lively mar
kst for homes In the suburban districts.
In renting and selling. brokers 70.
port an increaang proportion Of bus-
ns0 from thoss who are ensrossed
also With new marital bonds and CON-
tra0ts TAsy ars seeking homes Of
both the apartment and dwelling types,
but they are moro particular about
location. hight, air. sxcluavsnsss and
the Noe oonvsnisacss Of living than
are older SamiAsA
In several suburban csntrsA builders
are revising their plans with special
regard for bridal demands. Many one
family ana two-family dwellings are
left partly unfinished In order that
the final touches may be pleading 70
the brides that viii occupy them. 6ev.
sral colonies are composed chiefly Of
newiywsds. and at South Jamaica. on
the shores Of BaAseley Lake. Q syn
dictate headed by former County Clerk
Martin Mayer has been building .
community of small. cosy bridal homes.
calling II The Dove Cotes
EASY PAYMENT scHEMGs LURE
NGWLVWGDo oUreiDg.
Much Of the activity among newly.
weds In tho suburban homo some 10
due to the easier terms on which
result Of the past year or two OF
economical figuring by builders and
developers. They arc reducing con.
structional costs to the minimum and
providing long term mortgages which
enable the buyer TO obtain the prop.
srty on q very small initial payment
with the balance much the same ~
rent In amounts NO larger than the
same family would pay for . rented
home. Another Incentive " the rapid
spread of good transit facilities
through the outlying distrtots and
the energy Of builders In following
such improvements with houcss OF
the latsst type h living ooavcniences'
In addition. the majority OF newly.
wsds are youns. enthusiastic ana the
trip bstwesn homes ana business Do
comes more Of . pleasure than an
effort whom they consider TIE M
creased comforts that can be OBJ
tanned for an equal outlay In the sub
Many real estate brokers arc do
pending ON the nswiyweds for the
main part Of their commissions.
They watch the marriage liccnss
bureaus and hasten 70 lay before
prospective brides and grooms Q
vista Of homo comforts that may b
found In various Quarters OF the
metropolitan district. The proper
ton Of nswlywedo receptive 70 tne
home buying small payment idea V
very largo and when they DO not
actually aocspt the buying PROPOSE
ton they are very apt 70 do . little
renting business through the same
| broker. They like the more attrac-
| tive homes OF the suburbs rather
than crowded city places and they
| contribute tho Strongest element In
the overflow that y peopling all OF
the outside sections.
MANHATTAN 10 the OU0igSr
MARRIAGE MART.
Manhattan. In proportion 70 ~
population. has the largest percent.
ago OF marriages. Its license bureau
issued permits for 1855 last year.
This compares with $500 In 1913. 3s.-
$50 in 1919, Se.s3i In 1911. 3%.ei7 In
1910, 1857 In 1900. But statistics
show that . large number Of the
Manhattan newiyweds move outside
and become suburbanitss, while subur.
I'M newlyweds who move into the
| crowded city are rare.
Brooklyn marriage permits issued
during the year numbered l7.tei
aEainst i6,603 In 1913. and slightly
over ii, 900 for 1913 and 1911.
In the Bronx 6.346 licenses were
issued, In comparison with %.sS6 In
Queens issued S.B17. against 1.ssC
during 1918. II II the only borough
10 show Q decrease from the preceding
year, but " has grown rapidly In popu.
aliy large number Of the newlywedi
from Manhattan homes.
Richmond issued 74s licenses and
7a1 In 1913.
| The Nassau and Suffolk suburbl