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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05
TaIIest Men in Britain.

According to medical records, the
tallest men in the British Isles are the
villagers of Baimaclellan, in Galloway,
a district in the southwest of Scot
land. Their average height is 5 feet
1O7a inches, the tallest giant being
a young man of twenty, who measures
z feet inches and weighs 3OS pounds
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05
FRIDAY. AUGUST 5. 1921.
Entered as Second-class Mail Matter at
the Postoffice in Edgerton, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin may be the first state in
the Union to give to women the same
political and economic rights as men
enjoy; but Canadian railways have gone
the Wisconsin legislature one better by
formulating plans, of smoking compart-
ments for women travelling on their
trains. Is this an effort to divert the
coast to coast traffic from the United
States to Canada?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05
Worlds Largest Snake.

The python is considered the largest
snake in the world. 1t is found in the
East Indies and in the Philippine
islands. Specimens thirty feet long
have been seen. All the various spe-
cies of pythons lend themselves easily
to captivity and tanning.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05
No Final Forms of Arr

There are no final forms of art be-
cause truth has always new beauty
to reveal and beauty new truth to
Observation-Disclosures Wright Mable.
Want to buy old corn. Apply at
this office 32tf
Homegrown watermelons and
muskmelons at Pringle Bros. Co. :
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05

GAMES FOR SUNDAY, JULY 81.
Waunakee at Edgerton.
Lake Mills at Middleton.
Mt. Horeb at Sun Prairie.
Madison at Stoughton.
Cambridge at Waterloo.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05

Two base hits-Maragi, Stuvengen,
Silverthorn ~, Krebs, Hyland, Dohr.
Struck out by Beltz, 3; Bixby, 4.
Base on balls, Beltz, l; Bixby, 3.
Double plays, Whitley Herbstreith;
Whitley Silverthorn; Hyland-Dohr.
Stolen bases, Williams, 2; Whitley.
Umpire, Barry.
Time, 2.10. Attendance, 22OO.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05

Notice Will the party who by mis-
take picked up vanity box and purse
on the golf grounds last Friday kindly
return same and leave it at this office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05
Farm Wanted.

Want to hear from owner of farm
or good land for sale, possession this
winter. L. Jones,
1pd Box ISL, Olney, III.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-05

OTHER LEAGUE GAMES
Stoughton, a; Cambridge, 1.
Mt. Horeb, Is; Middleton, 8.
Sun Prairie, 8; Lake Mills, 2.
Waterloo, 8; Waunakee, 3.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
ARL Y MARRIAGES. EACH YEAR SHOWS AGE JUMP

r'~ every day looking for job who
ne that he has had to postpone his
weuling until he gets work." said Mr.
Jacobs. "One this morning, man who
had been overseas think he couldn't
have been more than twenty -fve-told me
that he had intended to get married next
week but that it was all off now That
man will get a job, but it will take him
some Cime to save up his money for the
wedding. and in the meantime the girl may
not want to wait for him and will marry
some one else.
"It is heartbreaking to see such numbers
of men who were In the service now looking
for work. We have them from colonels down
to privates. Last week we placed Colonel
who was overseas in a good Job and we
have found openings for majors"
The Ex- Service Mems Employment Bu-
reau. Inc, makes no charge either to the
applicant for the job or to the person or
firm desiring an employee It's offices are
donated by a friend and even the telephone
service is paid for by contributions. The
organization is supported entirely by volun
tary offerings. 1t has the Endorsement OF
the American Legion and other ex-service
mems organizations, yet it is not directed in
the slightest way by any of these.
The type of man who goes there looking
for job is far above the average. Many
of them wore their service raincoats, and
all looked neat and clean Their average
age is about 2S. Mr.. Jacobs said, and many
married. Some of these married men
are actually destitute. They are in imme-
diate need of clothing, food or medical at
tention for themselves or their families. and
some interested and kindly friend of the
bureau takes it upon herself or himself to
see that enough is supplied to tide over the
individual or the family.
IF economic conditions do not improve
Well have the marrying age moving fur
ther and further along" remarked Mr..
Jacobs. Seeing these needy married men
in here would discourage any single man
from taking wife until he has something
ahead and a job that he thinks is sure.
Lack Of jobs is certainly bar to marriage.
You quote me as saying that it's the
biggest one just now."
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married couples Many of those who appear
i'm court are girls and boys who married
during the war. The wife often appeals to
the court TO compel the husband to provide
for her, and usually there is at least one
child, sometimes there two poor little
creatures. uncared for and half starved"
Magistrate Norris said that these cases
had considerably increased since the recent
lack OF employment, and that to help the
practically destitute women various organi-
cations had arranged TO supply necessary
clothing. This is particularly important to
the young girls about to become mothers
and whose husbands have neither money nor
jobs or have deserted their wives. One Cath
Ollie organization is providing complete and
attractive clothing for the expected infant.
And the mothers are often outfitted with
necessary wearing apparel
The Domestic Relations Court is the other
side OF the picture you at the Marriage
License Bureau and the Office of the City
Clerk. who married thousands during the
draft Magistrate Norris has an opportunity
10 see how some OF those hasty marriages
which were not dissolved by death are turn
ing out. She shook her head despairingly
when she talked OF il and wondered il the
bitterness that has grown up in the relations
between such wives and husbands has not
had something to do with causing others to
defer marriage Who knows? II may be an
element entering into the undeniable fact.
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the table Of averages prepared from the
city's records.
From my observation Of the couples who
come here 70 be married" said he Il should
say that the majority of the men are about
- and about 81 and the girls about 20 and
80" commented the First Deputy City Clerk
There seem 70 h. fewer men between those
ages getting married these days Maybe
they want 70 see little bit Of life before
they tie up.
THE girls are very young, taking them
! whole We have any number OF them
IL. r. and 20. But then you must remem-
her that woman sometimes cheats 4 little
about her age. / don't want to fiatter my
self. but feel that l am pretty good at
guessing ages
Yesterday had a girl Of sc who mar
ried man Of s.. That's unusual OF course
and can sec how such ages would run the
average up 4 good deal But ii YOU were
here 4 few days you would think that ever
many more girls Of ~ or 20 were marry
ing young men OF - or % than of any
other age. We do have numbers of men of
80 marrying women Of 80 or over"
The acting City Clerk said that he did not
think unemployment had anything 70 do
with not marrying, because this year in
which thousands OF men and women have
been out OF work. has started off az a ban
ner marrying year.
Before Fastening back 70 room fun OF
waiting brides and bridegrooms the First
Deputy gave some interesting figures from
his department. IL takes about two min
utes to perform the service IN the little
chapel on the floor above the Marriage Ii
cense Bureau. About one-thrd OF the mar
riages for which applications for certificates
are made are performed In the citys chapel.
Fridays and the thirteenth Of the month
are comparatively dun days FOR tins cere-
mony. y big day brings seventy couples to
the altar and the average day about fifty
Sometimes, when there il 4 specially large
crowd of anxious bridegrooms and brides
waiting IN the anteroom and the morning
has been strain on Mr.. Cruises voice he
sends an Q 10 the Brooklyn Deputy
or the Richmond Borough Deputy and gives
his vocal cords little rest while one Of
these marrying ncighbors conducts the sol
cmn rites.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

Packard, with the two lads on the seat
Lets have look inside says Nc
MILAN.
Its useless replies one Of the lads
We have nothing
!" Just So says Mac and what's more
You have no lights
Well be goin,' then replies the lad
because we're policemen. See here
"And the lads display their badges, which
Mac reads with the aid Of his lamp. Mac
is not SO wilin' that the pair 20 on. 50 he
talks bit. and then sees one Of the lads
reach for his hip pocket Old Mae grabs
the lad by the neck and lets him have the
other fist 70 the chin. and the lad buckles
up. Mac takes the lads weapon. gives him
a few more cuffs and tosses him into the
tonneau Of the car
+" Now be off TO the States and stay
there says Mac to the conscious lad. And
that's the last we saw of them, tearn' for
the border"
We set forth for Napoleon Bastian's farm
in two cars. We had not gone more than q
mile when we came abreast Of a fine black
colt htched to a light buggy An enormous
man filed the vehicle. 1t was close to 10
o'clock and the night was black
"Ain't You afraid bein' on the road with
the little mare when the speed boys are
tearn' up and DOWN." yelled Wilson.
NO." replied the horseman. I'm driving
across toward Kensington, where / live.
Just bought the, COLT
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Average Age in Present Year Is
30 ~ for Men and IS "a for Women

The average age Of 800 men who were
married in January. 1921. Il 30 Ia years AMI
OF the women they married is 25A.
Since 1908. the year for which first ofiicia
figures were obtainabe, TO 1921 the average
marrying age has advanced for the man
from 81 1-5 to 80 1-3 and for the woman
from % As to ASA.
Tn thirteen years the marrying age for
men has advanced 3 2-15 years and for
women 95-10O years. In ten years Il has
advanced ] 80 years for men and 5-12
years FOR women.
There were 7S,64o marriage licenses issued
~ the five boroughs last year. OF these
1924 were issued in Manhattan. The mum
Der in Brooklyn was about half this. The
number of matrimonial knots tied BY the
City Clerk in 1920 was 2i.9O2 for the five
boroughs. Manhattan Boroughs clerk per-
formed 1896 of these civil ceremonies.
Chief Clerk Edward w. Hart of the Mar
riage License Bureau said that the average
number Of marriage licenses issued in
January last year. which broke the record
except during the draft was almost 400 a
day. The general average for a busy day
Is 900
In one days records examined there were
156 bridegrooms under 30 and fifty eight
over 80. One hundred and twenty three
brides were under IS and ninety-one were
% or over.
OF 800 bridegrooms that applied for
licenses in August. 1918, during the second
draft. 216 were 80 or under and or their 400
brides 233 we're % or under. Thirty-onc
Of the bridegrooms were from 10 70 p and
seventy-one OF the brides were under 20.
Compare this number OF early marriages
with those OF ten years before the draft. As
against the seventy-one brides of 20 or
under in 1918 there were eighty-six of tho
same age in 1908. Also in this list there
was one bride Of 1e, there were three ~ II
and five OF is years OF age. There were
twenty bridegrooms from 10 10 81 years or
age in 1908.
During the draft there were seven bride
grooms over So one Of them &C. and there
was ono bride OF SO. while there were two OF
SO years OF age and two others in the fifties.
IL the average age OF the bridegroom has
advanced by three and two -ffteenths years
and Of tho bride BY nearly three years IN tho
last thirteen years, how Is thi. "a be nc
counted for? The advance. as tho records
show, has been steady. n has not jumped
higher some years and then fallen below IN
other years One must believe from these
figures that men and women are postponing
marriage more and more. What Is the ex-
planation?
Representative persons were asked 10 cx-
press their views on an indisputabie fact as
presented by tho official figures. Michael j..
Cruise. acting City Clerk and First Deputy,
who may be considered az present the great
est marrying person in the country. con-
fesscd that he could not account for the
delay IN approaching the matrimonial altar.
Mr Cruise paused for breath during ono o.
Ills busiest splicing daygi and glanced over
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Lack of Job Causing Many
Postponements of Weddings

No one is better qualified TO speak about
the unemployment situation to-day, particu-
larly among the men who wore this coun-
try's uniform in the recent war, than the
person who presides over the EX-Service
Mems Employment Bureau, Inc, at sos
Fifth avenue. Harry ID. Jacobs. himself an
overseas man. who was vice-chairman of
the recent al-American mass meeting at
Madison Square Garden, about thirty
iobless men a day. He stated that unem'
ployment, which has become a serious prob
lem here. undoubtedly is factor in caus
ing men 10 delay marrying.
why. there is some young fellow here
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Each Day Has It's Own
Classification of CoupIes

on Mondays from p 70 80 per cent or
the applicants for licenses are from out 81
town, many Of them coming from pennsyl-
vania, Mr.. Cruise said. lie calls Il his trav-
eilers day. Tuesday the New York men and
women predominant and Wednesday II the
favorito day Tor young couples Thursday i
Italys day "a tho bridal altar. and Friday
which Is considered unincky ~ white brides
is. strangely enough. not looked upon with
superstition BY tho negroes. who come 10
have tho knot tied ~ tho city official sat.
urday, which n 2 half day M this chapel IS
unusually busy Nj. Cruise calls II u cos
mopolitan day. az 4 seems % have no spc-
cial characteristic a. W nationality.
All kinds and conditions apply f0r Ger.
tihcatcs and then Eo an stairs. whore the
acting City Clerk prcsdes. 20 get tho core-
mony over cvilly, and aftorward perhaps
have the marriage performed ~ a priest ~
pastor.
Magistrate Jean Norris who II alternating
between tho womer's Court IN Jefferson
Market and the Domestic Relations Court
in West Fifty-Eovcnth street advanced the
opinion that men and women wcrc marrying
az an older age now because women have
hrrnua0 economically iudpnsudouf
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Bandits Block the Roads
To Prey on Rum-Runners

a man was driving to Montreal in big
car-the size and type desired for bootleg
gng. With him was his daughter. just
above Plattsburg late in the afternoon two
armed men held up the father and daugh-
ter and told them to dsmount. They took
what money the father had-a matter of
$400--took his name and told him he'd
hear from them later. He did. A week
later the car was located In Buffalo, almost
wrecked and abandoned. Several broken
bottles In the luggage carrier told the story.
1t had been used for bootlegging. II had
carried its consignment across the border.
1t was too risky to keep the car in service
The bandits went out for another
And maybe they got II.
Bandits have found II profitable to block
the road and wait for rum-runners coming
south. The rum-rnnner Is dragged Oft his
seat and the hodup men do the rest Of the
running. 1t is all clear profit for them.
Neither the car nor the booze costs them
anything.
All this has bred the gun toting rum
runner and the combinations Of smugglers
who enjoy independent profits but who
have banded together for protection against
their less daring and more despicable
brothers in outlawry.
or yolstead men the stories are multi
tudinous. The chances are that many are
quite true.
From Government official the writer
learned the following tale, and this one is
altogether typical Of the run Of them.
Into the Elks home in border town
came prosperous looking citizen who dis
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

ficers. They admit that about one rum
runner in a hundred Is captured at or
within twenty five miles south of the bor-
der.
And it is their guess that the successful
ninety-nine are not molested south Of that
twenty five mile line. Nolstead agents have
come and gone-one as suddenly as the
other Two weeks ago three. assigned 70
the Malone sector. were dismissed from the
service after brief soiourn
An entirely new brand Of outlaw has
arisen The writer was assured by county
and Federal agents that the situation is
worse to-day than il has been. and thai it
is growing worse. You arrive IN the north
country to he RECALLED with stories that you
scoff at. II can't be true? II sounds like
the cheap movie serial 1t Is exaggerated
Town boosters and resort hotel proprietors
bewal the sensational stories emanating
from the border country. It's bad bust
ness. Tourists will be frightened away.
Briefly they are anxious to throttle the
truth for the truth Of the matter is that
the booze smuggling business has developed
into one Of the most desperate and vicious
traffics the East has seen.
There are police records of stories that
sound like rawlings.
There's the man who two years ago was
a railroad station roustabout earning bare
livelihood driving broken down Ford to
the village hotel. He had but one suit of
clothing, and that a pair Of overalls. In
winter he lived by snow shovelling and fur
mace tending. Three months ago he offered
S150,0O0 cash for Lake George hotel. He
drives his own Cadillac to-day.
One OF the st. Regis Indians was arrested
for running hootch from Mooers Forks 10
Lake Placid-from depot to depot.
How did you get in this business?' he
was asked.
"Me?" he replied. "Oh. me, buy bot
lie Of whlskey for SO and sell hin for 81.
Then buy me two bottle and sell him for
double. Pretty quick | have Ford and |
make money pretty fast"
There are dozen instances of holdups of
tourists. 1t used to be that the highway
men posed as volsteaders or State police.
They have passed the stage of assembling
now. One instance will illustrate the whole.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Average Age Continues TO Advance
Even in Period Of Military Draf

Between 1911 and the present year came
the draft. which gave an added incentive
to marrying. The figures from the ofiicia.
books for the two most important periods
Of the draft. August 1917. when the hrsl
Governmental selection of mon 10 bear arms
in the world war was made and In January.
1918, when the second call came. are inter
esting They DO not reduce the average, a.
ono might expect from the great number OF
boys Of nineteen, twenty and twenty
who married In those periods. On the con-
trary, they show that the age of bachelor
hood and spinsterhood continued 10 advance.
though 1t slowed down ever 50 little. The
number of young girls and young men mar
rying then was Offset. so far as the average
is concerned by an unusual group of appi
cants in the fifties the sixties.
There i no accounting for this. Even
the City Clerk himself had no explanation
although he finally suggested that a man
past sixty married woman near his own
age-and sometimes she was a year or two
older-to provide for her future in case any
thing serious happened to this country dur
ing the war.
The actual average is 2S years for the
man and "a $40 for the woman who married
in August. 1917, and % 10 for the man and
25ss for the woman who married in January
1918
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Mcmillan Sees Something
Queer in the PROCEEDINGS

There's something damned queer about
that" grunted Mcmillan when the sound
of the colts hoofs had died away Queer
time Of night TO be drivin colt-a new one
at that Wen run oyer Kensington way
after calling on Napoleon"
Napoleon asserted that he was YER ver
glad to see Meester Veelsong, but his eyes
didn't match his tongue.
Mice car you had out in the road this
morning, Napoleon" said Wilson.
1T belong 70 my son-in-law," explained
Napoleon.
Almost as nice as those two noticed
there day before Yesterday pursued VIII
son.
'Oui; they too are those Of the husbands
of my other daughters"
Fine, fine; the girls married well, didn't
theyg"
But they are beautiful girls explained
Napoleon with q bow.
where's madame goingf" demanded Me-
MILAN. suddenly observing that ample lady
waddling toward the barn via the back
path.
"Who can telg" shrugged Napoleon. "she
j. woman Of moods"
"well. We shall have look" decided
Wilson.
Wilson yanked the barn door open. and
Madame. having taken care 10 provide her
self with y heavy wagon spoke, took q
healthy whnck M The officials head. vii
son ~ardcd II on with his arm. Napoleon
leapcd 20 his wife.
You fool" he snarlcd AZ the cnragcd lady.
and he snaichcl the spoke
In the wagon space stood BIG Cadillac
touring car. IN the front seat. heavily
sleeping lay the husband " ono OF the
beautiful daughters Packed into the car
were 4SO quarts ~ whiskcy proclniming Il
self by label 10 be the hest product Of the
Dawson distiilerics.
And stored in Napoleon Bastian's hay
mows. long since hercft OF hay. were 80
cases of various whiskeys-2ss0 quarts.
We turned west toward Kcnslngfon. after
telephoning 10 ivc points along tho border
70 be on the lookout for two big Stutz cars
that had passed us Ike dcmons-no lights
burning and horns squawking like scared
things
Near ia Targe's Corners We located tho
black colt and its owner. The latter wa
Continued - FutA Ps~~
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
BY MARTHA CONAN.

THE average man throws II his lot
with ere bsnodlcts soon after he has
turnoa 20. The average woman -
cspss spinsfsrhood to-day A. the age q
nearly sg rn other words. newly welded
colplss arr not ~ yoang a. they used io
~ The ago ~ which mon and Women stand
before 4 representative ~ the church or
.ho Cty Clerk ana promise to take each
other .lor better for worse" and abide rs
iho consequences has advanced.
0rlciai figures that 70 back q the time
when the CITY started 70 keep a record 81
tho sc o. svcry man and every woman
applying for a marriage license show that
'he limit of hachclorhood and maldcnhood
has advanced ~ regular steps.
r. ascertain me average aGe Al which a
man and 4 woman marry. oficial statistics
not providing this information. the records
n tho Marriage License Bureau. the first
date Of which i January. 1905. were care
fully examined The ages of 800 men and
the 900 women to whom they were joined
IL matrimony were taken and from these
figures an average was struck. This aver
age. representing the marrying age thirteen
years ago. i 27 10 years for the men and
- i-5 for the women.
Figures taken from tho Official records
Tor January 1911. ten years ago. show
decided advance IA the average. a. III the
first instance, the ages Of 800 men and the
ages of tho women 70 whom they were mar
red were used in arriving al the average.
which Is 2Sis Tor men and - 10 for women.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Sees No Necessity These Days
For Marrying 20 Get HON,

II have not given tho subject any careful
thought" said Miss Norris. who WIS seen
after court had adjourned she siiii wore
hcr Judicial gown and was seated IN the
Judges private once adjoining the Woman
Court rp stairs. IL - no longer important
or oven necessary for women 20 marry fof
a home. Practically every woman can b.
sclf-supporting these days. Many who arc
tho daughters Of wealthy parents earn their
living This has made n tremendous differ
ence 70 women. should say that tho
average age AZ which men and women marry
has advanced in ratio with the Increasing
number OF women who have become eco
nomically independent.
This economic Independence Of women
reacts on tho mon. They delay marrying
because they cannot got the women they
want at an earlier asc or because they Ike
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
SHOWING INCREASE IN MARRYING AGES.

10 see life before settling down. This ar
rangement keeps the relative age about the
same. / should say. Women who wait until
they are 20 to marry naturally marry men
comparatively near their own age. AS it
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

happens. this age is about 80, according to
the figures.
'Since have been at the Domestic Reia-
tons Court have seen the greatest display
of bitterness. particularly by the younger