Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-24

marriage Applicants SnOOt0
be more discreet in giving their ages.
heart of the 20 year old boy, would
hardly like to have her name men
toned. And the girl Of II, who cap
tured the grandad Of 66 may have had
some Interior motive. The middle
aged danes who masquerade In bob
he'd hair, and. knee length skirts, de-
flying Father Time" with their cam
outage Of cosmetics, should get gray
with the knowledge that their decop-
ton can easily be discovered in the
public records.
Women Prcd0mfnAte Among Divorces
But this was mo- the purpose Of the
search. 1t was primarily to find out
who mostly enjoyed married life, man
or woman, as Judged by the number
Of remarriages. Out OF 304 licenses
issued at/the local office during the
viously divorced. OF this number Sc
were women and s men. Rather con-
elusive evidence to support the argu-
ment Of the Confirmed BAtchelor!
Three couples applied for marriage
licenses, both parties Of whom had
been divorced. Another interesting
fact was noted as the court degrees
were looked over OF the Sc women
who had been divorced, only three
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all made the complaints. Conflict
ing evidence" as the learned lawyer
would say. But perhaps 1t is just
one more evidence of their polyGam-
u nature. With the men the honors
were evenly divided in this respect.
Out Of the 1872 women applying for a
permit to marry, IA were widows.
in the case Of the men, as they are
privileged characters and carry no
marks of Identification.
Out Of the Sc couples. either one Of
which had been divorced. IL were
married within three months after the
degrees were issued. With a few ex-
ceptions the others q been divorced
less than a year when remarked. One
couple, web known in this city, wait
severed the marriage bond. Several
others only a week. This probably
gives a clue as to the cause Of a large
number Of divorces.
decentralization Il
It is often charged that the present
generation is drifting toward uncor-
ventionalis1n. In order to 9 whether
this tendency effected the taking Of
marriage rows, It was noted howm many
disregarded the traditional custom of
getting married by the church. Out
Of the 304 marriages, Sc were solemn
lied by a justice or judge. 1t will be
noted that this number comedies with
the number of divorces, but it is not to
be inferred that all the divorces used
this form Of ceremony. The fact re-
mains that 75>per cent of the divorces
were" married by the justice Or judge.
Another fact noted was that. the
youngest girl married during the past
year here, was 16 years. Two were
II. and untold numbers were 18 and
10. The youngst man vas -. Anoth-
er was twenty.
When the reporter had completed
his research, and was getting ready to
leave, a party Of four entered the
judges office-two men and women.
They were accompanied by a lawyer,
who came over to the reporter and
quietly told him that one OF the group
was to be married. and asked that nc
mention Of the tact be made in the
newspaper, as they had both beer
granted a divorce in Crookston the
same day, and did not want their
friends at home to know that they had
been so p~eecipitate in retnarrytng
Truly the marriage license office !.
a "bone yard" where the tragedies Of
the dead past are 500 forgotten!
Whether these finding will salts
f~actorally answer the question Which
is the polygamous SEX" will be. lef'
to the judgment Of the reader. as tn,
reporter has many girl friends, whos'
enmity he has no desire to win.