New Britain herald., 1926-01-20
MARRYING YOUNG


 Needless 10 stress, the advice of Rev. Matthew Traynor, pastor of St. Mary's church. relative to the proper age for marriage, is excep- tonally good. According to tho priest. when youths reach the age of o5 and when maidens reach the ace Of %. the time has come to lake D dive into the sea of matri- lnony and learn how 10 swim in tt regardless Of the circumstances.
 The trouble nowadays is that here has been change In the outlook upon life among many young people. The pastor enumer- ated some of these and pointedly portrayed their fallacies.
 II was tho late Thomas Marshall, VIC believe, who said that when he was young man the first object of the young generation was to own Q home of it's own. but today 1t Is the first object to own an au- tomobilc and rent a home or apartment.
 But this is only one of the ten ,icncies that are evident upon every side. Some young bloods, noting how women dress nowadays, have evidently concluded it takes loo much money 10 maintain q wife; the same young bloods, how ever, usually find the money to maintain an automobile, and there are many old-timcrs with ex- perence in both directions who will no be slow in saying that it requires more money 10 buy and maintain an automobile than 10 maintain q wife.
 People are still getting married, put there are indications that, con Sldcring the increase in population, he venerable lottery is not az popular Gs it once was. At least, the young are whiting longer be- fore taking the step that leads to Inc altar. And while this is being observed the divorce rate slowly and consistently increases, II would nr folly 10 deny the facts: Mar ilaso is being regarded with great ,r circumspcc,ion than It formerly vas. and girls Gro not marrying SO much as they ono" did in order 10 be supported Pr,aaps the inde- pcndcnce and earning power of the air scX has hnd something to do with ibis development in society. Th" girl with good joh and steady jncom,, rr,ms hrs inclined than ,vcr 10 marrr in q hurry, and "hcn she does "b'y jb" urgings of c'upId it is not until she meets with 4 young man capable of giving her ,rc sam" luhuri"s and mode Of life .hc ,nioycd w1ilc single, And in many ras,S sho continues 10 earn her own living at th" same time.
 Thrn Dh"r" is the question of progrry Who>c arc the families uowcl4ye rltA Goa.n children? Thrsr usrl lo b. the rule; our sgundlath"rs did not believe in one ar two c5ilIrcn to q family; they believed in rcpl' n5hing the earth anl were serious about #. The nor, olurGt,i folk become the .ow,r children they seem 10 nave, consoling themselves with the be- lief, apparently, that Solomon or some other ancient sage said that il is better 10 bring up ono young etcr well than 10 permit a thousand 70 grow UP like Topsy, The idea may be wrong and contrary 10 the best interests Of society and thc state; bat IS previously remarked, il Is idle to dodg- facts even in q good causc.
 A compendium of Inc progeny Of Harvard students came 10 hand n few weeks ago. It was found that virtually all Of them married late after they had obtained foot hold in life -- and that their families if memory serves correct ly. averaged two and a half rhil- 1ren per couple. Maniics.Iy this is not going ahead very rapidly. The same results undoubtedly would be obtained if the careers Of other college men were tabulated as carefully as is done at Harvard.
 In the United States our foreign born citizens usuully have the largest families. and most of them marry comparatively young. But that isn1 saying that their chil- dren follow in the footsteps of
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