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V SUNDAY ORNI No No Woman Should uld Marry a i Who ls Is More Mot I Than 6 Years Younger Th Than Self Mrs Sar Sarah h. h Christopher Ridic Ridicules les Limits for Matrimony and Early Marriages A Advocated by Puri Purity y Cong Congress ess Speaker Woman ma Who T art Herself Is 18 Takes Take a Husband d Younger Than Y g i I Robbing g the Cradle adle She Declares res I I I By MARGUERITE MOOERS WOOERS MARSHALL NEW ARK AUK Aug u 21 No man mans I J I s should marT marry a R. girl more than sixteen six six- I teen years younger than himself No o woman should marry a man I more than ihan eight years ears younger than her herself ctr The ideal marriage a Is when the man manIs manIs manis Is 21 Il and d the girl 18 18 Coup Couples es who wed at 31 and nd 28 have h ve had to too much much chan chance e to become cynical and word word- VordI I ly These truly sapient t s sailing linK orders order for men and women who would embark embark embark em- em bark on the sea ea of matrimony have havo Just b been en Issued d at t the tho NI Ninth International International Inter Inter- national Purity congress now meeting meet meet- ing lug In San Francisco Ico According to all nil reports the congress seems e 8 0 to be larg largely IY composed of those persons of ot whom Emerson sighed The reformers reform reform- ers affect one ns RS the insane do their motives mn may be bep pious ous but ih their od's are profane They are a buzz buzzin buzzin buzzin in t the e ear af The par particular cula buzz in In this instance e emanates from Dr Al Albert Albert Al- Al bert Mowry of or the Hospital Coll College e eor of or Medicine Chicago And if it you please he wants his marital time timecard card m made de compulsory I by hy national leo legislation I wondered Ju just just t tto how to OW his l idea e of or the proper age ago for marriage would Impress Impre s an in intelligent intelligent in- in modern woman So I went wentlo to lo Mrs 1 Sarah Christopher for tor several severI several sever sever- I al ye years rs trustee of the the National Xa Christian League for the thc Promotion of Purity but whose interest In the newest theories of social morality has not of or humor and I of ot human nature These rhese are the matrimonial age afe Urn r its which Mrs Christopher Chrstopher suggests sug sug- ge gesta ta A man should always oe De irom Hom live uve to twenty years older than the woman woman wo man he marries The woman who marries a man younger than herself herselt Is robbing the cradle In the Ideal marriage th the girl should be at least 26 25 before she becomes a wife the man mun at least 30 30 before before he assumes assum s the role of or hus hus- band baud Mrs Christopher is a young woman wo- wo man with wilh a a. cro crown n of soft sott tawny hair that seems too heavy for Cor her slim figure and dancing da blue eyes They h fairly lox fox trotted rotted trotted If or one may extend the metaphor metaphor metaphor-as as she sat inthe in the th Wide window of her r apartment at No NIJ Wads worth avenue and andr r read ad aa with obvious amusement the dicta a of or Dr pr l. l Mowry vry Quotes Shake Shakespeare pe re t to tb Prove Her Point Wh Why even Shakespeare tells us that a a. a woman should marry a ma mayears man years older th than n nh h herself herself- rs lt she ex exclaimed ex- ex claimed Dont Don't you you remember the passa passage e In Twelfth Night which prote protests u vehemently against a n. bride who Is vel very near nc r the age of t her prospective pros pros- pros pros- husband rid and pulling a lit lit- tic lIo green volume from her bookcase Mrs Irs read Christopher id with gusto gust Too old by heavens Let Lel still the woman take lake An elder cider than herself so wears wear sho she shoto shoto to him So sways she level in her husbands husband's heart For rOI boy however we do praise ourselves ourselves our our- selves Our fancies are more giddy and In Infirm infirm in- in firm More 1010 l longing n v wavering soon sooner r lost arid and worn worn Than women's s 's are Average M Man n a a Fool Until Hes He's 30 Shakespeare probably knew what he was talking about she com com- corn com His w wife te Anne Hathaw Hathaway was several years older than and his e Is reputed have to-have been unhappy Dr Diy Mowry thinks th that t a A. woman vom n should ld not ml marry ry a aman aman aman man man more than eight years younger than herself If It she he takes one that much her hor junior she robbing the cradle And wh why she sho want to do It Tho The average a man 18 is a fool until he's hes 30 I t think it it w was Carlyle that society s should protect It- It it itself self jell from young men between en the I ages of 19 and 26 by supplying them with all the necessities s of life b but t tm m meanwhile keeping th them m under barrel barrel bar bar- rel reI I 1 Observed Good Idea approved Mrs Chris Chris- And when the tha twenty sIx olds car proved too we we could stop up the h bun e s How moreoVer can any thoughtful thought thought- ful person sUF suggest est that a girl of ot 18 should make mako the most Important de decision do- do cislon of ot her life Ute the choice of ot a c. husband At that ago she Aho Is looking for tor a combination of ot Apollo Solomon and Croesus She Sho ends by eloping with the plumb plumbers plumber's rs r's assistant lt If If she Is 18 foolish h enough to CO lOpe Hope with anybody any any- body Generally speaking the Int in intelligent In- In t lUgent woman of 30 O wouldn't touch sh she abe worshiped worshiped wor wor- with a toot foot pole th the boy In high school wouldn't wouldn t pay pa for burying him except for fOl the theof joy of ot getting rid of ot him hini t 1 am opposed t tp marriages g 5 Mir Christopher continued con coil with earnestness They T e are ue and must be based almost altogether on physical attraction for tor between 16 and 35 26 the tho physical lure is strongest strong strong- est esL But to b be Ideal the union be between bt- bt must be DO bea DOa tween a man and nd a n. woman a a marriage of t true minds That can only come after aller the tte minds have dev dov de developed do- do v loped after atter that Is the tho p period rl d of ot veIs Is the tho extreme youth Twenty Twenty-f ve- ve very ery youngest ago age at a. a. a girl y 30 thC the lowest limit limit fura fur for fora i ia a man Marriage a. a Poor Protector r for Morality So So of often len people people wonder w why WY any couple is Is' divorced dl after ten twenty life 1 I twenty five years of married all They hn have ont don't wor wonder el at It at nt simply reached lh th limit of their the en endurance en- en durance lurance lne They married when they were t tOo loo o young to know that they thoy were vere not suited to each other The They were too young ung for tolerance for tor control self Tho The qu quarrels were little ones at al but the they grew more serious and Roel the gulf butt between widened constantly They crew apart part Instead of ot growing c t together and In my riy opinion the former former- I Is much moro more likely to happen titan than the latter when very young youn pencils marry maro Glitter GUtter dominates the choice ho ce in I ear early y marriages The fhe bridegroom of I 21 thinks hes he's caught a star star and and wakes wt up ip to find that he has a 0 box of chocolates tied with sliver silver gilt gm Do you OU remember how G George or o Meredith scores the early marriage broke off otC Mrs Christopher To anchor anchor anchor an an- chor th the heart ore ere we have half hal traversed traversed tra tra- versed vered the world is youths youth's foolish foolish- ness We Vc find rind the otie one fitted d for us us' us att after r h hard rd buffeting h n our pur ur m madness madness mad mad- d- d ness has misshaped our destiny our lot Is cast The argument which the advocates of or early arly marriage consider most Important im important mi- mi is that that- it safeguards ards m moral moral- ral- ral ity I J suggested Any Anyone one who gets married in or order order order or- or der not to so go 0 the d davil duvil will get there Just the same she hc retorted To advocate or to use marriage as a 3 safety yalve valve Is to Insult Its highest ideals The principle of self control In In boys boye and girls will wilI safeguard safeguard safe sate guard better than the prescrIption proscription pro pre of early fearly marriage e. e The t best beet st matrimonial motto I Y know knows 8 Is Look before you leap anil anit overlook after you ou leap leav The girl Irl of or eighteen a and ad d the boy of ot 21 21 will do neither 1 ir 4 1 p fIb tv 7 ir J. J t i iq i q t i ri I 47 A tf CHRISTOPHER |