| Show THE ACE AGE FOR MARRIAGE lb sweden lowest tu ifs steadily I 1 leing ising vere the average marriage tor for men does not differ materially in those countries countr iee which keep accor accurate ite marriage record records 6 it Is highest thirty one years la in sweden and lowest in the united J states twenty six and one half among amona women it ts Is also highest in sweden twenty eight years and lowest in ru sla twenty two some countries fix a minimum mini muni mar biag age abelow which i a marriage can notel noldi lawfully performed in most parts of germany it Is 1 fixed at awen ty one for the blide room and eighteen for the bride in england it I 1 Is sixteen and fifteen respectively in france it Is eighteen and fifteen r re hely ely in the united states where fixed it Is usual twenty ons on for the men the exceptions being call callo fornia tennessee utah and idaho and for women usually eighteen ex capt in maryland california and tennessee the different state statute statutes however make it poss ble for two reel real dents of a state to be married in an other state the laws of which art are more las lax in european countries generally the marriage laws are made exclusively for the benefit of actual residents and a choice of foreign country tor for such purpose Is therefore so unusual a as to become an exception there Is only one record in history of a law which fixed maximum age ago for marriage and under which the mar ala ariage e of men over sixty and women over fifty was prohibited it did not last long ion the european country in which there Is the largest number of marriage of 0 men under the age of twenty one li Is russia and the largest proportionate number of brides under the age of tn twenty enty one Is russia also generally speaking the marriageable age la is lowest in rural districts and in countries countr le chiefly devoted to agriculture and highest in those countries which have the largest number of big cities in respect to marriages made late to in life france among european countries stands first as to men and bel glum first as to women denmark the country which has the lowell minimum marriage age has very few marriages of very young persona persons la in the united states the average mar lage age Is 1 steadily rising |
