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Show I WH Too Much Matrimony, , "1 ! A marriage epidemic now troubles HA Bcrvla, aud the cause of tbo trouble li HH a system of marriage banks, which H were founded with the Idea of encour- lfl aging thrift. Young men aud maidens ''. In Kevvla pay into thcso marriage Bfl banks In order to secure a premium IB whenever they marry. Immediately a small sum has thus been accumu- B lated the dcslro to marry seems over- B whelming, with tho result that the -'H first chnnco of enterlnc tho "holy es- Bfl tnto" Is eagerly seized upon. To mar- M ry In hasto usually means to repent ,BflJ at leisure, and In Ijervla the effect of Bfl premature aud Ill-considered mar- IB rhiges Is such widespread misery that jflflj the government Is now considering flB the ndvlsftblllty or abolishing mar- M ringo banks altogether. M |