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Show June Has Lost Rank as Popular Marriage Month June, long considered the brides' month, isn't In the running with Tuly, August nnd .September, the registrar general's statistical review or England and Wales indicates writes a correspondent in the Wash Ington I'osl. .More people get mar ried in the third quarter of the year than at any other time, the review shows. This has been the case ever since the beginning of the Twentieth century. liven before the turn of the cen tury June was not as great a favorite favor-ite of brides us had been supposed. In the years preceding the dawn of 1900 the most popular months for weddings were October, November and December. At least, this was true in England and Wales. Although the number of marriages is gradually mounting, the birth rate is steadily dropping, according to the statistical review. In 101-53 the birth rate was only 14.4 per thousand population, pop-ulation, the lowest recorded for England Eng-land and Wales. |