Show europe TOO T 0 0 many women u omen arc are looking for husbands in spam spain and not finding them marriages arc are falling off in that country because the taum hum bor of marriageable men is now much smaller in proportion to women than car before in in the history of the country this mi might cause surprise in vi kiev e iv of the fact that spain was not a combatant in the great geat world war which bloody conflict was the cause of the shortage j of men and find the enforced celibacy cele bacy of women in moat most other european lands but spain also has her war widows and her vacant chairs around the jamisy tables the war ivar for two bears ears in marocco was diore destructive of life for the soldiers of spam spain than she ever permitted the world to learn in lit addition to this statistics show that during recent cars there has been ap an excess of 30 per cent girls born thus still further de stroking the balance of the be sexes many thousands of senoritas are unable to find husbands bus bands there is even talk of plural marriage as a remedy for the consequent decline in the number of births not because of s sympathy with women denied the fundamental joy of mother hoid hold but for fear that there aill 11 not be enough soldiers for some future war u ar 0 fear that affects all the european nat ons oni if the statesmen of europe could but get rid of if the ancient idea that national greatness great nem depends upon the numbe of fighting men and the ability to protect really means mean promote national inte interests rests b pil militar itar there would not be so much interest in this matter of excer of onica getting letting ready for war far is still their greatest industry we hae often wondered if our editorial column was read or if it was just a waste of good white space there hac haie been times when we wo have printed what ue c considered just a real good editorial edi todal but ay ae no one commented on it v e decided it had not been read last week we printed one entitled the tortuous Tortu ona courts britten around a celebrated hearing that has been hi in plo greis for leeral weeks this was ho u palpable abl plain ct et we have hai e been asked if it it had reference to local cases ve we jime utmost respect for our local bar our judges and the handling of cases casci in this comity alij ae u do not u hee buhy any explanation should be neet sian we do appreciate the fact that our editorials arc are nad scientists who think this continent is ii sink iii into nito the dinean are risking getting their feet wet b trying 0 to measure inc asure the decline if we live long ong 4 enough ic ue ma hac to floe flee to the tile summit of mt I 1 p A Mis j ears old A that 0 man ninn should not be allo allowed ed to cat binl ii nl ho fib votes and according to the good old missouri mouri lus boin I 1 sacral times at each election t i nam celebrated Hallo n with the idea ideal that it waa was somo sort ort of pension requiring require di libations the only time of the ani m i ann the religious ioui moved mored them deeply a f i 1 s 41 til |