Show i Restriction of Marriage Salt Like Lake Tribune Tho The state of Washington it seems Beems has bas a law providing that applicants for marriage licenses mums undergo med medical medical ical examination except whore where the tho woman Is years cals old It ap appears appears appears pears also fiat there Is reluctance to lo conform to it on tho the part of ninny many I and couples are arc crossing over the line lino Ito to be married In Canada But what of those who object to the law and are I not able ablo to go to Canada If they the I want to lo come together will wll the Hie law lav keep them apart It Jl Is and always has hn been desirable to lo keep from front marriage and aud reproduction tion llon the Iho diseased the criminal tho the deficient de deficient In mental caliber But no practical practical way has ever ever oyer been found to do doIt doIt doit It A doctors examination to amount to much would have to bo be of such a character that most women would shrink from It with revolt But if It wore were not thorough It would amount to nothing The fact Is that human buman being have always been so constituted that they would tolerate no Interference In their mating Even Evon parental authority Is thrown off oft In such cases if lC sought so tl to tobo tobo tobe bo be exercised against tho the will of the lovers loers And all the community everybody body loves loos a n lover stands ds ready to help the lie devoted couple to their desires Wo We have even known a sheriff who was so So o besotted on this subject that hint he actively connived at atthe atthe atthe the marriage of a t thief and a tute tole both bolh In his hi custody custod custodIan Many Ian efforts have been made In the history of the race rata to keep from wed wedlock wedlock wedlock lock the unfit The result has hos Invariably invariably ably aliI been heen the tune Increase In illegitimate parentage If marriage is refused them many do 1 without it And the moral and economic evils which follow Collow are arc worse than the evil sought sough t to bo be cured I INo INo No one of course would Impute Im Immorality Immorality morality to 10 the young oung people of or Wash Washington WashIngton ington But the tendency has hns always been boon as slated and the reluctance to I submit to severe strictures upon en entering entering entering the tho marriage relation Is uni universal universal versal It is probable that those who I seriously object to lo this Washington law will wait for its repeal which Is I not likely to bo ho long delayed dela ad I |