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Show COUPLES DROUOHT TO ALTAR Enticing Premiums Caused Epl demle" of Msrriaget In ertln quarter of the world en tiring pn mlumt are pnl upon early marrl gnrr veart ago Ihe mayor of a southern town In Prance offered a reward of $20 to every couple under the age of H wlm sought ihe mstrl mtmlal altar during hla term of omee Tho major expended many thousands of franc In the manner described Mny year ago when the number of marriage In a n-rtaln Altntlan town waa far below the average, the muni elpal authorities publicly announced that all person who married within a certain period should be exempt from local laxe for the spare of five year An epidemic of marriage set In st once A well known Austrian nobleman wa anxious to encourage matrimony among ihe peasant on his ettate lie undertook to provide each bride wllh four plr of glove yearly The offer cled like a charm |