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Show MARRIAGE STATISTICS. Showing That VVomse Is rersaaina factory and llOfro. People who urge that the proper sphcro for woman Is the home may find much encouragement In the figures ' showing sn Increase of fifty per cent In ths number of niuninses In Cook county. coun-ty. Illinois, since 1X'J9. Cook county includes Chicago. Still more to the point Is the fact thut the license books clearly show thnt an Increasingly large percentage of the brides are young women formerly engaged aa wage-earnera wage-earnera on their own account. Negative Nega-tive proof of the same fact la found In the report which show thnt the iium- h.e nf muni wnmin aeekin emnlov- ment as stenographer and clerk bat correspondingly decreased. Some -authorities ar Inclined to credit the prevailing business prosperity with ths Increased number of marriages anion working womon. Others declare that men are Just beginning to And out that women with a business expedience make better wives. All are Inclined to think that the somewhat general reaction reac-tion agalnat the new woman haa had a considerable Influence. Certainly the sign Is a healthy one. There ar few who will deny that tha Ideal place for a woman la In a home of her own, and there will be universal acceptance ot the statement that a community where homes ar yearly Increasing and multiplying mul-tiplying I likely to be safe, prosperous prosper-ous and happy. |