Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-07 | Page 15 | Class of Methuselah Strong despite Years

CLASS OF METHUSELAH STRONG DESPITE YEARS (' , lot i-mtional NYws Scrrlor. ) BERLIN. NoV. 6. Despite the prl-1 vatlons of the hunger blockade, which Is reported to have caused the premature prema-ture deaths of more thnn one million Germans. Germany's Methuselah class is still going strong. Official statistics show that there are 55 women and 42 men who have passed the century mark. Of the ninety-year-old and over class there are 3,000 men and 7.300 women. Five men and one wo-j iinan past the 100-year milestone are j still married. Tin- Tacfcllehe Rundschau considers, the above figures material for reflec-j tlon. "Especially Interesting arc the war and revolutionary marriages. The 1 number of married persons between, sixteen and twenty-five years in con- 1 siderably larger than In pre-war limes Slgnlfcant also is the large number of widows under twenty years of age who have been married for a second and a third time. Of the divorces In the last year 60 per cent are of couples married during the Var while JO per cent of the divorces are directly trace-j able to the war; that ia, infidelity during dur-ing the war etc."