Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-31 | Page 4 | Do We Wed Too Young?

DO WE WED TOO YOUNG? Judge Herrman of the New York city courts, who is an incorrigible incor-rigible bachelor himself, has expressed the solemn opinion that a large part of our maritial troubles arc due to our marrying before we are old enough to know what it means. Most of the cases of domestic do-mestic woe that come before him, ho says, are ones where the parties par-ties were married very young, and he thinks the age limit for matrimony mat-rimony should be raised by law. Said he: "A young man sees a pretty girl, and runs after her and marries her. They live in a fool's paradise for a brief time. Then come children, bringing worry and hardships." And the next thing they arc in the courts asking for relief.