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AS TOLD B V T H K L I C ■ N S K B l R K A 1'
Investigation of the records of the Marriage License Bureau of New
York shows, according to a recent writer in the New York Herald, a marked
increase, during the past thirteen years, in the average age of marriage, on
the part of both men and women. In 1908 the average age of 300 men
taking out license was 27 1-5. and the corresponding age of the 300 women
who were to share their name and fortune was 22 4-5. Thirteen years
later in the year 1921, the figures respectively are 30 1-3 for the man and
25 3-4 for the woman. The increase is sharp, clear and indisputable.
The figures have no theory or their own to prove, or pet doctrine to preach
They merely confirm what many people already know: Americans, in the
mass, are delaying, for one reason or another, the age at which they ap
proach the marriage altar.
Figures such as these are worth while reflecting about: yet they
need not cause alarm. The tendency to prolong the days of spinsterhood
and bachelorhood, of which they are mute but eloquent witnesses, is the
ijesulf of wholly iiiatural causes. Gone is the era of the economic de
pendence of woman; the period when marriage was the door, and virtually
the only door, to home life. A hundred or more occupations are now
her disposal, in which, if disinclined to risk the great adventure, she can
look forward to a useful, profitable and dignified career. Material reas
ons. no less cogent, are causing men to wait a little longer before they he.
come full-fledged heads oi' households. Not the least cogent is the high
cost of living. It takes more dollars to support a family than it did ten
or fifteen years ago; and as a result the marrying age lias been steadily
ptifched upward. Again, youth today, in the aftermath of the war. is
seized, as perhaps never before, with a wanderlust. It desires to see the
r.orld, to try its hand at several jobs, to break away from its home town,
before it takes upon itself the responsibilities of marriage. Perhaps, also,
youth today—girls and boys both retains its youthful spirit longer than
:!s fathers and mothers.
Getting education is a longer process than ever before. We do not
learn Greek at the age of three, as did John Stuart Mill Nor do we lie
come prime ministers of England at 21. as did William F’itt. the younger.
The tendency of the age undoubtedly is toward later marriage. Hut are
marriages any the fewer because they are being postponed? That is really
the important question. Is a man of 30 1-3. or a woman of 25 3-4 any
the less apt to fall in love than a man of 27 1-5 and a girl of 22 4-5? Do
the flames of love, if kindled at 30. burn with a dimmer and less steady
flame than a love kindled at 25?
Statistics on this point, however, are a different matter; they can
not be gleaned from marriage license bureaus.
(i R K K N F I E L 1» S FAR A \\ A V
(From the Boston Transcript)
Precisely why the economic development of the Siberian Far East
ern republic should interest. Americans to such an extent that we semi an
official mission there, consisting of our commercial and military attaches
at the embassy of Tokio. when our own richly endowed territory of Alaska
remains economical! undeveloped, is a question which may well puzzle the
ordinary observer. Chita, the capital of the Far Eastern republic, whither
our representatives have now gone somewhat t.o the disturbance of Jap
anese equanimity, is a thousand miles inland form Vladivostok, and is as
far north as the Aleutian islands in our own Alaskan possessions. It is
unlikely that the Siberian Far Eastern territories possess any wealth, ani
mal. or vegetable, that is not possessed in greater abundance in Alaska
There are oil possibilities' in Eastern Siberia, hut so there are in Alaska .
Coal, as all the world knows, exists in abundance in Alaska, the obstacle to
its development being merely the cost of getting* it to the seaboard—an
obstacle which would exist in still largerimeasure in the case of coal de
posits in Eastern Siberia. Potentially Alaska has more to recommend it
than. Eastern Siberia, and it is all our own; but the population of Alaska
declined considerably in the ten-year period from 1910 to 1920.
Economic flirtation with the resources of Siberia, while Alaska lies,
undeveloped at our doors, seems to be decidedly a case of the fields being
green that are far away.
F O K V A LI K If K C K I V E I)
(New York Post »
A 'ertain man said to himself: -Success cones to him who knows
what he wants and goes after it, ready to pay what it costs. I shall get
all that it coming to me. and then some.”
He knew what he wanted, and went after it. His nos(> never left
th^ *ra51. He toiled while others slept. He worked with a sandwich in
on*' ha: d or went without luncheon altogether, while others relaxed in
’he mid-days.. He stayed on tin* job without holidays while others play
ed H*> was -getting his. and then some"—success, or what he called
su cess, was just at his finger-tips, when one day. * * * *
"Doctor. I thing there’s something busted inside of me somewhere.
1 don’t. know what if is. but my machinery doesn't seem to be working
just right. lavish you’d just take your X-ray machine or something and
have a look. Whatever it is that I've broken, just get me another one
I've got plenty of money to pay for it Only you'll have to hurry, be
I’ve got to get back to ih>* office to a meeting at 4 o’clock: if I'm
not there to watch them, those guys'll put something over on me.'
So thr? doefor took a look, and thumped and listened, umphed to
himself from time to time, and shook hi*- head, with count nance increas
ingly grave. At last lie said:
all out of Hi- thine: you've broken anil i couldn't get another one anyway
to fit you The one you’ve busted is the only one there was or ever will
be. so far as you've concerned, this side of Jordan. Didn't you have any
"Oh. no. you're not going to die; not right off We can keep you
breathing for quite a while. Hut you won't go back to the office at 4
o'clock, or ev«T again. You'll just go home and go to bed. and if you
ever get up again, it will be to get into a wheeled chair and be more or less
a nuisance to yourself and everybody else. As for work or any of the
other things that men like to do. you're through
So the man went home as aforesaid, facing tlte prospect of ample
time in which to reflect upon what constitutes "success” and how much
one has to pay for it.
The champ optimits is the man
who goes to the average banquet to
get something to eat
Mrs. Itrown asked her new neigh
bor. an old sea captain. if her
daughter's singing lessons disturbed
f‘Not at all nia’ain,” replied the
captain ”1 am used to squalls on
t he ‘high ("s.' ”
"Mexico reminds me of a roll- r
"In what way?”
••The history of it is just one rev
olution after a other, ami each r
lotion seems to make it worse ”
"You’ve marked another cent on
the price of gasoline.”
"That isn't for gasoline.” replied
the keeper of the station. "That's
to pay for the enormous amount of
chalk we’ve used marking up the
price heretofore.”
SUMMONS
JOSEP11H i'l EBERT.
OLIVER ST GERMAIN.
THE !' :'i:<IPKNT "F THE I NITED
To OLIVER ST. GERMAIN. the
above named defendant.
You are hereby summoned and re.
quired to appear and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff on tile in
the office of the Clerk of said Court
lory of Alaska, within thirty days
from the completion of the publics
The date of the first publication be
ing the 17th day of September 1 1.
and the date of the last publication
j being the i’!»th day of October 1 -1
! And !-• you fail to appear a d
J : -aid complaint within -aid
! he • j tied ~ 7 ' : ' ' > i ' i
answer th** said complaint, plaintiff
will apply to th** f’ourt for th** re
li**f herein demanded, to wit, for the
foreclosure of a certain mortgage
executed and delivered by you to the
plaintiff on the L'lst day of October
19 20. to secure the payment *>f a
certain promissory not** for Five
hundred dollars ($500.00) payable
on or before September 15th. 1921.
with interest at the rate of twelve
< 1 2Of » per cent per annum, and
which said mortgage conveyed unto
rhe plaintiff for that purpose, th.*
following described real and person
al property situated in the fitv of
Nome. Cape Nome Precinct. Second
Division of the Territory of Alaska,
Those certain lots, parcels or
pieces of land situated, lying and
being in the City of Nome. Territory
of Alaska, to-wit.
Lot No. six (•>) in Block
No. seven (7). except the south
thirty seven (27 » feet; Lot
Number seven i 7 ) in Block
number ( 7 > : Lots number six
and seven (t» & T i in Block
number fourteen i 14 i : the west
twenty feet (20) of th** north
thirty one ( 31 ( ) feet of the east
twenty five feet and six inches
(25 ft. »> in. ) of lot number
twelve (12) in block number
fourteen, lot number thirteen
i 13 t in block No. fourteen *14*.
according to th.* official plat of
the fownsite of Nome, on file in
the office of the Recorder of the
Cape Nome Recording District.
Territory of Alaska .
TOGETHER with tile build
ings on said land, and their con
Wifh all and singular the tene
ments. hereditaments and appur
tenances thereunto belonging or in
anyway appertaining
The date of the order for the pub
lication of this summons is Septetu
WITNESS ! lie lloV. \\ M . V.
HOLZHEI.MEK. Judge of said Dis
trict Court and th** Seal of said
Court hereto affixed th.* 17th day of
September. 1921.
THOS McGANN.
Publish Sept . 17. 2 ». Oct 1. S. 15.
SFECXJLX* S.A.X-S
25 Percent Off
To make room for our enormous stock of Men and Women’s Ready-to-wear, coming
in on the next two boats, we will offer our high grade stock of Men s and Boys
Suits, Overcoats, separate Trousers, Hats and Shoes for a short time only at 2596 off
EXTRA SPECIAL
One lot of 50 Blue
Serge Suits
REGULAR PRICE $ 40.00
CUT TO $25.00
Our stock of HATS are
the best John B. Stetson
and Conqueror
ALL AT 26% Off
Take advantage of our
entire stock at Rediieed
Prices for this Special
Sale.
> CHEAP JOHN'S
PRICES ARE'RIGHT
ANNOUNCEMENT
MR. LEO SEIDEXYERG WKXT OITSIDE ON IHK I.AST STEAM
ER FOR THE SOLE FI'RFOSE OF BFYING STO< K. IV VIEW THU FACT
THAT THE K1RSTAN BROS WOMEN'S AFFAItEL AMI THE FETERSO.X
SHOE STORES HAVE RETIRED FROM BUSINESS.
WE WILL THEREFORE FROM NOW ON CARRY WITH OCR
REGULAR MEN’S STOCK, A FI LL LINK OF
LADIES AND MISSES READY TO WEAR
MILLINERY AND YARD GOODS. ALSO WOMEN’S
AND GIRL’S FOOTWEAR,
CHILDREN’S AND BOYS OUTFITS
OVT OF TOW N ORDERS WILL BE GIVEN FROM FT ATTENTION
CHEAP JOHN STONE
MITOHELL WEISBERG, MGR.
SHOE BARGAINS
Our high grade stock
of Shoes consisting of
Crosset, Florshiem,Mas
ter Hade, Ogden, Chep=
pewa and other makes
included in this Special
Sale.
EXTRA SPECIAL
One lot consisting of 200
pair Button Shoes
REGULAR PRICE $9:50
_CUT TO S5.00
STORE CLOSED MONDAY.
SALE STARTS TUESDAY.