Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1914 — Marriageable Ages. [ARTICLE]

Marriageable Ages.

So-called marriageable ages vary very widely in different countries. 11l Austria a "man"- and “woman” are supposed to be capable of marrying and conducting a home of their own. from the age of 14, In Germany the age must be at least 18 years. In France the man must be 18 and the woman 14,' and in Belgium the sanie. In Spain the husband must have passed his fourteenth year, sad the woman her twelfth. In Hungary, fifK' Roman Catholics, the man must be 14 years and the woman 12; for Protestants the man must be 18 mid tie woman 15. In Greece the man must be at least 14 summers and the woman 12. In Portugal a boy of 14 to considered marriageable and a woman of 12. In Russia and Bawmy a youth must refrain from matrimony tIU he is 18 years and tha woman