Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1917 — STATISTICS AS WOOING AID [ARTICLE]

STATISTICS AS WOOING AID

Suitor Lays Stress on Fact That Only Blx Out of Twenty-Five Girls Receive Second Proposal. One day she remarked that she did not Intend to get married for a number of years, no matter how attractive an opportunity might be offered to her; that she was young enough to wait a while, she thought, and was In no hurry, says a writer In the American Magazine. The next time I saw her I was armed with some Interesting facts 1 tmd hKfftlhatl from a friend of mine who Is an Insurance agent. These facts dealt with the marrying ages of women in various states, and showed that the average bride is surprisingly young. In other words, the woman who does not marry before she is twenty-five stands an astonishing big chance of not marrying at all. I told her that out of every six girls l of twen-ty-five who refused a proposal only one on the average ever received a second offer of marriage. Of course, I presented these figures in a joking way. Thus they served the double purpose of giving the impression that I had a good sense of humor and also of setting her to thinking.