Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1902 — Dowry of Brides. [ARTICLE]

Dowry of Brides.

In almost every country butjkmerica there are restrictive conditions In force with regard to the marriage of army officers. In Russia especially is this to be found, as no circumstances will permit the marriage of an officer under the age of 23, and not even between thnt and 28 years, unless the bride'a dowry Is a sum sufficient to allow him to keep his monej for his personal.use. The limit of this dowry Is fixed by the government. In the Austro-Hungarian army the number of officers authorized to marry Is limited by a fixed proportion In each grade, and when these totals are reached further marriages are prohlbnted until vacancies occur In the married ranks. The Italian army regulations fix the limit of a bride's dowry, but the law Ik frequently broken, for It has been recently estimated that only about one-eighth of the marriages have occurred under the proper conditions. The other seven-eighths are attended with all the inconvenlenctes of a marrlge not recognized by the civil law.