SOME OF THE CHANCES OF MARRIAGE.
The minimum age at which marriage is permitted varies in different countries. In Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, and Greece a boy may marry at fourteen, a girl at twelve years of age. In Austria the age is fourteen for both sexes. In France, Belgium, and Germany the age is eighteen for a youth and fifteen for a girl, though the rule in Germany is modified by the special law in Saxony, where girls are required to be at least sixteen before marriage. The minimum in Russia is eighteen for the youth and sixteen for the girl.
A physician drew up an exhibit of the registered cases of 878 married women in France. Of that number there were married—
| 14 at 14 | years | 36 at 25 | years |
| 16 at 15 | " | 24 at 26 | " |
| 43 at 16 | " | 28 at 27 | " |
| 45 at 17 | " | 22 at 28 | " |
| 77 at 18 | " | 17 at 29 | " |
| 115 at 19 | " | 9 at 30 | " |
| 118 at 20 | " | 8 at 31 | " |
| 86 at 21 | " | 5 at 34 | " |
| 85 at 22 | " | 7 at 33 | " |
| 59 at 23 | " | 5 at 32 | " |
| 53 at 24 | " | 3 at 35 | " |
Of 878 women only three were married at thirty-six or later.
A HOROSCOPE OF THE MONTHS.
BY MARION Y. BUNNER.
What the Old Astrological Traditions Say as to the Characteristics and the Destiny of
Those Born Under the Sign "Gemini."
Compiled and edited for The Scrap Book.