“MATHS” AND MARRIAGE
After years of calculating stresses and strains in the popular institution of marriage, a mechanical engineer of Chicago, who has made innumerable investigations covering some 12,000 persons, reported the following findings:— 1. Couples who can remain married for one year have 82 chances in 100 of remaining married lor at least 14 years or longer. 2. Those who have lasted for 14 years have 996 chances in 1000 of holding on for 15 years longer. 3 Couples who celebrate silver wedding anniversaries will. 9999 times out of 10,0000, have golden wedding celebrations if they live that long. 4. When a man reaches 53 without being' married (unlikely except in eight out of 100 cases), the chances that he will not continue to be a bacheloi aie only six in 100. 5. From 35 to 46 a mans marrying chances are about 50 50. 6 Men who decide to marry after they reach their forties—the dangerous age —almost invariably want wives nine years younger than themselves.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 5 July 1930, Page 5
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