SAGE FOUNDATION
ISSUES REPORT ON
CHILD MARRIAGES
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NEW YORK, Mar. 12— More than
P67,( 00 persons living in the United
States today were “child brides,”
less than 16 years of age when they
married, or were married to brides
under that age, and the great major
ity of these, contrary to popular be
lief, are native white of native par
entage. These are a few of the
many facts revealed in an extended
study of child marriages pursued in
90 cities in 28 states, a preliminary
report on which was made public
here today by the Russel Sage Foun
dation.
This situation is due in large meas
ure to two causes, says the report:
the fact that many states require
no better evidence of age than the
affidavit of one of the candidates for
a marriage license, and that the le
gal minimum marriage age is still
only 12 years for girls and 14 years
tor boys in New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Colorado, Idaho.
Maine and Mississippi.
Continuing the report given out
by the Foundation says: "The seri
ousness of the situation becomes even
more impressive when it is known
that the Foundation classes as child
brides only those under 16 years of
age; that it does not take into ac
count the many marriages of child
ren over 16. but under 18; and that
the total of 667,000 child brides is
increased each year by thousand of
additional child marriages. Nor have
the Foundation's investigators in
cluded in their estimates boys mar
ried at 17 or younger to girls or
women older than 15, because the
number of such marriages is rela
tively small.
“The study, which is still under
way covers not only the child mar
riage problem, but the whole sub
ject of the administration of mar
riage laws. The sections of the re
port dealing with child marriages
will be published within a few weeks
and will immediately be brought to
the attention of leagues of women
voters, marriage law administrators,
school authorities, state and local
legislators, clergymen and social wel
fare agencies thruout the country.
“As an illustration of the public
apathy in the matter, it is a fact
that in 14 states it is legally possi
ble for a girl to marry at an earlier
age than that at which she is per
mitted to become a wage earner.
The marriageable age of girls has
remained an inactive issue in these
states, while their educational and
child welfare agencies have kept the
age of leaving school and of enter
ing industry a burning one.
"In the matter of child marriages,
no group -in any section of the Unit
ed States has yet given serious at
tention to the social effect of ex
isting laws and to their necessary
daily adaptation in the license of
fices. It should be noted that these
facts concern the general public also
and parents more than any other one
section of the public.”
ENGLAND AND HER
COLONIES DO NOT
ACCEPT PROTOCOL
GENEVA March 12.—Chamberlain
told the council of the league of na
tions at a thronged session today that
he had just received telegrams show
ing, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
South Africa and India unable as well
as England, to accept the protocol as
security for disarmament.
He further declared the protocol
tended toward war rather than peace
Chamberlain discarded the idea ol
compulsory arbitration and said thal
special defensive arrangements fram
ed in the spirit of a covenant and op
erating under the league’s guidance
were the only ways to obtain securitj
for the nations.
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SAN FRANCISCO LOSES ONE OF
HER MOST LOVABLE AND
RICHEST CHARACTERS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—With
the passing of H. H. Hjul, famous San
Francisco restaurateur, who died at
his home here recently from heart
failure at the age of 74. this city by
the Golden Gate lost one of its most
picturesque and lovable characters.
Hjul was the owner of a coffee
house—one of those truly delightful
gathering places, gay with cosmopoli
tan life and teeming with color and
amusement that are only to be found
in New Orleans and San Francisco.
And furthermore Hjul was a true
patron of honesty, a firm believer in
the policy that all the world is hon
est.
Not only did Hjul believe in this
policy of an honest mankind, but he
practiced it, and practiced it with a
devotion that is rare to find.
For thirty years anyone could go
into II. H. Iljul’s coffee house, count
up what lie owed, pay for it and Hjul
would take his word for it. No checks
were ever given by the waiters in his
restaurant.
Before the great earthquake and fire
of 100*1 Hjul’s restaurant was located
on Sacramento street, between Kear
' ney and Montgomery. After 1906 he
i moved to Montgomery street, where
his establishment came to be regard
ed as a landmark. Both places were
■ in the heart of th§ financial district.
Hjul was the first man to open a
i coffee house in the financial district
of San Francisco. It was a rendez
vous of famous characters for over a
quarter of a century. David Warfield
among others, was a familiar figure
there whenever he came to town.
A man could eat a dollar dinner at
Hjul’s and pay a quarter for it, and
the proprietor would ask no questions
, about the price. Many a time a man
t would come in an pay for a meal a
week after he had eaten it.
j Apparently Hjul’s idea that all men
: were honest was a paying proposition,
for his business was always propser
ous, according to his con.
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Grotesque Bird of Egypt
Filmed by Patient Swede
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Mar. 12—The giant
stork “abu markub,” or “father shoe
beak,” rarest and most fantastic
among living birds and looked upon
as a curious relic cf prehistoric eras,
has at last been seen in its native
haunts by white men, and has been
induced to pose before a motion pic
ture camera. This is the accom
plishment of Bengt Berg, called
“Sweden’s bird wizard,” who has
just returned from Africa.
Bengt Berg has devoted his life to
the study of birds and migratory
wildfowl in their habitats, especially
rare specimens. He seems to have
an almost uncanny knack of getting
on familiar terms with them by dint
of extreme patience and carefully
planned ruses. His latest exploit,
the filming of the “abu markub” was
precided by weeks of cruising on the
upper Nile. The discovery of the
strange bird was made on an un
named, almost impassable tributary
of the Nile. The bird has a body
somewhat like that of a European
stork, while the large bill reminds
one of the pelican. The eyes are
large and yellow, and his whole as
pect is that of a creature of fable. |
Berlin Designs Side
Door for Busses
BERLIN,- Mar. 13— Berlin has j
found that its motor busses are top- j
heavy. Since the streets have be
come congested with the growth in
! the number of automobiles there
■ has been an increasing number of ac
| cidents in which the busses have
j figured, and some have upset with
! serious consequences.
The authorities are now consider
1 ing a lower vehicle, with side instead i
of rear doors, and a covered roof j
to give shelter in rainy weather.
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