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Married Versus Single Mortality and Old Time Social Quirks
An eminent professor contrasts mortality rates between bachelors and married men across ages, noting higher death rates for bachelors. The piece surveys historical beliefs about women named Mary, the social impact of name sanctity, and cases of wives being valued through charm or fear. It includes reflections on quarrels in marriage, expectations of men’s behavior, and humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, domestic duties, and a fatal hospital case of a beautiful girl burned by a lamp, whose social standing and eventual decline are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Wen
Peron
Mary
Europa
Gulinances
Bianna
Tims
Alfonsa
Castile
Ladislas
Poamy
Marnie de Nevers
Alorsa
Sanmair
Duke
Ruessa
New York
Kent
Musa
Prorier