Of the 236,000 women widowed by the War nearly one-third have married and the Ministry of -Pensions is duly grateful, since the act automatically terminates all allowances paid to the bereaved. Yet, by the way, no woman who ever married a soldier after demobilization and then lost him, ever fails te claim a pension for his war services, but without avail. What would the newspapers do without sex topics? They are perennial. We still, even in the midst of an Election, have a discussion on the advantages of early or late marriages. All actors are invariably called on to express an opinion. Still, it is clear the law is steadily making matrimony less of a peril for females. Bigamy is a relatively light offence nowadays,
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