MARRIAGE BOOM.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 391, 24 March 1937, Page 2

MARRIAGE BOOM.

‘CORONATION’ WEDDINGS Demand For Brides Who Can Cook. The biggest marriage boom in Britain since that which followed the end of the war is expected this year. Half a million brides, it la estimated. will go to the altar —50,000 more than last year, and the biggest number since 1922.

Clergymen and registrars all ovei the country are reporting increased numbers of weddings and prospective marriages, and this Easter’s ceremonies may break all records. Several reasons are responsible for the Increase. Chief among them is the novelty of marrying in a Coronation year, and Coronation brides during the month of May will keep clergymen and registrars twice as busy as at the same time last year. The trade boom, with its resultant increeses in employment and wages, is also responsible tor young couples “tuklng the plunge."

Young men who a few years ago could not feel sieure in their positions now have confidence inspired by the prospect of full-time work for at least five years. Women ar leaving this country as brides or brides-elect to Britons abroad in record numbers according to marriage bureaux in London. “We have never known such a demaod from the Dominions for English v-'omen,’’ the manager of one Wett End organisation said this week. "And beautiful worn n are not the most sought after. Would-be brides may be plain, not highbrow, but 'hey must have what the men call the ‘British character.’ That generally means- tlnat they must be able to cook.’’