A Social Study of the Russian German 81 
mans with great regularity since their residence in Lincoln, partly 
because the annual migration to the beetfields has produced in- 
dustrial seasons similar to those in the old home. A comparison 
of periods, however, shows an increasing tendency to conform 
to American customs, by a more even distribution through the 
months, with a decidedly growing preference for June. 
Taste XVI. Numper oF Russian GERMAN Marrtaces By MonrtuHs, 
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TiPineinySiciece ors pom arelerace 4| 3\ | 7 6\24| 4 q\t0l14 11/46 6\to| 5| 5 6)32 102 
IRGIOIRUENAZE teat cumia ae cia aac 1} 6) 2! 3! 2/54 6|E1|10|10 9 46] 4 8 2) I| AlLol 79 
RY Terie ieee seen rae ce hae r|..| Z| 6} | 9] 5| 5| 4/ro| 3/27) 8] 5) 3] 6| 6/28] 64 
ANTICS See nates ane anes t| 2| z| x| 5|z0] 3| 4| 7| 8| 6/28] 1| 3 ro|r0| 3\27| 65 
lear ie i en yo | Biles sa 2| 2| 4) 3| 5| 3) 2\27|- 2) 3) 3] 21 2ir2} 3a 
ATRIR Seen tetera e was Sciuesteug Aloal| Br al Binal Bl) oe All G 115 6] 5 I1| 3| 6 31] 59 
Telly s ee ee oe raee mt loaa BLO wie lie Olek AN ai or A\l2 3] 3) 4| 6| 2\18} 40 
PRUOUISt Eee eer eee tree sol) Zl 2] 2 2 S| Sl Bl 2h al alu} A 6| 3| 5| 4.22] 4o 
Beptembers we. koi. ks. 3} FI ral ot 2| 7] r| 2| 5|..| 3ltz} 4] 5| 4| 9] 8/30} 48 
ERODE ee wa ce sella r r| 6] 2|..| 4] 2| 6/4] 5] 3.12] 4| 5/28) 48 
IN(OHYEIaal OVS EAS Auosle sense chow 2| 3) 1| 3) 3/12] Z| 2| 8) 2) 5/18] 3] 5 6|10| 5\20] 59 
IDeECEMDeIen Marin ay. 6|..| 3! 4| tlr4|rolno| 6: 5 2133 6| 5 3] 5| 3/221 60 
The percentage of marriages occurring in November, Decem- 
ber, January, and February has decreased during the three five- 
year periods from 49.9 per cent. to 48.0 per cent. and 34.2 per 
cent., respectively, while the proportion and actual number of 
June marriages have doubled in the last two decades. 
This change in the marriage season is an evidence of assimila- 
tion, as is also any tendency to intermarriage. The German 
colonists in Russia have been decidedly endogamous in their alli- 
ances, intermarriage being very uncommon except among the 
highest classes. This is chiefly due to religious differences, and 
to the fact that according to the Russian law, the issue of mixed 
marriages must be enrolled in the Orthodox church.“ So 
strongly is this principle engrained into their nature that the older 
74 The law of April 16, 1905, gave permission to all persons over eighteen 
to change their church affiliation. In 1907 the age was raised to twenty-one, 
but the red tape connected with the process is so great that few take advan- 
tage of it and it remains an effective check upon intermarriage. 
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