The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-11
a WIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
muuity Against EecOmin. Old
Maids.
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| London FigaTo.l
We have insurance companies In this
provident age for all classes of psrsons
and against all classes of misfortunes. We
can insure against death, FIRE, railway ac-
cidents and accidents in general, hail
storms, shipwrecks, foods ard cattle plague.
Why should We not have a company in
which unmarried lsdirs can issue against
the terrors OF old maidenhood? IL il a
fate commoner than being struck by light
ming or smashed by hail stones, and "a COM
mon az being multilsted in railway &C
| cident. Against these and many other
dangers with which a woman. life-voyage
ID beset method OF Insurance has been in
vested. We extract the following account
Of it from a French paper, which locates
its new discovery In Denmark, probably
because to the average French intellect
that land Is one OF Arctic gloom and Cim-
merriam mystery:
The gentleman to whom a daughter il
| born at once enrolls her in an ssst citation
| formed OF parties OF standing, deposiiing a,
the same time certain liked aud mOder
ate sum OF money, after which he il bound
| to pay every year to the society another
fixed, also moderate amount. When the
young lady attaiIs the age of twenty-one
| che finds herself not only in the possession
OF a comfortable income, bat OF an elegant
set OF rooms in the great establishment OF
| the association, which is surrounded by
park and gardens, and inhabited BY other
ladies, young and old, who, thanks to the
providence OF their parents have become
members OF the association. The young
lady need not live in the establishment long
er than she pleases. II the father dies
before the daughter is Gland in csse the
yearly subscription is no longer demanded
the girl If she wishes and requires to do
30, finds al once a shelter in the establish
ment, and from her Dist birthday her an
nuity commences. On the other hand her
death or marriage extinguishes all claims,
and the money paid to the association on
her behalf goes in TO augment its capital.
Thus her father may pay the ar
nual subscription for twenty wears
| If abe marries at that age che
receives no return but it il the chance Of
| this event, not to mention that of death,
which Permits the association to demand
only a small sub cription, thus making the
burden upon the father az small az possible
Aic Is consequently chdDlSu 10 IOck IOIWdIu
| with tranquility to the future Of his daugh-
tel, knowing that, in any case, she will have
q comfortable home and a sufficient income
This association has been successfully estab-
lished in Copenhagen for sixteen years"
Suppose Young lady 10 take shelter in
the establishment at the stated age. She
receives her annuity and her set OF rooms,
and ls a non-productiye, and, indeed,
I H.
member of the association. But, if the
association can succeed in getting her mar
ried within one, two, or even three year,, it
may still make a very considerable profit
out of her. Thus the establishment will
naturally become home of gayety and Of
all social delights. 1t will, of course, be
under the control Of q committee of expert.
rienced matchmaker, and it might be we'll
if . system Of payment by results were
adopted 10 the case of these ladies-so
much being allotted them for every
marriage brought about through their
insuumentality. All eligible young
men would be invited. There would be a
continual rount Of croquet, lswn-tennis
and picnics IN summer. Of skating, rink
i1g and indoor tennis in the winter. Balls
at least three times week would be abso-
lutelv necessary, and boxes at opera and
theaters might be INDUCED in occasionally.
The establishment would become to the
young men Of the neighborhood q sort of
sirens Island dreaded yet irresistible. Ulys-
ses-lke, the: might resolve to fill their ears
with wax and exclude the voices of their
charmers, but in nine cases out Of ten the
wax would find its way to the tips of their
mustaches instead. Nay, to encourage
matrimonial enterprise, q tariff Of Sur
render values" might even be arranged.
A young lady married in the first year of
her residence might receive a. dowry, say
fifty per cent. of gross sum paid BY her
father to the association; if married in the
second wear of her residence, she might re-
ceive thirty per cent, in the third year ten
per cent, and not until the fourth year
would abe become absolutely portionlsss.
Thus The fair ones tn sselvs would be