Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07
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v's Facts About tia ~.
Pfactices OF soma ~ "ork->riai..
al, New York Man ar1 y . Nohss p
VI The many life insu,s r ssp'ss
tnls city, only one is ms a,Ss .'',9lslsaIS
IN the interests ofwomeo !, y sste
for the company, when e. tas s,.s,.
by = Mall and Express ye ssssa y'slsae
particulars regarding its ,s,1s ics ssa'
"Ail the oillc rs are Ion %viE ssd
and they accept no ssla.es q s,,le
sbe '' sb y ,Ila' 4 a Woman dssirs S =
freedom as a man has n unseshIss
rms company was startaS SusA mallsh
y now on paying basis ~ ~ q,
ureu agents, and Ia Issa nss h.
sS nn1" :, Is managed ~ . sesnsl
surprise the public, / ,h, ~ gaiaf NJ
stance, have Just eceiyea , a. fo i
the English registrar c ~ We IeIsEa
year. II shows that az, s"e,l 10 IL
x 7of are mali. ~ wv
females, females that Of births. u s. sag y
females born there ara ,oS .eseg ~
anu mat at every age Of l,,s ~, y n'la
rate Is fewer amons ~. zoe daa
among males. From ien'ales Va
nc SHOWS that the mean assu
.lon ol ne OF males Is Al So a. '' Y.
males "a 62. lie also 0nds asu q &
death-rate IN both sexes srd Te,'nl'At
Improvement In living Is show.u wy
greater Ia females than IN Nv, y X
proves a statement made in lscl (. Y
Oh the English government actnn,,' " ". n
on general principles, II there ssa.,,
Z general Improvement in llvi,r SuV
hrst be manifested in femalss "esl
country we find from statistic ~, y ss
same things prevail. This mstIas ~ v
ciai subject of woman insurance y. "
the effect OF inducing women i ~ ~ y
who never before thought Of Tia .a 'n's'i
and as a rule is being taken ny ' .a's
great deal of iuterest.n r "1
"llave there been any attemu,s Il.
by them to defraudgr Vs W.
yes, there have, but where =. 4
Isolated instances OF women Insu,i,s
fraud, there are numerous caaes !, y
doing the same thing. One b,es ~
served In such a business Xxi that sl,5oss
women are lighting for equal yIphk y.
privileges that men have, vet they All
want TO assume the same respons;lil,
and when trouble comes thew wass
shield themselves behind their Cox n,
experience OF our company has deyelost
the fact that women ought to be heI1 4,
the same accountability as men, for M,
nave shown themselves equally as shrtsi
IN putting up, pressing and even creaiI,l
insurance claims as any msn
nave come across In my eSpd,
ence. We have cases where yonr
have attempted to insure III
band in failing health, but we have I,l !
no cases that am aware Of WHERE dec,e
ton has been practiced as to sss
well-planncd but unsuccessful attempts
get money from US wrongfully was NAB
not long ago by woman who held aps,
cident policy in the company. Her pa
cy was for $50 a week indemrity, tx
$4,000 in case OF death. We llmkik
period of liability to tgenty.siy Weh
and we take them on ycy leK
rates, for one of the condlGlas
is that If a person is able 70 d
any portion of her regular work our Ii
biIity ceases. This woman fell susish
ing no injury, but receiving quite . siof
TO her nervous system. Within W
weeks after, as we found out, she tod
sOO-mile trip, returning after len diy
and going ut her regular business hgll
After month or two she presentcf
claim, together with a doctors cerlt
cate, and asked for $3.50 on accounts
PARTIAL payment Of the liability. III
he sake of being liberal We gave br
his, thinking that would end the matt.
,i course. But at the end of six mcElas
What does this enterprlsing wonsn %
tut present us bill for indemnity ig
he entire Of that time. We bad person.
knowledge that she had not been dSOe
turing that time, and II was perNtl
yident to everybody that she bad nf
We refused to give her any more, ~
he knew so well that she had no GAN
n law that she gave II up J
urious fact observed about wcman p
trance is that the moment the applkia
earns that there is any doubt ahontN
cling accepted she is ten time; laeN
ager than ever to be insured Day.
nown women come again and aslll
lie examining physician, when told w
lerc was something wrong about v
carts action or otherwise, hoplEs "
each succeeding time the sJuFlQ~
ould be less markell