St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-23
The American Legion of Honor.

The American Legion of Honor pays |
death benefits, $1,000 to $4,000, pays |
weekly sick benefits, $500 to $4,000, and |
has an Emergency Fund of S576,ol5'42.
1t is astonishing the number of people |
still unassured, whilst in our towns are
whole armies of agents anxious ana
willing to take the risks. Men see
friends falling around them on every
hand, leaving bcrcavcd ones unpr0Vlo-
cd for; mothers, wives. children, all arc
loft to the tender mercy OF strangers, oy
him who should have taken care that,
for some timo at least, the home that
was their home should still be theirs
that the roof that had covered them
whilst he lived should still be a shelter
to them when lie has passed away. II
men would only give the matter few
minutes thoughtful consideration, a
life policy would be found amongst the
effects of each of us.--LondOn Guar
dian.
The old Greek EpiCtotuS said that for
every man the world was divided into
two parts the things which concern HIM
and the things which do not concern
him.
Into which class do you place the vel.
fare and protection OF your family
Does it concern you whether, III the
event of your death, your wife and chill
dren arc protected against poverty! IT
it does, then the American Legion OF
Honor offers you a plan whereby you
can provide, at slight expense, a sum
ranging from $500 to $1,000 for their
maintenance.
1t is also matter of concern to you
that You embrace the opportunity at the
earliest possible moment; tomorrow
you may not be eligible.
However, it remains for you to decide
into which class You will place your
family. If their future welfare is no
concern of yours of course you have no
use for the A. L, of IL, but you and they
are to be pitied.
How great the ravages of time in but
a single year. How many chances and
events have taken Naco even in our
limited sphere of existence, all tending
| to make us sensible of the insecurity OF
things earthly, and to feel that this is
not our home and cannot long be our
abiding place. BY going back through
the aid of memory over the days and
wears that are past, we know that when
we see a few more changes, and when
a few more friends have left, our voices
too, will be hushed, our eyelids forever
closed and our heads must be placed on
that pillow from whence they shall be
raised only "When time is no more
In this condition then we are doubtless
ready to ask, what about those who are
dependent upon US? Have we provided
for her who has been our companion
and helpmoet so that the remainder OF
her days may be free from want ? Have
we made provision that our children
may be educated and taken care of
What must be the state of mans feel
ings that cannot answer these question;
in the Affirmative
In soliciting applicants for benetici
al order our members have an enormous
advantage over the paid solicitor of al
insurance company. Through the
growth of the fraterDal orders people
have become educated in insurance to {
wonderful extent in the past ten years
and the work of the agent becomes
easier and pleasant. Among honest lift
insurance people the fratcrnal orders
have no enemies. To be sure, some o
them pretend to speak lightly of oul
merits but they have no such words TO
us as they have for each other as bust
ness rivals. In asking a person to JOIN
an order, the proposition comes in thu
guise of friendship, aud is accepted a
such. You ask friend to join because
you believe in the order and becaus'
your heart is in it, and you wish other
to share a good thing; not as a matte
of business. An occasional no shout,
only stimulate you to use more con
vinCing argument on the next one yol
, breach the subject to. We therefor
remove from the ctfol the business ele
mcnt, and it becomes friendly propo
sitiOn. Actually Il man who has beer
solicited to join one of our great frater
mites has had favor donc him IN th
asking.
After attending an enthusiastic meet
ing OF Il council in Massachusetts, tow
the other night, one of the member
present who had promised to do hi
share in getting new members tackle
the first acquaintance he met after tn
meeting closed. The answer our mem
Der got was disgusting. The acquaint
ance happened to be one of those by
pend on getting another husband afte
be members of a beneficial order; the
are not fit to be. You will meet thos
fellows in daily life, but don't let sue
. are hundred men unsetishly devoted t
Z their families to one of this sort, me
= who realize the best years of woman
life have been freely given to them, an
l that to them the sorrow of parting a
deaths door is the more keenly fell
They are the men we want in fraterna
orders, and they are the men we Ca
get.-American Legion of Honor Jour