Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-26


the greatest possible value to the com
pany and To It's president rs an advcr-
tiscment Since then tho prosperity of
the company has been uninterrupted,
and i is LOW writing policies within a
few hundred of the 100000 mark.
Think of what the COO. 0Ol men ana
women-mostly mcn--yho hold these
policies stand Tor IN the life 1.-THE world
to day--the energy, the seif-deniai, the
economy, the foreihought. the love, and
affection indeed. all the best qualities
OF humanity which are so saliently pre-
scented IN that phase OF their character
which prompts them 10 make these IN
ycstmcnis
Mr.. Henry b. Hyde's life is insured
for. believe. Sl65. 900 John Z. Stetson
has $500. 900. Pierre Lorrillard, John
Wsnamaker, Cyrus ". Field, and John
Y. Iarwdl have $4,000 apiece.
George NJ. Pullman has 100000. and
Cyrus ". Field at one time had $40,
900. An acquaintance Of Jay Gould
SAYS that the Little Wizard can pro-
duce. on an emergency. policies
for Sil5,CO0 on his life. William H..
Vanderbilt was at one time insured for
$500. 900. ! believe the heaviest nte IN
surance ever paid was to the heirs OF Srr
Robert Clifton, Of England, who re-
ceiyod 81, 2j0,U00 at his death. The
Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis OF
Anglesea. and the Earl OF File at one
time carried $1,000, 600 life insurance
between them. The Empress Eugene
is now living, | believe. on the interest
OF the $50 900 life insurance which
Napoleon III. left her.
THE sON-IN-LAw ERA.
This appears to he the era OF the SON
in-law. Ii seems TO me there are moe
sons-in-law just now than are absolutely
needed, and yet the list grows with
amazing rapidity. | refer to the sous
in-law who are that and nothing else.
Mr. Whlieaw Reid, having succeeded
20 the position ana business lett him by
Horace Greeley. would have made
something out of his talents and his OPP
portunities. but the fact that he soon
became a sbnln-law at once insured his
success. The most conspicuous son-in-
law that this country affords IS
Colonel Elliott I. Shepard. In tlss field
Of ondeavor he has achieved the most
pronounced success. while all around
him thousands have utterly failed
Shepard was very poor lawyer, with
hardly one case 10 rub against another,
as II were, when ne met and loved the
daughter OF q Vanderbilt. From that
moment be gave up all thoughts OF be-
comm, a great lawyer and bent all his
wonderful energies TO becoming the
greatest son-in-law the American re-
public has ever produced. In this con
nection point to Colonel Shepard with
pride. Had he been nominated
Tor Nice-p President in Minneapolis
his declaration Of principles might
have matched that of David Bennett
Eill for brevitv and beauty. q am a
Democrat" quoth Mr.. Hill while Mr..
Shepard could have said, d" am SON
in-law. ] have always thought that
Nr. Vanderbilt was unjust IN his cha
racteri2ation OF sOn-ln-iaw Shepard
when be said-but never mind what he
SAID. IL was unjust and undeserved,
and should not appear in family news
paper anyhow.
4 very interesting son-in-law, and
one who might have made a great sue
cess Of it. IS Nr. j. Coleman Drayton.
Having married an Astor one would
have imagined that he had already ac-
comDhshed his object all sublime but
the mere marriage ceremony does not
constitute everything. i man who can
not maintain himself IN So in-law
ship after he has achieved Il might al
most as well not have achieved It at all.
1t would not surprise me ii Mr.. Drayton
proved to be a better man as an eX-fon-
in-law-for hc is practically an ex now
than he was as G. sOn-in-aw. If be
doesn't. he viii never accomplish a great
deal il this world.
There are sons-in-law who deserve to
he in better company. William 4.
Whitney married Henry j. Payne's
daughter and charming woman she Is
but he would no doubt have got into the
Cabinet and have been mentioned for the
presidency had he married the daughter
Of anyone else. My esteemed friend. Mr.
j. II. Patterson. editor OF the Chicago
yriLuQe. won honors before he won a
wife. But as the son-in-law Of Mr.. Joseph
Aieajn. the owner Of the Tribune. l eX-
pect 10 hear Of his continued success in
journalism. Mr.. Howard Carroll was a
good and very well-known newspaper
correspondent, but as s0n-in-law OF the
rich Mr.. Stann be is sinking his identity
in the steamboat business. There have
been Great opportunities il journalism
since ilr. Carroll foTso0k It Tor steam
boats. and had he remained true and
steadiast to his profession b. might now
be editing a daily newspaper instead OF
fritterng away q valuable career on
board e yacht
A DEPLoRABLE CASE.
A melancholy and almost deplorable
case of son-in-law is that Of Mr. Ne
Kee who married the Presidents
DAUGHTER and ~ the father of Baby Nc
Kee. Mr.. McKee's progeny is factor
io the republic, and would be recog'
pized making mud pies on any roadside
in this country-partlculsrly if grandp.,
was in the yicinlty-but who woulo
recognize Mr. Mckee, ST., if he met
linn in the big road Baby Mckee
might. but it is not certain that he would
care 70.
The son.in-law who does not material
jze is another sad phase OF tlns sub
iect. he IS almost a. sad as the son-ln'
law who does materialize and the Old
man wishes he hadn't. / was told tho
other day that Broker Giovanni Morosn
had very promising young man picSec
ont for Il husband for his handsome
daughter Victoria, when she interfered
with the arrangements by clipping with
Ernest Schiline. the family coachman.
The Young man was George Gould. Mr..
Morosini had not, it seems, taken his
dauqhter 'inio his confidence 10 the