The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
THE VALUE OF WOMAN.
voyAN,s woRTH As N APPEARs IN
THE EYE or THE LAW.
M, Circumstances Alter Cases, Tor her
u,,di. often wortha reat Deal aud
Heart VALUED Beyond Anything


what Is The value OF a woman-that Is
49,. legal value MS established By the
cour,sq OF course. when you are IN love
-. are satisfied that the value Of GER
I'm narticuiar woman Is away up in the
millions or billions. but a learned judge
,,o case could be submitted 10 him. might
,ot place so high a valuation on her ne
has nothing TO do with sentiments anu
neither has this article.
When a young man asks younS "O.
man 20 be "hisn," he doesn't consiler i''
from a nnaLcial point Of view ne LIE. Inn
give some thought 70 her fa1net ~, the
% bcr dcwry. but he doesn't hgure ~.
c...cial veiue OF the woman heTseI-
rs ana and looked up the court IN, of
luue. me gasped az the very 'NV'
skim 10. 30 much wealth ,,,,rid in
Inn Inc slave mart8 Of the Ola nave
.-tent tmes beautiful Wohe" tccin
broueht large sums. but they u .I.I|r sisters
a. 81 AS valuable as some OF 'l|..srneal
- the prcsent day, when taheH rscord
49, besu admdged by eopl'' -, Stl $50.
a. arm alone has been Yalu--o Loo AZ
. v,rIst a. 81 900, d hanu al F"'''
$500. with the prices paid
Just G. I'i'i 80 and WIN tre even
Ia the aiaFe ,.sfcb women have been
Io"ei 1,'stIe OF the open markets. an
s.Iu -, shortly before 1850 solo ms
it ,,Gtb a child and some furniture
,,-,,-o I'M. for III shillings, ana butcher
1900 in 1902. sold his wife at auction
a. N 0e 4d and a bowl Of punch. IL rs
i.,,,ssibIs to learn exactly what ne valued
.rt ctofhes she wore at, but there is an
l,rrratI0n I'm the account OF the SAFE ulat
b.. considered them worth Al Os 40, ana
ist her go for the bowl Of punch gun
.-,tter woman was sold I'm Knaresoo-
rr1eb f1r On ana a plug Of tobacco But
,,l-.ean women have apparently Dteh
tIf nd O. higher figure. In May 49,
rt, Howard OF ArapahOe County, Noi.,
..r1 bl4 wife Rebecca. together win an
.-g singular the improvements ana lei cur
,.r-erts therein and thereon lot go
and a yellow dog.
'- l,... ,6,s; cases are hardly 10 the point.
,r...g chow the valuation put upon certain
omen by certain men. but do not III
sry sense show their legal yalut.
A yomans life, under the law IN many
etstss Is worth the same as man 3
~. nm that seems an absurdiy low
tas been appraised at when taken secuoh
t- lion. Her head apparently is not
much value. OF course 1t cannot be
e5reIdsred separately, as this article deals
.-t.-.ry with the value of live woman,
t,t l0rsidtred as a part OF the "hole'
4.,,ega TO IL is not assessed very hlsh.
tr UGnois court has decided that Sl'lvv 10
t., much for biting a woman on the heau
rIh a hatchet without force enoubh TO
..,., death. and from that decision the
estimate will have 10 be made. a ltr
.r3 impartial valuation under the cir
c-mstances would put the figure al ABOUT
400 a due consideration OF TINS ous"V
IN make a man hesitate when ne loses ms
temper and reaches for a poker lie
would think twice before he wouid tfy
10 smash a s., 900 vase or piece OF pric-a-
bmc. Id .,,,to O.,
tf,b The case of a Mrs. Dudley OF Eng
r.rd will have to be taken as criterion
cta tried 10 pass under an archway nine
f.at and nine Inches high while sitting OF
ION M n coach eight feet and nine inches
high and the result was disastrous 10
far shoulders. OF course she didn los'
han entirely. but she came near IL az
rossible and the 500 awarded her by lhe
Jury may be taken as It's estimate OF thelr
value. --,,,ot.,o
A woman's hand is pretty valuable.
MANY "a man has given mp all ne possehseu
+o 80 one hat that WAS sentiment, MOI
An Ii1fnofs vouan recovered S4,f0,
for The loss of a hand, or, al the rate OF
So fm "A pair This is somewhat more
than a woman's wrists are valued at. a
Miss Zones. a nurse OF Chicago, was pald
for one fractured wrist at the rate oil
s. go "a pair.
Tbe arm Of the woman OF to-day is
worth more than a whole woman-and a
beautiful one at that-was worth In days
gone by. Miss sweely Of Ottawa, Ill.,
was given s.. go fer one but that was
small figure and only goes to show ina
the Illinois arm has not the legal value
of the Massachusetts arm. Mrs. SHAW
n the latter State, was awarded SlOVV
Tor the loss Of one arm and the Gripping
10 another In a railway accident. A new
rial was secured by the railway company
and the arms were found TO be wortf
SIS DO. on a third trial they increased Z
$3.50. OF Nf.2D each. The next time
YOU shake hands with a young LADY
squeeze her hand Of you must squeeze IT
gently. Remember that with the hand
wrist. ana arm YOU are handling abou
$3.50 worth of personal property.
The heart-With the possibility OF blight
"a affections. unrequited love, and al
that pertains thereto" as a lawyer woul'
say-well. that is the most uncf rtoin va
rlable thlnc that a court was ever asked
to assess damages on. Quotations FOL
hearts have varied all the way from on
cent 90 $4,000 in recent years. Mr.. Ar
buckle was receatly assessed the latte
figure for injuries b "Bulnie's" heart
That may be an exceptional case wher
a ID rafn I'M
70 Is only fair 10 assume that an ordinary
everyday heart that belongs to a prepos
sessing woman and is i'm fair standin
in the community is worth 100000. Court
have valued them at that figure in
number Of instances.
This is bringing the value OF woma
Quoted at only $500 If killed in raj
road vteck) Up pretty high. but 1t doesn
complete the valuation by any means
Her spine IS worth quite a sum. Damage
due from falls. etc. have been assessed Z
various sums A Canadian court place
tbe value Of a Mrs. Elizabeth Jones
splne at 81 900. Mrs. Jones's horse shie
al some new boards on a bridge and 81
was thrown out OF buggy An Englis
court fn the case of a Mrs Fry who h
tired her spine by jumping from the ST
o. railway carriage that had not sto
ped where IL should awarded her $50
t.t in the United states spines have be-
held AZ a higher figure. A Miss Herr,
Illinois. recovered $500 for damage
ore and a Miss Parks was given VS.
AZ he closest figuring seems TO ha'
ben done IN the last case where II
tioYht down 10 odd dollars that shou
probably stand as the current quotauo
Aors has. undoubtedly, been paid 4
them but the records at hand do NJ
sh0g f.
foot has been held TO be wor