Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-08-09
LPID HAS AN ENEMY
PERSISTENT SOLICITORS WHO DETER
WOULD sc BENEDlcTs.

newspaper office and timidly asked the
society editor if she would kindly insert
A notice Of his approaching marriage. lie
| little thought of the trouble he was
bringing down upon his head
The announcement was printed Sun
hay When he reached his Office Mon
dav. he found a stack of letters waiting
| for him, every one addressed in hand
writing ne did not know He whistled
when he opened the first. ditto the sec
ond, looked bit surprised at the con-
tents Of the third and swore fiuently
through the balance of the pile. At noon
there were more At night there were
others
Despite the evident curiosity of his
fellow laborers in the Office he did not
take soul into his confidence until the
third day Then he remarked TO his
deskmates:
"Say, the great American life insur-
ance man isn't overlooking any bets
these days, is he?"
Wherefore this outburst?"
For answer the groom to be went TO a
drawer and produced stack containing
I47 letters-he said that was the exact
number, though his friend did not count
them-the accumulation since that fate
full Sunday morning.
Every blamed one of them is from
some agent for some life insurance COM
pany who wants to insure my life. Each
one represents the best company ON the
face of the earth. Each pays the largest
dividends Each invests the money OF
its patrons TO the very best advantage.
Each moralizes on the uncertainty OF
life and seeks to impress upon me the
solemn duty owe to my wife that is to
be to get my life insured for q million
or two of dollars. And each blessed one
has come since the announcement of my
approaching wedding was printed
The young man paused moment,
then he dug into the pile and after a
few moments' search produced docu-
ment whicA he showed at his friend,
simply saying:
Just look at the devilish ingenuity
displayed in the construction Of that
thing
The "thing" was about the size of a
theatrical poster known as three sheet,
in other words, three of them viii paper
the side of barn. Down the center, at
regular intervals, were lot of notices
and warning exhortation printed in type
three times the size of the context, and
| in red ink Here is one choice extract
from the document: "In the midst OF
life we are in death.
"Let us call your attention that it is
every husbands duty-his solemn duty
to provide for those dependent upon
him. No one knoweth when the angel
of death may knock at the door of howell
or mansion and how can one be prepared
| for his coming unless time is taken by
the financial forelock? Think of the ray
of hope which breaks through the clouds
| of bitter bereavement when the sorrow
| ing ones reflect that by the careful fore
thought of the dear departed poverty has
been prevented from adding its horrors
to those of the grave. 1t is your duty to
provide for your loved ones. Do not put
it off until tomorrow, for in the Ian
guage of the poet, Tomorrow never
| comes
There was another paragraph in the
document that showed the touch of a
master hand. 1t tran something likethis
| "Our policies are devised and de-
signed to meet the wants and needs of
all people desiring insurance. They are
! liberal They are honest. They bring
the very best returns. We have ideal
policies which we can safely recommend.
f; We can and will guarantee endowment
results at much less than endowment
rates. And again we pledge ourselves TO
furnish paid up policies at far below the
usual cost Our dividends are often five
times as large as those of other COM
panies ON SINH Lar policies. We also make
a speciality of making liberal loans TO
our clients ON their policies We are in
the field for business and we mean to get
it. And don't you forget it. "
do not leave your wife and babies
| dependent on charity.
The elocutionary effect the benedict
to be threw into the reading of these ex-
tracts gained him a round Of applause
! from his companions 1t also brought to
| him the knowledge that every other
man in the Office who was married-in
! Chicago--had been similarly afflicted
But that brought no balm to his soul,
and he continued to kick. He didn't
think it the proper thing to do and he
announced his intention of writing a
circular letter to the various individuals
who had importuned him to take a
risk" and informing them of his feel
| ings
Don't do it, my boy, said the head
bookkeeper. wait until after you are
married. You will get forty of these
/ things then to one now, and then you II
| have to get out another letter. Wait till
then. and then you can address yourself
at one and the same time to the life in
surance agent. the furniture dealer, the
grocer, the man who has q second hand
sewing machine to sell, the philan-
| thropist who wants to see young people
get along aud who offers you a lot way
ont in the suburbs that will make you
rich III FIVE years. the rental agent, the
| lceman, the milkman, the cockroach ex-
| serminator, and ell their kith and kin
You'll hear from them all, for they all
sead the society columns of the daily
Sapers and the newly married are their
! legitimate prey Chicago Tribune
The Remedy.
Anna. your lover was again in the
kitchen till I0o'clock last night can