Evening journal., 1901-08-17
IT Was SENSIBLE
and NRANONABLR
Mr.. Fell EntertainS Entire
Agency Force
Professor Stewart, Eminent Insurance
Expert, the Guest Of Occasion
in Ocean Civ


tual Life Insurance Company for the
district OF Delaware, Eastern Shore Of
Maryland and Eastern Shore Of Vir-
ginia, were given an outing by their
general agent, Herbert n. Fell in
Ocean City, Nd, TO commemorate the
sixth anniversary Of his agency.
Professor William p. Stewart, Of
New York, the company's instructor OF
agents, was present as the guest of
honor.
In the forenoon the agents generally
INDUCED in the luxury of a sea bath to
the accompaniment Of plenty Of surf,
cool and invigorating sea airs and a
bright day.
At 1 O'Clock an excellent dinner was
served by the proprietor of the
Atlantic Hotel. in the dancing parlors
The menu was served i'm courses. con-
suming two hours, after which there
was an address of welcome by the
host. Herbert n. Fell, and a well-de-
served tribute to Professor Stewart, by
way of his introduction as the special
guest. The professor, in responding,
paid tribute to the well-deserved rec
Ognition of The Mutua, Life, as evil
denced in the widespread use among
associate bodies of its distinctive title.
He referred eloquently to the qualifi-
cations to command of its eminent
president, Richard A. McCurdy, and
the wonderful grasp of details posses
sed by it's able general manager. DIR.
Walter r. Gillette. blending in this en-
comium the names of the vice-presi-
dent, Robert A. Grannis; the actuary,
Emory McClintock. and the superin-
tendent, George T. Dexter.
AS this gathering was a family af-
fair. confined to the companys repre-
.sentatives and its agents, it was only
natural that they should be self-com-
p,imentary. and as it happened to be
an affair Of the largest financial insii-
tuition in the world. It was as natural
that it should be marked with great
dignity and much grace Of eloquence
and fellowship.
Professor Stewart spoke for two
hours, passing from the after dinner
speaker to the analytical instructive
teacher. the effect upon the agents be-
ing am milling Of new inspiration and
the consciousness Of renewed. will
power.
1t will be remembered that on the
last affair of this kind held in Will
mington, Professor Stewart made a re-
.markable after dinner address on the
subject Of Where There's a VIII.
There's a Way" a verbatim report OF
which appeared in this paper, which
has since gone into genera, circulation
in pamphlet form.
Professor Stewart is an authority on
vital statistics. and is generally inter
viewed wherever he goes on this and
kindred subjects The following is a
Quotation from an interview had with
him in Peoria recently by a reporter
of the Star:
Referring to the advance of woman
along all the industrial paths of man.
the professor said: The coming Of
woman is more of a proposition than
is commonly entertained by the
she has more Of a vital energy than she
has ever been given credit for in the
worlds history. She has borne bur-
dens and endured trials such as man
never could have supported. He has
been. in a way. re muscle. but she has
been the endurance. He has drawn
more on his physical, she on her spirit
ual. and her vitality is a manifesto
ticn more Of the subjective than Of
the objective being. It lis not the gym
hasium that gives it, but the will. or
that inherited something that apper-
,tains exclusively to her sex. If the
race is not to the strong, it certainly
is not to the weak. If woman were the
weaker Of the sexes. as she has been
popularity supposed to be. there never
could be this eruption Of her, so vio-
lent and far-reaching, into the oppor-
tunites of man as that now manifest
cd. The fact is she is the stronger of
the two sexes. and It is only lately that
she has made up her mind to make
the impression Of her greater strength
in the direction she is now manifesting.
In proof of woman's greater vi
tality we need only to take the com
parative death rate between the sexes
as shown for the registered States of
America in the census of 1890. This
shows in every instance, save that of
Vermont a,one. a vitality materially
greater for the average woman than is
found for the average man. For IN
stance. in Connecticut. she has a death
rate OF 1912 against 20.Ss for men; in
Delaware it is 1853 against 1891; in
the District Of Columbia. IL is 23.04
against 23.94; in Massachusetts,, It is
1943 against 2O.91; in New Hamp-
shire It is 1850 against 1905; I'm New
Jersey 1t is 1871 against 22.S0; in New
York it is 1914 against 2194; in Rhode
Island it is 21.O6 against 22.74. and in
Vermont it is 1697 against 16.G9-the
only exception.
The Mutual Life is the one company
seemingly, that maintains a system Of
annual conventions on the part of its
agents for purposes of mutual enjoy
ment. encouragement and profitable IN