Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-06-12
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Nearly every great public persop-
age has 70 insure the limb or feature
by which be nakesa living, whether
his hand or throat or eyes: and II
costs o famous actor or musician
more TO insure that bit OF himself
than IL does the common or garden
man 70 cover his whole life.
Kubelik. the wonderful young vio-
linist, who is now acknowledged the
first in the world, is the latest ex-
ample-his right hand is insured
against accident for 1900. Mr..
Frohman, who manages Knbelik 3
famous performances. effected the
insurance; and IL Kubelik jammed
his hand in door or cut his finger
the underwriters would have TO
weigh out" that amount, even
Though IL only affected one perform
ance. A total disablement Of his
"bow hand" would bring him 91O,-
600, and the world would lose It's
greatest living violinist. Kubelik
depends on that hand for 9500 to
1000 at every performance, aud
his engager stands to lose e, 600 at
least on any sudden accident at the
last moment. Six persons, includ-
ing his valet and personal manager,
have the constant care of Kubelik;
but even these have not been enough
TO prevent accident. The premium
on this odd policy amounts to 600 a
year. - !
Nine. Patti-now Baroness Ceder-
strom-the world-famed singer, was
one of the originators of this kind of
piecemeal insurance, and her throat
and vocal cords were insured for
1000 per performance, with e.
600 on permanent accidental loss.
Three doctors had the care OF her
marvellous voice, besides her maid
and personal attendants; but only
twice did it fail her.
Failure. on one occasion, meant a
loss of FL 800 TO the proprietors of
the Quincy concert hall in Washing
ton, and since then her voice-the
least tangible thing a company has
ever taken in hand has been under
written for from $500 to El,OOO.
This costs a premium Of f25 for o
single night, and includes indisposi-
ton, accident of any kind, relaxed
throat, bronchitis, and a score OF
other notwithstanding that
would prevent the great songstress
from singing. Ten thousand pounds,
by the way, is a very moderate
value toput on her voice, and another
famous singer, Nine. Delisle-whois
English by birth-has a permanent
insurance on her voice for $500 per
day as long IS it may be unusable,
and has twice drawn that amount
once for four days, and once for ten.
The premium on this runs TO e, 200
a year.
These big payments, fortunately
for underwriters, are not often called
for; but the great pianist, Josef
Hoffman,, who fell from his bicycle
on to his hand last year, spraining
it SO badly that he was unable TO
play for fortnight, was the last.
Not only both his hands, but every
finger on them is insured, each fin
ger for E1O0.
Paderewski's hands are insured
by the promoters of his concerts on
every occasion for from 81 900 to
9l,5OO, and has been prevented
several times from performing, both
in London and st. Petersburg, but
he was able to claim $500 for seven
days. His agent states that he pays
ESOO year in premiums, and is
even then not recouped fully for the
loss he sustains when prevented
from playing. Paderewski's hands,
besides temporary insurance are
underwritten for f10.OOO.