Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-06


My brother, that Is n very brave ant
frank statement to make. You say
Is useless for you to make a last vii
and testament because you have moth
| Ing to leave and you cannot afford t.
even get your life insured. If you, 4
great, big. strong man, are having
such q hard time to make a living
what will your physically weak wifi
do with II big brood of little ones strap
ped upon her back when you are dead
II 1t IS so hard for you to swim in the
current of life and keep your head
above the waters. how will she, a pooI
widow. be able to do 1t when your
strong arm Is gone? VIII the world be
kinder to her than 1t is to you? Has
the cruel world ever been any gentler
or extended Il more helpful hand to a
wife and mother who is left poverty
stricken widow than it has for you?
Mark you. for what most men fool.
lshly squander every year, for the
money they spend for cigars and lux
uries, for thenter tickets, fishing ex-
cursons and baseball games, clubs
and parties, they could get their lives
insured for enough. and more than
enough, to support and educate their
children long after they are dead. Fur
thermore, my LrOtier, II you are not
willing to ecOnC lniZe In your selfish in
dulgences for til physical maintenance
and mental development of your chill
dren by insuriny your life, then your
professed love for your wife and chill
dren Is mere insncere profession Of
the lips and not of the heart. "Set
thine house In order"
But" hear some one saying, "the
temporal aspects of this text do not
affect me at all | do not have to get
my life insured. am not poor. | am
one Of the wealthiest merchants of this
city. am building up Il fortune,
which Is growing larger every day. II
my wife or children wish to buy any
thing. all that they have to do is to go.
down to the city stores and charge the
same to me. pay for all their lux
uries without murmur. Besides that
l have made q last will and testament
and left them everything"
Yes; your statement may be all true.
But, my successful merchant friend,
have you literally set your temporal
house in order? Have you taken your
wife into your business confidence so
that she knows your plans and ideas?
Have you ever made her your business
so that she would be able to
take care of the money and the bust
ness after you are dead? Have you
taught her the difference between the
of a government bond and a
Wall street speculation in stocks?
Have you ever taught her the neces-
sity of taking a receipt? Why, the wife
and the mother of your children may
be as helpless as a little child In refer
ance to business. matters after you are
dead. She might be so helpless that
the executors could swindle her out Of
her money as easily as you could cheat
In business fiye-year-old lad. Leave
gour wife sense as well as cents; leave
ler brains as well as bonds. "Set
.hine house in order"
Make Wise Provisions.
One of the dearest friends Of our
'amily some years ago was left
widow with 100000. Her executor |
persuaded her to invest the same in
abroad stocks so that she might have
| million dollars. She went into Wall |
street and speculated. Today she is
penniless. Make no such
mistake in reference to your wife as |
hat husband made in reference tC
wife, who was our family friend. The
Id proverb trenchantly teaches that
any fool cnn make money, but it takes
very wise man to keep it." When !
'ou set your temporal house in order,
ee that your loved ones will be able
o care for the money which you will
them. See that the money
which you will leave will not be able
o slip through their fingers as water
an run through sieve.
But my text has a wider scope than
he mere fixing up of the temporal
ouse. In anticipating his earthly de-
lise common sense man should set
is spiritual as well as his temporal
ouse in order He should prepare for
is own eternal journey over the river
I death, besides looking after the tenn
oral interests of the members of the
ousehold he is going to leave behind.
nless a man has taken a long journey
way from home, a journey which
ms up into the months and perhaps |
ito the years. he can have no concep-
on of the immense amount of prep
ration necessary. In the first place,
e must get his letter of credit drawn
p and signed. 1t would be practically
apostolic to start on journey around
lie world, as did some years ago, and
lrry enough gold and silver with you
pay all your necessary expenses. ,
'hy, the gold and silver would be as .
aavy as q satchelful of lead. Besides,
e gold and silver that are stamped in | ..
le American mint would not be ac- I :
,ptable In foreign lands. Every coun-
y has its own system of national cur !
ncy. Further, If traveller should be
eighed down with satchelful Of
lin he would in all probability be
aylaid by some thief and murderer
I'd slain for his gold. So 1t is the Gus
m Of the traveller about to start on
ng journey to buy letter of credit
e pays to the cashier of any one Of ,
If great American banking houses,
ie Brown Bros. or J. p. Morgan & ,
D., certain amount Of money. That
INK gives him a letter Of credit, and ,
can get the money noted In the let :
r Of credit cashed by the agents OF
at bank in almost every city OF the ,
)rld. II you are going into any dan /
rous region it is also very important /,
+ you to have passport. This pass :
rt, signed by the secretary Of state +
Washington, is a notification that
u are an American citizen. If any a
'eign nation insults or maltreats you, =