New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

at least to their majority, often making
/ great sacrifices to educate and prepare
/ them for the duties of life. They con-
tinue this solicitude as long as they
! hive, continually manifesting the deepest
/ interest in their children'S welfare
! They are very anxious to give their
! daughters every opportunity to acquire
accomplishments and an education that
Will ut them for marriage or for a pro-
/ fessional or business career, should it
become necessary for them to earn their
living. In accomplishing this the par
ents sometimes tax themselves to the
utmost Of their resources and ingenuity
For their sons they are equally solicit
tous, frequently continuing their sacri-
tices for them beyond the period of their
majority, when sons should be indie
pendent and cease to rely upon their
parents for a start in life
If parents would insure their own
lives for the benefit of their sons and
daughters on the Endowment or In
vestment Plan for twenty years for
5000, $1,000, 5000, or $40, 900 each
they would provide capital for their
sons to embark in a business career,
or a handsome dover for their daughters
when they marry, or which would pro-
duce an income for them should they
remain single In Europe more than
in this country Life Insurance is the
medium through which capital is pro-
Vided for starting sons in business. and
bowers are arranged for daughters
1t is a Common-sense practical method
of saving a little each year in order
to suitably start the young folks along
ife's path.
Another most excellent plan is TO
persuade your sons when they are
Young, say between sixteen and twenty,
as soon as they are earning their own
money. to SAFE Systematically through
the medium of an Endowment or In
vcstment policy. Suppose the boy at
fifteen is taught to put aside only a
trifiing sum each week for this purpose
The idea OF saving is thus early instilled
into his mind. Yes we know II would
be just as well if that money were put
into a savings bank, but a savings bank
deposit is not compulsory, while pay
ment Of Life Insurance premiums IS,
if all the benefits are 10 he enjoyed. They
7,W not make the bank deposit regularly
They must pay the insurance premium.
That's the difference These policies
issued to young, healthy boys cost but
little annually and twenty years later,
when the boys have grown to be men
OF thirty-tive or forty the policies pro-
ducc handsome sums OF money. l know
of no better way to assure comfortable
fortunes at middle age.
Let the mothers and fathers get the
bows started right. Get the boy to start
with a small policy, say when he IS
fifteen Perhaps you may have to help
the boy to pay part of his earlier annual
/ premiums. Then have him take out
another policy in a year or two. Then
Others as he can afford them. The
net result of this system would be that
at thirty-hve years OF age the first policy
would mature and the first cash pay
ment of several thousand dollars would
be made. and this would continue through
the following years according to the
number of policies and the amount Of
the earlier savings.
When we recall the many cases which
have come under our personal obser-