The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-24
INSURANCE IS RISKY
ON MARRIED WOMEN
Companies Say They VIII
Only Write Them En-
dowment Policies.
FEAR LACK OF CARE
DURING ILLNESS
Not Being Breadwinner, Her Tax
ing Off Less Important,
as Agent Says.

met the manager Of a life Insurance
company the other day and listened to
mis- remarks about his business with the
greatest interest
am Informed by one who knows that
fl is tire habit Of managers of life in
sUrance companies to- talk, and that
they Ike to do it. However that may
oe. I was very greatly pleased with
this ones conversation, for his text
VAS Woman and Life Insurance" and
learned many things
In justice to him 1 think l should
mention that ne did not sell me a pol
icy, but that was only because he did
not try.
We take her on equal terms with
men, said he, in opening the converse
Uon.
''WhO?'' L asked
The self-supporting woman" he re
Piled
Endowment Only.
There surely was a time when you
didn't. I, seems to me L have heard
somewhere that this was one of the
places where my sex was Disseminated
against"
At one time they were not encour-
aged TO insure their lives; married
women are sold only endowment poll
rles now"
But why7" I asked.
OH because" replied the manager,
ERrelessly.
That doesn't seem a very logical rea-
ton" 1 insisted.
You won't write it if I tell you?'
III try not. Sometimes the type
writer does things without my volt
lion"
well, if a married woman had a
large sum on her life and fell III, she
might not receive proper attention. In
deed, under such a condition she might
be painlesSly put out of the way"
''One OF the things which I admire
most about men is the implicit faith
they have in the purity Of each others
motives SAID J. why might not n
woman put her husband out of the
way for his Insurance.
Mans Chances Better.
Because usually when a man dies,
the bread-winner Of the family dies,
and the insurance would, perhaps. not
De worth as much to the wife as the
services Of her husband. When a wife
dies ii does not affect the income, AMI
therefore there may be something to
be gained by her demise. A E. all events,
We do not dwell on this Phase Of the
situauOn- We are very willing 10 sell
married women edO--ment insurance
We viii sell either Life or endowment
10 the unmarried
How much do ] nave to pay down?'
said l, feeling about in a painfully
empty purse.
That depends entirely on the amount
5or which you are insured and upon
your age" he replied.
OH does one have TO tell her acc2''
1 inquired aEitatedlv
The manager smiled and said one did
realIy 90 not believe that any of the
SoIlci !. remember It long enough to
tell II again, however" he said. reas-
suTlngiy They have so many really
important things on their .ainds. poor
1elloWS- II woman of twenty-one
=, likes ,5s,-. oul an endowment policy she has
10 pay only ABOUT So a year to receive
at the end Of twenty wears s. 600 or il
she dies in the meanwhile her family
receives it,"
Number Increases.
And the number of women who arc
taking out Insurance is increasing every,
year, possibly because moro women are
going into business and are seeing The
necessity for thus preparing for their
oIo age OF for leaving something for
their deTendent ones when thew die"
endowment Insurance I like, the
other sort never appealed to ne. for I
am a selfish brute" said L
You are true woman IN that" re
piled the manager
asked
Perhaps not, hut their responsibilities
arc greater, and they feel them more
keenly. There are few men who like to
contemplate the possibility of Ieayinc
thelr children without any means al
their deaths
l suppose So 7 muttered. and fell
90 contemplating the fire
why don't you have women as So
tors / asked presently.
We do. There are plenty Of women
selling insurance, and making an excel
cent thing OF it. Yes, and Il is easy
work. and interesting"
Perhaps ] shall 90 into 81 some time
= VIII either do that or have my own
me insured, which ever seems the most
feasible at the time
The manager smiled and. though some
remark trembled upon his lips, delicacy
evidently kept him from making II
Just then man came into the room
ana the manager, seeing in him evident
ly proper person for victim, left me
10 my meditatiOnS and began to give
Inn what in common. every dav par
lance Is known as '.line Of talk OF
such a Character that it might have
lured the birds off the bushes.
LEONORE CALVERT.
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