The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-13

great international aviation meet. She
went up with him during the meet and
caused the hearts of several thousand
other women 10 so pittypat until her
nervy husband brought her safely
back to terra tirma, her cheeks ross
and her lips parted in smile of tri-
umph. Nine. Paulhan is q handsome
young woman, thoroughly French in
aspect and actions. She has the ut
most confidence III the ability of her
husband to take her up, give her a
voyage in the air and bring her back
to earth safely. IF | were afraid to
go up with him." she says naively. 81
should not permit him to go up. You
seey' 1t is very easy to see the point,
Nine. Pau.han seems to be devoted to
her young husband-so devoted that
she will not let him do things she con-
siders dangerous-So she shows that
she thinks he is engaged in a nonhaz-
ardous occupation by joining him in
the biplane. She says she expects to
make several more flights in America.
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Ebert Hubbard. who is not what
you might call mans man nor yet
altogether a womans man, sometimes
says wise things about woman. just
now he is in the field with this appre
citation of the one woman he knows
about who carries 81 100000 life ipsur.
ance: There are los boy babies born
70 every 100 girls. And yet there are
nearly million more women In
America than men. Women outnum
Der men In every country where stats
tics are kept Women live longer than
men, and self supporting women are
ROW regarded as especially good risks
10y all the great life insurance compa-
MES. There are quite a number of
men in America who carry SfGOO.O00
life insurance. hut know Of only one
woman who is insured for this
This is Mrs Netcher. chief
owner of a big store in Chicago. When
Mr.. Netcher died, few years ago, he
left one life insurance policy of Just
half a million dollars. On this policy
he had paid but one premium. There
We're several little policies. which he
Lad been carrying for some years. but
these were all thrown into the shadow
by the big one, The business was fair
ly Furnishing, but this half million
dollars enabled Mrs. Netcher to clean
up every liability against the store aud
have a goodly bank balance in addi-
ton. Mrs. Netcher thought that she
could not better use this money than
by extending the business. The store
she regarded as q memorial and mon
ument to her beloved husband, who
had founded it. So she set herself the
lifelong task of increasing and bet
tering the business. She would serve
the public, and she would serve the |
Of the store. The value of |
life insurance had been brought homo
to her mind 50 wildly that she insured |
her own life, payable to the business,
for 100000 And in September, 1900
she took cut 100000 more"
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Beating eighty competitors, Miss |
Belle Kinney Of Nashville. Tenn. will |
design tue memorial TO women Who |
suffered In tha Southern Confederate
Her design WIS chosen h.. q commit
tee from the eleven states which made |
up the Confcderaey. There will be a
group Of three figures. Fame sitting in |
the center. II dying Confederate soldier |
II one side aud Il weeping woman ou
tne ether. The central figure VII Ea
Il sht feet tail Eron1e casts of this
memorial II is expected will BE erect
q II each Of the southern states
shfth seeedct II tS,'1. Miss Eiaaay |
y 70 receive 5000 fc~ her work.
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