The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-10-24
MARRIAGES
A SIMPLE INSURANCE
(By Ebert Hubbard

who fail TO pass.
But securing a certificate of health.
however, and presenting it 90 the In
parties is u rather I'M, AMY af
fair.
Nltogcthcr 1t involves a iegrc, Of pub.
LEFTY tnat is rather embarrassing.
Nature works by indirectiou. she get.
the thug she wants by going af.er sctuc
thing elsc.
Ia this matter of eugene, let MS take
Il lesson from the dame.
My suggestion ~ that every man, be-
fore the marriage ceremony ~, pcriorm
ed. comply with one little requirement
That is, let him present 10 the pros
pectiye bride an Insurance policy ou h,
life.
The size of the policy be- rau irN mimi
self. The amount will mirror his tiuan
cial status. not his love. Let o. he t"n
"a minimum Of, say, ~ 900, with no llml
- the ante un the maximum.
\ life insurance policy implies the
health Ut the individual, and all medical
examiners Will understand and apprcci
ate the importance rs well ~ the import
of "A Bridegroom Policy.
.Nu Insurance policy i a valuable GIT,
aud when It comes a q love token. IL
viii be- especially priced.
II q woman gives ner life into the
keeping 4 a man, why should NOT 'hr
man ia return give her a. l"a>' 81 policy
on his life!
Not only IL, q life Insurance, policy 90
guaranty Of health, but it i also q guar
anty Of something quite A. lmpor am
aud that j., business acumcu.
To he able to secure 4 lrte IU.urou".
policy l. . privilege. Not every man
can get one.
But in the past everybody could get
married, and can yet, who j. able O"
pay a licens. fee of 80 cents.
~ for the clergyman We can stand
him off.
\ life insurance policy b. q certifi
cate of character. q certificate of health,
Il symbol of economic suificirur, nu.
efticiency-all in one.
Viewing the subject from every stand
point. the life insurance policy relieve,
the embarrassment covering q very dclt
cate proposition; is giving is also 20
graceful, gracious. generous or'. alt"
gether in the line OF common sense, sen
timent. economics and sound cngcujcs.
Further, the plan puts the man or
his good behavior. Not only must p.
be able to pass the cNamina ion 20 o,
70 secure the policy. hut he must have
the money TO paw for the first year p,
premium.
Just before marriage q mar il geuor
ous, II he ever is in his life.
The woman who expects her husband
TO take out a life insurance policy afte.
hey are weddcd w"- find pu.'pourwrr'
and "Hucrta Mauana' ,u"oltug ON IN,
door step.
The old.time post.uuptial agreement
was nearly as bald a proposition o. the
suggested health certificate.
The life insurance policy soften, down
he angularities Of both.
would really like 20 SEQ ID federal
law passed covering this question I'
not that, then let zach state pas. a law
of It's own.
The states have a right 20 fix 'ao
conditions under which marriage shall
occur j. freely admitted. ,rI poo uun
est or capable man would object 20 'h.
insignificant tax involved. especially .n
view If the fact that the policy ., wort.
the money, being issued 10y 4 company
supervised BY government.
Under 'hese conditions ~. i..uaur,
would he not only a duty bu' 70 prr,'
lcpr.
Nou caniot very well hand around %
ccrtifirtc Of health at a the ~upurr table
for the entire family 10 iuspoc' Neither
wculd T. look well ON tn piano umpug
TIA" briday presents.
A life Insurance policy. however, IS
occasionally eve now found among the
g"wgaws and iimeracks. No one is ever
shocked. Tts lines are pleasant. ma
all that II suggests is beautiful, right
hvgienic and altogether lovely.
Life Insurance, life fire Insurance. af
ter all, IL for the insured. he 81. tho
beneficiary.
Fire insurance is for he man whose
property docsn I burn mp, and q life
policy is for the man who lives. There
is NC benzoste Of soda in q life insurance
policy.
The fact that a man is insured makes
him a better citizen, and, I believe, u
better husband and father. Sot here