The Coconino sun., 1920-02-27
INSURANCE BY LLOYDS
 WILL BET ON ANYTHING

Tt will probably surprise you,' sald an insurance expert recently, "to hear that nowadays there is practical ly no human contingency, from twins to tracheotony, that you cannot insure yourself against
 Many of these -the-way in- surances are effected with certain members of Lloyd's, who are known as the Sporting" section from their willingness to take any risks, how ever absurd.
 They will insure you against rain which may spoil your crops or your garden party; against loss on book you may wish to publish; against your daughter marrying an undesirable husband, from negro to Buddhist; against your son taking to drink or dissipation; against your grandmother marrying again, or, if she is insane against her recovering her sanity and cutting you out of her will; against your wife running away, or, if she does, returning to trouble you again against her presenting you with girl when your heart is set on a boy; and in fact, against anything you can i'm agine and don't want.
 It should be remembered, however that many of these contracts are moi enforceable at law; but you may rely absolutely on their being carried out to the letter, all the same.
 Most people, of course, are aware that they can insure against such con- tingencies as a boiler bursting, oi damage from hailstorm; but how many people know that chemist car indemnify himself, by small annua payment, against the consequences ot poisoning one of his customers by mistaking, say, strychnine for carbon ate of soda, or that any man can in sure against blindness, or any othel physical misfortune, against twins, ol dying without children, against wal and earthquakes, and hundred sim liar possibilitiesg And yet all these are common and daily forms of insur, ance.
 Suppose, for example-and this is : useful thing to know--you have lost the title deeds of your house, and yor wish to sell it, how can this possibly be done without the production ant transfer of the missing deeds? Tn, matter is quite simple. In return foi | small payment, an insurance offic, will issue a policy of an amount equa to the value of the house, and vii take all the responsibility off tn, shoulders both of vendor and pur chaser.
 Suppose, again, that maiden aun has made her will in your favor, ant you are haunted by fears that sh, may change her mind and her testa ment, you can purchase freedom iron all anxiety by insuring against he making fresh will to your prejudice In fact, there is no limit to the way in which you can protect yoursel against anything that may happen il life.
 Among put-of -the-way~ insurance that have been effected recently with in our knowledge are the following That certain old gentleman, aged 8l should not marry again, in whic! event the insurer would risk losing substantial fortune; that a man shoul inherit an expected f5,000 ($25, 900 within five years on the death af al aged uncle; that daughter shoul not remarry; ana that an Omcla should retire or die within two year, and thus make way for the insurer promotion.
 Other insurances have been effecte against a missing heir turning u again and claiming his inheritance against lecturing tour realizing les than 41, 900 ($5,000) net profit to tn lecturer; illness from defective drains and against clergyman going owe to Rome.
 One anxious lover, who was en gagged to young woman of independ ent fortune, wished short time az to insure himself against the risk o being tilted and losing both bride an l fortune. A wife whose husband ha been warned that if he got drum again he would lose valuable Nap pointment, sought to secure hersel against this contingency, after induc ing him to sign the pledge; and newly-married man who had secure well lowered wife wished to effec an insurance against the possibility. Q heinz divorced