Judge — July 16, 1910 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Insurance against Divorce. W'TH the single exception of divorce, we have insurance these days to g cover every misfortune that may hap- 2 pen to one’s person or prop- erty. Would it not be both wise and feasible to originate a policy that would produce protection in this quarter? While recognizing there would be a prejudice against it at first, ‘‘ His Honor’ well re- calls the time when there was a similar feeling against fire and life insur- ance. People used to think you were antic- ipating an expected conflagration when you took out fire insurance; and wives did not want their husbands to insure their lives, because it seemed to suggest too strongly that they were going to die and was an un- canny sort of preparation for the event. But just as this has long since been out- grown, 8o might not the prejudice against divorce insurance be after a while dissipated? As the bride is about to put away in a secret drawer her copy of the marriage cer- Beurswice Bu J Reuben P. Sleic! SUMMER GIRL NUMBER PUBLISHED BY LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY Firtw Avenue, New Yous hn A. Sleiche Secretary. vin Lee, Ma: Hamilton, Art Arthur Terry, Treasurer a in the navy, but he now also appoints one of PRINTING his own sons to the softest snap in the gift of the crown. We have no doubt that the Duke of Cornwall will make an acceptable Prince of Wales, but if the King desires to overcome the unfortunate impression that he is not a monarch of unselfish character, he will hereafter distribute these high-sslaried positions in other di- rection: HAPETERSEN THE OUTLOOK. tificate, we grant it may come as a shock to see the groom depositing in his strong box his new policy of insurance against divorce, alimony, etc. To the bride it may seem to savor just a little too much of anticipa- tion, but, as in the case of life insurance, this feeling would eventually wear a’ Indeed, divorce insur- ance would be a fine way for the strong to help bear the infirmities of the weak. Mr. Newlywed might say that he himself would never ned such protection, but, feeling sure that some of his fellow-men would need it, he could thus help them to bear the burden when it came. As to place of residence, there would need be some restrictions; Reno, for sure, would have to be pro- hibited. But this and other details of the philanthropic movement Jupce would leave to the casualty companies. Casual Comment. T IS, of course, not any concern of ours, over on this side of the water, what the new King of England chooses to do for his empire or for his family; but we should be derelict in our duty to civilization at large if we failed to call attention to a very decided tendency toward nepotism on the part of his majesty. Not only has George V. recently appointed himself to a high rank in the British army und advanced himself to an admiralty The Duke of Cornwall already had a job of sufficient emolument to keep the wolf from the door, while time-honored servants like Arthur J. Balfour, Wi Watson, and the Earl of Yar- mouth are without regular em- ployment. Why pass over the needy for the benefit of the already over-thrifty members of one’s own family? From our viewpoint, a poten- tate of any kind is undesirable. We should think a nepotentate would be intolerable to a nation that has produced such men as Cromwell, Gladstone, and the editor of Punch. While engaged in interfering with other people's business, we may as well add, in re- spect to the troubles of the British royal family, that it seems to be a case not so much of the Queen-Mother as of the Queen- Mother-in-law. There was a great deal of complaint dur- ing the early spring of the non-adhesive powers of the United States postage stamp. We are both glad and sorry, with the arrival of hot weather, to note a decided change in this respect. Four dollars’ worth of two- cent stamps inadvertently placed in our pis- tol pocket last week were only recovered after the trousers had been soaked in boiling water for seven hours. Let us hear no more complaints on this score. What if the colonel’s voice did give out at Oxford? That's what his voice has been doing ever since he got it. Giving out is its long sui It would have been far more surprising if it had given in. A burlesque of Rostand’s “Chantecler"’ is called “A Barnyard Romeo.”” It seems to Jupce that a more imag- inative farceur would nave dubbed it‘ Romeo and Ome- lette."" Because of over-production, the farmers up in Aroostook County, Maine, are said to be burning their potatoes. How much bet- ter it would be to leave that kind of work to our cooks! A gang of counterfeiters has been located in one of our State penitentiaries. It really begins to look as if a well-equipped muck- raker would find as large a proportion of bad people in jail as out of it. Is there no place where innocence dwells? If the President is entitled to four full years in the White House, it begins to look as if Mr. Taft's term will have to be doubled to enable him to get it. Even the man whose life is an open book may dread the approach of the critic with paper-cutter. THE CONQUERING HORDE OF THE JERSEY SWAMPS. An eminent Harvara professor declares that the fall of Greece and Rome was due to the mosquito. A Jer- sey saber could indeed. have made it interesting for a man with no protection but a toga.—News tiem. comicbooks.com