MAY INSURE LIVES OF WOMEN. rrttllef VV "( liilil Tliam. bat Thry Ar Nnw lloo.l HUka, One of the newest privileges that has accrued to woman la the right to have her life Insured on even terms with man We all think we know, without asking for statlttlM, that woman's stay In this world I at enduring as man's. We know there are some risks such at chlld-tearlne to which the Is exposed and from which man Is exempt, ex-empt, but He knowtr habits, an the average, are rather better than man's, and that her life Is somewhat less ex posed. Yet for some reason tho life Insurance companies have looked askance as-kance and preferred not to risk their money on her prospects of living, un- less they got larger premiums than men pay. At last, It seems, they art coming to a better mind on tho subject sub-ject Borne of the strongest have lately late-ly determined to Insure women at tht sumo rates as men, though with certala limitations which the accident of set seems to warrant. Married womci are not considered safe risks forjlrj year after marriage, and womea under un-der 20 and over 45 aro excluded, but In tho main the moro progressive companies com-panies are Insuring women and mca on the same terms. No doubt this tbtnge of heart In the companies will locresto Ufa Insurance among women, though at long at the man rontlnuet to be regarded re-garded as the chief source of fsmlly support the bulk of Insurance will bo placed on him.