Show TUB THE PRUDENT MARLBOROUG 11 he takes out a big poll polly policy y on the life of the duchess Du chees rho rhe report that the young yeun duchess of marlborough neo n 1 ander vanderbilt bilt was waa to have hav her life alf insured for or the th bogent of the duke Is confirmed in ft a private letter the amount la Is an application has haa been made and a medical report submitted but so BO far as ai known the tb insurance companies have hav not pawned passed upon it the probabilities are that they will accept the risk tor for they w will ill receive a big premium and get other benefits benefit her ibish ulan corn com like to mortgage tho the lives of 0 f the aristocracy this will be one of the largest lar geet if not the largest of risks ever taken it will undoubtedly be ba un der written by a syndicate two or three weeks ago a report was cabled that the th Da davese hese was wa ill in rome and her condition was waa uch such that an eminent physician had been summoned from london both statements statement we were re promptly denied and t tha he report was evidently based on the of the insurance medical examiners to the duchess it was about that time that sir clr dyce duckworth M D LT LL D honorary physician to the prince of wales received a from the insurance compan leW lei representatives to proceed to rome home and examine the duchess when mrs hammerslay Hammer alay aloy married tho the late duke duk ot of marlborough hero here and went to live iq in london she he ex it 1 in restoring the palace of blenheim Ul and by way of oc indemnity she ehe at the of her american solicitors took out a policy on her hua banda band a life for it was waa denied by the marlborough Uarl borouch family that any of the hammersley Hammer Hamme Bley raley money was waa used to rejuvenate the palace and it was waa as aa seated that the expense was waa borne by the marlborough estate whoever circulated the story doubtless had bad in ml mind nd the mortgage moi gage on the dukes life those close clo to the Vander bilts say sa that they are not particularly we well r pleased by this latest development and afro alva vanderbilt belmont has haa written a very matter of fact letter to her daughter on the subject her father will probably have hlo his say in person on when he 0 meets the duchess and her duke new york lRe recorder corder |