A NOVEL ENTERPRISE.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 229, 31 January 1885, Page 10

A NOVEL ENTERPRISE.

Several English capitalists, it is rumoured have recently taken out letters of incorporation in this country for a -Blighted Affections Insurance Company, 7 ' with limited liabilities. The object, my informant states, is to guarantee the affections of lovers, or, in "case of blighting, to offer suitable pecuniary compensation. Its advantages are manifold. Pecuniary compensation is grateful to a wounded spirit ; the law recognises its justice, and continual cases of breach of promise testify to its popularity. But then the public exhibition of heart-strings involved, and the publication of gushing correspondence in the newspapers, have their little unpleasantnesses. This company will avoid all that. There will be no publicity. The compensation will be liberal, and the security undoubted. The form of application is said to be somewhat as follows : — The Blighted Ai-kection.s Ixsuuance Company, Limited. I. What is your sex ? 11. What is your buna fide age ? 11l- How many years have you been at this asre ? IV. What is the present object of your affection ? V. State iii either of you have been blighted before. If so, which, and why, and generally how about it. VI. Say if your family have suffered much from bliffht. VII. State the greatest number of blightiu&s to be covered by this assurance. VIII. Fill in the value set upon your affections. IX. Also the value present object sets upon them. K. State if sane, anc l (if possible) get a friend to state so too. XI. Testimonials from bereaved and blighted— This system, it is claimed, has worked to j perfection in England Avhere, owing to the large amount of cold potatoes consumed during the past year, love has experienced considerable wintry weather. One young gentleman of family, while attending church one Sunday morning, fell violently in love with a lady who was not only the wife of a church warden, but possessed seven lovely daughters and a complete file of twins. When he discovered this the unfortunate lover was inconsolable, until he found that some considerate, friend had taken note of his passion and purchased a policy in a Mutual Rejection Association in London, in his name, whereby he netted the sum of £10 J3s Gd, which by connoisseurs is considered a fair compensation for the average blight. It is is needless to say what a priceless boon such an enterprise I would be on this side of the water, where so many disconsolate lovers are daily driven to I suicide and politics, and where the cruel | father, ferocious bull-dog, and smali brother do so abound. I