MOST VALUED MAN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20868, 7 November 1929, Page 14

MOST VALUED MAN.

INSURED PUR MILLIONS

There is at least ortc man in the world whose little finger is worth more than the whole estate and expectations Of most of us put together. Paderewski, whoso hands arc insured for £12,000, once injured a little finger, and received £IOOO. Kubelik’s fingers are insured for £4500.

The man whose life is most highly valued— from an insurance point of , view, at any rate, is Mr John C. Martin, i vice-president of tho Curtis-Martin delphia. Policies On his life arc worth morn thnli f 1,900,000. Mr Rodman Wanamakcr, the head of a great chain of stoics in America, who died last year, was said to he insured I for £1,500,000. Then the most precious j legs belong to Mistinguctto, “ the Queen | of the Moulin Rouge.” They arc insured ! for £200,000.

Little Tich’e feet wore insured, and conjurors, cricketers, and others often take precautions against suffering any professional handicaps. . Charlie Chaplin has appealed to the United States Court of Appeal to insure that his baggy trousers, ill-fitting shoes, shrunken coat, and little stick are copyright. It has been decided that they niust not he copied. Many people just now have insured against having bad weather On their holiday, and less Opulent fathers often take out a policy against the somewhat doubtful joy o! being presented with twins*