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Covered With Sworn Statements.

Upon our arrival al his Office, he
spread before me a 1aSse, imposing
contract 1t was almost completely
covered with apparently sworn state
ments from State officials, as to the
sound financial standing of the com
pany. and there was a paragraph stat
Ing that II anyone ever said the policy
was not all right. to see the agents,
and not some disinterested party.
This suggestion was, In my opinion,
an evidence Of weakness somewhere.
II this company Is so sound and
strong asked, turning to the young
man. why is It necessary that such a
clause should be inserted? It is moth
Ing more nor legs than a boistering-up
proposition
1t should be remembered that in each
and every policy issued by any COM
pany, good or bad, is written: This
contract Is issued in consideration of the
statements and agreements In the appli-
Aation, hereby made part hereof etc.
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kept getting more collecting, as he
claimed. hut it didn't seem that he was
renting any Of It 20 his firm. This
made things look still more suspicious.
I had noticed that he was continually
buying apples. candSi, peanuts, popcorn,
and always had his pockets full of
cigars, and as neither he nor I smoked
he freely gave them 20 hotel clerks,
landlords, porters, etc. When I ques-
toned him about this he smiled and
said he bought them to give away to
men from whom he was collecting.
The more mysterious he became, the
more anxious I was to learn something
about him. and as he always found it
just suited his convenience to travel
with me / let him do so.
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Imagination in Hook.

Whatever actual Poetry may remain
in his System has reached the Meal
Ticket stage and Emanates from no
Warmer spot than his Cruelty Cudgeled
Convultions.
HIS imagination is in Hook.
He knows Painfully Well that a man
of his Size and Rangy Build would look
Batty and be in Great Danger, If he
were to try to Hop from Twig to Twig
with Package of Maine Cedar Shingles
in his Bill and a Joint of Stove-Pipe In
one CLAW; and 1t Disgusts him to think
of his Fraii Wife Fitting TO a Neigh
boring Bough Twittering the Best she
Can with a Two-by-Four Scantling and
a Bunch of Plaster Lath in her Beak.
He feels that in Order ever to have
had such Figure CT Speech Occur tic
him, he must have been in About the
Condition that Impels a Man to Sing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02
Where the Snake crawled In.

"The face of the policy was payable
at death only. The loan against 1t
would continue to increase, and IL the
i,,sured lived thirty years after buying
lhe policy his family would find that,
instead of the $500 cash, which the
husband and father had depended on to
take care of his loved ones, they would
receive only 5000 less 1919. with per
cent compound interest for thirty years.
or SAFE leaving a balance of only s1SS
due the estate.
1T is needless to add that my friend,
when he understood fully the conditions
of the policy. lost no time in hndins the
agent who had sold him this very desir-
able proposition and. after threatening
to expose the company's methods in
court. secured his ninety-day Cte, and
eventually took a policy in my own
company.
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the application that the purchaser
would have no suspicious, thinking that
the company, as an old line corpora
tiop, was surely free from fraud; and
the average applicant seldom takes the
precaution of reading the application
blank thoroughly.
Had I not been suspicious I. too,
would have been led into the trap, even
though / had really intended taking
ths policy.
THE loan note Of 1915 embodied in the
application is accepted by the company
as the security necessary to place with
the State as the reserve on seven years
insurance. So Iorg as the policy is kept
In force, the loan note against IL is as
good as the cash, ipasmuch as it carries
per cent compound interest.
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S, 500. which is hardly enough Differ
ence to Influence US. See, You can
Read the written Words even Yet. on
the Charred Remnants of the Plan
For she had Burned it while she was
Speaking.
AT Length, however. the Prospective
Builders get enough of their Ideas in
the Plans TO Identify them in case of
Loss, and Contract is Let.
Nov, says the Happy. but Igno-
rart, Couple, Our Troubles are Over.
The Contract is Let, the Architect will
SUPERVISE and we have only to Wait
ard keep up Interest On the Eight or
Ten Mortgages until the Plastering is
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uary 81, 1905. This certifies that the
company, of las
loaned On policy No. 1921 nine hundred
and seventy-five dollars (s975.o0), be-
ing part of the premium on said pol
icy, which. with any additional loan,
shall be lien on the policy only until
paid interest at 5 per cent per an
mum on the same, to be payable on the
21st day Of January in each year. the
amount of the existing loan to be in
dorsed hereon.
THE assured has the privilege of
paying the loan prior to the termina-
tor of the policy.
80 is understood and agreed that
if the interest shall not be paid when
due it shall be added to the principal
of the loan.
(Signed1
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AcGnkhcyra Up Tic Q0sDoLzazRzA5A1dE c1ny11Rcey
And Pot Zhem1L1Aysz1cKet.

picked it up and placed it in my pocket.
OF course he objected strenuousiy. but
possession is nine-tenths of the law,
and 1 did not propose to lose out at that
stage Of the game.
II explained to Mr.. Agent that ! was
III somewhat OF hurry; that 1 had al
ready lost much valuable time waiting
for him. and IL he would be SO kind as
to excuse me. l would cali him up at
my first opportunity.
The loan of 1915 against the policy
only was so arranged In the body of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02
The Sweet Girl Graduate,

Then talk no more of politics,
Talk not of gangs and rings.
Talk not of foreign wars at ali.
OF Kaisers. Cars, or Kings,
Talk not Of ocean races,
Or coIored races now.
The sweet girl graduate appears
~ To make her sweetest bow.
Tre sweet girl graduate appears.
The whole years sweetest maid.
And in white and gauzy gown
Most wondrously arrayed
Doth take the center OF the stage
And make her sweetest bow;
All else in all the world fades out
And we are happy now.
Beyond the Alps lies Italy
The old theme ever new,
She stands erect with blooming cheeks
And baby-ribbon blue
In dainty bows just showing through
The thinness of her gown;
All, she is fair. be her eyes blue
Or black, or gray, or brown
All. she is fair, be her eyes blue.
Or black. or gray. or brown;
The city is all hers today,
Anu Sne TIE lON1As =
And every scribbier writes of her
In fiowery phrase and rhyme,
And all the world is hers each year
Along about this time
All. let her cool. her plates of fudge
And read her essays grand
On whittier are we drifting
And things we understand
She chooses for her theme each year
And doth elucidate:
She's ours and with us here today
And she is simply great.
AS for the sweet boy graduate.
He doesn't cut much ice;
He may speak up in thunder tones
And crease his trousers nice.
But we look on him as a bug
That doth disturb and buzz;
He really cutteth no more ice
Than what bridegroom does.
u. NJ. LewtA
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Was to Be Withdrawn.

VERY socn a suaye. wel1-dressed gen
tieman made his appearance, and after
introducing himself. informed me that
he had just received a telegram from
the home Office of his company, to the
effect that the particular policy I
wanted was to be Immediately with
drawn from the market, that the COM
pany was losing money through 1t. How
ever. he would try to put my applica-
ton through, as l could not well afford
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His first Shadowy Impression is
Picture of a bunch of men with Whisk-
ers and Flannel Shirts hewing the Logs
and conducting a Raising. in which each
each man takes a Corner and is Guyed
to Death If he gets Behind with his
Joints. A jug of Macadamized or Har-
veyized Cider or other Brand of Bad
Booze serves as an Inspiration and also
as an Adequate Explanation Next Day
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Dry and we car Move in"
How Foolish.
One day the Man who is Building
Visits the place where his Lot was
Located. He sees some Men Hammer
ling and Smearing at a Structure. The
Top Button flies from his Vest and
Skins a young Sapling near by.
That House is His,
He goes Closer and Examines Various
Things that ne Remembered having Put
In the Specifications.
Then he leans Against a Porch-Post
and Weeps.
Instead of a Four-Foot fireplace there
Is a Twenty-Inch one that looks as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02

&c lose the opportunity of securing such
& very desirable proposition.
II, of course. appeared very ignor-
ant Of the forms and phrases, common
to insurance, and simply said that L de-
sired the best l could get for the least
money, and that ] wanted it right
away. whereupon he produced the APP
plication blank fthe document for
which L bad beea so anxious1y wait
ing). In it vas embodied in very fine
print, the &c lowing:
Certificate Of loan lss75.00l. Jan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02
Strickland MGiLLiLAI1.

Asleep in the Deep in Rathskeller
with Full Attention to the Barber shop
Minors and Great Pride In the Smooth
ness with which he Takes Low B.
In spite of all he has Seen and Heard
in the Thirty Years since he was an In
nocent Infant. he still has a Primitive
Idea on the Question OF Building a
Home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02

lkH CRING my experience as
life insurance salesman" a
friend of mine remarked re-
cently,s my greatest trouble
. was not in the keen competition which
xfsts among the good oid-line com
anies- but with the young, so-call,d
legal reserve companies, who aaunt the
signature of the State auditor, and, pos
ssblv. the seal of the State, as abso-
Lutte proof that they are-to quote their
own statsment--'as safe as a national
bank note.
The average man thinks that the
old line. legal reserve clause means
absolute security, whereas advantage is
sometimes taken of this idea by I'M
scrupulous agents. representing ire
sponsibie companies, to defraud the un-
st.specting purchaser of insurance.
''One morning an acquaintance whom
had unsuccessfulIy solicited for in
surance. hailed me. and said: Jim. do
not see how you can ever expect to
sell your old cut-and-drEe6 proposition,
when the company o: -, is sell
ing q twenty-payment life contract,
wherein you make only thirteen pay
ments, clear saving Of seven annual
premiums Cat his age, about sf5 per
$1,000 of insurance)
Now, / am thoroughly familiar with
all the phases OF the business. and
know that there can be no bargains in
company that Is straightforward in
its methods.
My dear SIR said I. amy company
that will offer that kind of a PROPOSE
ton is good company-to leave en-
tirely alone
Unshaken in his faith, he offered to
show me the policy which he had jus.
purchased, giving a ninety-day note as
payment of tie first premium
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"Wifeyn Was Hard Hit.

When the News has been Broken to
Wifey; after the Changes have been
Made. ane after the Architect gets out
OF the Hospital, things go on Swimming
~ The Builder now Spends as much
time as Possible on the Ground He
doesn't get any Five Per Cent for Su-
pervising, as the Architect does; but he
Supervises More.
Once he hears Workman say to an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02

Impressive in the Thirty-foot Living
Room Wall as 1Gimlet-hoie in the
Sahara Desert.
y X
Foolish Architect Inserted Bedrooms.
Instead of having the Chimney Out
side the House. it Is Inside. and taking
up Half the Living-Room Width
Instead of Eighty-Seven Closets, the
Foolish Architect had put in some Bed
Rooms and things.
But does the man weep for His Own
Disappointment?
He does not.
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Followed Plans at Safe Distance.

He has Followed our Plans says
the Wife, with Great yinegarity, but
he has Followed Them at such a Dis
tance that he was not at Any time
Close Enough to See them. See also
the Marginal Notation 10 the Effect
that while Our Plans Contemplated a
S.. 900 house, this one will Cost not over
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Agent Objected Strenuously.

could manage 10 get along a few days
longer without the 5000 protection;
that / would like to look over this paper
he wanted me to sign; whereupon, /
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02
Grandfather Never Up Against It.


Wonder that his Grandfather lived to
be Old, and was Younger at Sixty-four
than he Is at Thirty-fiye Modern Adj
vancement had never Jiu-Jitsued tha
Patriarch.
IT thought, Once said the Owner, AZ.
serting himself with some Asperisy,
that we were to have the House ready
fer Occupancy by September IL
'Tf you will read your Contract Care
fully" said the Architect. you win
see that no Certain Year Is Mentioned.
There Is no Doubt that IL the BarberH
Strike ends and the Contractor can get
the rest of the hair fer mixing the Pias-
ter, the House viii be Finished By
Some September
That night as he sat by the Window
IN his Stuffy Fiat and looked at his
Perspirfng Progeny spread on the
Floor trying to Sleep, he said to his
Wife:
Just how old is little Millicent?''
Mine weeks, Dear Why do you askr's
Because was thinking. Perhaps, we
might get Moved to our Suburban Home
IN time to give her Lawn Party when
she Graduates
And when, a few Hours Later, he
Slept the Troubled Sleep of Exhaustion,
chine to one Charles Wagner, who had
the Temerity even to Suggest the Sim
pie Life In an age of such Compounded.
COMPOUNDED. Complicated, Cureless Conn
plexity.
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He is only Feeling Sorry for that
Arch. ect when his Wife gets At Hin
aftef seeing that House.
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Boards Alb Wilson Rived out with 6.
Frow and Shaved with a Drawing
Knife on Shaving-Horse. At Different
Stages Neighbors come in to Help, and
the House is Done pretty soon with a
Cost of maybe $500.
* Y
Plans Called for 7s7 Closets.
But the way these Beautiful and Ro-
mantle Pipes go out when the Real
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-07-02
An Alluring Proposition
Which Proved to Be
Fraudulent.
By ]. P. JOHNSTON.

(Author of Twenty Years of Hus' Iin.' etc
lCopy-ight. 1905. by Joseph 3. RowIes)
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other: WHO is that MeIIow-Mitted
Gazabo that keeps Sherlockin' around
this Job?"
And the Other replied: law, That's
only the Owner"
Then" said the First Workman, In
an Injured Tone. What makes his Mess
around as If he Had Somethin' e Go wid
this Job-huh? Somebody orto Run him
Off"
And again, when he has Hurried to the
House, after Business Hours. he over
hears one Workman say to HIS Fellow:
What Time is it?''
And the one with the Watch says:
Quarter W.
Which Shows that Quitting Time II
so Firmly Fixed IN the Minds OF Every
Loyal Laborer that he need not Mention
it Specifically.
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Enter the Deadly Plumber.

1870 49, ~>SssS~1J = 1tA11AD0&s
The Plumbers load up a Dray. haul
a Wrench and four feet of Pipe to thu
Scene of Trouble. and then demand 500
on Account.
The Painters Telegraph (col1ecD to
New York for Paint. and then Ask for
$3.50 for preliminary Work
The Steam-Fitter looks through q
Catalogue and Charges the time to thu
Builder.
The Hod-Carriers order a Raise Of
from Four cents to Sfx-and-Tn Quar-.
ter Cents Minute, and the PlasterIng
is Stuck up for Nine Weeks.
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lkH CRING my experience as a
life insurance salesman a
friend of mine remarked re-
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
THE MISSING MIDDLETON.
Clients of Neso-Yorhc Realty Com
panY Fear for Investments.

No word has yet been received from VIII
loughby Middleton. the missing president of the
New York Realty Company who has not been
in the offices of the company, at No. 81 East
125th-st., for nearly two weeks Many of the
firms customers visited the Offices yesterday 10
inquire for Middleton. They want to kno"
about their contracts with the FIRM and the
chances as to the safety of their Investments
Little hope could be held out TO them and II
was an angry lot OF men and women which ieiI
the place, Convinced that they had been dupeo
1t is not believed that Middleton VIII Voiuh-
tarily return to New-York.
Middleton borrowed money right and left from
the employees, of the company, according tc an
enploye of the company. Mrs. Anna v Boite'
wife of ex-Judge Herman Bolte. who drew legal
papers for Middleton, lent him $1'Oo0 this clerk
said If Middleton had not bolted when ne ala
he would have received $1,000 in cash for his
option on the White Plains property OF the
company. ..o5
The directors of the company have retainer retained
D. A Speissy of No. 302 Broadway, as theIt
attorney Mr. Spellissy said that the DOCKS oA
the firm were in state of hopeless c9iA
He said that it would be ten days before Stdte-
rnent as 10 the New-York Realty Company
condition could be issued. lie said that one ot
the stock books had been found with seVeTaI VI
the pages torn out. Other important papers arc
missing, he said =. 1900
MI Spellissy ventured the opinion that SOM
thing like 100000 would have TO be accouhteu
for. vi r,o.1+,,
Company that oil several occasions Mlddlesoh Hau
deton had said repeatedly that he, was really IoFd
Middleton but did not want it to be known.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
SIR HENRY'S LONDON SEASON ENDS.
a Loving Cup Presented-Expects to Return
to America in Autumn.

London. June 1.-THE closing nights of Sir Henry
Irvins's London season have been marked by re-
markable enthusiasm, eliminating last evening In
scenes which recalled the opening performance
The admirers Of the great actor again besieged
tho pit and gallery entrances of Drury Lane Thea
tire from early hour in the morning despite tor
rents Of rain. The theatre was crowded in every
part through the representation of waterloo"
and Beckett The audience seemed Unsuitable, and
Sir Henry was called and recalled before the foot
lights. When the curtain finally fell Sir Henry
made speech, in the course of which he said:
Your welcome has been a magnificent tonic. l
may tell you that in the autumn viii be fulfilling
enga gements in England and Scotland prior to a
three months engagement in America, probably
beginning January, and in America, as you know.
have received a most bountiful welcome. II
ali is well shall meet you again next year
There were loud cried of Come back?' and much
cheering and then all sang Aud Lang Syne.
After the performance an address and massive
silver loving cup were presented to Sir Henry the
gift of the National Association Of Theatrical ana
Musical Hall Employees of London and the United
Kingdom
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION.
Quarterly Meeting of the Civic Federation
To Be Held June 1e.

The quarterly meeting of the Civic Federation
of New-Y will be held in the rooms OF the
New-York Board of Trade and Transportation,
No. 20s Broadway. on Monday June 10. at
4 D.
The main topic of discussion will be iTnnigra-
ton and its relation to American industries.
Among those who will speak are Charles A.
Moore. Oscar S. Straus. member OF the court of
arbitration ar The Hague; John Mitchell pres~
dent Of the United Mine Workers of America:
Robert Watehorn commissioner of immigration;
Nathan Blur, president United Hebrew Char-
ties; Emil L. Boas, president North Atlantic
Conference OF Steamship Companies; NJ. v.
Richards, land and industrial agent Southern
Railway Company; James P Archibald, pres-
dent NewYork Brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators Samuel B. Donnelly, secretary gen.
eral arbitration board NewYork Building
Trades; Edward A. Moffett, editor THE Brick
layer and Mason; Eliot Norton, president So
ciety for the Protection of Italian Emigrants;
Joseph Webber. ex-Commissioner Of 1rnnigra-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
DR.. HARPER HERE FOR REST.
President Of Chicago University Apparently
in Good Health.

DR.. William r. Harper, president of the Uni
versity of Chicago, arrived on the Lake Shore
Limited yesterday afternoon. He was accom-
panied from Chicago by Mrs. Harper but was
unattended by his family physician, DIR. Bill
ings, who has been with him on each earlier
visit to this city since he was operated on in
February. When seen just after his arrival, Dr.
Harper said OF his present condition and his
mission:
II echo the language of the bulletin posted at
the university by DR.. Billings the day before my
departure, in which he said l was in the best
condition l had been at any time since under
went the operation have done a full measure
of work since 1 in New-York five weeks
ago-haven't missed day; even heard my
classes the day came away.
Look at mer' the doctors further com
nent on his condition, and he gave no warrant
in his appearance for the disquieting news re-
Gently published. He betrayed only the ordinary
fatigue incident to 10O0-nile trip.
'I have merely come away" said DR.. Harper
Ito avoid the extra strain of commencement
week, and when that is past expect to return
and resume my duties at the university.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
SOUR ON sAUERKRAUT STAND.
Protest Against Pallas's Permit for Union
Square Park Frankfurter Vender.

The residents and business of 16th-st and
Broadway have been disturbed within the last few
DAYS by the appearance of a stand on the northern
edge of Union Square Park which provides news
boys messenger boys and others Of unfastidious
tastes with sauerkraut and frankfurters. soda and
milk.
och! We're all right; haf bermit,' an
nounced the vender yesterday. when interviewed
by a reporter.
Where did you get tt?
From der Bark Commissioner. I amt der boss.
Mrs Howard, of 7th-ave., fhe's der boss
Where in 7th-ave. Mrs. Howard lives could not
be learned At the Office of Park Commissioner
Pallas it said that the permit to sell milk on
the stand had been issued
When Commissioner CIausen had supervision over
the parks permit was obtained by Mr.. Spate to
rent chairs during park concerts. Mr.. Spates plan
was looked upon most Objectionable one, and
protests forced tho revocation Of the permit.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
RECEPTION FOR MRS. DONALD MLEAN.
Well Known People Guests at the Home OF
Mrs. Andrew J. Robinson.

MIS- Donald MCLEAN. president general OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolution. was Inc
guest OF honor al q reception given yesterday al
Iernoon by Mrs. Andrew J. Robinson, at her nome
No "a West eth-st. Mrs Robinson was assisted III
receiving by her mother Mrs u w DiiA'' ~
McTesp vrora q white rnousseline gown and car
fied ali arnnful of pink peones. great basket "I
these flowers was in the drawing room anu
they were otherwise used for decoration
A committee OF young women, goWneo IN "i44to
and wearing picture hats presented the suesta - =
fbe reoss,,.yy-ar.v This committee included Miss
Robinson Miss Amy Sloane Miss Bessie sloane
Miss Alice Humble. Miss Bertha Nesnlitn MISE
Edith Nesulith Miss HiIlery. Miss Whds~ofth ana
Mrs. Cecil J. Allen
Among the guests who attended liis ep.i1" ~
ts,r,,a r. tc,rs ~ and O'Clock Gen
sraI Miles Thomas de Dessewffy consul 4rfd sgs 90
from austria Hungary: Consul General Gcloa oI
Jspsn and Mrs TTchida; Mr. Mendoza, coioIaniah % az
Ambassador ard Mrs. Mendoza; Mr -,oon allo A n
Charles lie Barber. Jucge aho pic