The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-07-15
SOME ACCIDEN
INSURANCE.
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1918, by Associated Ii
erary Press.


was smiling and suave. He shPok
hands with everybody and hoped tHeiI
wives and children We're well.
He attended church the first Sun Hay
he arrived.
On Thursday he attended a sew be
society and made himself agreeable to
the ladies. l.
On Saturday he called on the tive
ministers and handed them So each to
be sent to the heather of Africa.
Monday morning Mr.. Bacon was
ready for business. He had hinted
right along that his insurance Differed
from any ever presented before, liut
had refused to give out particulars
He would now do SO with the grea1 lest
of pleasure.
1T will be waste of time" said the
landlord of the inn. I'VE carry fif>
insurance here. but none of the OTHER
kind. You can't give it away"
81 shall hope to do considerable bub1
ness here" was the confident reply
This morning in driving nail y9u
hit your thumb with the hammer"
Eyes; was just fool enough
"You have it tied up in a rag, but j,
will be sore for a couple of weeks"
Eyes, durn it,
"Do you know how much cash YOU
would have drawn this very day had
you been insured with me?"
Not red cent"
"Ten dollars, sir. l told you this
English company was different FROM
any we have. 1t looks almost entirely
after the small accidents and cases OF
temporary illness. There are no blanks
to fill out. There are no attidavits tg
be made"
II never heard of a company like
that" said the landlord. !
There is only one company in the
world, and that is the Cash Down. II
permits its agents a latitude that NO
other insurance company does. For In
stance, if l had explained its plans to
you yesterday you'd have taken out 8
policy at once"
II dunno about that was the reply
"And when you mashed your thumb
this morning you'd have held it out to
me and asked, Mr.. Bacon, how much
cash are you going to allow me on
that
"And Id have taken a brief glance
at it and replied, Mr.. Boniface. that
mash is worth $40 to you, and here's
the cash."
Not a person was asked to insure
Mr. Bacon simply watched anN wait
ed. Deacon Pilgrim fell off load of
hay and injured his knee. The doctor
advised him to hang around the house
for four or five days and rest it. Mr..
Bacon went to see the deacon and The
knee and said:
Eyes, your knee may be all right in
q few days, but if you had policy In
my company | should say to you:
"'Deacon Pilgrim, when man cl0I
to fifty years Of age init
it may get well in wee
take month. shall i'd
az That Is
- B6C why III IarnashE
heard about such comp;
ed the deacon.
Because I'm not saying mucn
i look upon it as my fault that
haven't got policy, and ! insist
making good to YOU"
'Shoo! You goin' to pay me $2OY'
Here's the money. deacon
but mebbe faint quite right TO
take itr'
Don't you worry about that! The
Britishers want to show the Yankees
that some things can be done as we'll
as others. When your knee is quite
well We'll talk about a policy
Mrs. Glazier, wife of the town con-
stable. leaned over the pigpen to emp
ty pail of swill into the trough. and
she fractured a rib.
my dear sir" said Mr.. Bacon to the
victims husband. Il propose to be lib
eral about the settlement"
But what have you got to do about
it," was asked.
"You may have heard that l am an
agent of the Cash Down Accident In
6uFduCe cOulpduy
81 believe | did hear somebody say
20, but my wife was not insured with
you"
"And why not? Because l had not
called on you and explained the liberal
policies we issue. For instance, they
contain what we call the pig clause.
which permits every holder. man or
woman, to bend over a pigpen as often
as they wish. Your wife will be dis
abled for at least four weeks 1t was
my fault. Here is $40 for you"
'By thunder
Eyes. sir; that's the way we English
do business"
"But-but"-
"Say no more now. By and by We'll
talk about a policy"
And after two or three more cases
like the above he was ready to talk
and did talk He talked so we'll that
he sold insurance to $50 different PEG
pie at three times its value.
And when the first accident happen
ed to q policy holder Mr.. Bacon slid
out.
And when they hunted for the COM
pany it couldn't be found
And those who had been swindlet
mobbed those who hadn't been.
Something for nothing always leads
TO something.
Gents In Vienna.
He was known twenty years ago as
"gigerl." and young men who wers(
ambitious In regard to correct dre
studied him closely" says the Wien
Press. I'm other countries his na,
was variously 'fop.' dandy or 'dn
but in Vienna be had an added t1
of dash. and that made him 'g
Today the son of the fashion wise
Of those days. who. like his ia
knows how to wear his clothes an
preciates the superiority of the