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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
PAN-AMERiCAN LIFE
REPORTS UNUSUALLY
GREAT PROGRESS
New Orleans Company
Prospering Here With
Waggener as Agent.

Nothing succeeds ike success.
This quotation can be aptly apple,
to the Pan-Amcrican Life Insuranc,
Company of New Orleans. The Pan
American, nearing AL the Ameri
cas- was organized, not with thu
idea of its being a southern institu
ton, but with the idea that ii would
bc a great all-American company, do
ing business in the northern states as
well as the southern, and in Central
and South America.
Since the beginning. this company
has never taken Il backward step. and
there has never been year during
which it has not shown progress both
from the standpoint of insurance in
force and increase in assets. There
has never been a year when the field
organization has not shown a sub
Stantial increase; there has never
been a year that new territory has
not been opened and developed, nor
when it could not be truthfully said
that the Pan-American had not lived
up to its ideals of making itself a
company not only great in name, but
great in achievement.
The officers and directors of the
Pan-American are practical business
men and realize to the fullest extent
that the strength of the company has
not been alone in its home office or
ganization. but il has been due also
TO the fact that it has selected rs its
representatives in the various states
and territories in which it is dong
business. the very best men that
could be secured.
Conceived in a spirit of optimism.
its whole history has been one of I'M
broken success. and today its thou
sands of satisfied policy holders are
contributing factors in making the
company one of the greatest and big
gets institutions of its kind in the
world. for its age.
ID. Z. b. Waggener. general agent
in San Antonio. Texas. is a success
full and experienced Fife insurance
man. He is constantly enlarging his
scope of influence and his ability 10
make friends has enabled him to So,
cure practical. substantial agents in
all parts of Texas. who send in to his
agency a large volume of business
each month.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
SELF & WARREN ARE
PRAISED BY UNITED
FIDELITY LIFE
Local Agents for Texas
Company Haze Grow-
ing Business.

Self & Warren. agency here for the
United Fidelity Life Insurance com-
pany of Dallas. ranks among the best
business producers of the company
n. W. Self and W. +. Warren have
received unusual favorable comment
from company officials for their won
derful business records. Self x War
1924.
"Organized December /. 1920. with
out promotion fees, or commissions.
the United Fidelity Life enjoys the
distinction of having in force on its
books more insurance than any other
direct-writing life insurance company
in the United States has had in a
similar perod of time. On December
81, 1923, the United r1denuy had IN
force on the lives of 1880 Texas pol
icy holders a total of S15,117,4S1 OF
insurance. This Ia a record not
equalled in the history OF the f1nan-
cial world" says Mr.. Warren.
"On December 81, 1923. the United
Fidelity's admitted assets amounted
to over three and one-half times the
legal reserve required under the law
Of the state of Texas.
The company was organized with
this definite and fixed purpose in
mind:
80 offer a maximum protection
to the families, homes. loved ones and
bLsiness interests of the insurable
public in this state at minimum
cost; to keep Texas money IN rex
as; to assist in the development of
the resources of this state: to mum.
Der among the foremost financial in.
situations of this state another storing,
virile home life insurance company
"Then the United Fidelity Life is
sound, conservative and ably managed
is attested by the report of the exami-
ner for the insurance department,
state Of Texas:
This company is in excellent con-
dltion in every way. Its executive
actuarial, medical, legal and agency
departments are well and ably or,
ganized and managed. its methods
are sound and conservative, and q
progressive and energetic spirit is
evident in all of its activities
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
SOUTHERN UNION
LIFE HAS LARGEST
YEAR DURING 1928
Breaks All Prior Records
and Has $8,000,000
Business Increase.

The Southern Union Life Insur-
ance Company, Waco, wrote business
enough last year TO break the rec
ords set during all prior years the
company has been in business. The
report for 1923 shows $4,000 600
worth OF insurance in force. This is
an increase of approximately $4,000,
600 ever the previous year, says Il. G..
Fraim. district manager. with offices
in the Brady building.
The company is represented in this
San Antonio agency which is COM
posed of J. NJ. Albers and Company
and X. G. Fraim, district managers.
1t is expected that the president
of the company. j. IL. Mistrot, and
the vice president, Tom Poynor, will
be among those present during the
life insurance sales conference TO be
held here March IA and 10.
The Southern Union Life Insur.
anee Company began business in
Waco in June, 1908. Its officers are
j. III. Barker. secretary and treasurer,
and DIR. ii. i. Connally. medical d.
rector, in addition to the ones al
ready mentioned.
This company operates IN Texas ex-
clusively. The business this COM
pany wrote during last year broke
III records for prior years. This in
dicates. saws Mr.. Fraim. that thu
publi- in Texas appreciates the value
Of local company. This compan,
writes all standard policies and in
addition gives the policy holder th'
privilege Of paying tie premiums or
a monthly basis. This makes it muel
easier for the insured 10 take ear,
Of this obligation, says Mr.. Fraim.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
| BANKERS LIFE PAYS
ONE SAN ANTONIAN
$3.50 EVERY MONTH
Permanently Disabled, He
Is Paid Through Cherry
& Cherry Here.

Cherry K Cherry, agency managers
here for the Bankers Life Company,
Des Moines. Iowa, has one policy
holder who receives $3.50 monthly on
account of total and permanent dis
abmiity. Sam III. Woodward, resi-
dent It San Antonio, the recipient of
the $3.50 monthly, writes the Bankers
Life Company as follows:
1T is with a feeling of pleasure
that ! can in this way express my
appreciation of your great company
for the way in which you have han
died my claim for total and perma-
nent disability.
"On June 1. 1921. purchased
from your Messrs. Cherry 4 Cherry
a $25,OOO life policy paid up at age
of 20 plan on which, after some per-
su ,sion on the part of Mr.. Cherry,
allowed him to attach the double in
dcmnity and total and permanent dis
ability clauses. At that time the to-
tai and permanent disability clause
did got appeal to me much.
On January 0. 1923. l was sud-
denly stricken with an attack of ap-
pendicitis and during the operation.
il became necessary TO remove. in adj
Giticn to the appendix. my entire gall
bladder. Since the date Of this OPP
Grafton. / have been unable to at
tend TO any work whatever and have
Ead to give up my business. On the
other hand, although the wound is
still open. i am able to get around
for while each day with the aid of
Il cane.
1T IS on account of your most gen
erous and fair-minded Interpretation
of the disability clause that / have
to thank you for the two $3.50 checks
that have already received.
My claim for disability was sent
in on April 10, reaching you on April
-. and l received your first check
Cor $3.50 on May 1, and the second
$3.50 check on June ].
My laird premium became due on
June I, 1923, in the amount of
S912.25, and this premium was
waived ny you, for which | have your
receipt marked "paid.Y In addition,
my dividend . earnings on this pre-
MUM fer last year amounted to $S7,
for which you sent me an additional
check--nuch to my surprise.
In conclusion. wish to state that
never in my long business experience
have l ever been treated by any con-
Germ with greater degree Of fairness,
l.rOmpthess and courtesy than by
iour great company and by your San
Antonio office.
Again thanking you and trus ing
this letter may be the means Of as
surfing :he greatness and fairn SIS Of
the Bankers Life Company to any
who might be skeptical of the advam.
tages cl clauses contained in your
rClicins"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09

| tcrests and those OF their bencficiaries
finds expression in the safeguards to
which attention has been directed i'm
the foregoing. he says:
The Great Republic Life Insurance
Company, of Los Angeles. Cal, began
business February Z, 1913. 1t was or
ganiZed by Lieut.. Gen. Adna II.
Chaffee and his associates. The com
pany's first president was General
Chaffee, who had retired from active
service in the United States army
aftrr a long and distinguished career,
whi.h included an enviable record in
the Spanish-American War. He re-
manned at the head Of the company
until i'll health compelled his rcsigna-
ton in July. 1914, when he was sue
ceeded by Hon. T.. c. Cooper. former
ly insurance commissioner Of the state
of California. Mr.. Cooper continued
to serve as president until May, 1921,
when he resigned and was succeeded
by A. Otis Birch, who had been first
vice president and actively interested
in the affairs of the company since
its organization.
The Great Republic was successful
from the beginning, its progress being
characterized by a steady and substan-
tial growth. Extreme conservation has
marked its operations and at all times
its business has been conducted with
a consistent observance Of safe and
sound principles of life underwriting.
This fact is largely responsible for the
high position that the company occu-
pies in the life insurance wOrld--not
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
Too Many Skeletons.

Figures are only The skeleton of
sales talk, and should be covered with
the flesh and blood of human inter
est" in order TO make that sales talk
attractive. Too many life insurance
agents are offering skeletons TO their
prospects. To most men. a mass of
figures and statiStic5 is unattractiye
and dry. says well known life insur
anee sales manager.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
\ Selling Pointer,

The possibility of meeting the haz-
.ards Of death, Of old age and Of per-
manent total disability lies through
one door only-insurancP. 1t allows a
man 10 discount them all in advance Of
heir occurrence, says an official OF
the Mid-COntinent Life Insurance
Company Of Oklahoma City.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09
MICRO-ORGANISMS ARE
CAUSE OF SPOILAGE
Their Presence Often Unsus-
pected Until Too Late.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.l
Bacteria, yeasts, and molds-three
types of micro-organisms the
most important and insidious of all
causes of food spoilage. They are
almost everywhere, yet their presence
is often unsupported until they have
caused a food to change color, fer
ment, or decay. Micro-organisms are
distributed in all sorts of ways. Some
spread themselves by rapid growth;
others are carried by the air, by wa
ter, by insects and animals, and on
the hands and clothing of people.
In a new Farmers Bulletin, 1874,
entitled Care of Food in the Home"
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture explains that the growth of
yeasts, and molds, like that
of any other plants, is Influenced by
temperature, moisture, and light. One
of the chief problems in the care of
food is to make these conditions so
unfavorable that micrO-organisms can
not live or at least are unable to de-
velop, without at the same time max
ing undesirable changes in the food It
self For example, pasteurization OF
milk raises the temperature for GER
tain time to point that destroys un-
desirable bacteria, but does not give
the boiled-milk flavor. Most micro
organisms are sensitive to cold also,
at least to the extent that growth is
more or less checked by tempera-
ture of 40 degrees to 80 degrees #.
DRYING is another way to prevent the
growth of micro-organisms in foods.
Dried fruits and vegetables, for in
stance, may keep for months in cool,
dry place, but as soon as water is
added to them they will spoil as quick
ly as fresh kinds. Direct sunlight de-
stroys many micro-organisms, but the
dim light of the cellar is just right for
some molds.
Bacteria of various sorts must be
dealt with in the care Of food. Lactic-
acid bacteria, for example, cause milk
TO sour but do not necessarily make
it unwholesome, and are an aid IN
making butter and cheese. Other
kinds. however, make foods putrefy
and decay, and still others develop
dangerous poisons. In addition, foods
are sometimes contaminated in vari-
Gus ways with the bacteria of such
diseases as typhoid fever and paraty-
phoid tuberculosis, diphtheria, and
dysentery. For instance, the bacteria
of typhoid and paratyphoid are trans
mitted to food as 1t is handled by per
sons who carry these organisms IN
their bodies, though they are appar
emily healthy. r,
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09
ORANGE JUICE AS AN
APPETIZER is GOOD
More Than Refreshing
Drink for Children.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture)
"All gone. More, please" is what
most children say after the mid
morning lunch of orange juice plus
cracker or two. For orange juice
looks, smells, and tastes good to most
children, and they generally do not
need to be begged to drink 1t. In
this case in fact it disappeared be
fore the camera man could get into
action.
Orange juice is much more than
Just refreshing drink for children,
says the United States Department of
Agriculture. 1t is a valuable food
containing among other elements the
vitamins needed to promote growth.
Also when taken as part of the mid
morning lunch with n cracker or two,
fresh orange juice seems to whet the
appetite for the regular meals, and
underweight children have thus been
helped to add the pounds needed to
bring them up to normal
Pure orange juice, just as 1t is
when squeezed from the fruit, is gen
orally so good that it needs no other
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09

(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agricuture)
In order to have good light and a
pleasant view from Il window while
working at her kitchen cabinet, n farm
woman living in Chesterfield county,
Va, had the top part removed and
fastened to the wall at the right side
of one of the kitchen windows. The
lower half, containing the bins and
drawers, was set directly in front of
the window and its top surface was
extended on each side with shelf
making Il counter reaching two cor
ners of the room. These extension
pieces were carefully fitted into the
available space and joined to the top
of the cabinet. The entire counter
was then covered with linoleum match
ing that on the floor, and vanished to
resist water, heat and grease. A little
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09
Scraping Scratches Tin

For ordinary care, tin utensils
should be washed in hot soapy water,
rinsed in hot clear water, and dried
thoroughly, according to the United
states Department of Agriculture. a
tin utensil that has food dried on 1t
should be covered with a weak soda
solution. heated for a few minutes,
and then washed. Scraping scratches
Tin and may expose the iron or steei
surface underneath, which may 7-nSt.
Tin darkens with use, and this tarnish
protects the tin; therefore tin uten-
siIs should not be secured simply foi
the sake of making them bright
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09

highly seasoned boiled dressing ano
serve on lettuce.
Banana and Pineapple Salad.-Place
rings of canned pineapple on crisp let
tuce and in the center place small
cone of banana, by cutting the end
carefully and setting candlelike on the
pineapple. Sprinkle the top with pap
rika and serve with salad dressing.
Summer Salad.-Drain and chill
after cooking one quart of lima beans.
Dice two tart crisp apples and two
green peppers; finely dice, mix all to-
gether, adding a little onion juice and
mix with mayonnaise. Serve ON let
tuce.
Chicken Salad ndwiches.-Prepare
chicken salad-using twice as much
celery as chicken-well seasoned salad
dressing and spread on buttered bread.
One may take rolls, butter them on
the inside after taking out the centers
and fill with chicken salad. These are
fine for picnics.
Fruit and Nut Sandwiches.-Put
through the meat chopper quarter of
a pound of almonds, which have been
blanched, with one-half pound of figs
and cupful of pecan meats, mixing
and grinding so that they are vel!
blended. Pack the mixture into baking
powder cans. pressing it in firmly.
When wanted remove and cut into
very thin slices; place between rounds
of bread well buttered and serve.
Lettuce and Peanut Salad.-Take
one-half cupful of fresh-roasted pea
nuts crush with the rolling pin until
like coarse crumbs, sprinkle over head
lettuce and serve with a French dress
ing. A little minced onion may be
added If it is liked.
Celery Roots.-Wash and scrape the
roots and cook in salted water until
tender. Drain, cut into dice and cover
with a drawn butter sauce. Simmer
for five minutes, season to taste and
serve.
Watermelon cocktail.-Cut slices of
ripe watermelon and with n potato
ball cutter prepare balls to fill sherbet
| glasses. Prepare IA sirup with lemon
or orange juice and rind, cool and
pour over the melon balls. Let stand
| an hour on ice to season and serve
with a sprig of mint in the center of
| each glass.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09

OulOIl. IOuT bNtl Nllb
cabbage the following dressing hot:
Beat two egg yolks, add two table
spOonfuls of water, a tablespoonful of
melted butter, a dash of salt and
cayenne and One-quarter of cupful
of vinegar. Cook this over hot water
and pour hot over the cabbage, stir
ring it over the heat until well heated.
then serve at once.
Onions Stuffed With Rice.-Parboil
a sufficient quantity of onions of even
size, remove the centers and chop
them fine; mix the chopped onion with
cooked seasoned rice. n tablespoonful
of chopped nuts, salt, butter and
cayenne and stuff the onions with this
mixture Bake, basting often with a
good soup stock or butter and water.
Serve as garnish around platter of
pork chops.
Cabbage With Cheese-Remove the
hard center from a small firm head Of
cabbage and drop it whole into boiling
salted water When tender drain,
place on platter, cut into triangular
pieces and pour over 1t hot white
sauce made rich with grated cheese.
Cottage Cheese and Lettuce Salad
Take II quarter of a cupful of creamy
cottage cheese and mix it with any
highly-seasoned salad dressing, either
mayonnaise or boiled dressing, add
spoonful of chopped nuts and such sea
soning as one likes. Arrange ripe to-
matoes in slices and add the dressing
! all arranged on head lettuce. crisp and
cool.
Ever Ready Lemonade.-Boil to-
gether one cupful of sugar and the
same of water, one-half cupful of lemon
| Juice use this proportion and multiply
It to suit the need. Cook about five
minutes and bottle. Keep in the ice
chest and when wanted add u table
spoonful of the sirup to glass of Ice
water.
Butterscotch Pie.-Take one and
one-half cupfuls of brown sugar, four
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, the yolks
of two eggs. two cupfuls of milk, one
tablespoonful of butter and pinch of
salt Mix and cook; beat well. Pour
into a baked crust and cover with
meringue, using the two whites
Brown and serve cold.
| The heavier the cross the heartier
the prayer:
The bruised herbs most fragrant
are.
If wind and sky were always fair
The sailor would not watch the
star.
And David's songs had ne'er been
sung
If grief his heart had never
wrung.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09

shelf was put in under the counter on
the left-hand side of the cabinet and
hole made in the counter just
above it. When the garbage pail
was set on this little shelf it
was easy to dispose of vege-
table parings or other food refuse
without leaving the place where one
was working. A high Kitchen stool
was provided, the wood box was fit
ted with casters, and all small uten-
sils that would hang up were put on
hooks on the left side of the window.
These improvements were made in
connection with kitchen contest car
ried on in the county under the direc-
tion of the extension agents of the
Virginia Polytechnic institute and the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09

flavoring. If desired, however, it may
be diluted with water, or if it Is very
sour little sugar may be added.
The good effect will be spoiled if it
is sweetened too much, and also chill
dren should be taught to like best the
natural fruit flavor.
The white of an egG may be beaten
up and mixed with a glass of orange
juice for child who finds it difhcult
to take eggs in other ways Ihis re
freshing combination IS so easy OF as
similation that many physicians recon-
mend it for invalids whose diets must
be very carefully prepared.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09

use pint of berries, add the juice of
an orange, three tablespoOnfuls OF
honey, the juice of lemon and four
tablespoonfuls of shaved ice. Mix and
fill the glasses and garnish each with
a sprig of mint.
Currant Ice Cream.-Mash a quart
of currants, cook until the juice is ex-
tracted, strain and sweeten to taste
Add to quart of thin cream and
freeze as usual.
Blackberry Flummery.-Cook to
gether without stirring one pint each
of blackberries and water; after cook
ing ten minutes moisten three table
spoonfuls of cornstarch with cold wa
ter and add to the boiling berries; let
cook until thick and all of the starch
taste is removed. Sweeten to taste and
stir in the stiftiy-beaten white of an
egg. Pour into mold and chill. Serve
unmolded with plain cream and sugar.
Gooseberry Fool.-Cook quart OF
gooseberries with IL pint of water until
soft. Press through n colander, add
tablespoonful of butter three egg
yolks and sugar to sweeten- Beat
with an egg beater five minutes then
pour into II glass dish, chill and serve
with the beaten egg whites sweetened
with three tablespoonfuls of sugar and
cooked over hot water.
Orange and Lemon sherbet--To the
Juice and rind of three oranges and one
lemon add cupful of honey and
pint of cream; freeze as usual and
Sarvn in halves of the oranges
Raspberry sherbet.-Tnke one pint
of raspberry juice, a cupful of sugar
and a pint of thin cream with table
spoonful of lemon juice. Freeze and
serve garnished with whipped cream
and fresh berry or two.
NeAnae Nrln,l ureeQ-
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09

feelings, the best results are obtained
Grape Nectar.-To one quart OF
grape juice add pint of sirup and the
juice of four oranges. The sirup may
be made of Sugar and water boiled to-
gether, cooled and kept for such pur-
poses. When ready to serve add
quart of charged water.
Grape juice, Clipped Ice and a third
of a glass of ginger ale added make
n most delightful drink.
oId-Fashoned Ginger Water-Thls
is IL well-liked old-fashioned drink. TO
prepare it mix two tablespoonfuls of
ginger with three tablespoonfuls of
sugar, add a pint or more of chilled
water and bits of ice. Stir well and
serve. Molasses was the sweetening
used In the old days before sugar was
so common.
Reception Coffee.-Make a quart OF
two of strong coffee infusion. the
amount depending upon the number to
be served. Sweeten to taste strain,
cool and serve in tall glasses with
spoonful of vanilla ice cream on top.
Chocolate Sirup.-Melt two squares
of chocolate with two tablespoonfuls
of boiling water, a cupful of sugar and
Il pinch of salt. Add two cupfuls of
boiling water, cook five minutes. strain
and bottle. Keep in n cool place and
use by tablespoonfuls in cold milk or
water.
Pineapple Drink.-Add can of
grated pineapple or a fresh one grated
to a pint of sugar sirun and quart of
water. Let stand on ice three honrs,
strain, add a little lemon juice and
charged water.
Sheetiron cut the size of the oven,
turned up on the edges quarter of an
inch and reinforced with wire, makes
the ideal baking sheet but just the
piece of sheetiron answers every pur.
pose.
w.. h.oo
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-09
To Keep Mattress in Place

Take piece OF tape several inches
long, sew one end to the side of either
part, work buttonhole in the other
end of tape and sew button to the
other part of mattress and button. II
this is done on both sides and at one
or two places underneath the mattress
>annot slip apart.