Judge, 1906-02-17 · page 14 of 16
Judge — February 17, 1906 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **financial statement and advertisements** from *Judge* magazine (circa 1906). The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company's annual report dominates the left side, while the right features period advertisements and brief humorous snippets. The cartoons/humor are minimal and incidental: - **"Not Qualified to Judge"**: A wealthy woman admits she can't critique Shelley's literary style because she's never actually read him—only stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The satire targets pretentious society figures who posture about culture without genuine knowledge. - **"Easy to Wake"**: A child's literal logic joke—if chickens wake early because they stand all night, he could do the same. - **"His Specialty"**: A husband's specialty is complaining during dinner, not speaking eloquently. The advertisements (Trimble Whiskey, Gillette Safety Razors, Southern Railway, Frostilla shaving cream) are straightforward period marketing with minimal satirical content. The page reflects *Judge*'s mixed editorial-commercial format typical of early 1900s magazines.
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FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT = | | OF THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE Insurance Co. of Philadelphia. | $69,860,057 42 Yeams Net Assets, Ji RECEIPTS DERE For Premiums and Annu- ities. For Interest, ete. a. ty 1005 , 1.20.00 54 eam 186 08 17,808,496 64 | $53,693,004 06 Claims by Death Matured Endowments and fAnmaltieg oernrers 128474506 Surrender Values 1,319,788 27 “Premium Abatemenis... 1,019,781 94 ‘Total Paid Poltey= holders, 7,339,923 38 Instalment Payments..... $ 114,408 09 Pennaylvania, and other 490,114.69 fice and Legal Expenses 632,974 26 Commissions to Agents and Rents... 1,929,188 66 Awency and’ other” Ex: 124,069 74 111,405 71 state taxes... Salaries, Medical Fees, Of- penses. Advertising, Printing and Supplies. Office Furniture, Mainto- nance of Properties, ete. 230,442 11 10,812,628 55 Net Assets, Jan. 1, 1906,,..,. $72,880,507 51 * {9 addition to, the abore abatements the Company al Jottnd to ‘Sem ASKET HY City Loans, Railread and other Bonds (Market value, $31,524,458 57) Bank and other Stocks (Market vaive, $530,080.10). Mortgages and Ground Renta, ist Liens (Valuation, $68,942.85 Premium Notes, secured by Policies, ‘office. Net Ledger Assets s Net, Deferred and Unreported Pre- miums Interest Due and Accrued, ete Market Value of Bonds and Stocks ‘over cost... £68,459 11 Gross Assets, Jan. 1, 1906. ,'$76,344,911 61 LAT! —— 4 Reserve at 3) 35and & er cent. reauired by 4 ane 880,507 51 1,925,384 29 {970,076 70 $65,444,158 00 338,961 74 480,122 28, ‘Claims: Surplus on Unreported Policies, ete Surplus ‘Accumulated ‘upon Deferred Distri- bation Policies ...... Surplus for all other | ‘Contingencies ....... 6,077,134 01 10,081,360 50 , 976,344,911 01 0,719,800 00 SOUTHERN RAILWAY, FLORIDA, CUBA, NASSAU, MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA. 2 Fast Trains Daily to Florida Daring the Winter Season the SOUTHERN’S PALM LIMITED, Dally, except Sunday, (Commencing January sth, 1906, New York and St. Augustine. ELECTRO LIGHTED, Four other Fast Trains Daily tothe Southwest) ‘Washington and Southwestern Limited. | New York Office, 271 & 18 Broadway. Alex. 8. Thwoatt, E. P. Agt, New York, 8,11. Hannwicx, +. 7. Mf, Hi. Tavton, O: PLAS NOT QUALIFIED TO JUDGE. “What do you think ot Shelley's style?” asked Mrs. Oldcastle. Well,” replied her hostess, «I can't really say. [never et there. Whenever me and Jo settle down at the W quiet, modest time an Exchange. Idorf-Astoria for a let it go at that.” Bitters braces the nerves Abbott's Angos ac 5 At druggists’. and is a great strengthener. EASY TO WAKE. « You should be like the chickens, Wil- lie ; just see how early they wake up.” «Oh, well, [ could wake up early, too, ma, if I stood up all night."— Yonkers | Statesman. The tone of the Sohmer Piano is particularly distinguished un account of its yolume and purity, its richness and singing quality, and its sympathetic character throughout the entire scale. HIS SPECIALTY. Mrs. Knicker — 1s your husband an after-dinner speaker ?” Mrs. Bocker—“No; but he does a powerful lot of grumbling during it."—Ex. Mothers will find Mrs, Winslow's Sooth- ing Syrup the best remedy tor their True wit is always incidental — and usually accidental, — Chicago Ve Gillette ot, Vatety stone a ZOL No Hinges that Rust. _No Clasps that Break. No Springs that Weaken. One Sturdy Frame of Me- chanical Completeness. OUR NEW COMBINATION SET with razor, ver holders 4 traveling man. Sold by Leading Drug, Cutlery and Hardware Dealers. Ask to see them, and for our booklet, or write for our special trial offer. GILLETTE SALES COMPANY, TIMES BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY. h go to New York we just | wi IENTZ & CO. 4 New You Green Label. AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS EsTapus: 1793 BAD. Mrs. Buo—'' My husband always was a very poor writer, but this letter is the worst scrawl he ever left for me.”* COULDN'T GET AT HIM LATER. An Indian living near Geary owed one of our merchants and came in one diy Jasper’s Hints to Money-makers Do you ever make investments in Wall Street ‘securities? Do you ever buy of tell stocks of bonds? If 10, do not fail torread " Jaspers Hints to Money-makers!" every week in * Leslie's Weekly." in which questions regarding stocks and bonds are honedlly and conservatively answered, and hints given as to the outlook in the @ock market from week to week. This is the moft reliable financial department publish. ed in the United States, and thousands have testified in writing that it has either made or saved them money. 4 Bay a copy of **Lestie’s Weekly” at your newsdealer’s for ten cents, and see for yourself, or send in a three months’ tr subscription to “+ Leslie’s Weekly” for $1.00, which will give you the right to free an- swers to any questions regarding ah-chs and bonds which you may ask. Address Judge Company, 225 Fourth Avenue, New York. recently to pay his bill. After doing he wanted a receipt. In vain the mer- chant told him a receipt was unnecessary. Me must have to show me owe you noth- ig.” said the Indian, “ Me go to heaven and the Lord ask Injun if he pay debts Injun say yes. Lord ask Injun where is |receipt. What Injun do? Can't go all over hell to look for yo: He got the | receipt.—The Geary (Ind, T.) Fournal. Ie will toughen the skin and prevent bleeding after a close shave, and keep it in pertect condition, in cold of ‘weather. Hay Kum and Witch-hazel are not gond Use nothing but plain water and FROS- SOFT AS VELVET. ld be in your batheroom and at the barber everywhere. Il you fall to find, sad for trial bottle to CLAY W. HOLMES, Etmi N.Y. Children who ask questions are often just as ignorant as growh people who can't answer them.— Chicago News THE CARES THAT KILL. Our failures do not keep us down, We rise above them and forget ; We turn from little troubles, too, And wonder why they made us fret But still we let ourselves be bowed, Still after mourning long we fall, The foolish, blinded victims of The cares that never came at all. — x, ‘OR BOAT PERFECTION A penala pee, tee. trom, compilations 4 Hien gkincentury Let ws show Sith Mt Sew Vor LET THE CHILDREN TELL THEIR OWN | ‘STORIES. id ten cents for one of our “Story Pic beautifully printed on heavy coated | Each one is a complete story by itself, but with no reading matter. The little ones will spend happy hours weaving their childish | fancies into stories about the pictures. These pictures, pasted in an album, with their little stories written out, will make a most beautiful souvenir of a child's early life. For fifty cents | we will send seven cuts, not ove of them of a character to be out of place in a child's hands. Address Judge Company, 225 Fourth Avenue, New York. 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