Life — March 17, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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*LIFE Pears’ It is a wonderful soap hat takes hold quick and loes no harm. No harm! It leaves the skin soft like a baby’s; no ukali in it, nothing but soap. The harm is done by ukali. Still more harm is Jone by not washing. So, vad soap is better than qone. What is bad soap? Im- yerfectly made; the fat ind alkali not well bal- unced or not combined. What is good soap? Pears’. Allsorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; itsorts of people use it. STANDARD PRICES ICRESCENT BICYCLES SOLD BY AGENTS EVERYWHERE ast Liked Where Best Known in 83,000 Bicycles of one name are sold in one! Iby one manufacturer, the chances are that Imake is apt to be well 5 ifollows that it must y purchasers. Buyers are better posted and particular than they used tobe. This makes Ssier to sell CRESCENTS ($20, $25, and $30 for Juveniles. +50 for Adults. (875 for Taudems and Chainless. Price and Quality Guaranteed. Art Catalogue FREE. ESTERN WHEEL WORKS MICAGO Makers New Yorn es: LYONS Silk and Wool Fabrics. Barré and Corded Fleur de Velours, Bengaline. GI gib Street. NEW YORK. Popeline Olga, Glacé and Plain Poplins. Silk and Wool Fabrics. Sdvoadway ‘Che Florida of the North. <——ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 3's Hours from New York. Vestibule Trains Daily. THE HOTEL WINDSOR THE MosT MODERN HOTEL ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. Apartments en suite. Hot and Cold Sea Baths Attached. American and European Plans. French Service in Cafe. 80 feet from Ocean, Marine Room. Sun Balconies. Turkish Room. Ship’s Room. Framed Proofs of Originals from - LIFE = WHAT SHALL I! GIVE ? Fora Birthday, Wedding, Engagement, or Anniversary Gift, there is nothing more appropriate, TRY IT AND SEE. ROOFS of any of the original drawings from LIFE will be furnished on pplication, eu suitably ‘and daintily framed in either a gilt, an English oak or a white frame. Large double-page Jing frame and transportation within one hundred miles of New York, $4.00. Single: ler proofs, $2.00, Proofs without frames at half the above rates. elections from files of LIFE. und whea ordering state the particular style of frame sI,and orders will be promptly flited. Proofs are the same size s illustrations in LIFE. SEND roc. FOR LIFE’S PICTURE GALLERY. SUPERIOR to VASELINE and CUCUMBERS Creme SIMON marvellous for softening, whitening and perfuming the complexion. Most efficacious for light affections of the skin. \ J. SIMON: 13 rue Grange-Bateliére, PARIS. a Perfumers, Fancy goods oo COPYRIGHT 7OR GREAT BRITAIN BY vam UNDER THE ACY OF 1991, Russian Orchestra.| in better taste, or likely to be so appreciated, as a Framed Proof of an Original Picture from i LIFE. LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 19 and 21 West dist St, New York. 34th Annual Statemen INSURANCE COMPAny, Chartered 1863. (Stock.) Lite Accident Insurance, JAMES G. BATTERSON, Presigee] Martford, Conn., January 1, i893, Paid-Up Capital, $1,000,0 ASSETS. Real Ratate, Cash on hand and in Bank,” rans on bond snd mortgage, real entate, ewe Interest accrued but not Loans on collateral recurit Loans on this company's Poli Deferred Life Premiums, due and unreported on Lire Total Assets, Laat ITIES . 4 per cent. Depa: Ritsrve tor Re losuren: Department, . Present value Tastatiment Lite es, Renees for ‘Clat loy Lanets obsdjosi Lite Premiaws Tents, ete Total Liabilities... $19 Excena Security to Polics-hotd- sarptasto Stockholders, . . . $2,722,435 STATISTICS TO DATE. Live Derantwesr, Life Insurance in force, . $91,882,211 Returned to Polley holders. in Returned to Policy-holders slack Accipext Drrantuest, Number Accident Claims paid in 187, | Whole number Accident Ciaims paid, 301) Returned to Voliey-holders to 1,381, 908) Returoed” 1364, to Potiey: ‘uotlers: xince : Returned to Polley-hollers tn 1897, -B. LEWIS, ure ye LVESTER %. UNE Couns To Ladies en route or abo departing for Europe. Mar. Erxest, for the past fifteen the leading Ladies‘ Tailor in New Yet has recently established himself ie don, where he is showing in his extes* salons the latest productions in Gowns, Coats and Reception 0 W27CES Ld 185 Regent Street, Lo