Life — August 16, 1900 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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- TERE “Yassin,” sald Erastus Pinkley. “When 1 made my ‘Appearance in dat convention, I was de object of mo’ ton dan anybody else in de place. seats when dey saw me comin’ down de alsie.”* tten- | Dey jes’ riz up tn dar | “Did you make & speech"? i , ‘ndeed ; I had a bucket of ice water an’ a glass.” E — Washington star. MR, SCHOEN'S FINANCIAL SAGACITY. When shrewd, cautious and successful business man selects certain Insurance Company for the purpose of taking out a large Investment policy, he pays It the highest pussltile compliment, and itis falr to assume that when such a man makes a contract favolving the ultimate payment of hundreds of thousands of doilars, he does It with his eyes open, and after a careful investigation, Tuls being the case, the Prudential Insurance Company may well feel proud of the policy written on the life of Mr Charles T. Schoen of Pittaburg, who has recently taken oue of its 6% 20-Year Gold Bond contracts for $240,000, the first | premium on which was $18 This 1s one of the largest fnvestment policies ever written In this country, and Its value As an advertisement to the Prudential ts greatly increased by the character and reputation of the gentleman who bought It. Mr. Schoen Is the inventor and manufacturer of the Pressed Steel ratiroad cara. In bis works at Pittsburg he ‘employs 10,000, and the pay-roll of the Company ts sald to be $125,000 a week, The annual consumption of steel plate ts no less than 400,000 tons, and It 1s estimated that 100,000 men, women and children make thelr living directly or indirectly from the great Industry estabilshed by Mr. Schoen. It must be conceded that » man who can develop and operate such a business possexses exceptional ability, and his financtal sagactty ts demonstrated by the fact that he Appreciates the insurable value of bis life and has made through Life Insurance the wisest posstlle provision for the future. One may be sure that before taking out this policy he first sattatied himself of the absolute security of the Company, and then carefully examined the detatls of its contracts. Furthermore, he found tt one of the most attractive invest. ment propositions in the market. Fall particalars of this valuable policy, such as selected dy Mr. Schoen, will be sent to auyone upon request to the Home Once of the Company at Newark, N. J. AT this point of the story our heroine awept across the room. violating the untties, he got up and dusted. Indianapolis Press, “How do you buy your ice here? “Well, we buy It by the damp spot on the sidewalk, but we pay for {t by the hundred pounds.” —Chicago Tribune. 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Of course, 1 my bathing sult, my bicycle sult, my golf sult, my tennls sult, my yachting sult and my riding habit, but, as we are going to one of these quiet places merely for rest and relaxation, I will, of course, have to have # few evening gowns and possibly half a dozen suitable for lawn parties ‘and all that sort of thing.” Thus she demonstrated that she had been there before and knew what ‘quiet country life" meant tn ® xummer resort udvertisement. — Chicago Post. HOTEL VENDOME, BOSTON. Accessible location, excellent table, prompt service. A YOUNG preacher once started out from New Albany, Indiana, full of ambition and enthastasm. He told his friends he was going ona mission—a great one—others had falled, but he wonld not. It was to reform the world. Ie returned tn about five years, and this was what he sald : “Tthought 1 could reform the world. After a while I reduced my sphere to Asta. Then I concluded the United States would sult me best. 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