Show A Trick of the Tiro Insurance Man The truth of the old saying that there are tricks in all trades was illustrated by a little incident that occurred the other day on the street where I live said a I friend of mine yesterday There was a slight fire early in the morning in a building build-ing on the opposite side of the street and the windows of the various flat houses in the vicinity were crowded with the excited faces of women and children who apparently appar-ently thought that the whole city was about to be burned although the damage did not prove to be over 100 yell within with-in a few hours after the flames were extinguished ex-tinguished there were no less than half a dozen insurance agents around canvassing among the householders in that vicinity And they reaped a rich harvest too In talking with an insurance agent 1 was told nearly all the fire insurance companies com-panies make it a point to watch for fires and send canvassers around in that vicinity while the memory of the blazo iSstill fresh in the minds of the people In this way they get ten takers for policies where they wouldnt get one were the visit of the canvasser can-vasser less timelyNew York Star |