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Show TALES OF INSURANCE MEN. Women Have Some Extremely Peculiar Pecu-liar Ideas, Say the Underwriters. "Shop talk," which It Is the tashlon to deprecate, Is responsible for some of the best anecdotes which get Into print. Hero are two which were Interchanged In-terchanged by a braco of Insurance men not above swapping stories ot their calling: Into tho omco of a fire insurance agnt camo an ancient splnater who owned a little house on tho outskirts of the town. "I want to Insure my house, said she. "Where Is the house, nmdame, and how largo a policy do you want to take out?" "Woll, now, I want to know some things first. If I Insuro It for 9Q0 and pay ray premium, and It burns down, do you pay me $9007" "Why, most assuredly." "Well, do you mako a lot of trouble trying to And out If It was set afire?" Naturally the agent admitted that If It looked like a case of arson the company com-pany would Investigate. "There!" said the property owner, Indignantly, "I told John there was some sort of catch about this Insurance Insur-ance business!" and therewith departed depart-ed uninsured. It was In New York City that the horoine of tho other story found that fire Insuranco was not all she hoped for. Tho policy on her house a big one, for It was a fine edifice In tho best part of tho city was brought to hor by her agent. "You had better give me a check for tho premlununow," cald he. |