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Turn $2,000

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WITH

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be the criterion, the thing to do is to sell and reinvest. In this instance we were not informed about this point. What we said, in substance, was that the company's financial position was sound, that favorable news has recently appeared about it, and that the probabilities favor a resumption of dividends. "Personally," the editor ventured, "if the decision were mine to make, I would be inclined to hold on unless immediate income were required."

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'OR some others there may be a little meat in this letter analyzing a list of investments submitted by a reader in Indiana:

"The Indiana and Michigan stock is a good public utility preferred. Armour of Delaware is a fairly recently segregated member of the Armour family and is, normally, sound. Just why it has been down is a little difficult to say. If you have any feeling that it weakens your list-which I personally do not shareby all means sell it.

"We are a little shy of rubber securities because of the many factors of uncertainty in the business-over-equipment of the factory end of the business here, uncertainty as to supplies and prices of the crude, and the prospect of a slump in the automobile business. Of course, the company [Goodyear] is one of the strongest in the field, but 'safety first' is a good motto to follow.

"Your Anaconda bond would seem to us sufficiently secure, and we have a high opinion of Southern California Edison."

FORMAN guaranteed bonds and the re

liability of the Metropolitan Casualty Company concerned an inquirer in Minnesota. As to Metropolitan he asked, "What about the company itself? Is it reliable TO-DAY without any prospect of being alive to-morrow?"

In our reply we did not make a point which now occurs to us, namely, that no company can be really reliable to-day without an excellent prospect of being reliable to-morrow. Exceptions? Certainly. But the rule is good.

"George M. Forman," we wrote in answer, "is one of the oldest concerns of its kind in the country; it enjoys a high reputation and its bond offerings are, in general, of investment rank. The Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company was established in 1874. It has a paidin capital of $1,000,000 and a surplus of about $775,000. Dividends in recent years have been at the rate of 16 per cent. The prospects are that it is not only reliable to-day, but that it will be so to-morrow."

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Hotels and Resorts

Maine

PENTAGOET INN

New Hampshire

New York

INN LAKE SUNAPEE HOTEL ALCADEL

CASTINE, MAINE

A quiet, cozy house, excellent cuisine, golf, tennis, boating on beautiful Penobscot Bay. Rates $21 to $30 per week. Opeu June 25.

THE NEW HILL CREST Chebeague,

Maine

New throughout. Electric light and running hot and cold water in rooms. Excellent meals; splendid scenery; golf, tennis, sailing, fishing, bathing, and other sports. Always cool. C. W. HAMILTON, Proprietor.

ROSE HILL HOUSE

Owls Head, Crescent Beach, Me.

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ADIRONDACKS-HURRICANE, N. Y.

Select clientele, 55 rooms with private baths 30 rooms with hot and cold running water. All electrically lighted. Rates as low and lower than you could expect. For families wishing cottage privacy the Alcadel has suites with their own entrance hallways,renting by week, month, or season. Golf course, tennis. Excellent cuisine. The Hurricane Mountain Inn (same management) opens May 15. Special 208 Center St. Tel. Canal 8886, or to Hurricane, Essex County, New York.

June 20 write to NEW LONDON, N. H. early season rates. Write New York office,

Open June 1. Seashore and country. Deep-sea BEMIS CAMPS HURRICANE LODGE

fishing, golf, tennis, picnics, horseback riding. Enjoyment for all ages. Write for booklet.

R. L. Emery, 40 Church St., Winchester, Mass.

NEWAGEN INN
AND COTTACES
Newagen, Maine

On the Maine Coast Matchless location, combining spruce forests, cliffs, and the sea. Tempered ocean swimming pool. Hot and cold sea water baths. Excellent cuisine. Rooms with baths. State roads. Sports. Cottages, Log Cabins, Inn and Annex. No hay fever. Open June 26. Write for illustrated booklet. Address, until June 15, JOSHUA L. BROOKS, Springfield, Mass.

OVERLOOKING KIMBALL LAKE

Near the White Mountains

The place you always wanted to know about, where you could rest and enjoy yourself. Boating, bathing, fishing, tennis, horseback riding, mountain climbing. Nights around the camp-fire. Private cabins.

H. C. BEMIS, South Chatham, N. H.

THE BIRD VILLAGE INN

Located at Meriden, N. H., among southern foothills of the White Mts., 15 miles from Dartmouth College; 8 miles from Cornish, former summer home of the White House. Those desiring quiet, restful vacation at reasonable cost will find The Bird Village of irresistible charm. Open July and August. Rates

THE BEECHES, Paris Hill, Me. $17.50 to $22.50. RAYMOND E. CLAFLIN, Mgr.

An exclusive country house on a Maine hilltop, with beautiful view, gardens and pine groves. Garage, electricity, near-by country. club. Booklet. Opens June 15.

and

ROCK GARDENS Cottages

On the Ocean-In the Pines. Homelike, American Plan Resort. Golf, tennis. Vegetables from our own garden. R.R. station, Bath, Me. RATES 825 A WEEK. Address ROCK GARDENS, Sebasco Estates, Sebasco, Me.

AINE. Why not spend your summer va

MA

New Jersey

ATLANTIC CITY

Southland Cottage

BOSTON AVE. and BEACH Delicious Meals

cation in the country on the open ocean? Ocean View House

Rates: $16, $18, $20. Miss LOUISE SPILMAN,
The BREAKERS, Vinalhaven, Me.

Massachusetts

BAYHEAD, N. J. A selective family hotel, capacity 150. Home-grown vegetables, home baking, fresh sea foods, golf, tennis, yachting.

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CROONING PINES

On Echo Lake in the Adirondacks where the promise of an ideal vacation for all is really fulfilled. Tents and cabins with good food. Modern conveniences, reasonable rates. Desirable clientele. Acres of parklike pine forest. Athletic fields, fine sand beach, tennis, bathing, riding, archery, boat

ing, baseball, handball, fishing, hiking, dano

ing. For descriptive booklet address EUGENE J. LEE, Proprietor, Warrensburgh, N. Y.

Keene Valley Inn, Keene Valley, N. Y.

Adirondack Mts. Rates $18 to $30 per

week. 75 rooms. Fresh vegetables, own garden. Tennis, dancing, golf course two miles. Special rates for Sept. W. W. BLOCK, Prop.

TAMARACK INN

Keene Valley, N. Y. Modern improvements. Own dairy and vegetables. Accom. 35. Booklet. GEO. R. DIBBLE.

Pine Ozone

An ideal and exclusive. environment for cultured people.

xcellent food

& beds. Attractive rates. Cottages for rent. N. S.

Inn, Jay, N. Y. PINNEY, Prop., Jay, N. Y.

The Algonquin Hotel

BOLTON LANDING-ON-LAKE GEORGE, N. Y. select modern hotel where refined people may feel at home. All amusements and comforts. Quiet but not dull. Ideal location on Bolton Bay. Excellent cuisine and service. Hot and cold baths and running water. $5 to $8 daily, $25 to $40 per week. Under ownership management for past 27 yrs. E. O, Penfield, Prop.

"Picturesque Huletts "

Whether board or a cottage, we have both to offer at The Lakeside Inn. Booklets. H. W. BUCKNELL, Huletts Landing, Lake George, N. Y.

POTTER'S COTTAGES AND CAMPS

Founded by John G. Holland, 1875 For 50 years a playground. Select clientele. Present management 15 years. Booklet. Blue Mountain Lake, N. Y. E. C. POTTER, Prop.

For other Classified Advertising see the two following pages

Hotels and Resorts
New York

Ross Sanitarium, Inc.
Brentwood, Long Island
Ideal for the care of invalids, convalescent
and elderly persons. No objectionable
cases. No insanity, Homelike atmosphere.
Pleasant surroundings. Good food. Excel-
lent climate. Nursing and medical atten-
tion. Guests of patients accommodated.

North Carolina

Come to~

North Carolina Playground of the South.

Wilmington

THE crowds are here again! And they're bigger crowds than ever before.

That is history

repeated-each season brings greatly increased crowds to this garden-spot. They know that Wilmington and its four

Beaches represent the ideal vacation center.

If you have not included Wilmington in your vacation plans, write NOW for illustrated, descriptive booklet. It tells you in detail of our advantages, about our Summer climate of 78°; under which condition golf, surf and still-water bathing, boating, fishing, etc., are the more enjoyable. Send for your copy today and plan to visit Wilmington this year. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Wilmington, N. C.

Dept. 21

Rhode Island

Summer Cottages to Rent and Hotels

ON

Tours and Travel

OVERSEAS
TOURS

For Students and Others

$375 to $825

Parties limited to 25. Adequate
sightseeing. Expert leadership.
Our new booklet, sent on re-
quest, explains their many su-
perior features.

OVERSEAS TOURS
447-A Park Sq. Bldg., Boston

THE beauty, fascination, and mys-
tery of the Orient lures visitors
from all over the world to

JAPAN

The quaintest and most interesting of all
countries. Come while the old age customs
prevail. Write, mentioning "Outlook," to
JAPAN HOTEL ASSOCIATION
Care Traffic Dept.

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS
TOKYO

for full information

Rates for a single room without bath and with 3 meals,
$5-6 in cities and popular resorts, $4-5 in the country

EUROPE TRAVEL 1926

STUDY

SELECT SUMMER TOURS, $775 and UP
High-grade hotels. Superior service. Cul-
tured leaders. Independent tours. Motor
tours. Spanish study tour. Medical tour.

STRATFORD TOURS 452 Fifth Ave.,

New York

CLARK'S FAMOUS CRUISES

JUNE 30, NORWAY WESTERN
MEDITERRANEAN; JAN. 19, ROUND
THE WORLD; JAN. 29, MEDITER-
RANEAN FEB. 5, SOUTH AMER-
ICA MEDITERRANEAN. REASON-
ABLE, INCLUSIVE RATES.

SPECIALLY CHARTERED STEAMERS
FRANK C. CLARK, Times Bldg., NEW YORK

Seven Summer Tours TO EUROPE AND
MEDITERRANEAN

Rhode Island's Cool Ocean Shore $490 up. Naples to Edinburgh. Gibraltar.

An uncrowded land where motoring is still a pleasure-Watch Hill to Point Judith the nearest to New York of New England's open Atlantic coast.

Africa (Tunis, Carthage). Vienna.
Berlin.
28th year. Illustrated Red Book with Maps.
The Johnson Tours, 210 E. Preston St., Baltimore

Send for illustrated folder with Earn Your Trip to EUROPE by securing

bird's-eye view of this famous region,
"Old South County," and particulars
of cottages to rent and hotel accom-
modations.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Westerly, R. I.

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five members for one of my tours. Established 1900. BABCOCK'S TOURS, Inc., East Orange, N. J.

EUROPE VACATION TOURS

Sailings Every Week $345 and up JUNE-SEPTEMBER 34 to 63 Days-All Expenses Included STRATFORD TOURS

452 Fifth Ave.

New York

A Successful Record

More than 1,800 Members in our

European Parties in 1925

Besides tours over the regular
routes, we have many special
tours: Music Tour, Art Tour,

ROYAL BLUE LINE
MOTOR TOURS

The Standard of the World

From MCALPIN HOTEL, N. Y.,
in luxurious Palace Coaches:
Seeing New York in 7 Hours,
Lunch at Fraunce's Tavern ;
All Day Tour up Hudson to
West Point and Newburgh;
3 and 4 Day Tours to Delaware
Water Gap, Catskills, Berk-
shires, Valley Forge, and
Atlantic City.

3 to 12 Day Tours to Boston,
Cape Cod, Berkshires, White
and Adirondack Mountains,
Montreal, and Quebec.

Large illustrated Maps and Guides
to Boston, New York, Philadel
phia, Washington, Chicago, and
Montreal free at Travel Depart
ment of OUTLOOK or mailed.

The Royal Blue Line Co., Inc.
Hotel Brunswick Boston, Mass.

Real Estate

Summer Homes For Sale

On seashore, river, lake, and mountain. Best
sections of 24 States. Illustrated Catalog on
request. STROUT AGENCY, 255-BM, 4th
Ave., New York City.

Colorado

Attractive Colorado Ranch FOR

SALE
20 mi. from Glenwood Springs. 1,360 acres, 500

under cultivation, in potatoes, grain and al
falfa, all of which yield wonderful crops;
balance in pasture. House with modern con-
veniences; living spring, large reservoir
stocked with trout. Fine prospect for oil.
Price $50,000, or $45,000 if mineral rights
reserved. Adjoins White River Forest Re-
serve. Address

EDWARD T. DAVID, Rifle, Col.

Connecticut

"HEART O' THE HILLS"

"ICE CREAM AN' SHERBUT, NO BUDDY CUMIN', BIMEBY AH'L BE GONE, AN YO'LL ALL CUM A RUNNIN'," sang an old colored man peddling ices in Louisville, Ky., many years ago, and so it will be with the wonderful 350 acres of isolated property in the heart of a Connecticut State FOREST RESERVE we have been advertising recently in The Outlook. It'll be gone, "an' yo'll all cum a runnin'." Write us for details. THE RIPLEY BLOUNT CO.

Falls Village, Litchfield Co., Conn.

FOR SALE OR TO RENT

AT WILTON, CONN.
house on a hill in the real.country, within
commuting distance of New York. 9-room
house, 2 bathrooms, large piazzas, barn, 4
acres of rolling land with apple and cherry
trees, grape vines. Exceptional water supply.
Electricity. Lovely view. Apply to owner.
Box H, Wilton, Coun.

Maine

Dia-
mond Island
Very attractive furnished summer cottage.
Six chambers, three baths. City water. Elec-
tric lights. Rent, $500. Address
Edward F. Moody, Portland, Me.

Casco Bay, Me. Great

for rent on ocean

French School, Spanish School, Log Cabin Bungalow front, Gott's Island,
Holy Land, etc.

Send for the booklet that
interests you.

CE
ing, mountain climbing. Home cooking. TEMPLE

day, $15 week. Boston-Montreal Highway.
Make reservations early. Mrs. C. R. FORD.

TOURS, Inc.

447-A Park Square Building, Boston

Maine. House is completely furnished, has 2
large fireplaces, five small bedrooms. $225.
1. D. LEFFINGWELL, Montclair, N. J.

Heron Island, Me. Opposite

Christmas Cove, furnished cottage to rent for season. Five rooms, sleeping-porch, bathroom. Price $200. Apply Mrs. FIELITZ, 1 E. 124th St., New York.

In writing to the above advertisers please mention The Outlook

Real Estate

Maine
WEEK-ENDS IN MAINE

FOR THE TIRED BUSINESS MAN Dine in New York, breakfast with your family next morning end of eleven-mile point reaching across waters of Casco Bay; comfortable furnished Colonial cottage of concert pianist now in Europe, on Hurricane Ridge; wonderful air, equable, cool, pure. Good automobile roads branching from WashingtonBar Harbor Highway; fragrant white birch for open fires; artesian well; hot and cold running water, bath. $400 for season. Address WALTER KIDDER, Sanford, Me.

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Real Estate

New York

LAKE CHAMPLAIN

Have on my list most attractively furnished summer home of city gentleman; splendidly located in Westport-on-Lake Champlain. Commands beautiful and extensive views of Adirondacks, Lake Champlain, and Green Mountains.

First floor-Large living-room, library, dining-room, lavatory, pantry, kitchen, clothes closets, etc.

Second floor-3 double bedrooms, 2 single bedrooms, 2 baths.

Third floor-3 servants' bedrooms, bathroom, trunk-room.

Wide verandas, fireplaces, 2-car garage, large grounds and lawus, adjoining golf course.

Rental $1,800

Direct macadam roads to New York City,
Lake Placid, and Montreal.

Inspection particularly desired.
BEN J. WORMAN

Westport, N. Y.

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HELP WANTED

HOTELS NEED TRAINED MEN AND
WOMEN. Nation-wide demand for high-
salaried men and wonen. Past experience
unnecessary. We train you by mail and put
you in touch with big opportunities. Big pay,
fine living, interesting work, quick advance-
ment, permanent. Write for free book,
"YOUR BIG OPPORTUNITY." Lewis
Hotel Training Schools, Suite G-5842, Wash-
ingtou, D. C.

HOUSEKEEPER for a boys' camp in the
Adirondacks. Address, with references, H. A.
Williams, West 252d St. and Fieldston Road,
New York City.

SALESMEN wanted. $10 daily easy. We
start you in auto accessory business. No
investment, no experience necessary. Ex-
clusive territory. Motor Products Co., 1760
Lunt Ave., Chicago.

WANTED, by widow living alone, refined woman as working housekeeper. Must be well and able to cook. Another helper kept. Permanent home in New Haven to right persou. 7,042, Outlook.

WANTED-Young, competent, experienced lady. Protestant. Teacher, governess, for girl twelve. Country. Good references. L., Fairville, Chester County, Pa,

SITUATIONS WANTED

ACCOMPLISHED
young Frenchman
(Tourangean) who has finished third year at
American university desires tutoring in Amer-
ican family for the summer. Highest ref-
erences. Address P. O. Box G, Station A,
Hartford, Conn.

ANY reputable American firm or individual
wishing the part time services of an educated
American residing in India please write to
7,040, Outlook. Terms very reasonable.

ASSISTANCE with home management, companionship to elderly lady or semi-invalid by experienced, responsible, traveled Prot estant. Country. 7,041, Outlook.

SITUATIONS WANTED

EXPERIENCED lady driver to drive
lady's car for the summer months. 7,036,
Outlook.

EXPERIENCED teacher desires_position
as governess or companion during July and
August. References exchanged. Julia Easton,
Hardwick, Mass.

EXPERIENCED teacher of mathematics
wishes pupils in Boston during summer.
7.044, Outlook.

FOR summer-normal school student desires position-companion, play supervisor. 7,038, Outlook.

FRENCH lady, successful teacher, seeking summer engagement, would exchange lessons for board and traveling expenses. References exchanged. 7,008, Outlook.

GENTLEWOMAN, middle-aged, cheerful disposition, desires position as companion or 7,037, companion-housekeeper with lady.

Outlook.

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TRAINED nurse will take lady requiring professional care at my home for summer. References. Rutherford, N. J. 7,039, Outlook. CAMP for girls under fourteen. Dutchess Co. 7,031, Outlook.

CHILDREN boarded. Teacher will take two or three children in own home in New Jersey. Intelligent care and personal interest. References. 7,030, Outlook.

IS there a business woman would like to permanently share business woman's comfortable, roomy apartment? Quiet, residential location, East Orange. Convenient commuting Lackawanna. If prefer, could furnish own bedroom. Full home privileges. Unusual opportunity. Reasonable. Address 7,029, Outlook.

NURSE would take child in her home and give care and training. 7,045, Outlook.

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Spalding has been at this job of making athletic equipment for fifty years...

Making the shoes of track
men, and baseball players,
and football players. There
is scarcely an athlete who
will wear anything but
Spalding Shoes.

We offer you the Spalding
Golf Shoe...an athletic shoe...
not just a street shoe dressed
up to look like golf. The price
of these shoes $10 for most
models is possible only
because they are sold direct
through Spalding Stores.

Drop in and see us. We have
scores of things that will interest
you. But particularly, we want
you to look at the golf shoes.

AG. Spalding & Bros.

New York Chicago San Francisco and all principal cities

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N expert is an ordinary fellow away from home.

A moving-picture producer on filming "The Passion Play" noticed that there were twelve Apostles. "Oh, that won't do," he said; "this is a big production. That number will have to be increased to twentyfour."

Sioux City, Iowa, holds the record, as far as we know, of being the only city in this country which has demonstrated at the box-office that it disapproves of the play "Abie's Irish Rose." Characterized as an inane and worthless drama by practically all of the theatrical critics, this play has run for five years in New York City. Even in Boston it surpassed all other plays by running thirty-four consecutive weeks to crowded houses. Wherever the play is produced in America it breaks all records. Therefore the management could not believe that the Sioux City people really meant their disapproval. The show was sent back again in a few weeks for a second appearance, and again met with complete failure. Is our center of culture moving from Massachusetts to the Middle West?

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We were aware that insurance is now. available for almost any kind of a risk, but we had never heard before of the insurance now issued by Lloyd's which indemnifies a

In writing to the above advertiser please mention The

writer against the cost of defending a lawIsuit for libel.

The magnitude of the foreign sales of American-produced motion pictures is evidenced by the recent report of the Department of Commerce in Washington. The report reads:

"Statistical data are now coming to light regarding royalties in our motion-picture industry which show unmistakably that for the last six years our receipts from motionpicture royalties have been at least $300,000,000, while our royalty payments for foreign films in that period have been scarcely $1,000,000.

"Upon the basis of the most reliable sources and the most conservative estlmates the figures for motion-picture royalties for the last five years are as follows: 1921, $40,000,000; 1922, $50,000,000; 1923, $60,000,000; 1924, $70,000,000; 1925, $75,000,000.

"Of the 1925 total, it has been estimated that Canada paid us $3,500,000; Europe, $52,000,000; Latin America, $7,500,000; and Asia and the rest of the world, $12,000,000."

Sweet Young Thing: "Why are you running that steam-roller thing over that field?"

Farmer: "I'm going to raise mashed potatoes this year."

"If you cannot get along with two or three people," says Albert Edward Wiggam, "there may be something wrong with them. But if you cannot get on with ten or twelve people, there is something wrong with you."

The superintendent of a Western railway had issued strict orders instructing station masters along the line to report all accidents or near-accidents immediately. The next day he received the following telegram:

"Man fell off platform in front of speeding engine. Will wire details later."

Five minutes later the details came over the wire.

"Everything o. k. Nobody hurt. Engine was going backward."

How to come out smiling from a bad loss is suggested by Edgar A. Guest in the "American Magazine." A merchant in a small town ran for office and was overwhelmingly defeated. He polled so few votes that he appeared ridiculous. He was in danger of being laughed at. "But," says Mr. Guest, "the merchant was a good sport. He beat the town to it. The morning after the election he put this sign in his window: '$25 reward for the name of the man who cast that vote for me.' Everybody saw it and laughed. But they laughed with him, and not at him."

Cheer up, Ed Howe says. "Nothing except the flood was ever as bad as it was reported to be."

The burning of the Shakespeare Theater at Stratford-on-Avon recalls the fact that David Garrick got up the first jubilee in honor of the bard one hundred and fifty years ago and lost money on the show, not the least part of which was James Boswell rigged up as a Corsican bandit with "Viva la liberta" displayed on his hat-band.

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The following curious advertisement appeared in a Los Angeles paper: "Wanted: Champion Checker Players who know their onions." About thirty-five crack kingjumpers applied for the position. An investigation determined that one of the large motion-picture theaters wanted a champion checker player to sit in front of a theater and play all comers. Naturally, crowds gather around to watch every game. Outlook

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