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‘ or NEW YORK.
T HE Ev E N1; N
Statement for the Year EndingDee. 31:67.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
Received for Premiums
From all other Sources
IISEEEsEMENTS.
To. Policy-holders'for Claims by Death
INGOMES
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all other Accounts
ASSETS.
United States Bonds and other. Securities .
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . .
Loans on Stocks and Bonds . .
Real Estate . . .
CaSh inganks 9nd Trust
Accrueflggteregg, Net Deferred‘firemiugg, etc. _, . '
Reserygg, {yolicies and other Liabilities .
' serous“ l .' ' . .-
Insurance and Annuitiesri
$42,6939201 99
11.469.406 24
$54,162,608 23
$13,279,630 66
15,712,424 7-6
10,132,005 57
$36,124,060 99
$132,917.34! 4,...5
.- 99,423,937- 31'
"12.880.398 00
21,618,454 88
I 1.705.!“ ‘85:;
' 6.141.166 so.
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$253,786,437 6’6
118.278.?13 07
' $35,308. the So
' $936,634,493 33
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same tobe correct;
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
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From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual
Report of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD or TRUSTEES OF
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE GOMPAIY OF NEW YORK.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day of December, I 897, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and «
to verify the same. respectfully-w , .
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between the
date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at the office of the Company, and have been waited a
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such ofiiceg's
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corre ct. They
have examined and counted every certificate Of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company,
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations,
and compared
and find the same not exceeding
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real
property held by. the Company, and find the same to be as stated.
They have also verified thevaluation of the Com-
pany’s holdings of real-estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies and
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have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier.
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence Of title- of every description neceg.
sax-y in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said_officers and their assistants, and thift
the same are accurate, in good order, and well kept.
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system
and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NEW YORK,.January 21, 1398.
CHAS. R. HENDERSON
S. V. R. CRUGER
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SAMUEL D. BABCOCK
RICHARD A. MCCUBDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIvER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPIIANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLOOT’I’
FREDERIG CROM‘WELL
J ULIEN T. DAvIES
A. N. WATERHOUSE
S. V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PEOKHAH
J. HOBART HEBBIOK
WM. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO..W AUCHINOLOSS
THEODORE MOBFORD
WILLIAM BABCOGK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R. GILLETTE
. H. WALTER WEBB
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN
A. N. WATERHOUSE
Board Of Trustees-
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLEB
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DIOKEY JR
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
JAMES SpEYER}
. ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
, WALTER
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary.
R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
DUE“ du-P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary
ALBERT KLAMROTH
FBEDERIC CROMWELL. Treasurer.
JAMES TIMIRSON, 2d Assistant Trenpurer.
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Caé‘hier.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier.
EMORY MoCLlNTOCK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSIN GER. ASsistant Auditor.
J OHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General ‘Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS: .
GRANVILLE 11 W HITE.
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D-
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
WILLIAM W. RIC
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naldgents.
, Assistant S'ecretar .
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HARDS, Comptroller.
HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
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i the corsage‘ made double breasted Eton
. withaxfiougtg! black wing in’the from.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
During the fall and winter months 1
at the large, roomy. houses in the coun-
try and the suburbs of the big cities.
house parties are all the rage, and at
these merry gatherings many a. happy
Lent is spent which is remembered for
1028 years after. Now that athletics
and outdoor Sports are indulged in to
such an extent by both sexes there are
no end of amusements to entertain the
young people, and with bicycling, golf
and long walks throu bout the sur-
rOufidihg country, toget r with sleigh-
lng‘ and skatlfi'g during the winter.
many pleasant hours are whiled away
until night falls when dancing and all
manner of gay entertainments are in
(inlet. ' 2.3;»...
. The roper amount of clothing to
bring w th one to an affair of this sort
is what generally troubles the mind of
the feminine visitor. A’stylish tailor-
made suit for travelling ls indispensa-
ble, and one short skirt is a necessity.
Then there must be a pretty evening~
gown, a becoming house dress and a
dressing gown or lounging robe for the
secluSion Of one’s owh room. The
proper amount of dainty lingerie is al—
ways included and shoes and slippers
for the different occasions are also nec«
essary.
At these gatherings many handsome .
creations of_ the dressmaker's art are
first brought to view, but perhaps the
most exfifilélte handiwork is seen in the
lovely rObes donned by the feminine
pOrtion of the gay party when they
gather together in the afternoon in the
room of one of the guests and gayly
gossip and chatter over their cups of
namesake-.. - .
Light weight woolen goods, such as
challle and fine cashmere, Silk and
other clinging materials which lend
~tggmselves to the graceful folds which
are’ib defilrab'le in gowns of this‘de-
scriptign are 11.92.51.113. gmployed, while
the celorfiire of the dalntle‘st.
A lovelymodel, in a soft silk of a
very delicatojfg‘re'en tint. is made prin-
cesSe fashion“. With the u "apportion
cut ,square' in the neck a bordered
with. wide cream colored lace. which
also forms epaulets over tho-shoulders
and snails. Innate lik‘e‘eadé 6’n ulnar
slde’of the front to _th'e;foot{ of the
Skirt.,,;‘ The hick has a full-'Watteau
fiefi‘rfilfi makes "no fishers-nam-
gopher 'g ‘ Sleeves reaching just to
tfiaf‘elb'd‘w‘ are slashed part» way and
filled'in‘wl‘th rumes of dainty lace. o,
Another equally effective gown is of.
an artistic shade of blue cashmere
trimmed with white silk and lace and
worn Over a pettidoat of'cream colored
silk. This frock is made to fasten
down the front and is belted in at the
waistline with a jeweled celnture of
blue velvet. Soft jabots of lace adorn
the upper portion of the ,garment,
which has full elbow Sleeves finished
with lace rufiles. The skirt made with
a short train opens in front over the
silk petticoat and is elaborately adorn-
ed-wlth lace‘rufiles, applied in festoons.
A beautiful tea gown fashioned by a.
swell couturiere, is carried out in rich
old rose brocade, trimmed with real
lace. This garment is made to blouse
slightly at the waistline, where it is
belted with a girdle of black velvet.
The neck cut in a V in front has hand-
somely embroidered revers on both
sides, and a high roll collar finishes the
back of the neck, extending up above
the ears. Lace rutfies adorn the full
sleeves. The skirt hanging in rich,
soft folds is unadorned save for two
milliner’sjolds Of rose colored satin
which finishes the foottof the skirt, one
overlapping the other.
With gowns of this description slip-
pers and hosiery of the daintiest style
and color are worn, sometimes match-
ing the robe, or if preferred of a. con-
trasting color. A pair of rose colored,
hand embroidered silk stockings, with
satin slippers of the same shade accom-
panies the embroidered tea gown de-
scribed above.
But aside from these gowus of com-
fort and ease, we must turn our
thoughts to other things, and the
goivhs designed for church and visiting
are so beautiful in material and make
that they certainly deserve a few mo-
mentp’ notice. One decidedly chic and
stylish church gown recently turned
‘out by a swell dressmaker for a young
and stately society bud is certainly
worthy ‘of mention. The material em-
ployed is a. beautiful fawn colored satin
faced cloth, combined with velvet of’ a
darker shade. -
The skirt patterned after the latest
model is mounted over a gored founda-
tion skirt of taffeta, made separately,
and is i'dorned with bands of velvet,
outlined with’faw'n Colored satin folds.
,Velvet bands also trim the tight-fitting
-odr’s§‘ge‘ and the vest 'and collar are
Emails; of‘ cream white {Liberty satin,
tfillnl'nod With Shirred puns of silk mus-
’li;n.- The close-fitting sleeves are fin-
ished at the top with a small puff. A
picture but of brown velvet to match
the bands accompanies this gown, and.
is adorned with black ostrich? feathers
and soft folds of white Liberty satin. .
Blue Serge Suit,
The“ tight fitting corsage has un-
doubtedly come to stay‘and'for the
woman with a good figure'is an ex:
tremely becoming style. , ' .
A stylish suit of cadet blue serge has
style, rounded flat the side‘s. and. back
and pointed in front,‘and adorned with
two rows of jewelled buttons. ‘iTWO
tiny- rovers 'of embroidered Satin adorn
the top which opens'fin"rather an Odd
fashion Iover avest’bf “ciéa‘mf'colored
silk with's‘tpckhnd 'ti‘e of black satin.
The “lotter'ipa'rt‘wof the sleeve is. tight
fittifilgflgfid:‘the’r‘uppe‘r part is .l'aid'i'in
fo ds"; "The”‘lia't “to match is} of gcadet
bl. a velvety} Ldainty turban'llke-affalr
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Would Not Murry the Family.
Theylwere in all the, blissful tranr
ports of 3 couple who had been en-
gaged three hours and a half. It was
verging on to midnight, but he mani-
fested no sign of going, and she trem-
bled lest he should do so. Suddenly he
drew a pencil from his pocket, tow a
blank leaf from his note-book, and
said:—
“Nove‘, my own little lovey dovey,
let’s make a diagram of the little home
we will have.” .
“Oh, yes, let’s do!” she said ecstatic-
ally.
“Our home! Don’t it sound lovely?
It will be genuine love in a. cottage,
won’t it, sweetheart?” "
“Oh, yes, indeed! We can.get along
with a dear little reception-room,
double parlors, a library, dining and
music rooms downstairs. ‘Then we’ll
want a. large, sunny, beautiful room up
stairs for dear momma.”
“Yes, dearest, when she comes to vis-
it us we’ll make it as—” '
“Visit us? Why, Albert, mamma in-
tends living with us, of course.”
“Oh, ah—I—I—”
"I knew I’d surprise you, darling!
Won’t it be lovely? Then Auntie Har-
riet will have a room next to mamma’s
and—"
“Auntie Harriet?"
“Why, yes, precious. . She dates on
you, and I’ve always told her that if I
ever had a home it should be hers, too,
and you wouldn’t want your little
girly-g'lrly to break her word?" :3,”
“No—ho-—I—-—" .:.--." See/.1.
"And then we must calculate for a
large, sunny room for my dear old
grapdmammp and grandpapa, who
made your little wife to be so happy
when she was a little girl." a"
“yes, dear, but I—I—eii,.-«ae% 53-:
“No buts about it, darling. Then
sister Nellie will want a pleasant room,
and dear old Uncle Horace, and brother
Tom won’t want to be separated from
dear mamma and me, and I’ve always
said that dear old Auntie Mlggs should
be with me at least half of the time,
and if we could spare a room for—”
Their ,engagemeut came to an end
there on the spot, and dear Albert has a
breach of promise suit on band now.
Suggestion. for an Umbrella Stand.
- The accompanying sketch represents
a variation of the old-fashioned “drain-
en ”pipe with a thin equally spread
layer of putty. Into this stick dried
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peas, pressing them until they pro-
ject only very slightly beyond ‘the
putty, being puton close together or in
patches. When quite dry paint the
whole a dull willow green and the in:
terior of the pipe poppy red.
Now take some thin felt and stick
it with some very strong glue upon
brown paper, while still wet cutting it
out into pieces the shape of a poppy's
petals and the long branching leaves.
Paint them the natural shades and
when dry attach them to the pipe first
sewing them in the Shape of a plant,
the centers of the flowers being formed
of large black, fancy braid buttons.
About the Foot,
Women are more often too short
than too tall, and consequently try to
gaiu'height by putting on high-heeled
shoes. These will give dignity as long
as the wearer stands still, but in mo-
tion they are graceless and deform the
feet. The better shape a foot ls.the
smaller it will look, but in the dispro—
portionately small foot there is always
involved an awkward gait. The foot
of a large woman should be largergthan
the foot of a small woman, or a slen-
derly-bullt woman, and to her unneces-
sary sorrow, it usually is.
The foot should be the same length
as that from the elbow to the bone
which projects from the outerportion
that the foot should beaslonz as ”19
:forearm, and are inclined to dispute tge
"act unless proven lay-experience.
Large women will pinch their feet in
' .ight shoes because they are ashamed
bodies, and: in time the feet become de-
formed. The public eye, not being
critical of proportion, without their go-
.ing to the pain of pinching. their feet,
consider them small,.therefore. there is
no'excuse for exchanging this kind of
torture and the dignified carriage, two
essentials to the greatest beauty. In
fact, anything else could be better sac-
rificed than ease of motion.
A French batter for frying vegeta-
-bles, eggplant, cold boiled sweet pota-
floss, ete, is made by moistening a little
1, flour with water,.addlng a good pinch
and ~tlie'same of ,French brandye When
“ready to use,.beat:in.t_-he stlfily beaten
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every old people shorten in statute's: -.:.-,gvmte of an egg. To fry bananas, ap.
they increase-tin years. -.
ples, and similar fruits, sugar should
be used instead of salt. p 3
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of the wrist. Most people are surprised
to have them' in proportion 1to- their.
of salt, .two teaspoopfulsrof olive oil;
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A MES’MERIST’S TALE.
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“Have you ever seen any trouble
come of inesmerlsing,” said big TOm
Logan, when half-a-dozen of us were
sitting ar'ound. Signor Trepelli, the
mesmerist, tin the bar of the Wool-
pack. ' ‘
f'Yes,” he said slowly, “I"have once,
and will tell you about it, if you will
let me go then towrlte my letters.”
“Good man, Signor! Say,'boss! fill
the Signor’s glass, will'you?” And so
the 'm-esmerlst began his story:
It was in Mauritius, three years ago
'-—-Ol‘ was it four?——1a-st March. Any-
how, people went mad over my mes-
merism, and everyone in La Savanne
was practising or trying to cultivate
mesmerism. J net at that time came .
the strange accident in which Paulo
Roderique, the sole representative of
the oldest Creole family in the island,
saved the life of Colonel'Lefevre’s
daughter. It appears the was sailing
'his little yacht outside the Grande
Porto, When the colonel’s yacht
crossed his bow, and Miss Lefev-re, in
leaning over to reach a piece of sea.-
weed, fell overboard by the Side of
the Creole’s yacht. Paulo Roderique
had sprung after her in an instant,
and her safety seemed assured. The
water there Is as clear as crystal, and
just as the Creole reached the surface,
the colonel’s party were horrified to
see the long dark shadow of. a shark '
close beside Miss Lefevre. Well, this
is not my story anyhow, but Roderique
had his hunting knife, and when he
succeeded in pushing the French girl
to within reach of her father’s hands
the water was crimson all round, and
the shark’s blunt nose Was touching
the Creole’s foot. So the had to dive"
again, and before he Was finally pulled
aboard the launch they say he killed
that 18-foot Shark. '1
The Colonel was a stickler for laws
of caste, but, on the other hand, the
Roderlques had been rthe proudest
, family in the island, and Paulo was
a splendid specimen of a man, besides
being very wealthy and exceedingly
popular. , So when, a. month after the
accident, Paulo and the golden-haired
French girl came to ask his consent
to their betrothed, the Colonel had to
' forget the faint purple tinge in Paulo’s
finger nails, and welcome him as a
, . . _ _ son-in-law.
pipe umbrella stand." Cover an earthg‘f ' '
Then .'came the Comte Despard, fresh
from Paris, on a visit to Colonel, Le-
fev-re’s bungalow. i'l’erhaps yen guess
what followed, and itfls‘ true enough.
The C'reole’s fury grew deeper every-
day, and Ibis servants said it was risky .
work to "speak to him. It was Paris
versus the sunny” South, and Paris
won. ‘ ' . “ 3
The next afternoon I was engaged
to supervise and manage a sort of
hypnotism scenes to be held at a gar-
den party given by Madame Renee.
The Colonel, his daughter, and Comte
Despard were there, and it was known
that Paulo Roderique had been in-
vited. Under the circumstances, how-
ever, everyone was . very much sur-
prised ‘to see him walking across the
tennis lawn towards the terrace just
as the party had assembled there for
a few experiments in the popular craze
of the day. There was an awkward
pause as the handsome young Creole,
with a black shadow on his face, bent
over the hostess’ chair to apologize
for his late arrival.
“Madame, it is my fate to be late in
most things, and traditionhath it that '
my family is prompt and certain in one
thing only.”
“And that, Monsieur—4’
“Is the payment in full of debts of
honor, Madame.”
The atmosphere was becoming un-
bearable, yet the remark which next
broke the nervous silence was a sadly
unfortunate one. A young English
girl from Port Louis said: “Are we not
to have any thought-reading, Mad-
ame?"
So lots were drawn, as the custom
was, and chance directed that Comte
Despard should be the first subject;
while Paulo Roderique and a young
French resident were to act as direct-
ing mediums. The Comte having left
the -terrace,"it was decided that ~Paulo
and the young Frenchman Should on
his return cauSe him ‘t0" pluck a cer‘
tain lemon from a tree by the side-
O-f the terrace. New “the young
Frenchman had no force of any kind
about him, but Paulo, as I know from
previous experience, bad, if he know
how to direct it, far more magnetic
power than myself.
Scarcely had the Creole's fingers
touched the Com=te’s , white forehead
-when I felt that something serious
would happen. Paulo ignored the oth-
er medl'um,‘ and with. flashing. eyes
and nostrils distended, the pressed the
fingers of both ;his trembling hands on
his rival's head. Beads of perspira-
tion rolled from both their faces, and
the wondering guests staredjn amaze.
ment to see the Comte _Despard’s
knees bending and his body quivering.
as though struggling with some on.
seen enemy. The Comte was enduring
anguish, I“ knew, but I was not pre.
pared for the piercing cry—half
scream, tho-1f roar—which left his lips
as he turned from the Creole and
sprang ~towards Marie Le-fevre. I
caught one glimpse of a'look of hate-
' ful triumph on Paulo’s dark face, and
then rushing forward, as a woman’s
cry -ang out, I was just in time to re-
ceive the French girl’s falling figure
in myta'rmsn " ‘ " H , l
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“Well?” gasped big Tom Logan, :1
the Signor es-topped speaking.
“Ah". what would you?” rejoined the
Italian, raising his glass. “She was
dead, poor girl! He had - stabbed he:
to the heart, and no one Saw. the knife
pass from theCreole’s hand to his.
But Paula’s knife it was, and mesmer.
ism has never been practised in Man-
ritius since, for theCom-te died by his
own hand ..=that" night, and Paulo Rod-
,eriquc, the proudest Creoleln the
"island,”"weirt‘ to penal servitude on his
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own confession.” _‘
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