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TOTAL NUMBER OF POLICIES IN FORCE 7,523,915 A NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE GOOD SENSE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE The Optional Life or Endowment Policy OF THE Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Specially appeals to the wife. The maximum of protection for her coupled with investment for the husband. No estimated "dividends," "surplui" or " accumulations." But a policy which tells the whole story on its face. Nothing left to the imagination, nothing borrowed from hope. But definite results stated in plain dollars and cents. Nothing to guess and worry about. But a policy anyone can read and understand. C An illustration of one of the Metropolitan's policies, just one from its many splendid forms; namely, the Optional Life or Endowment C Age 35; amount of insurance, $10,000.00; annual premium, $383 60; 510.000 is payable whenever death occurs within 20 years. If the insured be living at the end oi 20 years the following settle ments are guaranteed : i —Cash, $8,2 1 o ; or Wou]d you Uke to have m 2—2 — Paid Up policy, $14,500; Or exact copy of this contract £«$V *"" for examination ? It will >$» 3 — Cash, $2,540 and a paid-up policy cost you just one post- *V° Of $ 1 0,000 ; or age stamp to send -^ the slip below — Cash, $5,370 and a paid-up policy t o the Com- C°* j& N i> of $5,000 ; or P^y- <^\^° k — Surrender policy and receive «^J*" jr / ..■ $694.00 annually during life ; or % 5^ 4r / - 6 — A paid-up policy of $8,090 v g- #>° // / and $306.90 (4% on 4^J> //' / / total premiums paid) o^° >° -"' .. -• '. o^-'" , annually during * & >x. c 3 c^r , / *,% your lifetime. <** &