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Two Ways or Putting IL.
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IL understand you rightly" he said. "vou
oeciae that the further continuance OF our ac.
Iualntance with view to closer and more in
innate I'M . Felations In the future is inexpedient
Am correct. Miss Jiboom Z" '0'A'"
young woman. "oA'" s"o
Ing " sst tie Sth.s Twill
hi Sa Tor me To- Dc but submit, had hoped
success that has attended my effort TO M nIoca
bbs sss !. isa went on: rs %pprehcnd. tSst
full and sot%p,ete WITH IDEA ana
nave not succeeded in becoming IN rapDort
IA reps %sy 20 So express myself with YOU
u. what We cali oongeniaiity afIi1itym, MAKE eo.
cremation. To change the figure sliChtly' T
nave been unable to place myself on H.
pMne Where your synpathies instincts I"
t SNORT your inner self. andes, or TO esfahiish
Imaa LeiiowsiI OF soul thai grows out of liar.
thought; Am right. Miss Siboom "A'''s OF
tGs st sss yFssShsd young IN her
on to my style 8 little BIZ" s'm 70 nave caught
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Il GRAND HOUSE or UNIQUE 1v1Enksx
The Peacock Room Performance or Whist.
Ter In the Leylaad Palace on Hyde Park.
fhom the 81. James Gasess.

Ter In the Leyland Palace HYDE Park.
fron the 81. Jnm~s Gasex..
Mr. Frederick r. Leyland. the head OF tho
wel-known Liverpool Leyland line OF steam.
ers. whose sudden death We announced on
Tuesday. realized at his residence in the i'm.
mediate neighborhood OF Prince's-gate his
dream OF living the life OF an old Venetian
merchant in modern London. On entering the
large entrance hall the first thing that strikes
the visitor Is the staircase. with its fine balus-
trade OF gilt bronze which once adorned North.
cumberland House. The color OF the hall and
OF the staircase is green from the foot to the
top OF the house. The whole is paneled in
shades OF willow. The dado OF tho
darker shades is enriched with pan.
els Initiating aventurine lacquer. deco.
rated with delicate spriGs OF pale rose and
white flowers In the Japanese style. These
panels were painted by J. M'Neill Whistler. On
sss sfE[ c9Hs GuF
oPt th af Sss ,. While
.etti: cupid Reyerine Psychs.h By Burns
Zones: - a hR: A. and portrait ~ Watts.
the late MI Leyland's tastes. The piace q
Ro onSs,t n hls house is divided between Dante
g; e ES5
has enriched the walls The 'S general en-; p, Color
scheme Of the room is turquoise blue and
wh are os sheSss
carved and Gilt wood. Tie room. as it was
safhsr a1 sS9nGeiyed was hung With spa1tsh,
Whistler came to deeorate IT, The u story VIZ
p 1Sows by MI bsY1nd having puschased
FspiHes: %SsTs it ssssill AG rsnAins oVsM NJ.
that fse red owsrs seeattsrei
oyer oyer the gold ground Of the span sh leather
I" pant them o o. RI ana Ss
sand pounds ior his spanish lea her, but 10
to have his w aowsa the Leader
dis;sppesred entirely and new. and absolutely
isshers: sppssrsd in is '' Wai faG Wood
at at the end Of the room opposite the IRE
whers %h.Psr has sixteen Sspd ted
signed so IL hs sttudas %s
deee adt'sf and the other peacock witt dsor
WIZ yns ssthersh s i dotted ssd
the whole cemposition has Reference. we are
s s. FS ss, $is ssS: Il:
So but mean
main lost In the spirited charm of the whole
saSy n1t anscdotic ories treasured UP the
sen fier ,I OF ne artists wrath and OF Its in
int It ts rsmarkebe fact chat besides estrang.
H oom mms bnd and M Leyland, the y" Peacock
MT Jeckyll, who had destEnsd and completeIy
Hnished the room when NM Whistler "a pneared
az anr suene' had already lsutYered several dis
1SprppoWua'iihehts: owing to accident having ds-
f.amninn"n iuu OF the Credit of his work in Mr.
S nssn;shu mousse When lAir. Jeckyll saw the
bpannn ieather disappear and the peacock
fferaaony 10 blue and gold become tho talk OF
nsdn tV II. ~ went home Xand commenced to
kS.n. snS noor OF bis bedl room gold and in o
w,ssvve kk he aied Insane in private lunSnp
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wILLANAMERICAN wEARTi
xM1 sAxCY DEAN0ND. OWE o. re
MOST FAMOUS IN HDroRx

- - ssr sale. asa .. A.sv1ssa wsna. -
tAs C,ar 81 Russis WIN Bay Ht-whsrs
- Conc rron Ne O~s Kssws. 1~s
Ht was PswneA ~ Hts Owner e Rsiss
Messy fer His Royal Master. Henry ".
81 Franes-It sheas h the Crown sf Eag.
lana, s.A n that Or Fraaes, Napsieen
We're IL when He was Crowned Emperor,
Thieves Held II, aaa m InAfsa Frinee,
aaa Now . Firm OF French Jewellers.
PANS. Jan. 1.-THE friendship OF the great
has been extolled a. q blessing. A familiar
sentence to be found In elementary French
reading books tells us that rdn,itiS 6tnu grand
hon,ms eat TN bienJan des deur. Perhaps still
greater blessing to journalist 10 tho friend.
ship Of gossip. Of one Of those suave and In
telligent men who are on speaking terms with
all the Sultans Of Asia. and know intimately
the ministers. ambassadors. hotelkeepers.
booksellers. restaurateurs, bric-A-brac deal
ers. collectors. match makers. actresses. mon
about town. and other interesting people Of
oil the capitals OF the world. good gossip
should know everybody and everything. or II
perohance his personal knowledge 10 at fault
in any case he should know somebody who
does know Such man Is my friend ]. who
told me the other day that the Sancy
was likely to 60 to America. unless
It went to Russia. In other words. that tho
famous diamond was in Paris, and that WE'LL
known American lady was thinking Of pur-
chasing II, but that at tho same time no I'M
derstood that tho Russian Gar was likely to
be rival Of the New York millionaire The
next morning. following my gossip's indica-
tions. paid visit to the Sancy. verified ks
Statem ents. and found that the diamond. like
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many other treasures Of European art and his
tory. may soon cross the ocean. though at
the present moment 1t would be premature
to say that the Russian autocrat and the
American lady are in very active rivalry.
However. the fact that America is in the run
ming makes II timely to give the history OF this
wonderful 53ii-carat stone.
In order to begin at the very beginning we
should. suppose. have to 60 back to the pre-
historic and uncomfortable times whom the
world was In course Of formation. When the
crucible OF nature transformed chaos into
cosmos diamonds were created. among
them tho stone which was destined to become
famous under the name OF "the Sancy."
which. as NJ. German Bapst has said in his
admirable Historic des Jovd,i1 de Ia Co,ronne. is
the most legendary. II not the most historic
and finest. Of stones. NJ. Bapst's book con-
tains the fullest and most Trustworthy infor::
nation concerning this stone. and 1t Is thanks
to his researches that am able to present the
following resume OF the adventures through
which the Ssncy has passed since it's first ap-
pearanoe upon the scene OF history:
Whence this diamond came nobody knows
The legend says that it belonged to Charles
the Bold. Duke Of Burgundy. who lost It in
1476 at the battle OF Granson or at the battle
OF Morat and that It was found by Swiss
soldier who sold 1t for a crown to priest,
from whose hands it passed through others
until It WIS bought by Pope julius IL for
twenty thousand ducats. NJ. Bapst. however,
has demonstrated that we have no reason to
identify the sancy with the diamond which
various chroniclers relate to have been
lost at the battle OF Granson or of Morat,
The origin OF the Sancy must remain A
mystery. All We can affirm is that It
was in the possession of Nicolas Harlay
do sancy when Henri ". OF Franco came
to the throne. This Sancy. chief OF the Swiss
guards. played an important role at the begin
ming OF the reign OF Henri ~. He was clever
diplomatist. a sharp 6nancier. and devoted
servant OF the King. on whose behalf he con-
tracted numerous loans and carried on many
interesting operations Of finance In which he
gave his own rings and jewels as pledges for
the Kings credit. This he did not only disin.
terestedly but to the detriment Of his own for.
tune. Year after year We find sancy dealing
with tho most notable usurers and merchants
Of the day. travelling all over Europe to sell
precious stones and pearls. as we'll as to do
banking transactions Sancy seems to have
possessed considerable quantities Of precious
stones on his own account, and among these
was the diamond In question. From
fourteen letters written between 1902
and 1904 We ind that the Duke OF Mantua was
In treaty for the purchase OF this grest dia.
mond. But Sancy was In possession Of the
stono before that date. On July %. 1893. the
stone was pawned BY Sancy to the usurer
Rodericdues for the sum OF "a. 400 crowns, and
yedoemed on April @. 1894. In 1905 Sancy sent
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IN MARIE LECZISSKAS CROWN.
lionaire who bought the sancy for $4,000
francs when Prince DemidofY. after the death
OF his wife. sold all his diamonds and deter.
mined to become a monk
The sancy remained for more than twenty
years in India. In 1889 it was exhibited at the
Universal Exposition at Paris and recently It
appears to have returned definitely to Europe
and to be the property Of a certain group Of
bankers. who have placed it in the safe keep
ing Of Messrs. Bapst and Falze.
NJ. German Bapst, whose father, grand.
father. and Great-grandfathers have been for
acentury and half connected with the his
tory OF the French crown jewels. who is
himself the erudite and elegant historian Of
these Jewels. has amused him self by restoring
the Sancy to the use which it filed for time
In the reign of Louis XIV. Following the indi-
cations given by Van Loo's portrait OF Marie
LecZinska. he has reconstructed the necklace
worn by that Queen. with the Sancv hanging
as pendeoQue. the only difference being that
in the ornaments on the right hand and on the
leftrubies have been substituted In place Of
the 9S worn ~ the French Queen The
trait BY Van Loo which served to Inspire it.
per that big diamonds have not lost their pres.
tige: They dazzle humanity as much a..
a R ase o an like sdd Ists Q,
This fact was abundantly proved when i tie
aastien The ssEs s3s o' puzzle tS.s
5 Was t the
Historical Jewels like tho Regent one s q tRe
e AZ Asnf fo;T. S!
al The higher promotion as their historical issf
sn9 asnss S snd i hSSS Iy . %
- We S
Jewels were stolon at the time Of the Revoiu-
co Sn m9st OF them us we have seen were
sancy. But one Of tho most famous a Stones e.s
t ths splendid pL,TM blue diamond which adorned
en- Feees wo 81 Se osr XVI the Gold
recovered. II WAS sawn into two parts parts!
%ffh FS.s and se o the .ss ,.J
f ffSsEsT I'll Iss%cS bss re
exhibition at Moscow: ono q large stone Of
m moon a nSe ths IKE snsr cloud EhtsG
and offered sas u MAJ es sse
pane e the Blue stSr Ths second stons
sly beauty; itwasirecently bought for a very long
moa az
thS ls A.
,,o DaGc. age , TO on Indian nabob for sOOQ0O0
without t. spy historical interest What then
weighs only iSsK ssrsts bat i hes slistsssd
on ne s Snd when
timated at twelve millions Of francs In the
tue ssp Ss w Tss vsas ne
The the most q
which makes out that the fancy was the t fIrst
dismond that was cut mathsmatieallX Gan
tR stons H%s Sors = cSarsss
4. cT. ,sss,h c., & MCrst But from
day we can follow the stone in its grandioss
t I; q tho Baron Dc sapey: 70 whom u owes
nov / was Sold to James /. ' q England ana
ssqf' ssss d as q s
Gst money, for her royal husband. Then
d SsSht to The a crown 0 81
MARIE ahs sess n FL. %hs
T yas Pswned 70 pay tSr those horses that car.
nsS alter Esfdss
q PsS bsR%ss shs 1"sS sns sf%Si
T. ths isad y lis NSw atRR the ssasy
ss;; T. Il: Rs:: & Ss.Ss Z:
TxuoDoss omA
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60 we'll as whom Jsek 10 behind him. Tom
ie much sought after By reason Of his splendid
playing abilities. Job Scott Of Brooklyn Is an
other capital director. Dick White and Frank
ton.
Tho attitude Of man at the mark goes q
good way to prove whether he Is an out
out QUOT pitcher. Awkwardness IL a great
drawback to man, who, is, ambitious to be-
come an expert, and. while he may upon ordi-
nary occasions be able to play a fair game H.
would be impossible for him to measure his
strength with any degree Of success against
full pitcher: Here are three cuts that repre-
sent the attitudes Of John McFarlane. one Of
the cleverest pitchers in the country. in an i'm.
portant struggle.
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fve feet wide. and perfectly leyel. The space
outside OF the actual pitching distance is abso-
lutely necessary 30 as to secure the utmost fair
play to the contestants. The ends OF the rink
are circular and about three feet in diameter.
Each end Is filled with pottery: clay OF a stiff
sticking character. 80 that when QUOT lands
In the bed Of clay II is not easily removed by
inch In diameter and forty inches long. and are
With the point o Il quot svf 70
the pin only counts. and tlie measurement in
ell instsnees is taken from the centre 81 the
distance pitchers In tho country. in position
after delivering his last QUOT AZ the western
end is his director. or winter" In stopping
position. showing him whore to place his quoiE
Cpon the fence. mid way between the two ends,
is score board, with the champion marker,
Dan Feeley In the. act OF scoring point
In addition to the proper Arrangement OF
the ground and ends, It Is necessary that a
auoit pitcher should have set Of quoits ex-
actly suited to his. tastes. competent direc-
tor. and Q man to look after the Condition OF
his .Quoits. In the matter OF quoits Il Is aston
fishing how particular an expert is regarding
their general make;up; II player has been
would be obliged to use another pair. no matter
whether they, we're the exact model Of the old
ones. he would be art to make q, material Oh
lection. and In nine times out Of ten would
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MARVELLOUS PLAY.


tablish public ground In New York. Since
then. and down to the present time. the num-
Der OF grounds have Increased. and In ali the
important matches during that period the
name OF James McLaren has been especially
prominent. Three years ago the veteran Wis
tied the country OF his birth and issued a
sweepinG challenge to play any man Of his age
In Great Britain. There was no response. Bo-
fore leaving for home, however. he played
Andrew Hunter. the recognized cham pion, but
the veteran was beaten by more than half
game. Hunter was offered good indicem ents
to visit America and play a return game. but
McLaren has undoubtedly played in more
Important matches. and been more successful
than any other man who has ever been seen In
America. Twenty-six or twenty seven years
age Billy Hodson. champion Of Great Britain
arrived In this coutry. He was at once match
American cham pionshlp. The contest TOOK
place at the William street grounds. Newark.
score q 81 to e. Hodson was am Mnn ny
fsvorite. betting being 8 to in his favor.
SssI Later the men played return
ErosS%dsi Eighth street ard BroadEay This
the hackers OF Hodson wanted to make It q
home and home AFFAIR and further conditioned
Hodson himself did not think this was fair.
fore. fell through.
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cy In her hair. In 1889. RIGkSr pMnoNp.
at ball given at Versailles and also at the
marriage OF Nine Elizabeth OF France Queen
Marie Leczinska wore a necklace with the
Sancy hanging as a pendeloQue or pendant.
Just as We see In Van Loo's portrait OF
her now hanging in the Louvre. Marie
Antoinette also wore the Sancy in various
mounts. but this diamond was not re-
cut when the other crown Jewels were sent to
Amsterdam for that purpose before the in
ventory Of 1774: it retained its pe,,deloque form
and primitive cutting. and has remained un-
modified. both In shape and In weight, UP to
tho present day.
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ALARES READY TO PITCH.
When at the mark McFarlane stands erect,
with feet close together. and the QUOT brought
UP to almost . level with the eyes He gau0es
the point to be reached very quickly and then
throwing. his pitching arm we'll back. which
n. makes him stoop percept!bly. he finally gets
iull1ength. the QUOT leaves Tor its destination.
pitching and those who have watched his
for the first time. appeared to be doubtful
whether 1t would reach anywhere near the
mark aimed at MoFarlane although Of slight
build. has a wonderful amount OF strength, and
his calculations generally are very correct He
pitches what is termed q fiat quot, and its Pc
culiar gyrations in the air do not affect Its
flight or destroy its effectiveness at the pn,
Nerve is one OF McFarlane's principal charac.
teristics. and with director In whom he has
the, utmost confidence he is considered one
OF the hardest men in the profession to beat.
James McLaren. whose picture will be read
lily recognized by those who have seen him in
harness. is truly q remarkable man. Although
nearly 81 years old. he is more healthy and
Vigorous than many men who have not reached
half his years Of life. McLaren is Of Scotch
ago. He settled in Newark. and has been there
ever, since. The veteran has been pitching
auots since he was q boy. He likes the game,
because he claims it to be one Of the health
lest exercises. In the world. At the time
the veteran landed in this country there
were no QUOT grounds OF any note In this
vicinity. Campbell was tho first man to es-
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his great diamond to
Constantinople to tryto
sell 1t to tho Sultan.
but the negotiations
failed. although Henri
Nv gave tho bearer OF
the diamond a letter OF
recon mendation. In
1850 he offered 1t to tho
Duke OF Mantua for
10000 crowns. and
gave it's weight at sixty
carats. Those negotia.
fioNa with tha nnGa ~
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1646. Dec (. 1647. and March %. 1854. giving
him as surety various Jewels. among which
are mentioned two large diamond

1646. Dec (. 1647. and March %. 1854. giving
him as surety various jewels. among which
are mentioned two large diamonds:
Lung en- forms Do cnur sppsls 10 GRIND SONG. o.
rautrs On table appels Il xiroir-ds Portugal
But the Duo d'Epernon. fearing that he
would not be reimbursed. summoned the
Queen on HAY 10. 1854. to pay tho interest and
the principal OF tho loans. and tho consequence
was that the Duke accepted the two great dia-
monds IN part payment Of his debt at An estt-
nation Of 100000 livres. BY an act dated May
10. 1857. This sale. however. was fictitious
and subservient to some complicated opera
lions By which. on May %. 1857. the two dia-
monds became tho property OF Cardinal
Masarin. who. at his death. beoueathed them
to the French crown by the following clause
Of his will. dated March 3. 1881:
Son Eminsncs syant rsuss an dessin qu'slls eaiet
Dc METRE ensemble srsnds damants des plus
beaux oui soient dams Europe, mondct ssgnsur les
dome ct lsgus Ia couronus 81 haIssH rayant ap-
provSet Quils soisnt appelss LIS DIE auIcIs NAxAR
The sancy was tho first Of tho Eighteen
Mazarins. and In 1883 1t was preserved In tho
Kings casket. together with six other large
diamonds. to be mounted In clasps. ai0retss.
or aoraJes de chapedu. In tho inventory Of the
crown diamonds. drawn up on Sept. 10. 1891.
By Louis Alvarez and Pierre Montarey. jewell
lers to the King. the stone Is described thus:
I'm tres grand diamant fort tpats. appslS 10 Savoy.
donns 10 par feu n. 10 Cardinal Maxarin;
table facettes des deux coks do fore pendeoQue
belle eau blanche ct vvre net Of parfait peasant
cnquants trois karats trois quarts leque ayan pas
pAre est d prix inssslmable ct qu pour suvre
Ia forme dc Y inventairs . 81 estims In somms Dc
six cent mile livres.
Up to this time the sancy seems to have re-
tanned its original mount which was simple
thin gold band. with the necessary grips. and
ring at the apex whereby to suspend It.
During the eighteenth century It became tho
fashion with people Of quality to change the
mounts Of their jewels every two or three
years. The Sancy was remounted many times
in accordance with this fashion. Thus we read
that, at the reception OF the Turkish Ambassa.
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dor in 1921. the young
King wore the Sancy
mounted in a brooch
In his hat. In 1922 the
King again wore it in
his hat at the balls
given by the Regent on
March II and II. and
also at the Te Deum
sung in celebration OF
t h Q alliance between
France and Spain. At
his coronation Louis
XIV. wore q crown sur
mounted by the Sancy.
When the Queen en-
tered Paris on Oct. 4.
1873. she wore tho San
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MAR spot to pitch for. q director should possess
sgement and to keep his mind, free from che
Tears OF defeat. A QUOT contest without an
ing affair indeed His exciting PUSHES to
greet MS nan after beating his opponent's
tSs h.ad %th . sstFsy sh smSr.c Of
with the addition. OF some amusing
remarks upon the situation. such az "Oh,
INF, TO an opponent: he 8 all broke np;' WHO
t to him that he could pitch. any way q. serve
20 Keep the player and spectators in happy
considerable distinction as directors are Jack
McLaren q Newark. who generally acts in
that the veteran QUOT master never pitches
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n R:s the uus H. Rn mad. Ths S %ss. Ss
.0 ss asnd e weight s Ss
seven to nine pounds. but In important
matches tie hsaXeE 9aOits Are used The
SPREAD QUOT has tx .rsates so SPACE ' It o oc
cupies around the pin. Therefore they ore
usually restricted to eight Inches In diameter.
with the weight Mt nine pounds. and then they
are rated smaller as the weight decreases. A
OF ~ to $3.50
A competent director is not only Of valuable
to Be su he s h s e
understands the game. with good even dis-
poStdon, ret prompt 70 take advantage Of all
ASE kE nsH Tsesivss fsir Dtsy. tls Sis dSts
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" experts, that they abandoned the effort al.

together.
In contrast with some other well.kn and
popular sports quot pitching 10 probably the
simplest to understand. yet It requires
strength. nerve. accurate calculations. and a
good eyesight to become q proficient player.
Nerve is a very necessary qualification. A
person may have the strength and ability in
private to place QUOT just where he wishes
at almost every pitch. but in the absence OF
nerve and against worthy antagonist he
would find 1t very difficult to achieve success.
To show how expert man may become at the
game. 1t may be mentioned that some twenty
five years ago James McLaren Of Newark.
who for years held the championship Of Amer
lea. offered to wager that he could beat
ringer. that is. II three auoits encircled the
pin. he would contract to pitch the fourth QUOT
tocount
For a proper display OF the beauties of the
game the ground should be even and care
fully prepared. with the two ends. in which tho
pins are located supplied with the very best OF
clay. There are quite number OF excellent
quoting. ErounGs IN this city and within a
snd 8! @ si a.sSS
etR Nsi. sR SsS.
and John Hennessey,,s IN Brooklyn. The
t soS9ds 81 m RshPa MSs ]. 81 caI
street. Brooklyn. Some o, the severest
struggles on record have been fought out
on these grounds. and upon almost every holi-
the proprietor for a tournament which gener-
ally brings together the best pitchers in the
sanitation Of one OF Whites Kinks. the one upon
which all the important long-distance con:
tests are played. The grounds are divided
fifteen and a third Of ten yards in length.
The rink as presented IN the illustration. is
claimed to be a model Of construction by OK
perts. 1t is about eighty feet long. twenty
ttI..
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f ss st 4 ~! s .sS {. r.: Ss r. sS q
by means Of piece Of white paper stucx
10 sns I clay Ehsre to place NE dIoit m
opponent has delivered = aunit th S,'e oths %
player, yill 20 20. the. end and. survey the
groland Tor himseli but usually the oisverost
their directors Besides pointing out 4 partio.