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The evening times., 1895-10-29
MYSTIC HALLOWEEN
How the Festival Will Be Observed
in Swell Country Homes
Apple Peel Formed IN" for Miss Van.
derbtIt At Bienheim Castle One
Year Ago.

Ten special cans stand waiting on the
side tracks of the big railroad stations,
ten great coantry houses are alive with
the steps OF hnrrying servants, ten pa arties
of merrymakers are packing trunks and
slowing away armfuls OF old finery. Next
Thursday night, All Halloween, there
Will be ten of the largest English house
parties ever known/in this country.
In England the Halloween house party
is an institution like our Thanksgiving.
1t is planned from year TO year, and each
celebration Is more riotous than the last.
In this country 1t is less than a generation
since merrymakiDg at Halloween be-
came an esta DiIsi,cu thitIg with the growu-
up ones.
HARvEST-HOME WELCOME.
T All ten Of the house parties have pro-
gra mines prepared in advance for the
celebration OF Halloween. They board
the special car, steam away to the coun-
-ry, are met by coaches, and are soon
within the country house. Here Hal
lowcen IS visible the minute they enter
ihe front portals. A festoon of apples.
green and red, hangs from portal 10 portal.
] ne portieres are ripe nuts strung ON cords,
the inches are filled with sneavcs Of corn al nd
wheat, and at night lamps from the inside,
OF hollowed-out pumpkins, tell that 1t is the
season OF the fall bogIe man.
Halloween is atvtded in its festivities.
In the early part OF the evening come the
games and the Old-time tricks, and later
come the dances and new-Eangled plays.
Ali. young ana oid. Ike part III AL, and this
Is the reason that the Halloween house
party is the pleasantest of the year.
a new cotllIion for Halloween is planned
by a celebrated caterer, whose business it
Is 10 invent cotillions and conform his menu
card TO them. This dance has six figures,
and each is Halloween figure. One has
ripe cabbages for favors, red, white and
yellow tinged- To each cabbage is tied
verse or sentiment, and as the cabbages are
grabbed through u paper screen by the
young women the full mysticity Of fate ia
attached to tne Slection.
When the men choose their favors they
grab through another screen the bunches OF
grass. lettuce, water cress. early cabbage
and red beet tops. These, too, convey an
envelope with u sentiment inside. care
fully prepared. according TO the signifi-
cance OF the vegetable and so the merry
ball Is kept rolling. The caterer for weeks
before is busy selecting small specimens of
the vegetables and grass, and in the country
the gardener has them marked from early
in the season.
MARLBOROUGH HALLOWEEN.
In the English country houses the older
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MEMORY OF TALMAGE-
Veteran Journalist Joe Howard Give
Interesting "Reminiscences.

| Interesting "Reminiscences.
HOW weii L remember MS cunning to
Bruokiynin 1863, a gaunt-iaced, long aIred,
side-whisseFed, raspiDg-volced ranttr US il
seemed Brouklyn was then well known as
the city of churches. On its ministerial
iIse, as recall without consulting records
were the greatest preacher oil tue age,
beecher, the poet, Bethune, the ornate
StorrS, the robust Schenck, the picturesque
Cuyier, the rhetorical Chadwick, the schul-
arfy Constantine Pise, and the sturdy
Bishop Mclaughlin.
Into this grouping came a new man with
new methods, with quaint oratory, with
erotesque gesticuiatiuD, theatric in matter
meiodramatic in manner. He built a tre-
mendous church, he buught ma gniricent
organ and soon succeeded by his eStranrdi-
nary defamation and marvellous acting in
drawing and holding the largest cpngrcsa-
ton in the city.
Critics carped, scorners sneered, the
know-afis shook their heads AMI busy
bodies laughed, not only in their sleeves,
but openly, at the coarseness and rough
ness of the new mans ways, but he Kept on.
Three churches were reared. each coming
down heap or ashes, but even that failed
to feazc him. His apparently extempor-
aneous sermons were memorized efforts.
and, through the medium OF a syndicate.
appeared the morning after their delivery
I'D tne newspapers the world around, ap-
parently sent by wire, in reality trans
mitted by mail in time for publication.
Like many men who really know better
Talmage stuck to the literal meanings of
scriptural phraseology. / heard him say he
thanked no man of science to explain TO him
the mysteries OF geology, the wonders of
the heavens. He didn't care to know that
a hundred thousand years were needed in
the formation OF a coal bed by natural
process, nor would he listen to any story
about possible ford in the Red River, or a
sea fish with a differently constructed
throat from that of the modern whale, but
much preferred to believe the Bible meant
what it said
The Lord made the world in six literal
days of twenty-four hours each, and rested
on the seventh because He was tired. I
used to listen to Talmage with intense in
terest- As Psychologist student he is a
corker. Like Orator Puff, however, he
has two voices. His public utterauce CRATES
theear asa file rasps thesaw. Inprivateit's
different. Brooklyn will miss him. He was
as much a feature OF New York's annex as
the bridge across the river, the cemetery
in which hundreds of thousands sleep their
last sleep, and multitudes went every Sun
day night to hear him talk.
Some OF his thoughts are beautiful. Much
OF his maHery is poetic. At times he sounds
the deptAs of human sorrow with intelfi
gence, and again he scars upon strong pin
Ions of imagination to the very heights Of
poetic fefvor. lam sorry he socs away. He
II favorite with the press men, at whose
annual gatherings he b ever welcome, as
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games are still pla yed, though little later
touches are given to them. Depcdene, the
country house of Lady Beresford, is filled
up now with merry party of guests who
are enjoying their last entertainment in
this country place. Depedene is to be
sold by Lord Frances Hope, the owner. and
cut up into building lots. Lady Bcresford
surrenders her long lease for oyer f1 600
consideration, but in the few weeks left
she will have one final country house party
that willleave the home deep in the memory
of those who have enjoyed her hospitality
there, even though she may have to hold
her ceiebration before Halloween.
Last year her Halloween favors cost
$4,000. There were only twenty of
them, but they We're of solid gold set
with jewels. One very appropriate Hal
loween favor, given at Depedene. was worn
here last summer by young gentleman who
made 1t watch charm. 1t was a tiny
twist of apple peeliug of bright red gold
with lining or seed pearls to initiate the
pearly whiteness of a ripe apple. The
charm was not over half an inch long. and
the spiral so tiny that one had to finger it
TO see the pearls shining in the lining. A
very small yellow gold walnut with a dia-
mond tip was another of the favors. and 4
chestnut of dull material, cracked to show
golden nut inside, was another.
While this merry-making was going on
at Depedene there was u quiet house.
at Blenheim, the old castle that has had
its Halloween party since the days of
Queen Anne. At that time, just year ago
now. Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, then sew
enteen, and not quite a bud in society
yet, was visiting the old castle with her
mother, at the invitation of the mother of
the Duke of Marlborough. on the last night
OF October there was party in the old
kitchen. Several young ladies of the Brit
ish nobility were visiting at Blenheini,
for the duke has been entertaining on a
large scale the past year, and on Halloween
all went to the big kitchen, which is In
a wing Of BlenheiBI, and Is only used with
its giant range and brick oven when there
is feast in progress.
THAT MYSTIC M"
All the old games were played, and
when it came to the apple-p pairing test,
that one irfalIible Indication OF the
future. all watched breathlessly while
Miss Consuelo. whose sly glances duke
ward had not passed unnoticed, twirled
the pecsing around her head and flung
it with her right hand backwards into
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Maine's Spry Young Women.

Some of the young women are seeking
fame by the same methods that have proved
go efficacious in the case OF elderly ladies'
North Clinton has a young widow who mitks
three cows, does the work for two in the
ia hily. drives three miles and does a days
work. returning home at night in time to
milk, mend the socks, feed the pigs, split the
wood. etc. Then Canaan hasa smart young
woman, who, besides doing the house work
for quite large family this fall, did the
milking and took all the care of two co ws,
the hogs, chickens, horses. etc, picked four
teen bushels of apples, put them in the cei-
lar, pulled two stacks of beans, and hauled
i'll three large loads of pumpkins. and after
digging and picking up fifteen bushels of
potatoes, pulling thirty bushels of beets and
turnips, and twenty-five heads of cabbage,
Journal
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UNDERTAKERs.
4 MILAN LEE.
e. CNDERTAKER.
s:cPsnnsyivania avenue northwest
First els ss seryica Phcrs s3sI ty&-5mo
DIED.

NACKwOoD-octoter %. at his fathers
residence, sS9 q street southwest, Henry
P MGcawo
Funeral from Grace Episcopal Church.
Ninth and ID streets south west, October
30, at p. m- Friends and acQuaintanees
respectfully invited TO attend
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on Monday, 0c-
tober ID. 1895, at a H., in the forty
first year of her age. Sarah A, beloved
wife oil Thomas Z. Howard, at 404 eth Sc.
sw.
Internlent at Stratford. westmoreland
County, Va, on Wednesday, October Is
Item
yERNAN-Annie Marie VernaD, aged
ninety years. three months. at z o'clock
d. m. October 2S, 1898. mother of Mrs.
John F. AtZci.
Funeral stryicss will take place at 1919
New York avenue ncrthwest at o'clock
u. M. "Wednesday, October 80. 1899
Relatives and frie:ts are invited
SIMMONS On Monday, October %,
1885, at 4,25 o'cipcs z, m, Gertriie +.
Simmons fuee Brooksi, beloved wife of
William L. Simmons, se,lt I ~eIIty one years,
two months aEd seven days
Funeral from ti;e rcsislthee of her mother.
466 stree, southwest. Wednesday. at
1890 o'cioek
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afternoon on account of the serious illness games

afternoon on account of the serious illness
of his father.
Mr.. j. w. Foley, of the Bureau OF En-
craving aud Printing, has just returned
from a ten days visit to his home in New
York State.
Mr.. q. W. Gall, chief clerk of the inspect
ing division of the Sixth Auditors Of
flee, VIII leave the city tonight for his
home in PhHippi, W. Va, where he will
spend a portion of his annual vacation.
Capt. j. P. Periey, of the Post-office
Department., has recently returned from
the Cotton States Exposition, where he
has been spending his annual leave OF ab-
sence. -4-s
committee of five, Of which Sapt
White, of the railway mail service. is chair
man, was to have met this morning at
the Post office Department to consider the
awarding of a contract for the making
of mail bags OF q new'device.
Mr.. E. NJ. Taber, or the Pension Office.
who is at present located at Altoona as
a special field examiner, speaks in glow
ing terms of that section of the country,
the only thing complained of being the
scarcity of good water.
Prof. j. Wood Davidson, Of the inspect
ing division of the Sixth Auditors office.
is spending his vacation at the Atlanta
exposition, with several Others of his de-
partment. He will remain there for
month.
The eldest daughter of Mrs. Sarah Page,
of the Pension Office. died at the home Of
her mother, in Takoma Park, on Sunday
evening. This is the third daughter that
Mrs. Page has lost by typhoid fever within
the past six weeks.
A certain lady In the Treasury Depart
ment. VINO liz III the haDit I'll sn..eziilg very
loudly, in one of her best efforts yesterday
afternoon caused a lady who occupies a
desk near her to faint. 1t is even stated
that, being an occupant of a horse car one
day last week she sneezed 50 loud that the
horses became SO badly frightened that
they attempted to run away. This, Is
vouched for by several fellow-clerks.
The evening times., 1895-10-29
HupTIALS AT HIGH NOON
Solicitor Reeves Daughter Has Be.
come Mrs. Sprinkle.
The Ceremony Took Place ut the Hand
ents-Social Doings of Interest.

Miss Mary Donelson Reeve and Thomas
Holton Sprinkle were married to-day at
high neon, the ceremony taking place at
the home of the bride, No. 1742 street
northwest. The dra wing room was beau
tifully decorated with palms. ferns, white
chrysantAeniums and ruses. the bay win
dow being Il green bo wer, i'll which the young
couple exchanged their vows.
Kew. atner Bart, assisted by Fatner
Lee and Father Reynolds, oificiated. The
Norwegian wedding march, played by MISS
Grace Hamilton jones' heralded the eu-
trance of the bridal party. Little jose
phine Reeve, the sister of the bride, IN a
frock nf white orga andie. prettily deckcd
with lace and ribbons, and carrying n
bouquet of white chrysanthemuins, entered
first The bride. escorted by the er"om-
came next, wearing a handsome s'twn of
white satin, trimmed with lace and orange
Blossoms. and envclopcd in tulle ven
caught TO her cuiifurc with an orange
blossom spray. She carried a white pra ser
book. Mr.. Felix "A. Reeve, her father,
gave her away.
Mrs Maynarti gra ntimothcr of the bride:
Mr.. A. W. Sprinkle, of New York. brother
of the groom, and other relatives were the
only witnesses. Later a reception was held
from 1880 TO 3 O'Clock 10 a number or
friends.
The table was prettily arranged with
roses ana chry Sa ntnefnums, ana Galnty
collation. was served. Mr. I'D Mrs. Sprinkle
left this afternoon for the South, and
after a wedding trip will make their home
In Charlotte. n. c., where the groom is
prominent lawyer.
The going away gown was of dark brown
cleth combined with brocade, with hat III
brown velvet 20 match.
Many la ndsome gifts were received
and Numerous congratulatory letters fram
r fb. hr;s faf h,.r Mr. Eali
Reeve is Solicitor OF The Treasury.
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A Little Addition

And, l presume" said the interviewer.
u presume that when the war broke out
you went TO the front and became a credit
10 your naficn,' as the song has it,"
NO" admitted Mr.. Cashroll, II didn't.
] stayed "a home. boug ht bonds and became
a creditor>to the nation, En-
uIiirnr-
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doubt not he viii be in the halls of pa ticnal
legislation. in the presbytery OF lis present
choice and i'll the special congregation 70
which he goes To minister.
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Piantx of Bofh.

Biobhs-Has Scribbier's new play much
local coloring and atmosphere?
Slobbs-Lots of it; but judging from the
opening night the coloring isvery blue and
the atmosphere decidedly frosty.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Misses Mamie AMI Katie Ellis, of Della
ware avenue. have postponed their visit
to st. Louis until after the Christmas holi.
days, when they will leave, by way OF
Richmond, to be absent until May.
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Mr.. Arthur p. Davis, of the Geological
Survey, has returned from the West and is
located at his home in lie Droit Park.
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Wanted.

wanted.
A bill to make all taxes free to these that
cannot pay,
A bill to pension widows and make them
keep dway:
A bill to de- away with all this revenue in
spcction,
no coltectioni
-Atlanta Constitution.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Farnsworth. Of
Bangor, Me-, have been recent guests of
Mrs. s. b. Bartlett, of III street.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Miss Irene Davis. OF New Jersey avenue
northwest, is visiting friends in Harper
Ferry, W. Va.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Mr.. ]. c. Jacobs. Of Front Royal, Va,
is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Mary
Brown, OF Thirteenth street northwest. He
leITes to-day for tie Atlanta Exposition
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Miss Meta Stephens, of East Washing
ton, is spending October with her aunt.
Mrs. George D. Stcrhens, of Boston. and
will not be home nj IL November 6.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Miss Cora L. Brown, of K street north
east. will give a masquerade party Friday
night in honor of her guest, Miss Terese FL
lis, of Richmond.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Miss Anna F. Mackey, of Georgetown,
viii give n musicale Thursday evening to
the members Of the Y. s. Singing Club.
the members of the Y. s. Singing Club.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Miss Mary NJ. Nichols, OF East CapitoI
street. is home from pleasant visit TO
the North.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

DR.. Joseph Egan, of Waterbury, Conn.
has returned to the city, aud has re
suned his studies at the Columbian Uni
verSity.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Mr.. jules P. Woeten, assistant chief OF
the old war and navy division, Pension
Office. has returned 10 town after pleas
ant soiourn of ten days at the Atlanta
exposition.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

There is movement, on foo. among the
younger members Of the Diplomatic Corps
to form club here. The plan has not as
yet taken definite shape. but negotiations
have been opened for the leasing Of house
for this purpose In the fashionable quarter
of town.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

One of the pretticst gowns seen this fan
was that worn by Mrs. Dick Townsend at
the Payson-L LIE CHAT wedding yesterday. 1t
was combination of black and white in
velvet and wool, the cuirasse being of
velvet and the immense sleeves OF striped
" wool. With IL Mrs. Townsend wore fas-
chatting little grey bonnet. the effect VI
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Senator Wetmore and his family W IL re-
main at their Newport villa until week
or SO before the assembling of Congress,
when they viii taEe possession OF their
home, the former residence of Vice Presi-
dent Morton. which is now being put in
order.
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Miss Ella Hyde, of Baltimore, is the
guest of her cousin, Miss Daisy Brown, Of
Capitol Hill.
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The marriage of Miss Littlepage, and Mr..
McCaiicy, OF this city, " i'll take place at
SaintOAndrews p. E. Church, Wednesday
evening, November goth. Cards have not
yet been issued.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Misses Ella and Nora Neale, of Della
ware avenue. viii give Hard Times
party tonight.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick P. Porter, of
Maryland avenue northeast, Will return
Saturday from an extended trip TO the
South.
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Judge John Davis returned Saturday from
his summer vacation spent abroad, mostly
in France. General and Mrs. Draper were
passengers on the same steamer. AT last
advices Mrs. and Miss Davis had determined
10 spend the W inter In Paris.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Miss May Gordon, of No. 21 X street
nor,hwes viii lie married TO Mr.. Andrew
J. Schw artZ, Or No. IG street northwest
on wednesday next al 2 O'Clock, at st.
Aloysius Church.
The evening times., 1895-10-29

Miss Alice Irwin, of Capitol Hill. left
yesterday morning for an extended visit
to relatives in PENNSYLVANIA.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05

much hard work, and only one con-
verified, and that one just a young
grip said Sarah Payson; sadly.
1T does seem very little" replied
her friend; "but we must not forget
the value Of one soul. 1t is beyond
price; so we cannot count all this
labor as lost"
Grandma Psyson looked up quickly
from her knitting and said earnestly:
"Girlp, you cannot look forward and
see the influence that this one girl
may have in the world. / can look
backward and see the influence OF an
other young girl who was converted
under similar circumstances, the only
one after long series OF meetings
People made the same remarks then
that You are making now, but as time
passed on she was married to an I'M
converted man, and, according to the
rules then in force, she was put back
six months on probation again, though
she was then member in full stand
ing
20 GraDdmaP interrupted Sarah,
show could she bear itp
Because" said grandma, "she was
so loyal to her church that all its
rules were cheerfully obeyed. Before
six months we're past her husband
was converted, and hencefo:th they
walked side by side IN the Christian
pathway, They had a large family
OF children, who were all converted
early in life. Two of the sons became
useful and acceptable ministers OF the
gospel, and the rest we're active mem
bers in their mothers church. The
grandchildren are travelling in the
same way, and one has already been
sent as a missionary TO distant land
Looking forward through the coming
years, who can estimate the influence
of that one girls Christian life9 SO,
my dears, do not mourn because there
are no more, but rejoice and be glad
that even one is added to the army Of
the Lord."-New York Christian Ad-
voCaka
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
FIRST Publication Nov. Ii, 1SB5-5w.
Case No. 3152--Alias.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS,
Phillips County.
In the District Court of Phillips County, Kansas;
James Il Strong plaintiff.
W..
Ella T Strong defendant.
pUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that under,
/ and by virtue Of the Judgment rendered in
the above entitled action, III and by the above
named Court, and Of an execution issued on said
Judgment, to me directed and delivered, will on
Monday, December III, 1895, at the hour off, clock
p. m, Of said day, at the east doer of the, Court
House, in PhilEpsbnrg, in the County Of Phillips.
State OF Kansas, offer at Public Sale aud sell to
the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the follow
ing described real property, namely. The south
east quarter (se of the southeast quarter (seh)
of section twenty-five 1851 in township two ~
south, range sixteen 10 west, of the 6tn p. NJ.
All in the county of Phillips, State Of Kansas.
Said property has been levied upon and is to be
sold as the property Of the above named defend
ant
Dated this 18th day of November A. D. 1905.
G. Il. UTTER, Sheriff OF Phillips County.
G. A. SPAULpNG AND FRANK MCKAY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
Tenoher,e INSTRUMENTATION.

FIRST district teachers will meet at
the OoomeS school house December
IA, at 2:30 p. m.
PROGRAM:
"Why do 80 many Boys leave
School at about fourteen years of
age," Fanny Hamilton;
Discussion, Alice Fisk.
"Politics in School," q. A, Mitchell.
Discussion, Mr.. Caswell.
Recitation, "Three Grains of Corn"
Annie johnson.
Responsibilities Of School Boards"
J. H Kennedy.
"How shall We teach correct Meth
DDS of Study" Elmer Hester.
Recitation, "Flash," Clyde Dubois.
"How long should School Board
keep the same Teacher" j. d, Kinney.
Discussion, H. Coomes.
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAM.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
First Publication Nov. ID, 1s95--5w.
SAERlFF'S SALE,

sTATEoF KANSAS, COUNTY OF Phillips, IS,
John Jetiries a. Sons trustees, vs. Esther Max
field, EDWARD GUIANA and Mary Quanz, his
wlte Edward b Holmes, US trustee; ana the Kan
sac City Investment 20.
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE issued out OF
the clerks office, Of Inc district court sitting 10
and for said Philips county, IN the above enttled
action and 10 me directed, 1 Will on
MONDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1895, at
clock in the afternoon OF said day, nc the front
door of the court house in eaid county, offer for
sale ut public auction and sell, without appraise-
menL, u the highest ana best bidder for cash In
nnud TO eaisfJ said order OF SAFE all the estate,
title, and interest," Of the above named defendants,
and each uf them, and ull persons claiming under
them, liz aud to the following described tract aud
parcel vi land, situated iii said county, to-Wit;
he north half OF the southeast quarter VI section
twenty-five Coz in township four " south, Of
range eighteen (S) west, aud the northwest quar-
Ter III the southwest quarter OF section thirty w
in township four AZ south, of range seventeen 40
west together with the appurlsnances thereto
belonging, ,na a. NV oeice N the city
~ Phillipsburg, III said county, TINS lSth Gay u
q M., 4 n1,i issS. q. b. UTTER Sheriff,
OWEN a, BAssETT, Attorney for Pm