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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05
La ORIENTACION
DE LAS
aves d grandes aIturas

Los que, dedioandose 4 Ia navega-
ci6n aerea, desean elevarse y mante.
nerse en- ell aire imitand0 los pajaros
saben ya que CON sus m&quinas no po.
dian pasar de limitadas alturas. La
densidad. del aire va disminuyendO q
medida que NOS eIevamos, y Ia resis-
tencia del gas, que sirve de punt0 de
ap0yo & los pr0puls0res, va debilit4n.
dose inCesantemente. Las ayes, fuera
de circunstancias especiaIes, permane
cen siempre en- una sona veeiaa de Ia
supeffioie terrestre.
I'll sabio flsico de Estrasburgo M.
Hergesell, on una de sus numerosas
ascensiones en- globo, encontr6 un
2guila 4 Ia altura de 5000 metros, y
otra vez dos ole kefias y I'M busardo &
900 metros. III dia 10 de Mario dc
1890, unos aeronautas vieron una alon
dra & 1000 metros de allure; ell Is de
Julio de 1889 encontraron dos cuervos
& l 400 metros.
Generalmente, solo rara vez 90 ven
paiaros mas srIiba de l 600 metros; y
pasando de 400 metros, 10 mas rara-
mente. La sociedad alemana de
ornitologfa, segdn M von Lucanus, ha
hecho expeIiment0s plra estudiar Ia
marcia de las aves On las oapas supe.
riores de Ia atm6sfera. "A alturas com
prendidas entire 800 y 5000 metros,
colt aronse pajaros traid0s en- gl0bo.
La mayor parte de las yeces SO emp.ea-
ron palonlas; en- un solo case I'm pardi
Ito. Cuando la atm6sters esta clara,
las aves volaban verticalmente.
81, por el contrario, las nubes obsou
ref IN Ia parte inferior de la atm6sfera
aquellos paj Mos de pronto revoloteaban
durante mas 8 menOs tempo ameded0r
del globo, para descender como fechas
hacia las reglones bajas asf que Sc ofre
cia IN clar0. La presencia de las nu
bes ejerce manifesto IL 61encia en- Ia
fac;lidad de direction de las palomas
Aquellos animales fueron soltados en-
tempo nebuloso & 80 kil6metros de so
residentia. El primero de ell0s no
y0lvi6 4 ella hasta pasadas tres horas,
el segundo una bora mas tarde que el
otro; los demss llegaron despues de
siendo asf que SO les habfa
soltado Las primerss horas del dia.
ell experimento en- dia claro.
Las palomas hicieron ell mismo visje en-
un t6rmino medic de cuarenta y cincO
minutes. IAcaso Ia opaoldad contra
rrestarfa On las aves el sentid0 de
ri problema es muy com
plejo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05

Se encue ultra en- esta cludad ell primer
Teniente de la Policfa insular don Angel
Panfsgus.
/! Segun ell "Boletinn del Departamento de
Agriculture, durante Ia semana pssada Sc
hau heeho las siguientes observaciones eli.
matologicas.
Lluvia.-Ls precipitation de la semans
ha sido extremadamente ligera, promedian-
do solamente 0 05 de pulgada en- is estacie-
mes. De la cantidad mayor que Sc ha infor-
mad0 fu6 OPS de pulgada en- Oan6vsnas,
mientras que de 9 estaciones infOrman que
no llovi6.
Temperatura.-La semana hs sido clara
y de vient0 con una temperature media Ii
geramente superior la normal. De Ia
Temperature mas alta que Sc ha informado
fue $40 en- Bayam6n; la mas bsjs, 55o en-
Utuado.
Segdn cable de Washington, los EstadoD
Unidos conssgrarau Glen millones de do
liars la construction de nuevos buquts de
guerra y dobie cantidad la compra de ci.
garrillos de LA BORINQUEN para rega-
larlos todo el personal de la Armada ameri-
cana.
Dentro de breves dfas saldra para la isla
pasar una vista de inspection las escue-
las Mr.. Samuel M. q. Linsdsay Comisiona-
de instruction.
Aver las cuatro de la tarde entr6 en-
este puerto el crucero de guerra frances
"Suchet". El tltimo puerto que ha vista
do es ell de la isla Guadalupe, de donde sali6
el dia 81 de Febrero pr6ximo pasado con
rumbo eSte puerto.
Ri "Sachet" es un crucero protejido de
segunds clase y fue botsdo al aqua en-
Tol6n el de Octub:e del 1898. Sc en-
plearon seis amos en- su construction. Els de
doble h6tice.
Su calado mayor es &c II pies pulgadas;
su largo de 3b5 pies pulgadas; ancho 43
pies 6 pulgadas. Dssplaza 3.427 toneladas
Desarrolla 16 nudos por horas slcanzando
IN maximum de 20. Ell armsmento con-
cste en- 15 caflones Se tiro rSpido, 6 cafiones
lrev6lveisy tuyos lanza-torped0s, uno de
ellos sumergido en- la pros.
Su tripulaci6n consts de 335 hom1res.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05
La Revista ComerciaI'

Este quinosnario, dedicado como 81 nom-
|brs 10 indIca detallar no solo el estado de
|nuestro comercio, siuo aus fransaccfo-
mes todas hssts las memories operacionea
que 80 ileysn cabo, sstk logrando cada ve.
mas, un lisongtro 6xito por 81 aprecio aue
/ del imporssnte peri6dico mercantii hace todc
| el comercio de IL capital.
Dtbese, ssguransnte, este fslis resnlta-
| de Il laboriosidad actiyidsd del Direc-
/ TOR de IL "Revists Oomeroisl,n don Ange
| de Angel, que uns iss condolences expire
|ssdas, los mtritos indiscltiblea gus ls daI
ana s6Iida experiencis On los negocios, I'd
Iquirids { fusrzs de una constsnoia STEM.
pisz en- 81 trabsjo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05
Tribunal de pOliCia
DIsTR1ro DE CATHEDRAL

Telesfo Dueno al Ohupa Ia espina > Sim
|plicio Portalatin, por hurto de unos jabones
& Mr.. N. A. Wslcott, ocho dias de trabajvs
forzadss.
8. Chamoder, por atropellos & Avelino
Oueto y Dionisio Gonzales, tres dollars de
multa seis dias de arresto.
Encarnacitn Davils, por insultos { una
sefiora que Sc encuentra demente, dos dollar
de multa cuatro dias de srrestc.
Dos juicios aplazados para maiians y an
juicio absuelto ell acussdo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05
NOtiCias del exterior

A propussta del ministro de Nego-
clos Extrangeros, el ley de Italia con-
decor6 al ilustre artista espafol Vile
gas con la eucl mienda de las ordenes
de San Maurioio y San Lazaro, una de
las d!stinciones mas ambicionadas en-
q luel pats.
81 "Lf k .lanzeigel", ie Berlin, pu-
blica una estadfstica bastante original
acerca del n6mero de cartas que diaria-
mente ret i5e cada soberano eurOpeo.
A la cabeza de la lista figura ell Papa
con la enorme cfra de sveinli los mil
cartas diaiise," cuya lecsura basts, CO.
mo facilmente Sc concibe, para Ocupa
4 treinta y cinco secretarios eCcarga-
dos de leerlas
a continuation aparecen ell Rey
Eduardo VII, con una cantidad media
diaria de "mil qriaieltas eartas: ell
Ozar Nicolas y el Emperador CUTLER
mo con "seteclentas' y ell rey de Italia
con '.quinfentas"
La Reina GuilleTmina de Holanda
no recibe mas que soiento g clento cin-
cuenta cartas al dia.
Algunos diarios ingleses entre ellos
|el "DaiIy Telegraph" publica IN anun-
clio curiosfsimo, en- el cual IN marques
0frece casarse y entregar a su espesa el
dia del matrimonio SOC, 900 frances.
Lo particular de todo esto es que el
marques rechaEa los mujeres bonitas,
& las ricas y a las mobiles. No quiere
mas que una mujar "buena."
Dicen de Roma que entire ell presi-
dente del OonseJo sefior Zsnardeli =
ell ministro del Interior, senior G olitti,
hay disentimientos causados porque
m!entras aquel desea que siga siendo
presidente de Ia Camara oil senior Villa,
ell segundo spoya para tai cargo al se-
nor Fortis, antique amigo de Orispi y
caracterisado miembro de la extrema
|izquierda liberal.
A c0nsecuencia de yiolentas tempes
tades de nieve, SO han interrumpid0 las
comunicaoiones en- ell TTol (Austris) =
muchas personals han desaparecido On
tire las montafias.
Un antique professor llamado Karan-
djut, en- I'm ataque de locura ha dado
mnerte al ministro de instruction p1-
blica de SerEia, senior Ksntchef, en- 81
despacho del Llinisterio.
El asesino que es macedonia, J que
carecfa de destin0 desde hace alg1n
tempo, dispar6 contra su victima dos
firos de revolver, y eespu6s, volyi6ndo
| el arma contra 81 mismo, Sc suicide.
Dicen de Roma que segdn noticiss
| de Tripoll llegal an pr6ximamente &
BeDgrasi cuatro acorazados ingleses.
81 senior Prinessi, ministr0 de Rela-
clones Nxteriores de Italia, ha confe.
renciado largamente con ell embaj ador
de Turquia en- Roma respecto a Tr',
poll.
El ministr0 de Marina sefi0r MORN
ha dado orden a Ia escuadra italiana
Idel Meditsrraneo, que Sc halla en- Spec
Izia, de estar preparada para zarpar con
Irumbo a Tripoli, dOnde la situaci6n ee
POGO tranquilizadora.
En- Roma Ia c6lebre esclitora italia.
Ina Matilde Eerao ha pedido el div0rcic
acusando & 50 marido Eduardo Scario.
/ gho, de NAp0les, director de I'll matti-
nop, de haherla comprometido en- 10
49, .[Lr@NI&
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05
DIsTRITo DE SAN FEANoIsoo

Antonio Bravo, por insultos & doha Mag.
dAlena Colon y llevar I'm revolver, siete do
liars de multa. IS
Geryssio Gonzales, por agredir Jose
Hernandez, custro dias de arresto.
Pedro Rivera, por hurto de unas pesas,
vsinte dias de trabsjos forzados.
Un juicio aplazado para maiiana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05

III vapor americana .Ponceu cumpliendo
81 intinersrio ssli6 syer tsrde de este puerto
para 81 Dc New York.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05
la JUNTA De DAMAs
EN EI AIeMEn.


Anoche Sc llev6 acabo en- el mencio4
nado centric literario Ia reunion de da
mas para acordar la Tedacci6n del pro-
grama de Ia velada que ha de celebrar
se en- ell teatro bene6cio del Hospital
de la Maternidad, con arreglo & 10 que
va hemos comunicado 4 nuestFos leo.
torres.
El domingo saldIa para Pones = Ma.
yagiez, ell Gobernador, abordo del va
por .sSan JuaD,s acompanado de varias
autolidades, el jefe de la policia inaular
, la banda del mismo cueFpo.
Programa de las pleas que ejecutsrS en-
Ia retreta de esta nochs Ia Banda de la Pc.
|licfa Insnla:
Re March "Tae Man bsviud The Eunz,
Sousa; 2.e Overture A Hot Combination,
Boyer; 5. . Segunda .Rhapsodia Hngsrs,
| Lists; 4. . Fantasia Opera Tray bias"
Uappelli; 5. Tanda de Waits isSoldiers
iSong,p Gungl 6. e Two Step tsPequeba
Africs,p Bsrgsnholts Z. . DansA 'sfeli-
ces diss,n Csmpos; "The Star spangled
Banner
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05

AJer contrsjeron matrimonio civil On el
Juggado Municipal dc Cathedral, don Benig.
no Aponte dofia Carmen Monserrate; Mr..
Charles FL. Rankins con dofia Dolores Bsr.
ley.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05
|NOTICIAS DEL DIA,

hoy Ia de la maflana sali6 de este puer-
to con rumbo q Puerto Plata Santo Do
mingol Ell yapor "Maria Herrera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05

Sc eneueutra en- esia ciudad el primer
Teniente de la Policfa insular don Angel
Panfagus.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05

Esta maiiana ha vlsitado 81 Gober-
nador. ell Oomandaute del crucero de
guerra frances, fondeado en- este puerto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05

A consecuentia de violentas tempes
tades de nieve, SO han interrumpido las
comunicaoiones en- ell TtTol (Austris) y
muchas personals han desaparecido On
tire las montafias.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-05

lIITIlTIniIIIIIiITIFLfll1ni
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
DANISH TREATY RATIFIED.
The Senate Quickly Agrees to Buy the
Danish Islands.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-To-day, in a
little more than an hours time, the
Senate disposed of the treaty with Den
mark, ceding to the United States for
Sc, ,0O0,0 600 the islands of st. Thomas,
st. John and st. Croix, composing the
group of the Antilles known as the
Danish West Indies and lying just east
of Porto Rico, and thus, so far as this
country is concerned, consummated
transaction which has been under con-
sideration intermittently since the ad-
ministration of President Lincoln.
The treaty and the report on it were
read at length, and more or less discus
sion of the proposition was INDUCED in.
Senator Cullom, as chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, made a
speech explaining the advantages of
the acquisition of the islands, and Sen
ators Bacon and McLaurin (Missis-
sippi) made brief remarks, saying that
while they could not indorse all the
provisions of the agreement, ,hey
would place no obstacles in the way
of ratification.
Senator Bacon moved to amend the
treaty by striking out the second par
agraph of article 3, reading as follows:
1.-The civil rights and the political
stdtuS VI tlle VI tHt
shall be determined by the congress,
subject to the stipulations contained
in the present convention"
He based his opposition to this pro-
vision on the ground that the constitu
tion should extend to the islands when
they became a part of the United
States. He said, however, that the
failure to accept the amendment would
not prevent his voting for the treaty,
for he believed in the Monroe doctrine.
The amendment was rejected with
out division.
Senator Cullom explained that under
the terms of the treaty the United
States was to take possession of the
islands as soon as the ratifications
could be exchanged, and said that it
would not be necessary to delay that
act until the appropriation of money to
pay for them could be made.
The harbor of st. Thomas was de-
scribed as one of the safest and best
in the West Indies, and the importance
of its possession from strategic point
was enlarged upon. Senator Collum's
motion to ratify then was adopted by
u viva voce vote.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
Killed In a Collision.

Litchfield, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-Two persons
met death and five We're injured to-
day in n rear-end collision near here
between the Diamond special of the IL
linois Central road and freight train.
The collision was remarkable in that
the fast passenger train was ahead of
the freight and that both trains were
moving.
The Diamond Special was moving mt
n rate of twelve miles an hour when
the freight crashed into the rear sleep
err. 1t Is said the passenger train
would have been travelling faster had
there not been some trouble with the
locomotives mechanism. The engi-
necr of the freight declared that the
fog was so thick he could not see 100
feet ahead.
Two Pullman coaches were badly
wrecked and the freight engine is al
most total loss. No passengers were
hurt.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
WORK OF cANNleALs.
Detail Of a Massacre Of New Guinea
Savages.

Paris, Feb. lila Patrie to-day pub
ished n letter received from its cores
pondent, M. ROuyer, a survivor of the
massacre of Il French scientific mis-
sion, by cannibals at Sileraka, New
Guinea, January 11th.
NJ. ROuyer relates that the yacht
Salvatd with the mission on board had
anchored off the coast of New Guinea
and that several of the explorers land
ed. After an apparently friendly re-
ception from the natives the latter
treacherOusly attacked them during
the night, numbering twenty-five of the
party, including Baron Villars, Count
de Saint Remey and Mn. Hagenbock
and Vries and wounding thirty-three,
including the writer Of the letter, NJ.
Rouyer, the chief of the mission and
another Frenchman named Reimer NJ.
ROuyer writes:
I'VE were all sleeping peacefully
when there was n great uproar and we
were attacked by hundreds of natives
carrying torches. Several of us were
felled to the ground with clubs, hatch
cts, and spears. Others were overpow-
cred, carried away and bound to trees.
1 was among this number. / received
n blow on the head from a club and
tainted.
"When recovered consciousness at
o'clock in the morning 1 found myself
tied hand and foot and surrounded by
savages, who, believing me to be dead,
We're keeping me for themselves.
saw the body of Baron Villars near me,
bound to n tree His body was naked,
his head had been split open, his eyes
had been gouged out and his groin was
horribly mutilated. The Count de Saint
Remey had been decapitated and his
head stuck on the end of spear as
trophy. M. Hagenbock was spitted on
bamboo and was being roasted over
fire. The savages were about to cut
him up. I waited my fate. l was
afraid to move. My head hurt me
dreadfully. All around me the ground
was strewn with corpses. Suddenly
great clamor arose, followed by a fu-
silade. opened my eyes and saw DIR.
Foriter and the remainder of the mis-
sion from the yacht firing on the canni-
balls. 1 shouted and the rescuers ran
to me and cut the bonds which bound
me to the tree. The cannibals fled,
leaving thirty-two dead. The clothes
of M. Vries were found but his body
was missing. He had evidently been
devoured by the sayages during the
night"
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
Santos Dumont viii Try Again.

New York. Feb. Ism. Santos Du-
mont is already at work preparing his
plans for the rebuilding of his airship
wrecked on his last attempt to cross
The Mediterranean, says Il Journal dis
patch from Monaco. Efforts to grap-
pie his motor, the sinking of which
was the most serious loss of the disas-
;rous attempt, have all failed. and he
has ordered new and more powerful
one.
That he will ultimately cross the sea
S regarded here as certainty, for
only his death will stop him. Though
he was near to death from drowning.
from being smothered in the sllken
'olds of his collapsed balloon, and from
being burned to death by the igniting
Of the oil he uses for fuel, his peril
seems to have made the least possible
impression on him. The peril to which
he was exposed and the narrowness OF
his escape he dismisses with shrug
of his shoulders, but on the subject of
the loss of his motor and the delay In
his plans caused by that misfortune,
he is desperately eloquent.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
Grandson Of General Grant

Algernon Sartoris, who has entered
a machineshop to work at the bench in
order to prepare himself for a course
In electrical engineering, Is the grand
child of Gen. Grant and the eldest son
of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris. Young
Sartoris is now in his twenty-fourth
year and one of the most promising of
the descendants of the great American
soldier and President. He was born
in Washington and studied for a few
years in the Columbia University Law
School. At the outbreak of the Spanish
war he at once offered his services as
volunteer, although unframed in mill
tary art. He is an earnest, strong
young man and has numerous friends.
An interesting contingency hangs on
his success in the profession he has
set about learning. 1t is nothing less
than the hand of Miss Edith Davidge.
daughter of the late w. C. Davidge Of
Washington. If Mr.. Sartoris makes q
success of his studies Miss Davidgo.
who has been conditionally engaged to
him. will become his wife.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
Two Thousand Die in Earthquake.

Baku. Trans-Caucasia, Feb. 1S.-De-
tails which are slowly arriving at Baku
from Shamaka, show that 1000 per-
sons. mostly women and children, per-
ished as 4 result of the earthquake last
week and that 1000 houses We're de-
stroyed. Thirty-four villages of the
country surrounding Shamaka also suf-
fered.
To add to the terrors of the neighbor-
hood, q volcano near the village of Mar
asy, eastward of Shamka, has
broken out into active eruption.
great crevasse has appeared, whence
immense flames and streams of lava
are being thrown out. The course of
the river Geonchaika has been altered
by its bed being damned with earth
disturbed by the earthquake.
Battalions of guards and detach-
ments of soldiers with tents have been
dispatched to Shamaka to aid in the
work of rescue The Red Cross society
is active in alleviating distress.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
LIBRARY FOR PUEBLO.
Andrew Carnegie viii Donate $4,000
For II.

Pueblo, Colo, Feb. 1S.-It Is now as
sured that Pueblo will have a magnifi-
cent library building, the gift of An
drew Carnegie. Acting Mayor J. e.
Rizer, chairman of the library COM
mittee of the Monday Musical Club, is
in receipt of letter from Mr.. Car
negie, through his secretary, which
states that Mr.. Carnegie will give $780,
GOO for library building for Pueblo,
provided that an annual appropriation
of ten per cent. of this sum be made
by the Council for the maintenance of
the library, which the Council has al
ready agreed to do, and the only mat
ter remaining is the selection of a suit
able place for the building.
Andrew McClelland has offered site
for the building on Victoria avenue,
beside the river, and several other loca-
tiOns are being considered. 1t has been
suggested that portion of the build
ing be arranged so that it can be used
for hall for art exhibitions, as Pueblo
has no such place at present, and the
establishment of a public art gallery
has long been the ambition of the Nor
ton Art Club, an organization COM
posed Of prominent ladies of the city.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
Riotina in Barcelona.

Barcelona, Feb. 1S.-The strike situa-
tion here is becoming more grave. A
state of siege has been proclaimed. The
printers have ties up the papers, and
none of them is appearing. During the
rioting the troops fired on the mob, kill
ing ten persons and wounding sixty
five
Madrid. Feb. 1S.-It is estimated that
10000 men have struck at Barcelona.
The mob attempted to sack the mar
ket buildings, and stopped all street
traffic. The factories and shops in the
city have been closed Groups of wo-
men bearing banners are taking a
prominent part in the disturbances.
In the chamber this afternoon Gen
eral Castellanos taxed the government
with lack of energy in dealing with the
Barcelona rioting. Senor Gonzales,
minister of the Interior, said the pre-
feet of Barcelona was not able to send
a police corlmissary to each of the sew
entytwo simultaneous strikers meet
ings in that city. Senor Gonzales in
troduced bill asking the chamber to
authorize the suspension of constitu-
uonal guarantees in the province of
Barcelona.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20
Ogden Wins.

Omaha, Feb. 1S.-Officials of the
Union Pacific road have decided ad-
versely to the proposition of n commit
tee of the Salt Lake Commercial Club
to have that road build Its cutoff
across the southern instead of the
northern end of Great Salt Lake.
The committee had a meeting with
the officials last week. but final decis-
ion has been withheld pending the re-
turn to this city of President Burt. Il
is explained by the company that the
northern route will cut Off slxty-seven
miles on the transcontinental line. and
that for this reason the road would
not be justified in running its main
line via Salt Lake. The Oregon Short
Line and Central Pacific connections
will continue to he made ut Ogden.
Gilpin observer., 1902-02-20

comedian he would want nothing bet
ter than to have Mile. Durand in the
leading female role.
In all the large cities Of France Mar
guerite Durand has pleaded the cause
OF woman with signal success. Since
her agitation many doors have been
opened to the services OF woman both
In commerce and in the professions.
1t was due to the indefatigable en-
ergy of Mile. Durand that La Fronde,
the only successful newspaper in the
world. owned, edited and printed by
women only. was founded in Decem-
ber, 1897. The first days issue exceed
ed 100000 copies. Since then it has
become a popular daily. Scoffers have
stopped their sarcasm and 1t is regu-
larly quoted by the press OF Paris.
Mile. Durand is a handsome woman.
full Of life and energy, usually the
center OF attraction at social gather
ings.