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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
FTHE day Of the Continental
'gouvernante' for the smart
American oirl is nassino and

"gouvernante' for the smart
American girl is passing, and
10 longer is the future debu-
tante sent to a fashionable boarding
school to be finished" The English
idea Of a society education, as eX-
pounded by the English governess, is
daily gaining ground among wealthy
American mothers.
Pose,
Poise and
Pronunciation.
We are beginning to think, said a
well-known society woman, that the
best place to raise and educate a girl
is at home, and we have been dis
tressed to find that under French and
German governesses foreign tongues
were being gained at the expense OF
the best English pronunciation.
That is what | have discovered in
the case of my eldest girl. She can
rattle off the most melliHuouS German
and the most dulcet Partisan pOlysyl-
tables, but her English sends the cold
shivers down your spine, and her
boarding school department lacks the
repose that we look for in Our girls
nowadays"
The chief aim in the education OF
the rich American girl is to secure
pose and pOise, and then come tone Of
voice and pronunciation. The Corde-
LA COO and the graceful, CLASSY calm
Of one born to wear the purple are
what all society mothers wish thell
girls to display in their manner, anC
the COO and the calm are extremely
difficult to acquire. The best way tC
obtain them is to engage the bes
type of English gOverness as guide
companion and instructress for the in
cipient debutante.
The reason for the election Of the
English gOverness to this high post o
trust is easy to explain. The English
gOverneSS IS not, as a rule, nearly 81
clever, or one-fourth so we'll educated
as the American girl who has gOnt
through college and is looking for pu
pills, but she has the accomplishment
that are Of value to the girl destined
to lead a society career. She can sin!
and play a little, paint a little, an
prattle away in easy French and Ger
man. She reads poetry aloud sweetly
performs nicely III private theatricals
takes a graceful hand at cards, and
nearly always an expert oarswomar
That is not her only athletic accom-
plishment, for she skates, plays squas
and tennis, and is prime walker.
Above all else, her voice is rich an
sweet and low, she has a sounC
healthy body, and she is beautiful
calm. Furthermore, she is usual
we'll born, and, as she is oftenest
clergyman's daughter, she possesses
sweet, graceful, simple manner. He
ways at the table are dainty and dign
fed, and she is strictly religious an
rnaSSurniuC
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
Piano Benches or Settees.

Piano stools and chairs are giving
way to carved benches seating two
comfortably. The piano bench or seat
is made of wood to correspond with
that of the piano case. Some are
severely plain, depending on beauty OF
line and polish for effect Other
piano benches show richly carved
edges. All have broad, easy seats, and
their general aspect is picturesque.
There are no cheap ones, but there are
some very costly ones decorated with
lnlays that are veritable art pieces.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
Coaching American HeiresseS
for Future COrOnetS

the perfected English article fits into
the well paid place and salary offered
to the ideal governess on this side Of
the water. That is why so many So
ciety women are bringing up their
daughters under the care Of we'll bred,
we'll born, and highly recommended
young women from Great Britain.
The governess lives with the girl
who is in her care, and her charge is
rarely or never out Of her sight. She
teaches her for so many hours a day,
and the little girl never leaves the
house unattended by Miss Blank.
They walk and drive and go to matt
nees together; Miss Blank eats with
Edyth, takes her to and from riding
school, skates, reads, visits picture
galleries and goes to concerts with
her
In short, she relieves the mother OF
every care concerning the girls mind,
morals and health She teaches Edyth
all the ms and outs Of etiquette, she
forms her taste in literature, she cor
reefs her speech, she makes her read
her Bible, and She shows her every
known trick with the knitting, GRO
chet and embroidery needles.
When the time comes for Edyth' 5
debut, she is a good, bad or indiffer-
ent quality socially according to the
gOverness she has had; but two points
are usually to be set down in her
favor She speaks with the tongue Of
an angel and her manners are as com
posed and charming as those Of an
English countess.
Nervousness,
Sharp Voice
And Slang Must Go.
My girls possess sharp Yankee
voices" said one distracted mother
They are nervous, excitable and
prone to the use Of slang AS a last
hope, | have secured the services Of
tall, slender, placid, pretty woman
of about thirty, who has been govern
ess for ten years to the MarchiOnes,
of Blanks daughters. She is deeply
religious, she paints beautifully III wa
ter colors, she dresses very simply
and her voice is pure gold.
Il am going to pay her just three
times the wages that the Marchiones!
gave her She will have her own pref
ty little room and take her meals will
Sarah and Susan | allow her one af
ternOOn and two evenings in the weel
to herself and one months holiday
with salary, in the summer.
Some Of the best blood of tn
English gentry flows in her veins
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

Kick Hard When You Kick.
It's easy enough to be great man
When you kick, kick hard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

When spring comes round with
sprinkling can
And rains upon the sleeping man;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
II PICTURESQUE
MIME FOR SUICIDE

EUICIDE Of lovers in Japan is
called heart-death, passion
~ death or love-death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
WHEN THE CREEPS CAME.

- 4 M NLOA1- ]
1 had purchased for half it's value
what had been known for ten years
as a haunted house. and on the day
the deeds. We're delivered to me
MADE ARRANGEMENTS to pass the night
N the place, and I was there at an
early evening hour.
- To begin with, the garnet was the
length and width of the house without
a partition, as was also the case with
the cellar. On the first floor was a
parlor, sitting-room, dining-roOm
and a kitchen with a pantry off. and
not having been tenanted for years,
the whole building was very much out
OF repair.
After going through the whole
house from top to bottom 1 took a
seat in the kitchen and lighted the
lamp I had brought with me, though
I had candles besides. 1 began read
Ing a novel had selected, and thus
put in the time until eleven o'clock,
but even as 1 read I had nervous,
uneasy feeling. This so grew upon
me that I finally laid aside the book
and passed out of the back door. 1
remained until I had smoked a cigar,
and then feeling more quiet, re-en-
tered the kitchen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18

used to think laziness one of tht
ghter sins, but I don't think so an.
lOre. When one considers the amour
f suffering a lazy person causes ar
10 crushing weight of respOnsibilit
nd hard work he or she throws on tt
hOulders of people who probably al
working harder than they should any
ray, it would seem as if the lazy per
on was little better than a crimina
have seen great. strong men who L
he burden of labor fall on some littl
ragile woman. and girls who hav
made slaves of their mothers and sis
ers to the extent of actually prevent
ng them from enjoying their part Q
fe's happiness-and all just becaus
hey were too lazy to do their share O.
The work.
Ny friend the philosopher opened W
her mind to me on the subject today.
She also said a curious thing which
somehow caused me to think. We were
in large department store, and
walked up to a counter where severa,
salesgirls were idle and thought1essly
addressed myself to a pretty girl whe
was holding an animated conversation
with a man. My friend pulled me BY
the sleeve and dragged me a little
farther down to where another gir
stood without anything to do. "Never
speak to a shopgirl while she is doing
her little innocent bit of flirting. my
dear" she said whimsically. Think OF
the few opportunities she has to enjoy
life, shut up as she is. or, indeed, ever
to marry and have a home of her own
Give her a chance. Don't interrupt and
spoil it."
I wonder if any other woman ever
thought of this? KATE CLYDE.
New York
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REAL EsTATE TRANsFERs.


e Worthington and wife to W. H.
Greider, lot 227 Lawrence street
Parkdale addition ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GO
G. McClintock and wife to I. r.
Twaddle, lot 451 and north half ass
Western avenue, Kings addition. 800
E V. Morgan and husband to P. C.
DaUn, ne Il IA, u, Observation-Disclosures. {, 600
NJ. J. Sturgis and others to Santa Fe
Land Improvement Co., lot 60
Adams street, Cranes addition -. I 800
S. w. McCollister and husband to A.
H. Kelso, lot 27S and east half $50
West Sixth avenue, Haynes addi-
llon.. -...--... :, VuO
r. L. Greene and wife to S. R.
Miller lot POI Morris avenue, DR..
Martin Place addition. Observation-Disclosures. 300
NJ. E. Gruhn to l. A. Manner, lots
15S, 160 1872 and 164 Corey street,
Sam Cross addition. Observation-Disclosures. 65
S. WGrisWold to r. z. Valentine,
lots 100 and Ill Lake street, Grand
pres addltlOn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
D. S. Hill to S. B. Isenhart lots 4105,
and Huntoon street and 400, and
LenOx Place addition. -.....-...-.-. 200
b Rockwell and wife to Shawnee
county, part Sc. IL, 16. -..-.............
S. NJ Gibson and wife to F. Lee, lots
202 and 204 Willard street, Willard,
Kansas --..-----.----- -.---.--..--...- ~
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CALIFORNIA $500
Via Santa Fe.

VIA SANTA Ee.
Tickets on sale during March and
April This rate also applies to inter-
mediate points. Good in tourist Sleep
ers and free chair cars. Liberal stop
over privilege allowed.
For full information and free Iitera-
ture. address T. L. KING.
G. p. & T. A, Topeka.
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WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.

Worlds Fair Route-seFoIIovv the
Flag
Only line to Worlds fair main en-
trance. Five daily trains. from Kansas
City. Shortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
L. S. MCCLELLAN,
Western Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, No.
II. c. SHIELDS,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Kansas City. Mo.
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Los Angeles and San Francisco and
RetIlrn $500. via The Santa Ee

For the general conference of Meth
odist church at Los Angeles. May to
Sth, and the National Convention Re
tail GroceTs Association at San Fran
cisco May 5th to 9th, the Santa Fe has
made the extremely low rate of S45. 90
for the round trip. good returning as
ate as June Both. On sale April % 10
May 1 inclusive. Passengers have
privilege of going out one way and re-
turning another. Liberal stopover
privileges. These tickets are hrst-class
and are good on the California limited
The California express carries free
chair cars, also Tourist sleeper, daily
without change. Famous Fred Harvey
dining cars and eating houses. Tor
descriptive literature and full particu-
lars, address
T. L. KING.
c. P. & S. A. Topeka.
r---..,r.esl,.. 3d.. ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18

A GOOD position is always open to a
competent man: his difficulty is to find
it; we have openings and receive daily
calls for secretaries and treasurers of
business houses, superintendent, mana
gers, engineers, expert bOOkkeepers, trav-
cling statesmen, executive, clerical and
technical positions of all kinds, paying
from 81 900 to $1,000 year. Write for plan
and booklet. Hapgood Onc.l, suite 9l7,
Chemical bldg, St Louis. Offices New
WANTED-Good arm walters at Cremerie
restaurant.
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aTovTNG AID sToRINe.

FOR moving, packing and shipping. Ath-
erton Bros, 102 f. 9Th. Both phones 99s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AM a CANDIDATE FOR STATE
senator from the Seventeenth district,
C7th), subject to The decision of the qua
ided electors in Shawnee county in No
vember. c. P BOLIVAR,
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STORAGE.

MERCHANTS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs. ships and stores household
goods Tel. ls6 Clarence Skinner. Gil
Quincy st.
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MATCHMAKER.

-~~--O---~~-~-o---~----~
+. ". WIEMAN. practical matchmaker
and engraver. All work done in neatest.
promptest workmanship manner. at low
and silver. 107 W. 18th St
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Excursion Sunday, May I.
Kansas City and ret. s1.25 Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
CARPET CLEANING.


SEND your carpets to Mccormick &
Peake, IN our new location. new ma
chlnery. We can give you better work,
more promptly than ever before, and at a
price that will please you Mccormick &
Peakes rug factory and carpet cleaning
works. 5Z2 Van Buren, st. Phones al.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18

Excursion Sunday, May 4.
Kansas City and ret. s1.25 Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
wANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED-A porter at COS East Fifth
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS.


PARKDALE HARDWARE repairs gaso-
line stoves, tinWare, lawn mowers, pump
repairing, down spouts and guttering. L
put new burners on old gasoline stoves.
1902 East Sixth st. Ind phone 265-5.
IF YOU WANT to save money figure
with Gillett & Nicholson before you buy
coal. lumber or any kind of building ma
terial 100 Kansas ave. Tel $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
VIEWS.


f. c. LUTES-EVerythin in modern pho
Biography, indoor and outdoor scenes,
funeral flowers, etc. Ind. phone 1872.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.


DR. EASTMAN, late supt. state insane
asylum. Mental and nervous diseases. SOC
Kan. av. Phones ia Res. 1270 " Buren,.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WHEN you want 20 hire a man or boy.
call UP Y. NJ. Z. A. telephone 311. We
have a list OF men and confidential ref
erences concerning them. M G. A
Employment Bureau. III L. sth St
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FURNACE WORKS.

GEO. z. SEYBOLD. furnace work. tin
roofing, gurtering. sporting furnaces a
speciality 9S1 Kansas ave. Inc phone 5l2
JOHN SEYBOLD. tin roofing. gattering.
spouting, galvanized iron and furnace
work. III L. Sth st. Tel. 5S1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
SEWING MACHINES.

EXAMINE the New Home sewing ma
chine: we can suit YOU; all kinds Of
machines repaired. Offices 819 Kan ave
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ED-SAIESNTEN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pay weekly. Work
the year round. Outfit free. IaWTenca
Nursery Co., Lawrence Kas.
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SATIN TOILET sPECIALTIEs

HARD healthy gums, sound teeth given
by Satin Tooth Powder, or Satin Tooth
Paste 25c. AT Rowley & Shows.
A COMPLEXION OF satin texture. clear
ness and beauty follows use of Satin
Skin Cream and Satin Face Powder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18


FOUND-A dark bay horse. Owner can
have same by paying costs. Frank
Ceiling, 80 North Monroe
yesterday, silver watch and gold
fob. Finder please return to SIS West
Sixth St
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WANTED-FE1fALE HELP.
~--~-~----~~----------~-~
washing. Mrs. Frank P. Edsons i
Harrison st.
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WANTED-nTAI.E HEIIP.

MAN to meet retail trade for manufac-
turing house salary $50 and expenses
weekly previous experience unnecessary.
STANDARD. Caxton, Chicago.
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UNDERTAKINGS.

SHELLABARGER & SON. funeral direc-
tors and licensed enbalmers. ParlOrs
122 W. 5th st. Phone 373.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18

sUNFI-OWERz WORKS.. A. Swanson.
BICYCLES, locks. dOOrbells, stoves, lawn
mowers 202 w. Sixth st.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-01

knocks that idea that it started there
so that in the best Judgment of those
who attempt to investigate these mat
tiers it will remain mystery.
The fire was noticed first. as near
as can be found out, by Night Mar
shal Chris O'Neil and Myron McKin-
ney, who coming out of the rear of
the Pastime, walked east through
the alley toward Fifth street. the
time being about 30 o'clock. When
they approached the rear of the Currie
Block they noticed that there was a
glare, as If from fire coming from the
high rear windows of the Fashion
and also from the W indows looking
westward from the ElK's Club rooms.
They were startled by the glare and
began an investigation at once. AL
Black burn, who is the janitor of the
Auditorium was near by and not be-
ing able to gain an entrance into the
Fashion. where they could see the
flames raging, Chris O'Neil broke a
pain Of glass and with the assistance
of Mr.. Mckinney aided AL Black burn
into the building. He threw off the
bars that held the rear door and they
saw at once that the store was on fire.
the blaze reaching mp to the coiling
and beyond through an opening that
had already been burned through the
ceiling. either from above or below,
it rs not known which
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-01

Singualrly fortunate in the few
fires which have destroyed property
in this city, the one last night which
practically destroyed the Currie Block,
was the greatest fire in the history of
the city.
The loss cannot be fully estimated
but it will not fall ST ort of $50, 600, in
the loss to the handsome and impos-
ing structure which was an ornament
to the city and the stocks of goods and
personal property contained therein.
Various causes for the origin of the
fire have been given. but the exact
cause will probably never be known.
as the fire was so Intense that evil
dences of the fires beginning have
been lost in the general disaster to
all parts of the building The theory
has heen advanced that it started
in the furnace room and that it burn
ed through the floor into the room
occupied by the Fashion and thence
into the rooms up stairs, occupied by
the Elks as lodge rooms and general
headquarters.
On the first theory there is no
thing to substsntiate that the
fire started in the bsseUent. any
more than that it caught in the rooms
occupied by the Elks. No fires we're
burning in the Elks rooms. or have
been for at least ten days and an ex-
animation of the furnace this morning
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-01

The alarm was quickly given, ]. II.
Alderman was close by and on his
way home and he was on the ground
almost instantly and did yeomsn SER
vice in fighting the fire.
1t seemed but an instant almost
from the time the fire alarm sounded
until the fire department, headed by
Chief Edward lines was ON the
ground. but in that brief time, the
fire had gained such Roadway that
it had become formidable blaze.
which seemed to be sweeping all be.
fore it in its mad fury. The flames
seemed to enter at first in the rear of
the Fashion and then into the second
story and here il gained Roadway
rapidly and took everything before 1t.
1t was first thought by those who
saw the incipient blaze that it would
soon be under control, but. notwitIl-
standing the desperate efforts of the
firemen, 1t gained and gained rapidly
on them, soon enveloping the entire
second story in one vast sheet of
flame, in the corridors and in the
separate rooms of the building.
Three streams of water were play
ed on the building and fire and a
vast quantity of water was poured
against the flames. but instead of putt
ting them out, the flames crept on
ward, until they seemed to lodge.
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-01
Currie Building, One Of the Handsomest of
the City's Business Blocks A Loss Az
9resatine 100000 on Building
and Stocks EIkS Club and
Lodge Rooms Ruined.

Most disastrous fire in City's history George A..
Currie block Main and Fifth Streets burned and
Quilted Loss to building and stocks 100000;
$4,000. Stubborn and resiSteSs blaze The Fashion
stock ruined by water and SMOKE the greatest losers
The daily sentinel., 1904-12-01

Continued on Page 2.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04

OMAR. PROPHET OF THE NILE.
TIE man % mystery and power Advises
r- al arzlrE n lie. Gives you a complete
--re reading past present and future. Has the
.le Eif- 0f healing
BE SECRET INFLUENCE
He can bring 10 you success and happiness
s-l secure your desire Aids you IN business
l0Ve
destruction Efven: mediums developed
Hours afternoon and evenings. call st once
2Is Eddv - Lady attendant.
ReedinEH 81 this week.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS ON OVER
ALIS AND COTTONADE PANTS.
STANDARD FACTORY, COR COUGH
AND GROVE SIS.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04

OPEN SUNDAY 10 to II
AT HORD & SMITHS.
Contractors Agents. % Third St
Laborers, steam shovel cut, 81 % fare s3 80.
Laborers, company. 81. steady work
IabOrers, near city. 81
Teamsters- near city, s..
Plumber. city. 50
Cooks north. So and found.
Fruit workers. san Jose, 81 and found
Ranch hand south. SIS and found
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04

A-CHICASO BUSINESS COLLEGE. 1855 Mar
ket guraltees pcsiticrs 20 graduates. PIT
man shorthand. t2uiag. bookkeeping: IS mo
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04
FLATS TO LEr-con.inusd.

BUSH. 25s4-DesirabIe upper fiat. 8 rooms and
bath; rent reasonable
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04

SHOE salesman. country. S65 and coumisslons
coachman, $50 and I'd. > men about place
S25, $50 and found; fruit farmer and vie,
$50 and found: farmers S26 $50 and found
assistant gardener. So and found; foreman
for sash and door factory. ST. week; two
blacksmith's helpers. SO and found ard $
day: Isborers for woods, $50 and board,
miners. So day. lsborers Tor mine. s. -
day; buggy washer and harness cleaner 3
day; cooks, walters. dishWashers. oystermen.
hotel DOrters and others. ]. F. CRpSEtf
& CO. 62S Sacramento ST.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-27

entirely successful. it will introduce
large economy in all electrical railway
operation. The application of electri-
cal railway devices to all sorts of in
dustrialism affords material for book
all by itself-ranging, as it does, from
the great electrical locomotive and the
huge overhead crane to the broiling of
a beefsteak or curling of my ladys
hair by means of the magic current.
In almost every workshop electrical
tools may be found. In these, and in
compassionate appliances, may be
found the greatest advance in shop
mechanics during the decade. There is
a new automatic or mechanical tele-
graph sender, transmitting messages
forty times as fast as a human opera
tor. In fact. it is well known that
science and invention have, during the
last ten years. made telegraphy so easy
and cheap, that, If we had in this
country a government or postal tele-
graph instead of semi-public compa-
MES, short letters could be sent by
wire almost as cheaply as by post. IN
less l read incorrectly, the signs of the
times, postal biography is imminent
in America: II is demanded by prog
ress, and progress. can not be denied.
The automatic telephone Is coming
rapidly into use, and promises to carry
the convenience of telephone commun-
ication to hundreds of thousands who
can not now afford it. The rural tele-
phone is growing at an amazing rate.
too, and already scores of thousands
OF American farmers have the phone
in their houses.