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Cotton.

win big cotton crop indicated the price
rules high. To the spinning industry of
the United States and England the question
OF price is momentous and it is of indirect
concern TO nearly everybody else. The
Manufacturers Record says: THE Euro
pean spinners appear to be laboring under
some sort of impression that the American
cotton grower and the American cotton
merchant speculate in cotton. or at least
handle cotton in some way that is injurious
to the European spinner"
The idea is widely held that the high
price Of the fibre is due to speculation.
There is 70 doubt some reason for this be-
lief, but it is perhaps not the whole truth
Speculation has taken advantage of certain
conditions making for high prices and has
perhaps put them little higher than con-
dltlons warrant. AS a general proposition
speculation can put commodity higher
than its legitimate intrinsic or normal
worth, Blu, it cannot hold 1t there
Very likely the main reason for the higher
price of cotton is the same reason that is
making for the higher price. of wheat. and
this Is that production is not Increasing as
fast as the demand for these staples in
creases. 1t is certain that the increase in
the production of cotton year by year is
not as great as it was. In the thirty years
following the civil war the production of
cotton doubled in each succeeding decade
In the present decade the crop has remain
ed practically stationary, being about the
same as in the preceding ten-year period
or about ten million bales a year The
price has virtually doubled. cotton au-
thority gives as the probable reason for
this that the south has changed from be-
ing section exclusively devoted to agf.icul-
ture with negro labor, to one of extensive
manufacture as well, this latter interest be-
ing handled almost exclusively by white
labor. Agriculture has become much more
diversified and is falling more and more
into the hands of white farmers who do a
large part of their own work These do not
generally confine themselves to the produc-
ton of cotton. but raise foodstuffs which
are salable to the increasing manufacturing
population"
There will possibly soon be held an inter-
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Infants Department.

2 Children's Null Caps, full crown, trimmed
with insertion. lace and ribbon. Reduced from
So. 10 to S1.O0 each.
1 Infants Fine Bonnet. of all-over embroidery.
with deep frills to face edged with lace and loops
OF pink ribbon. Reduced from S.. so to $500.
/ Infants Fine Wicker Basket. on white enam-
eled stand touched with gold three compart-
ments deliberately trimmed with pink ribbon ard
lace Reduced from SO. so to $1,000.
8 Infants NainsoOk and India Linon Short
Dresses some Bishop style, trimmed with lace,
beading and ribbon: others low neck. trimmed
with fine tucking. Reduced from $1.25 to '5c.
each.
Infants White Serge Coat threequarter leng-h h,
with talor-sttched red collar. cuffs and belt.
Reduced from S1O75 to 4.50.
2 Infents Cloth Coats, three-Quarter length: enc
green. with white piping; the other TAM with
tailor-fnsh. Reduced from $500 to $3.50 each.
I Ihfshts' White Silk Short Coat, with short
yoke and wide collar: collar trimmed with clny
lace and accordian- plated ruf1e, with lace under
reath Reduced from $500 to $500.
Third floor Eleventh st.
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Eyes Front!
From the Wall Street Journal.

Hiou the W all Street Journal.
There is manifest disposition among
business men to again face to the front.
we nave been looking backward for two
years. 1t seems to be the moment to
change our position and look ahead This
does not mean that we should forget the
lessons taught by the period of our ex-
cesses In speculation and promotion. The
experience through which we have passed
is too valuable to be ignored. But the man
or the nation which is living on memories
alone is In a bad way. Those memories
may be glorious, but unless they lead to
some progressive action. they are of little
value. man or a nation that is all the
time thinking of the mistakes made in the
past is not likely to get ahead very fast
That in the great boom which has now
passed into the financial history of the
country, many mistakes were made and
excuses committed, no one can dispute We
have suffered the inevitable penalty OF
those mistakes and excuses. We are in
deed at this moment experiencing many OF
the effects. Some people seem 10 regard
the evidences OF reduced business. the lower
bank clearings, the decreased earnings the
cuts in prices. as causes of depression to
come. They are rather the results of
causes that have passed. The task of the
hour is to turn about face and look ahead.
This is not generally an easy evolution, but
some have already accomplished it and
they are able to see a bright prospect before
them.
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Soldiers Tales.

In all associations of men, civil or mill
tary. there are individuals whose fancy is
unfettered. There are men who cannot
accurately observe facts relate them
with precision. All they describe is either
magnified or minimized. Sometimes this
is willfuI and sometimes unconscious.
There is a tendency on the part of many
soldiers to magnify the hardship they
have endured and to redden the bloody
things they have seen. They like to deepen
the shadows and heighten the lights. 1t
makes good reading or good listening for
the folks at home, who would be disap-
pointed If their soldier lad while away
from home did not see or suffer something
unusual AS their appetite for the mar
velous grows the soldiers ability and
Willingness to satisfy that appetite grows,
A man is going to be hero in the eyes
of his own people if he can.
one recalls the soldiers letters, full of
stories of self denial. privation, cruelty to
natives. slaughter of innocents, brutality
of officers, &c. that came pouring back
from the Philippines. Cool heads said
There is some cruelty in all fighting.
some privation in all campaigns and
coarseness in some men who wear Shout
der straps, but beware and discount these
tales. Much of this is rank exaggeration. .
But large part of the community in
sisted that it was all true. Our boys
would never misrepresent anything"
Now we come 10 the stories that are be-
ing told by the survivors of the Virginia
maneuvers. The eastern papers have con-
tanned many of them, So many of the
eastern National Guardsmen were city
boys who had little acquaintance with the
country that when they got there they
could see Indians In every clump of bushes
and turn tree stump into grizzly bear.
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The impotence in Russia with General
Kuropatkn may be natural in the state of
feeling that exists in that country, but at
this distance it appears to be thoroughly
unwise. 1t is not a case of adjuring the
people not to shoot the pianist, who is
doing his best but to consider the thousand
and one difficulties, not of his making, un-
der which he is laboring. He inherited
chaos and he has brought order enough
out of it to withdraw an army from threat
ened immediate humiliation. What other
soldier in Russian commission could have
done that much? He has been obliged to
make his dispositions largely according to
the pickle in which he found things. and to
work with forces necessarily somewhat dis
heartened from previous poor leadership.
1t is an easy thing to sit in luxurious quar-
tiers in St. Petersburg and demand licking
for the Japanese, but quite another thing
to do the business in the marshes and corn
fields of Manchuria.
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Base Ball and Bicycles.
From the New York Tribune.

Wild enthusiasm for the achievements of
the two representative base ball mines of
Manhattan which nave been doing so well
recently is permissible and appropriate. But
when demonstrations in honor of the mana
SO far as to jump all over him. to trample
him in the dust and to injure him so grave
ly that it is necessary to send for surgeons,
then certainly it is time to call a halt
Many popular fad in sports has had its
day in America and has lost it's hold upon
the masses after a few years. There is
amateur bicycling. for instance. In the
of thousands of wheels were sold to buyers
who purchased them merely for recreation!
Now bicycles used chiefly for business
purposes. 1t was a puZZling abandonment
of a remarkably absorbing passion which
extended among millions of people in many
countries
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Missouri and Colorado.

In two states the fight, because of local
issues, possesses unusual interest.
1t is conceded by both sides that condi-
lions in Missouri call for heroic treatment.
The grafters have been holding high car
nival both in city assemblies and in the
state legislature. Scandal after scandal for
months made the name of the state a hiss
ing and a byword. AT last a young city
official in ST. Louis took hold of matters,
and became so energetic in the prosecution
of boodlers that he made for himself a
national reputation. He grew so strong at
home that he is now the democratic candi-
date for governor, on a platform declaring
that Missouri must be made too hot for
grafters of every sort and description.
Come say the democrats to the republi-
cans. land help elect this man. That will
be the best way to improve things in this
state and keep them in healthy condition"
In Colorado there has been a long period
of disorder, and heavy loss of life and
property is the result. In the effort to
check the decentralization and make the law
effective the governor of the state has re-
sorted to some very aggressive measures.
He has employed force to a degree never
employed before, but to the accomplish
ment of the ends desired, and order now
prevails. He is republican and has just
been renominated on a platform indorsing
his official course. Come" say the re-
publicans to the democrats, land help elect
this man. That will be the best way to i'm
prove things in this state and keep them
in healthy condition.
VIII there be any response of note in
either state to these appeals made in behalf
of better local government? In Missouri
the republicans. while complimenting Mr.
Folk, severely criticise several of the men
who are running on the ticket with him.
and question whether his elevat ton to the
governors chair would, in the circum-
stances, be blow to the grafters. In Colo
RADIO. while many democrats admire the
energy of Gov. Peabody, the fact that his
course stands virtually condemned by the
st. Louis platform makes 1t little difficult
for them to manifest their admiration at
the polls. Some of them may do so, while
voting for their party's national candidates,
but how many only polling day will dis
close Both Mr.. Folk and Gov. Peabody are
good men, but both being candidates in a
year when party lines are tightly drawn
must abide in large measure by partisan
feeling irrespective of their personal claims
upon attention.
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HOusefurnishing Dept.

$1.O0 each.
l Nickel plated Glass and Soap Holder Re
duced from 81 so to ST. 70.
Nickel Comb and Brush Tray. Reduced from
81 Is to Toe.
&C. each.
1 Straw Dress Suit Case, slightly damaged. Re
duced from 81 so TO 75c.
1 Aluminium Tea Pot. shopworn. Reduced from
81. so to 81 D.
/ Nickel-plated Drip Coffee Pot. shopworn. Re
duced from 81 20 to 60e.
Imported Enameled Rice Boilers Reduced
from So 10 to $i50 each.
Enameled Pitchers. Reduced from Soc TO 35c
each.
Large Enameied Pudding Pans Reduced from
soc. 35c. each.
Imported Tin Sugar Cans denied Reduced
from 55c. to 25c. each.
8 25-ft lengths Garden Hose complete with
nozzle Reduced from $l.75 10 $1.50 each.
Fifth floor. Il st.
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China DEPARTING mt.

I 12pfece Decorated Toilet Set. Reduced from
90 to $3.50.
Decorated French China Pickle Dishes Re-
duced from 25c. to 15c. each.
/ Pink Decorated French China Soup Tureen. Re-
duced from $3.50 to 81 so.
Odd Decorated French China Covered Dishes
Reduced from $500 to SOC. each.
Odd Decorated Doulton Ware Bowl and Pitcher.
Reduced TO 81 .95.
Decorated French China Covered Butter Dishes
Reduced from 81 90 to Soc each.
2 Decorated French China Sauce Boats Reduced
from 81 90 to Soc. each
25 Odd Decorated French China Plates reduced
to 25c. each; so. reduced to SOC. each
2S Decorated French China Cups and Saucers,
assorted patterns Reduced TO 25c each
Stoneware Pitchers slightly damaged. Reduced
to loo. each.
Decorated French China Uncovered Vegetable
Dishes. Reduced to soc. each
Decorated French China Salad Fruit Bowls.
Reduced to soc. each.
Fifth floor, G st.
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Corset Department.

pairs French Corsets, boned with real whale
bore straight front, dip hip. eastics attached;
sizes 49, 20 and "a. Reduced from SO 90 to $500
pair.
with real whalebone, straight front; sizes Is and
10. Reduced from S.. so to $3.50 pair.
pairs French Corsets. boned with real whale
bone straight front-black and white; sizes IL
IS. 20. 81. "a %. % and 80 Reduced from S. so
to 1918 pair. -
3 pairs r. & G. Corsets. straight front; sizes 20
and 80. Reduced from so to S1.50 pair.
3 pairs ". B. CoTsets, black. straight front !;
sizes 49, ~ and 81. Reduced from S1.75 to $1.00
pair
Is pairs Royal Worcester Corsets, good quality
ret straight front, dip hip; sizes Is, 10, "a, 70
26 q. %. 20 and 80 Reduced from SOC. to 25c.
pair
Third floor. Eleventh st.
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Bows Department.

20 Boys Atwood Two piece Suits. Norfolk jacket
and single and double-breasted styles; sizes 8 to
IL and 15 Reduced from $500 and $500 to 81. Go
each
IL Boys Suits. of garnet serge and fancy ni>-
lures. in Elton collar and Russian blouse styles.
sizes to 10. Reduced from $500 and $500 TO
So. 65 each.
20 Boys Atwood Suits Norfolk jacket and
ooItle- breasted styles-navy blue and fancy mix
tures sizes to 10. Reduced from $500 and
$500 to So. rs each.
Boys Fine Red Cloth peter Thompson
Sailor Suits-stylish and dressy; sizes and S.
Reduced from So. so to Ats each.
IA Boys Navy Blue peter Thompson Refers
fall weight, embroidered chevron sleeves; sizes
to 12 Reduced from $500 and $500 to $3.50
each.
80 Boys Wash Sailor Blouse Suits; sizes 3 to
Reduced from $295. 1925 and 1918 to S! Is
each.
Boys Wash Russian Blouse Suits. pain white;
sizes 2h 3, and 6. Reduced from S295 to 81 co
each.
Third floor, Tenth st.
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Muslin Underwear Dept.

3 Women's Cambria Gowns. tucked yoke, ruihe
of embroidery yoke neck and sleeves. Reduced
from So 25 to 81 rs each.
pairs Women's Nainsook Drawers, deep UNI
blella ruffie OF wide embroidery and insertion.
Reduced from So. 25 to 81 so pair.
Women's Light Blue Skirt, deep umbrella rune.
trimmed with black and white applique. Reduced
fror, 90 to IS. CO..
10 Women's Cambria Corset Covers, low neck.
trimmed on neck and sleeves with embroidery.
Reduced from soc. to Csc. each.
3 Women's Cambria Petticoats. two hemstitched
ruffles. Reduced from 81. IS to $1.25 each.
8 Women's Lawn Long Kimenas, pink, with
white borders. Reduced from 75c. to SOC. each
Third floor. Eleventh st.
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Furniture Department.

1 White Enameled Toilet Table. large plate mir
ror; best grade Reduced from $50. 90 to $1,000.
Weathered Oak Den or Library Chair, high
back, odd seat. Reduced from $14 90 to 81 90.
Porch Table 36-inch top. Reduced from So 90
to 81 So
Handsome Birds -eye Maple Dresser. full swell
front, large mirror. good size, odd design Re-
duced from $35. 90 to 5000
l Box Couch, upholstered in art covering: well
made. Reduced from $3.50 to $1,000.
Fine Box Couch quartered oak frame. veneered
ust-proOf bottom, cedar lined double springs We
lour uphostering. Reduced from $35 90 to sla6O
! Porch ., Settee double reed seat. broad arms,
Porch Chair, brentwood frame reed seat and
back, natural finish Reduced from Sc. 90 to 81 So
Seventh floor G St
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Three-Cent Fares for New York.
From the New York World

The announcement of an automobile stage
line company that it will soon begin carry
ing short distance passengers for three
cents each will have a welcome sound in
the ears of the people of New York. 1t is
known that the surface lines could, IL hon
estly capitalized, make money by carrying
at cents passengers who do not transfer.
and competition might In theory lead to the
general adoption of that rate Dsappolnt-
ment is sometimes avoided. however. by not
hoping for too much. Any move to break
the traction monopoly on the surface will
be contested in politics-and New York
knows what that means. 1t will be contest
ed in the courts, which now deny justice
by delaying it from two to four years. And
when contest is no longer possible there Is
still the possibility of combination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-15

national cotton spinners' convention and. II
held it will probably convene in the United
States. A solution of the troublesome
question of the Increasing price of cotton Is
said to be in immigration to the south. IL
there should be an international spinners
convention the matter will be presented to
1t of promoting immigration to the cotton
states, the immigrants to come for the pur-
pose of growing cotton. 1t is claimed that
the European spinners would obtain more
immediate results than by fostering immi-
grafton to Africa.
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Shoe Department.

II pairs Misses Kidskin Button Shoes. broad
full toe patent tip, spring heel: sizes 10. 1884, /.
IL and 2B-13. 1. IL and 2C-1 and 1kD-121aE.
Reduced from So 90 to 81 so pair.
80 pairs Misses Kidskin Lace Shoes, broad full
toe, patent tip spring heel sizes H. I21a, 49, 1871,
l. IL and 2B-11, liz. IS, /, y and 2C-l1h, 13.
1875. 1 and 2D-11, 13, 1877 and 1E Reduced
from 50 90 to 81. so pair.
16 pairs Misses Extra Size Kidskin Button
Shoes Goodyear welt sole, patent tip, spring heel;
sizes 2la. 3, AZ, 5h and 6A-21s, s, 81 and 6B-
s and 5hC-4, Az and CD. Reduced from $50 to
81. 80 pair.
Goodyear welt sole, tip of same. spring sole heel
3D. Reduced from $500 to $1.90 pair.
Third floor Tenth st.
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Friday Bargain i'm
Odd Lots Lace Curtains:

e and 3 pairs of kind.)
Renaissance, $500 pr. Value, 5000.
Renaissance, $500 pr. Value, $6.75.
Renaissance, 5000 pr. Value, 81. 50.
Irish Point, $500 pr. Value, SIS. 50.
Cluny, 1915 pr. Value, $3.50.
Cluny, $5.75 pr. Value, $3.50.
Antique, $500 pr. Value, $500.
Arabian, $IS.75 pr. Value, $500.
We also offer all our one-pair lots
Lace Curtains at exactly half price.
Fourth floor, G st.
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Censorship Over Billboards.
From the New York Herald.

It lu.
For ethical and moral reasons cOrre-
spondent whose communication appears
this morning among the letters to the
Herald, urges the establishment of "a CEN
sorship over billboards." 1t will be con-
ceded that many of the flaming posters so
conspicuously displayed not only Of
fensive to the artistic sense but help to
create in the minds of the young false and
vicious ideals of life and conduct Our
correspondent makes the point that parents
who would not permit their children to wit
ness the plays that are illustrated on these
billboards are unable to prevent them from
seeing the pictures thus publicly displayed.
But who would be the censor. and If one
were appointed who would guarantee the
correctness of his moral, ethical and artis-
tic sense?
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Mems Department.

Mems Two-piece Homespun Suits; sizes ~ to
As. Reduced from 1921 to Sc. 25 each.
Mems Negligee Shirts, pink striped effects.
with separate cuffs: sizes 161s and II. Reduced
from soc. and 75c. to 25c. each.
i u pairs Mems Tan Lace Half Hose: sizes 105a
and II. Reduced from 25c to pairs for soc.
IS pairs Mems Half Hose. fancy embroidered
effects; size 81. Reduced from 75c. to pairs
for $1.O0.
10 pairs Mems Plain Black Lace Half Hose:
sizes 10 and 101a. Reduced from SOC. to pairs
for $1.O0.
Main floor r ST
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A Misanthropic View

l would not be a hero bold,
l would not be a sage,
And have my great achievements told
On some historic page.
What though a generation reads
The record of your fame,
And weary school boys tell your deeds
And mispronounce your name?
And Art will sigh and vainly frowu
On generous intents;
You merely help to fill some town
With misfit monuments.
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Tow Department.

Blackboards Reduced from LOO to 25c each
l Stable. Reduced from $40 90 to $500.
3 Mechanical Waltzng Dolls. Reduced from
IS 90 to 75c. each.
Mechanical Elephant Reduced from $500 te
S1.0O.
/ Mechanical Clown. Reduced from $500 t.
$1.00.
i Drum reduced from $3.50 to 75c 1, reduced
from 81. rs to soc.
each.
Lady DOLL reduced from So. 90 to $3.50; 1, re.
duced from 81. 90 to 81 90.
2 Dressed Dolls. reduced from $275 to 81 SO
each: L. reduced from 81 so to $500; /, reduced
from 81. so to $3.50.
Fourth fonr Eleventh Ut.
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Bows Furnishing Dept.

80 Boys Silk Fourth Hand Ties red and white
striped effects. Reduced from Soc. to 13c. each
AZ Boys Madras Shirt Blouses: sizes to 10.
Reduced from soc. and 75c. to 29c. each.
IA Boys Neglieee Shirts. with separate cuffs;
each
81 Boys White Madras Blouses with attached
collars and neckbands; sizes to IA. Reduced
from 81 90 to Soc each.
Felt and Cloth Hats. with broad brims, for
little boys and girls. Reduced from s1.00 and
81 % to SOC. each
IL pairs Boys Wash Pants, straight and hloomer
styles: sizes 3. f. S. II and IT, Reduced from
Soc. and 75c. to 19c. pair.
Third floor Tenth
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Sewing Machine Dent,

'.Eldredge Automatic" Sewing Machine with
automatic lift; complete with full set of attach
ments and five-year guarantee; woodwork slight
ly marred. Reduced from $1,000 to $37 so.
'W. & L." Sewing Machine. of light oak; box
top. with five drawers; complete with full set of
attachments and a fve-year guarantee; woodwork
slightly married. Reduced from $4,000 to $500.
New Victor Sewing Machine, drop-head;
complete with full set of attachments and Ave.
year guarantee; woodwork slightly married. Re-
duced from $25. 90 to $1,000.
Secand floor at
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Picture Frame Dept.

SO Hardwood Frames, black. brown and green;
size Sx10. Reduced from Csc. to 15c. each.
10 Hardwood Frames, black. brown and green;
/ sizes 10x12 and 11x14 Reduced from 4Oc and
soc. to 15c and zoe each.
. Frames Of 1ts-inch black oak; size 14x17.
Reduced from 9Oc. and LOO to Csc each.
10 3-inch Plain Black Frames; size 2Ox24 Re
duced from $500 to 75c. each.
Fourth floor Tenth ST
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Lamp Department.

Droplight, shopworn. Reduced from $275 to
$1.75.
1 japanese Lamp Shade. soiled. Reduced from
81. 90 to 75c.
Decorated Lamp Globe. Reduced from 81 so
to $100.
Metal Lamp, without shade. Reduced from
5000 to $500
Jeweled Lamp Globe. Reduced from $500 to
$3.50.
/ Yellow Lamp Globe. Reduced from "a 90 to
$500.
Fifth floor. G ST
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Unappreciative.

$50 your youngest daughter is having her
Voice cultivated"
Well answered Mr.. Cumrox, that's
the way mother and the girls express IT.
But between you and me, hired the pro-
fessor in the hope of getting it cured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-15
Don't Disturb Nature.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Now it is the swallow that destroys mos
quitoes, and the English sparrows have
driven the swallows into the mosquitoless
wilderness. When men try to adjust nature
to their own advantage how commonly they
make a mess of it!