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New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
SIR MORTIMER HONORED.
WashingtOn Bids British Ambassa-
dor a Notable Fare1ceU.

Washington. Dec. 2s-Rumors that Sir Mortimer
DuTand was not popular in Washington were
douhly discounted to-day by the farewell given to
the retiring British Ambassador and his family.
Secretary Root. Secretary Taft Secretary Metcalf
and Associate Justice Moody paid Sir Mortimer an
unusual compliment by going 10 the railroad sta
ton and Joining with the members Of the diplo-
matio corps in saying goodby 10 the ambassador
and his family.
The German Ambassador and Baroness Won
Sternburg. Ghe French Ambassador. the Austro-
Hungarian Ambassador. the Italian Ambassador.
the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Rosen. the
the Brazilian Ambassador were the most prominent
among a party of more than one hundred members
OF the diplomatic corps VINO gathered at the sta
tion. General John W. Foster, former Secretary
OF State; General Oliver. Assistant Secretary of
War; Senator Spooner and many others we'll known
In Washington also assisted in making the leave
taking of the Durands an unprecedented affair in
Washington diplomatic Hfa
Sir Mortimer accompanied to New York by
Lady Durand. his daughter. Miss Durand. and his
son, Captain Durand. of the 7th I.ancers who is
just returning from service In India. All four
members of the family will sail for England to-
a. dispatch reeeeved here from London tonight
Sad fhat In9 Gnsu ni S1qseS was causing British M
failure TO send In its acceptance Of the appoint
ancs, tbs dispatch added. must be received before
the official announcement of the appointment can
BS 9he Fopega odos and Mr. mas BPea Ras a
nounCeG IL In letter to his constituents. but the
proclamation Of the King, the dispatch continued.
Is lying the desk at the Foreign Office. await
ing a message from the State Department The
moment this message IS received the appointment
will be Official announced
When this dispatch shown TO Secretary Root
tonight he said:
The British government was notified both orally
Through Ambassador Durand) and in writing
eral days ago that the appointment OF Mr. Bryce
as ambassador 20 the United States would be
eminenty satisfactory to his government"
1t was announced in Washington dispatches a
week ago that in response TO inquiries from the
British government President Roosevelt had indi-
tirely acceptable. President Roosevelt has a high
personal regard for Mr.. Bryce. and will give him
cordial welcome when he comes TO Washington.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
SIR MORTIMER MAY NOT BE PEER.
Talk of Another Post-Lord Stratheona's
View of Mr.. Bryce's Appointment.

London. Dec. 2s.-It is pointed out that although
Sir Mortimer Durand is retiring from Washington
IL does necessarily follow that he will entirely
sever mis- connection with the imperial service.
There is no diplomatic position open at present..
said official to-day. "bu5 there are many posts
in the imperial service for which Sir Mortimer IS
admirably suited and II Is more likely that he will
take Of these places than go to the House Of
Lords
Nothing has been decided IN the matter OF a
peerage for James Bryce. and IN this case also the
general belief is that he will continue to be Mr.
Bryce. both because of his own inclination and be-
cause of the opinion held here that America would
prefer that the British Ambassador be a commoner
Lord StrathcOna, High Commissioner for Canada
left here to-day for tho Dominion. Before his de-
partuTe he said he was sure that all Canadians were
gratihed AT the satisfaction with which the appoint
ment Of James Bryce as AWbasSo dor had teen re-
Ceived in the United States and that the~e was no
disposition in Canada To regard this appCint ment
other than in most favorable light Lord Sfrath-
is OF the opinion that statements I'm the
press alleged to have emanated from Canada
should not be taken SERIOUSLY
The commissioner explained that although i'm
pOrtant affairs demanded his presence now in the
Dominion, II mas been his custom 10 home every
year In order To observe the progress made In
Canada. and that this year the progress was mora
gratifying than ever before.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune. l

lBy Telegraph to The Tribunal
Tuxedo Park. N Y. Dec. 28.-AIany persona a.
rived to-day to pass the weeks end at Tt1xs4o
House parties at nearly all the cottages were bao
to-day. and Will be followed by large dinners 70
morrow evening The sports on the ice attracta5
many to-day. and several interesting tennis
matches were witnessed at the tennis club Thonas
Petit. former champion Of the world arrived from
Lakewood. N j.. yesterday. and Joshua Crane. n
Of Boston. arrived to-day for practice on the courts
here
Mr- and Mrs. William Kent Will give a dance at
their villa tomorrow night. which Will be preceded
by a large dinner for young people who are home
from college on their holiday vacations.
There is not vacant room at any OF ths club
houses. and many have been unable 20 obtain ae-
cOmmodations.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Alexander Opened their
villa to-day, and entertaining a house partv
over New Years. Mrs. Alexander gave a dance for
the young people at her villa tonight for Miss
Alexander
Among others who have opened their villas for
the holiday Mrs Charles H Coster Mr. and
Mrs. Frederic GalIatn. Mr.. and Mrs r Fulton
Cutting and Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. v. Hoffman
The New Years Eve ball viii be held at the cIrb-
house on Monday evening A large number Of the
younger set will be present
Among those who gave dinner parties az the cI,ih
tonight We're Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ Tilford Mr.
and Mrs George ". Forsyth. Mr.. and Mrs Bradish
Johnson and General and Mrs. ]. F. Pierson.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
THE VOTE OF 1900

practically all OF the states have now com
D.eted their election cAnvasses, and by conlpar-
ing the total vote cast for Congress in 1900
with that cast for Congress I'm 1904 a fair
measure can be had OF the drift OF nonulsr
sentiment In the interval Of two years. In 1904
ne total vote for Republican candidates for
congress was 6,S6S,S53 and the total vote for
democratic candidates was 5.1a5,S29. This wear
me hepubucan aggregate was 5.547,2SS and
Inc OemfTauc aggregate was 4762 0S5. The
hepuohcan plurality declined from I 6RS h24 m
1ao'zOA This decline of more than 80 per cent
taken es an Isolated fact, might seem 10 indi-
cate decided shifting of the politicsl balance
Yet viewed In its proper relations with other
fscts, t really shows no very significant fuc-
tusuon. The national campaign OF 1904 was
an exceptional one In that It saw pitted against
each other two Presidential candidates with
vastly unequal powers OF attraction. Mr.
Roosevelt received the support Of hundreds OF
thousands OF voters outside the Republican or
ganizaton. while Judge Parker was nowhere
able TO command a normal partisan support
President Roosevelt ran 10000 votes ahead NJ
the Republican Congressional candidates and
his opponent fell 10000 votes below the Demo
cratic Congressional ticket In an "off" year.
with reduction Of about 100000 In the ma
tionai vote, the decline now shown in the Re
1902 that plurality was only 432 956. and. prac-
ueally speaking, the Republican party is as
strong to-day in the Union as il has been at
any time since the radical readiustment OF
party divisions in 1895
Taking the states separately, also. little or no
ground has been lest since 1904 A few COM
moawealths, like Rhode Island, Minnesota.
North Dakota and Oregon, elected Democratic
Governors and Republican candidates for
Governor won by relatively small margins
in Iowa, Kansas. California and Pennsylvania.
But these variations In the vote were due
wholly 70 local and personal Issues for in each
Of Tie states just named the Republican ticker
for Congress ran well ahead OF the Democratic.
Oregon gave plurality OF 10000, North Da-
kota one OF 1880, Minnesota one Of $1,000
and Rhode Island one Of nearly 1900, while in
Iowa the margin was o.. 600, IA Kansas $4,000.
"a California $1,000 and in Pennsylvania 225.-
600. IN New York, where the minor state Off
GERS elected were all Democrats, the RepubIi-
can Congress ticket had a plurality OF more
than 10000 Even in normally Democratic
states there were no signs this year OF a Wig
Orous political reaction. The Democratic Con
gness ticket won in Missouri by a beggarIy
plurality OF $500. In Kentucky the Democra tie.
Dluralty was only 2l.so0 and in Maryland,
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
ALEXANDER j. CASSATT.

A figure Of real Importance in the world of
business activity disappears with the death OF
Alexander ]. Cassatt. AS president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad he has been largely re-
sponsible for enterprises of the first magnitude
directly affecting this cOuntry's economic and
industrial development. Practically his whole
active life was spent in the service Of the
system of which he died the head. and no man
has done more, perhaps, TO mould the policy
which has governed the expansion Of that great
railroad property In the public mind Mr. Cas-
satt has been clearly associated with the broader
and more progressive theories of railroad man
agement now coming into general acceptance.
He was one Of the pioneers in the movement to
beautify stations and roadway. 10 employ the
most effective safety devices and TO meet in a
liberal spirit the needs and demands Of the trav-
elilng public. He preferred 10 anticipate wants
rather than 10 be driven TO grudging and tardy
concessions His friendly attitude toward the
railroad rate bin passed by Congress at the
last session was only one proof ont of many OF
his broad minded conception of railroads
functions and duty 10 the public
To Mr.. Cassatt this city owes a special debt
He was farslghted enough TO realize the made
quacy of our facilities for local transit and for
ingress and egress. and he fortunately had the
courage 10 plan and carry into execution the
vast improvements which are soon to bring Man
haitian Island into easy connection with Long
Island and the trans Hudson territory The
PENNSYLVANIA station, the Hudson and East
River tunnels and the connecting freight rail-
road around Brooklyn will form a lasting mon
ument to his enterprise and sagacity "a a rail-
road president.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
Il Da7lsements.

ACADEMY or FMUsTc-a-s:l5-The shepherd King
ALlzAMBRA-a-s-Vaud
Asnok-2s 2sSo-s sse-Ths Daughters Of Men
bEL<ASCO-2-S: :l6-rhe Rose OF the Rancho.
RIJOU-o-s :15-The Double Life
BROADWAE-2:lO-s: :le-The Partisan Moa"'
CARNEGIE EALII-S;l5-
SSsINo-@-s-Ths Blue Moon
C5lTERIoN-2-slb-7he Little Cheyut
DALYS-2:g5-Sl5 The Belle Of Mavs
EDEN GUSED-The World IN Wax
EkfrTRr-2-S-ppter
GARDEN-2:l5-Slb lb-The Student King
GARRICK-e:15-S. .20-Clarice
IlCKErT=e:Se e:Se-s:So-Ths Chorus Lady
iAMSIERsTEIN'S VlcTORIA-2-S:i5--Is IsNdeN -
HERALD sQUARE-2-s-The Great Decide and About
HPPoDRoME-2s-Neptun Daughter and Pioneer
FUnS6N-2-s:l5-Tbe Hypocrtes.
IRVING PI@AcE-2;S0-DoTnross s:2c-Wts Man
KTIcRERBocKER- Res NIL.
I3ERTY-2lS-s :lS-The Girl Who Has Everything
LgCEUN-2 :lS-S :lS-The Lion and the Mouse
I.YDTC-2-S ; l5-The New York idea
MADISON SQUARE -2:1S-s:16-The Three OF Cs
sfaTFSTTC-2-s:l5-BroW Harvard.
EAe-HATTAN-2lS-sl5- Law and the Man
FAslFATTAN OPERA HOUSE, so -Rigoletto. e-Aida-
aETROPoIETAN OPERA HOUSE, :5O-Siegfried' s
NATfo%kT. ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-a 70 e-Exhhition.
NEV- AMSTERDAM-2iS-s:lo- Spring Chicken
NI,Tv -s.l6-Dockstader's Minstrels.
7RfNCESs- :2O-The Great Divide.
SAVOY -23S:lB-The Man OF the Hour
- NICHOLAS RlNK-Ioe skating
~ II 's-o-S:Ib-The Mr HogEenheiTner
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. city ana The Magic Knight
Wl'sT END-2-s-Under southern Skies.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29

carried for Parker In 1904, the Republican Con-
gress ticket won by 5000. Based on the vote
OF 1905. the Republican strength In the electoral
college would be BOD and the Democratic 1b4
against $40 and 140 two years ago.
On the whole. the verdict of 1906 seems TO
emphasize a widespread popular satisfaction
with present political conditions. It is a thor
ough Endorsement of the Roosevelt administra-
tOn and of the work done by Congress since
March f. 1905. under the leadership of the
President. The voters of the country know
when they have been we'll served and are no
longer 20 be stampeded into the blind, unrea-
sOning and capriciOus reactions which used to
mark our politics in a INSTRUMENTATION year
The canvass OF 1908 encourages the idea that
stability and intelligence in popular judgments
are gaining importance as factors in national
politics
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs Howard H Henry gave a dance last night
at Sherry's for her daughter. Miss Grace Remsen
Henry II was a late affair. many Of the guests
coming on from the opera. from dinner given by
Mrs. Hugo de FTttsch for her niece. Miss Mildred
Gilbert Townsend. and from theatre party given
by Mrs. Casinnir de Rham Moore. The large ball
room. decorated with Christmas green's was used
for the dancing. The cotillon led by Lewis s
Morris, with Miss Henry his partner. Among
tnose Invited were Mr.. and Mrs w. Emen RoOse-
velt Mr.. and Mrs. F. Burial Hoffman Mr. and
Mrs. James B. Townsend. Mr.. and Mrs. Jose AyTnar
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lee Stanton. Mrs. ]. Todhunter
thompson. Mrs Hugo de Fritsch. Miss Dorothy
Whitney, Miss Electra Havemeyer, Miss Harriet
Alexander. Miss Lucy Margaret Roosevelt. Miss
Gladys. nitss Rebecca and Miss Dorothy KisseI
Miss Mildred Carter. Miss Grace Bigelow Tracv
Miss Priscilla Stanton. Miss Mildred Gilbert Town
send Miss Mildred and Miss Irene Sherman. Miss
Elizabeth Winthrop Stevens Miss Louise IseIin
Harold s. Vanderbilt. Malcom Sloane, ]. Watson
Webb. Gibson Fahnestock. Charles Peabody and
Griswold Lorillard.
Among the guests AT the dinner given by Mrs.
Hugo de Frtsch at her house. No IS West sth
street. for Miss Mildred Gilbert Townsend were
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
WANTS FORAKER TO HASTEN.

To the Editor or The Tribune.
Sir: AS The Tribune. almost alone OF tho NeW
York press. has kept a sane. cool head IN regard
10 the Brownsville affair, II would be peculiarly
fitting on its part TO suggest 70 Senator Foraker
that he hurry up with his exculpaton OF the S5tn
Infantry. II he doesn't do IL very soon the Negro
troops will have to their credit such long list OF
murders assaults and other oUtragss that not even
the maddest Negrophile newspaper will have the
courage 10 defend them.
1 should like to ask also what The Tribune
thinks OF Senator Forakers assertion that Mejor
BlOcksOme, OF Ohio. could not make q fair rep9IiS
any difficulty involving Negroes because -
father a Democrat at the time or the ~ ~,
War l am a Democrat myself, but for T"ssLS T"s%s
years a daily reader OF The Tribune. and have
never any such doctrine advanced ~ 10
columns. q. L. MAHkNhAAL
New York. December 2S 1896
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
Gfp2lork Dailp Gribn,re
SATURDAY. DECEMBER %. 1906
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRETGN-sixteen persons were killed ana
thirty were injured IN railway collision between
Edinburgh and Aberdeen. - Great Britain
and all Central Europe are snowbound, and the
loss OF life has been heavy; snow and heavy
gales continue. - The French Senate. by
amended Separation law; the Bishop Of Lille
was arrested and fined. - General Litvinoh,
Governor OF Akmolinsk Province was assas-
sinated by two unknown men at Omsk; many
arrests have been made in ST. Petersburg, owing
TO the activity OF the terrorists - Turkey
has issued orders TO withdraw troops In Persian
territory. g Notices OF ratification OF the
Algeciras convention having been received at
Madrid from all the powers. the treaty viii be
signed on December 81
DOAIESTIC-Alexander Johnston Cassatt.
president OF the Pennsylvania Railroad. died
suddenly at his home in Philadelphia from
heart disease. - President Roosevelt spent
the day hunting turkeys in the woods near
Pine Knot, Va. - Sir Mortimer Durand, the
British Ambassador. left Washington, members
OF The Cabinet and most of the diplomatic corps
bidding him farewell at the railroad station.
81 Business men Of Sonora, Mexico. reported
that sixteen Americans had been killed by the
Mexican HaGuts within two months. -
Speaker Wadsworth arrived in Albany TO look
over the ground IN preparation for the coming
legislative session. He said that he expected
reelection, and only few changes in the organi-
cation Of the Assembly. 80 Eugene H. Por-
ter, State Health Commissioner, and Henry A.
Van Alstyne, State Engineer and Surveyor, at
Albany approved the plans for the proposed
trunk sewer through the Bronx valley In West
chester County. =- The session of the as
semblv Of scientific and historic societies was
continued at Brown University, Providence.
- woman committed suicide by going
over Niagara Falls.
CITY-Stocks Eere dull al small price
changes = George W. Perkins and Charles
s. Fairchild were indicted by the grand jury on
six counts, charging forgery !n the third de-
gree. in connection with transfers of stocks by
the New York Life. - Mrs Sage announced
that she would make no charitable gifts in the
near future. - Nearly all Of the New York
Central's tracks IN Twelfth avenue were torn
up. g. Corporation Counsel Ellison said he
hoped TO recover So. 10000 for the city from
the lighting companies; he based his statement
on recent decision handed down by the Su-
preme Court in Brooklyn. --- Percival F.
Nagle was arrested for interfering with an cleo
uon Official. = President Robinson Of the
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas city Railroad said
that an application 2or the removal of the re-
ceiver would be made. -= The Wendell court
OF Inquiry appointed by Major General Roe
convened 80 ". H. Carpenter. a clerk Of the
Court Of Special Sessions was dismissed bv the
justices OF the court. - The conviction OF
Colonel Coimey was reversed by the Appellate
Division.
THE WEATHER-Indications for to-day.
Partly cloudy. The temperature Yesterday.
Highest, az degrees; lowest. SO.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE RELIGIOUS FORMULA.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; When we are in a sphere bevond tbfz ufa
where they do not compromise we NAV be a5lA
20 act Independently and uncompromisingly in
matters spiritual
one must compromises; one must dipIornatfze ana
with ones self. that the final result may be saris
factory, The churches get out OF the difficulty bv
dogmatizing thus: This IS mystery You rnusr
believe IT, You. none Of u.s. can or ought TO try "a
explain It. 1t is an instance for the exercise Of
faith There would be no field for the action Of
Ialth II We understood everything etc.
Now. is there not q formula OF religious belief
that would reply: Il do not believe IT, But I do
not consider 1t essential Even IL this doctrinaI IN
formation about a fact were baseless untrue the
fact may be accepted as a basis for theory. "a
nathenaticlans adopt functions in the calculus for
erecting results They have sign" par exempIe
tor inhnity Now. We know that the human mind
cannot even conceive OF the idea OF inhnity Yet
with this and other such signs the engineer
works OUT his problem OF q. gigantic bridge. as
GeIcate In Its appearance the aerial dream OF a
poet. yet as strong and as lasting as many gen
erarons Of men So in religion" In our religion,
We accept certain basic facts, say, the divine in
earnation Of Jesus of Nazareth. on which TO base
the doctrine (problem) OF redemption We live by
him We ara good citizens and resigned contsnted
souls IN life. and brave, trUStfUI souls on our
passage from the body into Wnat otherwise would
known. " 80
Dr. Arnold used to say that he would rather have
certain mems doubts than certain other mems GER
talntIes. We can all OF US afford 70 follow Or.
Plattsburg n T.. Dec 26 1905
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29

bridge could apparently be obtained without de-
scribing sharp curves or running under private
property. Such a modification of the route
would probably involve no sacrifice of patronage.
and would save the city large amount OF
money.
If Mr.. McDonald's proposed subway should
be buIlt n would undoubtedly prove useful
from the very start. The region to which Ii
would minister includes not only some of the
more costly places of residence in Brooklyn. but
denseIy settled districts also. 1t would be ser
viceabIe TO thousands who have occasion to
come regularly TO Manhattan every day before
O'Clock as we'll as TO those who come later.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29
Mr.. HUGHES AND The CITIZENS UNION

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The executive committee OF the Citizens
Union has criticised Governor Higgins for appoint
Ing L. NJ Swasey to be state superintendent Of
elections the ground that he is district leader
IN Brooklyn and that he does not resign his po-
htical office now that he is at the head OF very
important bureau. which should be run on a strictly
non-partisan basis.
II IS rurnored Governor Hughes may not nominate
MI Swasey for the consideration OF the Senate.
IN any event. Mr.. Hughes IS such an independent
man that he would welcome sug sest tiOnS from
puoc spirited association like the Citizens Union.
names preferably lawyers. as IL is quasi judicial
once with powers OF subpCenatng and examining
witnesses. etc. Governor Roosevelt used 10 say,
send IN more names acceptable TO the Republican
party, when the applicants recommended for ap-
polntment were not up TO his standard.
perhaps GovernOr-elect Hughes will adopt q SINH
lar rule 1t Is safe to assert that the Governor
Is willing and almost anxious 10 receive advice from
any intelligent individual association OF citizens
New York. Dec. o. 1903. r. H. L
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29

The meetings of various learned and studious
societies at Brown University are marked with
much practical interest along historical. educa-
tional and poltico- economical lines Perhaps the
chief interest will be fixed upon the organization
of a special department of the American Polit
ical Science Association for the studying of the
government of dependencies This will serve a
purpose which is not altogether new. but which
has newly come into vastly increased Importance
and bids fair TO be practically important for
an indefinite time to come. 1t will be an au-
spicious thing for Of light and leading to
devote careful and scientific attention to what
has for ages been one of the chief problems OF
government instead of standing aloof and say
ing, "It can't be donei'
New-York tribune., 1906-12-29

Miss Gladys Kissel. Miss Grace Rerse, u.
Miss Nathalie Bailey Miss Katherine Tveea NJ.
Davidson. of Baltimore: Miss Anna Pellsu -.
Emmet Hugo &c Fritsch. Snowden Foster wIIt,-
HOFFMAN Minturn Verdi and Curtis Morse
Mrs Casin1ir de Rham MOors's theatre party VA,
for her daughter, Miss Grace A. Moore. She ,ool.
her guests. numbering about fifty. to Wallaob.s
Theatre. and afterward to sherrys for supper
which was served in the Palm Garden Iatar ~,
party attended Mrs Henrys dance.
Another theatre party OF last night was that
given by Mrs. Robert Olyphant for ber nfaca N,I.
Anna Vernon Olyphant. who Is one Of the dsbl
tantes Of the season She took her guests 10
Dalys Theatre and from there some OF thero vy.,.
70 Mrs. Henrys dance ana others returned 70 M.
ELEPHANTS home for supper and Informal dancing
The first OF the Friday Junior dances took plae.
last night at SheTrys- This class is for gfrla No,
yet out. and is under the patronage OF Mrs Co..
j. Gould. Mrs. Richard Irwin. Mrs. E. Henry HarTt1
man. Mrs. Edward Clarkson Potter. Mrs Lana
Speyer Mrs. Stephen Peabody. Mrs Paul e; w.
baud and Mrs. William Anderton The other dancs.
OF tnis series are set for February and April "A
Mrs William Douglas Sloane will give a dinnsr
this evening for the Ambassador to the Court :.
81 Jamess and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
Miss Madeline Goddard. daughter Of CoIonsl ana
Mrs. Robert H. Ives Goddard. will be matr,aS >.
Providence to-day to the Marquis Rene dAnsI~,a
Mr. and Mrs. F. Robert ScheII. who have hs.
staying at the Hotel Belmont for some tirna -
now at their house No. q East 62d street for ~
winter. 80 1Ie
Mr. and Mrs Louis L. LOriIlard. who arrived t
town from Newport couple OF days ago win sai
for Europe next week
Mr. and Mrs. S. Montgomery Roosevelt ara ar
Skaneateles N. Y, where they will remain until
after the New Year