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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-04
GERALDINE M'CANN

MI, Little E I, G ie Mccain, the clever
hcr own company. which consist Of
herself. her father and brother. at the
colonial this week, looks upon Rich
mond as her former home, and con
seauently has been much impressed
with the city and It's many institu-
tons, and she Is continually asking
questions and buying souvenirs of the
historic city.
Little tieraldine's grandparents on
her mothers side lived many years
in Richmond and 1t Mas in this that
little Geraldine mother was born in
1887.
The family OF her grandfather, whose
name was Thomas Welsh, moved to
Baltimore about the breaking out Of
the Civil War, where the family re-
NAMED many years. Later, Mr.. Walsh
moved to .lohnstown, Pa, where no
lost his life In the great flood of
May 81, 1850. The loss Of the husband
preyed upon the Wife to such an en-
tent (she being quite old that She
never recovered from the shock Her
health failed gradually until about Il
year later, when she died. TWO OF
their children, William and Margaret,
the latter being the mother OF little
Geraldine, .stlll survive, both having
been born in Richmond. and they have
always been nroud OF the fact that
they We're born In the capital Of the
Old Dominion, hence y Is that little
Geraldine has been so Interested dur
inc her brief Visit TO lalchmona
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-04
YARD FULL OF SNAKES
Citizens of RrambletOn Rise Up /
Arms Against the Nlnnagerie.
ISpecial Id The Tlm pIspatch. !

fspecialto The Times -Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, VA, May s,-Snakes
with corntwined about their tails tied in
the back yard Of the Hebeline resi-
dence on Charles Street keep residents
Of Brambleton lying awake nights
imagining that atany moment one OF
the Shiny tribe may crawl into the
bedroom and bite them
Willie and Benton Flebeline, ten and
thirteen years old, respectively, are
the trainers and su,e owners OF this
menagerie, where they fondle big,
striped, blunt-tail moccasins as they
would kitten, Black snakes, racers,
corn snakes and green snakes, the
young serpent charmers catch and tie
up in the improvised menagere whore
they startla the pedestrians passing
by, These youngsters amuse them
selves by unhitchlng their pets and
allowing them to crawl about the yard
while they hold on TO the string. This
snake charming business has been go-
Ing on for some time nov , !. Ne ag
hut the Thought OF these NerItters"
can feel safe no longer
|, The police have been complained to,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-04
R0sEBEN OVER THE JUMPS
VIII Go to stecplcchnsinE II He Docs
Not Recover Speed.

VIII Go to stccplcchnsinE If He Docs
Not Recover Speed.
NEW YORK, May 3.-If .Roseben
should prove to be failure as sprint
err this season. he will be schooled over
the jumps, with view to making him
O steeplechaser Davy Johnson, the
great weight carrying sprinter's owner,
has for two years entertained this idea
OF sending the big son of Ben Strome
through the inner field. 1t was first
called to Johnsons notice that Roseben
exemplified the new type of a cross
country champion, quick on his feet,
fast, great wcight-carrier, and with
enough endurance to warrant the be-
lief that he would go the two-mile
courses without great difficulty.
II never thought of that" was Joha-
sons comment when the suggestion
was made. II would never disgrace
him by entering him in selling race,
no matter how much his speed deterior-
ates from now on, and there are many
honors to be won now by a good
steeplschaser."
And SO 1t has come to pass that Rose
ben will join the list of timber toppers
in the near future, but he will not be
retired to the cross-country support
until he shows positively that his days
of greatness as a Splinter are over.
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No Be TING At
KENTUCKY DERBY
Jockey Club Will Ask for In
junction to Stop
Arrests.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May s.-Thc
spring meeting Of the New Louisville
Jockey Club opens on Tuesday. May
9TH, with the historic Kentucky Derby
as the attraction. There will be !,
large detail of police to arrest any
person who attempts to make a bet on
the races. either through auction pools
or the Paris mutual machines which
have been Installed for the meeting
Board of Public Safety was announced
day.
BY installing Paris mutual machines
which went out of use in this country
twenty years ago, it was thought BY
the track managers that the greater
part of the public sentiment against
race track betting. would be eliminated
What action the Jockey club will
take to prevent Interference on Derby
day is not known; but as its officers
claim the legal right to ask for an In
junction, Il is probable such action
will be taken. On June 18th, the anti
pool-room law. passed by the last ses.
sion OF the Legislature, becomes opera
tive This measure specifically eSempts
betting at race tracks from the oner.
alton of the statutes -,
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CLOSE RACE FOR
MP|0NSH|P
William and Mary Leads, but
Two Others Have Chance
to Pull Up.

William and Mary, by winning from
Richmond College Saturday. compli-
Gated the various claims for champion
ship honors no little.
II the Spiders win from Randolph
Macon at Broad Street Park to-mor-
row evening and win from Hampdcn-
Sidney "Wednesday. three colleges will
figure in the tie, and there will be the
hottest race for the championship that
the Richmond public has ever seen be-
tween these three colleges.
If Richmond College wins the two
games here on tomorrow and Wednes-
gday, RandolphMacon will probably
agree to make the game May 18th de-
eide the tie.
Mr. Carter. manager of the William
and Mary team. after the game Satur-
day. agreed with Manager Gwathmey,
of the Spiders. that a game should be
played here on May 18th, and II the tie
lies between these two colleges that
game will be one of the most interest
ing played here for amateur honors for
years II the tie, after this weeks
games. lies between William and Mary
and Randolph Macon. it is probable
that these two teams will meet In Rich
uond.
Hampden- Sidney alone is out of the
race, haSlnS losl TWO Sdiiea' pu' S't1
can ruin Richmond Colleges chance
Wednesday.
All three OF the teams which still
have shot at 1t are confident of their
strength, and 1t is not true that no cup
will be awarded. Deciding games can
be arranged. and it seems that 1t Will
be fought out.
Both teams are confident of victory
to-morrow. and will go into the game
eager to win. Captain Pritchard. Ran
dolph- macon star short-stop. will have
to play second on account OF sore
arm. The Spiders catcher sustained a
severe injury in the game Saturday,
and 1t is possible that he may be un-
able to play Otherwise the two teams
seem to be in excellent condition.
Tickets will be on sale for the games
at the straus cigar store and at Nc
Coys.
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.CREsCEuS SOLD. IN
RUS5|AF0R $4,000.
Famous Stallion Starts for New
Home During the Present
Month.

After several weeks of cabled nego-
tiations. Cresccus, zoe IA, champion
trotting stallion of the world, has been
sold by NJ. w. Savage. of Minneapolis.
to one of the most prominent Russian
hosemen, Tshemerzin by name. and a
resident of st. Petersburg. for s25,-
900. The famous stallion will be ship
ped across the water during the first
part of May. The closing of this deal
is the elimination of q series of in
teresting incidents extending over the
past three years. and is the result OF
very persevering efforts on the part
of group of Russian horsemen to
get possession of the great son of Rob-
ert McGregor.
When Cresceus was bid in by Mr..
Savage at the New York auction held
in November. 1905. there was present
a representative of a group Of Russian
horsemen who had watched the spec
tacular career of Cresceus and desired
to- add him to their stable for exhibit
ton and breeding purposes. When the
chestnut champion was placed on sale
the first bid made for him was 500
900. This high starting point seemed
to take the Russian representative by
surprise, and before he had recovered
Mr.. Savage had quietly said $4,000
and the horse had been knocked
down" TO him at that price.
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tho talk of nearby tout caught his
ear.
"rie tout had bunch OF marks
around him and HI was casing 1t into
! them How lie had tlic for.surc winner
OF the big two-ycar-od race sated
away under his hat He proceeded to
show item by eliminating everything
on the program Of the event except
the one he had picked to cop.
"Wlier he came to the name OF
cunard on the program he Just tossed
back his head and laughed hard.
""Scusc me RI this mirth. fellers
he gurgled to his gang of marks. But
cunard. hey? Walt till ] get somebody
to hold me. Cunard hey? liaw, haw.
haw.'
"onc OF the marks ventured to kick
In with the remark that he's heard
that Curard wasn't such u bad sort OF
a two-ycar-old.
Il jes can't help it. felcrs--1 can't
help rrirthin'.' said the tout, paying no
attention to the Marks observation.
Say. hasn't that old whislerinos from
TIL Slope got Ills noive with him t
t'ink ne can skate along here VIII "a. a
mel grab an nail TIL Junk in boss
race like Ii - Is goin' t. be? Amt he?
And told him so mcself this morn
In
".Yon did, said one of the touts
softies, impressed.
".That's what did said the tout
Not on'y that, but he comes troo ms
self and says he knows Cunard ain
got no chanel but he says hes on
goin' t run Cunard f'r work an racln
experience as long as he's got MN
entered, see? So you can cut'out that
Hob
~ seen him wolk By eandielishs
yistetdy mornln'. an he runs IKE
giraffe Wit tn smokers heart. So SCI;
h. named the one that he was haho'hs
~ Morris Follow. Tout.
Well. old man Morris's bright youth :
fu. eyes glowed when he heard inc tout
reel. and the grlns flckered over his face
like the shadows over a vltagraph film
Tho stuff amused him much thnt he
followed the tout over the lawn for ten
or fifteen minutes Just FOR the fun OF
listening TO him.
Now. there's no gansaying the effect
of the talk OF even one busy tout when
that talk is addressed exclusively to
punches OF holiday visitors at rhce-track.
One OF the marks goes off and tells all OF
his friends aIso marks, that he has Just
ought to know. say SO and so. and that
talk always sticks and helps to make
prices. Don't imagine that 1t won't even
help TO switch the wise when they
hear 1t repeatedly and strongly
"A quarter OF an hour before the big
over the Morris Park grounds that Green
Morris didn't like CuSard. The rumor
even hit the bookies line. and the lawyers
took the story as 1t reached them and
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NEWS Of BOXERS.

Billy Elmer is going to let Jim stewart
rest for three weeks to permit him to for
get that tap on the Jaw when jim barts
larded on Friday night.
Eddie Toy, of Frisco, VINO was oeaten
b. Joe Theel. is in New York looking Tor
matches. Toy is a strong r,os , hsrd-hittins
Abe 4Attel having cleaned up everything
on the Pacific coast. including two beat
irgs OF Eddie Kelly, formerly OF Buttalo.
will come East to spend the summer on
thu New York race-tracks
Toe Janette will probably be the next
opponent for Jim Barry, and they VIII
come together before one of the New York
clubs.
Spike Robson has had good long, rest
now and his injured leg is IN good shape.
couple OF weeks. Spike should be a busy
1oxer during the next few months. judging
by the number Of men VINO are out on ms
trail.
Many members of the crews of the
men-of-war now cruising in the Pacific .li
a; Los Angeles. and got pretty we'll ac-
quainted with the ex-champion pugiist.
one of them nicknamed Jcfrles "old Bat
From the way that Tommy sullivan
nagged and worried Abe Attel for the
little sympathy for the ex-Brooklyn boxer
Attell. According to Sullivan, all he
would knock his ears of.
The followers of boxing in England are
very fond Of Owen Moran. the little
turned TO that country from trip to
America They arc taking UP a popular
subscription to buy championship belt
his a,V Willingness to light Adam Ryan in a
six-round bout there is not likely to be
rims here. They ought to make a good
match, and Adam is almost certain 10
show Otto one or two little things about
boxing that will be surprising to the hard
I, Is reported that Tom oRourke has
secured an injunction from the court re-
h Ing hs Terry S
Summers fight, but SO far nothing has
been said as. to, where he VIII pull 1t off.
Sam Langford is Threatening to so to
Paris. Ii he does he will create some
thing of a panic among the boxing frater-
nifty there. Langford can whip sam Nc.
such second-rate fighters MS Willie Lewis
record of standing OF Jack johnson in
fifteen rounds. and it will be remembered
That Tommy Burns refused to fight him in
The defeat Of, Jim stewart by Jimmy
New Yorker. He had been coming along
fast, and 1t looks as II no was brought
down by fluke punch after he had been
having pretty much the best of 1t In every
round of the contest. aa
Willie Lewis, the New York middle
weight who is now In France. gives It as
his opinion thnt Tommy Burns will beat
ring. He forms his opinion on Burns's
terrific punching powers. Lewis may be
right, but there Is no reason to think that
Willie is a good judge of anything con-
nccted with boxing,
The controversy going on between
Harry Lewis and INK Russell Is sure to
result in contest between. them before
long They arc both rugged fellows, with
the knowledge Of boxing slightly In favor
of Lewis. and the punching power and
gameness on Russell's side.
Two hnrd-htting rough boXars Will
come together when Mickey Cannon and
Thursday night, Fitzgerald will have n
great advantage in height and weight, but
the Pittsburg boxer Is u remarkably strong
fellow for his pounds.
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calksd juicy prIc. against the Morris
colt.
Morris and the people Close to him got
thu cream, Of the price, which floated ~
some boolts as high as 20 to i, and Morris
and his crowd made the cloah-up OF their
lives. for Cunard had the race at Ills
mercy and took 1t with the greatest case
In the world.
After Cunard's number went up old
, mar Morris dug around and found the
ton, leaning In dazcd sort OF way
against a betting ring stanchon. Nor
rs peeled d hundred from one OF his
wads and slipped 1t to the tout, who
took 1t handy enough but with natural
expression of amascment
That moneys coming to you for two
rthsons. SON, explained old man Morris.
sood-naturedly IN the first place. you
certainly ala make tho price against my
colt. or helped Ia make II. and yoi
ought to be rewarded for that.
In the second place. In an experience
OF nearly half century on the race
tracks have. never met lip with such an
ornate and wholly gifted liar as you are.
and ! take, II such genius certainly de.
serves reward at the hands OF those who
bcneht by the lying and the old boy
walked away with a chuckle."
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SOME HUMOROUS MISTAKES OF RACE-TRACK TOUTS

at the jamaica track the other day
a. New York tout--a pretty green ona
you'll DO saylng--got the buttonliole
clutch on John Madden and spent five
minutes trying to steer Madden on to
one of his own two yenr-olds," said a
lawyer who took in the New York
meeting.
The tout didn't know the smartest
lorseman In the United States from A
cake OF soap, and he used up lot OF
good hot breath trying to tell John
what to do.
John let the tout talk. He wasn't
busy and the tout amused bin. The
tout told him that he was such pals
with John Madden that Madden cried
like a baby whenever they had to nc
and a good deal more like that.
"rhcr the Jockey club secretary
swung along and addressed Madden by
name. and the tout. gasping like n
stranded dogfish. took It on tile lope
for n sl1adowy corner OF tho grounds
where presumably. he kicked himself
some.
Some OF the biggest men in the
racing game have had these entertain
ing encounters with touts who didn't
recognize them. and never met a
turfman who didn't get some fun out
OF these incidents.
zone day Lucky Baldwin had his pet
Emperor of Norfolk. in race at
Washington Park. Chicago. Lucky
figured with 20 much certainty that
his great horse was in. as We say. that
he had his commissioners in all OF
the big cities to get the coin down.
About an hour before the race the
old man strolled up to the bar for a
little drink. He was tossing in the
drink when Spinner Laflin. we'll
known Chicago tout of his day. ambled
alongside. Spinner had been in a hos
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-04
Standing of the Clubs.
Games To-Day.
St Louis at Chicago
PittsburS at Cincinnati
Philadelphia ut New York.
Brooklyn at Boston
Z Took Both,

CHICAGO. ILLS. May 3.-Chicage
won both games from st. Louis to-day
Brown pitched the opening game ana
was invinciblc until the last two in
nings. when three singles, double
and triple were punched off him for
two runs. Beebc pitched for st. Louis
In the second game and allowed only
one scratch hit up to the eighth In.
hing, when he passed the first man.
was MT safely three times and made
Wild pitch that scored three runs
and lost his game.
First game:
Score by innings: Fl. III. E,
chicago ........2 0020O00s--4 s +
st. Louis. 00000001i1-o s
Batteries: Brown and King. Rave
mond, McGlynn and Hostetter. Time.
LOB. Umpire. ODay.
Second game:
Score by innings: r.. III. r.
Chicago .00000003s-3 4 q
st. Louis ...... Il 90 1000-2 II
Batteries: Ruclbach and Moran;
Beebe and Hostetter. Time. 1:25. I'M.
pire, O'Day. ..'@;
Wagner Won Game.
CINCINNATI. o. May 3.-Stroncs
pitching by Willis with men on bases,
prevented Cincinnati from scoring this,
afternoon. Wagners triple, followed
by an out brought in the winning
run.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Cincinnati .....0000 o o 0 90 s. o
Pittsburg ..00000O1O0-1 l.
Willis and Gibson. Time. 1892 Umpire,
Ruuderllam ~
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Mack VIII Coach,

PHILADELPHIA, PA. May s.-Atter
being Theoretically sealed from public
gaze ever since he gave up catching,
Connie Mack, the able leader OF the
Athletics, is considering the advisabillty
OF going out on the coaching lines anu
directing play from this station.
This will at once furnish real base
ball novelty and sensation, for Mack,
the silent man OF baseball, has none OF
tho characteristics of violent coachert
like Jennings, Griffith, Cantillion and
several Others
It will be an astonishing thing to see
Connie with tin horn or whistle In hand
gently CHI eering one OF his men to line
1t out. If Connie carries out his IN
tentIons, he is certain to adopt some
striking means to make himself con-
spcuous. Connie always makes sue
cess OF everything he essays, and NOBODY
believes he will fall down In this eff
fort st-sF
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Made n Great Hit.
rspeclal to The Times Dlspatch.1

~ Especial to The Tlmes DlspRtch.I "a "
Hartzell, Who is attending Old Point
Comfort College. made great hit yes
terday when he proved the feature Of
a game of baseball played by the coll
lege team and the strons aggregation
" cheered. F1e promises to be n rival
of the Hartsel, Of tile Athletics. Ameri-
can League, who Is his uncle The
se fne exhbition Of I'M Ina pr natona
game, the college winning by the score
Of IL to 81
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE

At New Orleans
Score by innings: Il. n. u,
New Orleans. % 90 90 600 I.
Batteries: Shields and Owens: Bart
ley and Matthews. Time. 1:e7. Um-
pires, Fltzsimmons and O'Brien.
Score by innings: K. II. r.
Mobile % 0000.1 00-1 6 3!
Batteries: Eyler and Wood; Gusktll.
White and Garvin. Time, 1850. Un-,
pire, Carpenter.
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Clcvelnnd,s Errors,

CHICAGO. ILL, May 3.-Chicago's
few hits followed Cleveand's numerous
errors to-day. and the locals won, 3 to
0. Walsh struck out five successive
batsmen, beginning with Lajoe. in
the sixth inning.
Score by innings: r. III. F..
Chicago .0O1101 90 sd 4
Cleveland 600 90 10 900 Is
Batteries: Walsh and Sullivan
Rhoades, Chech and Clarke. Time, 1:5l
Umpires, Esan and Evans.
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crnck Shots al nlrmlngham.

4 RIRMlNGHANI, Ala, May 3,---CracK
shots from all over the country are
arriving tonight for the Southern
handicap OF tho Interstate Association,
which will begin here Tuesday. 1t
is one of the three big events held ans
nually in the United states. ro-nlor--
row will be devoteu to practice and
tho official shooting will begin Tues
day morning.
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CHICAGO TOOK TWO
FROM ST, Louis
-----------S
Wagner Won Game for Pittsburg
by a Timely Three
Dagger.
RAIN SPOILED ST. LOUIS GAME
In the American League Chicago
Won Out from the
Leaders.
"
MhrtnnaI ,ra1,,-
RAIN SPOILED ST. LOUIS GAME
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Rcsults Ycsterln,

AT Chicago: First game. Chicago H.
st. Louis. .. - y
Second game, Chicago, 3 st. Louis. 9.
AZ Cincinnati: Cincinnati. o; pitts.
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Stumbling of the Clubs.
Came. To-Day.

Detroit at st. Louis.
Boston at Philadelphia.
New York at Washington
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Result. Yesterday.

AT Chicago: Chicago, 8; Cleveland. o
AT st. Louis: st. Louis-Detroit game
postponed; rain.
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an1usen1entS.
The Wednesday Club
Fifteenth Annual Music Festival

= =
Academy of Music, May Z, and o..
Artists. 5si
Mrs. Grace Bonner Williams Soprano
Miss Josephine Nnight.s.. soprano
Nine. Isabelle Bouton...3 .ContraltoS
Nine. FLORENCE milford. .Contraltot
Mr.. George Hamlin.. ..,1......Te Tenor
Or. Frank Lawson. ..s......,..T Tenor
Mr.. John Barnes Wells. Tenor
Mr.. Claude Cunningham.. Buritone
Mr.. Frederick Martini. ...5. Basso
Mr.. Carl Webster. ...,.......5.. Cello
Nine. Eleanor Gle Cisneros .Contralto$
Sig. Emilio de Gosorza. Baritone
The box office will be open at the
office of the Wednesday Club. Sl9
East Main Street, for subscribers to
single concerts to receive their co,t7
pom tickets for reserved seats on
Monday. May 4th from A. NJ. TO
6 p. NJ Box office open to the
public at the Academy of Music
every day, commencing Tuesday,
May 5th, from Q A. NJ. to F. NJ,
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The Valentine Museum

ELEVENTH. AND CLAY STREETS,
Open daily from 10 A, M. to 8 p. AZ
Admission. 20 csnts. Free Va Saturday.
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has always been noted for It's good
craftsmanship. Some of the best shots
in the world can he found south of
Washington. Virginia sportsmen take
to trap shooting like ducks to water.
and Richmond Is tho centre of Shoot
VILE. The Deep Run Shooting Club
has opened It's season under conditions
that assure the development of some
fine marksmen. The showing made
thus far by Lawrence points to his be-
coming one of the best shots in the
country
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", soIra Spooou luVa-aultn am s.SuId
eul, lprl aul sNa} OLA lUa!lMGald aul
-,lIdsu IN 'puoIlJ aApr 'oIlqnd eul
Mulp ulosl ,aNHp oIu ipld pooS a'l}
puu Ia}uGd lIulAod ollL uni Suot
Y aAIH "a Aud aloUs u iuAouA oApu
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Sometimes 1t is the actor who is in
bad The actor who keeps his eyes
steadily fixed on the three stars OF
the brandy bottle will eventually be-
come convinced that ne Is one of them.
Yes, the actor who depends upon the
cafe mirror for reflection will fail
to make good as surely as water
freezes with the slippery side up.
Most actors are satisfied with their
lot. Any old lot is better than lot
in the cemetery. But. permit me TO
say right here that because flowers
arc showered on an actor it is no sign