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PAY OF OUR PRESIDENT COMPARED WITH THAT OF FRANCE

drawn to the fact that there was no need
for inventing a new dress, since he was
ex-officio entitled 90 the ecclesiastical a.
tire Of cathedral canon. But with the
disestablisdment OF the State Church in
France. the head OF The French govern
ment has forfeited his canonries. and can
no longer be regarded as possessed OF the
rank OF a prelate Of the Roman Catholic
Church.
Tie President has no chaplains. &c
clesiastically speaking. the Elysee Pal
ace belongs 20 the parish of Madeleine.
and in the event OF the services of a
priest being required 20 shrive a dying
man at the palace IL Is to the Church OF
the Madeleine that application would be
made from the Eiysee. The palace con-
tains q very handsome private chapel
which President Grevy was wont TO use
for the storage Of his boots and shooting
paraphenalia- His successor. President
Garnet. had Il, however. restored, and IN
his days Il was employed occasionally
for the investiture Of newly created car
dinals with the berretta by the chief OF
state.
President Faure preferred to perform
this ceremony in one Of the grand saloons,
and since then the private chapel has re-
mained unused. Nor viii there be any
further opportunity % employ II again
for the investiture OF cardinals, since
through the disestablishment OF the
church the Presidents OF France have
forfeited the prerogative enjoyed by the
rulers Of Austria. Spain. Portugal. Bel
GUM. and Bavaria, OF investing with the
scarlet barretta any prelate Of their own
nationality who has been nominated 20
q seat IN the sacred college and raised
to the dignity OF a cardinal by the Pope.
one thing more about the President Of
France. By his election 10 Office he be-
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ment studs and farms for horses and
cattle. and upon the Garde Meuble for
magnIncent furniture and tapestries.
Moreover. ne is attended by a big staff
OF officials who are paid by the nation
Thus, he has a military and civil house
hold, just Ike a reigning sovereign, the
head Of the military household being IN
verlably a general. with about dozen
officers OF the rank Of Northumberland
IN the army or captain in the navy, four
Of whom are always On duty.
The head Of the civil household is
usually a man with the rank OF preSect
CT provincial governor. with a staff Of
about a dozen officials OF more or less
importance under him. while the princi-
pal master Of ceremonies at Elysee Pal
ace, with the grade OF minister plenipo-
tentiarv. has a number Of well-trained
assistants. Most of these military and
civil officials are blessed with wives. who
constitute a sort Of semi-official court
for the Presidents better haIf-that is 10
say, Of the first lady Of the land-snd
who, on state occasions. stand behind
her at the Elysee entertainments. though
there Is no such thing as occupying "a
place in the line" and helping Nine. la
Presidente'' to receive. as at the White
House.
There was one dignity-Or. I should say.
tTO-enJOyed by Emile LOubet and by all
the former Presidents Of the French re-
public. which are withheld from M. Fal-
ieres-namely, those OF canon Of the
Lantern Basilica at Rome, and Of the
ancient cathedral Of Mans These canon
ries were conferred centuries ago upon
the rulers OF France, and whenever the
question Of devising an official costume
for the President OF the French republic
used to crop up, attention was always
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had followed the lines. Of least resistance
she doubtless would have dug potatoes
and shelIed corn instead Of running for
the Presidency IN 1SS4 and I0sS. She was
born on a farm at Royalton, near Buf-
falo. and her first husband was g farmer
BY the name OF Uriah 4 McNau Upon
his death the widow determined 10 obtain
an education She vent % Genesee Col
lege, then taught school I'm Lockport 70
raise funds 20 study law. On being refused
admittance 20 the Columbia Law School.
she entered the National University Law
School At last. having obtained the pas
sage of her own bin through Congress
admitting her 20 the Court of Claims.
and having carried her fight up to the
United States Supreme Court. she forced
her way into the Virginia courts as a
practitioner
Two College Presidents as Leaders.
Two presidents OF woman colleges have
exerted strong influence in behalf Of the
suffrage movement. They are Mary Z.
WOolley, OF Mount HoIyoke. and Mss NJ.
Carey Thomas. Of Bryn Mawr Miss
WooIley has a more Biblical turn OF mind
than many other sunragists. due 70 her
early training. The daughter Of the Rev.
Joseph " WoolIey. CT PaWtucket. r L,
she later became the head Of the depart
meat Of Biblical history and literature Of
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comes ex-ohicio the grand master OF the
National Order OF the Legion OF Honor.
and in token thereof. as soon as ne en-
ters upon the duties q his Office. receives
from the grand chancellor OF the order
the sO-caIled collar OF the order This IL
a gorgeous affair made OF gold and
enamel. and should be worn suspended
around tie neck. There are but two in
existence. Until quite a short tine ago
it was not known what had become o.
the second. which had disappeared az the
tine Of the overthrow OF the Emperor
Napoleon. for whom both had been made.
1t was found at Vienna among the
crown Jewels of the house OF Hapsburg,
and seems TO have been one Of the very
few things which the '-Aiglon.' that is
20 say. Napoleon II. King Of Rome. Duke
Of Reichstadt. Inherited from his father.
the great Emperor Napoleon. The young
prince died, il may be remembered, al
Vienna, in a sort OF gilded captivity.
The question Of What Is to be done
with our ex-Presidents'' has received
more than passing attention az the hands
OF the lawmakers OF the various repub-
lies everywhere To insure against an
ex-President OF the United States being
''out Of a job" It Is said that Senator
McCreery. OF Kentucky, viii make an
effort before the close OF the present ses-
sion Of Congress to have enacted his bill
providing that former Executives may be
appointed as members Of International
commissions and representatives OF the
United States at conferences having 70
do with foreign affairs.
As ore OF the arguments against the bill
it was pointed out in the committee that
for al least four years to come It would
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BAZAAR DAY IN QUEEN CITY OF TURKEsTAN

resses. glcws on the scarlet peppercorn,
on the crimson Of apple and pomegran-
ate. and flashes on the gold Of the melons
piled high and festooned about the fruit
stalls.
An aIl-pervading od0F OF mutton fat an
.nounces the restaurants These are lit
orally all over the place. for cook and Gus
toner alike sit cross-legged Oh the ground
and conduct their operations regardless OF
the seething crowd ce humanity about
them 1 find my courage sinking as nose
and eyes became aware Of sheeps' heads
and trotters and fried fish disappearing
under the deft manipulations Of the faith
ful.
I linger to watch the pastry cook who
produces neat little thres-cornered pieces
OF dough from a handkerchief and aings
them into boiling fat. where they swell
TO abnormal dimensions and are greedily
devoured BY appreciative customers. A
creamy. sa1in-like fluid at a sweetmeat
stan fascinates me until my friend de-
stroys my illusions by describing the
usual native method Of eating II: this
IS TO dip your fingers into It and con-
sumo what sticks TO them On withdrawal.
This process may be repeated as often as
you Ike, but you pay, Of course. each
time. Pushing our way through this
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She says she should Ike TO write novels
but fears she would starve TO death be-
fore completing the first one.
4 SevenSy-year-OId Leader.
a long az bard battle for woman suf-
frage has b-sH waged by Lille Devereaux
Blake now Ia her seventy-fourth year
She has been active in the woman suf-
fraEe movement before the New York
legislature. and on one Of her visits 20
Albany she persuaded Theodore RoOse-
welt. then an sssembiymsn. TO vote for
an equal suffrage bill Spoken as a
young man should speak" she said IN
commencing his promise; but the bill
never got through
Like Mrs Gait Mrs. Blake has expert
enced the treadmiIl training Of Journal
ism. She was the Washington CORE
spondent Of the New York Evening Post
al the outbreak OF the civil war, and
has done much newspaper work since,
finding time also 70 write many books.
some novels. and others In serious vein.
Among the achievements OF her career
was the inauguration OF the movement
TO admit women to Columbia University.
which resulted IN the founding OF Bar
nard College
Mrs Blake also has worked for joint
guardianship of children for mother and
father. school suffrage for women. the ap-
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From the Pail Nal Gazette.
Bazaar day in SamarISand-queen Of the
cities OF Russian Turkestan-and I yield
TO the suggestion Of an enterprising friend
that we should lunch at the native bazaar
Ny friend assures me that nothing can be
better than --sikh-kabab." or "shsshlik, "
TO use the more familiar Caucasian name
introduced by the Russians This. he ex-
plains. consists Of morsels OF mutton
gTiIIed on skeWsrs over q charcoal fire.
But, object remembering the hygienic
advice showered up me in leaving home.
Il admit your sart is jolly picturesque and
all that sort Of thing but I am not quite
sure that want a closer acquaintance
with his cooking methods" Ny friend
laughed. You are safe with .'shashlik. "
he replied. '-it is cooked in front of you.
and you may trust 10 the cleansing prop
critics OF the fire 70 destroy any germs
that may lurk on the skewers. You face
greater dangers in taking soup from a
Russian cooking pot.
We saunter down TO the Registrar. or
great square. where the life OF the native
town is concentrated The place is agiow
with light and color. for the sunshine Pc
euliarly brilliant on this genial day in
mid November, brings out the vivid biEe
OF the tie work on the crumbiing med
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apply only TO Mr.. Roosevelt, who already
has taken steps in the mapping out OF
an active future for himself
IN France and Switzerland popular sen
timeat Is distinctly in favor OF pensioning
their first executives on their retire
ment from Office. The most public
spirited OF the statesmen who occupy the
chair Of Chief Magistrate usually quit
the Executive Mansion considerably poor
er than when they entered They are
apt 70 consider the salary and the al
lowances which they receive as given
70 them for a specific purpose, namely,
that Of maintaining With a proper degree
OF state the dignity Of their high office.
and entertain a delicacy about diverting
from this object any OF the funds which
they draw from the national treasury.
Jules Grevy and Thiers have been the
only two magistrates Of the third republic
in France who managed to put money
aside while IN Office. But gallant old
Marshall MacMahon sacrificed half OF his
by no means large fortune in addition
to spending his entire salary and allow
ances. TO maintain with proper splendor
the dignity Of his Office as president, and
Il is notorious that Presidents Sadi Car
not. Cassiuiir-Perier, and Faure were
obliged TO draw upon their private re-
sources in order 10 make both ends meet,
and President Loubet left the Elysee a
poorer man than when he reluctantly as
sumed Office
President Fallieres is 8 man OF mex
/ pensive tastes. and / do not believe that
he viii be q great financial loser through
his presidential venture.
The country benefits in many ways by
this sense Of delicacy en- the part OF its
chief magistrates, just in the same way
as close-fstedness and boarding Propen-
sites in the case of its rulers is calcu-
lated to affect injuriogsly its prestige.
Il is, therefore, felt that some recOgni-
I ton should be accorded by the nation q
those ex-presidents who have treated no;
only their Office but likewise its emolu-
ments as a public trust In France II is
/ proposed to give every former president
a pension Of 10000 francs a year, which
( is Se0,oo0, and in view OF the relative value
( OF money in this country 10 that in
/ France. the bill introduced in Congress
last year BY Representative Maynard. of
I Virginia. proposing 10 give Presidents Of
I the United States. after their retirement
I from Office an allowance Of $500 a year
F; for the remainder of their lives. does not
4 appear extravagant
Il would serve 10 avert such painful in
cidents as those which embittered the
closing years Of President Grant, and
would likewise obviate the necessity OF
ex-Prssidents being compelled for the
sake Of a livelihood to resort 70 methods
( Of bread winning not altogether consist
/ ent with the dignity OF the high Office
which they have held. A man who has
served his country faithfully in the great
+ est Office Of trust which IS in the power
/ Of his fellow-eitlzens 70 besto= upon
I him. should never be allowed to be over
taken by want or 70 become dependent
! upon the charity OF friends. and il is well
+ to provide against this beforehand in
stead OF waiting I'll It has actually hap
pened-
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By RUDOLPH DE zAPP.

Compared With the pay, or civil list.
or whatever il may be called. Of en-
perors, kings, and presidents OF other
countries, many Of whose interests in no
manner are as varied or tremendous as
those Of the United States. the pay which
the President Of the United States re-
ceives is not only decidedly inadequate,
but absUrdly small and not at all in
keeping with the great wealth and power
Of this country and the pride and pa
triotism of its citizens.
Americans claim 70 be the vanguard
OF progress and civilization. which dis
tinction cannot be successfully disputed
by her contrOversationslists and yet
the Chief Magistrate Of the greatest ha-
ton history ever recorded is not pro-
vided with sufficient funds from the pub
lie treasury TO enable him 70 represent
his country with that dignity which is
essential 10 command respect among and
from all nations
The Congress realizes this situation
and there are good reasons to believe
that the bin now before the House. in
cressing the salary Of the President OF
the United States 10 s10OeO0. VIII meet
approval. and that Mr.. Taft win enter
upon the Presidency with that amount OF
pay provided
The plan IS to make the salary Of the
President Of the United States s1O0o0O
straight, and 70 repeal the present law
which allows S25.e00 a year for trans
portation and travelling expenses. The
salary OF the Vice. President OF the Uni
ted States and Of the Speaker Of the
House OF Representatives is TO be raised
IN Ike manner. and the sum that the
committee VIII agree on is understood 10
be S20O00 each.
France treats her President with far
greater degree Of liberality than the
/ United States acc0rds her Executive for
whereas the American Chief Magistrate
! has TO remain content with a salary OF
S5oo0o a year and the possession Of a fur
nished residence in the shape Of the White
I House, together with some few allow
anees. Frances President. NJ Fallieres
+ enjoys a salary OF Sfse00o. with allow
/ ances amounting 70 almost as much
/ again. a furnished palace OF imposing
dimensions in Paris. al the Elysee- three
/ country seats maintained IN an equally
/ Open-handed manner by the state al
/ Fontainbleu Compiegne, and at Ram
/ bouillet. all three OF which are former
royal and imperial palaces Of altogether
regal style and grandeur, and immense.
richly stocked game preserves in various
parts Of the country.
/ Besides this. he travels free everywhere
/ on superbly appointed railroad train
reserved for his particular use. can use
/ government vessels as yachts. and has
boxes az the opers and all the theate-s
subventioned by the State-boxes which
he can use himself or place at the dis
pOsal OF his friends. As the telegraphs
are in the hands Of the government. he
pays nothing for the use OF the wires, has
the right OF drawing upon the govern
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cause OF the lave of the cause she cham
pions. She IS capable OF doing an i'm
meuss amount Of work. At one time,
when she was travelling on a lecture tour
and speaking at different places. she
wrote eleven letters for eleven different
newspapers each week.
That Mrs Harper is a woman journal
ist OF an unusual type IS shown by her
ability 10 direct the Terra Taute fIndD
Daily News, as It's managing editor Al
the time the city was red hot with q
municipal campaign. Mrs. Harper formed
an independent ticket OF her own by
picking the hest men from the tickets Of
the two big parties Every man she nom
mated was elected.
II was in California. a State which has
produced many women thinkers. that Mrs.
Harper plunged most vigorously into the
suffrage movement When she went 70
the Pacific Coast 20 place her daughter.
Winnifred. in Leland Stanford University.
Susan 3. Anthony =-zs-ed her 10 take
charge of the woman suffrage campaign
in that state IN 1S95. With her ChaTac-
teristic energy she communicated that
winter with the 80 newspapers In the
State which were IN favor OF the suffrage.
Miss Anthony was so pleased that she
asked Mrs Harper to write her hiogra-
ply.
Makes Address at EigtSy-seveB.
A veteran suffragist j. Julia Ward
Howe. who took up sT-ps for women IN
1ssS. and has been fF Cor them on
the lecture platform the pulpit.
and in the press ever - Two years
ago. when she was eiS- 5even, she de-
livered a speech IN Italian IN Boston al
the celebration OF the 10th anniversary OF
the death Of Columbus
II Belva a lockwood, long before the
public as a wOman's rights champion,
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GIVE US THE BALLOTw IS THE WOMANS BATTLE CRY

pointment OF women as census enumer-
ators. and police matrons. pensions for
war nurses. and seats for saleswomen.
For eleven years she vas president Of
the New York State Woman Suffrage
Association, and in 1900 founded the Ma
tional Legislative League. Of which she
has since been president.
An IndefatiEsbie Worker.
Although wealthy enough simply to en-
Joy life, Ida Hustled Harpsr has worked
hard and increasingly for woman's suf-
frage as an author and journalist be-
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Of the Many Women Who Are Now Engaged StrenuOusy
Fighting for Universal Suffrage None Has More interest
ing Career Than Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Head of a
WOmans Suffrage Organization Active in Sixteen COun-
ries-Rev Anna Shaw Got Her First Taste of Education
from Papers Pasted Walls of Her Childhood Home.
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At Seventy-four Mrs Lille Devereux Blake Is Still an En-
thusiastc Worker for Her Kind-Ida Hustled Harper.
Wealthy Woman, Who Labors Hard in the Cause She
Champions with Her Pen-Two Famous College Presidents
and Bryans Daughter Advocates of Universal Suffrage
Many Great Men Have Declared for Womans Suffrage.
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qucllos gritnS angpsiiosos.
Habia sido un tonic, I'M tonic de
capirote por no haher tocado rcsucl
tamentc Ia pucrta Y cxDido una
cxplicarion. aunqIe hubiera sido
objeto dc un bnl,co recibimiento.
solo dcsarrnado como cstaba. Asi
ucs. volvi n farol de Ia calle 4 yer
Is, pOdia rcconoccr Ia casa dcsdc Il
lugar dondc mc cncontraba. euando
llcgo i mis- oidos 81 primer erito, pc
70. no pudc consogulrlo.
II impulse d" scsuir aquella vie
j. fut mi 'lesgracia porquc por algo
senti Ia casi scg,iri convicei6n de
que Kirk 50 habia -eapado durante
mi ausencia en- IL calle de Cleveland.
porquc aunquc c-yors en- aquella 50
focante obscuridaI, icbajo dc la luz
roja del farol dc la ala de socorro y
cn Ia esqlina opuc,ia por otra lar
ga bora. no 10 II salir.
Por h. iant0 me- Vi pbl;gado, sten.
Tar mi camino dlc -reso i Foiten
ham Couri RoJd ,londe II fin ,nI
cuntra un Gabriel eDn un honbr
etIiando Iln cal,a'.p ia" qucdf dorm
10 i me,iida q' ~flinabamos h.
ia 81 ocs'c. deh Ia fatiga =
ransaueio produc t-pr aquesa l.
q, V dcsagradaEl lila.
Ia m1ycr Dc Up -aotorista cot
80. csti arosfgmi "a quo Suna
MO il@='ie-e : i'-s avankadas Y
ppr 10 tant0 tH.' fpea dificulta
n eNcHsarme enI 81 por nI Ne
ianza y. sinenii'a cuando me -
eH'ste no podis r'- Iiiar Fl sueh. i
L1s lamen'"s quella muJe
squeilos gnies y sreracsn.
naban siemPe ~ oidos. II
squellas PAlabE4s a nisterisss |
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5Qui6n Inat6 al Professor Greer?
Ell AmSTER10 DEL CUARTO RQJ0.---Por William lie

Juzguese mi mortificacidn, ell com
pleto disgusto con migo mismo, cuan
do al regresar no pude reconocer la
casa de donde habla salldo la mujer!
En- aquel dense manto dc niebla que
Sc hacia mas impenetrable en- cada
momento, tampoco podla senalar
entire tres 8 cuatro casas, aquella de
donde habian emanado los grltos
de mujer.
Aquella perpligidad fue funesta
para ell buen exito de mis- empenos.
En- mi excitacion Sc me olvido apun
tar ell numero de la casa y ahora me
consolaba con pasar y repasar a 10
largo de las verjas dc cuatro casas,
todas casi iguales exactamente, to
das arrebujadas en- las tinleblas, to
das igualmente mugrlentas y mlste
riosas. En- cual de esas casas estaba
Kerchaw Kirk, yo no 10 saba,
asi como tampoco podla deer dc
ual de las cuatro habian salido a.
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gruesa cortina para impedir quc So
viera la luz desde afuera. En- aqurl
vecindario rccorde que habia mi
chas casas misteriosas, casinos elan
destinos donde sirvientes extran
jeros de baia ralea bailaban. bebian
V iucaban al tard6n V los cuales ron
frecuencia eran sorprendidos por Ia
policia. Aquellas GALES tenian una
reputation muy mala.
Despues de todo yo no estaba cn-
teramente seguro de que Ia casa dc
donde emanaban los gritos era Ia
misma en- que Kirk habia entrado.
Y dc ahf que estuvieron indcciso V
aturdido. Por esta razon cspcre
con mis- oios clavados en- Ia pucrta
v en- el frente de la casa.
Rcpentinamente v por sohrc Il
lpostigo o tragaluz de la entrada. vi
la parpadeante luz de una vela 1uIc
baiaban al pasillo V POGO despues Ia
puerta sc abrio. Temiendo scr rcco
nocido salte & la cslle donde a tai
diStancia IA neblina me obscureci6.
AlgIIen baj6 los escalones Y toman
do i Ia lzqulerda, sigui6 en- la dire
ci6n dc donde yo habia venido. -
guido furilvamente por mi h4sta
donde 81 lin pude distingur Ia firrir
i "a pobre luz dc un fsrnl uubliro
No era Kirk Y ST una vieja do u
lant" reP'iEslvo con bonete v nhozo
desiehisios- Una tipuca beFedora Il.
slneora dc las que uno pue,ie ~ To-
centenans en- aquella vecindad H.
segui has,a Ia calle de Cleveland.
donde iom6 a Ia izquieria. cuznto.
de su0!to, = me ocurri6 que IN mi
auseneIa hlrk podria sslir: tor h
tantO deIe de seguiria y yOlvi sob.e
his pasos-
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CAPILUlO vi.
Ell noyio de Elhelwyn.

AL amanecer me encontre conque
la neblina habiase disipado y de ahi
que despues de darie un vlstazo al
garage, fui a yer a Kirk resue Ito a
fingir ignorancia en- cuanto a su vi
sta a la casa cerca de Fattenham
Court Road; pero de nuevo fui con-
trariadoporque tlhabia estado ausen
te toda la noche. Su hermana igno-
noraba SUI paradero. Segun manifes-
to eran muy excentrlcas las costum
bres de ser de SUI hermano.
Esto me obiigo d hacer otra vista
a la casa que, i Ia luz del dia, cncon-
tire que estaba en- la calle de Foley
un vecindario mucho mas miserable
de 10 que me supuse.
En- la esqmna de la calle de Cleve-
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do que saliese de la casa pero todo
quedo en- silencio otra vez.
Aquellas ultimas palabras de de
sesperada suplica pidiendo socorro,
sonaban en- mis- oidos iMe has ma
tddo 10 mismo que matastes q M pa
dre!
La mujer que habia gritado segu
ramente que no podia tener rela
cion alguna con la tragedia de Su
ssex Place, porque Etrlwynn Greer
estaba muerta. Yo la habia vlsto con
mis- propios ojos inanimada y frla-
Entonces / que sighificaba todo
aquello? Era este un aspecto adlclo
nal al va inescrutable problea
Mire hacia la ventana de donde
ninguna luz escapaba atraves de los
despl egados transparentes, extra
nandome aquella obscuridad POI
que Q bien una contraventana Sc ha
bia cerrado sobre el transparente, {
encima &c este Sc habia cclgado una