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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
MANY VISITORS
IN CHASE CITY

Especial to The Richmond virkiniN,D
CHASE CITY, VA. Dec. z.--Mr.
Preston Magee. with party Of friendA
from New York, was here for the week
enc
Miss Ella NJ. Hayes. Of Newport
News, after short visit to her parents
here, returned Monday.
Mrs. ]. Watkins Goode was IN Rich.
mond for several days this week.
Miss Irma Jeffress has returned
home. after several month"; visit to
friends in Kfnston. Greenville and
Washington. N. g.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Gregory. ~ho
have been visiting relatives In Skip
with. were the guests OF Hr. Carson
Mr.. G. s. Cock. OF Charlotte. N. c.,
spent Thanksgiving with his sister al
the Southside Institute here.
Mr.. II. NJ. Hester was In Richmond
this week.
Miss Lucy Homes, of Boydton, Va.
Is the guest OF Mrs. r. L. Jeffrsys, on
Academy street.
Rev. Bascom Dey. former pastor Of
the Methodist church here, left last
week for Lynchburg. where he will
have charge Of church. Rev. ]. w. 4.
Robins, Of Lamberts Point. will take
Mr.. Dey's place here.
Mr.. lsanc Watts. field secretary Of
the Sunday school board. will hold i
Sunday school institute at tho Han.
fist church. beginning December I.
On Tuesday the ladies OF the Epioc0.
pal church held quite 4 successful ba.
rear and silver tea for the beneft e
the rectory.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02

dents. which are being placed In the
south corridor of the Senate.
Among them Is the bust of Colonel
Roosevelt. Fairbanks whiskers have
been immortalized also-the same
which disappeared at the hands OF the
barber in the Orient.
Standing before the Roosevelt bust
which bears no inscription as yet. an
elderly tourist to-day said to his son:
That's u fine bust OF Cleveland. 1t
looks exactly like him the day / ga y
him inaugurated."
That's not Cleveland. father, said
the boy, Its Roosevelt"
The old man looked a little more
closely. Well" he said after hia
scrutiny "mebbe you're right. but
don't see any teeth.
The Roosevelt likeness wears a
frown as If the colonel were waiting
for a group of undesirable tourists
coming down the corridor. The mouth
Is closed. but it looks as II II might
open at any minute. Nearby are the
rev busts of Horton, Hendricks ana
Hobart,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
JONES BROTHERS & COMPANY e& az3a OK &C. s7 a

rendered Thursday evening by Presi-
dent and Mrs. Boatwright In company
with the members Of the faculty.
President Boatwright gave out 4
statement Wednesday In regard u the
number OF studcnts enrolled this year
and the work done by them during the
first term. which Is about to come to
an end. The raising the entrance re.
quirements naturally was accompAn.
led by falling off OF new students -
per cent. DIR. Boatwright said. but II
Will on the whole. rebound to tho bene.
fit OF the institution and place II on =
higher footing. The total enrolment
for the year is up to the normal, howe
ever. The faculty are pleased to no.
tice that there are moro applicants
for degrees and fewer special students
than In former years. The work done
IN the term just closing was particu-
larly gratifying. ana the senior cIass
to graduate next June viii number sew.
enty-five members.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
CITY MAY BOOST
STIPEND Of MANY
RECONlMENDATIO FOR IN
CREASES OF PAY MADE TO
COJNCu-3O NEW BLUE
COATS.

1t viii be worth while, after Il little
more lapse of time, to work for the
Richmond city government. recon-
mcndation for increasing the pay of
a large number of municipal workers
being made Thursday night at the
meeting OF the council committee on
ordinance. charter and reform
The recommendation were that the
pay of the street celanlng department
receive $2.25 instead OF 50 Il day. that
market employees and sweepers be paid
~ instead OF sl75 and sewer workers
receive 1925 instead of So. 1t was
further recommended that the fore
man of the sewer force receive SO u
day for his work.
a subcommittee recommended the
rejection OF the proposition to increase
the salaries OF the seven district ply
sicians from $500 to $1,000 and the
increase 10 sl.5oo in the remuneration
OF the captain of the city tug, and the
boost to $500 in the compensation of
the keeper Of st. Johns burying
grounds.
by a vote OF 10 4 the police force
was augmented by thirty men. thus
bringing the total up to 163 officers
and men. Much debate was heard be-
voting In the negative we're Messrs.
Mitchell. Hirschberg. Sullivan and
Lumsden.
Recommendation was made that the
ordinance creating the Office of as
sistant superintendent of the water
department at salary OF $3.50 a
year be adopted, as we'll as those Or
dering the street car company TO have
it, cars wait at transfer points until
the transfer passengers had gotten
aboard the car they w;sned to ride on.
The city seal will be designed accoro-
ing to the recommendations made by
Mayor Richardson In his veto message
recently.
Ordinances relating 10 lights on
horre-drawn vehicles. a board to
license automobile chauffeurs and sew
eral others were tabled to be consider
ed with the new general traffic ordi-
nance
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
DINNER FOR DOZEN
WITH NO GUESTS
HOST FOR RATJE SiEDENBURG's
$500 BANQUET TO MOURNERS
DODGES THE ISSUE.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2.-~Five hundred
dollars for a dinner. with souvenirs.
for twelve guests, and no one willing
to accept, This is the strange situa-
ton which exists owing to the bequest
in the will OF Rattle Siedenburg. provid :
ing that within three months after his
demise a celebration banquet should be-
held.
Henry Schafer. who had been select
Cd by Mr.. Siedenburg az the master OF
ceremonies for the strange feast. has
declined point blank to issue invita-
lions for the dinner. and has even re-
signed his position as executor OF the
Siedenburg will to escape the task
which carries with II the purchase OF
souvenirs for distribution at a death
feast.
Rhinehard Siedenburg. brother OF the
man whose will contained such unusual
provisions, has been appointed execu-
tor in place Of Mr.. Schafer, but even
he Is In doubt about the banquet
1t Is more than likely that tho courts
will be called upon TO decide what shall
be done with the $500 dinner fund
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
ARTICLES ON WOMAN'S
VOTE ARE IN DEMAND
Meet Frequent Calls of Various Societies and Schools the
State Library Has Made Complete List OF Its
Suffrage Literature
Suffrage Literature

SO many requests have been made
m the Virginia State Library for
material on the womans suffrage
question that IL has been found adj
siNisabie to make out a list Of the
articles contained in the Library IN
& peFt0dicals and titles of books and
pamphlets bearing on the question.
q ne subject Is being used very ex-
IAs4Anatveiy as q question for debate IN
s4he various debating societies
S8hr0Ughout the State and as topic
ss6n which compositions are required
10 BE- written by the high school and
sEoiiege students.
The articles on this subject have
I been classified as follows;
Tiodicals---Discussion OF equal
HeuNrage for women. Annals of
$American Academy, vol. IS. SUP. pp.
sS.t; Facts about suffrage and anti
sNuMrage. Forum, vol as PIP. 495-
IA: Social ideatism and suffrage for
II Nnen. chausauquan. vol. IS, PIP.
S1et-43; Woman suffrage. Il review and
A& ccnclugion. HILBERT journal. vol.
g. PIP. 72l-73s: Woman suffrage
SDCsement. Chautauqaan. vol. SO.
Sx1. $3.50: Virginia: Appeal To con-
aN@ution. Enquirer. October 20. 1922:
4 Woman movement In New Zealand.
H. 4eatminster, vol. ITO. PIP. $3.50:
9here the women vote (New Zea-
ID. Outlook. vol %. PIP. 117-2.:
Il pSnan's vote tNew Zealandl. North
IN women vote tFiniand}. National
|o6grRphic magazine, vol Il, PIP.
se1.94: Woman suffrage in operation.
eyks vol. IS. PIP. lo5s-7e.
hooks and pamphlets. Affirmative
i k4Aame Jane: Why women should
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Forum, col. AZ. pp. 264-s: Wo-
mans wear. Atlantic. vol. los, PIP.
$3.50; Woman's relation 10 govern
ment, North American, vol. lel, PIP,
a49-5S.
Magazine Articles. Negative--An-
swer to the arguments in support of
woman suffrage. Annals OF Ameri-
can academy. vol. IS. PIP. 2s-32; In
adyisabilty OF woman suffrage. An
nails of American academy. vol 50.
sup. PIP 36-7 Position Of tho anti
suffragists. Annals of American
academy. vol, 35, sup. PIP. 1922: Why
the vote would be injurious 10 wo-
mon. Ladies' Home journal. vol. II,
PIP. 2I~2: Anti-sutfrage movement.
hautanquan, vol. SO. PIP. $40; Ladies'
battle. Atlantic monthly. vol. l06, PIP.
2s9-3o3: Reply to suffrage argu-
ments Educational review. vol. So.
PIP. 39S-4o4 Why I do not believe
in woman suffrage, Mrs. Humphrey
Ward Ladies Home Journal. vol. rs.
y. Is, Woman's plea against woman
suffrage. Living Age. vol. 25s. PIP.
4ol-55. Women's anti-suffrage move
ment, Living Age. vol. $50. PIP all:
Arguments against woman suffrage.
Living Age. vol. 361. PIP. 67-s4; I'M
pediments To woman suffrage. North
American. vol. 1870. PIP. 1862.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
When You Buy
Your Clothes from Us
You run no risk--positively none.

You run no risk--positively none.
The ordinary new suit may look well
now. But how about Tomorrow
next month-and the many months
after?
The real test OF good clothes time
alone can give. The first cost is inn
portant. But it is not all-impo,tant.
How about the cost Of up-keep,
pressing and repairs. These things
must be considered by the careful
clothing buyer.
The kind Of clothes we cell we are
proud Of.
They will a,rpass all Of your happiest
expectations in quality, in style, in
mako and in price. BY all means let
III show them 70 you--to-day.
Suits and Overcoats--the seasons
newest offerings-all the way down
from &35 to SO in pure, virgin wool
fabrics. S25 is a go piice to pay.
You'll get real worth, long wear.
Others. and good ones, too, range
from $50 down to SIS.
Our Furnishing Department is Com
pletc.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
Repair Permits.

II. T. Owen to repair brick dwelling
No. 1901 East Franklin street to cost
1890.
ulton Baptist church to repair
frame Sunday-school room, corner Of
Fulton and Nicholson streets. to cost
500.
III. s. Wallerstein to repair frame
houses Nos. 1901, 3003, 3005. SCOT.
30DS. 301l. -3013 and s0I5 = street 10
cost $l26l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
SOUND STILL ALARM
DAMAGE is SMALL

Trouble with furnace In the base
ment OF No 1908 Hanover street re-
suited in the sounding OF still alarm
shortly after ten o'clock Thursday
morning.
An engine wagon from No. 10 com.
pany responded and the blaze was ex.
tinguished without difficulty. The
damage was insignificant.
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imum, $16 200; minimum. $1,000. OBJ
jects and purposes-Resta and
liquor business.
Churchill Fishing Club, Inc. or
Richmond, Va. Incorrs rators-P. c.
Atkinson. president; ". c. AGREE, vice.
president: s. r.. Tucker. secretary and
treasurer, all Of Richmond, Va. Cay
ital stock--Maximum, 10000; mini
mum, $4,000. Objects ind purposes
Fishing club.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
LARGER QUARTERS NEEDED
FOR 8. p. G. A. OFFICES

The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals has for snn1e time
felt the need OF more commcdiou
quarters. since the scope Of II work
has widened. Definite steps in this
direction were taken Thursday at q
meeting Of the society. when com-
mittee was appointed TO look into sites
In tho business section suitable for the
purpose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-02
BUST OF ROOSEVELT
TAKEN FOR CLEVELAND

WASHINGTON. Dee Mot the least
Of the ceremonies at the capitol, Incl
Monday will be tho Installation OF mar
-pie busts Of the last Sye vice -presl-
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE IMPOSTOR; . Tale of Old An
napolis. BY John Reed Scott. author
Of THE Colonel OF the Red HUI
Ears etc. Illustrated in color by
Clarence F. Underwood. Philadel-
phia: ]. B. Lippincott Company.
cHRIsTIANITH AND social CUES
F. Il. A.. Archdeacon Of Ely. New
York: Charles. Scribner's Sons
Washington: Brentano's.
THE MERCY OF FATE. BY Thomas
McKean author Of THE Master In
huence.'' New York: Vessels 4
Bissell Company.
A DIXIE ROSE. BY Augusta Kortrecht
Frontispiece in color by Ethel Pen
newil Brown. Philadelphia: j. B
Lippincott Company.
OLD AGE DEFERRED, The Causes OF
Ole A.e aad Its Pe.tDe.ene.t by
ures. BY Arnold Lorand. NJ. d.
Carlsbad. Austria Translated from
the second German edition. Phila-
delphia: r. A. Davis Company
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop
LITTLE TALKS TO LITTLE PEOPLE
By James NJ. Farrar. d. D., author
York: Funk & SNagnalls Company.
METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS.
Of nature study. Passaic, N. J. H.
Illustrated. Published under the au.
spices Of the National Association OF
Audubon Societies. Boston: Hough-
ton Mifhin Company.
THE END OF THE RAINBOW. By
Stella NJ. During. author OF "Disin-
herited," etc. Frontispiece in color
by Ethel Pennewin Brown. Fhila-
delphia: J. b. Lippincott Company
PATIENCE AND HER GARDEN. BY
Ida Smith Decker. San Francisco
Paul Elder & Co.
THE CARE AND TRAINING OF chill
DREN. BY LIE Grand Kerr, NJ. r..
author OF "Diagnostics Of Diseases
of Children" etc. New York: Funk
& wagnalls Company.
THE DOOMED CITY. BY John r. Car
ling. author Of THE Shadow OF the
Car" etc. New York: Edward j.
THE SCALES OF JUSTICE. BY George
kidneys. Philadelphia: J. b. Lip.
pincott Company.
LITTLE PROBLEMS OF MARRIED
LIEF The Baedeker to MatrimOny
BY William George Jordan. New
York: Fleming H. Revell Company
PERIWINkLE; IN Idyl Of the Du.es
BY William Farquhar Payson, au-
thor OF JOnn Nytai etc. Illus
trated by Thomas Fogarty. New
York: Sturgis & Walton Company.
THE CRAsHAW BROTHERS. BY Ar
thur Stanwood Pier. author OF
Harding Of st. Timothy's." Boston;
Houghton Mifiin Company.
THE DAY OF THE COUNTRY
CHURCH. BY J. o. Ashenhurst New
York: Funk & Wagnalls Company
MAKING LIFE WORTH WHILE, q
Book ON Healtb-and More. BY Her
bert Wescott Fisher. Toronto: The
Musson Book Company.
FOUR HUNDRED GOOD STORIES
Collected by Robert Rudd Whiting
New York: Baker & Taylor Com
pany.
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This exhibition consists Of the draw
ings entered in the competitions OF the
Society Of Beaux-Arts Architects-the
solution OF problems presented by the
central committee or board. Some ex-
cellent work il shown. The exhibition
continues tomorrow and will be open
from to $50 pm.
A GROUP Of water colors by Miss
"a Alice r. II. Smith OF Charleston,
s. c., were brought to the attention Of
some OF those specially interested in art
in Washington this week. They were In
some instances studies Of characteristic
architectural features Of this pictur-
esque old southern city. but in greater
number they were interpretations OF
landscapes, groves Of live oaks from
the bows Of which hung festooned gray
moss. Without exception they were
fresh in treatment, colorful and strong
work ksenly artistic and full OF
promise. Later in the year Miss Smith
viii hold an exhibition in this city.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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CHAPTER V.-Continued.

In spite of Hallocks singular manner.
which was an abrupt challenge to all
corners, Lidgerwood acknowledged a
growing liking for the chief clerk. Under
the grabbed and gloomy crust OF the man
the superintendent fancied he could dis
cover a certain savage loyalty. But
under the loyalty there was a deeper
depth-of misery. or tragedy. or both
and to this abysmal part Of him there
was no key that Lidgerwood could find.
McCloskey, who had served under Hal
lock for number of months before the
change in management. confessed that he
knew the gloomy chief clerk only as a
man in authority and exceedingly hard to
please Questioned more particularly by
Lidgerwood, McCIoskey added that Hal
lock was married: that after the first few
months i'm Angels his wife. a strikingly
beautiful young woman, had disappeared.
and that since her departure Hallock had
lived alone in two rooms over the freight
station, rooms which no one, save him.
self. ever entered.
These ard similar bits Of local history
were mere gatherings by the way for the
desert was having its laugh at the new
bathroom. the pajamas and the clean
linen. They weighed lightly. because the
principal problem was. as yet, untouched.
fOT Whlle the laugh enQureQ L1d&erWOOO
had not found it possible to breach many
OF the stronghoids of lawlessncss.
Orders, regarded by disciplined railroad
men as having the immutability Of the
laws of the Medes and Persians. were
still interpreted as loosely as II they were
but the casual suggestions Of by
stander. Rules were formulated and
given biack-letter emphasis In their post
ings on the bulletin boards, only to be
cooliy ignored when they CHANGED to con-
nict with some train crews desire to make
up time or to Kill It. Directed to ac-
count for fuel and oil consumed, the en-
ginemen sood-naturedly forged reports
and the storc.2eepers blandly 0. X. q
them. Instructed to keep an accurate
record of all material used. the trackmen
jocosely scattered more spikes than they
drove. made firewood Of the stock cross
ties and were not above UNDERMINING
the section houses with new dinens}oh
tinbers.
!. In countless other ways the waste was
prodigious and often nysteriously uneA-
plainable. The company supplies hao q
curious fashion Of disappearing in TRANSIT.
Two carloads OF building lumber sent 70
repair the station at Red Butte vanisneo
somewhere between the Angels shippsns
yards and their billing destination. lIii.s'
cement ana paint were exceedtnel! 80
tile. House hardware. purchased III qu.l
titles for company repairs, figured N ens
monthly reuuisition sheet as regularly -
coal and oil: and the lost-tocl accou ns
roughly balanced the pay roll OF '''o
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the Burmese. showing them in various
phases Of life.

phases Of life.
ventures Of Arsene Lupin. BY Maui
rice Leblanc, author of "Arsene Lu-
PIN etc. Translated by Alexander
Tiexeira De Mattos. Illustrated by
}: W. Robson: New York: Double
Woodward & Lothrop.
For few pages at the close of this
| tale. the third Of the series which de-
scribes the remarkable adventures OF
Arsene it looks as though the resource
ful gentleman criminal would be either
killed or permanently reformed. In either
case the reader feels disappointed. No
more OF Arsene Lupino No more hair
breadth escapes. or completely deceiving
DISCUSSES, or bewildering representations,
or frank letters to the press. or encoun-
tiers with English and French detectives?
1t is desoating. But stay. Arsene is
neither killed nor reformed. At the last
instant. as he is about to step across
the threshold of his respectable home. to
live the life of gentleman of position
and wealth. with his beautiful wife, won
in the course of his management of the
exploit with which this narrative deals,
the situation changes. A life Is taken.
>.
over to law-abiding responsibility Is de-
stroyed. He moves off toward the sea,
toward his submarine. embittered against
society. which heretofore he has merely
regarded as an amusing antagonist. More
Lupin. therefore, perhaps in the near fu-
ture. And then possibly we shall hear more
about Isidore Beautrelet, the schoolboy
who ran Arsene to earth in the Hollow
Needle, that remarkable refuge OF an
Gent kings, the treasure house of roy
atty in the good old, bad old, days Of
kingly extravaganza. Isidore is inter-
esting. more SO than any recently pre-
scented crime detector. The conflict be-
tween these two carries NJ. Leblanc's
satire upon police methods in France
to keener edge than ever. AS a, de
tective story 'The Hollow Needle is
only passing good. But as a study in
national temperament and a presenta-
ton of two entertaining lndlV1duafS IT
is a rare pleasure.
PICTURES IN COLOR. BY Harrison
Fisher New York: Charles Scrib-
& Lothrop.
Rather early in the season Of the So
called gift books comes this beauti-
sixteen in number, marvels Of mechan-
teal reproduction, and presenting the
now famous Fisher girl in variety
of poses and surroundings and cos
tunes, always the heart-winning crea-
ture. sometimes alone, again attended
by the inevitable and hopeful swain, and
now and then in the midst Of less eligible
worshipers. Mr.. Fisher. whose portrait is
accommodatingly added to present him
to his admirers along with the dear
women of his brush, has created a type
that finds a warm place in the American
heart, glory Of womanhood, a sweet,
sincere, captivating example of the west
ern girl at her best. This exceptional
volume will crafty a great many lovers
of beautiful books.
AT THE VILLA ROSE. BY A. E. W.
Mason. illustrated. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
ton: Brentano's.
The first requirement in a detective
story is to fasten suspicion closely upon
q person in whom the reader acquires a
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company carpenters and bridge builders
In such chaotic state OF affairs. track
and train troubles We're the rule rather
than the exception, and it was a Red
never drawn under the wrecking-train
engine. For the first few weeks Lidger-
wood let McCloskey answer the hurry
calls to the various scenes of disaster.
cattle special, ignoring the ten-minute-
interval rule, were piled up in the Pnon
hills. he went out and took personal
command Of the track-clearefs.
This happened when the joke was at
flood tide. and the men of the wrecking
crew took a ten-sallon keg Of whisky
along wherewith to celebrate the first ap-
pearance of the new superinte ndent in
character as q practical wrecking boss.
The outcome was rather astonishing For
one thing. Lidgerwood's first executive
act was to knock in the head Of the ter
gallon celebration with q striking ham
mer. before 1t was even spiggoted: and
for another he quickly proved that he
was Gr:dley's equal, il not his master,
In the gentle art Of track-clearing: last
ly. and this was the most astonishing
thing of all. he demonstrated that clean
linen and correct garmentings do not
necessarily make for softness and ef-
feminacy in the wearer; Through the
toll and stress the new boss was able to
endure hardship with the best man on the
ground
This was excellent. as far as it went
But later, with the Offending cattle-train
crews before him for trial and punish
ment.. LidgerwOod lost all he had gained
by being too easy.
We've got him chasin' his feet said
Tryon. one Of the rule-breaking engineers.
making his report to the roundhouse con-
ttngent at the close Of the "sweat-box"
interview. It's just as I've been tellin'
-
enough to rire anybody
Likewise Jack Benson. though from
friendlier point Of view. The sweat
box" was Ldgerwood's private office in
the Crows Nest. and Benson happened
to be present when the reckless train
men were told to 60 and sin no more.
I'm not running your job. Lidger-
wood. and YOU may fire the inkstand at
me II the spirit moves YOU to, but I've got
to butt in. You can't handle the Red
desert with kid gloves on. Those fellows
needed an artistic cussing out and
thirty.day hang-up at the very lightest.
You can't hold EN- down with Sunday
school talk.
Lidgerwood was frowning at his blot
ting pad and .pencilirE idle little squares
or it-a habit which was insensibly
growing upon him.
Where would get the two extra
train crews to fill In the thirty-day lay
off. Jack? Had you thought of that?
Il had only the one think, and | gave
YOU that one rejoined Benson, careless
~. ~ suppose It 10 different In your de-
partment. When so up against thing