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The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Mrs. Harry G. woodward EntertainS
At a Valentine Luncheon TODAY
" At Home" Calendar
In Washington Society

Mrs Graeme Stewart, Of Chicago. viii
receive tomorrow afternoon She viii
be assisted by her daughters, Mrs.
Philip Schuyler Doane and Miss Stew
art, or Chicago.
Mrs. Marion Butler VIII receive in
formally this afternoon at clock IN
her apartment in the Portland
Mrs. Roberts, vile Of Senator Roberts,
VIII receive tomorrow afternoon
=
Mrs F. II. Briggs VIII receive tomor-
row afternoon at the Hamilton
Mrs Robert Craig win receive tc-
morrow afternoon
Mrs Archibald NJ NcLachIen viii not
receive Friday. February Is, owing 70
the illness Of her mother
Mrs II o. Young. wife Of Represen-
tative Young, viii receive today at the
Portland, from 2 10 S O'Clock
Mrs @ c Marsury viii not receive
today
Mrs N, C. weyth VIII receive tomor-
row afternoon
Mrs Bristow, wife OF Senator Brfs-
tow, wiz receive Informally tomorrow
afternoon
Mrs. bennett viii receive tomorrow
afternoon at the Burlington.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
ONE MOTOR LICENSE OUGHT
TO BE ENOUGH.

His home license should carry any
motorist anywhere IN the United
States Each State would find 1t 10 rs
own advantage to recognize any others
brand on a machine. Then the traveller
merely passing through or intending to
make a tour for pleasure CT business,
need not suffer the annoyance and eX-
pense involved in the laws of the
locality he may enter.
Many States now impose an un-
equal burden upon the stranger within
their boundaries, and It Is a detrisusnt
in the long run. far in excess Of the
fees for yeaT-Iong licenses wrUng from
visitors OF a day to a month
A citizen OF Delaware, who came
through Maryland with his machine
TO take up his residence IN Washing
ton for the winter. had 10 pay a
years tax IN that State for the mere
privilege Of passing through He never
since has crossed the District line and
does not intend 70 until he returns
home in the spring.
This same man spent a month last
year in touring the New England
States with a New Jersey license Not
once was he questioned as To the
validity Of his foreign number. nor
was be asked 10 pay a penny for the
privilege Of using the splendid roads of
that region He had so good a time
that he viii 60 again next summer
The money which pleasure tourists
Of this class spend IN traversiug a
country more than TepaEs II for over
looking an opportunity 10 Cry stand
and deliver!" The sense Of being i'm
posed upon often deters men Of wealth
from going beyond the limits covered
by the licenses which they are obliged,
as conditions now are, TO take out in
the States Immediately adjacent To
their own homes. Thus the New
Yorker pays toll to his own State. New
Jersey, and Connecticut; the Washing
tonisn 70 the District, Maryland. and
Virginia
A few Commonweslths already have
seen the advantage OF exchanging
courtesies. They all should be BROUGHT
70 see 1t. The members Of the A. A.
A, in session here. can do no better
work than that Of forcing this issue
IN all their home legislatures.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
ANCIENT REMEDIES
FOR HUMAN ILLS

more u0zavory remedies than RANCID
butter. which was EmperO- Aenelik's
cure for -aIariaI fever In "Culpepers 8
Herbal published originally In 1856, and
rer-inted as recently as 1870, are such
prescriptions as oil wherein frogs have
been so6del tiI all the flesh IS of from
their bones horse leerHes burned into
uowde--~ and black soap and beaten
ginger
some oT CuIpeQer's remedies are OF q
more practical nature III red hot gold
na u-p-~Eed in wine ne says, and
mo wine drunk. il cheers the viraIs
and cures the plague Outwardly used
ia takes away spots and leprosie. -
Chicago News
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
LOST, AN AMENDMENT.

TO the Editor OF The Washington Times:
II seems, according to the morning
press, that the President. by his Lin
coin Birthday speeCl, has completely
sulled the troubled waters. and simply
ucked to death all Republican elements
from TaWney 20 Hayes Of California,
though there Is vet a doubt about Cum
minis. Douiver. Clapp. and others who
voted against ''tne best tariff bin ever
passed the AIdrich-Payue-Sm -SmOOt-Can-
nCn-DalzeU hodge podge. But viii you
permit "a poor HeuiEhted wandered IN
The wilderness $50 confused and befud-
Gled by the wade Ellis managership
in Ohio. the Hemenway-R -ReveTidg dge-Fair-
5anks-Indiana mix-up, and the Hughes
Couger-Ailds bribery charges IN New
York; to ask where. on where, was
Tafts wandering Income Tax boy last
Saturday ulshtZ And why in the world
did ne not md time to devote al least
few brief moments TO urging Repub-
iican Legislatures iu Hughes AldrlCH's
and other States 90 please adopt the
income tax amendment That is, IL
Taft really wants 60 adopted
February "A, 1910. AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
TheaterS.

NatfonaI-2ichard earle. in ''NIary's
Lamb SIS D m
BeIaso7-Frances starr. in The Easiest
Way" SO p- m
CoIumb'a-Theodore Roberts. in The
Barrier SIS D m
Chase'-PoIite vaudeville. SIS D. m.
Acade -ny-ThOmas r Shea, in The
Bells S-f5 p. m.
Casino-Conunuous vaudeville and mo-
ton pictures
Gayety- 'Jardfn de Paris" Sl5 p. m.
Lyceum-''NIiss New York, jr," S.-5
p m
AIs5estic-lIotiou pictures and vaude-
Vile TO II p IT..
Naso. &c AuditoriUm-AIotion pictures
and vaudeville. 80 to 1870 D. m.
The Arcade, Fourteenth street and
Park road-Nidyvzy and other attrac-
tious. 3 70 II p. m.
CTEe Times viii be pleased to an
nounce meetings ard entertainments in
this column Phone or write announce
ments)
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Mrs. L. S. Hall and Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott
Honor Guests.
First Formal Function to Be
Held at Congressional
Club.

Mrs Harry Chapman woodward. wife
Of Representative WOoGyard Of West
Virginia. entertained at a valentine
luncheon today in compliment 10 her
sister Mrs Leonard 8. Hall, Of New
Marunsviile. w. Va. who is her guest
for fortnight, and Mrs. Matthew r.
Scott. president general Of the D A r
The luncheon was given at the Con-
gressiOnaI Club. and is the first formal
function Of the kind which has been
extended At the official headquarters Of
the club Meteor roses and red csrnz-
tions with dainty conceits IN hearts
and Cupids and arrows were used 20
adoTn the taole.
Mrs. woodward received her guests
attired in a handsome gown Of white
lace with effective touches Of pink vel
vet Invited 20 meet the guests Of honor
were Mrs. j. P. DoIIiver. wife or Sen
ator Dolliver. Mrs y b Scott wife OF
Senator Scott. Mrs. Champ Clark. wife
cf Representative Clark. Mrs John a
Sterling wife Of Representative srer-
lag; Mrs. James A. Hughes. wife OF
Representative Hughes; Mrs Martin
a. Knapp, Mrs. William Allen. Mrs.
George Trowhridse, Mrs. NIcCourtney.
Mrs Howard McCourtney, OF Chicago;
Mrs. N. 3. Downing. Miss Wood sister
OF Representative Wood, Of New Jer-
sey. and Miss Molly Elliot seaweU-
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The President and Mrs. Taft today
issued cards for the second in a series
of mus5caIes tnev are giving during
the leuJen season. TO take place Monday
evening. February. p. a. the White
House.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Brock-ThOmpsOu
Wedding This Evening.

Miss Elsie Brock and Lieut. Edgar
Hall Thompson L 8 A. VIII he
married this evening ar s o'clock at
the Toronto. the Rev @ FreeIand
Peter, Of Epiphany Church, offcist-
ing Only a small company OF reIa-
tIves viii attend the ceremony which
viii he followed by a large reCep-
tlon AT RausCheT'S-
The bride viii he attended hy Mrs
Fred Lansing oliver. as mstrou- Of
honor. and Miss kastNer- Of Newark,
y J. and Miss LoeweT, Of New York.
a IS bridesmaids
Lieut. Rodney Smith, L = A.. Of
Newport r. L. viii be best man for
Lieutenant Thompson. and the
croomsmeu viii be Lieut. George
GoethaIs. L. = A. and Ensign George
NJ Courts. Z 3 y
Rear Admiral John H Tpshur. L :
N and Mrs Tpshur Eave gone to
Bermuda FOR a stay Of several weeks
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
In the Mail Bag

The Times VIII accept foe publ
cation in its Mail Bag columns,
snort, vigorous letters on question:
g public interest. II cannot un-
dertHke &c publish letters exceed
ing 20 words and reserves the
right rigidIy to cOndenxe commu-
HicafiORs which are Of greater
length letters must contain the
mamie HHo address Of the writer
but these VIII not be published 81
request TO that effect Is made.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Mrs. Stewart ERtertains
In Her Daughter 5 Honor

Mrs Graeme Stewart, Of Chicago, who
is spending the winter at the Arlington.
entertained Informally al dinner last
evening. asking her guests 10 meet her
daughter. Mrs Philip Schuyler DOane.
or Chicago, who is her guest for q fort
night
The President and Mrs Taft have sig
niticd their lnJertiOn Of attending the
cavalry drill ar JrJ lTyer Friday after
noon at ESQ o'cj ak. The drill. which Is
Branch y. . Of go Arunv. Relief Society
rs for the Eeuef- OF the widows and or
pIaus of men K led IN the recent war
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
BLOOD TRANSMISSION
PROVING A SUCCESS
Wilton v. RObey Improving Fol
lowing Operation ana Sacri-
fee by His Son.

The operation ar the Providence
Hospital on Thursday last whereby
a quantity Of blood was trausfused
from the arteries IL the left arm o.
Irven w Robey 10 similarly situated
arteries in the arm Of his dfty-siN-
vear-oId father, Wilton W RObey. an
anaemic. stiu promises to result sue
CeSsfulIE-
It was stated at the hospital TO
dav that the elder Mt Ro5ey is
slightly improved, and that there
was every chance for his recovery
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Ball Planned
At the NAVY YaTd

Under the auspices or the Navy Re-
lief Society Of which Admiral Dewey
IS president. a ball and d-iII viii be
held at the Navy Yard on the evening
Of Wednesdav- March 81, al SD O'Clock
II is hoped that the evening viii be
held open for tlis affair, which IS fo-
the benefit Of the widows and orphans
oE officers and enlisted men Of the navy
The ball committee includes Mrs
Never Mrs BeeEuan Winthrop. Mrs
<evbe-rv. Mrs Ieutze. Mrs Richard
son Glover. and Mrs r T luliian-
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
HIS DISCOVERY.

The small son Of the household had
inst been initiated into the art Of clean
s7- his own teeth with the soft little
brush his mother had bought for him
Hearing the baby CRY Justify a few min
-trs after the mother ran into the nur-
-.-g- only 90 md the nursing bottle on
he foor and johnny. toothbrush in
hand. leaning over me crlo OF the
screaming infant
-.Dn. rn.vver-' he cried. anEiously,
.srav must have been bOTued T-ifOUt
arv t1ofs.'--%ew York Times.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
What S on the Program
Tonight in Washington

District Of Columbia Library Associa-
tiou. Public Library. SIS p. m
Banquet for Samuel r. Van SAINT. com
maudeI -Iu-chief. O. A. r.. the Airing
zon- 7-s1 u- m
Address hv Commissioner Elijah Cad
man. salvation Army Hall. $50 Penn
syIvauia avenue.
Elks' Club House, social session and
vaudeville
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Is the Guest Of Honor.

Mrs Cornelius VandeThiIt- o. Nev
York. who is the house guest Of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Nicholas Lo7Ewo-tH.
was the guest in whose honor the Aus
trfau Amba sSad0r and Baroness Hen
Cc-urrr-er entertained q party az dinner
last evening The additional guests
were senator and Mrs. Aldrich. Senator
and Mrs Root. Senator ksau- Nine
Guide Mrs I.ouEworrl. lIr- and Mrs
Gror-c Wesri1C C1 OrrSo- lIr- and Mrs
Lawrence Townsend. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Cov1es. Baroness Trsy. Countess
RittberE. Count Vogue, Frederick Keep.
Count Won ussele-ScEauoeck- and
Count CziTalzy-
A Rustem Rey- the charge d-ahaires
Mrs George r. Hamilton were the
guests in whose honor Mr. and Mrs
BENJAMIN : Minor entertained a party
az dinner last evening
Mrs. Bourke Cochran. OF New York,
was the guest iu whose honor Brig
Gen. and Mrs. Clarence r Edwards en-
tertaineG party at dinner last evening
at the Alihi Club
Mrs. yV. H H Green was hostess at
d tea yesterday afternoon at > O'Clock
al the NeN Willard lin honor Of her
daughter Mrs Joshua Green. Of Seattle
who is visiting I'm Washington
among the guests were Mrs D{cIiu-
scr. Mrs BaIliDEer. Mrs s H Piles.
AIRS l. h Norton. Mrs John HAYS
Hammond Mrs Elliot. Or Philadelphia
Mrs James S1allenberGer- and Mrs.
Hanford. Of Chicago
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Ca pitaI T ale S

II HAT the peerless William J.
Bryan has no monopoly on Ne
braskaR eI0quence IS the firm
conviction Of all those who heard
Senator Burkett. of that State. tell
Senator Rayner. of Maryland. what the
AIaryIander would have been II he had
been different II all started over an
argument on the consJitutionaIity Of the
postal savings bank bill Senator Ray
ner had assaiIed the bill. and Senator
Burkett rose 10 defend Il. What the
o,ebraskan lacked IN logic he provided
In el0gueuce-
Here axe some OF the things he said
Of the Na-ylauder-
HE has not done justice 20 his great
ability The door Of American possi-
hiIiry has not been wider opened BY
what he said. For two splendid hours
he had us ali hid beneath the canopy Of
despair, shut out from all the dazzling
glory OF American ambitions and Amer
icau opportunities. He eu-ranced US
with the grace of his Crato~y and the
power Of his magnetic personality, but
he appalled, US with the doctrines which
he preached. lie took these little words
that most OF Us Gnd difficulty in using
and WoEe them into a medley harmoul-
Gus 10 the ear and quick 20 the emo
tons His speech rings with the rhythm
OF music and Eiz brilliant Imagination
sriurilIated In contact with his cherries
and hopeless outlook but withsI. Il
was d-lI and uoroJouuus and drsary
70 the soul
The climax rang out like this
eff the distinguished Senator from
Maryland had been born a great mu-
sician instead of n great lawyer. he
would have eNceIIed fu. the dirEe. y
God had made him a scientist. he would
undoubtedly have been a qsIeont7lozist
and reE=Ied i1 the fossil sof prehistoric
axes f1r the GeIectarion OF men II h.
had been called t1 preach. ne would
have specialized on fuuerats and chant
ed -equiems 10 the dead ara gone Of his
feIuw-uen- But Mr. President. he IS
none Of these but as a great co1sti-
rutirnaI LAWYER he holds vigil over dead
and buried political antiquities and de-
uies himself 60 an tHa s.IH1dnr= OF con
temporary achievement"
After this oG-1Grzr Senator Rayner
melted away into the cIoakro0m of the
minority
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Senator Guggenheim
EntertainS His Colleagues

Senator GuEEenheim was hvs- at =
dinner party last evening, having among
his guests. Senator Flint. Senator Clark,
Senator Bourne. Senator Browne, Sena-
tor Dixon, Senator Page, Senator Jones,
Senator Nelson. Senator Lyle, Senator
Hevbu-n. Senator BTadle-, Senator
CuumfnS, Senator SuC0t- Senator Nc
Cumbe-. Senator Nixon, Senator Suther-
land Senator Burzert- and Senator Dol
liver
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

The nan who must have a steady Job
and a wife within a year or lose leg
acy of S10,00e, his father having turned
him adrifg, TO cure him of the wild
oats habit. has a pile Of making good
TO do.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

A New York judge has refused %
raise an ex-wife-s aiimony from So %
so a week on her plea that the cost
Of living is higher since her decree.
SIN. trades unions are demaudin- and
getting increased wages for the reason
rejected by the court Divorces and
Government employees seem to be in
the same class in this cost-of-Isvine
squeeze.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

John Hancock q defaUlter. Poor
Richard" a mail robber: Patric1- Henry
a mere sIackjawed demagoSue: John
Adams a time-SeTver. Who SAYS so2
Why. STARK Who's Stark An Eng
Iishman. Oh,
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
SENATORS ENJOY MEDICINE BALL

Senators have evolved a new pastins-
u IS not only q diversion. but a
means Of athletic training. and IS moth
ing more nor less than old-fashioned
n ed5cire bali II IS an old way OF eX-
erciSinE, but new 20 the Senate. Senator
JouJhau Bourne. j--. Of Oregon is re-
uf-red 10 he the author Of IT, Senator
Bourne would have introduced golf at
the Capitol. but there isn't room
The Senators have found that the
quarters for the s-aw senate cafe IN the
Senate office building offer an excellent
place for playing medicine bail When
things get too duh over I'm the Senate
chamber, or when the statesmen get
worn out by their eNertioEs in the in
terest OF the ultimate consumer. they
HE themselves over TO the office build
ing and play ball Ten or fifteen min
utes Of the game is found both restful
ard diverting TO the mind, and one cen
freqUe4.tIy see a procession Of Senator's
coming out of the doors Of the cafe
qUarters-pufiuE blowing, and perspir-
ing
Senator Bourne is often seen I'm the
gene Senator Borah PLAYS at times
50 does Senator CumninS. and q num-
ber OF others. What VIII happen to the
medicine bah game If the cafe is ever
put into operation Is not clear Prob
abfv arrangements wouid be made TO
carry IL on IN the court arouua which
the Senate Office building is con-
StructeG.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

one proof OF the advantages Of a col
lege education IF the graduate becomes
a CRATER. he becomes the abIest Of the
band Thus IS Minister I-for-a-little-wh
Cranes fathers dlatribe against the
universities answered
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
GROWING DEMAND FOR RE,
MOVAL Or MAINE WRECK.

The impressive exercises held at the
National Cemetery at Arlington in
honor Of the heroes Of the sunken bat
tieship Maine. along with those held
elsewhere have served once more 10
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

The Kaiser viii probably deny that his
ordering all German officers TO learn
aviation is 20 give them the means OF
r,akin~ a quick getaway when the Brit
ish get after them
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
Dinner Guests Include
Justice and Ms Iurtnr

Mr. AID Mrs Henry s Welcome were
hosts an dinner last evening ar -re
New Willard. Their guests were 1T-
Justice and Mrs. Lurron. ReDresenra-
tive and Mrs Fal-chi-H Represeutative
and Mrs Lowden, Rear Admiral and
Mrs Brownsou- Gen and Mrs. John
" Foster lTr and Mrs William EIroy
Curtis. Mt and Mrs William Barret
RidEely. Mt. and Mrs. Dulles. Miss
Baxter, and Lee McCIuuE-
The Chilean Minister and Nine Cruz
were hosts AZ a dinner party last even
ing
Miss Elsie Brock and Lieut. Edgar
Hall Thompson. T. s. A.. whose I7ar-
guests IN whose honor Nr- and 1lrS-
Elliott Woods entertained q party az
dinner last evening at St1neleigh Court
Senator and Mrs Bev ridge enter
tanned a party al dinner lsst evening
The E-eef5eur and Mrs. Taft win be
sm1uc those who viii attend the ex-
afternoon. for the benefit OF the Army
Relief Society Tea VIII be served ar
General Bells quarters following the
drill.
The Assistant Secretary of the Nav
ard Airs BroEms7 Winthrop were hosts
at dinner last evening, entertaining iu
honor Of she Vice President and Mrs.
Sherman
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

Turn on the light asks ChanIer in the
New York State assembly TEereupou
Republican and Democratic members
who have listened to the Aids bribery
evidence throw individual and collective
fits and table the CbanIer resolution.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

Mr- stark. the Boston historian.
uegiects 10 state that the greatest thing
the old patriots did was 10 steal their
Independence from Great Britain
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

some sympathy is showr for a New
YORK brokers' son who refuses 20 live
with stepmJ-hzr No. = Father calls him
'lncorrigible-' WHATS the word for
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

Among those from washington who
viii go To West Point -o attend III"
''Huudredth Night Performance on sat
r--5av, and the ball on MCudav evening
re Miss MaitIs I.d Marshall, Miss Julia
EeyI- Miss Narthena Harrison Miss
Lillian BAXTER Miss Margaret Brooks
Miss Margaret knight. Miss AUeen Cor
Eas. Miss Webster, and the Misses Ale
shire
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

That fellow who tried TO ROB a gro
cery store must have forgotten that
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

Genera and Mrs Marshall VIII sail
from New York THURSDAY February a.
for Panama. on an inspection Trip The
marty which viii bP absent from Wash
i0Erou about a month. wiE include Miss
Maitland Marshall the Misses AIesEire-
and Mss Julia Heyi
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

grocer. stores never have any money
in them Nobody can afford 20 pay
grocery bills these days
= san Francisco milliner has been ar
rested on complaint of the Audubon So
ciety for having in her possession an
aiErct Better arrest the women who
wear aiErets AZ The theater.
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
MARX TWAIN IN The RECORD.

Representative Gardner Of Massachu-
settS got some literature introduced
into the Record the other day. when the
river and harbor bill was under con
sideratjon. He had talked or the bill.
.and then got unanimous consent to
print with his remarks what Mark
Twain had TO say in his Life on the
Mississippi about the possibility Of
making that river over again. Mark
said
"One who knows the Mississippi will
promptly aver-nCt aloud. but TO him
self-Jhat 1o.0oo river commissions. with
the mines of the world AT their back,
cannot tame that IawIess stream. can
not curb it OF codne it, cannot say to t.
go here or go there and make it
obey cannot save a shore which II
h2-5 sentenced; cannot bar its path with
an obstruction which il viii not tear
down. dance over and laugh at
But he added that the discreet man
would not dispute the West Point enEi-
is to be known Of an abstruse science
but would lie low and let them try 10
boss the Mississippi and then wait for
them 70 do IT.
Representative Thomas w Bradley
Of the Twentieth New York district
has one of the finest records Of any
member Of Congress for civil war serv-
ice. he entered the army a private and
gressional medal of honor, and was
wounded at Gettysburg. i'm the battle
Of the Wilderness and before Peters
burg
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

Mrs. Jacob Eiseumanu. Of ll4 VI stree.
northwest vii be st home on FTlda So
during the remainder Of the winter sea-
son
The Washington times., 1910-02-16
PROGRAM

PROGRAM
March .sThe Pirates --------B Baldwin
Overture. ..Lustpiel' Keller Bella
patrol, American ---.------ AIeacham
CBy redUestD
vocal solo. The SkyIarz's Song
Dudley Buck
OTfsS Bessie BiTCh1
Excerpts from musical comedy.
F'antaDa --- II y 1-i+'4t
Reverie. Natures Garden BerIiner
Descriptive Polka. The 5oIly
..BIacksmitn'' -.-.-----.------ SllcIzfey
Introducing vocal and anvil
ChoTus)
Cuban Dragon. DoriIa
Carr. TyrreII-5
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

Tafts New York speech treasures
wall Street and makes prices Of stocks
riSe- gives the Insurgents e1couraze-
ment and confidence to the regulars
Told You the President was an able
JaIker. BY the way. how IS the Admin
istration program getting aIong2
The Washington times., 1910-02-16

Tco good 20 be true Report that Ger
many VIII build only merchant craft in
stead Of baruesHIps after outstanding
orders for the latter have been filed