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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23

which reaches to the hips. and the other
n bright silken skirt which Is wrapped
around the waist and falls 20 the feet
This skirt IS quare; Il is about Eve
feet I'm width, and Is fastened by hair
hitch with an opening down az the
front The skirt Is so tight that when
the glrl walks rapidly she shows her
bare legs 10 the knee. but by throwing
out the heels and going plgeon-toed
the folds are prevented from parting to
an immodest degree. In lower Burma
many Of the skirts are now sewn to-
gether at the front on account Of the
comments which foreigners have made
upon the costume.
These dresses are OF different lengths.
and the richer women often have skirts
which trail upon the ground. The coll
ors are those Of the rainbow, tho most
delicate hues being used. My fair mer-
chant wore a jacket Of gauze, and her
skirts reached as high as the armpits.
The Jacket was 30 thin that the brown
skin could be seen through the meshes,
exposing the neck. shoulders and arms.
She had a beautiful face. Her eyes were
large. soft and brown. with eyelids just
a trine oblique and high-arching. deli
cate brows Her hair. which was CLOS
qv black. was rolled up IN "a pyramid
on the crown. and fastened there with
a bright golden comb. She wore =
necklace Of pearls. 20 which were hung
pendants Of amber, and double string
Of pearls fell as low as her waist She
had seven gold bracelets on each of her
wrists. "a diamond ring on her finger
and diamond plugs In her ears. She
was. I judge. about Is years of age
but girls mature here at l3, and she
was a. woman grown.
EAR PLUGS AND WOMANHOOD.
All the girls here wear ear plugs
They cannot enter society without
them. As a maiden approaches the
age OF coming out, which is usually ai
~ or 10, her ears are bored. and the
ceremony Is as important To hcr as the
first long dress is 20 her American
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23

has established schools for girls in the
large towns. but in the villages they
seldom exist and the monks cannot
teach the girls as they do boys Ac-
cordinE 10 the laws OF the Buddhist
religion. every boy must go into a
monastery He usually does so at the
age Of eight or nine years. and he
there learns TO read and write. There
are very few nunneries I'm the country.
and the girls have nowhere else to go.
Their mothers are ignorant. and there
fore IL is the exception to ind native
girl outside the cities who Is able to
read
The British officials are trying TO
remedy this and there are now some
thing like 5000 girls in the govern
ment schools. although only one In
every II girls OF school age Is being
educated. and only about 1000 are in
the secondary and high schools.
During my stay in Burma ! have
visited many OF these. I find the little
ones quite as bright as our American
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23
TEACHER's AND SUMMER Ex-
CURSIONS EAST.

Chicago and return $500. 81.
Paul and Minneapolis and return. SO.
dates Of sale Nav 6th-l4th. June 9Th
11th-1 sth-27th. July 7th-2sth, Aug
ust 4th. September 1lth-23rd.. hnai
return limit October 5fst Diverse
routes via Chicago g. Northwestern
R.R. For particulars address c. A.
Utah.
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The Sound sleep Of Good Health

The restorative power OF sou,d
sleep can not be over estimated ara
any ailment that prevents II is
menace 70 health. ]. l. southers. Fan
Claire, Wis. says:-"For LONG
time / have been unable 10 sleen
soundly nights. because OF mains
across my back and eoreness OF nv
kidneys. My appetite was very Door
and my general condition was much
run down. have been taking Foley's
Kidney Pills but a short time and
now sleep as sound as a rock. I eat
and enjoy my meals, and my general
condition Is greatly improved.
can honestly recommend Foleys KID
ney Pills as know they have cured
me. "-Schramm1Johnson Drugs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23

children They stuss dui,,,,.
itclte we'll remerber and
arithmetic which ] heard ir 'ss w
: was COMPOSED OF % Riir,,'- ,'H on
on ABOUT 10 years of ace mr. tl''a
~ Hl'n sums I'M addition ana .,.f. luI-
w.. 81 NE command OF their ts,.,' a.-
aHI reclted the muitipiicafIo, .-,iI,
IN burmese for my ediacation " ''o'e
HOW GIRLS ARE NAMED
During my stay in the scboors 1-.
toId the names OF "a nur,h., as
pupils. and the teacher referr,5 'Ne
queer custom the Burmese No. ''
selectlhR names for their chuJror
~. named about two woke .s. ~
,ai.,t'uiu lnal az meeting of 10,
anu friends. Tho name Il
CHOSEN BY rule according d, ~.
OF the week upon waicb fbo .,,i,,g, gay
born, certain consonsrte ,',i' vas
tor each week dav aud the ,.,,,,, '',7'
lnE Tor Burmese SUNDAYS or A.,
OF the week. The little once .dF
must begin with letter beIopgI,.
the ueN on which she was horn re-
are thus sunday girls. Monde.
tuesday girls. and "Wednesday rt,,---
day. Friday and saturda, ,i-i,
Whatever the Burmese dave - ,t
week are called. All the littio NJ
Wednesdays have names bagirrtr.
with r. or Y. the Fridays with ~ .n1
-; Whlle the Miss SATURDAYS are nj.
DIS and Ms The names ave- 90. +.
poetic. a girl may be called Wiss b.
rune Miss Perfection or Afiss H..
Which- Ihere-ls-Not At the mor1or,
~ a child's birth the astrologers No.
JUS horoscope and pick out me stsrs
which are TO 60 with Il through iifs
Al the same time birth candles mad.
Of red or yellow wax are burnt bsf1-o
Buddha. and on the name days si1g,-
candles are lighted at sbrIrss s1-
the various children. '''
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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LOVE AND MARRIAGE.

And this brings me 10 marriage a.,
Rur1ua The customs hero are FAR dif-
farrnt from those OF Jauau. china. Ko-
re8 or mo other Countries I have visited
during This trim around the world The
J9paneeo gir1 has "a husband plclyed oul
by IA matrhuaker mo Korean takes
one al mo dirtatIon ~ her parsnts
while tha chinese maiden Is often .olI
and. If married becomes the slave nj
ber mother-in-Iav The Siomese girl
Is norfpalI,- mo prorsrty az mo king
ana me Nal8van is sbut uD I'm "a No
baun1.dsD baren, as ara Tho rnuIions
~ y,orron of india rrvpt ana turkey
THE Eurmese girI g1ee about as she
Dlrasee ANA uarr.as whom $40 will
Durfnr hon rhuIH1gf sh. a.-oriafc4
with IN. bows. ANA 4ft.r m8rfiag. .be
b. l.0EsI. ur..n 4s "a s.,1r4d. ana often
r,Ifss t1s household sbr Ii Inc busI-
mes man rr me e4tgbII-hrent Shs
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the meal every one is expected TO wash
his own dishes and each goes TO the
water Jar 10 rinse out his mouth. The
meals are more like picnics than any,
thing else.
EDUCATION OF WOMEN.
Until the English came 10 Burma
only the fewcst Of the women could
read and write There are not many
who can do so now. The government
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23

The Beautiful Merchants of the Baa and How They Are DessedA
Typical Belle Who Sold Sk-Ea Plugs and Observation-Disclosures
Of Love and MarriageDvoe How Get Rid of Husband
Female Educaion-Cls Named for the Days of the Week
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lydia T. Pinkham's Vegetable Compoundl We
furnish positive proof that it has made many remarkable
cures after all other means had failed
Women who are suffering with some form of female
illness should consider this.
AS such evidence read these two unsolicited testimonial
letters. We guarantee they genuine and honest state
ments of facts.
Cresson Five years ago had bad fall, and hurt
nwardly. under doctors nine
stopped grew again. sent bottle of
pinlhams Vegetable Compound took IL directed,
a stout hearty woman" Mrs. Ella 4. Aikey,
CressOn, Pa
Baird, wash" 4 year ago sick with kidney and
bladder female weakness Tho gave
All they could do just let easily possible.
advised friends TO take Lydia e. nkhams Vegetable
Compound Blood Purifier 1 completely cured
ills nearly sixty years Old-Mrs Sarah leighton,
Baird, Wash
Evidence ike the above is abundant showing that the
arrangements Of the female organism which breed all kinds
of miserable feelings and which ordinary practice does not
cure are the very disorders that give way to Lydia Z.
Pnkham's Vegetable Compound.
Women who are afflicted with similar troubles, after
reading two such letters the above should be encouraged
to try this wonderfully helpful remedy,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23
THE GIRLS ALL SMOKE.

women smoke and a girl learns TO pun
AT "a cigar long before her ears are
bored. children are taught the habit
as soon as they are able 10 walk. and
see 4-yoar-old boys putting cigarettes
Tho average cigar used by the women
looks much Ike a long ear OF popcorn
with the husks on. 10 Is made OF other
leaves in connection with tobacco. IL is
loosely rolled and Us often tied with "a
string All the girls are adept I'm maxi
ing CherNots. and at q party ono girl
may roll for the crowd. the big cigars
being passed about from one guest IN
another, each taking "a whiff. In court
ing I doubt not the girl makes the
cigar and the two take love-smokes In
turn.
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sister The ceremony is formal. and
Il must be done when the stars are
propitiOus The family consults ihe
fortune teller for this occasion. and a
big feast Is prepared. All the relatives
and friends attend In their best clothes
TO witness the piercing This Is done
by a professional carborer. who uses
needles Of pure gold for the rich and
silver ones for the poor
When the exact moment has arrived
the girl Is laid down upon mat in
the back OF the room and her relatives
hold her there while the ear-borer
thrusts the golden needle through the
lobe and twists IL around into ring
This he leaves In the ear The other
ear Is treated likewise
While this IS going on the bands play.
and after 70 there IS feast. IL takes
the ear some time 10 heal. When it is
quite we'll the process OF enlarging the
hole begins The needle is pulled back
and forth until the sore heals. II Is
then taken out. and q little cylinder Of
finely rolled gold as pressed I'm. This Is
gradually opened from week 90 week.
stretching the hole larger and larger,
the cylinder being kept IN until II grows
90 the proper size. Such people as can
not afford gold. or silver. put stems OF
elephant grass In their ears inserting
stem after stem until AT last tho hole
I'm the lobe viii contain "a bunch as big
around az your thumb. After the ears
are well healed the plugs or hollow
pipes are inserted.
Some Of the women stretch their ear
holes until they grow 20 an incon-
ceivable size. / have seen peasant girls
with car holes so large that a napkin
ring could be thrust through one. and
1T is not uncommon To- see a Burmese
maid with "a big cigar thrust through
one car There was not merchant lu
the bazar at Mandalay who could not
have used her ears FOR cigarette hold
crs. and but fcw who had ear plugs
less than the size OF her finger tips.
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For 80 years Lydia y. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound has been the standard remedy for
female lis No sick woman does justice To
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures 20 its credit.
-. ~ Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
49, 20 write her for advice. She has
guided thousands TO health free of charge
Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
, 1910-02-16

nlnder Peary to London for consultation.
The subscriptions for Captuin Scots ex-
petition amount to thirty two thousand
pounds, eight thousand being sCll lacked.
Sir Ernest Snackletou VIII tour the U.ited
States in March. I|ccturing
Rosepthd and Rjng,e, merchants arrested
il connection with the murler 81 the Chief
Of Police at Panama, have entered a sUic for
one huud ed and fifty thousand dollars dam-
ages for false arrest.
Winnipeg. FebY. 12h-The Department
of 1Ljliia has created SIX reg meuts Of Guy.
airy, two field batteries and seven bat
talious Of infantry, to be located in
Western Canada, principally in towns along
the United States frontier.
Dominica i2th.-The Royal Commission
arrived by r. II s.. Hrrbiee Yesterday and
held their meeting at the Court House at Ill
a. m. ME Dominica Ace cultural and Com
mercial Society ana he Dominica Planters
Association We're represented. The first Wit
ness wa- The Colonial Treasurer, who was
examined on the statistics lac represented
Tie other Representatives We're czau.ned
On questions Jhat We're sent aheaa 1t lhe
Commission. The bulGen of the evidence
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

WILL Be VITAL ISSUE
At ELECTION

Press investgaon into matters and facts
artificial In Spokane this
believes has arrived for the people TO demand
this CITY,
Not only demand the price, extension Of
section the city where there are anything near
sufficient justify the extension Isl
this time to take the question
politics officials be elected next spring
old charter will be the ones who NIL
for another 10 years Tne
1C allowed for action on
passed between the first and the 10th day
of May, 1912.
From the experience with the Dohe gas
jeaonsy guard IT. Tigh
this particular win walk away with another
ters in the OF handling city officials
introduced under the proposed cV
An attached putting the ordn
all appeal to the referendum would
be
The gas company Spokane dollar readily -
or los Francisco 7cent
gas Spokane been grated in this and other
corporations associations
dit arise and demand that these robbers d
the Of living and charges IN
ali lines reasonable basis in this city the better
all concerned rouber gas rate was endured % Spo
-
noticed On the map Today Of 000Q0 tp and
the day 81 8 man hnsinea Sf1cty buatnen
basis gone by. gt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
100000 =.
TURKS IN
BATTLE
fsy United Press Leased wlrey

(By United Press Leased Wirel '
JERUSALEM, Dec. 15.-TWenty.
thousand Turkish troops were or
dered rushed to Adana, Syria, to
day, where a revolt Of Bedouins is
reported in progress. Eight Ameri'
can citizens have been held up and
robbed by the rebels, advices from
the affected zone say and the sit
uation is regarded as critical.
The remainder Of the Turkish
garrison at kerak ls reported bar
ricaded in the garrison building
awaiting relief. Reinforcements
from Damascus are en- route. Dis
patches from kerak say that The
6edouin victory there Friday wal
sweeping one, and that only those
Of the garrison who barricadec
themselves escaped being massa
cred.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

fUx United Press Leased Wlre)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Bound
and gagged in room Of the fash
ios,able Cairo apartment house,
Ewh)le a beautiful woman and her
|Skusband showed compromising
photographs Of himself and de-
ElnSnded $4,000, Is the experience Of
EHeurY Rosenthal, a wealthy Wash
Einhton society man, related to the
bdiice today. As result, Mrs.
RJames Knott, her husband, James
Ikhott, and Alton Armstrong were
u ryested, charged with attempting
I'd work the badger" game on
tHosenthat. -. :.
4 Rosenthal met and became in
Efauated with Mrs. Knott, accord
EnE 10 the story he told the police
EHe called on her in her apartments
Kin the Cairo. On the last of these
twists her husband suddenly ap-
! lpeared in the room. helped bind
and gag him, and then leveled q
revolver at him while Mrs. Knott
showed him a number of photo
graphs of himself taken in com
promising positions with her. In
the very room in which he was
held. Rosenthal was told that un
less he paid $4,000 the pictures
woaid be used to ruin him socially
n TRAPPED FOR THE POLICE
y He consented to pay the money
asked, and after. signing a checl
for8 8$5000 was released. Later hs
fcalfed Knott by telephone and told
hirn that he could not afford to pa,
o5dD0 at that time, but If Knot
| woslld call at his store he woult
1--WE him $4,000. Knott agreed t
This. When he arrived at the store
7 the police were waiting and PLACED
hirp under arrest.
/ Mrs. Knott talked freely of thu
pIan to get Rosenthals money al
TER she was arrested.
III /. WOMAN TELLS STORY.
IL sArmstrong showed us how t
ieet the pictures" she said. He i
hnS expert electrician and fixed
Emeacury light In the middle of tn
cefjine. Then he bored hole II
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
'BADCER GAME" IS
\ WORKED ON RICH man
PHOTOGRAPHED WITH WOMAN, AND THEN HELD
il UP FOR $5O0OLHE TELLS THE
tt4. POLICE

the wall and arranged a camera
in the next room. easily induced
Rosenthal to sit with me where
the camera would catch us. Every
picture was good.
MY husband is good photog-
rapher and he worked the camera
himself
Mine months ago l ran away
with man namd Weiss" she said.
When his money gave out and be
was unable to sbuy food l left him.
Later | met Knott and we were
married and rented an apartment
costing $135 per month. At that
time Knott said his people were
wealthy. Recently he told me he
had no more money.
Then Armstrong outlined a
plan for getting money through
the badger game 1t seemed very
easy and simple. We had to buy
food and clothes. and pay our rent
and so ! consented to my part In
the scheme. RFosenthal happened
to be the first victim because he
/ was the first rich man who flirted
with me-"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
2D@o.y,yo,y!y @.,y,!y ?
= KNOW :

That South Carolina Is the only
state In the union in which 1t is I'M
possible to secure a divorce?
That 9s,243 persons entered Sc
attic by water and rail during the
month of November and that S9.-
OS9 passengers left Seattle In the
same period?
That the highest wind velocity
every recorded In the United States
was 102 miles an hour at st. Paul?
That at every army post and
naval station tie American flag is
never raised, before sunrise. nor al
lowed to remain Up after sunset?
That there were three farmers,
one shoemaker and a sailor among
the signers of the Declaration OF
independence?
That when Wilbur Wright flew
$50 feet In his biplane at Kitty
Hawk, December II. 1903, he ac'
complished the first successful
man flight in history?
That when the Great Northern
railway obtained its franchise In
Spokane Jim Hill promised us ter
minal rates?
That we have not gotten then
yet?
That the real--that Is, the OF
ficial-name of Hangman creek Il
I4atah creek?
That peaceful Valley" that sec
ton OF the city lying on the low
flat on the bankc of the Spokane
river, just west of Monroe street
was named from one of Sol Smiti
Russell's famous plays?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
5000 PULLMAN
PORTERS DEMAND
WAGE INCREASE

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Dis-
gusted with the absence OF
tips, 5000 sleeping car porters,
employed on various lines
through the west, petltioned
the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany today for an increase In
wages. Instead Of the 83La
cents per day rate they now
receive. the porters want a
flat salary Of $45 to $50 a
month. The high cost OF liv-
ing, they say makes Y abso-
Iutely necessary that they be
given the rate asked for.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
TO
REPORT On
WARsTATE
Taft Evidently Afraid a
Show Nation May Not b
Prepared for War.

(6y United Press Loaned Wofe.1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16s-Tho
war department. has refused % -
port to congress on the prspared-
ness OF the country for war. Tho
decision was reached at eonses-
ence between Precedent TAN. See.
retary Of War Dickinson and Chair
man Hull Of the house committee
on military afsairs. u wss deeidea
that the report Of the secretarys
prepared In response 70 Z resolur
tion Of Representative Mel achIaN,
demanding the informatlon aEd
which was given to the house yeo-
terday 40 = confidential doc0rnents
would be withheld. This places the
president In the attitude Of refUe-
ing to give information to the
house.
Congressman ,McLachlan intro
duced the resolution concernln8
the war department upon the ~
quest of the Spokane Press, the Se-
attle Star. the Tacoma Times the
Portland Daily News and the San
Francisco Daily News.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
PRATT and MERRITT
ARE THE "ExPLANAT|ON''

that the Hassam Paving is allowed to
its city scale?
is this corporation allowed to its both the
anywhere from three IL
day n violation of the eighthour law?
Why allowed to graft
compelling him his job through
employment agency?
Press And is simple be made in words,
and
MAYOR PRATT.
And is willing allow such to
and he with the matter anyhow3
this
H. d. Merritt
political political the
Sect the nont now
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
Terrible Experience Of
Runaway Boy in Big
Refrigerator Car

BALTIMORE, Dec. 13-Speech-
less from exhaustion, nearly frozen
and half-starved, 17-year-Old Her.
bert McCadden. a runaway STRIPPING
son Of George w. McCadden OF
Brooklyn. was rescued from the
icebox of refrigerator car in
which he had been a prisoner for
48 hours.
He had travelled, locked in the
compartment, from Petersburg, Va,
to this city. The youth had made
his way on freight trains all the
way from Jacksonville, Fla. He said
he made up his mind to return to
his home-one of comfort and lux
ury, it would appear from his &C
counts. He had been missing for 1O
months. He felt too proud to write
for financial assistance. He had
run away from home to follow the
races and found himself an almost
penniless loser at the Jacksonville
track.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
GAS meter
RATE$2.50
PER 1000
Ask Pratt Why He Doesn't
Regulate Gas Ex-
tOrtion.

Not content with the violation OF
the city ordinance requiring the
payment, of a 2 per cent tax on its
franchise, on which it has, paid
nothing for nearly four years, the
Doherty gas syndicate. in addition
thereto. ignores the ordinance In
respect to the rates for gas.
Under one ordinance the gas
company is allowed to charge up
to 81 a thousand, and under the
other the rate is only $3.50 per
thousand. Yet in the two-bit gas
meters installed In the roomine
houses over the city gas is sold al
a rate of $3.50 per 1000, or 2s
cents for every 100 feet.
These meters are operated by
dropping a quarter into the slot
which releases 100 feet of gas fol-
the consumer. In one rooming
house on North Monroe street
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 13.-The noise
less soup spoon has been designed
by a st. Louisman. He guarantees
positively that one cannot inhale
soup through his spoon and make a
noise at the same time. His name
Is II. s. Campbell. His spoon Is
made somewhat Ike those drinking
cups for men with troublesome
mustaches,
The spoon has q I'D over one-half
of its surface, with a slit through
which the soup enters the mouth.
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DEAF MuTEs COMPLAIN THAT MOTION
PICTURE PLAYERS SAY NAUGHTY WORDS

CLEVELAND, Dec 15Deaf mutes complaining against
by players moving
picture films and will ask for rigid censorship by the manuac
dumb in the art of lip reading declares tha
the chief amusement
enjoying them because they are able TO
what is being said by the characters on the screens
shows yesterday accom-
panied a reporter who the picture talk and at
times language that she had to ston
Baehr admits that the question Is co deep Tor him. oat
by the humane society A b
this organization should be taken up
. manufacturers of the films
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
RAILWAYS
APPEAL TO
WASHINGTON

(Bv United Fresa Leased Wlre>
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-The 81
western railroads treating with the
engineers who threaten a strike
unless wage Increases are granted,
today appealed to Washington for
arbitration, under the provisions OF
the Erdman act.
The railroad managers wired
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and Com
missioner Of Labor Charles Neill to
come to Chicago at once. The tele-
gram said the engineers had re-
fused the railroads offer of nine
per cent wage increase.