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For Four Years She Has
Civen to Charity From
Husbands S7I,OOO,0 900
Estate Without Elm
pulsiUe Philanthropy."
Latest Donation From
Wonderful Woman of
Finance Makes $500, 900
Available for Training
Men in Public Business.

1t is only when such an cement
Is made as that OF to-day telling OF Mrs.
L. II. Harriman's gift Of $4,000 toward
the maintenance Of a school for the
training of public officials that the pub
lie is reminded that Mrs. Hartman Is
quietly and successfully administering
the largest fortune ever left to a wom-
an In this country. Her husband left
her outright an estate Of 1000, 900 In a
VIII OF ninety-nine words.
No trust fund was created, no sug-
g~estions or directions encountered the
will. Mr.. Hartman turned over to his
wife Sl,ooo,00o with full confidence In
her ability to conserve the money wisely
for their children and to carry out ideas
he had in mind when he was prema-
turely taken away from IFS activities.
In a sense this great fortune Is the re.
turn from IN Investment made by Mrs.
Hartman thirty-two years ago. She
married Il. II. Hartman in September,
1873. He was a poor but ambitious
broker. She was rich, as riches counted
In those days. and within a few years,
when the ambition OF her husband re-
quired the investment OF a great deal
Of money. which he did not possess.
she supplied the money. On the finan-
cial foundation thus planted grew the
immense power Of Z. II. Hartman in
the financial world.
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HAS SHOWN HERSELF FINAN.
GER OF HUSBANDS cALiBRE,

Mrs. Hartman assumed absolute con.
troll OF the estate OF her husband In Sep
TENDER. 1909. Since that time she has
disposed of trust company interests that
required the immediate supervision OF a
man OF Mr.. Harriman's caiibre and were
dangerous without that sort Of super
vision. She has also sold a street rail-
way. an electric light plant and a hotel
In Georgia for about 5000. O0O. Other.
wise the estate Ii intact.
Mrs. Hartman is the largest individual
stakeholder In the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads and in tho
Wells-Fargo Express Company. BESIDES
she has large stock ownership interests
in other railroads.
Under her direct Observation-Disclosures
s~ubordinates. OF course-are a gold nina
In South Dakota. an iron mine in New
York. a blast furnace In Pennsylvania.
aNdry farm. a big road building enter
prise and the improvements on the Har-
riman estate In the Orange Maintains.
She is consulted by active managers Of
the Hartman railroads on every i'm
portant proposition that comes up, and
her Interest In these railroad questions
Is active and personal.
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o STUDY EVERY DETAIL {
CIVIC ADMINISTRATION.

The training will consist In doing gov
ornamental work and seeking facts ABOUT
methods and results of such work. As
examples are mentioned analysis or
budget estimates. charter studying.
irafting and explaining; installation OF
cost records: tests OF milk inspection n
physical examination OF school children.
Standardization of salaries, contracts
specifications. methods OF asse ssing and
Collecting taxes. watching and reporting
The proceedings of boards and aldermen.
and preparing public statements.
The bureaus directors. william II.
Allen, Henry Bruere and DR.. F. A.
Cleveland. will be in charge Of the work.
DR.. Cleveland is already chairman Of
President Taft's efficiency and account
Ing commission. A number OF city d.
partments are expected to cooperate.
The bureau announces that It Is ready
TO begin work now n has severa! stu
tents on Its list, four bureau graduates.
a business man. an attorney and former
Judge. and a civil engineer. While the
enterprise will be begun In New York,
It is planned to make It national in
character.
Part Of the official statement given out
reads:
In order to make possible a five
years test for a training school for pub
lie service Mrs. Hartman made the gen.
erous offer OF a contribution of 10000
for the first year and $1,000 a year for
the succeeding four years, conditioned
on other contributions OF $780, 900 a year
tor the second, thru. foJrth and fifth
years being obtained. These contyibu-
lions have been received from the fol-
lowing people. thus creating a fund Of
more than SiO.V 900 a year for five years:
MiLLioNAlRES BEHIND SCHEME
OF EDUCATION.
"Mrs. Il. II. Hartman. John d. Rock
e~feller. Andrew Carnegie, Jacob IL.
Sch!n. Otto H.. Kahn, Hemp Phlpps
George i. Baker. Cornelius Vanderbilt
G. A. Coffin. j. =. Morgan, Commodore
Gerry. George Blumenthal. NJ. Hartle.
Dodge. Adolph Lewisohn, Edwin HaH
ley. Robert Goelet. ]. w. Hartman
]. @. Schmidlapp. Mortimer l.. Schlff.
George w. Perkins, Cleveland II. Dodge,
Frank A. Munsey. Prof. James Douglas,
Felix NJ. Warburg, william /ton-
bright e. Co.. IL. NJ. Byllesby. Sam Iel
insult. Myron T.. Hyrick. Samuel A.
Lcw.sohr, Angus: Belmont and y. ".
V. Hoffman.
George w. Perkins. C. A. Coffin and
Mortimer l.. Schif have been asked TO
serve as an executive committee and
ustees- for this fund and to assist Mrs.
HarrlmSn In the practical Working out
Of her general plan" -@ge
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Total Si,rSS'ooo
Mrs. Hartman has contributed heav-
lily to the support OF the Bureau Of Mum
lcipal Research. Her gift of $4,000 Is
designed to extend tn scope OF the
Bureau be providing for the education
Of men anxious to enter public service.
The school will cost about $4,000 a year..
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ARREST OF TIE ACCUSED
CAUSED A SENSATION.

Tho arrest OF Spencer created a sem
sation in Massachusetts. for he was re-
garded a. q sterling young business
man against who.' there mad meyer been
any suspicion. The police allege that
he was n respectable citizen by day and
a bandit by night.
His arrest was tho elimination Of a
two-year reign of terror by n lone ban
dit who. masked. entered homes at night
and held UP the occupants with a re-
volver. On the night OF March 81. Miss
Blackstone vas visiting the Dow family
on fashionable Round Hill. The women
were sitting In the living-room when q
masked man entered and confronted
them with a revolver. lie commanded
them to keep quiet. One OF the women
screamed and the bandit began firing
Miss Blackstone was killed and Miss
Harriet Dow shot In the head. Miss
Dow, however. recovered.
A citizens committee offered a large
reward. as did the Governor. Private
detectives finally arrested Spencer or
the slenderest OF clues.
PICTURE WITH INITIALS LEG
TO CAPTURE.
A picture bearing the initials "B. q
s." had been found several weeks before
the murder In the yard Of a home where
the masked burglar had been surprised
climbing through a window. Enlarge
ments OF the photographs proved that
they were llkenesses Of spencer's sister
and another relative. He was arrested
later In the wholesale house where he
was employed. A search of his home.
where he lived with his wife and baby.
revealed thousands OF dollars worth
OF jewelry, which later was Identified
by various citizens OF Springfield whose
homes had been robbed. ,
After Spencer's arrest. II was declared
his mind was affected and he was sent
to the State Insane Asylum at Bridge
water for observation. After n con1ne-
ment OF six months. he was brought
back here for trial.
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.thropy." Since taking crarge OF her
husbands estate h has given away
in charity possibly 100000. Some OF
her ~benefactions have been made pub
lie. Others are known only to her
close friends or her business associates.
IMPORTANT GIFTS REACH
TOTAL OF $1,433,oo0.
g The most important gifts follows:
To the state Park In the
1amapo Mountains lex
elusive Of 10000 acres
OF land) .,........ 81 ,000, 900
To Yale Forestry School. 10000
To raise q mortgage on
the Boys Club. ....... $4,000
To . gymnasium for 1t.
- Episcopal
Church, Hampstead,
L.. $4,000
To DR.. Trudeau's tuber-
culosiG institute in h
Adirondacks .......... $4,000
To . public park at Dead
wood, 3. Dak... ....... $4,000
To the maintenance Of .
Civic Science SCHOOL,. $4,000
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SECRETARY GUIDES ONLY BIG
MATTERS TO HER.

The work OF the office Is highly
~systematized. Her secretary. c. c.
Tegethoff. was for many years the con-
fdential secretary OF Mr.. Hartman.
Mr.. T%egethoff attends to the sitting of
routine matters and guides TO NJ =,
Harrlman's personal attention only
such matters as are OF importance.
Visitors are promptly met and prompt.
ly dismissed when their business Is over
There is no noise or confusion In the Of
fees. Mrs. Hartman Is never hurried,
Her ability to assimilate and dispose OF
a mass of letters. reports, statements
and imilar documents Is a matter OF
never ending amazcment to her force OF
clerks.
Upwards of 5000 begging letters are
sent to Mrs. Hartman every year, Few
of them reach her hands, but every one
receives attention through machinery
designed for that purpose. Experts in
the Bureau OF Municipal Research In
vestigate many OF the appeals for aid.
Mrs. Hartman has endowed a research
laboratory AT Roosevelt Hospital. The
amount OF this endowment has beer
kept secret. but II must have been quite
large, as 1t provides for the construc-
ton and equipment of an extensive and
extensive laboratory and for the run
similar nature have been kept within
the knowledge Of the donor and the
benehiciartes.
Mrs. Hartman is not . believer In
what she terrDs 'impulsivs philan.
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FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN FORTY
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

She exercises stock control OF the Har-
rlman Bank. formerly the Night and
Day Bank. which was one OF her hus-
bands favorite projects. In the course
Of a business day she may be called
upon to decide matters Of moment IN at
least forty financial directions, for the
estate in her hands has that many rami-
flcations.
Mrs. Hartman has an ONCE at No. i75
Fifth avenue, on the second floor. Her
desk is at the front Of the suite, looking
out on Fifth avenue and the new Pub
lie Library. She devotes four days In
the week to business at her office, and
while she does not conine herself to set
hours she always remains at her desk
until the work at hand is finished.
Whether living at her country es-
tate or in town, Mrs. Hartman reaches
her office between 1880 and II o'clock
In the morning. At $50 o'clock she
goes to luncheon at the 81. Regis, gem
orally in the company of some men,
Der of her family. Returning to her
desk In An hour or an hour and a
half, she remains generally until 4
o'clock or n little after.
1t is no secret that Mrs. Hartman
was not only the ~conAdant, but the
adviser of he: husband in his great
business enterprises. lie was a mas
ter at turning the working OF minor
details into the hands OF trusted aides
and devoting himself to big matters.
Mrs. Hartman lacks none OF this es-
sential qualification in the manage
,npnt If preat affairs
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. TIE NEW BUILDINGS. g
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Since 1897 II new buildings have
been erected, most of them since 1902,
when the University secured absolute
title to the grounds from the United
States government.
Two of these buildings were donated
to the University: The Hill, Memorial
library, containing store rooms, offices
and seminary rooms, feading rooms,
and SPACE for 100000 volumes, was
given by Mr.. George Hill of West Bat
on Rouge. as memorial to his son,
John Hill. IT,, an alumnus of the Uni
versity and at the time of his death,
a member of the board Of supervisors;
Garig Hall, used for public meetings
chanel exerc ses, and commencement
exercises, was given by William Garig
ESD, vice president of the board OF
supervisors The two-story frame
building used partly as a students
dormitory and partly for class rooms
was CONSTRUCTED during the yellow
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ton !. constantly increasing, and
fla .ter;ng proportion Of the prizes and
distinctions offered in the University
have been cap. ared BY them. There
are as yet no provisions made tor
dormitories for the young women, and
these, still are compelled to seek
heard in Baton Rouss, w:'ere num-
ber Of estimable private families, as
we'll as a number Of select boarding
houses are always CAD to accon'mo-
date them.
THE CADET SYSTEM.
All students. male. entering :he Uni
vers:ty under the Junior year, save
few special classes: must take the mil
;tarv course. The cadet corps is un'
der immediate direction OF unitee
States army officer. whose entire tim'
and attention is given 10 this work.
| THE UNIVERSITIES LOCATION.
The University's location, on tn
bluffs Of the old U. s. garrison reser
walton in Baton Rouge, is admitted'
| The most beautiful spot on the Miss's
4 sippi below Natchez.
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institutions Work for Uplit OF r
Commonwealth Progressing asst

men are found in almost every COM
munity taking an active, intelligent
and progressive Fart in public affairs.
The lawyers are prom nent members
of the bar association and leaders~in
political affairs Of the state, the
teachers are parish superin-endents.
bi,h school principals, and profess
sors in state institut ons; the presi-
dents of three Of the four sta.e
schools are Louisiana state university
graduates: the engineers are with
some of the great industrial plants
land railway systems of America; the
chemists, in addition to positions in
the sugar and sulphur Interests OF
Louisiana, are employed in the beet
SUGAR factories of Californ a.. and on
sugar estates in Cuba, Porto Rico
Mexico, Hawaii, and other sugar
growing countries of the world. The
opportunities for men who have hat
the mental training of college course
are increas ng: and for those VIII
lack this training the field is becom
ing limited Every, occupation call
for the man who has had training tina
is given nowhere but in college.
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the college ties Of today arc the bonds
of strength for the activities OF to-
morrow. Interchange OF IDEAS i'll stu
dent life unifies sentiment, resolution,
and action for greater, grander'
stronger state. Louisiana needs
young men educated to meet the re-
ouirements of her special conditions,
and courses Of study that are especl-
ally adapted to Louisiana conditions
are offered in her State University
whose faculty consists OF 81 probes
sors, two associate professors, six as
s,stant professors, and 20 instructors
and assistants. In addition to this
faculty there are 26 scientists who are
connected with the Agricultural FIX
pertinent Station.
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The purposes for which the UNI
yersity was organized are set forth IN
the Act of 1877 (page Is Acts Of 1888,
uniting the Louisiana State University
and the Agricultural and Mechanism
College This act is the charter OF the
present institution. From it the fol-.
lowins extracts are taken:
asec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, etc.
That the Louisiana State University
and Agricultural and Mechanical Col
.,ssa az hereinbefore created, snail
have for lis objects to become TN IN
! 81 tneion Of learning, In the prcadess
ana highest sense. where literature
science and all the arts may Dc
! taueI,t. where the principles OF trutf
and honor may be established ant
a noble sences Of personal an'
| natr otto and religious duty incui'
| Gated; in fine. to fit the citizens Z
sfnerferm Justly sk'llfully, ami mag
unanimously all the Offices, hoth pr
waite and rub G. " pace end war
sec. IL That sher
| shah be maintained in the Lo',isian
d safe University and a ricultural an
{ Mechanic!e College as heretnbefoE
J |constituted and established:
First schools 81 literature, includ
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ing the languages Of the prsnc'pal ma
tions of ancient and. modern times
philosophy, logic, rhetoric and elocu-
Itiun. history, ethics, metaphysics. and
such other and special branches o.
learning as the board of supervisors
may determine.
.Second-Schcols of science, includ-
| ing mathematics, astronomy, engineer
/ inf, drawing, physics, chemistry, bot
any. zoology, agriculture, mechanics,
mining. NAVIGATION, and commerce, and
such other special branches of earn
ing as the board of supervisors may
determine
-.rhira-Schools of The useful and
, fine arts. and of military science and
| art.
i FOURTH Schools Of medicine and
: law.
, "Fifth- Such cther school as II,
: beard Of IN wiser. ,,,' esial3iah
aSee. - That tbs baait
II Supervisors naas, afi!iste Nth ~
. i ,9n;siana stase Tn versit.. and AgFi
cultural and Mechanical Col ege an.
i sinaaspera ed unIsersits or college, 9
! scrc,l Ct medicine, lay, or otfe
specsal course Of insts4ction upo
|. such terms Is may be eesied 9
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Objects Of the Institution

pedient: and such university, college
or school may retain the control OF It's
avn property. and have it's own board
of trustees, faculties, and president
respectiye'y. and the students OF such
universities, colleges, Or schools rec
ommended bv the respective faculties
thereof may receive from the Louisl-
ana safe University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College the degrees OF
lthos,. ,,nivers ties, colleges, or schools.
e,s, the, said students of said instl-
itnt;ons If learning or special schools,
thus GRADUATED, shall rank as gradH.
a;ee of the Louisiana Sta Universit5
and Agricultural and Mechanical Col
Iiege.
"sec. IS That is is part c.
ularly enjoined upon he board OF s..
;,erv;sors Of this University ard Asil
arftrra. AID Meehaniea1 Ta}esG &
ns5gse TIC tsaiEine, Esi tsesa htaffa'es E
I'd reat}ng 70 a.f{asililfe and Ii
nlesl4aaft arts az practical g st,sslft,ls
and b ssiAs end. T. pf5s.i.ie tile iE..es
st,e'7ssGa aaa 5raf tiies q,
J. 8, rac,r-e suis ah1a !ars9 HI stsa eiGsjSSstt
,Hiof the Eniv rsify ana yg'icn'5'13a' an an
lfNecranica coIege fer an espsrimeT
81 nrvv& IN ~ tx i
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Is >A>>>>>>>>~~~~>
e SELECTION OF A COLLEGE. .
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The selection Of college in which
our sons and daughters will be pre-
pared for theif life work is matter
Of Importance. There are many great
schools in this country, all offering
courses Of ltudy that meet the re-
uuirments ofthe young people Of to-
day. They can get college training
and college lite In Almost any one Of
the many universities of the country.
but we belieyk there are vital reasons
why they sho,,hls attend the Louisiana
state University they are idents fled
with Louisiana ana expect TO make
this state their home. Perhaps NJ
other state IS set sepafs, as it were
| from her sister stasaai in hiso's' =
custom, in laws, andsinisocial LIE as y
Louisiana. The problems Of the farm
Ter, the teacher, the .poliaical econo
mist, the statesman, and the man i
business are pecusiAk to Louisiana
and must be worked put BY her cit'
1 gems. The s.udenissdf today are tn
/, men who must soon deal with thes
], problems Association with an
sEfriendsn,p among rlral hundred 9th
- college, trained IsI ~ Of the state wi
! Iany movement i hich man ma
i fhave An interes ae studsnt co'1
I a. ofsshe ~ ~ AZ tlae s g
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Success Of College Graduates.

Tho trend of the times is toward
courses of study that train men for
actual life work. The professions are
not offering the only fields of labor for
college men. The success of its grad
yates indicates that the University is
giving courses that do prepare for all
activities. Louisiana State University
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ou,s,ANA STATE uNivER.
slTY helms lis SD year OF

Sl1Y begins rs ozd year o.
~ scholastic sxistencs Septem-
Der 20, two weeks from today, with
prospects brish:sr and outlook clear.
- than ever before in career some
4imes troubIous. but for decades no"
steadily serene and ever advancing.
With total attendance during the
.sv,ral terms ia Tho last school year
o.,s,no ahs thirteen hundred mark
and with nearly SEVEN hundred SUI
+ dent, il regular class room enrolment
during sths long nine month. te ,r''''
every isdieation points TO = healthy
increase il. The number Of those VINO
will parsaks Of the benefits Of I. ;. y
during 1s11.t2.
Gradually, the sntirs state IS coming
!. r..,;.1 that the State University Is
not only an institution whore . few
selected youths may obtain the 0sne,
s;.s q higher education, but rather q
San: working twslvs months :" sne
x..r Tor The dsffusion OF practical
lrewl,das 10 the producing classes o.
4h1 commonwealth.
Il has been estimated, and 'noee0
seven, that the original research work
conducted BY .hs STATE University ~
Il, sugar industry, has repaid ."e
eemmenwsalth i, increased producs'o'
and IN higher quality Of product mo''
Man IL. University has ever cost tn
.A..e. This is but enc phase. 'ner'
!. q i. found IA I. s. Y. somstn'ns
~ praetieal. immsd;at. benefit % IN
3 e..ten planter, the rice farmer IN
.u..r farmer. the truck grower, "a
d.;,yman, the srehardist, the ssoc'
i: ..;,ar, !, we'll as the professional mar
g, teacher, III. lawyer, the doctor.
4 MINIATURE WORLD FOR YooI'
The youth, The young man oI =
yovng woman, who comes g : . :
,.;l, sna nee. miniature world, W.T.
& !. 6.ld III every healthy activity, vs'e'
! veil. rounded sx:s,srce O wv,
wer,, sane pleasure sr5 conssn'
ees,pan;enship 10 available.
-. - = 81
IL ths student organizations =
student publications, debating soo'
sies, athletics, etc, there = ann
Seld ssr The dsvslopnent O spes
t.lsrts and abilities, and y shs w
& sl,sss sxtra curriculum 'nss'sas'''
&, stussnts havs ~ sympathy :
1c.Dg ssst;sn y IN d = faculty
co-xpUc ATlolt IS sue cEas..
lle ~ tlsnal ph.ss 3 s
sSszSs 1 4 ~ pSesssl e.
e l!|!!|I ~
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In Scope of Practical Effort is No.
Youth Of State Constantly "!

fever epidemic in 1897 and hence'
dubbed by the s;udenls. the Pest
House"
orion Hall, three-st8ri brick build
ing. is the hes. equippeoYatructure on
the campus. Ii contains the depart
ments of Chemistry, EdgcAtion and
Law. 1t was named in hohOsi OF 'uuse
| A. 3. Irion. who, as a membs Of con-
gress was influential in |secu1ng the
garrison grounds for the UnlyeIs. ~.
The Experiment station i'eadqunrt-
ers are in large tw0-story frame
building equipped with the best faciil-
ties for the work of the Exper ,ment
Stations. 1t also contains stalls for
animals, a pharmacy, ana operating
rooms
/ In Foster Hall. large three story
brick building. named n honor OF
lGovernor Foster. are Contained the
mess hall and studentH domitory.
| Heard Hal, named in honor of Gov
ernor Heard contains the depart.
ments of Physics, Mathematics. Elec-
trical Engineering. and Civil Engi'
|neering. 1t is one Of the. best LOOKING
buildings on the grounds.
Adjoining it is the Mechanical En-
gineering laboratory. large well
equipped concrete structure, the onl!
! zone of it's kind on the rounds. At
; tached to it is the power house which
G furnishes steam, power and heat ant
$ electric lights for the various Uni
i versity buildings. laboratories an
I residences.
Robertson Hall. long two-stor
: brick building, contains the depart
men. of Mechanic Arts and DRAWING
and is equipped with shops for WOO
y work and iron work and large well
i lighted drawing rooms.
s. Alumni Hall, near thu entrance {
: the University grounds twas erecte
s. by the aid Of the sAsety Of tn
/ Alumni as memorial e I'D Frene
Il
. Boyd, formerly prssidensbSf III un
/ versi y. II contains the nces Of Il
administration offlcials-4o presider
: treasurer. secretary, istrar, Al
faculty is'uh rooms, and 'arss alum
j u tsIg hat: H
q ne. ii,,iffi5ils fs1sstlei
q 9iillllgg sst'k ne ss,sssa 81 .s4'lsefss t
& t f'i'a llla e. z
h. lStttae oFiaA gs9 s,g tlats g Far. 4
socialism q tAsisssti as 'ystn J
. foeaA.ss f D ~ z assesa''
.sg as,s. flss "a ~ fof hes
n crraansernsnt On There I
flve maternity touit ~ cAInpu