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New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
Matters Of Arf

~ork 'hat in its swift force denotes the
ees.ure or the athlete. not the athlete
ol 'ne university gymnasium but tho
"to"hy foustabout OF New york
""aii' Just once a sentiment of ro-
NANCE creeps into his work. in the
charming Summer Night, Riverside" e"
ana occasionally there is hint of an
almost gracious feeling for landscane
But mostly Mr.. Bellows gives us com.
mon things, masses of earth. the rough
ara raw side of the metropolis. Denoted
win a boidness that you would saw hor-
dered on crudity if it were not that this
painter is evidently far too SOPHISTICATED
70 succumb to that particular vice. Some
or these days he will pull his color to-
gether greatly refine 1t and learn, in
short, the charm Of painted surface.
With his ability it is hard to see how he
could do anything else.
1t is somewhat unfortunate for Miss
Mary Helen Carlisle that her miniatures
and pastels hang in the next room. To
turn TO them from the robustious art of
Mr.. Bellows is to find them merely
pretty and insipid. Yet, on closer scru-
tiny, they invite a slightly more favor
able verdict. The Mexican and Califor-
nian sketches are picturesque, agreeable
in color and pervaded by an engag ging
sentiment
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an exceptional plane. Painting after
painting in this assemblage is, as the
saying goes, of museum rank. Take, for
example, the Virgin and Saints. Infant
Christ" by Marco Basaiti. That is an
exquisite piece Of Renaissance pain ''ng,
one of those minor masterpieces in
which the tender appeal of religious
motive intimately felt is heightened by
Venetian color and a note Of pure If not
commanding style. This charming COM
position would by itself carry the Ital-
ian wing Of Mr.. Fischers collection, but
he has other brave things to show. a
really glorious portrait by Bacchiacca,
Young Woman Playing the Mandolin"
and one Of the finest works produced
by the uneven but sometimes very i'm
presive BronZino. a noble portrait OF
"Eleanora di Toledo" And, as though
these things were not enough, the ex-
hibition brings forward a large "Fete
Day in Venice" by Guardi, a painting
in which all that was most radiant and
sparkling in the genius Of the light
eighteenth century master is perfectly
expressed.
The Northern masters are no less
brilliantly represented. Lucas Cranach
appears in an opulent, forceful compost
ton, Hercules and the Daughters of
Lycomedes"; the example Of Gerard
David, THE Descent from the Cross" is
one Of the gems Of that austere painter;
there is a superb sketch by Rubens, and
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..,,iean Pictures--0Id Masters
The Wax Bust Again.

good thing that architecture
II : .oration should be having their
I'D s.'S6''1's so to say just now. At the Fine
HnlnEs Esnnding this morning the Aren't
Arts League opens its twenty-sixth
:sci''1' .rbibtion 10 the public the pri-
snnua e, having been held yesterday
vs'e W painting always has its place
S'ie'n''h how but the builder dominates.
. this -abv for a little while. we gain
snc ia .i.l stimulus that is perhaps
9 ,r the midst Of a season OF
feeO'. We wonder if there are not
ficlni freouenters Of the galleries to
ran. art is exclusively an affair Of
VIZ WE. making. A collection of archi-
&C., &C. designs not only exposes the
''s'u ..,s Of this hypothesis, but it shows
"a hat an important section of our
Us ,s doing, and, incidentally, it
ST. ,,s taste. There is no better disei-
ro- , to- the lover OF paint and canvas
li.' OCCASIONAL contact with works in
"a -. and mortar. 1t recalls him TO ar
W w.. rrinciples that are sometimes lost
- -, n IN the welter Of purely pictorial
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ment. Hence some wonderful trans
mogrifcatons. Who, save Turner, ever
saw Turner's Venice? But every one
knows how he routed the old lady who
complained that she could never see sun
sets quite like his. Madam he re-
piled don't you wish you could one
can easily imagine Mr.. William Gedney
Bunce as the hero Of some such anec-
dote. For a generation he has been
painting pictures of Venice. They are
always the same and they are always
new. Venice spells color TO him. deep.
rich opalescence, now simpllhed and
made very tender by the cool light or
morning and now lifted into kind OF
splendor by the fires Of sunset Fervid'
sensuous. inpassioned. these are the cpl
tbets 10 be applied to his Venice, ana
vet through the mistily glowing ven
that hangs over it, you invariably dis
Germ the dement's Of reality. the lance
Ike campanili, the swelling domes and
The long horizontal lines that express IN
so oddly poetic a manner the level foun-
dations Of the city
~ Bunce dreams dreams of Venice
and they come true. as it were: you rec
oenize the place with sense Of every
day familiarity at the same moment III
which YOU recognize his vision OF II as
thing apart. a thing Of purely creative
painting. There are a dozen Of MS
Venetian pictures at the Cottier Gallery.
and as one sets down the explicit TACT
one notes the incongruity OF 50 bald
statement one would rather say that
man Of Imagination. musing on lovely
scene. ho- somehow given form 10 his
reflect, 20 initiate others into fairy
land ID down the key he goes i'm
proyisins ,xquisitely melodious notes OF
color. recording truth and working on
chantment. For many people the name
Of Turner is saDctifed. and they would
find IT difficult 10 believe that living
palntor had fairly rivalied him on his
own ground Let them look at these
rictures Of Mr Bunce's. He needs the
sanction Of no tradition, Turneresque or
Otherwise. H has invented his own.
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THE WAX BUST.

wearisome controversy that had
seemed 10 be closed nevertheless con-
tinues 10 vex the world OF art According
N the Berlin correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph" DR.. Bode still
hopes 30 change the unfavorable verdict
which by an overwhelming majority Of
Cerman artietic opinion has been passed
IN his Flora bust" In a recent num-
her of the official reports Of the Berlin
Museum ne submits further material in
support OF his contention that, II the
bust did not actually emanate from the
studio of Leonardo II Is az any rate a
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NOTES.

s1r Henry 3. Smell, travelling in Eu-
rope and in India. has made a few large
pictures and quantity of small sketches
which may be scen at the Macbeth Cal
lery. He IS a competent and sincere
workman and studies the physiognomy
OF place with sympathy, though not.
I perhaps. with full grasp upon its traits
as they are affected by light and atmos-
phere. There are Southern and Eastern
impressions here which ought. one feels.
to have certain glow. but Mr.. Smell
denies IL TO us, and we turn rather to
his sketches done in England and Hol-
and. where his quiet tones are more
plausible Some Of his best pieces, like
the 'Pont Neuf" in the French group
and the Outward Bound amongst the
souvenirs Of England. are so winning
that IL would be interesting 10 see them
apart from the rest. The gallery is sadly
overcrowded. the effect Of a delicate bit
Of color being practically lost in the
mass. Out Of the collection OF 169 pic
lures Mr. Smell might better have hung
only seventy-ive. and those would then
have appeared TO far greater advantage.
The months exhibition at the Lotos
Club is given to a memorial group Of
paintings by the late Louis Loeb. At
the Salmagundi there is a show of illus
trations in black and white and of book
plates. The Folsom Gallery is filled with
portraits and paintings by NJ. Jean Nc
Lane. At the Katz Gallery paintings by
Guy {. Virgins and etchings by VIII ].
Quinlan are shown. Paintings and
drawings by Harry Berlin are at the
Haas Gallery. Mr.. Daingerfeld's exhi-
bition at the Montross Gallery will be
followed on Wednesday by one OF the
pictures recently painted by Mr.. Childe
Hassam in France and Spain. The
American Art Association placed on
view yesterday collection Of pictures
belonging 10 Mr.. Felix Isman. OF Phila-
delpha. 1t will be sold at Mendelssohn
Hall next Friday evening. &C.
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mach staying power behind It. IN It's
second season Mr.. Taylor, the manager,
demonstrate that he has found his pace
and the walls grow steadily more at
tractive. Only a little while ago he
made g particularly good effect with a
collection Of Landscapes by Mr.. Ernest
lawson and now his hands are well
upheld by Mr.. George Bellows. This ar
;ist is not, any more than Mr.. Lawson,
finished master. but at any rate, ike
his immediate predecessor in the pleas
ant room. he is Enthusiastically on the
wsy 20 achievements worth while, and in
stAs mean time gives the beholder a
wholesome, authentic sensation. His
work is energized by thoughtful con-
vietion- He has the root Of the matter
10 him. From time 10 time pictures Of
his in the larger miscellaneous exhibi-
tons have both attracted and repelled.
for the virtue in them. Of direct and
candid vision. has seemed tinged with a
rather fictitious conception Of truth.
lie has seemed inclined to he brutal
rather for the sake Of making the he
holder SIT up than because he could not
l'lp himself \ quantity Of his paint
iHss shown together serves to modify
tls impression and TO ratify his sin
'Eity Of purpose
The Iaeretricious aspect Of his art is
Lgstrated by the picture called Club
Night a sanguinary study Of a pugi-
lsuc bout. IT is not the subject that
ondemns ii. but ono cannot .elp sus-
'ecting that Mr.. Bellows, with tho COM
iscent defiance Of the too intense rcalist.
lery probably counted on the subjects
lsllins him through. as who should say.
You needn't be prudish; it all depends
lron what ] do with my brUisers" It
Is precisely in what he does with them
that We md him at fault he paints
her ug..ncss in an ugly fashion Goya
or Manet would have painted IL beauti-
fully. There lies the crux for Mr.. Bel
lows. He is in the right path. lie sees
things honestly and he paints them with
power But there is nothing selective
about his vision nor has his power been
sufficiently disciplined. These facts glare
at you from the Club Night, which re-
'eals hm at his worst. They arc less
'sser'iye I'm his other canyases. and, by
The same token. they leave las freer to
SAVIOR what is really enjoyable in his art.
He paints the city in undress. a lonely
tenement house in a squahd district, the
deep excavation made for the new Penn
sy.vana Railroad station. or the streets
crowded with noise and violent move
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ing the impression made upon him by
the Flora and he stoutly reassures Or.
Bode a follows:
am convinced that this bust cannot be
the work If Lucas The whole style of
the work of art, the charm OF the face. the
grace Of the attitude. everything points 70
its being the production Of a great master.
The tone OF The wax. the patina, every
thing proves that the bust is several hum
dred years old. The appearance Of the
material il absolutely Identical with num-
erous works in wax of the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Centuries which / have had
10 repair. During the past twenty-five
years / have taken to pieces, repaired. and
put together again so many works OF art
of all periods and most diversified origin
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is pardonable to err on the side Of fervor
in commencing a master not always
estimated at his full value. Moreover
It is good to have q sketch OF this not
unlovable man. an interesting type OF
his time. Piranesi belonged to the old
Academy Of the Arcadians, that fantas-
teal body of dilettanti whose old villa
still nestles in a fold OF the Janiculum
and whose members spread a cult Cor
preciosty up and down Italy. Doubtless
he shared with plenty of sympathy In
the pretty ceremonies Of the mobiles.
churchmen. and others. who wrote, In
floods, verse to-day absolutely unread
able, and pretended that the pastoral
life was what they really preferred. Like
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

which. from our modern point OF view,
is Indispensable to the etcher But 1t
would be foolish to test what he did by a
criterion requiring him to be something
totally different from what he was.
Granting Piranes his own rules for ths
game, he was nothing less than superb.
Mr.. Samuel wisely lays stress upon the
fact that while his master was, as we
have said, an archaologist, and often
measured the buildings that he drew as
carefully as though he We're going to
make an architects elevation, he actually
devised noble compositions and turned
the monuments he attacked into pict-
ures. Thus his sedate architectural rec
ords took on a certain charm. In other
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

words this laborious craftsman was
also a man of imagination. Once, In
deed, in some curious visions Of incredi-
BILE places Of captivity the "Carceri
d'Invenzione," he approved himself
veritable poet, and that he had the i'm
pulse to improve upon his subject is
shown by his plate of "St. Peters at
Rome" I'm which he extends Bernini's
colonade to suit himself. The genius Of
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ELEANOR OF AUSTRIA, WIFE OF
FRANCIS /.

that ] think / have some practice In dis
tingulshing between what Is genuine and
what is counterfeit. and / am convinced
that the Flora bust Of the Berlin Museum
is indsputably an old work OF the Italian
School
There Is something magnificent about
Dr. BODIES persistence. Evidently he
will fight for his position in this matter
inch by inch, and one can imagine him
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
A TYPE c. ENERGY.

u,,sn the Madison Gallery had its
=, season. last year, it provided some
.-..-.stipg exhibitions, but now and
- 49, # showed things waking doubts as
= rbsther its administrative policy had
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

the rest Of them, he had an Arosdian
name, Salcindio Tiseio. But when he
took up the etcher's needle affectation
fell from him like worthless garment
Then he was the true artist, hndling
with a high ambition. a Roman worthy
Of his adopted city.
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vate collection. would Immediately set
tongues 10 wagging. They may not all
be masterpieces of the first water but
neither would it be fair TO say that they
illustrate a good average. They do much
more than that, for they are all excel
lent. and in many instances they rise TO
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
The FISCHER OLD MASTERS.

Ordinarily the temporary transition or
q nicture dealer from one town TO an
other would provide subject Tor no
particular comment But Mr. Victor O.
Fischer. IN bringing number cf oid
masters from bis gallery in Washington
10 the one in Fifth avenue hitherto oc-
cuped by Mr. julius Oenne, offers us
something like q sensation. His paint
ings. if suddenly placed on sale as pri-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

II is useless to try to curb a young
girl. What she wants is a bridal.
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..eht and when he strays away from the
fs'eInents II is 10 study the lean little
'HFer Rats" of our water front, or the
.'n cufiously urban types on the beach
Noney Island. Actuality is his lead
motive He gets it through strong
>''n 100 strong. color, and through brush
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
MR. euNCE's VENICE.

Venice as an artistic motive is very
like a chameleon. On every canvas it
takes the color OF the artists tempera-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

It isn't the girl that fires up the quick
est who will make the best match.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Poor Girls.

The poorest girls in the world
are those who have never been
taught to work. Independent pa
rents have petted them they have
been taught to despise labor, and
depend upon others for living and
are perfectly helpless. If misfortune
comes upon their friends, as it Of
ten does, their case is hopeless. The
most forlorn and miserable women
on earth belong to this class. 1t be-
longs to parents to protect their
daughters from this deplorable con-
dition. They do them a great wrong
if they neglect it. Every daughter
should be taught to earn her own
living. The rich as well as the poor
require this training. The wheel of
fortune rolls swiftly around-the
rich are very likely to become poor,
and the poor rich. Still to labor is
no disadvantage to the rich and is
indispensable to the poor. Well-to-
do parents must educate their
daughters to work; ND reform is
more imperative than this.-Seleot-
ed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
New Advertisements.

S H Manget-Edison phono-
graphs.
Holland Bros-Pianos and or
gans.
Lott t-Walker Co-Ready for holi-
day shoppers.
w NJ & JT QUITS Co-Christ-
mas opening.
Rubenstein, Manager-stock re-
duction sale.
B Timmons- Everything for the
Yuletide.
Penn & Holstein-Holiday stock
ready.
w T Reel-Christmas goods.
w A Hart-Special clothing sale.
JR Tompkins-Wood and coal.
CIV Watson-Ready for Santa
Claus.
Ramsey & Jones-Wedding and
Christmas presents.
Dorm & Mims-Clothing reduc.
ed, useful presents.
JIM Wise & Son-Big stock fol
Christmas shoppers.
The Corner Store-Especially at.
tractiye features for Christmas.
Graniteville Mfg. Co VIII buy
cotton at Augusta prices.
W E Lynch 6 Co-Gift makers
opportunity.
Wilson & antelou-Buggies and
harness.
Edgefeld Mercantile Co-Well
supplied in all departments.
S Cheatham-Auction sale.
Isreal Mukashy-Special prices
on Christmas merchandise.
Geo. F. Mims-Talk on fitting
glasses.
Auditor J r Zimmerman
Schedule of appointments.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Union Meeting.

Program of the first division un-
ion meeting of the Edgefeld Bap-
tist association which meets with
the Berea church on the fifth Sun
day in December and Saturday be-
fore:
Saturday morning IL a. m.-De-
votional exercises led by the mod
orator.
l1:3o-Miscellaneous business.
l1:45 Verbal reports from the
churches and Sunday schools, after
the enrolment of delegates.
1st Query-Explain the parable
of the barren fig tree. DR.. Jeffries
and Rev. G. H. Burton.
2nd Query-Is the pulpit losing
its power? o. Sheppard, R. T. Strom
A. S. Tompkins.
3rd Query-After a series of re-
vival meetings does the congresa-
ton of your church diminish at
least temporarily? If SO why and
the remedy. S. N. Zimmerman,
M. B. Byrd, P. r. Wates
4th Query-The infex influence
of missions. DR.. Jeffries, Col. F.
N. K. Bailey.
5th Query-Can a Christian be
absolutely positive that he is saved,
if so state reasons. James Strom,
Prof. Curry, J. L. Minis.
9th Query-Do members of fra
ternities feel more bound to one an
other than Christians if 80 why? O..
Sheppard, w. B. Cogbarn, ]. l..
Minis.
7th Query-How can the Baptist
Courier be placed in every home in
the Edgefeld association? A. S.
Tompkins, N. M. Jones, F. N. X.
Bailey.
Sunday a. m.-Devotional exer-
cises led by S. N. Zimmerman.
lo:30-Addresses by J. L. Minis,
F. N. K. Bailey, DR.. M. D. Jeffries.
11:00 a. m.-Missionary sermon
by Rev. G.. H. Burton. Afternoon
Sunday school mass meeting. Speak
ers to be provided.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Will Move to Georgia.

Mr.. S. Cheatham is going to sell
out, lock, stock and barrel," and
move TO Georgia. He announces
this week that he will hold an auc-
ton sale about the middle of Janu-
ary in order to convert his belong
ings into cash, this being preferable
to packing up and moving. Mr..
Cheatham has purchased valuable
farm near Swainesboro, Ga, sta
tion on the Georgia and Florida
railroad about Is miles below Au,
gusta. Edgefeld county will give
up Dir. Cheatham and his estimable
family with reluctance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
First Sermon Sunday Morning.

The Advertiser has been inform
ed that Rev. J. r. Walker, Rev.
L. d. Gillespie's successor, will ar
rive Thursday and will preach his
first sermon in the Methodist
church Sunday morning. Rev. Mr..
Walker is held in very high esteem
in the South Carolina conference
having for the past three years serv'
ed the Second Methodist church Of
Greenville as pastor. A. very cor
dial welcome awaits him from the
people here of every faith and or
der" We trust that, like the Other
ministers of the town, Rev. Mr.
Walker will be the pastor of the
entire community.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Another Bright Boy Writes Let
ter From School.

Dear Mr.. Minis: / enjoyed read
ing the other two letters of Flat
Rock school, so I have decided to
write too. l am one of Flat Rocks
number and am 12 years old. like
to 90 to school, but have to hustle
around these short days to get to
school in time.
I study late at night after my
home work is, finished, to keep up
with my studies. We love our teach
er very much and believe she loves
us. We have recently added anoth-
er room to our house for the as
sistant teacher. We have about fifty
pupils in all. Our school will close
the twenty-irst for the Christmas
holidays. Look out rabbits!
Miss YARNS music pupils gave
a recital Friday afternoon at the
home of Mr.. o. o. Zimmerman.
Mr.. P. II. Bussey attended the
Baptist state convention in Green
wood.
Mrs. Matte Kenrick and Miss
Annie Mae Shelton spent a few
days in Svsetwater section this
week.
A number of ladies from our
neighborhood expect to attend the
jubilee meetings in Edgefeld Sum
day and Monday.
The Sunbeam Band of Red Oak
Grove expect to have an entertain
ment Christmas.
Modoc, s. G., Reader.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Death of MIR. w. M. Vann.

Death has no sting to such man
as Mr.. Vann. His life-daily walk
and conversation-was a constant
and persistent effort to follow in
the footsteps of the Saviour whom
he served. Gentle, modest, reserved
and retiring in manner he doubtless
was not as widely known or as full
ly appreciated as he should have
been. The county had no truer, no
nobler, no more exemplary citizen
than he. In the home. in the COM
munity, and in his church, Mr..
Vann's death has left a vacancy
that can not be filled.
This good man is survived by his
devoted wife who before her mar
riage was Miss Ida Day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
For Rent For 1912.

Will rent in whole OF in part.
1860 acres, Is mule farm, 8 miles
from Thomson, fronting on Geor-
gia railroad; large s-room colonial
residence, broom cottage, l2 tenant
houses, barns, outbuildings suitable
for cotton, grain, or other crop;
bearing fruit and pecan trees. Au-
gusta train stops daily in front of
place. Will sell 9 mules and l
horse to any one desiring to rent.
w. K. Miller, Augusta, Ca,
or George G. Tut, Thomson. Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Has a New Reputation.

There was time when the peo-
pie of Edgefeld had a reputation
for being somewhat lacking in hos
pitality or Indifferent to visitors
who attended public gatherings at
this place. Whether the charge was
true or not in years gone by we
need not say, but this much is GER
tain now, there is no town in South
Carolina. that receives its guests
more cordially or dispenses hospi-
tality more lavishly than Edgefeld
does in this day and generation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Senator TiIlman Returns.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Senator
B. r. Tillman left Washington for
his home at Trenton tonight. While
apparently very much recovered in
health compared to his condition a
short time ago, the senator sudden
ly decided that he wanted to go
home, accordingly he hurriedly
packed and began the trip to South
Carolina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Sixteen-Page Paper.

The Advertiser is a day late this
week, but when you see the paper
YOU will know the reason why. We
send out 16 pages all-home-print
this week, which is thealargest all
home-print paper ever issued from
an Edgefeld Office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
Honor Roll.

The following pupils of the Red
Hill school were on the honor roll
last month:
Pearl .Quarles,
J. T. Littlejohn,
Charlie Bell Littlejohn,
Mae Stone,
Preston Bussey.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-13
NOTICE.
Reader.

I desire to notify my friends that
I am now in Augusta with the large
dry goods firm, Burton-Tsylor
Wise Co., where shall be pleased
to serve them. When in Augusta do
not fail to call on me. Special atten-
ton given to mail orders. Your
patronage will be appreciated.
j. T. Bryan.