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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-31
TRYING TO PICK
BEST PAVEMENT
Street Committee Members Will
Tell What They Found in
Eastern Cities.

Members of the Council Committee
on Streets, who have been on an in
spection tour in the North for the
past week, returned to the city Yes
terday morning The committee. ac-
companied by City Engineer Boiling
and Sergcant-atArms Ruskell, was
the guest of the Atlantic Bitulithic
Company and the. American Creosoted
Wood Block Company. both bidders
for the proposed new paving OF Broad
Street. Messrs Ferguson and Cease
went on the understanding that they
would pay their own expenses. Messrs.
Don Levy. Gunst and Powers, of the
committee, declined the invitation, be-
ing unwilling to accept favors from
bidders while so large a contract was
pending.
The committee will meet tonight
and Will probably take up the mat
ter of the paving OF Broad Street The
annual budget provides $4,000 for the
repavins Of Broad Street wcstwardly
from Tenth without specifying the ma
terial. 1t was estimated that that
amount would be sufficient to carry the
work this year approximately to
Fourth or Third Street. and that a
similar appropriation would be made
to carry 1t on next year, thus repay
ing the business section of the street
within the next few years without the
burden OF bond issue.
Bids on Many Sorts.
Tho Committee on Streets early this
month opened bids for paving with
frst-class granite. creosoted wood
block. shoot asphalt. asphalt block,
similar to that in use on Grace and
Franklin Streets. and for the Warren
formula bitulithic paving. the agency
for which in this territory is held by
the Atlantic Bitulithio Company.
All bids were referee to suhcom-
mittee for tabulation. The selection
OF the character OF paving is regard
ed as extremely important, as what
ever type Is selocted. the contract will
no doubt be renewed from year to
yoar. Large delegations from the Re-
tail Merchants Association have mp
peared before the COMMITTEES, asking
that the street be paved with some
smooth material, regardd' as less noisy,
less dusty and more in Keeping with
the handsome development OF the
thoroughfare. Owners OF teams, on
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ADJUSTMENTS
Academy-"The Prince Chap
Biiou-finemncoIor.
City Auditoriuni-John PoIeIls Re.
John Powell To->,o,,

John Powell Tonight.
John Powelfs farewell recital" ar
the CITY Auditorium tonight promises
TO loe a memorable occasion. The
iavishlng their praises upon the
genius OF this Richmond boy. now
matured into one Of the greatest arr
MIN recently In Paris, the famous
singer. Jean DeResks. in burst Of
enthusiasm declared that Powell was
another Partisan critic has gone
even further and asserted that Powell
Is Internationally the greatest pianist
now living. In q signed article. Rich
of all the music critics OF Berlin
records his opinion OF a Powell con-
cert as follows: John Powell pro-
moment of his playing is intensely
and passionately felt, for he seems To
identify himself with the composer
and simultaneously create the music
away when this musician sits at the
piano; and ne 'enthralls enduringiy
through his ethereal seriousness and
the ecstatic energy OF his being"
play Tonight is of more than or
are intensely brilliant in character,
bristles with technical ANTIQUITIES .4 Stu.
dents and others who play will eagerly
watch the manipulative dexterity and
easy grace with which Mr.. Powell
glides through these technical mazcs.
bringing out the musical content OF
every phrase He has absolute mas
terry OF the technique of piano playing
the fact that popular prices will pre-
vail. will doubtless fill the Auditorium
to its greatest capacity at tilis his
last concert In this city before re-
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ROANOKE TIGERS
WIN BOTH GAMES
Defeat Daiville Rel sox Both in
Morning and Af:er-
noon Contests.
LspeeIal ID The THINGS Dlspatch.

. u.
Roanoke. Va, May 30.-The Roanoke
Tigers won both games from panvilie
to-day by close scores The first game
was won aftsr hard battle, tic, 2, in
which Efra emerged victor over Cor
don. although the Bugs found him for
nine hits. while the Tigers could get
but Ave of southpaw Gordon.
The afternoon game WAS the pretti-
est mound battle of the SEASON, Gardin
being opposed to Bussey. The Tigers
were held to two hits b. Bussey Gar
din and Newton getting a twU-bagger
each. Gardin was found for eight hits
by the Bugs. but he kept them scat
tered. and he was unsolvabie In the
pinches. The one run of the game was
ncored By Roanoke In the eighth in
ming on Newton's wo-bagger back OF
third base. LaHtte's sacrifice hit and
shieids's sacrifice ny to right. The
scores:
Morning Game
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.LYNCHBURG Wins
WITHOUT TROUBLE
Defeats Newport News in Morn
ing, and Afternoon Game Ends
With Tie Score.
1spoclal to rhe Tlmes.plsnatch.

Newport News, Va, May 3O-"Dea-
con" Morrissey went into the box with
nothing except glove this morning,
and Lynchburg piled up ten runs in
the first inning. The result was never
In doubt, the visitors winning IL to 2.
Harold Mckenzie. the star Of the local
STAFF. finally was called to the rescue
and held tho visitors to two hits in
the last seven rounds. Winges pitched
a steady game, being almost lnvincible
in the pinches. Score:
Morning Game
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Ready to BeCin ROAD work.

of the Board OF Supervisors. held to-
day in response to a request of the
Good Roads Association. the an
nouncement vas made that the board
would begin tho work OF improving
roads between now and October l. The
more important roads VIII be given
attention and the work will be done
est private subscriptions. A number
OF subscriptions already has been Of
fered and the good roads competition
promises to be brisk
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COLLEGE GAMES.

At Philadelphia: HarvarCsl,: Pennsyl-
vania. /.
At Ithaca: Cornell, 8: Columbia, i.
At West Point: Seventh Regiment,
~ Y, 1; West Point. 1.
At New Haven: Yale Frestin sn An
dover cancelled. rain.
At Worcester: Holy Cross. s.; Dart
mouth, 4.
At Washington: Catholic University,
s.; Mount ST. Mary's, 8.
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DnnvIlIc.

Summary: Stolen bases-Gaston, Gar
man. Shields. Sacrifice nits--Eiudgins.
Shields. aooe, Pressly. Sacrifice fly
Runser. Two-base hiis-Garman (2).
Left on bases-Roanoke. 5: Danviile, C.
Double plays--Ginn to Shields to Press
~. Struck out-by Gordon. 4: by Efrd
q. Bases on balls-by Gordon. B, by
Ehrd !. Umpire. Mr.. orth. Time OF
game, 1880.
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Culnener Defeated

Especial to The Times-DIspatch.l
Sulpeper. Va. May SO.-Culpeper
baseball club, vas defeated by the
Southern Railroad Club, of Washing
ton. d. G.. on the formers grounds to-
day by the score of II to 9. Batteries:
Culpeper-White and Rhodes: South
ern--March and Beatty
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BRO0KLYN'S MARROW ESCAPE

Brooklyn. May ao.-Brookiyn won the
!n9rn!ns game from Boston : to s. narrow.
~ escaping defeat. Kent blew up In the
seventh and Rucker finished. Jackson en-
iivened the dulineSs OF tho proceeding. by
hoHae run in the eighth The afternoon
game was poItponed on aeeoun; OF rain
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Score by innings: II.
pittsburgh ....................o67
E'. LOUIS. Q o o 2S
summary: Runs-Dyrne. Carey. Hendrix,
Masee' EiIis. Nowrey Evans. Hausc- 90.
Cakes. Winso T'vo-oase hit-Byrne Three
base hits-Eyans. Hendrix. Wilson. sacrI-
fcc his-Aso'yrey. Oakes. Stolen baacs-
Bauter. Carey. ByrEe (:), Miller. wingo.
Double piays-Aowrey 10 Magee to Konet-
chy Hits-on Camnitz. In Ia inning: on
HsndriH. IN S % innings. Frat bnse on
oals-Oa Hendrix 2: OF Camntz. 6: on
Saliee, =. struck oui-By CamnJtz /: by
Hendrix, 8: by saliee. ,. Eit b. pitcher
By Camniiz, !. Time o, gan. a:e5 TIM
pires, Klein, and Bush
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Cincinnati.

ouTHIHdFy. ItEnN--5Etr Rafd, SchUIto. Tlnh-
er, Bescher. Marsans. Two-basc MT
Descher Home run-S;chulte Sacrifice Fit
Cheney Stolen basca-SheciSard Marsans
Double plny-EYers to safer. First base on
oolls-Om Cheney, i; OF benton. I. Struc::
out-By Cheney. 4: by Benton. J. Hit By
pitcher-Mltchcli. wild pitch--Benton Pass-
ed bali-Seedham. Umpires. R!gIer and
1~nneran
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cAMNITz KNOCKED OUT

Pittsburgh. Pa. May 3o.-camni,z started
20 pitch the morning game against St
Louis. but his wiliness. which resulted In
several runs. caused him to lie taken out
before tho iirst Inning over. Hendrix.
who replaced him. did we'll until the ninth,
when he weakened Score:
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Sacrifice hits-Laftte. Sacrifice flies
Shields. Two-base hits-Gardin. New
tor. Left on bases-Roanoke, /; Dan
vile. 4. Struck out-by GardIn, 2: by
Bnssey. 2. Time OF game. 1:45. UNI
pire. Mr.. Orth.
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spratt. King. Houser Moran. Smith, Dau.
Bert (3l. Humnel. Tooley. Kent. Lett on
aase.-Boston. s: Brooklyn. 4. Three base
hit-Hrmmel. Home run-Jackson sao-i-
nee hit-MoraH. First base on errors
brooklyn. 2 First base on bais-ot Ken,
q of Hess, 3; OF Rucker. l. Struck out
by Kent. !; by Hess. 2: by Donnelly. /.
Eit by pitcher-By Hess. tSmith), Hits
on ness, IN innings; off Kent. a in :
innings. Time OF game. las. Umpires.
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MARQUARD WINS
TENTH STRAIGHT

and with Shechard lhst, drove the bali
over me right field fence. Tying the count.
Tine Cubs won In the sixth on three singles
In 10
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Lynch burg.

SSOTe Dy innings. "
Newport News. o 0 o l o o l o.
Lynchburg ....10 / 0 0 o Oil
Summary: Two-bass hits-oyler.
Hooker. Stolen bases-Evans. Heating
(2). woolums. Double plays-Hum
nell to Heating to Woolums: Krsbs to
Law. Struck out-by Mckenzie. 6; by
Winges. 8. Bases on oails-off Nor
rfsscy. 8: off Brown. l.; Off Mckenzie.
2; of winges. 9. Hits-off Morrissey. 8
in 1-3 inning; off Brown. In l 2-3
innings: off Mckenzie, 2 in innings.
Left on bases-Newport News. 10;
Lynchburg. s. First base on errors
Newport News. 2; Lynchpurg. 2. Wild
pitch-Wtnges. Hit by pitched balls
Harrington. Coates. Evans. Umpire. Mr.
Mace. Time OF game, 1:5s Attend
ance, 500.
After taking the morning game the
Shoemakers came back this afternoon
and battled the Shipbuilders to a 8 to )
draw in one OF tho prettiest contests
of the season. Roth was wild. but
was effective with men on bases. He
was relieved by Sexton In the eighth
after he had passed two. with none out
The score:
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Boston.

Totals ...a2 u Totals 80 s ~ II /.
'Baued for Hess in seventh
tBetted for Kirke in ninrh.
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Pittsburgh.
ST. Louis.
Totals ...a zis Total. 10 q

.Batted for Hendrix in ninth.
Score By innings:
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Newport News o o 1 I o o--s
Lynchburg &c II . o o o o o o o-3
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22
DELIGHTFULLY."- SITUATED. !

Jeremy Sanderson. the well-known
sociologist OF Duluth. was condemnins
the international marriage.
Those foreigners that take our
girls" said Mr.. Sanderson. bitterly.
"are we'll Orwell of, mean. In the
Calhoun use OF the term.
III. Clay Calhoun. testifying in q
case in court. spoke OF one Washing
ton White as well on
Now, Witness said the cross
examining lawyer. when you declare
White to be well OF what do you
mean? Is he worth $i0,000r
No, sah.- Nah gracious. no.
lis he worth $1.o0o?
mo. sab: he amt WORT IL cents
Then how is he well orr
'Bekase. sab. his wife am a No.
washlady and keeps the hun family
in bang-up style Washington
Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22

to be sending up pale green shoots.
The desire for novelties in the horticultural
world has of course affected the Dutch bulb grow
ers. In all large establishments certain portion
of the ground is devoted to experiments incident
to the search of new varieties. Apart from the
fact that all the bulbs. will at times produce off
shoots which exhibit certain difference from the
parent, the only way in which new varieties may
be obtained is through the agency OF seed. The
interesting process of artificial fertilization
is resorted to- but from the beginning to the end
the whole process of raising bulbs from seed is
one requiring immense amount of patience.
By the transference of the pollen from bios
som to another the experimenter hopes to infiu-
ence the resulting seeds in certain manner But
ne can be by no means sure of this
The prices for novel varieties change but for
new specimens of narciss from $50 to $3.50 per
bulb have been obtained and the fact is remark.
able that many of the varieties have commanded
these high prices for several years and stil show
but small signs of reduction
Such mentioned above are small
in comparison with prices which paid for
tulip bulbs during the historic "tulipomania' which
swept over the Dutch people In the early part Of
the seventeenth century. single bulb of
variety known as Semper Augustus realized the
immense sum of $4,000. All kinds of bulb plants
are largely grown. the smaller bulbs, such as
snowdrops crocuses and scillas produced in
huge quantities, while later on in the year the
lahuSSdpS III tuG JUN Country Is DTlIdnI WIN
ranunculi. irises, and gladion. On some of the
larger establishments great variety of green
house roots and bulbs are under glass.
The growing of tulips is splendid example of
an industry not devoid of esthetic charm. Not
without reason may 1t be urged however that the
cultivation of any flower is vocation Of interest
In the case of the tulip there is the added intel
lectual quality OF history that forms a most
striking chapter in the chronicle of modern
finance
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22
C41zqL8 NAERACE QgRQQn8 01Ll DuZYRWB HRr

of increase are decidedly slow The grower is
entirely dependent for fresh stock upon the off
shoots which the parent bulbs annually produce.
In the case of hyacinths kindly provision of ma
ture has made the propagation of bulbs in large
numbers extremely simple matter Each sea.
son the grower selects a number of his largest
hyacinth bulbs and sets these aside for the pur-
pose of increasing his stock. The bulbs are tech
nically known as mothers and in dealing with
them one Of the two methods is adopted-cross.
ing and scoopng. In the case of the former the
base of the bulb is cut across in four or five diff
ferent sections with sharp knife. In the latter
instance the whole of the root end of the bulb is
scooped away thus leaving a circular cavity.
Whichever process may be adopted the mother
bulbs are carefully stored away in a perfectly dry
place When most of the moisture has passed
away from the bulb strange thing happens. At
the base of each mother bulb number Of tiny
bulbils begin to put in appearance; as the
weeks go by these increase very rapidly both in
size and number. With the advent of the plant
ing season each mother, with her offsprings at
tached, is placed out into the ground and as soon
as the warm weather sets in the bulbils commence
to grow on their account, every sending
up long green shoot. When the usual time for
harvesting the bulbs arrives it will be found that
the mothers have well nigh rotted away, but In
their place are to be found several dozen little
hyacinth bulbs. These are dried off and stored
away to await the autumn planting, when they will
take their place at the bottom of the long row to
be moved UP into fresh section every year until
they are fully matured bulbs
The most arduous duties of the bulb farmer con-
sst in the annual lifting and planting of the crop
Every bulb is taken from the soil and replaced
once in each year. After blooming time the first
few days of really warm weather soon cause the
green sap in the leaves of the bulbs to begin its
return journey to it's underground storehouse.
When the crop is judged to be in ripe condition
small armies of workers pcturesquely clad, attired
in long smocks and wooden Shoes sally forth to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22
%1yff II ld a1S Of IL t4fdGnoristszA
a DOMESTIC PROBLEM.

The prospective bride and groom
tcoiored were not known to the min.
lister, and so. to perform the cere-
nony conscientiously, he asked lot
OF questions. The man. he learned,
had come recently from the south and
was working in hotel in town
where his desired bride was a wait
ress
Have you been married before9'
TO the conventional black
~Yas, sab"
Wife living?"
"Yas, sab"
Where is she?'
Down south, sab"
Why doesn't she live with your"
We'll, sab, she lef' me-"
why did she leave your"
Don rightly know, sab. l was
away when she lef'."
And they sought another minister.
-EVerybody's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22

Its unquestioned supremacy as the bulb-producing
country of the world The reason for this may be
found in two circumstances Firstly, the age of
the industry, which has given the growers such
grasp of the whole subject as to give them great
advantage over more recent competitors and in
the second place the out and out suitability of the
soil in Holland for the culture Of all kinds of bull
buous plants
AS is well known the larger part Of Holland con
aists of a fiat sandy plain which has been wrested
from the bed of the ocean Nearly all Holland is
below the level of the sea and would quickly be
Hooded with water were it not for the embank-
ments which keep the waves in check on the ocean
side and the busily pumping windms which draw
up the accumulated inland moisture into elevated
canals in the interior. The whole country there
tore never knows the meaning of the word
alSsght while on account of the excessively light
nature Of the soil the drainage is perfect.
Undoubtedly the time Of all others to pay a visit
to a Dutch bulb farm is in the early spring Then
ahe whole district, of which the city Of Harlem may
be taken as center, is simply aglow with lowell
ness In such fiat land. extensive views are not
easy to obtain. Let us therefore accept the lnvi-
tation Of a bulb grower ami go lover the farm
with its owner. closer examination of the
patches OF color which were seen just now from
a distance reveals the fact that each is composed
of thousands of separate blossoms These flower
Ing bulbs are planted with wonderful regularity
being drawn up in rigid lines like so many sol
'diers All those bulbs of like age are placed in
sections together and this method of planting pro-
duces rather singular effect. Starting at one
end OF this long row of hyacinths are the oneyear-
old bulbs, these have produced nothing but tufts
of green leaves After few yards one comes to
the bulbs in the second year. Most of them have
distinguished themselves with a small blossom.
In the case of the three-year-old plants the bios
SONS are much finer and the flowers go on
gradually increasing in fineness as we walk from
section M he md re
one finds the bulbs which are in their sixth or
seventh year Thus 1t takes seven years to grow
marketable hyacinth bulb. The same manner Of
planting is followed in the case of both tulips and
narcissi, although in these instances the length
of the time to produce mature bulb Is not 40
great. But ones curiosity is excited as to how
the original bulbs obtained and this question
opens up one of the most interesting chapters in
the history of bulb growing
With tulips and narcssi the available methods
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22
MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

They're clean daft" said York.
shire collier, as he stood watching a
wedding party leaving the church op-
posite. Fancy chuckin' all that con-
fetti abart- It's crool shame calls
IT."
But why?" answered an interested
looker-on; st seems to me cheap
and harmless way of showing friendly
feeling"
Cheap. mebbe. but not harmless"
said the collier, gloomily. Before
confetti wor invented there used to be
enough rice chucked abart here to sat.
isfy the appetites of all my pidgins;
but now they're pinin' away, and
Aim thinkin o. maxim EN- into pies,
an startin' to keep ostriches. which
can eat owt-even bits o. colored pa.
per--an thrive on it-"--Ideas.
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MAKING PRESS ARRANGEMENTS

Letters are being received daily by
Charles S. Albert, chairman of the
standing committee of correspondents
in charge of the Press Galleries of the
Senate and House of Representative
at Washington, asking for reserva-
lions in the press sections at the Re
publican and Democratic National
conventions, the latter of which will
be held in Baltimore June 25. The
committee of which Mr.. Albert is the
chairman has been designated by the
national committees of the two par
ties to receive all requests and assist
in the assignment of seats in the press
sections Of the two conventions
Mr. Albert has been in the Wash
ington newspaper field for 81 years,
now approximating the deanship OF
the corps in point of service. He was
manager of the Press News Associa-
ton, night editor of the United Press
and in charge of the New York World
Bureau before, during and after the
Spanish-Ameriean war, and has since
He has been with the World is years,
horses in the famous Pulitzer organi-
orn in Union county, Mr. Albert is So
/ diminished and he is regarded as an
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the fields. One ia
struck by the complete
absence of digging
utensils among the lit
tie companies. As a
matter Of fact, spades
and forks are never
used in the bulb rails
ing operations, the
whole business being
carried out entirely by
hand. In order to pre-
vent damage by frost,
the surface Of the fields
is buried to a depth of
five or six inches with
straw and other litter.
When the warm wealth
er sets in this cover is
removed and some
bulbs are found already
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22
WHY THE DOG HowLED.

He was a poor. miserable looking
dog, and the strangers heart was
filed with pity For the dog was
bowling. and it was only too evident
that he was suffering pain So he
asked the tired rustic who lounged
near by why the dog howled
lm?" asked the rustic. les
just lazy. that's ALL
but laziness doesn't make dog
howl. surely?" queried the benevolent
one.
Does Tm." said the tired owner.
"Only lazy"
sBut how" queried the persistent
questioner. how can laziness make
him howi?"
We'll. you see," said the rural
Iounger. that pore dog is sittin' on
some real tough thistles, and 'e's too
lazy TO get of. so e just sits there
and owls cause 1t 'urts so"-Tit
Bits
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EURoPE'S ROYAL HOUSEWIFE

1t would be hard to find more capa-
BILE housekeeper than the empress of
Germany.
Her ideal is service: she has de-
voted her life to serving her country,
her husband, and her children. She
believes that this is woman's highest
and only mission, and that women are
happy as long as they keep to this
ideal. The empress has never inter-
fered in affairs of state, and the daz-
gle of court life has meant little to
her. But she has always found joy
caring for the comforts of the emper-
or, looking after her children, and
managing her household.
When the Kaiser calls for his wife
he finds her engrossed in the many
departments of her housekeeping lore
in which she is so proficient Though
she does not, go into the kitchen and
order her groceries and meats as do
her subjects, the chief steward comes
to her study every morning and they
plan the menus for luncheon and din
dishes and makes changes in the mem
many cook hooks in her Studv and is a