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was expected to speak that evening The senator went up to the desk and asked the clerk if MT. Bryan were stop ping there. The man replied that no one of that name guest in the place.
 ,'I mean William Jennings Bryan," ex- piained the senator.
 There isn't any one here by that name,'' exclaimed the clerk, as he ran his forefinger down the register, "and I, don't happen to know the gentleman But as he might be sitting around in the lobby, I can have him paged for you.''
 Pittman gave up the quest.
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UnanSWerabIe.
Representative

hepTeSenl latiVe J. w. Langley of Kentucky Is a re- publican, but he m a rri e d t h e daughter of J. M. Gudger of North Carolina, a rock ribbed democrat.
 Now Mrs. Lang ley went on her husbands ca m - paigns with him, and her gracious ways were of great assistance
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Thieves in the House."
Representative

n0 0pE OS0u ldliV6 Walter M. Chand- Ter of New York, who is serving his first term as a
 member, is an ar dent Bull Mooser. He tells a story which he heard the other day about a fellow member, a mar ried man This statesman was on e night awakened about 2 o'clock by
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oils SldlGiIGIlL AllaL liideC must stick in the memory of every one who hears it: t.The Boy Scout movement is great leveler; it has brought together the son ce the duke and the coster-'' As instance of this, there is 8 we'll known London editor whose country place and extensive gardens are his joy. His gar dener's son was ever wont to lift his hat and greet the editors son as "sir." but now that the lowlier lad is at the head of, the village patrol of scouts, editor junior salutes his chief respectfully and sets apout doing whatever he commands. | So she Boy Scouts of Great Britain have necome on of that nations great interests. The movement is hardly less seriously taken, it seems, than the pushing of .em- plre. The London Daily Telegraph about souE years ago undertook to raise some ening over S1O60 for the general fund | at headquarters. and not only did the isles proper subscribe, but the colonies on the otner side of the world From Australia came goodly percentage of this over l seas. contribution. Some of it was from the boys themselves, for it was not long after the home, land inaugurated the also had it.
 In a review in Melbourne not long
 ago Ine & scouts of Victoria had more
 mean soG members n on paradeoo eoo The The l the state or province of Victoria GOV
 cred too great distances for more to l coEie. TWO kllted troops, represent 1 ing Scottish Highlanders, were in evil dence; and one patrol from a troop of
 eripples: Fine log-cutting is a spe-
 claity of the cripples, and when want 1 Ing to present some admirer of Boy scouts with rernemberance they have
 more than once hollowed out a log, smoothed and planed the space into the
 shape of box, filled this with red
 caeeked apples, and, forming a lid or the bark removed, created no little
 surprise for their friend Another
 tning about Melbourne's work is that
 Nine. .ba, the prima donna. has a | troop of Boy Scouts named 'fMelba s own, and she often entertains them
 n her home and gardens.
 Last April, on tEe 26th, there was held
 "a ~sa&s ~~~ A-~% e--~~~aaMa assembly o.
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eighteen are. eligible for membership and are taken as they come. Mental measure is made of them, and they art appointed to a patrol These patrols have individual names and calls scout may be trailing about in the woods and happen to hear the crack. ling of twigs that betokens some or
 his companions may have strayed that way. If fox" he will at once begin,
 to bark" if an "owp' to hoot, and thereby he proclaims his tribe. There are secret patrol calls members use for communicationj and the leaders or patrols carry flags upon wnicn tne fox, Dear or whatever IL IS tneyi represent is pictured, while each young "quadruped" must be able to draw nirn- self in his animal guise. The unit of organization of the Soy | Scouts is a patrol of six boys under a commander specified number of pa, | trols constitute troop, and this IS loonso | after by a scoutmaster BeIore "tenderfoot' can become secono-ciasss scout he must know number or pracu- | cal things He must know sometnlng or | frst-aid work and how to put on pan dages, be familiar with the Morse eoGe' | able to describe after one minutes iooA- | must travel a mile at scouts pace, ana 1 know the points of the compass Tn Ens- | land a second-class scout must also nave | a few shillinss in bank.
 
 To rank first-class he shall swim ntty wards have % cents in the bank, De canahle .of sending or receiving mes sage bv Morse or semaphore at rate | of sirteen letters to the minute, and know how to deal with all accidents he may co,ne across He shall, as test or seii reliance, go of for two-day trip "i.h only one companion, another scout man i ing A map is another requirement. ana so ,s the judging of distance, helgnt an~ weight. no less than I5 per cent per1ecuy. .,: Then he must bring in "tenoerAooe , +r.ined by himself and ready TOT seeo'io- class work badee His next step is to try to gain oaue of profictency in marksmahsnip' bulancework, signaling or woooera' .o,,,. sort Such an accomplishments ue- nands rnuch upon the geography or .ne country or the section in whicn ne hseS So many of the scouts in the ui4.eo States live inland that opportuiliues Ao- savine people in peril or oro"Aiie ~ mt often given the average scou~
 zealand. being small and having a"
 ras-,,lar coast line, sees many h'e'
 ,n tho ocean that surrounds tne isa t,.
 Tha hovs there, growing up aions @
 Ahe ,.,,a careless frequently, anu oHo
 eeooo, when a wind was blowing hafu
 and harder and a heavy sea mas T: ;
 .-o,Ithful adventurer in a cdIoe "os ,s.t,
 Carried out to sea- Alan Fisher, abe sands ants cr1pple, VII VIZ danger hailed three other
 + launched a boat in the tWAihniis
 scouts, ,ia Ia and put out to reach the toss.
 ing brsh bare a t gh9ss see he ahoas
 again. r,s long time for
 I%o e,,I of children to dare the bit
 psn;ec's nsnu' roar and gale, and it is not with
 out thrill that one isHs6M 5Rey nto tSei
 So.t eo IT and back to land The pity is that ,',@ one medal could be awarded for
 tbis heroism. The cripple got it. o
 course, for he would have had no chana
 had the boat ovextuT2ad
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oW great a part wi!. the Boy Scouts of the world play :n tbe great war of nations staged in Europe? f
 That they will play some part has been demonstrated already. Hardly had ..he Germans invaded Belgium than there came
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5. sleep. ''There may be thieves in the
 d Senate, but there are none In the
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scouts, boy must prove, among other things, that lie can trail in twenty five minutes an obscure track half a mile long. Before he can rise beyond the tenderfoot" stage he must show that he can make fire out in the open. using not more than two matches, and there be able to cook certain amount of meat and potatoes without other cooking utensils than his billy can''
 Saturday afternoons, just outside of London, in a score of suburbs whose faces press in close against the changing streets while their hearts look backward to the woods the Boy Scouts are busy lot. From ten to eighteen years of age, and recruited from every stratum of every class. they scurry here and there. making good time for themselves and others A story is told of weary London shop man, getting an hours fresh air in a cool spot where there were some trees. He
 had lunched heartily, and was lying on
 the grass sleeping. A crowd of scouts
 were playing quite wonderful game,
 and seeking each other in the hollows of trees and the most unsuspected places. What was the astonishnent, not to say alarm, of the grocer, as he rose from his nap, to be accosted rather excitedly by young man about twelve who looked all ready to defend the London. bridge II | necessary, and asked if he had seen any tigers or ''bears''-that they had given | him ts:e slip. and couldn't be found. |
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
DEMANDED BY SPEAKERS
Representative Hobson and Mrs. Ar.
NOR Say Nation Will Be Dry
Within Next Five Years.

Nationwide prohibitions within the
next five years was the keynote OF ad-
dresses by Representative Richmond Pear
son Hobson. of Alabama, and Mrs Mary
Harris Armor. of Georgia, yesterday aft
ernoon in Columbia Theater at a big
prohibition mass meeting held under the
direction Of the Woman's Christian Tenn
peranCe Union.
Last year l asserted that the entire
United States would be dry by 1870" she
Mrs. Armor. Now / think differently.
l am certain it will come before then;
probably in 1916. .Iere is only one way
Of solving the liquor problem, and that
is to enact a prohibition amendment to
the Constitution. II the legislators fail
to respond to this request the people
will take the matter into their own
hands, summon constitutional conyen-
tons and express their will upon the
matter directly and effectively
Representative -obSon treated the oues-
ton of a prohibition amendment scien-
tifically. explaining how it would he fair
economical, legal. expedient and Amer
lean. He, too, predicted nation-wide .
prohibition before many years.
The theeter was crowded and manv
were compelled to stand. Miss Anna A. -.
Gordon, newly elected president OF the
National W. c. T. u. and Mrs. Emma
Sanford Shelton. president of the Dis
trict organization, presided. Both de-
liyered short addresses. Twenty-e,9bt
children dressed in the national cos-
tunes Of European states sang.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
DON'T WANT TIME OFF
Wilson Will Be Told Many Would
Rather Wait Until After Christ
mas for Their Holiday.

The action of the Retail Merchants As
sociation in requesting the President to
grant employees of the Federal service
Saturday alf-hoIiday on December L
and 10 apparently does not meet with
very favorable consideration at the hands
of the clerks in the various departments,
in view OF the fact that they themselves
are preparing a petition to the heads Of
the departments to allow them full holl-
days on the day after Christmas and
the day after New Years. so that they
may fully enjoy the holiday season. BY
many of the clerks the action of the Re-
tail Merchants Association in requesting
this concession from the President Is
looked upon as a selfish one, and they are
said to prefer the closing of the depart
ments on days which will be acceptable to
them and not to an association of mer-
chants.
The Retail Merchants Association. &C.
cording to a statement from an official
last night has not been in very great IA
vor with the clerks. They refused to allow
membrs Of the association to advrtist
IN the two or three publications published
by government clerks in this city.
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6be Down Erser

Mrs. Edna Goodman, tWenty-seVen
years. five feet four inches tall. 15C
pounds, blue serge suit, black hat, and
white veil. was reported to the police
yesterday as missing from her home at
Baynes' dairy on Broad Branch road.
Miss Mary Mudd, twenty-five, 1904 n
street northwest, was knocked down al
Fourteenth and N streets northwest
last night by an unidentified automo-
bile. She was only slightly hurt. and
went to her home unassisted.
Detective Sergeant Ned" weedOn, In
charge of detective bureau at police
headquarters from midnight until 5
o'clock each morning. is having a big
time" down at Weedonville. Va, where
he is on a fifteen-day rabbit and bird
hunt.
GeorEIana Jackson, colored, a prison.
er at the Sixth police precinct station.
was found in an unconscious condition
yesterday in the witness room of the
station where she was temporarily be-
ing detained as a result of Illuminating
gas poison, to have taken with suicidal
intent.
Charged with being drunk, dIsOrderIy,
carrying q concealed weapon and as
sauIt, William Queenan, colored. ad-
dress unknown, is held at the Sixth pre-
cinct. When placed under arrest last
night by Policeman B. G. Lewis at
Four-and-a-haf street and Missouri
avenue, he resisted. When John F.
Mater. colored. assisted the policeman.
oueenan struck him in the head with a
blackjack.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
CHORUS PREPARING FOR
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Arrangements Being Made for Big
Community Tree Entertainment.
Appeal Made for Singers.

Work Of assembling the great chorus
for washington's annual Community
Christmas Tree entertainment Is under
wa and general details are being ar
ranged by various committees The mu-
sical work Is in the hands Of Edgar R
S. Embrey. vice chairman OF the music
committee, and Otto Torney Simon.
choral director. A meeting Of the heads
of all the committees Is scheduled for
Thursday afternoon in the rooms OF the
Board Of Trade.
The chorus will be assembled In three
great steps. First. various musical or
ganizations and singers from the public
schools will be invited to Join. Mem
bers Of the Episcopal and Catholic
Church choirs, the German singing So
cieties, the Boy Scouts. the Campfire
Girls, the Y. u. c. A. the Friday and
Monday Evening Clubs and other sim
ilar organizations will be included in
this invitation. Five hundred girls from
Western and Eastern High Schools VIII
be rehearsed by Mr.. Simon to Join this
group.
Next, 100 invitations will be sent to
singers throughout the city. Finally, a
mass meeting will be called in one Of
the local theaters on some afternoon be-
fore December "A and a general invita-
ton issued to all who would like to
Join the chorus at its final rehearsal
Although the complete program has
not yet been arranged. 1t is known that
1t will include the old Christmas hymns
which everybody knows and loves. The
first 1.0CO copies of these hymns is ex-
expected to arrive at the end Of this
week and rehearsal will be commenced
Immediately.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

For tlss District d co,snbia-Rain Monday and
probably Tuesday; not much change in tsmpsratursi
strong Northeast winds.
For VirLipia-RaIn Monday; colner on the coast
Ttetfay ciDGiy; northeASt gales diminishing
The pressure continues abnormaly high over thc
northern States iron New England westward 20
the Rocky Mountains, and Il u low over The
Southern and far Western SAatesl There are three
storms on the map. one on Cape Hatteras. another
over the Upper Rio Grande VALLEY. and yet another
Oh the North Paciae coast The storm Oh HEttsrAs
Is causing 4 Continuation Of easterly gales on the
Atlantic coast frun Boston 10 the virginia Capes
and rains in the Atlantic States from Southern
New York SouthNard to Georgia. Rains have also
fallen throughout the Ohio and Middle Missizippa
valleys and On the Pacific coast. and there were
rains and EnOws In the southem portion Of the
resion Of the Great Lakes Iowa, NeoraSkA. south
Dakota. Montana, and the Western Plateau recon-
Temperatures have not changed decidedly In ny
section within the last tWenry-four hourL
The indications are that the weather VIII coottnus
unsettled over practically an parts Of the country
during Monday and Tuesday. with rains in the
Middle Atlantic States. the Ohio and Middle Mis-
saSippi valleys and the Southern Plains States. and
rains and In the Northern States east of the
Rocky Mountains
No decided temperature changes are indicated
tof aHy part Of the country during the next two
days
stCm EsrninEs are displayed on the Atlantic
coast from Cape Hatterls to Esstport. Ne.
The winds along the North Atlantic coast viii
be northeast and east gales the Middle Atlantic
coast easterly gales; on the South Atlantic coast
mrderate north and northwest; on the East Gull
coast light variable; on the West Gulf coast mod
crate east and southeast; the Upper Lakes fresh
easteTiy; on the Lower Lakes fresh northeast and
east
Note-The display Of storm and snail craft warn
ingB on the Great Lakes will be discontinued for
the at the termination Of December 10. 1914
Local temperature-Midnignt. Is: 2 a. m, IS;
a. N. -; a. N. -; a. m. .; 10 4. N,
Is; u noon. 8; p m. Is; p. m. 3; p.
IN H. 2.
lowest. n.
Relative hunidity-s a. m. %; D. m. g. Rain
fall 10 p. m. to p. M. o6o HOus Of sunshine.
o. per cent Of possible sunshine. o.
lowest q
TEMPERATURES IN OTHER CITIES.
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RED CROSS TO HOLD SESSION.
President Wilson to Open Annual
Meeting Wednesday.

The tenth annual meeting of the
American Red Cross will be held at the
Shoreham Hotel on Wednesday.
President Wilson, as president of the
Red Cross, will preside at the afternoon
meeting. At this session among the
speakers will be Lieut. Col. William l..
Sibert, L. S. A, who has been designated
as engineer for the Red Cross flood re-
lief works in China; Miss Mabel Board
man. who will discuss the Red Cross and
the European war. and Mai. Robert L.
Patterson, Medical Corps, L. S. A, who
will report on the work of the medical
service and first aid department.
Mrs. William X. Draper. of New York,
will report on the Red Cross station at
Bush Terminal other speakers will be
Mrs. William Crozier and Christian
Lantz. Election of officers and members
Of the central committee will follow this
session, and in the evening Miss Board
man will give a reception at her home
in honor OF the delegates to the meeting.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

abdominal application sold in most
drug stores under the name of. Mother;
Friend" We have known so many grand
mothers, who in their younger days
relied upon this remedy. and who recon-
mend It to their own daughters that It
certainly must be what its name indi-
Gates. They have used It for its direct
influence upon the muscles, cords, liga-
ments and tendons as It aims TO afford
relief from the strain and pain 80 often
unnecessarily severe during the period Of
expectancy.
A little book mailed by Bradheld Regu-
Iator Co., 305 Lamar Bldg, Atlanta. Ga.
refers to many things that women Ike to
read about. II refers not only to the
relief from muscle strain due to their
expansion but also to nausea, morning
sickness, cahing Of breasts Rnd many
other distresSeS
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
'MoHAlnEDAH LANDs0 SHOWN.
ostr.naer Lectures At BeIAseo on
Near East.

Harry C. .ostrander, the lecturer. at
Belasco Theater last night, gave the,
fourth Of his series Of Sunday night tray-
ei talks on "Ldttle-Known Lands" MO
hammedan Lands" was the title Of the
lecture. and the traveloguer. by menas Of
artistically colored views are realistic
motion pictures, led the way through
these mysterious lands Of the Near East.
Constantinople. the city Of the Grand
Turk, was visited. and the beautiful
places Of the Bosphorus, the Golden Horn
and. old Stamboul. the hoIiest place of
the followers Of Allah. were vividly de-
scrfbed. Mr.. Ostrander told Of his person.
al experiences during the terrible orgies
OF the Mohammedan Feast Of Mohar-
ren" Of the holy Asura Day, and OF his
narrow escape from the bowling Derv-
ishes. Glimpses Of Turkey in Asia were
pictured in the tour over the Lebanon
Mountains to Damascus. the oldest city
in the world: through the wilderness Of
Judea to ancient Jericho, and on to pic
turesdue Cairo.
The fifth and concluding travel talk OF
Mr.. Ostrander's series will be next Sun-
day night on "CeyIon and India"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Arrested for White Slavery.

Wanted in Kansas City. Mo-. on a
charge of violating the Mann white slave
act, Buford Bradshaw. twenty-eight
years old. giving his address as llO9 H
street northwest, was arrested last night
by Detectives Guy Burlingame and
Harry Warren at the request Of the De-
partment of Justice The circumstances
in the case are not known here. A.
Bruce Bielaski, head of the bureau OF
Investigation Of the Department of
Justice, last, night stated he was not
familiar with the facts.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
DEATH RECORD.

WHITE.
John +. DelTers. % years. 1916 X st Sc.
Cl~ment II. Brooke. = Emergency Hospital
Elizabeth Kednan. q Providence Hospital.
James F. Riley. IS. SIS 9Th st. sv.
COLORED.
Francis MAbrr. 60. II and ID sts ne.
Alice Thornton. q. 81 II - sw.
RALPH Ellis. s.. FTeedmeRs Hospital
GeorEiana COoDer. 3. l17 Cauolburg st. 81
Pearl Frshy. 3. IS F It. sW
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
WANT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Alexandria County Men Urge Ap-
pointment of Committee.

A petition to supervisors Of Alexandria
County, Va, to appoint a committee Of
five citizens to seek improvements in
public utilities will be presented at q
meeting Of the supervisors tomorrow
night at Alexandria County Courthouse.
The petition will be signed by E. z.
AIdred, c. c. Lghtfoot, William Doug
lass, W. W. Malone. J. T. Manning, W.
W. Langtry and Benjamin Smith, and
will ask that the committee be COM
posed Of Aldred, LightfoOt, Douglass, r.
c. L. MoncuTe and L. P. Harlow
The petition will ask that the commit
tee seek better accommodations on the
Great Falls branch Of the Washington
Old Dominion Railway, extension OF the
scent fare on the BluemOnt branch to
Douglas. Communication tickets between
Nauck and BaIlston and Washington on
the Virginia Railway, i'm
provement OF that roads service between
Rosslyn and Clarendon in rush hours
and on Saturday nights. and the installa
ton of automatic switches at Clarendon
and Arlington Junction and electric dan
ger signals at all grade crossings"
In the Arabian desert the sfrocco. or
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE

WHITE
james H. and Laura NJ. Wakefield. boy.
Charles Z. and BlAnch Walker. girl
JaDeS V. and Twill L. McCrae. girl
Lester NJ. and Esther V. KefauTeT. boy.
Joseph T. and Olive A. Elliott. boy.
Howard r. and Alma l. Beach. boy.
COLORED.
Archie and Elizabeth Washington. girl.
Louis H. IT,. and Ethel Phillips. boy.
JoseTh aud Emma Parker. boy.
samuel r. anG Madlin Z Holmes, girl.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

George West, eOIOred, e2S Essex court
northwest. is at Emergency Hospital
with his throat cut almost from ear to
ear and his face sliced into ribbons,
while the police are hunting for Sambo
jackson, coloPed. who is said to have
assaulted him
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

- - - - = - - "a
motherhood is ever
before US. To know
what to do thatUilI
add to the physAl
comfort Of expectant
motherhood is a sub
jest that h inter-
ested most women OF
all times One o<
the real helpful
thinRE is an external
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
LOCAL MENTION.
Mhite potntoc., 14Iac pk., Hl

white potatoes, 14Hsc PIX; Hams, Ice,
eggs, 26I5c: cans sweet peas, Csc: 1
large cans tomatoes. CSC; 1 cans corn.
CSC; cans asparagus. Csc; 4-string
brooms. 23c: 8 Oleine soap. 1Oc: 3 toilet
paper. IOc: 8 grape fruit, lOc; 4 bots
vanilla. csc: bots. lemon, csc; % nut
megs. SC: yellow onions 2Oc PIX: eating
apples. zoe PIX; buckwheat, &C; Gold
Medal oats, &c; corn fakes, SC: lard,
PIC; compound, Sc; butter, 35c; Pen
Mar syrup, 1Oc; raisins. &c; large
cans baked beans, 10c; Grandma's soap
powder, &c; tuna fish, 1Sc; horse radish,
Sc; l5h OF. catsup, lie; ArgO corn
starch, &c: Schimmel salad dressing, Sc:
Ioaves bread, 10c; IL lbs. white meal.
3Oc; the Wonder coffee, 2Qc. 412 4th st.
Sc. and all the J. T. D. FSles stores.
Large stock. All the Popular Makes.
R.pairing. Fountain Pen shop. 1921 Pa. Ave.
Flowers for coming-out teas. Shaner,
900 l4th street. furnishes tho finest.
Phone Main $500 for Family Wash
prices. The Tolman Laundry.
. erEs. Jas. oTster's. 10c. F.F.V. Lunch.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Hares. horses and giraffes are better
able to see objects behind them without
turning their heads than any other quad
Eupeds. -
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
It is Just Natural
To Admire Babies

Our altrustic nature impels love for the
cooing infant. And at the same time
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

1uswssIsB TBIsues 80 eIS1 IoI s5BsIov
lTuII IIA sIsMoI5 uollo0 uIsqlnoS
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In the Arabian desert the sfrocco. or
sandstorm, often digs pits 200 feet deep,
scattering the sand for miles around.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Phone Main 250O for Family Wash
nrices. The Tolman Laundry.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Flowers for cOming-out teas. Shaner,
900 l4th street. furnishes tho finest.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

Large stock. All the Popular Makes
Repairing. Fountain Pen shop. 1921 Pa. Ave.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-07

!, .rr.. Jas. oTster's. 1oc. F.F.v. Lunch.