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WHAT "sHocK" MEANS
How 1t May Affect the Physical and
Mental Systems

Tn medical Language shock means
the depression of the vital forces, both
mental and physical. The condition
may result from many causes and may
vary from a faintness and pallor that
soon disappear to a state so desperate
THAT the sufferer dies of it, as in the
case of serious accident or difficult
surgical operations.
Shock may also be the result of an
overpowering emotion, like great ter
ror. That kind of shock is often seen
in the survivors of any terrible acci-
dent. Many who have not got so much
as a scratch suffer for hong time from
a state of impaired health. Sometimes
their nervous systems are 50 badly
shattered that they never entirely re-
cover. That is one of the many reasons
why foolish practical jokes are wrong.
1t is not funny to dress up like ghost
to Jump out on timid children from be-
hind doors, to play "jokes" with dead
mice or snakes. And such pleasantries
are dangerous as we'll as stupid Many
an unfortunate child has been made
the slave of fear all his life by reason
of shock that some playmate gave
him in his youth. The remedies that
the physician uses are those which will
restore the blood to its normal flow
and stimulate the vital functions. For
shock associated with great loss of
blood the best thing is to inject salt
solution. For shock without hemor-
rhage, a stimulant of some kind is gen
orally given.-Youth 8 Companion.
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EURoPE'S GREAT WAR
The Little Cause That Led Up to the
Momentous Conflict

There is no sanjak of Novibazar any
more; it is divided between Servia and
Montenegro. But its ghost and its re-
gretted memory were enough, in all
likelihood, to set on foot Europe s giant
war.
The sanjak was in 1908 strip of
land smaller than Connecticut and
with but 10000 inhabitants, belong
ing without shadow of doubt to Tur-
key, if treaties could be respected. BY
the treaty of Berlin Austria Hungary
was permitted to garrison some of it's
towns, but the civil administration was
left to Turkey, wherein its status
differed from that of Bosnia -Herzego-
vina, which Austria Hungary admins
tered nominally for Turkey as suzerain
The sanjak divided Montenegro and
Servia. 1t was wedge between the
southern Serbs, through which the
Austrians planned to drive railway,
and with it their rule, to Saloniki
That railway would only have been a
linking of the one running up to Mi
trovitza from the south with the mill
tary line from Sarajevo to the Servian-
Montenegrin boundaries.
When in October, 1908, Austria
Hungary tore up the Berlin treaty and
definitely annexed Bosnia Herzegovina
she withdrew her troops from the san
iak, fearing armed resistance and
wishing to placate Turkey. There was
no war-then. Russia had not recover
ed from her bout with Japan.
The Austrian 'forward - party was
4 tn1 Al Ill A
in disgrace for overcautiousness. 1t
had not been necessary to leave the
sanjak. However, they could reoccupy
it some time.
"Some time' did not come. With the
Tripoli and Balkan wars Europe be-
came increasingly sensitive. When the
Balkan nations were fighting and it
would have been easy to seize the strip
Austria was forced by Europe to fore
go land grabbing in the general in
terest, to prevent exactly what has
happened now.
The murder of the archduke gave her
an opportunity. He went to Saraievo
against the protests and entreaties of
Servian representatives in Vienna, who
knew the local feeling and who had
most to lose by any disturbance, and
the actual murderer was an Austrian
subject. However, neither these facts
nor the way in which servia offered to
swallow the Austrian terms-all but
allowing Austrian officers to hold in
quiries into the murder ON Servian soil
-availed to stop the Austrian attack
aimed straight at the saniak.
And then followed what has follow
ed.-New York World.
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Edith Kopenhajber returned to Millers-
burg after visit with Mrs. George
Sprucebank, All Walnut street.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Ubil, Ia South Sew
enteenth street, returned from Reading,
where they were guests of relatives for
a week.
Mrs. Harry Striewig, York, was the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. o. Gbil, IA
South Seventeenth street. I.
Emory Lutz, York, is the guest of
his mother. Mrs. w. B. Cunningham,
$40 'Hummel street.
Mrs. John Runkle, 1887 State street,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Blat.
tner, in Baltimore, for several days.
William Mote and Richard Casey
S41 'Hummel street, spent the week END
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. James Bailey and Miss Louise
Bailey, returned to Pine Forge, after
a visit with the former 8 mother, Mrs.
George Reilly, Front and Harris streets.
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SHOES SPOIL OUR FEET
That Is Why So Few Persons Have
Perfect Pedal Extremities

A person with normal feet is very
difficult to find. In fact, the doctors
inform us that foot trouble is endemic
in the United States. as we'll as in ev-
cry enlightened country on the slob, :.
The cause of this condition and the vast
suffering which it entails is the unhy-
gienic shoe.
A thousand Porto Ricans whose feet
had never been shod were examined.
Not single diseased or deformed foot
was found among them. A San Fran
cisco surgeon, in commenting on this
fact, declares that among a thousand
shoe-wearing Americans there is hardly
one with normal feet.
Tie trouble is that the vast major
ity of our shoes are improperly con
structed. The fashionable shoe "c"ms
built to force the foot into shapes
which, however slightly, are neverthe-
less abnormal That worn by the
masses is equally inimical to foot
health for the reason that it is con-
structed with very little reference to
the lines of the foot and without ef-
fort to adjust it to the normal move
ments of that member.
Inc meulcal Hhal presents the 'hoccd'
sin as the most wholesome foot covering
yet devised, but very few are sanguine
enough to hope that fashion will per,
NIT its general use. Next to the moe
casin, so we are told, is the shoe that
not only permits the foot to perform
its normal functions unimpeded, but
strengthens it when in use. This is
the shoe that, instead of pinching the
foot or forcing it into abnormal shapes
or positions, actually fits it.-Boston
Herald.
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DANCE FOR LITTLE FOLKS
Members of Younger Glasses Spent
Merry Afternoon

Miss Elinor Walter gave a Christmas
dance ut the dance studio Saturday aft
ernoon for the pupils of her younger
dancing class. Miss Walter was as
sisted by Mrs. Jay c. Saltsgiver, Miss
Marie Schutzenbach. Miss Loretta Me-
Carthy, Miss Mary Mccarthy, Miss
Marie Melville and Miss Esther Adams
The guests included Louise Scnith, JUS
tive Boggs, Evelyn kapner. Adel Clas
ter, Rosalind Freund, Gertrude Lance,
Mildred Gutman, Ruth Kapner, Dor
othy katz, Louise Schutzenbach, Ma
reaner Simms, Helen Condren, Charlotte
Grove, Dorothy Katz, Mary Elizabeth
Smith, Mary Louise Gilbert, Florence
BURNETT, Laura Wagner, Charles Laus-
er, William Murray, Leonard Kapner,
Joseph Kaufman, Charles Seligman,
Herbert Kaufman, Edward Schleisner,
Richard Buxbaum, Andrew Shroad, viii
liam Conrad, Charles Walter, Cameron
Geisel, Richard Geisel, Henry. Naehman,
William Conrad.
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TWOSCORE HARRISBURCERS
At new YORK Dinner
Flag of This City Conspicuous in Re-
ceiving Line at Pennsylvania So
ciety Gathering at the Waldorf
Mrs. Shows Dance Tonight

Harrisburg men and women took a
conspicuous part in the sixteenth an,
nual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society
of New York, and the meeting of the
Society of Pennsylvania Women, held
Saturday evening in the Waldorf As
toria, New York City.
Former Governor Edwin S. Stuart
presided at the dinner, and the follow
ing toasts were given: THE President
of the United States by Edwin S.
Stuart; Argentina, " by DR.. Romulo 5.
Naon, Ambassador from Argentina;
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, "
by DR.. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor,
elect of Pennsylvania; "The United
States" by Richard Pearson Hobson,
member of Congress from Alabama. The
gold medal of the society was this year
given to DR.. Naon.
The State flag of Pennsylvania and
the flag of the City OF Harrisburg were
among the banners displayed in the re-
eeiving line of the reception commit.
tee
Bishop James Henry Darlington. of
this city, chaplain of the society, was
one of the twelve guests seated at the
table of honor. Other Harrisburg guests
were: DR.. Thomas Lynch Montgomery.
State librarian; Charles H. Bergner,
Daniel G. Herr, w. l.. Gorgas. Senator
E. E. Beidleman, John Price jackson,
W. Harry Baker, James M. Lamberton,
William b. McCaleb, James Brady, J..
Heron Crosman, Jr., formerly of Harris
burg. but now of Philadelphia; Thomas
T. Weirman, Victor w. Weirman, s. S.
Mitchell, Jr., Dr. John Moffitt, John t.
Brady, Henry A. Kelker, Jr., Jesse E. B.
Cunningham, Michael e. Stroup, f. w.
Seitz, Harry S. McDevitt, George Berg
ner, John A. Herman and Frank A..
Smith. Among the Harrisburg women
present We're: Mrs. James Henry Oar
lington, Miss Eleanor Townsend Oar
lington, Miss Eloine Berguer, Mrs. A.
j. Herr and Mrs. Helen R. Martin. Mrs
Robert McKelvev, of Titusville, former
ly Miss Florence Orth, of this city. was
present, as was Mrs. George Preston
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why should l use Cuticura Soap7
There is nothing the matter with my skin.
and thought Cusdcura sesp was only for
skin troubles" True. IL 70 for sidn troubles.
but Its grcst mission Is TO preve@t skin
troubles. For more than . generation It's
desscate e1nolAsnt and prcshyisctic proper
ties have renAerod IL tho standard for this
purpcss while its extreme purity and re-
frssaing fragrance Eive to II II the savsa-
tsgss e the bcst Of toilet soaps. Cuheura
Soap Csc. and Cuttcura Ointment soc. are
sold everywhere. Liberal sample of each
mailed FREE. with 32-p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. 7. Boston
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family, of Steelton, will spend the holi-
days at Waterloo, Iowa.
Miss Helen Wilson, Swarthmore
student. arrives home this week for
the Christmas recess.
Miss Anna Mechling, of Mechanics
burg, was the guest of Mrs. Elda r.
Reese, 1912 North Third street.
Mrs. Fl, c. Webb, 1919 North Sixth
street, is entertaining Mrs. Park Ho-
bart, Carlisle.
Mrs. j. j. Breslin and daughters,
Misses Mary and Josephine, 1885 Full
ton street, returned from visit to
Lancaster.
Miss Anna c. Wier and Miss Sibyl
Weir, 1904 North Second street, re-
turned from Auburn and New York.
Mrs. William II. Bentzel, 925 North
Second street, is home from New York
and Camden, n. J.
Miss Lucy Hays, Pine street, re-
turned from visit to Philadelphia.
W. Earle Mark, secretary of the
Laekawanna Institute, Lackawanna,
n. Y, is the guest of his mother, Mrs.
II. B. S. Mark, Rodearmel apartments.
Miss Miriam, Keiser, 1922 Green
street, left for Altoona and Tyrone.
Mrs. E. Charles Ensminger, 1124
Green street, is in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ira Meyers, of Steelton, and
Miss Lola Frieland, 325 Maelay street,
returned from Philadelphia.
Mrs. James Doyle, of New York, is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. Bowers, 1880 Derry street.
Mrs. Harold Lewars, this city, was
the guest of Miss Kathryn Loose, 1870
North Fifth street, Reading.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Dean, Tyrone,
who have been visiting Miss Myrtle
Dean, 2122 North Sixth street, returned
home
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Miller, Millers-
burg, returned from a visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Fisher, % North Sew
enteenth street.
Miss Josphine Elliott, Newtown, has
returned after visiting her aunt, Mrs
George Miller, 500 Briggs street.
Mrs. Boyd Nesbit and daughter, Mar
garet, I'LL Plum avenue, are with rela
tives at Wellsville.
Harry Warren Mckinley Warren,
Mrs. CAN'T and Miss May CAN'T, of
Newport. returned from visit to Mr..
and AIRS. john Comp, 2120 North Sixth
street
E. S. Book, 619 Camp street, is home
from trip to Trenton and Philadel-
,Phia.
Miss Eta Biting, of Walsingham, is
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Comp,
2120 North Sixth street.
Mrs. Mary Elder, 1881 North Third
street, returned after visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Strasser, at New
ark, n. j.
Mrs. Howard Cox and daughter,
Doris, Chester, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Bower, 1913 Green
street
Mrs. Carrie Barrymore, 1919 North
Fifth street. left Yesterday TO visit her
daughter in Baltimore.
Miss Mary Biting, Walsingham, re-
turned after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
Comp, 2120 North Sixth street.
Mrs. William L. Graflius, Tyrone,
spent the weekend at the home of DR..
and Mrs. C. NJ. Ewing, 1900 North
Sixth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dunn, of A
South Eighteenth street, returned from
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Samuel Weistling, Walnut
street, is the guest of her niece. Mrs.
Saylor, in Philadelphia, for several
days.
Mrs. George Allen, Allentown, was
guest of Mrs. o. Ubil, IA South Sew
enteenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jones, 1419
Penn street, are in Philadelsihia
Miss Bertha Kopenhaber and Miss
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Box Social at Colonial Club

Forty members of the Colonial
Country Club attended the box social
held at the club house last Friday even
ing. A committee, composed of Harry
Delmette, Silas c. Pomeroy and William
II. Johnson, had charge OF the arrange
ments and collected the box luneheons
packed by the ladies, which later in the
evening were auetoned off. The men
who bought the boxes then shared the
luncheons with the ladies who had
packed them. Dancing preceded the
auctioning off of the boxes
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CIVIC CLUB MEETING
Important Business Transacted by Di
rectors This Morning

A meeting of the directors of tine
Civic Club, was held this morning at
which the business of the various de-
partments was planned. Reports of the
educational, municipal and outdoor de-
partments were given.
The next club meeting will be held
Monday, December 21, in the Y. w. c.
A. Mrs. Imogen D. Oakley, of Philadel-
phia, will give AN interesting talk on
% Women 5 Clubs in Japan The Civic
clubs eff Camp Hill and Steelton. and
the woman 5 club, of Mechanicsburg,
have been invited to attend this meet
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Mr.. Shoddy-Yes, that's the armab
used by my ancestah vino came ovah
with the Conquerah.
Young Lady-(After examining the
armor carefully)-It says "Made in
Germany" ON the gauntlet.
Mr.. Shoddy-Oh, yes; my ancestah
-er-started from there, don you
know.-London Telegraph
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Edris-D -Donmoyer Wedding

Miss Sadie Elsie Donmoyer, of Lick
dale, Pa, and John Peter Edris, of New
York City, were married Saturday at
noon at the home of the latter s brother,
in New Cumberland. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Thomas Reisch,
pastor of Christ Lutheran church. Mr..
and Mrs. Edris will reside in New York
City where the former is connected with
large clothing firm
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Sinlmons-Abel Wedding

Marietta, Dee. 14.-.Miss Theresa
Abel, of Lancaster, and Charles R. Sim
mons were married Saturday by the
Rev. DR.. Haupt, pastor of the Grace
Lutheran church, Lancaster, at the home
of the bride. They were attended by
Miss Grace Arnold and Philip Abel. A
reception followed.
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An English writer compares the pay
of American naval officers with that
of similar officers abroad. An Ameri-
can admiral draws, he says, 1000
year, while about $4,000 is allotted to
the same rank in Great Britain and
$4,000 in Germany, and all other
grades of officers are paid equally we'll
in proportion.
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good. She Was bad for about two weeks
when my husband bought cake OF Cuti-
cuTa Sosp and box OF Cuticura Ointment
/ used them faithfully and sosn the spots
began TO heal and she began 10 sleep at
night In one months time her skin was
smooth and soft - satis." (signed) Mrs.
Ida BiddIe, Apr. II. 1914
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Birth Announcements

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Birch, 652
'Boas street, announce the birth Of
daughter, Alberta. Elizabeth Wednes-
day, December 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R. Thompson, Sic
South Sixteenth street, announce the
birth of a son, Ralph Raymond, Jr.,
Wednesday. December 8. Mrs. Thomp-
son was Miss Lucy Ford prior TO her
marriage.
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CLEMENT-T
Proprietor of Commonwealth Hotel
Marries Young Lady of Leroy, N. Y.

Cards have been received from Mrs.
Orator Francis Woodward, Leroy, N.
T., announcing the marriage OF her
sister, Miss Charlotte Adele Talmadge,
to Joseph Adoiphe Clement, Saturday,
December IL, at LeRoy, N. Y. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clement will be "at home" after
january 1, at the Commonwealth hotel,
of which Mr.. Clement is the pro-
prieitor.
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Mrs. Willis Geist
Newbold is holding
her annual Christ
mas Sale of Genuine
Japanese j Novelties
this week at Saltz-
giver's A n tt q u e
Shop. 225 North
Second Street.
Every article has been
imported direct. The stock
includes articles suitable
for gifts for young and old.
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penny. Thsy continued to
spread until they covered her
from head to foot. The spots
we're infiamed. She could
not sleep; they itched all tire
tina. She wss . pittftil sssht.
Her clothing aggravated her.
The eruption made her very
cross and fretful.
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Zimmerrlan-Holt Wedding

East Earl, Dee. 1t.-NIiss Elizabeth
Holt and Aaron Zimmerman were mar
ried Saturday by the Rev. Jonas Martin
of the United Brethren church. Imme-
diately following there was reception
at the home of the bride.
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DR.. Baeley Exhibition Censor

DIR. Isaac B. Bagley, of Camden, n
j., for fourteen years resident of this
city and pastor of the First Baptist
church. has been appointed exhibition
censor by the governor of New Jersey
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RED SPOTS FROM
HEAD TO FOOT
When Tive Msnths Old. Could Not
Sleep. Itched All the Time. Pitt
fuI Sight. Used Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Skin Smooth.

my girl was baby 81 two months her back
was covered with red spots as large as a
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Dance Tonight at Country Club

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Herbert Snow will
entertain a hundred or more guests at
a dance at the Country Club this even
ing in compliment to Miss Louise Car
ney and the other debutantes of the
season. The decorations viii be of
Christmas greens An out-of-town or
ehestra will play for the dancing.
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As one of the coming affairs of this
week, Miss Mary Harris Pearson and
Miss Caroline Pearson will entertain at
luncheon at their home on Sorth Front
street Thursday complimentary to Gov
ernor and Mrs. John X. Tener.
DeForrest Lescure, Albert Staekpole,
Dana Gurnett, Charles Horton and
Russell A. Hoke form the committee in
charge of the arrangements for the
Academy Christmas dance, which will
be given Friday evening in the Aeade-
my .'gymn.
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SOCIAL and PERSONAL

Mains, of New York, formerly Miss
Mary Calder, of this city.
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ing and club members are privileged
to invite guests.
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The dancing class which last year
met at the home of Mrs. William Elder
Bailey will meet at the Masonic Temple
tomorrow afternoon at 3.15 o clock.
The youngsters will be chaperoued by
their mothers and older sisters.
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That's the nutshell showing
wife of
to be found here pleasing gift of lasting
% - Ne
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-12
Want Evans to Battle Ouimet|
Texas After Big Golf Match

away. or course it Is great dis
appointment to me, for besides the
gofing treat, there are personal rea-
sons why ! have always been mucn
interested in Texas.
| have before me the printed an
nouncement of the event II is an
attractive program, with the picture
+ of a hospltable looking clubhouse,
with wide inviting verandas, on the
first page
The tournament is handicap ar
fair and every amateur entrant must
| present his handicap certified to by
the secretary of his club. and the par
and DOGGY of his course must be
given too
There will be three flights. To the
championship flight all players from
scratch to eight handicap will be
eligible: to The middle flight. all those
from nine to sixteen. inclusive, handi-
cap. to the buffers flight. all those
with a seventeen handicap or over
Sixteen will qualify for each flight
and all match play rounds will be at
eighteen holes, except in the cham
pionship final, which will be at
thirty six holes.
There will be a cup to the winner
and medal to the runner-hp in each
flight, and cup will reward the low
est score in the qualifying round
In addition there will be an eighteen
hole handicap, open to all. with eigh-
teen the maximum handicap. and the
winner OF this will also receive a cup
Furthermore. the eight amateurs
defeated in the first round of each
flight viii play in consolation fights
for three other cups. To sum UP,
there are eight cups and four medals
for the amateur players.
Big Money for Professionals.
To add to the interest of the event
there viii be a professional cham
pionship With prizes as follows: First
$3.50; second, 500, and third $50
This will undoubtedly attract fine
field of professionals, and is worth
iourneying many miles to see.
A glance at the diagram of the
course gives an impression of many
cross cop bunkers and greens a little
too open. Only twice are the green's
trapped on two sides, and then the
traps do not touch the green. For
mashie shots three sides ought to be
closed up with a fair green to drop
into in front of the green preceded by
another trap. IL is possible, how
ever. that their greens are sand and
that may modify my statement. The
third. fourth and nth holes seem to
be of splendid testing distance. The
| NTH fifteenth and sixteenth parallel
each other and number seven looks
| like a good one. There is "A drive out
and around a wooded bend in Bray $
| Bayou.
| There are three short holes going
out and one coming in, and in the
last nine there seem many possible
| threes The seventeenth is a fine
distanced hole coming where 1t does.
The distances are;
ut-856, 1855, Az. $50, 400, 1893. 1863,
! 1874. 1S7-S.OS6.
In-l4O. S65, 2S7, 25S, 800. S6I, 25i,
ass, S37-2,SSS Total. 5,924