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EXPRESS CHECKS HERE AGAIN.
Companies to Issue Them for T.. z.
rnd TERRITORIES.

Tho issuance % travellers checker ror
use in the United States and it's Terri
tories has been stopped by all express
companies since Angus. I, Checls will
he issued again beginning to-day, T. was
announced YESTERDAY Travellers checks
for foreign countries have been entirely
stopped since the beginning Of tho Euro
peau war and n ~ not expected that
others will be put out until the end Of
tho war Shipments 10 and from England
and Italy In spite Of the Interrupted com
mcrcs on the seas has kept the express
companies working 90 capacity, according
to the officials,
No Difficulty is holnE encountered in
meeting tho outstanding obligations on
foreign travellers checks nov in ,ircu-
latiou, but because of the high rate OF
exchange full value canno, he given. Dur
ing the last week hut g. cents IN English
money has been paid hy tho American
Express Compnny for bill This waa
admitted bv the financial department Of
the company ycsterla"
This condition. how over. was said IN
/ hc only temporary, Soon over so cents
viii Ice paid with the opening OF th-
/ London exchanges tull value viii be given
ana received, It was announced
Americans in London have been com
planning bitterly Of this condition, but
| the express companies say they are power
| less 20 regulate the rate until there IL
- change I'm the foreign exchange sltua
| ton.
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bale OF spots, for the latter operation
would involve loans on cotton storage,
Insurance and other charges.
Many n manufacturer might buy 10000
bales of futures where he would buy only
1000 bales OF spots owing 10 tho
wholesale support which the market
would receive as "A result OF the OPEN
Ing OF the exchange, IL would be bcns-
fetal for producers and consumers alike
II the contract situation could be ad-
tusted at an early date The depres-
sion in cotton would not last long. but a
brt ak In the contract market would en-
able the manufacturer 70 buy heavily
at low prices ana these purchases ~
contracts would he turned into cot on
later on
Crop news from tho Southwest has
taken a favorable turn and many conscrv-
alive Texas shippers arc expressing the
opinion that the state will raise n crop
considerably In eNcese OF last season. and
some arc optimistic enough TO predict q
Weld in excess % 4.jOO.GoO bales. The
staple this season Is better than Il has
been for a number Of years, as thc rains
n July and August prevented prcmatura
opening. which has resulted in the past
two years from the sew 70 summer
drought.
Habershem King IN his report on de
veldpm, nts for the first seven Gays ~
August, expresses tho opinion that con-
ditions have been favorable over prac-
,'cAlly the entire belt. although he fecl7
that re should temper his cnthusiasm
~ reporting an Improvement over go
per cent and a staudoN a. 10 tho r..
naming On POI cent
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CATTLE SUPPLY SHORT.
y. ogden Armour Makes Thi> De
fence OF vcat Prices.

CHrcAGo, AUG. 12--"Thc Huc,uation7 Of
the past f'w DAYS IN meat products have
como from extraordinary conditions"
said J. Ordcr Armour tonight. "rhes-
conditions nav" been tho scarcity ~ live
stock. v'hi.h has been growing steadily
more acute from month 20 month. plus
tho utterly unexpected disturbances I'm
Europc.
"Tne nine armour plants altogether
h'ned only ii,73s hos" asst week.. gains,
70,33s tho week before tho war The,
killed only tT,5l2 cattle last week.
against 2f.S3G the week h.foro the war
aud only So.334 .hec? last week Sc
against iG,3'5 the week before the war
These a-' N~s, hand facts. They tel
the whole story as 10 price. ~ We could
set taN 1.-Two stock We would bs glad -
run 20 capacity. bur it sn't to he Lad %
Tie receipts ~ Cnica 60, Kansas city
Omaha, St Louis, St. Joseph sud sioux
City so Gar this year have -aoNu d..
crease y 5os 900 cattle and 1888. 0do Nogs
as compared with The same period
wear AGO sayy sfa'emnt is.uod b.
NOR g. CO
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y mas all been diverted 80 the United
Kingdom and ordered sold, the rroha
hilitics being that the british Government
will h" the purchaser at its own price.
The shipper ~ America doss not tnov'
how he WIN como out IN rhs he know .
the" will ~ charges against MN which
practically viii eat up anything that
might he due him
T1nrr Tas one v.t~' reported yesterday
or cargo shipped 10 Trieste from Nrw
Nor't uu q British sN'p The ship rsp
heoH hold If Gibraltar and viii ~ sen,
20 England Tt- documents the bill ~
aiding and drafts ~" som,vher. I'm Gear
many, Tic shipper is tearing his hair.
Al grain sent abroad IL shipI-d under
what Is known rs The London American
contrarf There is CLAUSE IN the con
'rart which SAYS that I'm cas" host'lities
prevent shipments m" contract ehan be
cancelled The y .itish buyers have
'akou ~" position thai no''l nc bar pre-
vented shipments. - m" british and
French uavlas have cleared tho seas
Dincrrrccs uvsr contracts ~" Brbi-
trptnd I'm London. with appeals to NJ
mralty courts ~ England and tho United
state in certain cases.
There WIS gray" danger IN has'v ac-
to- hv shippers h"raus" ~ ~" hoov'
dairogcs that might be assessed against
shippers hy BRITISH courts They with
held ACTION th,u until counsel advised
thom tlyv would -" justified IN taking
N" extreme st-p
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SHIPPERS GET RULING
ON WAR CONTRABAND
Chamber Of Commerce Has
Question Of Insurance Settled
by international Experts.

The special committee on shipments Of
the Chamber Of Commerce has had coun.
sci prepare q condensed summary Of in
tcrrational Law on shipping and ship
mentr, the liability 10 capture, tho scope
or war risk insurance. what may ne
shipped and how, and what may no. be
shipped
General information on the subject sets
forth that the liability Of goods shipped
by American merchants TO capture AS
prizes Of var depends upon the de.tina-
lion OF the goods the ownership Of the
goods, actual or presumptve after ship.
rnen', the character OF the goods. whether
contrahra7d or not. and tho nat'onalit, ~
the carrier
shipments by Americans made In
good faith 20 neutrals "a neutral Dor.
can never he considered a. contrahand
% b. tho destination o. the goods and not
:tor character which makes them con
tr baud
rhe principal risks % the owner ~
good IN captured shin are summarized
AZ follows
The cargo nav he sunk with the shin
or condemned by tho prize court Of the
captor as enc'ny's goods or As contra
baud. The loss is not covered rs n
marine policy, hut would 10 covered by a
wa risk policy
The goods may he lost o. damaged b,
reason Of the chip striking mine or
hostilitlee Tile loss Is not covered by
a marine policy. bat would he covered
by q war risk policy
Goods - leased by the prize court 80
Incutrl may be damaged IN Tire course
i Of unloading, storage or reloadinE Losses
I ot this mature would not be covered by
| a marine policy. but would no covered
/ by = war risk policy.
Extra charges and cXpens g IN connec.
: tlon with forwarding released goods from
/ th, port -. the prize court 20 their orig.
. nal destination would not be covered by
/ a marine policy. but would lie Cuvored
by - war risk policy.
{ Tine owner Of the released goods may
! sufer loss due 10 deterioration in tho
quality OF goods owing 70 their inherent
nature a depreciation IN price. a loss
Of market or 4 loss OF interest IN con
sequence % delay IN obtaining the re.
3 Lease Of his goods by the prize court
such losses are not covered either by the
ordinary form Of marine ro''cS nor ~
/ war risk policy.
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WILSON TO TELL BANKERS OF
MERCHANT MARINE NEEDS
Businessmen VIII Meet in Washington day
to Consider Plans for Shipping
Grain to Europe


WAsHINGToN. AuE. lc.--The confer
~ -, "alee 60 or.
t'p'' :" INC s'"'n h'n rn'l!, ..
interests "dltFd 70 meet AZ me treasury
Department ia consider plans for moving
a. cr,ir c,,,. 20 r,,rorc III t,l,c MACE
tn' g,1 'fIp ,J mul%p T,,. w." ,STI r"'c
tomorrow fr'slu'ht W lif'u VIII rec.
tho conferees at the white House In tho
afternoon and II Us understood. viii deliver
an important ann ,. o, me nnress'y ot
building M a merchant marin" IN meet
the present emergency
~ 49, pn.a.,.a - ~ ,,,,,,
per' OF inc r'aetaI reserve hodru VIII
attend the morning session OF the confer
cncc. Secretary NcAdoo said this eve
-.
NM !.., ., .,.....,.
THE foreign exchange situation ana IN"
question OF providing sufficient chips TO
49,. ~. f-raI, md cot,nr ,,ons ~ Yin
mo-" N,, Sra,n INV oos,"n n.oTs w. nu ,
Fop'tn nlt'k'tS arc pressing pr"pltuls' dlIl
the Government viii make every effort 10
,oon,rata IN an eudravor IN meet Tho stlI.
M .,.,.,.,,, -. ,,.r ,,.iii a.
d'ol I"' I'PIo''l..a''N07 VIM WI ~,
s"mhle TO morrow VIII come equipped with
valuable data to holp IN the consideration
~ Tho prohiens. II IS my intention to cali
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Prices in Washington Market.

These prices were quoted yester-
day by Carl \. Koelsch. president
o, the Washington Market Mer-
chants Association:
Beef-PrIme roast, % cents; Dot
roast. - cents; top slrloin, % cents;
porterbouse steak. 80 cents; sir
loin steak. 2S cents: round steak,
o cents: chuck steak, 30 cents.
Lamh--LegS. 81 cents: hind quar-
ter % cents chops, 35 cents: fore
quarters, 90 cents.
veal-Roast. % cents; chops, %
cents. outlets. 30 cents.
Pork--Roast, % cents; chops, IS
cents
Ham. "a cents.
Bacon, 2S cents.
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Tho Jones mcud nv -ut.

The Jones amendment authorized for
eisn built .hiPs 70 engage IN commerce
between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
between the Gulr coast and the No asa
THO two aelhcards
n would permit foreign hu'r suDe 20
iuitt"d 20 American registry u0d,r the pro-
posed law 10 carry freight from N.r. or.
leans or Galvestop r. Ssw work. Cr from
Tampa, Fla. uorthwRgd. ana At tho same
tim" prohibit such shjpu from 'rEagins
IN trade between Jacksonville III. and
New No"b under 'hs amer dmeut foreign
vessels PLYING IN" lakes might operate
through the Neland ,auel To- m, Atlaufl.
~ Pacific coaS;, hut they could uot engage
~ tradn between gull ports and Nv" On lt.s
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CONFEREES AGREE ON
SHIP REGISTRY BILL
Tentative Action TakerNrend-
ing the Framing Of a Re-
port To-day.
JONES PROVISION FALLS
Mann Attacks the Senate
Amended Measure as Tn
constitutional.
JONES PROVISION FALLS

WELLINGTON. Aug. 12.--Conferees reprr.
senting the House and Senate promptly
reached tentative agreement on the sh.p
registry bill this afternoon and at a meet
Ing tomorrow morning expect to be ablc
to both houses.
Tho III agreed on Is In general the
Senate measure slightly modified. The
Jones amendment, or Section V, was dis
agreed 10 and the Senate conferees offered
substitute which provides that all for
eign built ships admitted to American reg
lstTy Within tho next two years under the
terms OF the act may in the discretion of
the President be permitted TO engage In
inc entire conetw'se trade OF the United
States.
The fones amendment authorized the
President to suspend the laws whenever
in his judgment the demands OF domestic
commercs required which forbid foreign
owned Slips from engaging In the coast
20 coast 'rafir
The Williams appointment provided that
the President might also suspend 30
much of the laws az exclude such YES a..
or from points on tho Great Lakes to
coast ports.
The Cummins Amendment
The Quinn ms amendment will probably
he modified 20 require that more than Il
bare majority OF the stock of a corpora
tion acquiring foreign built ships here
after and applying for registry under th.
United States shall be owned by citizens
OF tho United states.
The agreement to-day was tentative.
Senator Perkins and Representative
Greene, two OF the Republican confcrees,
declined to assent 10 tho agreement ard
may not sign the conference report. Rep
resenta've Mann. another OF the Repub-
l'can conferees. vas absent from the
conference.
An attack on the 0onstitutioualitv Of the
shipping registry bill, which was passed
10y tho senate yesterday. was made 81
the Hous" to-day nv Representative Mann
of Illinois ;he Republican leader.
Mr. Mann declared that tho Jones
amendment incorporated IN the measure
10y the senate was Objectionable on con
sututional grounds. for tho reason That
Il violated, in his opinion. the provision
that mo preference rnuH be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenue 20 TN.
ports OF one state over those ~ another "
Mr Nann's position was supported hy
Representative Alexander of Virginia. tho
Democratic chairman 81 tho Committee on
Merchant Marine.
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To Include All Foods.

Nj p''"rd inquiry VIII include
meats noun sugar eggs. coilee ana
cine. "ruc''s th' prices Oh whlch nave
been advanced since the war started.
The District Attorney Vii invite whole
sa.crs retailers, Officers OF various bodies.
7epres natives o, the Housewives League.
fec and th oW whatever light they can
C' '.s',. ~. va oSi.,s a. ,' ., e,,.
,,r,,.,.,. ... .,..i..,..t'on y, ",ood 80, ~
oSg. ",'S',ca ~ oons,S,,,
,,gs....,,...., .,.u follow,
Nc ,t,.tol .,IJ ,..s,.-s. ,b,, ~.
aoy,I ..-,.,., -or,rittoo ~ ,',I,,rs
,,1 Mum. ....r offi,i,I. 20 ir,as,js,,o ntrh
rr.r.s .. to,r.trfi.s' and orbar ,eccssi,i.s
He ,ypr..s.l H.. baIiaf mai ,n,nv I'd.
yanres yer. ,,,,.,rt.,n,sd
Il Is gene ,Il, conceded tina, ,h.ra 10
NJ 'gs;,nca,f.r for increases in nrlcee a.
certain ,ood,tuts. not imported. eycept on
The theorv that Ties, commodities arc
being Manipulated for speculative pur-
poses For instance tho ordinary Law.
men fails TO understand why the price OF
-four should go UP when there is such a
plentiful, abundance Of wheat In the coun-
ny and when In fact wheat has dropped
f!om to ga cents per bushel
Wholesalers and retailers declare that
the miller alone is responsible for the in
crease ard that he has anticipated Al
greatly increased demand from abroad.
In the matter OF beef and other meats
~"o'esd'e!s INSIST mat their advances
were que 20 the tact mat I'VE stock espe-
oa.IY htet, Is very scarce ana have put
most Of the blame for the boosting in
p''0eS on mo retainer
's
Hss' "~' "o SKY "'1"'
The man who handles eggs before the
retailer gets them tells you that eggs
nave gone up and are going still higher
IL. q variety OF reasons
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Interests Bcruard e Rlker william luElo.
B'au, hail Randall. y g. Nhi'ncN.
New York For"isr T'.hange and BANKING
Inroreat- william l. BENEDICT % kidier
Pea pndv n -; jaime. Brown II R;own
Ef@ss 20, T,,9 Erosn Of :, e., E.tm Z y,
tcl,"lh'inar \ 60: Mas MAY ~ Gutralty
1rus' Company; =. y. Morgan of J. y.
Morgan 8 CO., lanes Spey'r ~ Spsy'r
trust COMPANY. August Ulrioh - tad n.
burg Thplfnann 4 30
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Nont.nrgrfu Port. RIocLadcd

VIENNA, Aug. l2.-Tnc Austro-lTunsa-
iian Government announce, to-day that
an Effective blockade Of tho Nuutcncsrln
coast has been established by the Aus
tran fleet
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our Ambassador In London to mako
Immediate inquiry of the British Gov
eminent concerning the action taken
In these cases. In the present cir
cumstances shippers are without
protection and invoke the interposi-
ton or their Government for tho
protection OF their property and in
terests."
The action Of tho grain men yesterday
was due to the fact, az ono expressed ~,
this No way has yet been discovered
whereby American grain sent 20 the other
side can We transformed into money.
Bankers who have established mutual
credits, broadcast announcement OF Gov
ernmental guarantees, publication ~ tho
fact tina gca lanes are cleared have not
shown them how they are going n get
paid for anything they may send to the
other side while the action of England
In commandeerin' cargoos bound for any
port OF Europe has shown TO them how
they may lose.
VIII See NcAdoo Tomorrow.
Tn addition TO this, the action OF Brit
ish ship owners In raising their frelgh'
rates to at least nifty per cent above the
old rates and the 10 to 90 per cent. war
risk rate have made II impossible for
them to ship except at enormous loss.
are getting paid for their shipments and
they insist upon similar arrangements for
Themselves. They are perfectly willing
that their shipments may he used to Offset
any balance against the United States
held by Europe as long as the bankers
on this side Of the water arrange to pay
them They have taken the step after
due elaboration. but It was declared en-
phatically last nigh, rhey we're willing
TO consider any plan which would enable
them to comply with their contracts.
The special committee goes to wash 70
'ngtor tomorrow TO confer with Secre-
tary Of the Treasury McAdco. II the
United states Government can perfect
some Arrangement whereby the grain men
will got their money they viii rescind the
action but MS II stands to-day thoy can
not 20 uu with contracts already made
or make any new ones
There e between iV.0N1.0O0 aud ~.
90" r"n bushels Of whedt slr'adv under
contract to Europe ~ vhich II Will lose
all tuat has not been already delivered
That which has reached its destination mas
NOS been paid for. The action OF the Brit
ish authorities I'm taking an wheat car
goes only complicatrs the situation. In
the cIs' 90 tho sN ca-goes specifically
named Yesterday some were To- 20 to tho
ports of the United Kingdom and sorno
10 continental Elrops
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District Attorney Charles s. Whitman
vii begin to-day an inquiry into the in.
rreases which have been made In the
prices Of certain foodstuffs. He has as
signed Assistant District Attorney
William A Deford. who successfully
Investigated and prosecuted members Of
the so.cal.cd poultry trust" to conduct
The inquiry, and II promises to be a
searching one.
In announcing his determination to
fnd out the reasons back OF the boost
IN prices Of certain necessities OF life, the
supply Of which are not altogether az
feeted by the European war. the District
Attorney said.
ANY combination of dealers in food
GVTs who. through a monopoly. may
oonspFe 90 advance their prices unwar-
rartei.y, is guilty OF conspiracy. This
Office will n once begin an investigation
20 determine whether the advance In the
pric, OF food IN the county of New York
q warranted or is the result OF such n
conspiracy. ! shall welcome the cooper
alton OF any organized body or bodies
Of citizens who may be In u position to
s.d this inquiry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
SAFETY FIRST

Woodland avenue, and the Rev. Allan
Baille. 14lO North Conestoga street.
The Rev. Allan Baillie said there is
great need for the hospital in West Phil
adelphia and the surrounding territory.
"Granted the new hospital is to be located
near the boundary line between Delaware
County and the 10th Ward" said Mr..
Baillie, the nearest hospital to the east
is the overcrowded University Hospital,
about four or five miles away; the near
est to the south is the Chester Hospital,
about 10 miles away: the nearest to the
west is Media. which Is about II miles
away, and the nearest to the north is the
Homeopath Hospital. about five miles
away"
Large industrial plants west of Phila-
delphia. such as Brills Car Works and
Fel's Soap Works are back of the prof.
ect. The district intended to be served
by the new hospital are Southwest Phila-
delphia Lansdowne. Darby, Colwin Col
ingdale, Ridley Park and Sharon HILL
a site has not yet been selected, but
committee, Messrs. j. w. Camac. SD
street and Woodland avenue Joseph
Swope, Darby, and DR.. John Armstrong,
Colwln, is seeking a location. Reports of
the committee for sites and subscriptions
will be submitted at a meeting on Tues
day, September %.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
WOMAN ESCAPES ASYLUM
AND WINS LARGE ESTATE
Sea Captains Widow Proves Right to
Fortune of $4,000.

ELIZABETH, y. j., Sept. .. - Mrs.
Josephine Robson satisfied the courts
Yesterday that she was the legal widow of
joseph Robson. a sea captain. and in con-
sequence will come into the fortune of her
late husband. who had her Illegally COM
mitted to the State Hospital for the In
sane at Morris Plains some years ago
Captain Robson settled down at Rah-
way. after retiring from the sea, but none
suspected that he had a wife and when
he died the estate. valued at So. .o00 was
bequea thed TO neiShbor. Then a woman
appeared who had just been released from
the Morris Plains Asylum, where she had
been an inmate under the name of Joseph
Inc Boulard. She claimed she was the
legal wife of Joseph Robson: that she had
never been mentally deranged. and that
her commitment was Illegal. Evidence
showed that for more than a year before
his death Robson had paid for Miss
Boulard's" maintenance at the asylum
Then she furnished papers to prove that
she was married TO Robson AT Bridgeport
Conn, in 1900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
OLD STYLES IN NEW
MATERIALS AGAIN
BECOME FAYORITES
Black Velvet Basque Was
Worn by Former Genera
tions, With Hoop Skirts
and Waterfalls.

Any one who makes a study of FASH
ions soon reaches the conclusion that
there are certain modes that recur from
time to time, modified or varied, but not
too changed for recognition.
The black velvet basque that has come
into prominence again as one of the pres
ent-dav fashions was worn by our moth
ers or grandmothers according to the
generation TO which we belong.
1t was worn with hoopslIirts and the
waterfall OF the period and it is being
worn again today, very little changed
and lending to the wearcr more Of tn"
feminine appeal of a dead and gone day.
The velvet basque inauguratcs the sep
arate skirt inevitably. And this too. is
a return of an Old style t'riils and tHr-
bellows must have place somewhere in
the makeup of the majority of costumes
and the plain basque seems to call fu"
either plated or ruffed skirts that W.
furnish an effective contrast
The illustration shows tho black vcl'
basque almcst severe in design, hut nod
crnizsd by the collar This particular
style of collar seems to ha compromise
between fashion as originally planned ny
the modste and the comfort demanded
by the woman who must wear it.
1t Is very high in the back. but opon
to Il generous degree in front above the
squarc-Cut neck
The white facing to the collar and the
white cuffs are made of silk and count
a point as a fashion asset.
The skirt worn with the basque scores
several points in up-to-date modishness.
1t is in tiers. or sections, and it is full
that Is. full according to the present
standard.
Each section of the skirt is finely
plated. though the fulness is greatest
in the topmost houncc.
While both basque and skirt are CON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
BALLET GIRLS" GERMAN
NAME FOR HIGHLANDERS
British Prisoners in Camp Yearn for
Tobacco and Whisky.

BERLIN. Sept. 25.-Describlng a visit to
the English prisoners at concentration
camp near Potsdam, a reporter of the
Berliner Tageblatt says they are living
most comfortably in tents and that they
never complain of the treatment accorded
them. They look. he says. as IL they
belonged to Falstaffs army. and he pro-
claims his conviction that many of them
have been Ill nourished, as their uniforms
are much too big.
The Highlanders, he declares, make a
much better impression. There are many
of them among the prisoners.
The German Guards have christened
them "the ballet girls in allusion to
their kilt.
The reporter says that a military cele-
hration took place outside the concentra-
ton camp on Wednesday. which the Eng
lish visitors watched with Indifference
smoking their pipes. "Their principal care
seems to be whether they can get British
tobacco when the last remnants of their
British shag have been smoked.