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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
.Sl0,OO0,000 FOR
RAPID TRANSIT
Cost of Queens Contracts Let in
Last Two and One
Half Years.

The October number Of "Queensbor-
oueh." the monthly publication OF me
Chamber Of Commerce Of the Borough
Of Queens. contains an article regard
ing the present status of the construc-
ton and operation Of the various rapid
transit lines I'm that borough. i saws
in part:
1T is now over two and half years
since the dual subway contracts we're
signed on March 70. 1913, providing
rand transit extensions into all sec
lions Of the Borough Of Queens. Since
that time contracts have been let for
work in Queens costing approximately
S1OOO0.O0 The work on these con
tracts is In the final stage Of compile
non. with every prospect Of all the eX-
tensions throughout the borough being
onerated by the spring Of 1916. TINS
will give a system OF transportation
that will place Queens on an equa.
footinc with every other section o.
New York City The Lutheran Gene
terv extension from Brooklyn. costing
$500. 44g. was placed IN operation las,
spring. and on June p the Queensoor-
ouch subway from Forty-second street
Manhattan. 20 Long Island City was
opened for passenger service. The re-
construction work on the tunnel cost
s883.9i0.
"The most important event during
The last month was the beginning OF
service on September - by the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company over the
Liberty Avenue elevated extension
from City Line. Brooklyn 10 Richmond
Hill This extension. which IS over
two miles long. viii give a fve-een'
fare for large portion Of the 4th
Ward. not only 70 Park Row. but with
the completion Of the Broadway sub
way in Manhattan IS FAR northwerd AS
Fiftv-ninth Street. The cost OF this
extension. including station finish. was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
new WANGN ST.
SCHOOL FEATURES
In Three Minutes 1000 Pu-
pills Can Be Gotten Out
OF the Structure.

In the construction Of most modern
buildings the aim seems 10 be how fast
they can be- got into. In the case Of
new school structures II IS rather how
fast they can be got ont Of. says
"The Edison Monthly" No p, but
lately completed o. MsnFin and STAN
ton streets. etcts it's two thousand
youngsters in three minutes.
The building Sc cmphaucally simple
in arrangement Rectangular, Of six
stories. II is divided lengthwise by
broad corridors OF which open the
fifty classrooms. workshops and
laboratories. Exit is by means Of three
stairways Two Of these communicate
with either end Of the corridors, while
q third accommodates the space inter
ven.ng and is approx mately DO the cen
tire. These stairways aye naturally OF
steel and concrete construction and ex-
ceediugly broad. Further, they are
completely isolated from any combusti-
bic material and have been encased in
walls of wire glass.
Alarm is given by a series Of twelve
powerful electric gongs mounted TWO
10 q corridor a. the extreme ends.
However. preceding the.r operation,
which from the principals Office on
the main floor. alarm boxes. likewise m
the corridors and below in the engine
rooms. notify the head Office IN case Of
trouble The general alarm is given
from d centrG, board, either by floors
or IN two divisions The Fire Depart
ment in the meanwhile has been noti-
fed IN the usual way.
Drills are held so frequently and
effectively that. as stated at the out
set, the entire building can be emptied
in three minutes. and IL is felt that, IN
case Of emergency, this can be done
In even less time. Exit Is not alone
upon the street, but into broad area
wav az the rear, which, IN turn, opens
upon the side street.
Among the special conditions 20 be
worked out in the planning Of the new
school was the absence OF any play
ground space The solution is found
on the roof. where, facing the river n
big gymnasium and exercise court nave
been provided. the walls and roof OF
steel framework filed In with heavy
glass Here the classes appear in TO
tation 10 60 through their cahsthenics
under the direction Of special instruc-
tors Facilities are also given for
basketball. though medicine ball and
similar games must be played indoors
i'm the main gym" Communicat nc
with both are the usual shower baths
and lockers.
Also Of interest Is an open-air clast-
room on the top floor, intended for
physical detectives. While the room
is not actually oil out-of-doors. IL IS
walled by verftable succession OF
uivot-sash windows, afording an
amount Of fresh air calculated TO sat
isfy the most rabid OF enthusiasts. The
children here are rolled In blankets
and put IN couch chairs. Steam radi-
ators make IL possible 20 regulate the
ternuerature as desired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Quarters for Steel Tank Co.

Fest & Fest, Inc. have leased Tor
a term Of years for the Standard
Building Block Company a new Jer-
sey corporation 20 Matthew Donovan,
Of Railway. and George Hills, Of West
field. partners. trading as the Solid
steel Tank Company, the factory build
inrs known as COS South 2lst 81.
The main building Is a high con
crete structure. 60xl10 feet, and an
other building in the rear measures
20x4O feet. There is q siding from
the Lehigh Valley Railroad on the
property.
The Building Block Company was
represeuted BY Max Bernstein. presi-
dent. and Maurice 4. Wachstein. sec
retarv.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
VIII Move 10 Newark

Louis Schlesinger, Inc, have leased
for the Christian Fieissner Realty
Company Christian Fleissner. presi-
dent. 10 the Garden Kitchen Utilities
Company, Inc. Of New York, the entire
third floor loft Of the building ~ sol
Market St. directly opposite Ward ST.
The new lessees will manufacture pan
racks for kitchen purposes, on which
articles they have exclusive patents.
They are moving 20 Newark in order
20 be nearer the hardware and paint
markets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Awarded Newark Contract.

The Turner Construction Company
has been awarded the contract BY the
Hyatt Roller Benring Company. Of
Newark. y. J.. for the construction Of
an eight story building. 75x2OO feet, at
Middlesex and 9Th SITS. and Railroad
av.. Harrison. y. J. This building viii
he Of reinforced concrete construction.
Of the beam and rirder type, with brick
curtain walls and pilasters I. c.
Sickles. owners engineer. is the archi-
tect for TINS building Work viii be
begun 81 once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Joins Morgenthau. Jr.. Co

The H. Morgenthsu Jr., Company
announces that al a meeting Of is
board of directors, held last week, L
D. Woodwork OF Rochester, presiden,
Of the Real Estate Association Of New
York, was elected a director and vice
president Of the company.
Mr. Woodwork VIII have personal
charge Of the sales and leasing work
Of the company. and viii make spe-
cialty Of developing suburban and GU
OF town business He viii also be as
ISOLATED with II. Morgenthau, IT,, In thu
executive management Of the company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
To Foreclose Fifth Avenue Loan

An action has been begun IN the
Supreme Court 20 foreclose a mortgage
on the property al SOL Fifth av. The
mortgage was executed by The Fleiseh-
mann Realty and CONSTRUCTION Coh-
pany 10 James 3. Ford and others, IS
trustees. July %, 1907
The action is by james B. FORD as
executor. against the b07 Fifth Avenue
Company and others. Bowers 1 SANDS
are the attorneys for the piaintin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Buvs Plot: Gets Loan

The Ensign Improvement Company,
Joseph 4. Damsey, president, has pur-
chased from the Arsue Corporation
fopr lots on the west side o. Valentine
av.. 76.5 feet south Of l54th g. The
Improvement company has got from
the New York Title Insurance Com
rany a building loan Of $4,000 for
rhe erection OF two high class FIVE
story and basement brick and stone
apartments on the site.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
SCARSDALE ESTATE SALE
Manager Of Paper Company Buys site
for q Colonial House.

The Scarsdale Estates, Robert +.
Farley. president, has sold acreage IN
the Murray Hill section go ldwa. 4 -.
Dornan. the New York manager OF the
Champion Coated Paper Company Mr
Dorman expects 70 build large Colo
NAL residence for his own occupancy
Patterson & Duls, Of New York. are
the architects. and the construction
work viii be begun soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Captain Barnard Invests.

John +. Scott has sold for Hunting
ton Adams and his sister, Mrs. Seward
Frdman. their country place on Ban
MISTER Lane. Lawrence. /. J., 20 Cap
tain J. Augustus Barnard, Of he lth
Regiment. The tract contains seven
and a half acres, on which there are &
large residence ard stable. The prem
iees are between the places Of Herman
I. Stone md Mrs. james W. Walsh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
100000 Drive Apartment.

Gaetano Ajello. architect, recently
fled plans for q twelve story apartment
house 10 be erected on a plot, 5ONlOV
feet. 81 the northeast corner OF RIVER
side Drive and l6sth ST. by the An
thonv A. Palermo Construction Corpora
lion. The facade Will be Of BRICK, lime
stone and terra Gotta.
The house will accommodate twenty
four families and VIII cost sbou'
$500 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
LANDMARK TO BE RkZED
Building for Auto Concern TO Replace
Newark Structure.

Fest { Feist, Inc. have leased for
Ten years for c. T. Casebolt 10 J v.
Mason. resident agent for the Velie
q Buscoe Automobiles, the property.
33xl89 feet. and new buildings 20 be
erected 90 the northwest corner Of
Broad and West Kinney SITS, Newark.
The old house. when WI Dr. corn
down Just as soon as the plans are
completed. was built prior 70 1900 by
Or. Berry. who sold il 20 Charles VI.
Lockwood in 1870 the house was re-
modelled and since thea has been IN
chanced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
CITY Dwelling Rentals.

Pease & Gilman have rented. fur
nished, for Charles W Romeyn his five
story American basement dwelling
143x75 feet, at So L. s4th st.. adjoin-
ing the northwest corner Of Park sv.,
10 Charles A. Frank.
Shaw & Co. have leased for Kathleen
K. Donahue the dwelling % Mount
Morris Park West, TO Charles A
Doeiger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
To Have Newark Store.

Fest & Fest. Inc, have leased Tor
q long term Of years for Mrs. Adrianna
A. Edgar TO Louis !. Abrams The store
and basement al 63l- Broad 81 me
new owner will make extensive alter
atoms and will use u Tor ms rug
business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
leases Sherman Square House

The Houghton Company has leased
furnished for the winter season, W. ~,
three story and basement d~elHne 20
West fist 81 20 Isaac tln morn ioi
Fditb O. sMsssy, Of Cambridge. Mass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Agents for Trinity Studios.

Pease & Gilman have been appointed
by Charles Dickinson. a. trustee fqr
Mary / Hillhouse. agents and man
ayers Of the Trinity Studios, at the
southeast corner Of 1891 81 and Broad
way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Sells 0akWood Plot.

J. Sterling Drake has sold for Ben
iamin Nielsen 20 Jessie Mary Moore
four lots. making plot lO0XlO0, on
Brook av and So1thfeld Boulevard
OakwoOd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Wins Realty Prize.

Mrs. Eisseman, Of Depew 81, Peeks-
kill, has won q prize Of 500 ID gold.
which was offered for the best name
fer Section I Of the Nelson Estates
1t Peeksk'i-on-Hudson. She suggest
ID Hill Crest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
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APPRAISED yalUstta. lsU. S5lS3bU.UO

Fsrsf mortRage Sen on the 2sth
inst. including interest. taxes. 90
assessment r. - II. 80
I,rauerfv affords COMPLETE fAtILl-
TfI~ TOR TRANSPORTATION. fIiHth
ny RAIL OK WATER and lncildes Nv -
LARGE MODERN IRON, BEIt MI
slime BUILDINGS. and -tt tht VI
HHiCK FACTORY BUILDINGS WA ~
FRONT CKtBBED And BtIhhiAptb'
Trsrh street trolley direct 90 prfnis
s. tr orcasioncd by difcultles aitend,ng -, ~
contain ~ crust No OiHtk VA IN
TKONT PROPERTY OF SIMILAR ~
euAKt GTER AID VALUE NOW ~ MI
sHIT ON EITHER NORTH OK f-NS'
His fKS. ~, an, To
rt.FrCT A CONTRACT 1T o., htsh "
IAEoRABIE TRIMS ny PhontA ~
con- ATOMS WITH THE >pih>i"N
>rtl-.-Il. ffa sole VIII lake place
EELE OTIS -
Attorneys for Trustee
Is Broad street
Manhattan.
JACOB ~ SHAFFEh. ESQ
no Broadway
fro OPPENHFlMIk hsq
CO Wall Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

rr.r ESTATE FOR SALE OR TO LET
uE>IOur>TER COUNTY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
FURNISHED ROOMS WANTED.

WANrLD II b msrfisG couple farn sh1d roons
With bath s'thsr in brooklyn o. CO.. uifrf We.
side cogsenirri 10 subr.y os elevated .o.1
{. Il. GiIffiTh ptcsi4s Ca
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24

UNFINISHED
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I'M RNIsHFD APARTMENTs ToLi
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-31
PROTECT YoUR OWN NrHRRsrq

A RE you aware that every dollar
IN you spend with . home merchant
e is adding TO you NJ prosperisyi
Il Is. Keeping the money at home keeps
IL In circulation Et home. II YOU put
Il in the bank. il helps make credit con.
ditluns easier. which Is reflected In ex-
p%ansion Of local business. That means
more money spent for employment Of
local people, more money in the hands
Of employees 20 be spent az home. more
money 20 be banked AZ home. Eyentugi
y, every person In the community gn ms
some benefit from every dollar that is
spent here.
Why send your dollars to some other
city 20 swell It's hank resources and
benefit the people Of that community
l. that protecting yeur own INTEREST,"
N0c II 10 yourself 70 do whatever
you can 90 better your lot in life. That
means thnt you owe Il TO the home mor.
chant to support him, just because he
is your home merchant. A dollar You
spend with him goes 20 pay his en-.
ployes, who spend Il with your grocer,
who puts il in the bank, which lends II
10 your employer, who pays IL 10 you.
You get the money you keep al home,
sometime, some day.
What you send 10 a mail order hoasc
in some other city stays there. Then
where do yon come inl Are you pro.
teeting your interest in that wayf
Are you awake to your own interest :
Are you protecting your family by TAX
ing all possible steps 90 insure their
prosperity The buy-at-home man IS.
tablishes a connection that Is valuable
TO him. The man who sends 10 "a mail.
order house j. just another postage
stamp 20 that house. He doesn't know
what sort Of goSds he viii get. The
hopse doesn't care. Why should it, lie
is only a postage stamp. Are you "a
postage stampf Are you protecting
your interestsf Are yoa helping Albu.
querque grow by buying at homei
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-31


THOMAs A. EDISON Is generally
regarded a. the foremost iaventai
Ewing IN the world today. All civ
illsed nations are under obligations q
him Tor devices which play q part ths
imporlauce ~ which cannot be overesti.
mAsea in madefn Industry and living
The county which possesses a man al
sach overshaaowing genius should make
the most 81 him that Il enn. Without
interfering with his services 20 human
ify. Il may tightly claim from him sPe-
eial services ~ a citizen. And that il
whnt the United States Is preparing 70
Do according 10 adviees from Washing
tan.
President Wilson wRs urg~3 some time
ago by the newspapers Of the country 70
take Up certain specific rccommcuda'
sibns for Improvement q the navy or
Ransxation. One 81 the Suggestions was
shnf a bureau a naval invention be
Former in shich Mr.. Edison and other
men "a prominence IN the manufactur-
Ing world should be invited TO sit. The
secretary Of navy, Ma. Daniels, Wa
rcnernliy couated upon 70 discourage
the idea, ~ he has discouraged all cf-
isrts 20 make our rENul defense ade-
quatcly efficient. But the president
seems 10 have taken the matter into his
oNn hands AZ an events, Mr.. Daniels
has been prevailed upon to invite MI.
H,dison 20 head q navnl advisory board
composed u civilian inventors, and il
u announced that Mr.. Edison has ae.
cepfed the Invitation.
Foreign naviss have displayed such n
wenlih q offensive and defensive inveu-
tion since the war began that Americans
realize how necessary Il IL that a high
order Of inventive ability be brought in
10 the American naval service. How
much time Mr.. Edison, acting under the
impulse Of highest patriotism, can find
80 help on the work Of The proposed new
bureau, the public does moi krow. But
II viii be time from which there will be
large fruifage, aud the national graft.
tude 20 Mr.. Edison win be unstintcd.
Incidentally il may be remarked that
while the administration has been slow
70 move, better 1me mn Never.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-31
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND LIBRARIES

T HERE are over $4,000 regularly
established libraries in the Unit
ed States, containing more than
1 $4,000, 600 volumes, according a. Stats.
! tics just compiled by the United States
bureau Of education. The number of
volumes Is an increase Of 20,000,000
since 1905.
OF the 2,si9 libraries containing 5000
volumes or over, 1874 are classified as
"publie and society libraries" aud
l,005 are school and college libraries.
Public and society libraries have an ag-
grega;e Of over fifty million volumes,
with seven million borrowers cards in
force; LAG Of these libraries were en-
tirely free 10 the public.
Libraries reporting from l 200 20 5000
volumes numbered 5,s5s, Of which 2.1ss
were public and society Libraries, and
3,2G5 school Libraries. These libraries
contained 1l,Gsg.af2 volumes. Another
group Of stil smaller libraries, e%ompris-
ing those that reported from 300 20 ] 900
volumes, Increased the total by 1901
007 volumes.
The distribution of library facilities
IL siill uneven. OF the l,S44 public and
socioty libraries reported for the entire
United States, more than half were in
the North Atlantic states, and they con
tanned 2i,G27 ,92l volumes out Of the
total o. fifty millions; and Of the three
million volumes added "a library coliec-
,ions for the year 1918, almost one half
were foT the same section. New York
state had 7.sl2.G2l volumes in her 2lt
hbrnries; Massachusetts,, T,3sO.02i in
2ss libraries; Pennsylvania, 3,72s,07Oi
and nhouis, sizes G5 volumes. -Four
fifshs Of the borrowers cars In use were
In the North Atlantic and North Cen.
iral states.
Library activity for the past year
was marked, according 70 the bureau Of
education report, by "considerable ex'
5 tension Of the branch system, pariicu'
Z larry in the granting Of library priv
Q leges ON the part OF cities 20 neighbor'
= ing suburban eommunitiesi by further
> development If the country library plan
: in many states and in general by a Wis.
ible growth In the spirit Of service that
- ohameteristie Of many Of the formal
educational institutions Of today. Thf
+ period n the library as q mere store
= house ~ h.oks seems 20 be safely pnsi
: u has yielded 90 Il period Of direct com
muniiy service"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-31

TOMORROW she first year Of tho
greatest war the world has ever
= known win end. When the war
wll end - iups ~ definite as u was a
yotr ngo. Eleven nations are throwing
ihe flower Of their Young manhcod and
some Of their maturer men ~ wei into
the rgd nav az war. What will they
raini Why are they AZ wari
Surely no object could be worth the
sacrifices this war has cost In men, 10
ser.bufdening nations With taxes an
hrnssbrenks 81 mothers and wives 10
pfivatious Of orphaned ehlldfea. Yet
the slaughter goes on. should the war
end tomorrow ne useful end would have
been gained. Bclgium'e churches would
non have been restored nor her fields
tnrncd again 20 usefulness. uermany
would be- able 20 rc-draft the map of
Europe or any other portion 81 the
whrld 30 that the cnlightening effects
* Teutonie culture might be felt over
a wider sphere. England wouh NOT
have avenged Belgium = wrongs and rid
herself % tho menace Of Der ancient
enemy. Gfrmary. Frcnce would mol
have won back Alsace and Lorraine
Serbia would not have demonstrated
the integrity Of her courts by il, nol
would Austria have cemented her min
gled races into a single nation. Turke.
would be- weaker. rather than stronger
"a a result 81 the conflict.
But II the war goes on until dine sid'
or the other Is crushed, peace viii rom
and remain for many decades, evcn II
as some fnncy, Germany first will Goa
qaer the Uaited states. BY wearin,
themselves ont 20 that they will be IN
eapacitatcd for var for b seSiury or 70
the beligrrcnts will do the world a ser.
vice.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-31

Conditions thai nave FcNcd the ulucr
countries of Europe for centuries have
transplantcd themselves 20 this country,
and one OF the most unwelcomc Of the
importatious is thc tenant Warmer. In
early days, the newcomer, upon his ar
early days, the newcomer, upon his
arrival in this country could so
upon the public domain, either
IN the forest or on The prairie, and
select q piece % land which he
was welcome 90, and which he made
his own. Upon ibis h. erected a shelter
of somc sort, according 60 his means,
and while he was raising a crop his
towing piece and 90 hing rod supplied
him with food Row that the public do
main has vanished, and the lands have
fallen into the hands Of private ;pdiyid-
uals and corporation. the poor = n, Ae
be- newcomer or old conner, AN hud no
place that he can cali Dos own. and must
become the tenant OF ,lWeonc else. Tie
goes upon the land 90 q certain rental,
90 make as much ON n b. as he can, and
DE usp1llv succeeds IN making ends meet
ou q pauper basis. iie has no interest
IN the land other than what he can make
ID produce. and Il would be folly for him
10 enrich It or improve n IN any way By
digging bitches, building fences, erect
ing corn cribs and sheltcr for stock, be-
cause as 500 as this work is done il be-
comes the properly Of The landlord. who
will demand an increased rental. and X
his present tenant VIII not give IL. some
one else viii I'm this way the land is
continually robbed and bcggared and
production is minimi2cd. The system Of
rack-rcnting became SD odious in ireland
as 90 produce the long series Of land and
other agTaPrian troubles. In England
and Scotland, where the landlords live
among and are neighbors to their Ten
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-31

wv HEN the man to whom you
w are telling the story becomes
W FESTIVE, that is no indication
that Il is a poor story. II merely is
an indication that he wants 10 tell a
story himself.
As 4 general proposition, the less
money a man has the more children
he feels able 10 afford.
Next 20 adopting a set Of %resolu-
tons, a mass meeting appears 10 be
the most futile thing.
The professor who believes court
ing should be taught in college ap-
parent ovcrlooks the fact that il al
ready an elective course in all Of
the best schools.
The bee. which has a great rcputa-
ton for industry. works three months
IN the year and loafs nine. How did
the bee get its reputation
The man with money is concerned
mostly with the way his trousers hang
IN the leg. The man without money
Is more concerned with the way they
wear in the seat.
No man who has delivered grocer
les or ice is likely 20 be shocked by
the chorus.
A good ~left-handed pitcher will
often do more 90 advertise a town
than a Commercial Club.
Considering the fact that the audi
ence knows Il, every candidate wastes
q good deal Of time telling il that 10
is Intelligent,