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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-24

ne Unifed Se6tes cxpern were nos
even able % gel IN accurate line upon
the North sea battle between the Brit
ish Lion and Tiger and German cruis-
ers In which the Bluecher was SINK.
The Lion and Tiger used 15.5 inch
guns. That the United States knows.
The British reports. II true. show that
hits were registered when the ships
were lighting 1900 yards apart. or be-
low the horizon.
United States authorities do not be-
l1eve hits were registered at that dis
lance. They learned somewhere in
France" that wireless communication
between the seaplanes and the British
battleships in that engagement proved
fmpracticable. The seaplanes esrab-
lished perfunctory communication
by use of smoke bombs and other sig
mails only
The United States army experts mar
veled at the quick destruction of the
Notifications at Namurc and LGse.
They knew that the Germans were TAX
ing credit from the Austrians. for it
was the Austrian Skoda howitzers that
did the work
But the marveling of our experts
turned to astonishment when they
found that these same howitzers fail
ed to accomplish in six weeks on the
Russian front what had been done in
two days in Belgium Marshal Won
Hindenburg reported one battery as
destroyed" seventeen times.
By expensive and diligent inquiry
the United States army officers finally
found the answer in a sand pile.
Sand Proves a Defense.
The forts of Belgium, originally
built to give battle to six inch guns,
| quickly learned that rock and concrete
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-24

||N|ED ON MOBILE PLATFORMS
een Inch Cannon viii Sink
! loadnaught Fleet at
the Horizon.

Plan to revolutionixe the coast
defense f0rtif1cations of the
United States Is now being con
sidered by government experts
y ocries Of conferences. The discus
l1ciudes q plan to abolish concrete
<ements for the huge defense
Il Is proposed to mount these
' mobile platforms.
LII guns of the largest caliber-
800 inch-Of the highest velocity.
,h6fng considered.
~ use Of caterpillar wheels for
55lnx these great guns within limited
- 4 but q minor part of the general
- experts are now working out de-
~ which these guns may be NOV
fSm point to point along the entire
oost. It IL provided that they be
Sn1bled In batteries OF six at the
~ likely point of attack at the time
alarm Under the plans suggested
> guns can be moved from their fort
oflons to points where needed with
nnxing speed.
~ discussion has proceeded to the
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-24

tinuation of one defense the other may
be alternated or entirely substituted.
The discussion now in progress has
developed the fact that man has not
built and cannot build rigid land for
tifcation that will withstand rapid fire
broadsides of an enemy fleet using
ten six-inch guns at a broadside at a
range of 5000 to 1000 yards.
Once the enemy gets lin underneath"
the big caliber guns the fertilization Is
doomed.
This developed the idea for the NOV
able '35's." 1t Is proved by calcula-
tons that an enemy squadron OF super
dreadnaughts armed with 15.5 guns of
the Queen Elizabeth class could be
held at bay by batteries Of ''35's."
The ordnance experts show TO GER
tainty that the enemy must sacrifice
at least one superdreadnaught before
it can arrive within effective range Of
a fertilization protected by '35's." The
moment that an enemy ship shows on
the horizon it can be plotted as a
target by the 1855" And the sole eff
fectiveness of the reply by the enemy
must be based upon locating and dis
abling the concealed monster.
1t has been revealed that the United
States government has little official
data of the results achieved by the
European armies now in conflict. Unit
ed States observers came home almost
empty handed. A few were allowed to
mingle with the German and Austrian
troops for few months, but they were
kept away from all that was worth
while.
Information Withheld.
Only on the western front were they
received with even simulated welcome
by the allies. They met lot of Off
GERS. But they did not learn any
thing. Information which they consid-
| cred pertinent was withheld.
| For instance. the United States army
| has not been able to ascertain many
facts about the results Of the fire be
tween the allied navy and the Turkish
forts at the Dardanelles- The accom-
plishments Of the 1875 inch guns on the
i Queen Elizabeth In her attempt to 81
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-24

Commencing with the New Year the price will be
$175 net 1000 cubic feet for the first 10000 cubic
feet consumed by each customer month"; the rate for
all 10000 feet month will be $1.5O per 1000
cubic feet This will be effective all bills paid
from the 1st to the 10th of the month If bills paid
after the 10th of the month the rate will be $1.85 per
thousand feet for the first 10000 cubic feet and
SLIGO per thousand cubic feet for all 10000 cubic
feet.
The compliments of the YuIetde season, are hereby
extended to all our patrons and customers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
MAYER'S ESTATE $54O,l73.
Brewer IrN Requests tn Many
Jewish charities

David Maze, tie brewer. Nho died
October -. 1914, left an estate Of $40
l13 lic owned securities worth s22S.aS2,
OF winch amount slSd, eos was the value
o. 40 shares of the David Mayer Brew
ing Company He owned real estate
worth S.27.N3i. OF which sl22. 500 was
the Nslue OF his home AT lo43 Fifth ave
nue.. He had rasn amounting 10 s66. 1914.
M Mayer. who WAS chairman % the
building committee ~ Temple Bethel.
left $4,000 to the congregation and gave
$1,000 eacn to the BETHEL Sisterhood.
Jewish Working Girls Vacation Society,
Lebanon and German hospitals. Hebrew
Teachers Institute n Hebrew Orphan
Asylum. lie eft $2.5u0 each to the
United Hebrew Charities, Home for
Aged and lnfrm hebrews aud Hebrew
Sheltering Guardian Society.
The decedeut gave the property occu-
pied Il" the brewing company. at Third
and Fulton avenues. The Bronx. in which
he had an equity uf sSl.j09. to the brew
ing concern for $685. 900. lie left 5000
to Ludwig kuenstler FOR faithful services
and divided the estate anon his chill
dreu as follows Harry and oscar |.
Maycr, sons. sl0l.6bS and S7A,30s re-
spectively t'rederica Adler. Lena Kiln
genstein ana Jennie B~reitenbach, daugh-
ters, SIS. 3S9 each
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
NEUBERGER LEFT $l.453. 1897.
Tobacco Merchant Gave Ruik a.
Wife for Life.

Beuuo Ncuberger, member Of the to-
bacco firm of Il. kosenwsld 4 Bro. OF
lA5 Water street. who died Iuly 6, 1914,
left an estate OF Sl,iS3,33G, according
20 the ransfcr tax appraisal Just iiled.
lie left II trust fund OF $4,000 TO
his daughter. Florence Neuberger. and
100000 10 his son. Charles Neubergcr.
He left the residuarv estate of SS99,ls4
for life to hts wife, Stella Neuberger,
and or her death 1t viii be divided be-
tween his children, lie had life insur-
ance OF Sl00,lg3 and owned securities
valued at tS3<,sl2, His largest stock
holding was 1880 preferred shares OF
the 7. J. Dunn Company worth $3.50
900, and e,64n shares of common stock
worth $62.964.
Mr.. Neuberger gave sl0,O0o TO the
Hebrew Infant Asylum for the Stella
and Benno Neuberger ward and $500
earh to thirteen Hebrew institutions.
His interest in his Arm was STS7.37O, OF
which $20S. 036 was the value of one
third of the share of his decea sed part
ner, Sigmund R~osenwald, left to him In
the la.ter's will,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
TUXEDO TO KEEP OPEN
CHRISTMAS DAY
Big Programme Of Winter
Sports and Many Private
Affairs in Order.

TUXEDO PARK. N. y. Dec. ?3.-Idesl
weather has made It possible for the
Tuxedo winter sports committee to ar
an elaborate Christmas pro-
eramme. The Lookout Mountain tobos-
gan slide has been put In readiness, the
skating rink facing the Tuxedo Club Ia
In good shape and there Is a probability
OF skating on Tuxedo Lake. Skiing,
coasting and sleighing all are in order.
Many OF the colonists will entertain
at house parties and dinners Christmas
The New Years eve ball IL TO take the
form OF a fancy costume dance at the
clubhouse.
Among those who will spend the holi-
days here are Mr.. and Mrs. &. d. Al
exander. the Misses Alexander. MIR. and
Mrs. Henry NJ. Alexander. MIR. and Mrs.
Newbold Leroy Edgar, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic Foster Carey. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry W, Munroe. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Frederic Tams. MIR. n Mrs. Paul Tuck
erman, Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Rutherford.
Mr.. n Mrs. +. G.. Deveau. Mr.. and
Mrs. Winthrop Mckim and Mr. and Mrs.
Richmond p. Hobson.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Lansing McVic-
kar are receiving congratulations to-day
upon the birth of a son early this morn
ing. Mother and hild are doing fine
Mrs. McVickar was Miss Anzonella
Kane, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gren-
willie Kane Of Tuxedo and granddaughter
Of MIR. and Mrs. John Wolfe Of New
York. The newcomer is their second
son.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24

Bishop, Helen Bebbo,t, Margaret Cum
minss, Elizabeth Cummings, Louise Cal
lender, Laura Dudley. Dorothy Dryden.
Katharine Emmet, Elizabeth Frank,
Jean Fletcher, Louise Hardness. Caro-
Inc Knapp. Martha Keep. Helen Kreck.
Vera McNair. Frances Moffat. Jennie
Marston. Priscilla Murdoch. Helen Pratt.
Margaret Ripley, Frances Ruxton. Lii
Stehli, Agnes Thompson. Helen Taft.
Flea White. Hope Williams.
Also Leon Abbott. Jr., Ruei Ross Al.
pleton. Jr. John Glib Alley. Durant
bowers. Adolph Bush, Wilbur Burt.
Russell Biselow. Stafford Buckral!,
Bertram Bucknall, Howard Coae. Ran
dolph Catlin. Amory Carhart, Cary r.
.)eny. Trubie Dawson. James Radford
English, Richard Emmet. Andrew
Fletcher. John Gibb, W. Il. Gagrebin.
Horatio King Gray. Calender Hemin-
way. Malcolm Hunter. Robert jerks, Jr..
Belos Kidder. Stuart johnson, Seth
Low I'd. stuart Landstreet, Walter q.
Marvin. Lewis Murdoch. Eugen. l.. Max
well. Howard Maxwell. Jr., William l..
Monat. Jr.. William Allen Putnam. IT,.
Chauneey Parker. Jr., George D. Pratt,
Jr.. Sherwood Rollins. Harris Thurston,
coward Thurston. James n. Bxnderson.
EDWARD V. V. Sands. p. Il. Stevenson,
Alfred Schermerhorn. Geoffrey Sander.
son. George c. w. White. Andrew Van
Ie!t. Samuel b. Van Wyck. Frank l..
"fitma'th and Karl II. WhitmarsA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
OUTDOOR SPORTS MARK
LAKEWOOD CHRISTMAS
Skating. Golf. Trap Shooting
and Hockey Keep Holiday
Makers Busy.

LAKEWOOD. y. Y. Dec. 23.-kvery-
thing points to the merrieet Christmas
this resort ever has had. Scores -
holiday visitors arrived tonight,
Tire programme Of entertainment fnr
visitors is varied and large. Festivities
begin Tomorrow night with a commun-
itv Christmas tree celebration at Rail-
road Sluare. when a choir OF 200 voices
will sing. Christmas balls at Laurel in
the Pines. Laurel House. Oak Court,
Bartlett Inn. the Palmer. Lakewood.
Lexington and Virginia hotels tine day
following will give soJourners all the
indoor social entertainment desired.
on Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Lynch, Mr.. and Airs. Geolg. Fales
Baker. Mr.. and Mrr. Charles i-throp.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Buckley Stillwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd Knapp de Forest
and Others will entertain large house
parties at their homes.
Golnng and skating are the principal
outdoor delights. The links OF the
Country Cub are excellent and fuzzy
three score Of players were out to-day
The Laurel House hockey course. hulit
under direction Of A. J. Murphy on Lake
Manetta. was the scene OF "a spirited
impromptu hockey game by college men
here for Christmas his afternoon.
All Is ready for ~l-akewoods biggest
sporting event. the annual amateur m
dividual trap shooting tournament OF the
Laurel House Gun Club. Tor
Nopday. Tuesday and Wednesday OF
next week. silver trophies valued at
5000 will be awarded to the v!ctors OF
the various events, principal among
which is the Lakewood ch~anH'lonshlp
and the Lakewood handicap.
Among those arriving at the Laurel
House tonight are former GOV. Frank
C.. Weeks OF Connecticut and Mrs
Weeks. Mrs. J. II. Benedict, MT ana
Mrs. Ii. j. Corris and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
snail Woolley OF New York. AT Laurel
| In the Pines are Mrs. W. j. Underwood
| Kenneth i. II Underwood, Eiward {
Smith. Miss Eta NJ. Brockway, Mrs
George r. Gregory, Miss Frances r.. ano
| Miss Harriet II White OF New York..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
MERRITT ESTATE GOES
TO CHARITY AFTER ALL
Surrogate InvOkcS Doctrine
Of Cy Pres to Garry out
Wills Provisions.

Wu!ry rtN~s. y. Y. Dec 81 sur
rosate William \ Sawyeg Of WesUhes-
ter county decided today that the per
soual estate ~ Daniel r. Merritt. VINO
LIT 5000. 900 worth Of real estate II
Por; Chester which he dd mo- own Tor
a cemetery fu~ the poor OF Port chester
and udJac,ut towns, should Ice used for
charitable purposes. in making mis- de-
cision the Surrogate invoked the doc
trine OF -, pres. which gives a court
power To mak, su II AZ Interpretation
OF a vii
The action TO set tai, ruling by the
Surrogate wa brought 10y Attorney
General Woodbury.
MIR. MERITS will provided tina a
trust fund be set aside for the lay ing
out Of the cemetery on his farm and hat
the President and trustees Of Port 'nes-
tor and all the clergymen Of the village
act as trustees of hat the decedent
designated as The Merritt Public Gene
terry
The decedeu, lef, as his sole heir al
law and next OF kin a sister. who shortly
after his death was declared an inconi-
petent." said the surrogate. There
after tn. Committee OF her estate
lNOASll "a 'u4ilift vi Nv ~ nv ~
prernc Court which resulted in judg-
ments in their favor adJudglng that the
farm mentioned in the NTH clause of
the will and certain personal property
were not owned by the decedent at the
time Of his death
This meant that the property set aside
FOR the cemetery was owned by Emma
T.. Merritt. aged 20. an Incompetent.
Mr.. Merritt left personal property worth
about $1,000.
The Surrogate held that AZ the ex-
p~iration OF the trusts for the beneft OF
Emma T.. Merritt and Laura Pierce
Bresmon, their trustees should turn over
TO the trustees OF the charitable trust
created under the mn clause of he will
all property remaining under their con-
troll, when application may be made It.
the supreme Court for the disposal OF
the fund.
Tho decision means that upon the
death of the two heirs the trust funds
remaining will he distributed TO charity
as the court may direct.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
q RELATIVES FIGHT WILL.
Mrs. uOuri9an Denies 'Impuisise
Marrlagc"-xtOO 900 NJ stake.

i~tLlzARETH, y, j.. Dec 23.-Mrs. Will
lam Y. Hourigan, who was formerl,
Miss Mary T.. Dunn. "A ira hlel nurse Of
West Brighton, Staten Island, was the
principal witness to-day before Judge
Connolly in a hearing requested by
tweuty-seveu relsiivos OF llour.gan. who
allege that tine disposition of his $780,
0O0 estate to his wife OF less than a
week was Influenced by illegal and
fraudulent methods
Mrs. Hour,Ran SAID she was - years
old and that her husband was 90 years
OLD q short time before his death. She
said her marriage TO Hourigan was not
impulsive and added that iiourigan had
proposed to her when she was Is years
old The will, h admitted, was made
out the day befor" the wedding Cere-
irony. but she said her husband had fire.
quently told her he had no relatives
living.
Hiss Ella t'ogarty Of 33+ Macon street.
Brooklyn. "A cousin and one OF those con-
testing the VIII, said Hourigau was a
frequent guest Al the FoRarty home. She
told Judge Connolly that he ALWAYS
hoasted of his bachelorhood" and his
favoritc expression was mo woman will
over rope me IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED.

NJ and Mrs. j. W. Young NTH OF
MonCton. y. b, ave announced the
engagement OF their daughter. Miss
Marjorie Young Smith. to Donald Hearn
Cowl, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Garrison
Cowl OF Great Neck, l.. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul ID. Rossire of 1851
East E!ghty-frst street have announced
the engagement Of their daughter. Miss
Beatrice Rossire. to George Prentiss
Butler. Jr.. son OF the late George I.
Butler OF Yonkers, No date has been
set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. lawrence Boegs OF
~ spruce street. Newark. have an
%nounced the engagement Of their daush-
ter. Miss Cornelia Paterson BOggs, 10
Gilbert Mckie Mulligan Of Montreal. son
Of Mrs. Thomas l.. M~ulligan Of Elizabeth.
| n. J. The wedding will take place In the
spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson Price OF
Garfield place. Brooklyn. and Indian
Neck, Conn. IA announced the en-
gagement OF their daughter, Mrs. Gray
Price Crowley. to Frederick Il. Merrels
Of Hartford. Mrs. Crowley is a minis-
ture painter and her work WAS shown
al the Panama exposition.
l Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Henderson, who
are passing the winter at the ST. Regis,
announced Yesterday the engagement Of
their daughter. Miss Margaret GARRISON
Henderson. to Otis l.. Guernsey. son OF
Mr., and Mrs, Nathaniel T. Guernsey OF
this city. Miss Henderson was a de-
butante three years ago Mr., Guernsey
is an undergraduate at Yale and he was
on the varsity football team Of this year.
No date has been set for the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac G. Ogden of High
land avenue, orange, have announced
the engagement of their daughter. Miss
Margaret Ogden, TO DR.. Murray Mac
Gregor Gardner OF WATERFOWL. Mass.
Announcement has been made Of the
engagement of Miss Virginia MOffat
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. Edgar v. Moi
fat OF orange. 10 LoTTin Andrews Shep-
ard. "A Yale graduate and member OF the
class OF 1915. College OF Physicians and
Surgeons, New York.
The engagement is announced OF Miss
Elizabeth Brittin Nichols, daughter oi
the late Mrs John A.. Nichols OF Newark
and great niece OF the late jeremiah g
Garthwaite of that city, TO Robert T.
Jennings I'd of New York. Mr.. Jen.
nings IL a son Of Edward i. Jennings
formerly of Washington, and a nephew
Of Robert T.. Jennings OF Jersey city
lie is a member of several clubs, in
GLIDING the Engineers Club, where III
lives.
The gageme was announced yes
terday OF Miss Marianne Rrettauer
daughter OF DIR. and Mrs. Joseph Bret
tauer of 1868 Madison n to Ben
jamin II. Namm. president OF A.. ]
Namm a. Sons. dry goods, Mr.. Namm's
home is at 80 West Seventy fourth street
He is president of the Brooklyn Fedora
ton OF Jewish Charities. The wedding
will take place late In tho winter.
Mr.. and Mrs, Louis j, Garda OF Fan
,.l hn ava announced The engage
ment of their daughter. Miss Violet EN-
ma Carda, to Schuyler Wells Line o
springfield. Mass. No date has been Sc
for the wedding.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

Mrs. George Quin,ard Palmer will
give a dance for her daughter. Miss LII
Ian Palmer, to-night al Sherrys
Mrs. Arson Wood Burchard, 81 East
Slxty-fourth street, will give a dinner
and theatre party for debutantes this
evening.
Mrs. Henry Wchrhsne will give a
dance on New Years eve at Broad
Acres. her country place in Llewellyn
Park. n. j., for her daughter. Mrs, Her
bert Gardner Lord. Jr,
DIR. and Mrs. John +. HodRson will
give a dance at tine Plaza on Wednesday
night. when they will Introduce to sOci-
ETY. their daughter, Miss Ensley Ilodg-
son.
Mrs. WILDER B~loodgood Will give n
dinner OF Monday evening at her home.
40 East Thirty-fourth street. for her
daughter, Miss Rosalie Bloodgood, TAX
ing her guests later to the dance which
Mrs. Ernest X. Adee will give at Sherry's
! for Miss Geraldine Adee.
The first for this season OF the
Friday Junior Dance organized 10y Miss
Georgianna Owen was held In the ball
room of the Plaza last night for school
BOYS and girls, Among the ~patronesses
were Mines. Edwin Gould, Franklin Q.
bTOW1l, ldtTl'N -. 6lNli'ii'V, N'NN"i
| Violet. ". Caslmir de Rhan. Oliver
| Hartman, John McKesson Camp and
| Robert Appleton.
The members of tho Secours National
| Skating Club met for their bi-weekly
skating tea at the B.ltmore Ice Gar
dens YESTERDAY afternoon, Among those
who skated we're Mrs. Alexander u. b
Pratt, Mrs. Allen CiOuverreur Wellman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving RrokaW, Miss An
gelica Schuyler Brown, Mr., and Mrs
q. Hunter Brown, Mrs, Frank Gray
Griswold. Miss Mary Cas- Garfield, Mr.
and Mls. Edmund l.. Twining, Jr,, Miss
Constance Perkins, Mrs, Morris Nolck
| Miss Mary Crocker Alexander. Wads
worth Lewis. Richard Peters and T.
Hunt TalnHge, The proceeds OF Tho
clubs assemblies will he devoted to thu
Secours National and the Lafayette
Fund.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
MARRIED HIS STEPDAUGHTER
Appraisal Of Peter NORier's Estate
Reveals Marital NIxup,

That Peter VOgler. q retired merchant.
who died June IS. 1914. leaving an es-
tate OF &3+S.7SS, married his s%tepdaugh-
ter, who then became the stepmo,her OF
her W brother. was disclosed YESTERDAY
when the transfer tax appraisal was
fled. His widow. Augusta NOgler, tes-
titled that she went to live with the de-
cedent when he married her mother, who
was then a widow. n that upon her
mothers death her stepfather married
her.
Voslsr left real estate worth $500, s55,
OF which hts widow received her dover
interest OF I00,3lS, lie gave SjS,oOI
each tn his son Charles aud his daugh-
ters, Margaret I.orenz and Veronica
Gartner, The remainder went to the
children OF his deceased stepson. Louis,
his wife's brother, who was declared his
legal saR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
CARVED TEMPLE DOORS, SEQ,
Matsuki Collection Of Opientai AT
Fetches s2,sas.BO.

Ia the Matsuki sale OF Oriental art
last night in the Anderson Galleries q
set OF old temple doors carved in Sat
suina oal;. No. Isl, brought the leading
price. The four panels were deeply
carved In designs of birds OF cloud lines
and the doors came from n Shinto shrine
in Yamato. They sold to c. Morgan
for s26o.
l59. sold TO G. Maxwell for $3.50 No.
10. a six fold temple screen, went to
ID. Dow for s1h5. M G. c.. smith gave
$50 for No. III, an old law screen. dated
1870 =. y. Alexander paid $3.50 for
No. 100, an embroidered palace harg-
ing 365 for No. "a, an antique Chinese
rug. and $40 for No. 81. an old TENN.
mirror.