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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
STOCKS REACTED ON
HEAVY REALIZING
Missouri Pacific and Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Issues I'm
der Pressure.

..s,y YORK. April 1.-THE market
III orr with a spurt Of strength this
t"r,,fnr when the opening gong sounded
s,.i,,oss was on large scale, and the
burd rainc principally from outside
,rnos MS indicated by the large num-
- of l0).share transactions registered
~ tbo tape once more the standard
ssroad Issues were the Ioader5' and
.oa advances were made throughout this
group. .,,,,,,,,,,. .,,,,,. al.
- ~ nv traders and outsiders who
~, prolitS. but this had very little ef-
soct in driving down prices in the early
,aiings Ae the day wore on, however.
s"i,,ing sales became larger and there
80 general reaction throughout the
tst led ny the standard issues.
o,o of the particularly weak issues in
,to railroad branch was Rock Island. and
,hot stocl, was nearly 3la points lower.
TSis Yas. Of course, due to the appoint
an, of a receiver for the road i'm Chi
~, YESTERDAY. The street heard reports
not tho ,umpauys stockholders would
W. assessed about $50 or $40 in rCorgan-
iznr the property.
stocks rallied from tho early decline
.hsn supportlug orders were put out, but
,bev did not maintain an encouraging
attitude, and pressure was brought
~ hear on Missouri, Kansas and Texas
snd Missouri Pacific. Sales of these issues
we're large aud it caused an unsetutng
oSect on the general market. The former
Al ono time was over two points lower
snd tho latter nearly three points. Sell
tnr of these two stocks was due to tho
act that both companies have large note
lssues coming due shortly, and there were
sope pecpic In the street who thought
thew saw trouble ahead, bastng their
oninion on the difficulties of the Rock
Island. which also has large block of
notes coming due,
The preferred stock Of the Missouri
pacific lost 6 points, while the company's
ner cent bonds declined 6ie points,
The market closed irregular. Some ia
s,es regaincd part of the days losses.
About the strongest issues were the
coppers, which were up on the advance in
Tho price of clectrolytic copper to is
cents and the better demand for the
metal.
Quite a little business occurred in Anal
gamated Copper and Anaconda at higher
prlces on the rciteration of the report
that the former company would he dis.
solved In certain quarters 1t is said that
the directors of both companies have for
INFLATED plans for the dissolution OF
Amalgamated. With this end i'm view
stockholders OF Anaconda, WILL on May
10. vote upon the recommendation to in
crease the par value of the stock from
IS to $50 n .,fRre.
Dealings in the new 6 per cent. 2O-ycar
convertible debenture bonds of the New
York Central. when issued, voted on
favorably by the stockholders yesterday,
attracted some attention in tho bond divi-
sion, more than three million and II
quarter changing hands before noon. Tha
price rose to l0I3s, UP "a from the close
Of yesterday, hut later the advance was
lost The demand for the bonds was
large
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
SECURITIES AT AUCTION

The following securities were sold at auc-
[ ion today by Barnes 4 LonRnd;
IL shares First National Bank. Trenton,
N j.. par Observation-Disclosures. 1876
IL shares First Nalional Bank Camden,
y. j.. par 500 ...,,...--,,. 1854
10 shares National State Bank. Camden,
~ j.; par Sl0O ..,.,..... .,...,... @0Il :
shares Corn Exchange National Bank
par SlOu ..........- .-,-.,-...... 10 i
81 shares Pennsylvania Railroad com, -.
Uany; par S'u,...-,....,.. .......,.- 80 d
10 shurcs Fir, Association OF Phiadel-
phla. par 50. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1lj'
: snures Philadelphia Boursc pti.' par
. shares Central National Bank, par
40 shares Ridge Avenue Bank par $50 -
so shares Textile National Rank; par
shares Ciirari Trust %. par Si0o. ~. SIS
shares GIrard Trust Co.. par 800 So
- shares 18th and 10Th Streets pas
senEer Railway Go. ....,.,..,..,.... 10
10 shares United Traction Co, Pitts
burEh, Pa: par so. .......,,.... 2Oii
S shares Philadelphia ana Camden
Ferry Co; par $50. .........,... l0}
~ shares Roth Elevator safety Co.; par
- shares ii. X. Muford Cc.,..,....,... 56ll
: shares Philadelphia Bourse common'
par $50 ...s..,-. .r..r,,,.... ga
SIoOu Atlantic City Electric 60. > per
cent first MORTGAGE coupons March aud
September; due 93S..-..,,..r.t.,,.... o1Hi
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED

SilN ersmith Company. quarterly l'e per cent.
preferred, payable May 10 TO stock OF record
MAY =
Electric Hose and Rubber Company, regular
sCmiHnuual g per cent ana extra I per cent,
PAYABLE Anrl ~ 10 stock OF record today
North American Company regular quarterly
1ls per cent, payable July | To stock OF record
June 10.
Reading C0mUauy regular quarterly I per
cent. first preferred PAYABLE June 10 to
stockholders OF record May -,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21

NEW YORK. Nurll 2l-Cntton opened cn,,
this morning. q 10 - POINTS under last nights
r'os" in sympathE, with tho market ct Liver
ring crowd was inclined to 'cll on the cNpscta
ti'n of hcari II weather iCrurt SuOt houses
huuCht thu uClr and sold tine muIr Distant
positions. Foreign huyng was centred in Or-
toner. After NJ" c'll OFFERINGS t,rumc lighter.
aud the active Let nov cd uu . fu q, Iu.utS
i-sru"ts "a, ny v"r" ll.3SN ha'csl against IIln
Inst year fur tie season To- date. G.gTI. or
aga .u.t S.l@I u'' lpst year,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
cnnCrAM COMMITTEE FORMED

EDWARD 3. Smith announced To-Day that'
...i1g 10 the receiyership OF the Rock Is and,
~. Londholders OF the Choctaw, Oklahoma apd
E,l' f3s iircad ana tie Choctaw and Memphis
fsiiraad a committee Is being formed by large
ttcurltv holders for their mutual proteetlou'
~, ma committee will be men who were prom
inafit In Inc m3nagement Of the abote-n4ned
rnmpanics before their absorption py the hoek
Island
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

NEW YORK, April 2l.- Butter Market
quiet; receipts GdGt packages; extra, 2S'.
10; higher snorns, 2l,aa:5i,9Sr, State dairy,
2Sl2'.: imitation creamery, II gN.2c.
Eggs Market steady; receipts, 30 92G paCk-
aErs; extra first, 22H22i2c regular packed
Hrsts. 2in22c., nearby whites, 2ld.ii &C.; reg
ulrr packed mixed color 2lG22i ac.; nearby
browns, 43n23igc., storage packed, ~ gH22i nc,
extra hrsts storage packed 2lAa22l. .c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
NEW YORK CURB
BANK CLEARINGS

Bank clearinEs today compared with the cor
responding day In the last two years,
49,. lui4 1918
Philadelphia I.Gla,2Na $27ns7, TO- SOS oan, ,sSl
Boston ,,. ~ .O99, 500 HG, al $50 - A9i, l2t
New York. ~ ,NGfuia 3@U. $50 - 500 EiG, TOO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
rIECTROLYTIC COPPER lsC.

NEW YORK, April 2L-lt Nas onielally
1901 fhat oue OF the large copper pfoducins
sse45ss,8anies n quoting elecuolyts from DO
nsstic dsliFsrie9 at lt7i eeqts, ana ~ seis.s
- this c7mpsDy Is cents q o D New AQft.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Auril n Tho foreign exchange
unchanged.
Sterling Frames, Marks. Guildcrs
tables ..., d.I0's 5.3lS. S27s 30as y "a
Demand 4.Io, 582's s2s a05s-l-GI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
DIVIDENDS
lhE GIRARD NATIONAL BAN

4hE GIRARD NATIONAL BANK
IN. Philadelphia, April 20 1915.
l,.a pieetors have this day declared a
eight per cent. iSgel, Tree Of tax.
STAY A, 1915. 10 Stockholders ot
~ we rloae qf business April - 1919.
e aiil BE- maiicd
CHARLES a. AsHToA,
Cashier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
Flour for Dutch Government

KANSAS CITY, April 2l.-Bids will ba
,sehsd here today for the supplying of flour to
ne Dutch Government.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS

me NGO, April 2l.--HOGS-- Receipts. 90. 900;
nnrkct steady mixed ,G9 and butchers, $500
S7."O1Tl5: l,ght, ST.i5dI.S1: pigs, s0nT.4O;
hulk 81 IiT -.
GATTi .I3- Rccciuts. 10000; market steady:
h,cy,s SGUSSO. cows and hcifers, SimT 80;
Texans. So 2iGI SO. calves SG.Nn $50.
srIEEp- RCc,iprs -, 900: marle., l0di5r.
lower native and Western. S5.5rnS.I1; lambs
81 5OU 1000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
DEATHS

NATN-S suddenly, at his residence, Bryn
Mawr Pa, on tho Fourth month, 20 h, 1915,
GEORGE NAUN. aged ~ years. Funeral at
the residence OF his son, George Vaux, Jr..
ON sixth day afternoon 2id inst, at 2 o'clock.
Carriages will meet at Bryn Muwr tho train
leaving Broad 81. station Al 2l5 p. m.
IutcrmCnt private.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21

Expansion on Local Exchange

There has been a progressive Increase In
lctISity ON the Philndelphia stock Exchange
during the last 10 days. Yesterday session
was the heaviest since the war. The total
-ulcs since April 10 follow:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
VEGETABLES

Trldr was GauerHll nlqN and prioos 'a,o.od
huNo's Quoiutous White uo1'u,s. per
bush. rouus,l,autn. 1."aH.. fu. Noluu. 1lp
''" DO Sew lort at ~ quality lu1ilg.
b. U.. Florida. per nNi. Nu. f. NauG.al. TO-. so
>tui40. sweet u9la,ous ppluNalc. Ter
hamper largo. Sl2tul -, medium. 500. .USl
.o. Lasicrn Shore, ucr bhl NO. g. S!.g1Ub Is.
40. : $ l.3Qp - do Joysey pcr. hbl.. 80.
basket, I5E9Si -, onloas choiy" pcr iOo-ln
lag sal 90 DO. medium. uCr lulalh. bag. 81
~ -, cabbage. Danish. per ton. s2Ou 10; To-.
Florida, pcr basket. i1c. 70 ~. do. charles.
tom per crate. S2u2 -, rlulnovcr New YORK
p,r crate, Sl73u221, splunch. Norrulk yer
lhh. ,5r. rSl. kAlr, Norfolk per bill. tOu iiy.:
lettuce. Texas. uer hush basket, 5uliGau. du.
tlnri,A. pcr hoekCt. c.HSl25. do. Nnrth
t2nliuH. ucr basket. I5r IiSi beans. Florida
waN. per basket S2aA,5o. do. Florida. green,
rr. lnsNot NGIi1u. peas, Florida per basket,
Sgul. eggplant tlorion. pvr box, SIaE.sO,
uurumhcrs, Florida. pcr hlskct %.5Oui,
squash. FloritI rrr hasltct. - .suda. 30. p,p.
lors Tlouio l"r yarri.r $2o3, hccts. Florida.
pCr 100 lunches. SiUl. do. Charl.atou. ICr
100 lunches SamI tomatoes Florida pcr
carrier, fancy. Sa21H2 a.. ,hoiro, Sl.iDn -.
Glory, Florida. nor crate. St.giT2. dp.. New
York. rer bunch. 3iat1Oc., asparagus. per
soc. fSl ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
BAR SILVER

NEW YORK, April @l.-Iar silver was
quoted at iIIo cents today. In London the
rrico WAS - 1i-lG pence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-15
HOUSEHOLD EXHIBIT

Continued from page 80
quilts. This is for the convenience
both of judges and spectators.
Sixty Crocheted Counterpanes.
There are sixty crocheted counter
panes in the collection and four knit
ted ones, and one of tatting. These
pieces range from $25 to $500 in
value. Mrs. Thomas CT Scranton
made the tatting piece, which is much
admired. 1t has squares of tatting
edged with strips of white material,
and the pieces are set together with
strips of tatting. She began the work
last fall, and for the past three weeks
she has stayed up till midnight near
ly every night to get it finished.
A charming old fashioned piece
was a large square table mat, Dor
dered with deep knitted edge, and
worked into edeing were the lines
of Bobby Burns quaint grace:
Some haze meat but Gamma eat, and
some can eat that want it; but we
hae meat, and we can eat; so let the
Lord be tkankit'' On the napkins
with the table cover were lines from
Aud Lang Syne.
The Industrial school at Bcloit has
an exhibit of fancy work, and also the
State Hospital of Topeka. Mrs. Sam
Freiberg had a booth lace of work
made in Belgium and Switzerland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-15
APIkRY EXHIBIT

Continued from Preceding Page.l
purpose this year is not as large as it
has been in other years, and the brunt
of this blow has fallen on the culinary,
or cookery end of bee culture. You
know, or if you didn't, you do now,
that honey can be used in place of
sugar in all kinds of cake and pastry
baking. 1t can also be used for pre-
serving fruit and picking, as well. But
the apiary department wasn't in posi-
ton this year to offer much in the way
of premiums for things baked or pre-
served with honey, and while the dis
play of such exhibits is not large, what
there is of it is interesting.
Like all other adjuncts of horticu1-
ture, or gardening, the bee is exceed
ingIy susceptible to climatic condi-
tions. This year, for instance, was
too wet for the busy little creature to
work with normal facility, but even
in wet year he is sure to make some
money for the man who will provide
him lodging in the shape of a hive.
In a dry year, because of a scarcity of
blooms, either on trees or in the fields
the bee has to work like blazes to get
enough nectar to make a respectable
showing in the honey producing line.
But it has to be a summer of a
variety that hasn't yet appeared to
put the bee out of business entirely
Under almost any sort of conditions,
he'll provide his owner with enough
honey for hot biscuits.
What more could a mere man ask?
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
FLINT IS HAVING
A GOOD REVIVAL
AND BUSINESS TOO

The automobile manufacturing city
of Flint is in the midst of a great
religious revival and large numbers
Of monverts are reported, among the
most notable being the mayor of the
city. The Flint Globe says:
For five week union revival services
being conducted by Rev. M. III. Lyon,
of Winona Lake, Ind, had gone along
without creating any great furore un-
til it became known that Mayor Will
ham III. McKeighan had "hit the saw
dus, trail" as an expression of a
determination to lead the Christian
life iss tyled at the revival services.
There have been many converts re-
ported since the meetings opened, but
when it became noised about that
the city's chief executive had been
converted, this feature of the reviv-
al services became the one big topic
of conversation in Flint, overshad-
owing the voyage of Henry Ford's
peace ship and the opening of con-
gress.
"What will be doing now that the
mayor has gotten religion 2" seems to
be the question uppermost in the
minds of the majority of the people.
McKeighan was elected mayor on an
"open town" platform and he declined
to favor the downing Of the demon
rum when the local option campaign
was on at the time of his election,
openly declaring himself as opposed
to the dry county method of abating
the liquor traffic.
Soon after the mayors election last
spring a committee comprised of rep
resentatives of the cigar, candy and
pool room interests visited the police
commission, of which the mayor is
head and asked that the officials
lease up" on the stringent enforce
ment fthe city ordinances against
gambling. Within a short time card
games, dice games and punch boards,
which the cigar and candy jobbers
and pool room and cigar stand men
saw fit to call "strade stimulators,
were flourishing after having been
barred for several months.
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
Shoes Instead of
Christmas Stockings

ALL over New, York the children
"a talk Of the coming of Santa
~ Claus for weeks before Dee. %,
but there was { time when he
was more frequently referred To as St
Nicholas, the Dutch st. Niclaes. or
San Claas. Mrs Van Rensselaer, says
in her History Of New York"
"The stockings that our children
hang on Christmas eve were once the
shoes that the children Of Amsterdam
and New Amsterdam set I'm the chin
ney corners on the eve of Dec, 6. and
the reindeer whose hoofs our children
hear represent the horse, descended
from Wodens horse Sleipner, upon
whose back st. Nicholas still makes
his round in Holland When Catholi-
cism prevailed st. Nicholas was every
where the ehildren's saint In Hol.
land, where his personality was modi-
fed by memory of Wooden. god of the
elements and the harvest, he had n
peculiar hold on popular affection,
which persisted into Protestant times,
The children of Holland still believe
that he brings the gifts that they al.
ways get on the eve of his titular day,
Dec g."
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
HENRY FORD'S APPEAL
TO MONARCHS

An appeal 10 the rulers of Europe
was sent out by wireless from the
Ford peace ship Monday, addressed
individually to each reigning mon
arch, reading:
"Sir-We come in this time Of trou-
BILE not to add to your burdens, but
to help lift them; not to consider
which nations are most to blame for
the disaster that has befallen Europe,
but to end the strife; not to intrude
ourselves on your national life and
national ideas, but rather with an
earnest desire to understand them
and heartfelt wish to aid in realiz-
ing them.
"Thc love of country for which ev-
cry day tens of thousands of lives are
sacrificed is the same in every land.
Your nationals, like the people of all
the other belligerent countries, are
fighting for their national traditions,
and so there can be no irreconciliable
differences. Such common ideals sure
ly must afford a basis on which to
establish n magnanimous and honor
able peace.
"The time has come to stop the
blo0dshed, to save the people from
further slaughter and the civilization
Of the world from anarchy and ruin.
Has not war been tried enough in 16
months of fighting? Is it not proved
that war cannot solve the problem,
but that it leads only to loss and mis-
cry? Must lives be crushed and wives
and mothers bereaved before we re-
cognize that Europe is bleeding to
death and the grievous wound must
be stanched?
1--WE neutrals are about to join in a
conference which shall without delay
frame and submit simultaneously to
you and all the other belligerent ma
tions proposals as basis for discus
sion leading to the final settlement.
Therefore, we do earnestly entreat
you and the rulers of all the other
warning nations to declare an immed
late truce. Let the armies stand
where they are. Then let the negot
iations proceed so that the soldiers
may be delivered from another bitter
winter in the trenches and sent back
to their labors and their fresides. AS
there is no other way to end the war
except by mediation and discussion
Why waste one more precious human
life? For the sake of humanity.
(Signed) Henry Ford.
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
DYESTUFF EMBARGO
HITS THE SILK MILLS

Silk manufacturers from Patterson,
n. j., told Counselor Polk of the state
department last week that unless
Great Britain modified her embargo of
Dec. 8 on the shipment of logwood
from her West Indian possessions, the
big silk mills at Patterson probably
would have to suspend operations
within three months for lack Of dye
stuffs. Forty thousand workmen there
and many thousands in other parts of
the country would be affected, they
said.
The manufacturers headed by SEN
ator Hughes and former Attorney
General Griggs, urged that repre-
sentations be made to England to
remove the embargo which prohibits
shipments except to British ports
Mr.. Polk replied that such representa-
tion had already been made through
the British ambassador and that
prospects of arranging for American
manufacturers to supply their needs
seemed good.
Canadian manufacturers also are
affected by the embargo, as they OBJ
tain virtually all their logwood dyes
from American conversion plants.
This, the Patterson manufacturers be-
lieve, will make the Canadians their
allies in the protest against shutting
off the supply to America.
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
No Santa In Germany.

Santa Claus has no existence In Ger
many. The gifts are received from
Kris Kringle. corruption of Christ
Kindlein, or the infant Christ, from
whom cometh every good and perfect
gift They are placed not upon the
tree. but upon the table beneath, to
signify that IN bestowing upon us his
bountics orr Saviour has I'm no way
diminished his own glorious beauty
In Germany the Christmas tree is nev.
er denuded III the presence of the chill
dren Ii stands In the main apart.
ment OF the establishment from Christ
mas 10 New Years eve and is then
privately borne away by the older
members OF the household.
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
Antiaultn u Shorthand


short hand Is ap Ia lac looked upon
as an essentially modern art. The
predecessors OF pitman--ByrOm in the
eighteenth century. Mason in the sew.
enteenth-are dim and distant figures
beyond which it seems useless TO ven
ture. Cicero dictated his orations to
his freedman, r. Tullius Trio, and
was inconsolablc when temporarily de-
prived of his services He complained
In n letter To friend that, while "Tiro
takes down whole phrases in few
signs, Spintharus (his provisional sub
stitute) only writes In syllables." We
need not, however. suppose that the
"notae Tironianae" were actually in
vented by the freedman in question
AS Nj. Guenin points out, the Romans
created very few Of the arts of peace,
contenting themselves. as a rule, by
copying front the Greeks. NJ. Guenin.
however. indicates the banks or the
Nile as the cradle of the art
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
Christmas In the Home

Many of the beautiful things of life but
cries Here is incident which may become for some
readers pleasant and recurring realization Of JOY. 1t
the good fortune Of the writer few years to be
the Christmas guest at home where the true idea of
Christmas cheer and spirit realized On the of
the great day the father of the flock brought forth Dick
ems christmas Carol and we'll copy it was too
After they had gathered about the fireplace he read aloud
the first part of the story Then mother and each child
in turn participated until the story completed. Many
times had the writer read the carol but under the cond
tons just related the beautiful tale had meaning
than had before been experienced when | came
into that home the Christmas long since past
he said 81 could the real and true spirit of the
casion and when told that the reading of this tale
had been custom of years felt knew the well spring
in which the spirit had its growth. have adopted
the custom in my family, with few changes. The
story of quite long for reading have
developed the plan of beginning the reading week be-
fore the great day. reading part each night Then when
Christmas have found it additionally valuable
in fostering the Christmas spirit to have read aloud the
wonderful beautiful story of the nativity from the second
chapter of ST. Luke. We then complete the Carol and
every is then truly ready for the glorious dawning of
the morrow"
Belding banner., 1915-12-15
The Greek Orthodox
Christmas
A CCoRDING 90 the Greek and

A CCORDING 90 the Greek and
"a Russian calendar, Christmas
IA comes thirteen days after the
day that is generally observed
I'm this country-that is. on Jan. Z. In
the colonies of the two races in Ameri-
can cities the day is celebrated by pray
er, feasting and much merrymaking, |
The Greek Orthodox churches arel
crowded to the doors, meH and womenl
bringing candles. which they place be
fore the shrines,
In the Greek and Russian restaurantsI
and clubs there is feasting, and the res
taurants OF the better class are deco
rated with laurel wreaths and pine
trees. The poorer places have artificial
wreaths of paper.
In the Russian homes in the cities
there are Christmas trees with pres
ents for the children, just as there
are on Dec. % in homes of other ma
tionalities. Scores Of children gather
In homes to sing Russian hymns and
songs.
In the homes Of the Greeks also there
are Christmas trees for the children
The older folk receive money and gifts
on the Greek New Year.