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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
Green BaV Man Is Low

Kenosha.-George A. Green of Green
Bay was the low bidder for the con-
tract for the installation of the new
intake OF the Kenosha Water company.
His bid was SO, 1000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

Beloit-George B. Dyer, Beloit's old
est citizen. recently celebrated his S7th
birthday. He is in good spirits and
expects 10 celebrate his hundredth an
niversary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
Citizens Extinquish Fire.

Berlin.-The creamery building at
Poysippi took fire from some unknown
cause. but by the prompt action of the
citizens was extinguished with a loss
OF about S100.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

Neenah.-Clarence Christensen, re-
siding near here, ran into a bridge in
this city and demolished his automo-
bile. Christensen was uninjured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
oeonomowoc Pastor Resions

Oeonomowoc.-The Rev. G. A. Kuhn
has resigned the pastorate of St Paurs
Lutheran church at Oconomowoc on
account Of i'll health.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
officer, He's Out Again!

Snicklefritz-I saw a queer thing
today.
DinglebatZ-What was it?
Snicklefritz-A blind man looking
for work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

But the average man would rather
have people lie about him than tell all
the truth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

But let the sluggard attend picui9
and the ant will surely come to him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
Saving Them.

Why don't you use your brains,
Douglass"
Because | want them to last"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
Coma off.

Evelyn-Do you think my dress be-
coming?
Notwithstanding nothing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

A declaration of independence OF
coats in summer is in order.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

Are they infiuential?"
Hardly. Their automobile is last
years model. Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

A man seldom knows what he
doesn't want until after he acquires it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
The VILLAGE Jokesmith.

81 kent sleep these days"
"Haow be tibet, Cy?"
81 sleep nights"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10

Many a good reputation has been
sta bbed by a pointed tongue.
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from low comedy to heroics. Here his
work was seen by Miss Drcssler who
last summer was playing musical
comedy ON the coast. and he was en-
gagged by her for the husband in "A
Mix-UP."
IT have no intention OF giving mp
stock work" said MIR. Lytell to THE
SuN reporter. even II ! have been
fortunate in securing an engagement
with such famous Coincidence as
Mis-, DRESSER. 40 matter how much
ability and versatility an actor may
possess or how much experience he
may have had to build on he will run
into rut by playing any one role FOR
any length of time He will acquire
certain manncrisms in the role that
will become fixed
Now the sure cure for this 5 the
summer stool, company. There he has
occasion TO vary his acting and free
| himself from the identity of the one
particular role he has been playing
month after month. This is especially
! true Of the young actor, Ike myself,
who must keep himself in pliable
state to receive new impressions ana
extend his knowledge of the art cf act
ing. | have an idea that stock Will
come into its own again soon and the
vogue for moving pictures will wanc.
AS an actor my ambition calls me
To New York city. but | shall never
give up the West entirely. 1t has
got into my blood. At Napa, Cal
nherr the 0!d Soldiers Home i
situated. have large fruit ranch
! I ~
II have been longing To spring on a
horse and ride over its broad acres
They speak Of this as a pretty dun
theatrical season. hut | guess | have
no kick coming. | think, though,
shall always hang on to that run
ranch in the West. for II the worst
comes to the worst I would rather eal
oranges and grapefruit out there
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BACK TO BROADWAY.
This Wa. the Fate OF Nr. Lyten,
who Was Born Here.

Bert Lytell, the young Western
actor now making his first mctropoli-
tan appearance with Miss Marie
Dresslcr in "A MiX-Up" at the Thirty
ninth Street Theatre, was born in
New York city. Although the son
and grandson Of actors who were
closely associated with the New York
stage in former days, this il his initial
appearance AT a Broadway playhouse.
Mr.. Lytell is the son Of William II.
Lytel, we'll known through his con-
nection with kiralfy Brothers in their
spectacular production at Niblo's Gar
dens. He is the grandson of j. h.
Mortimer. who was associated with
Augustin DAILY in melodrama.
At IA he was sent to a preparatory
school in Toronto. After completing
his studies he entered a small stock
company. which left him stranded on
the Pacific coast This proved for
tunate for him. as he shortly got an
enga cement with Fred Belasco's AlCa-
Ear stock company In San Francisco,
In the Ave years he was member of
the Alcazar he had the opportunity
TO- learn and play over a hundred diff
ferent roles They included every kind
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IN THE THEATRES
THIS WEEK

What the Managers Will Have as
Noveltie, for the Public
Shakespeare and Some
New Plays.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Street
Thestre-Robert Mantell will
revive Louis XII"
Century Lyceum-Gabrielle
Dorziat will join the Theatre
Francois to act in Les Eclai-
reuses," by Maurice Donnay.
TUESDAY-Wallack's Theatre
Granville Barker will pro-
duce for the first time here "A
Midsummer Nights Dream"
Century Theatre-Anna Paw
Iowa will present The Seven
Daughters of the Ghost King"
WEDNESDAY - Irving Place
Theatre-"Immer feste druff."
THURSDAY-The Playhouse
The Educational Dramatic
League will give a demonstra-
ton matinee.
The Winter Garden-The
annual spring production, Maid
in America"
FRlDAY-The Booth Theatre
Arthur Hammerstein produces
The Trap" by r. II. Davis
and ]. E. Goodman.
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and 'Othello' and Macbeth and the
rest PLAYED In schOolhouses and town
halls and any available hall We came
to know the quality of Shakespeare
Well whan we'd summered and win
tered with him, gone through hard
ships Broadway actor would scarcely
believe. stranded once or twice, but
stuck by him and had him stick by
us To the end
II won't say that | did much for
Shakespeare. but he did a heap for
me. I've sometimes thought that
some one Of the writing craft should
go on the road with Shakespeare
Tor the sake of recording for the ac-
tors that passing phase of the pioneer
life of the stage the education Of the
little far West towns in the Shake
Spearian repertoire: the makeshift
and accomplishing devotion of these
'strolling players which still exist.
season after season. in little bands ct
ny by nights. taking their message
to the farthest and Crudest Communi-
ties and helping to widen the bound
aries season by season, of the great
American theatregoing public"
Young Mack came east. made his
sensational debut in New York in
Mrs. Fishes Mary of Magdala" in
the role of simon peter with the
/ great scene He who is without sin
among you. lei him cast the first
/ Stone His last big success was a
Joe Carson. the sympathetic Ts.
! IN within tho Law" ard he IL 500
/ playing Bri0. the apostatc. in the now
. O'lIiggins- Ford drama at the Park
Theatre.
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MANTELL'S AMBITION.
what lie seeks 10 Accomplish In
Shakcspeare

81 is my ambition" remarked Rob
rrt Mantell in his dressing room at
tho Forty-fourth street Theatre. ito
present the plays'of Shakespeare not
as they were presented in the days Of
queen Elizabeth but as die author
would have them presented were he
living to-day.
From everything we know ~
Shakespeare there is the best Of rea-
son to believe that he was thoroughly
up 10 date. perhaps a trinc in adj
vance of his time lie made use Of
every mechanical device recognized as
effective on tho stage Of his DAY. and
he and his associate doubtless pridcd
themselves upon the excellence of
their productions.
Were Shakespeare living now I
have not tho least doubt that he would
seize eagerly upon every new eectri-
cal invention that would make a
storm scene effective and every new
combination OF lights and paint that
would reproduce on the stage the
magnlticcnce OF a fairyland of his inn
/ agination. For that reason / do not
I hesitate a minute ia make my produce
I ZION as effective piCtorlally as | can.
Shakespeare, too, to-day would
employ the same easy natural style
Of acting instead of the dcClamatory
style in vogue in his day, and there is
| every reason to believe that he was
far ahead of his time in this respect.
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version to an old custom Some Of the
afterpieces in the old days, notably at
Tony Pastors Theatre. developed
many talents which might never have
become known but for the chance OF
actors to appear in a dramatic sketch
at the end OF the vaudeville pro-
gramme Travesties of popular plays,
even of conspicuous social and political
events, provided the themes Of these
afterpieces, which continued popular
until score Of years ago.
Now, with the aid Of boney Haskell
Arthur Hammerstcin has a new bur
lesuue ready every fortnight. Last
week 1t was Uncle Thomas hefsky's
Cabin" that occupied the stage after
the programme was finished. When Il
is known that Uncle Tom kept NOV
ing picture show. that little Erdritch
and simon LrrJ were the other char
acters and that the Broadway board
Valk-there literally has been one
there for months at Forty-second
street.-The song publishers the strike
Of the button makers and similarly
racial topics made up the half hour oil
the bur.esdue. It's character may be
we'll understood. Then there were two
or three figures IN the play unmis-
takahly imported from the lower East
| Side. aud thry added 4 ;oGch 9: r2c!2
! humor The burlcsuue could have
| been made much more amusing hao
! the actors been made TO realize tina
| they were not on the stage for the pur'
/ pose Of enjoying themselves but tC
amusa the public. Jack Curtis, who
acted the principal role, was the par
ticular offender in this respect ant
| laughed so constantly that he coulc
not speak the lines allotted To him
Tommy Gray the present laureate o
| West Forty-second street, Is thu
author Of the sketch. But Tomm,
ought TO do better II he is going Il
make a reputation as writer of Ii
hrettos.
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-En1n1v Wehlen Reveals the Secret OF Makeup

shaped pencil which produced a me-
dunn sky blue color.
The next makeup implement 10
come into play was a long camePs
hair brush, with which Miss Wehlen
applied dmmed streaks OF warm black
grease paint to her eyelashes. She
touched the laShes very softly, since
studious care must be taken not to
let the least iota Of the paint trlckle
upon the eyeball. This finished. she
smudged the thumb and forefnger Of
her right hand with a tiny dab of
black paint and pinched the same over
her eyebrows az she brushed them
upward.
Well. am painted too much ?"
asked Miss Wehleu, reaching for the
cherry rouge and rubbing it lightly
on her lips, Agreeably, her beauty
remained unspoiled and wholesome to
view Her face was not smearinglv
painted. 1t was artlstically made up.
The maid handed her powder pun
and after dahbug this In a half pint
jar of oatmeal dust she patted her
skin here and there untll every Bit Of
color had been toned down To perfect
naturalness.
81 never use talcum or any sort of
powder on my face" remarked Miss
Wehlen, "Only oatmeal dust That
dries the skin and keeps the color
from streaking when perspiration
exudes | don't color my ears, fore
head, chin or neck, and Yet the whole
effect blenos splendidly' Just then,
from the orchestra pit sounded the
mulfied strummlnR of violins. She
rose to bid me good Knight, rrres bien,
Fest ce pas?'
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SHAKESPEARE DID IT.
THAT Is. Made nm Actor OF ". u.
Mack.

Mack.
The young leading man of -Polyg-
amy" at the Park Theatre. William
y. Mack. SAYS he owes his stage
career 10 william Shakespeare.
II first became intimately ac-
ouainted with Shakespeare at col
Iegc." said Mr.. Mack, the Western
university where was sent with the
idea that had q legal mind and would
take to law. took to Shakespeare
instead. There is no man who has
had such living influence on my
career as Shakespeare. Queer, isn't
IL, TO admit a damning fact hike that
when Shakespeare. like the old type
tragedian who used to play him is
said to be out of date?
Il went on the road with Shake
speare in those first transforming
days, fresh from college, with a ny
by night organization headed by fine
old tragedian OF the old school, the
very type they smile over now. but a
scholar and gentleman and a
genius of his kind. Next to Shake
speare / owe him something for the
ideals he helped to fix in the head OF
the boy I was. We played Hamlet
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present production, has Il ged two
ballets, known as Ballet Russo and
the Ballet of Color and Motion In
each Of these Mile. Dazzle will be the
premiere danseuse.
Maid in America while fashioned
along the lines of spectacular eNtrava-
ganza, is n musical satire and is de-
scribed as a melodic cyclone In two
hurricanes and eleven blows, uproot.
ing precedent, taking with ii hits from
dramatic hits, turning the wrong side
out, rafting the skeleton Of originality,
chasing the highbrOw To shelter and
administering twilight sleep to the
proverbial musical comedy plot. In
stead OF acknowledging the book and
lyrics, Harold Atteridgc is credited as
author Of merely the song cues. while
Sigmund Romberg and Harry Carroll
are responsible for music rewritten
from old scores j. &, Huffman has
staged the entire production, and Jack
Mason has arranged the dances, eN-
ccpting those put on by kosloff, Mel
vile ELLIS IL the designer of the cos
tunes, all Of which are to be typirally
American. The orchestra will he dl-
rected by oscar Radn,'
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of the almond compound win sinal
Turkish towel. leaving her race
glistening. After putting on mixture
of light yellow and dull carmine nesh
paint, process which lasted only four
minutes, she called her frehch mad
Light the cooker now, Jeannette,'
was her instruction
The cooker proved TO ne nolh'ns
more or less than a SIX men candle EN-
bedded III brass hoider' WIN hlmple
fingers rhe manipulating OF whlcn
showed "areiul framing MISS Nehlen
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THE White Feather" is an Interests
ing specimen OF hot e the mouth melo-
drama which Interested it's first audi
ence and is likely TO keep its hearers IN
the future absorbed in its original 4
eXtravagant scenes All the talk Of the
German spy-such a lively figure In
the present war-has been skilfullv
utilized by the two authors, who must
have devoted at least twenty-four
hours 10 the composition OF this drama.
Its hasty manufacture is chiefly no.
ticeabie in the second act, in which the
pretence of the English detective that
she Is also a German spy is some
what obscurely contrived. But there
Is an amusing melodramatic thrill
about the piece which might readily
fail OF its effect were the authors less
skilful in their work. In other words,
the suspense OF THE white Feather"
is not altogether inevitable. 1t might
with less skllful treatment than the
principal situations receive at the
hands of Leslie Faber fail altogether
But MIR. Faber acts the leading role
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Hatch, George BerlIner, Robert Wayne
and Elaine Hammerstein.
There was something Ike a tear in
the blue eye specifically the right
eye, which is shade more like a
forget -me-nut than thu. lefl-or
Emmy Wehlen when THE SrN re-
porter spoke to her last week, The
tear a becoming and obviously tenn
purary adornment-g lstened little
bit wrathfully when the reporter APP
preached. Miss Wehlen looked coldly
at he intruder. Then she said few
words rapidly, earnestly, more or less
wrathfully, but all more in sorrow
than anger,
This is the answer right in the
scrond paragraph. Miss Wrhlen never
in the days of her young life criticised
New York i'm any way. She loves IL.
she likes all the men she has met
here, young and old, she finds them
delightful and enjoys every minute
she stops in this hotel.
Then she consented fou the reporter
to see her in the process Of acquiring
the beautiful pink and white COM
pleNin which she wears IN To
nights the Night This is 10y way
of being Miss Wehlen's complexion in
life. # is therefore more remarkable
that she is able to reproduce il So per-
fectly on the stage,
At the start Miss Wehlen applied a
sweet scented lotion of, whitish
almond cream all over her cheeks
nose and lips in order 10 soften the
81. in, uiT n N Ia
for the grease paint that was to fol-
low. Before proceeding further she
deity ahsorbedhll the surface traces
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The Weeks Novelties in the Theatres Emmy

Robert Mantell will give this week
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre
Casimir Daavigne's Louis XI.," in
which he has already been highly
praised here. on Tuesday he will
play The Merchant of Venice" ana
repeat this play al the Saturday mat
inee. Az the Wednesday matinee he will
act "Richelieu," and in the evening
Hamlet" will he ghe bill. ON Thurs
day he VIII appear for the first time
as idOo. while the programme for
the other nights Of the week will be:
Friday, Macbeth" and Saturday night
King Lear"
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Maurice Fokine to the music of Alex
andre Spendiarow. who used his
symphonic suite "The Three Palms"
as the score of the ballet. The Doll
Fairy" IL familiar here from its per-
formances years ago at the MetrOpol-
tan Opera House. AZ the Saturday
matinee "Flora's Awakening" and
"Chopiniana" will be given In the
evening "Raymonda" will be danced
Gabrielle Dorziat will appear with
the Theatre Francois at the Century
Lyceum this week. She will act in
Maurice Donnay's Lees Eclaiielscs,'
in which she created the title role In
Paris,
The Winter Garden will be opened on
Thurs day night with the annual spring
review, called Maid in America Con-
corning this performance the follow
ing official announcement Is made;
THE cast includes more we'll known
players than have ever been assembled
lat one time at the Winter Garden or
any other theatre They are Nora
Bayes. Mile. Dazzle, Maud Lambert,
Blossom Seeley, Nansci Dolly, Belle
Ashlyn, Yvet!e, Minerva Coverdale,
Ruby Helder, Marguerite Beriza, Rosa
lind May. Harry Fox, Charles j, Ross,
Bert Clarke, Joe Jackson, Hal Forde,
Harry Carroll Lew Brice, John Sparks,
Sam Adams, James Clemens, Perni-
kon. Carl DellortO. Harold Robe, W
II Davis, Will Stanton, Eleanor Brown
Olga IIempstone, Lois Whitney, Elaine
French. Jane Elliott and others, Theo-
dore Kosloff, especially engaged for the
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admirably. Miss Brooke and MISS
Reid are excellent as the two women
spies and there is generally good act
ing throughout the play. THE Man
title of the play and perhaps a better
one than The White Feather" but
under any name the new drama at the
Comedy, with all its paraphernalia Of
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good actors are to be had for the ask
ing almost first class theatre puts
forward such a poorly chosen organi-
cation.
II IL often puzzling 10 the public 10
decide the means by which actors are
engaged. II must be something more
subtle than their talents which leads
to their employment. At all events,
there has been little indication in re-
cent performances Of any excessive
talent going 10 seed Whether il bo
the influences OF persona friendship
or inexpensive salaries or any other
motive beside the mark. there are no
abundant signs Of any waste talent on
the New York stage at present. It
must be carefully confined to the
agents offices.
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Granville Barker Will produce "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" at Wal
lacks Theatre on Tuesday, Thursday
and twice on Saturday. "AndroCles
and the Lion" and "rhe Man Who
Married a Dumb Wife" will he acted
at the other performances. In the
cast of the Shakespeare play are
I.ilah Mccarthy, Eric Blind, Edgar
Kent, Walter Creighton, Ian Maclaren,
Wright kramer q, - Heggic, George
Carr. Ernest Cossart, Gerald llamer.
Arnold Lucy, Horace Braham, Lionel
Braham, Misses Isabel Jeans. Eva
Loous nd Boyne, Mary Barton, Valerie
Cossart and others, Cecil Cameron
will appear as puck,
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Arthur Hammerstein plan of add
ing to the bill at the Victoria Theatre
an afterplece in which the players on
the olio take part is an interesting re-
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them to reveal the lovely art OF the
dance she has taught them in all its
simple grace and spirit than by read
ing and chanting and doing other in
connection with her public perform
ances. She need not struggle now to
win place among the creative artists
OF the country. She has made a name
as an American dancer that is equalled
by no other in her own country and
by few abroad. She has shown in the
work Of her pupils that this love.y ac-
complishment may be transmitted to
others for the delight Of later genera
tons. II seems a shame 20 make such
an art s"lf-con scious and d!dactiC. es-
pecially when it's message cannot he
transmitted by any external means.
There ere rumors of many unem-
ployed actors in the exchanges stories
Of the large numbers who are unable
TO find work at any price and daily an
nouncements that the supply Of com
petent players is far in excess Of the
demand. One is sometimes ied to in
quire where these accomplished per-
sons may be. They are not seen in
the p.ayhouses often enough. There
never was a greater display Of incom.
petence than some OF the recent pro-
auctions have brought out one no.
table case was observable last week.
A simple farce was played through.
cut with a degree Of incompetence
that amazed the audience. On,
comedy role was acted by the woman
as 4 she were LuCrezla Borgia
Whether it were the heroine or tn,
youthful lover or any Of the less i'm
portant actors in the company tn,
| acting was OF degree Of medocritS
that would have been unsatisfactor,
in stock company at Elkhart, Ind
Yet with the constant assertion tina
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'Sacora Duncan is strong on the
influence Of art. She must know that
arr teaches through the appeal that
makes to the emotions. Its les
'H'1A are conveyed only by means OF
IT'S impression on the emotional
nature, 1t thus happens that an APP
ofecid'ion II beauty may be taught
20 any spectators through watching
/" dancing Of Miss Duncan and her
pupils But art cannot be impressed
w inc spectators through preaching
" reading the fruits OF the observa-
"on Of the philosophers or by other
wise publishing the doctrines of any
''sl'n Just in the degree that
49, seeks Ia teach directly or Is made
We means u any propaganda, rust
~ THE d"2r.c docs its quality OF art
d""rc.
Mss nwoaa can do therefore much
"'.' A.. IN causes she champions by
..- i"N'rd her pupils in the beau
'- ,hcy gave AT Carnegie Hall
..., appearance and allowing
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Arthur Hammerstein will produce
"The Trap by Richard Harding Davis
and Jules Eckert, Goodman, at the
Booth Theatre on Friday night In
the company assembled by Mr., Ham
merstein will he Martha Hcdman who
was last seen under the management
OF Charles Frohman, Holbrook Illinu,
Tully Marshall David Powell, Riley
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Anna Pavlowa will give at the Gem
fury Theatre on Tuesday Two new
ballets. They are THE Seven Dsugh-
ters Of the Ghost King and THE Doll
Fairy" The FIRST was arranged by