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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

fight against a disease than did he,
and no one ever fought a more
heroic fight. He was optimistic,
valiant and cheerful in it all.
About TWO weeks ago he began
failing very rapidly. and on Satur.
day April 20, 1915 he passed out
of this life at Ills p. IN, age 40
years and Is days old. He leaves
to mourn his loss a wife, and two
sons, mother and three brothers.
all Of whom are known to the peo-
pie of this community besides a
great many relatives and friends
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Ray Cones and Charlie Yates
who are attending St Francis Col
leee at Quincy attended the Knights
of Columbus meeting Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Mrs. c. N. Garner, Of Quincy, re.
turned to her home Thursday after
a three weeks visit with her father
near this city. Mr.. and Mrs Garner
will this week move to Detroit
Michigan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

kespohl' Mohrenstecher'S rest.
room right on the ground floor al.
waysat yourdisposal when in Quincy
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

1t will pay you to 60 to Quincy
next week to take advantage of
Kespohl. Mohrenstecher's extraordi-
nary bargains in silks. lfyou cant
60 inquire about them by mail.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Mrs Homer Harrison and children
were the quests of her parents at
Hunnewell Saturday and SUNDAY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Yes it is usually hard to find
something for that little boys hea d
but Hanly & Green are well pre-
pared to crown him.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Mrs Walter Tate spent Wednes.
day in Hannibal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

We are announcing Mr.. W. 0.
Hendricks, in this issue as candi-
date for Assessor Mr.. Hendricks
is well and favorably known over
the county, aud is Il relatives of the
Hendricks Of this community Mr.
Hendricks has the necessary quail
ticatioDs for the office for which he
aspires and if elected will fill the
office creditably.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Mrs. Wesley Drescher and baby
and Miss Bernice Bixler, of Quincy
were the guests of homefOlks from
Saturday to Monday
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Come here to look at straw hats
and you are Snre to be pleased he
first pop HanIy & Green.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-05-04

Dierks and Hays deliver ice to
all parts of the city.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15

! Mailing a campaign canard
which, it is charged, emanated
from Parker headquarters, Colo
mel Pleasant announced from the
stump in st Tammany Wednes-
day that he considers the LIQUOR
question, insofar as it concerns
State wide prohibition, as closed
at leastfor the next four years
The people of Louisiana decided
the question for themselves in
the January primary, he said. So
far as his administration is con
cerned there are other matters
of great Importance to the peo-
pie o. this State which will OCCUPY
his time at Baton Rouge, with
the aid of q Democratic Iegisla-
ture, he declared, he will devote
his administration to carving
out every plank of the platform
to which the party IF the people
stands pledged. And to the rer-
formance of this duty he said he
will give everything that there is
in him.
Il am a local optimist. and
have frequently declared myself
as SUCH" announced the nomi-
nee. When I went to Shreve-
port to cast my vote at my home |
for the dry side of the question
then being voted on in Caddo I
parish, | carried out what 7 was |
On record as saying I would do |
whenever the issue was brought /
up as between the vets and the I
drys' in th9 parish in which
vote.
Will Live Up To Promises. !
When | go to Baton Rouge as |
your governor will live up to
hat principle of life. | will do
What | am telling the people of
his State | will do, and nothing
will stop me The question of
Statewide prohibition, having
)een decided by a majority of the !
,eople of the State, will not be
during the four years
f my administration.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15

According to Mr.. Werlein's
estimate, Mr.. Parker can enter
tain little hope of victory if he
spoke truth when he made the
following statements at Ruston,
Oct. %, 1915:
Il have been asked the ques-
ton by several men sinceI arriv
ed in Ruston, if Man can vote
in the Democratic primary cleo
ton of January 25, 1916,
and then vote for me in the Gene
raj election.
No man who goes into the De-
mocratic primary election of
January %, 1916 and vote for
State Officers should vote for
John M. Parker in the General
election.
/ don't want that kind of vote.
/ think that if man goes in
to the Democratic primary and
votes therein for State Officers
he is honor bound to support the
Democratic nominees in the
General Election.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15
Faculty Members Have
Many Engagements.

A number of outside engage
ments will be filled by members
of the L. S. U. faculty during
the latter part of April. At the
annual meeting of the Louisiana
Teachers Association at Lake
Charles, April 13, IA and Is, A.
G. Reed, Professor of English
Literature, will speak on Some
Ideals in English Literature; I'd.
I. Powers, Dean of Teachers
College, on Better Teachers in
High Schools; z. H. Bean, Pro-
fessor of Education on ''Educa-
tional and Psychological Phases
of Teaching English in High
Schools; and o. B Staples, on
How to Supplement- the Text
books in Eleventh Grade English
M. L. Bonham, Professor of
History and Political Science,
will attend the Southern Confer
ance for Education and Industry
IN New Orleans, April 1920. as
L. s, US official representative. !
He will take part in the discus
sions of library conditions IN
Southern schools. Other l.. s. u. |
men at this Conference will be
". O. Scroggs; Professor of
Economies and Sociology, Who'll
will deliver an address on Mob
Violence; E. s. Richardson.
superintendent of Junior Exten-
zion. who is acting chairman of
he committee on School Clubs
and Home Projects; G. E. Nell
;om, Superintendent of Live
Stock Extension Service, who I
viii discuss The Cooperative
Sale and Purchase of Live Stock"
md j. A. Redhead, Assistant
Agent who will talk on How
he Country Agricultural Agents
an aid the man on the farm.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15
Wedding Bells
LabrdnChe- Donaldson.

We clip the following from
Wednesdays Daily States
Mr. and Mrs Richard Labran
che announce the wedding of
their daughter, Marie, to Mr..
Guy R. Donaldson. The wed
ding to take place Wednesday
morning April 26th. at 6
O'Clock at st Boniiace church
North Galvez and Leharpe
Streets. AS no invitations
have been issued friends aud
relatives of both families are
invited through this Medium
to attend the ceremony
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15

THE verdict of the Democracy
of Louisiana, as to their choice
for State officers was rendered
at the polls last January. Nc
new trial was asked and no ap-
peal was taken by the losers, and
that judgment is now final and
is binding in the high court of
conscience on all voters Who
participated in that primary and
who claim 10 be Democrats.
/ am today supporting these
nominees.
An old preacher once called his
church board together and told
mem he had a call from a neigh
boring church. 'Parson," said ,
the presiding elder. Are they |
going tc giveyou more money!"
Yes, $500 more" said the |
preacher. "Parson," said the |
elder, I'VE calls that a raise not |
a call and our congregation can't |
see the raise and will have to let !
20 CO."
Fellow citizens, the other side |
may consider all the bluffs about |
Parker winning as a raise or a
call, but we are going to stay in
the game. The Bull Moose, ma
5ural history says. is a very timid
animal, and after April 18 he
will be so scary he will run every
lime he hears a rooster crow.
I was coming from st. Hele-
Ia parish the other day and met
IN Italian I know on the train:
Hello Tony l said where have
'ou been2"
Been Indepence." he sai6
italian man give Johnny Park
uppa, nice macaroni, MICA kio
tew, fina Italian wine, good
arlic pie, Italian man forget me !
ot-plenty, eat-plenty drink [
-fter dat all de speaker shoot a Il
a bull about da bulImoose.
That latter expression gene J
ally shows what is going on ir 4
le Parker campaign. . I have n
cen through some sections ano a
am confident that the boasted
arker majority to come from i
lie Third district will be over g
'me by the Pleasant maiorities q
! RapiGes, Vernon, the four p"
alcasieu parishes, Cameron.
efferson st. Bernard, and "
laquemines, and that Pleasant
ill come to New Orleans with q -
rye majority,
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15
A SAFE BET.

We read the following in the
Donaldsonville Chief:..
1t isn't our practice to encou.
rage election bets, but we're dead
game sports enough to show the
color OF our money on. a ta9;o.to.
one basis in support Of the pro.
position that the next governor,a
name starts with z.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15
PLEASANT DEMOCRATIC DUTY: "STAMP THE ROOSTER.
:. 81 $. ~

Miss Leonie Deffarge, charmin,
young lady of New Orleans is the
honored guest of Mr.. and Mrs,
Emilien Laudumiez this week.
! Mrs. Eurene Laudumiez Of
Gramercy, La. visited relatives
in Ward l last Wednesday.
Hon. Paul Berthelot, Louis M,
Reynaud. Eugene Dumez, Louis
Rodrigue accompanied by several
other influential men of this par
lsh spent last Saturday at Vache
rle' La. and were royalty enter:
talned by the hospitable peopleof
Vacherie.
When asked how the sentiment
was in the Vacherie Settlement
Mr.. BertheIot replied: ALL
Mr. Albert L. Bossier, a pro.
yoSLg merchant of Lucy.
La, was a business visitor 10 New
Orleans during the week.
. = .
Miss Etiennette Caire, winsoue
laughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ell.
5aire' visited friends in the First
Ward on Wednesday.
The famous John II. Parker
tally was at last held at Edeard
nd largely attended BY Ladies'
nd Children. Curiosity brought
few men to the meeting, who
'ere anxious to see what " An
Independent Democrat" looked
ke.
All we can say is that the Hon.
ohm NJ. Parker saw for himself
nd we could see in his face that
, left Edgard very highly dis.
1pointed.
No later than Tuesdsy night
lat little Red Rooster that was
IN over by the Parker Auto
,etween Garyville and Reservel
Ill rise. crow, and the ,Tinid
Id shabby looking Bull Moose
Ill be knocked into Oblivion.
'aste this in your hat and Tues.
~ the tale will be told.
After having been confined to
e house for several days with
spell of illness. Hon. Placide
lrre' popular member cf.tbe
'lice Jury from Edgard. La,,
up and about again. much to
9 qualification of his numerous
ends.
We are pleased to learn that
r kind friend Hon. Andrew
lgel' who has been confined to
nome for several weeks by
1ess, is fast recuperating.
Mr.. Nagel's multitude of
ends regret to learn Of bis
and are anxiously
.al'lns the news of his com.
tie recovery.
u u n
Mr.. j. P. Ledoux. Onr genia,
who has been confined
as home by a severe spell Of
sa lesS IS improving daily. His
ny friends join US in wishing
a a speedy recovery.
. = . vz7
A SAFE BET.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15
Wilkinson Raps Parker
Campaign

Asserts Activity of Progressive Re-
publiCaRs Is Attack On Democratic
Regime
In his speech Monday nignt
James Wilkinson of New Or.
leans charged that the whole
Parker campaign is in effect a
faliaclOus attack. on the Demo-
cratic State administration. H.
Showed upthe Parker movement
from a new angle, saying, in par
The State government is di-
rided into three departments:
Executive, legislative and judi
cial.
Mr.. Parker is not attacking
the judiciary, of which his own
brother is an honored Judge in
the city of New Orleans. He has
not made an attack on a single
member of the legislature, and
he has not tried to put up more
than 5 or 6 legislative candidates
out of 159 members. Therefore
he has let judgment go by default
against him and is not fighting
the Democratic nominees of the
party for the legislature. He is
now fighting for the executive
offices of governor and lieutenant
and any criticism he
has to make or any dissatisfac-
ton he has to express must !
necessarily be against the execu-
tive department, since he does
not try to change the judges and
loes not try to defeat the Demo
cratic members of the legisla-
'ure it shows he must be salts
led with them
He cannot levy any criticism
Igainst the Democratic admins
ration that does not reflect on
he present governor. He helped
o elect Governor Hall and
houlG stand by what he helpeo
o do. II
The greatest functions of
government are the protection OF |
fe, liberty and property and
he transmission of knowledge to i
he coming generation. As to
hese | submit that the Demo
ratio administration of the pres
Mt governor is something to be l
roud of. That administration '
as devoted and applied more L
money to the education of the
lasses and the care and relief
f sick. insane, suffering and
eedy than any administration
ere since the Civil war. As to
lr levees, thev are in better,
lape than they have ever been I
n September %, last, a terrible
orm of wind and water swept
way 40 miles of levee below the VI
ty and by the most super-hu-
an exertions the levee boards
I'D engineers appointed by Gov.
all broke all records for levee II
aiding, and with the nited
.ates engineers restored those -
wees in 60 days, saving the
'ople from the high water that
me liz February. The Hall ad- I'll
has put many good 81
VS. on the statute books. It has r
lilt magnificent system of
ate warehouses for the housing
the farmers crops. including
e cotton shipped to John M. Ell
lrker & Co. 1t has aided in the tn
Hiding of roads and highways W
ID in the reclamation of lands
d when Mr.. Parker speaks in 4
ch glowing terms of what he tn
III do If elected governor. | pa
int with pride to what a Demo BY
attic governor aided by a Demo NJ
attic legislature has already to
ne in the last for years. ~
I point, moreover, to the re-
ened New Orleans navy yards
1ich was closed by RooseveIt's
end and supporter Secretary Ii
the Navy Won Meyer. -,
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15
LOCAL PERSONALS.

Ah4(NIs A1Ndl Vi dII[
See During the Week.
Visitors in and out of the
Parish.
Mrs. Albert J. Lacaze, of Wal.
lace, La, visited relatives in Lucy
on Friday.
Mrs. inject Dufresne, and lit
tie daughters Laurence and Eula
spent Sunday at the home of
Editor and Mrs. John D. Reynaud.
Hon. Prudent G. Songy, the
energetic and popular member of
the Police JuU from Wallace, La.
was in Lucy on Thursday.
Mrs. Jackson Martin left during
the week for Luling st. Charles
parish: La. where she was called
by the illness of her daughter
Mrs. Arnold Horn who is confined
to her nome with an attack of
typhoid fever.
q
Miss Alba Dufresne returned to
Lucy after spending a few days
With relatives in Wallace, La,
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-04-15

Mrs. Eurene Laudumiez Of
Granercy, La. visited relatives
IN Ward l last Wednesday.
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with the ndng
tan'fcatons, Was the Melting

and watched the high-noan Ar,s.ocra. climb into
an English Vehicle and gather mp no RbDons.
~ that date the pampercd Wording d!G M.
ride in something shaped Ike q r > Submarine
while seated on his Floating E!as ana accring
out through Wheel.
He vas perched some II fer: aboga Tara
Buttons.
sias razed q, the Proud Pup and aacarac
foagulalcd with Bitterness
FOR about l. Seconds ne was a bg.l-,r5rowa-
IL is no Fair Shakc," hc told a:raset NV
fhonid ne spend more for FLORIDA Water ag.r,
"eok than pm DOM in &'iponGe
~ for. Claude ne experienced IN e-e,.5..f
disturbance Whatever as he glance. 4, the per.
son IN Hanc.mc.liUwns
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my Direction. Now that Ricl-Aye. and
Powerful withal--you como to Cringe and Fawn
Take That and That
On the Contrary. he merely Stalled
He felt sorry for the poor Flut!e and respected
him moderately because of the superior Cut of
his Clothes.
He had the Application put on File and
promised TO speak to the other Directors
In fact he showed that he was willing to do
almost anything for Claude except hire him.
Claude had fretful Time trying to discover
good Business Opening for one whose Training
mad consisted of telling the Waiter to keep the
Change
Sometimes he felt that he should have clapped
on the Brakes before smashing into the large
Boulder at the Foot of the Grade.
AT other times he almost chided his Father for
not providing Legacy that would last through
Lifetime and not leave Person fiat right in the
Palm Beach every day.
While he was thus Rrooding, the Creditors
divided up the Residue, and the Jewels went into
Hook.
In the period OF Blue Gloom following any
Domestic Catastrophe. it is usually the Wife who
the Pieces.
When it came to reorganizing, Claude was just
as useful as ne-Legged Man at Fire
He sat back with his Head in Sling and
watched the Society Matron get ready 70 conduct
Means
Claude is now so years of Age and a great
help to his Wife, because he does nearly all OF
the Marketing
He would play fairly good game of Cards II
he could remember what is Out
AT that he has the Manner of one who has
enjoyed Advantages
Otherwise he is Broke.
sometimes, when he is on his way to the Corner
to order the Lamb Chops and Celery and few
ooxes OF snappy Crackers. he hears low purring
Sound, which continues to crescendo until huge
MOTOR Car or next-years Design goes tipping by
Within the Car sits Sas one of the most hate.
full specimens of the Nourcnur Riches
Silas does not care how Nourcou thew call hin,
as long as they will admit the Richie part.
re knows that about September he will be
taken up by the Old Families who have been
prominent since the Panic of '73.
All OF the Phenomena herewith related have
neen observed time and again in every town on
the Map. VI
The only surprising Climax to the Tale ia pro.
vided by Silas, who now has four Children
He is planning to make them happy and ueefu,
Citizens by leaving each one Of them about a
Hundred Thousand Dollars
moral: Thc only safe Income is the one that
lis Se'fHatchcd 'o s"U:
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The Idea OF choppng Expenses Just when the
children were making Headway in the Younger
Set was almost too painful for Discussion
So Claude decided to put his Pride In his
Pocket and accept Position as Head of some
Respectable and Hefy Corporation, starting in
He had a Proud Chance
All OF those Show-Me Sharks who pull the
At Ten Thousand year and working up.
Strings probably toss about on their pillows every
Night wondering where they can find high.
salared Gazimbo who looks we'll in Evening
Clothes and knows how to carve Duck
Sias had eboWed his way into a gigantic Mer.
ger Proposition and just getting his Full
Stride when Claude blew
So 1t was to Silas that Claude hied himself
and said he was willing to accept Position as
one OF the Executive Heads of the blossomins
Combine.
He knew how to walk into an Office and sis
at Mahogany Desk because he had been manag.
ing the Estate.
In fact, he had managed 1t so much that he
had worn It out. and now he wanted to start in
on Something Fresh.
Silas should have pulled something like thu
Following:
We'll. Claude Dexter. the Tables have been
turned. iuhs ago. when ! was struggling
Stripping. your Eyesight did not carry 10 Fee, in
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Z with n PlatedWare Spoon in his Mouth.
~ When he was 81. he came into very
salubrious Chunk of Property
Before the Family Plumber pushed over to
him by Order Of Court, lie lived on Expectations.
While the less favored Lads OF the Village were
learning Trades cerkng at the Bee Hive,
Claude was reading the Ads and picking out what
he would get for Himself when he OF Age
He coud not see himself doing Time at the
Foot Of the Ladder.
Why arise at chilly Dawn and hot-foot to
Slave Pen when it is so pleasant under the
Covers?
Why strain the I.igamcnts for a wretched Dole
of Ten Bucks Per when both Tens and Twentics
are waiting in the Bank 10 be wadded up and
thrown ut the Robins?
1t Ia said that Parents who have Gone Before
sometimes rest from their Harp Exercises and
walk 10 the edge OF the Golden Parapet TO look
down and Keep Cases on the Loved Ones still
detained on Earth.
If the Ex-Plumber and Gas Filter was acting as
Lockout for Claude, he did not have much Gossip
to report.
About all he got was Birds Eye View oi
pale young Squire engaged in rolling those little
Firecrackcr Cigarettes and watching the Fellows
play Kelly.
lust about the Happy Day when Claude was
getting all set TO snip the Irvine on his Bundle
there came 10 Town plain product of the Sub
urhs answering TO the name OF Silas.
The Stars had not been cooperating on the
tateful night when tho Old Ladies weighed him
and issued their Bulletin
AS he advanced toward the Public Schools hc
failed 20 discover thar Life held any large Per.
cen'age OF Plush or Lavender for the Son Of
Tcamster
When he was 90 and going on p. he did not
have 10 worry about the Date OF his Birthday.
because no one had left any Balcd kale for him
al the FRS, National
Si!as was simply Rear Private in tho large
Army thai beat il downtown every Morning. with
the Wolf 'rotting along behind
Whcn his Laundry failed get back on time
he was in q Rad May.
H" wasn't a GoodI.ooker or Swell Drcssc,
or quick with the Organs of Articulation
He was Z Flumpie, which is Cross between
Gugc and Yap
On the day which brought him the right 10
Vote against the Party in Power, his only Assets
were the contents OF a frail Steamer Trunk an
eager Willingness TO serve his Chief. and per.
meanng WISH 20 he ncpoStor and carry his
own Pass Book with an Elastic around it,
Just Two Blocks away, Claude was counting tho
Leaves in his new Chcck-I}oo and trying 10 gran
PIE with and encompass the Stupcndous Fact
that ne had one Hundred Thousand cleaning
Smoleons 7
The main Difference seemed to be that Silas
Was Puiterin and Claude was q TakerOnt
Each Nighfa!l the humble Climber was slightly
plnS while the merry Tohogganrl vas more or
less Minus thereby surprising us with the whole
Plot OF the Drama
one das, while Silas still working on Page
OF me k"d Book given 20 him by the Bank he
passed The ind-Nlctoran Mogsuc in which Claude
vas signing most OF his Checks
The shabby Scry!tor stood at n Safe Distance
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AL uc huSW IOr
Sure was that the pro-
posed Income Tax
would not gouge him
very deep.
The Loved Ones felt
that they had been
doubled-crossed and
flimmed.
For 20 year they
had been permitted to
nurse a Delusion that
Papa had Nothing
But.
His Private Fortune
had seemed to them a
pleasant and perman-
ent Source of Supply,
something like the
Croton Reservoir.
Mother sat there
with her Fingers
spread apart by the
Rings and wanted to
know what he had
done with 1t. She
seemed to wonder II
he had been slather-
ing 1t on Another Wo-
man.
1t was agreed that
Claude had to get
busy and Do Some
thing.
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GEORGE AIDES Fables in Slang have become
~ part of American literature and the
of then, he writes the richer American
literature is. 4 series OF these amusing
md wonderfully clever socia! studies is be-
ginning in the Cosmopolitan Magazine By
permission this news paper is enabled to print in
part the Fable from the June number of the
Cosmopolitan Magazine. The next New Fable
in Slang in the Cosmopolitan will be The
Fable Of the Twelve Cylinder Speed of the
Leisure Class" The Fables Are Illus rated by
McCu,cbeon, Whose Pictures are blood
brothers to AIDES Type.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
By George AIDE

(Reprinted from the June number Of the Cosmo.
poitan Magazine. by permission of the Editors
Of the Cosmopolitan Magazine)