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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
au,eke., servie. to Baltimore.

Every hour on the hour. Baltimore g.
Ohio Sl.75 round trip: Saturdays and
Sundays, observation-disclosures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03

Art Supplies. Schmidt. 1921 18th st
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
Urges Teachers Retirement Law.

The speaker advocated the passage of
teachers retirement law: spoke of
the need for vocational school in
the Southeast, and said that If the site
now owned on Virginia avenue was
not large enough for such a school
steps would be taken to acquire more
land, and urged all to cooperate for
safety first" He praised the police
force for the. work which has been
done through The department in spread
ing the idea OF safety first"
A proposition to buy land adjoining
the Tyler School and running through
TO 10th street was urged 1t was
pointed out chat if this were done the
18th street entrance to the building
could be closed and the children better
protected from the car tracks.
Other speakers were Allan Davis,
principal of Business High School; Miss
A. Z. LOOMS. principal of the Cranch;
Mrs NJ. j. Peabody. principal of the
Tyler. and number Of the teachers.
Mrs Allan Davis, president of the Or
ganization. presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS,
DR.. VAN SCHA.CK'S THEME
Says the q. s. Is Behind Other Ma
tions in Appreciation of
Voice Culture.

Greater appreciation for good music
in this country was urged by DR.. John
Van Schaick. president of the board
of education. In an address before the
CranchTyler Home and School Associa-
ton in the Tyler building last evening
DR.. Van Schaick advocated steps to bring
about greater appreciation, commend
ing plan which was presented at the
meeting whereby children, of the two
schools are to be given instruction in
community singing after school hours.
Our country is great one, and we
believe it is the greatest one on EARTH"
said DIR. Van Schaick yet we are
behind many other nations in a num-
Der of things. We are behind the coun-
tries of Europe in our appreciation of
music. We should do all we can to
raise the standards of music in this
country
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Col. John DOnelxon Chapter. ID. A. r..
Is to hold commemoration exercises at
Pinehurst Milestone tomorrow after
noon, at 6 o'clock. All Daughters and
their friends are invited. automobiles
are to meet the cars at Chevy Chase
Circle as early as $50 o'clock to con-
vey guests to the stone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
ArchIe g. Owen. ha. aIed suit IN the

frenEe o. VWenN ms HE'D suit In the
District Sup: enc Court to reeve
$40 900 damages from the Washing on
Railway and Electric Company for al
legged personal injury Last September.
II is alleged. he al'ghted from a car
at Cd and East Capitol streets and
Nhiie crossing TO the sidewalk was
struck by another car of the company
and sustained serious injury He is
represented by Attorneys Wright &
Wampler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03

At . meeting Of the Society for Philo-
sophical Inquiry, at the Public Library
tomorrow at 4:45 pm, Prof. William NJ.
Coleman will read paper entitled,
PHILOSOPHY AS Related to Sociology"
All students of philosophy and soci-
ology are invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03

9. J. SmnllwO0d. president of the
class. will be in charge of the regular
business meeting of the kinnear class
of young men of Calvary Baptist
Church. which will be held tonight at
o'clock at the residence of its teacher,
Mrs j. b. Kinnear, 1870 California
street.
The broad ax., 1916-07-29
Fish That sins.

There Is a fish called the butterman,
which Is found OF the Scottish coast
This fish, which Is fat and comfortable
looking. about a foot long as q rule.
makes q distinct hooting noise from
the back Of his throat when landed In
a net or caught on q long line. A net
full Of these fish, though they are rather
rare, Is sometimes caught, and when
they are hauled In the chorus Of sharp,
siren-like boots Is very startling to a
stranger.
But In Ceylon there Is a shellfsh, a
kind Of mussel, which positively sings.
In still weather when the water has
ebbed away from the mussel beds for
q few hours these shellfish can be heard
producing a long, low, futy sound
How they do it no one knows, but they
make q quite distinct attempt at sing
ing, and as they have no threats they
must produce the sound by some ma
nipulation of their double shells-Lon-
don Globe.
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A Peruvian River of Horror.

There n a river Of mystery and hOr
TOR In Peru, and the legends OF rich
rubber regions and untold wealth in
gold are accompanied by tales Of those
who went up 1t never to return Cast
mer Watkins, a naturalist, who has
Travelled extensively in South America.
tells Of the stream:
This river" he said, Is the Colorado
river, the richest river in Peru Great
groves Of rubber trees lie along its
course, and gold has been found In It
But the Mascos, tribe Of cannibals,
infest It They still practice cannibal
ism and will kill a man on sight. Ex-
petitions have been fitted out and been
heavily armed to 60 exploring for rub
Der and gold, but none Of them ever
has returned The savages have killed
the men and eaten them and turned
the canoes adrift. They have come
down the river empty, bottoms up, or
filed with supplies which the savages
did not care to remove"-New York
Post
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Wouldn't Brino an Action.

There is a story told Of a very emf
nent advocate, now no longer with US,
who once while endeavoring to dis
suade a friend from going to law was
asked what he would himself consider
a sufficient ground for resorting to fti-
CATION.
my dear fellow" he replied, Il do
not say that in no conceivable circum-
stances would I take proceedings
against any one, but do say that If
at this moment you deliberately upset
my ink on the tablecloth, chucked my
wife out Of the window, threw that
volume Of reports at the bust Of Black
stone, made hay with my furniture
and finally tweaked my nose should
no doubt use my best endeavors to
kick you downstairs. But once rid Of
you, either by force or persuasion, no
power on earth should induce me to
bring an action against you."-London
Globe.
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Wasted Motions.

Our life Is peppered with motions
that ny wide and wild It begins on
awakin9. We stretch our arms-
waste motfonl We ought 10 utilize
that gesture for polishing our shoes.
We rub our eyes-more fooiishness.
We should rub our eyes on Sunday
for the rest Of the week.
But 1t is In processes Ike shaving
that scientific management II really
needed Men datter themselves that
they shave with tho minimum Of ges-
ture- They believe that they COM
plete the operation under ave minutes.
But, excusing their inaccuracy, do they
know that under the inspection Of the
scientific manager their performance
would look as jagged Is their razor
blade under the microscope? The day
win probably arrive when 4 superman
win shave with one superb motion as
delightful to the soul as the uncoiling
Of an orange skin In one long unbroken
peel-New Republic.
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The wild cow" Of Arabia, IN reality
an antelope, the BeaIrix Onyx, Is said
never to drink, which is probably cor
rect, for unless these animals can de-
scend the wells they can find no drink
ing water for ten months In the year.
There Is no surface water, and rain
falls but precariously during the win
ter. Only once during my journey did
I find pool Of rainwater, caught In a
hollow rock, and even this 1 should
have passed by without knowing Of its
existence had not my camels shifted It
from a distance and obstinately refus-
ed to be turned from going In that d.
rection. These antelope, however, are
provided by nature with a curious food
supply, especially designed as a thirst
quencher. This Is parasite which
grows on the roots Of the desert bushes
and forms a long spadix full Of water
and juice. The antelope dig deep holes
In the sand In order to get at these
Wide World Magazine.
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An Early Airnhfn.

Ws ass told by Peter Farisy, VIE
wrote - AZ eyewitness, thai u A.
gust. 1885, the airzhip Eagle vas On
cially advertised to sail from Lendon
wiz government dispatches and pas
sengers for Paris and to estahliah d.
rect communicates between ths eapi-
tals Of Europe. This early type OF air
ship was 40 feet long, nfty feet high
and forty feet wide, and she lay In the
dockyard Of the Aeronautical society
in Victoria road, near KensinZton gar
dens. then quite q rural spot Built to
hold an abundant supply Of gaA, she
was covered with oiled lawn and car
lied . frame seventy five feet long and
seven feet high, with q cabin secured
By ropes to the balloon An immense
rudder and wings or fms on each ode
for purposes Of propulsion completed
her ftttngs- The deck was guarded by
netting. After all this preparation and
advertisement the Eagle never got be
yond Victoria road, for Count Lennon
and his assistants failed to provide the
necessary motive power. - London
Standard.
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BuIwer Lytton and His Chorus.

The Princess Won Racowitsa met
Bulwer Lytton In the Riviera toward
the end Of the flfties. He was then,
she says In her autobiography, past
his first youth; his fame was at its
zenith. He seemed to me antedilu-
Wan, with his long dyed curls and his
old fashioned dress. He dressed exact
II In the fashion Of the twenties, with
long coats reaching to the ankles, knee
breeches and long colored waistcoats.
Also he appeared always with a young
lady who adored him and who was
followed by a manservant carrying a
harp. She sat at his feet and appeared,
as he did, In the costume Of 1880, with
long flowing curls, called Anglaises.
He read aloud from his own works,
and In especially poetic passages his
Alice accompanied him with arpeggios
on the harp"
The broad ax., 1916-07-29
Two New York Streets.

The following Information n to the
widest and narrowest streets from curb
30 curb and from property line to prop,
erty line IL for the old city Of New
York, now the borough OF Manhattan.
Rachel lane, near Grand street, be-
tween Goerck and Aangin streets, Ii
one Of the narrowsst streets, having q
width OF ten feet between property
Inca Delaney street, east Of Norfolk
street, has a width Of 300 feet between
property lines and b the widest street
Rachel lane has no sidewalks Dslan.
cey street has q width Of 16o feet Be-
tween curbs.-New York Tfmea
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Why Coins Are MiIIsd.

Did you ever look at the edge Of q
dime or quarter? They are different
from pennies and nickels, for all silver
and gold coin have what are called
"milled" edges, while the edges of
pennies and nickels are smooth. The
reasons for this Is that some dishonest
persons used to clip pieces OF the
coins, especially the gold ones, and
then sell these scraps of precious metal
when they had saved a great many.
Every year the nation lost large sums
OF money this way. and the thieves
would smooth the edges or 50 well
that 1t was hard to find out who was
guilty. The best way Of stopping this
practice was found to be to mill" the
edges Of the most valuable coins 80
that no one could pare them without
letting 1t be seen ut once Kansas
City Star.
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Young Woman Who 10 Studying Black
snnithinq Gives Her Reasons

Ames, Ia.-Miss Tura A. Hawk, Iowa
State colleges only girl student OF
blacksmithing, has further demonstrate
ed her versatility by winning the fac
ulty cup for the best extemporaneous
address. and she did II with the sub
ject, why Women Should Propose"
There are three reasons why women
should propose-physicaL spiritual and
moral" said Miss Hawk
Il ask you. is there any reason why
q strong. able bodied woman should
not support husband IL she chooses?
No; only q time worn prejudice rears
itself against such u procedure.
For the spiritual reason. there Is the
great saying. Whatever We would that
men should do unto you. do ye even 50
TO them. As women should rightfuily
be the manager OF the Oldest OF all In
situations. the home. Is il any more
than fair that she should be permitted
to ask the man OF her ideals to help
her found and operate that home? Must
woman. because years Of common prac-
tice have established n custom. wait
when she Is ready 10 begin her life
work because only the men who are
not her ideal will proposeT
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A City Within q City.

In Augsburg, Germany, there Is a
little city in the heart of the city shut
In all by itself with two gates and
named the "Fuggerei." 1t is so called
because the 100 houses within 1t were
built with money left by Fugger, the
wealthy sixteenth century banker.
When he died he directed that these
houses should be built and then given
to the poor aged families for 4 marks
and Il pfennigs rental a year, which is
exactly one American dollar. They
have four rooms and kitchen, with
little front garden and little garden
behind.
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A Tin.

Il notice you keep your office door
closed all the time"
"Yes. I'd never get anything done
If didn't"
"WhyT
"Wen, so many people that don't
want to see would wander in here"
How do you know whether or not
you want to see them unless you ad-
init them and hear what they have to
sayr'
at don't. I suppose do miss one or
two worth while in the course Of
day"
did It ever occur to you that the old
way to know what people want Is to
hear what they have to say? It's easy
enough to get rid Of the undesirable
visitor after he gets In, but you never
can recall the man with the worth
while message If he once goes away"
Detroit Free Press
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Shops Two Psrquisitss-

The sheep Is a chunk Of misguided
animation which Il aflicted with per.
pstual cold In the bead and has the ap-
pearance Of always needing its nose
wiped, but It has the distinction Of be
ing the only animal, man not excepted
which can AFFORD to wear strictly all
wool clothing the year round
Probably the greatest accomplishment
Of the sheep II getting itself lost in q
mowstorm, at which II Is such 4 sue
cess that q number Of famous painters
have put In a lot Of time painting pic
lures Of sheep working at this.-Farm
and Fireside.
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He Who Shirles His Work.

The man who shtrks his work, who
treats the service of labor with 1ndif-
ference, who sacrifices his efficiency on
the altar Of self indulgence, loafs On
his job and plans TO see how little he
can do and not be caught, II to b the
most pitied man on the face Of the
earth.
He thinks he IL cheating his en-
ployer. But the employer Il not the
man he Is cheating. Far from It He
IL cheating himself. More than cheat
ing himself, he Is assasstnatins oppor-
tunity and paving the way 10 utter
ruin and disgrace.
The man who cannot be trusted with
labor for which he Is honestly paid is
Just as despicable rs the man who n
fuses to pay for labor honestly per
formed The shirker Is essentially dis
honest. Unfaithful to himself, setting
the bomb that will sooner or later send
him to poverty, he Is q menace and IN
Observation-Disclosures Journal
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The BypIay Minstrels.

"Mr. Interlocutor, can you tell me
which Is the richest country In the
worldY'
why, the United States Is the rich
est country in the world, Mr.. Tambo."
mo, it isn't. Ireland is the richest
country In the world"
"And why Is Ireland the richest coun-
try in the world, Mr.. Tambo%
Because it's capital Is always Dub
lin."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Talks on
HEALTH,
CLEANLINESS,
PROPER LIVING.
SANITATION, ETC.
DR.. w. A. DRIVER
$500 So. State Street
Phods Douglas 3617
ASTHMA.
$500 So. State Street
Phods Douglas 3617

Asthma is symptom, often quite
distressing. The term is applied to
various conditions associated with diff
cult breathing, called dyspnea. There
are asthmatic attacks that are purely
of nervous origin; that form results
from disturbed innovation and is
called the bronchial type. The dis
turbed innovation that causes the
nervous type may be due to a number
of digressions from the correct habits
of life. There are other types of asth-
ma; each calls for a separate kind of
treatment. Thus it should be readily
understood that patent medicines and
other guess work, called home RENE
dies, are often harmful, expensive and
useless in the treatment of this pecu-
liar symptom. For instance if the
asthma is due to disease of the heart
or kidney, two distinct and different
methods of treatment are indicated.
If the asthma is due to the pressure
of tumors in the chest or enlarged
bronchial glands, it would manifestly
be wrong to treat the patient for heart
or kidney disease. If the asthma is
due to irritation from poisonous pro-
ducts formed in the gastrointestinal
tract, the treatment must be directed
to the correction of that condition.
Affections of the nose are often re-
sponsible for the most distressing at
The broad ax., 1916-07-29

JuSI llhC OIhC1 IuCh hdu uOuCy
and then he would have to obey the
rule. That there was no way in this
world for him to capture the conven-
tion and he was out of his head if he
thought so. With all this true, they
turned upon the convention. DIR.
R. H. Boyd was invited to take a seat
on the throne, but he was not invited
to speak. Then DR.. Clark was invited
up there too, but he was not allowed
to have a say.
Now you want to know what hap
pened next, and 1 will tell you. DIR.
Jones sought the printer, and had some
bills printed saying that DR.. Boyd and
DR.. Clark and other distinguished men
would speak that night in the Amer
lean Theatre. Now the sweet singer
from Oklahoma, Prof. johnson was
delegated to take care of the bills by
getting two boys and going through
the streets and distribute the bills, be-
cause there was no room for him to
sing. Well, he took to it.
At night Dr. Boyd, told how they
had organized the Publishing Board,
paid a lawyer in Nashville to arrange
for the charter, and fix it so that it
would remain fixed. He wanted that
it should be in the hands of men to
hold for the Negro Baptists of Amer
lea, but these men would have to al
ways elect themselves. Then after
this was done, he elected the 9 men,
and proceeded to organize. He said
there were four Offices, president of
the Board, vice president, and secre-
tary. He divided the chairman and
vice, giving the first to DR.. Clark, and
he himself took the other two, and
asked if they blamed him for doing
so' The crowd answered "No, nd. "
Some one in the crowd shouted, "you
had just as we'll take the whole hog as
to take his feet"
When he was through, and others
had spoken, they organized eonven-
ton with about twenty people, and /
could see a disappointed look in the
face of DR.. E. p. Jones. Just as dis
appointed when he had his heart fixed
on being Grand Master of America in
the. Odd Fellows, and got left. He
made sure that he was going to have
big following in his own home, and
1 thought so too, but he fell way down
DR.. A. NJ. johnson is continued as
president, and am sure that DR.. Jones
will do some growing, but he was
whipped right in his own state, al
though there was P. W. Howard there
to help to take care of him. met the
men of the convention. am in Jack
son. This is the place where Var
daman once acted as governor
Then there was Hon. James Hill
one of our men, who at one time acted
as secretary of state. He was elected
to the position by the people. L went
and looked at his monument.
! 1 have been in this place before
Prof. 2. 7. Hubert is preparing to dc
some real good work in his school next
year. There will be some changes
among the teachers of course.
! 1 think 1 will have to bring this let
ter to a close. 1 have some other
things 1 will say to you in my next
letter when 1 write it. God bless you
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All EalM.

Mr.. Grimes with great Indignation
I've finished with that fellow Skin
ner, absolutely finished with him He's
. bad one. He has q lying tongue In
his head. Mrs. Grimes (sympathetic-
any)-Dear mel And only yesterday
his wife told me that he had false
teeth.-London Tft-Rits-
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A Difference.

"Binnick Is making a collection Of
antiques"
He thinks he Is, but they are moth
ing but q lot Of old furniture."-
Browning's Magazine
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One Way to Cure q Headache.

One Of the quickest known ways Of
dispelling a headache is to give some
Of the muscles-those Of the legs, for
instance-a little hard, sharp work to
do. The reason Is obvious. Muscular
exertioS fiushes the parts engaged In
It and so depletes the brain. When
your head aches take a stiff walk or
q short bicycle ride.-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-07-29
Shlnala RoofA

There Is q definite record Of an early
use Of shingles for roofing In England
IN pre-Norman timea- At that time this
method Of making roofs was common.
he shingles were thin pieces Of split
wood. usually oak. Many old examples
SIN exist in England, especially on the
wooden towers and spires Of East An.
giia-
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tacks of asthma; an examination by a
physician is the proper method of pro-
cedure. The condition is cured then by
removing the cause; it may be by the
simplest restoration of the function of
the nasal mucous membrane or opera
tive.
In any event asthma requires, like
every abnormality, functional, organ
lie or pathological manifestation of any
character, the painstaking examination
of the physician and his conscientious
treatment.
Asthmatie attacks like many other
symptoms are inclined to attack the
sufferer at night. There are often
warnings that chronic sufferers know
full well. They complain of a tight
ness in the chest, marked depression
of spirits, chilliness and the passage of
large quantities of urine. During a
severe attack speech is impossible,
perspiration is often drenching and the
patient imagines that death is impend-
ing. That eventuality during the at
tack however is unknown. The quality
and quantity of food should be care
fully considered and its proper masti-
cation regarded with scrupulous care.
All habits should be carefully reviewed
by the doctor and the mode of living
rigidly supervised to prevent recur-
renee of the terrible distress.
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Speech and Writina.

MANY people talk much more agree
ably than they write" said the literary
person
YES" replied Mr.. Owington- Ny
tailor does that"-Exchange
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Through the columns of The Broad
AK, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Nettie Ander-
son, Miss Ruthe Baskin, Mrs. Good
rich and Mrs. Lydia Key extend their
heartfelt thanks for the many kind
nesses and floral offerings in their sad
hour of bereavement.
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Nothing New.

Wife-Don't you like my new hat
dearest? Husband-Yes-s, its an hight
Wife-Wel, I bought Il On your &C
count, dear. Husbend-Tes. you usual
" dol
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No. Indeed.

Its Just as easy to love a girl with
money as to love one without It"
every true. but It isn't 30 easy 10
get her"
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WALTERS A. M e. ZION CHURCH
AND LOCAL NOTES.
By VIM. J. Burdine.

Dr. Blackwell was at his best and
gave his audience two excellent ser
mons. Last Sunday at three p. m, he
preached the Sacramento sermon for
Rev. Powell at st. Matthews A. M. E.
Zion church.
At the conclusion of the morning
service, Mrs. M. E. Blackwell, the wife
of the pastor was Introduced and made
some very timely remarks. Mrs. Bet
tie Humble and daughter of Cincin-
natl were also introduced.
The broad ax., 1916-07-29

BY the faithful plying Of the shuttle
Of daily duty we weave white ratmsnt
fer the soul-Stafrord
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hs,s aha Manaaad.

HWW OfFS "HU3Hsos
MabeHIf your grandma has lost IN
her teeth how does she eat1 Wnfs-I
heard pa say she had q biting tonguA-
Boston Transcript.
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A large number of prominent ladies
and gentlemen of Gary, Ind, attended
Mr.. Walkers funeral last friday.
The broad ax., 1916-07-29

In the English language there are
eighty-two sounds.
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Stewardess Board No. 1 was enter
tanned by Mrs. Julia Smithy Tuesday
eve. The No. / Board met in the
church parlor Wednesday eve.