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them farmers amt such farmers as
people think they are. It's going to be
SO. pretty soon. that people Will be
paying two dollars and a half for an
orchestra seat and pretty near break
their hearts while the poor old second
mortgage shark is being turned out OF
his little home by the farmer"
And on the opening night. Mawruss,
the front rows will be filled with milk
agents." Abe said. "and after the show
you will see them sitting around the
cabarets and getting terrible noisy
over a magnum of Sheffield Farms.
1915"
"Of course. nobody is going to be tho
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soon can you have a working force
there?'
81 shall take my force with me-" was
the reply.
Two hours and twenty minutes later
this postal official with complete force
for operating the cantonment post office
was on the train. They arrived at the
camp site that evening. Within an hour
or so they had found an empty building
that would serve as post office and were
at work equipping it for handling mail.
Next day, before the American troops ar
rived, the post Office was established and
mail ready for delivery, with parcel post.
money order and registry service in opera
ton.
What it has done IN this connection is
a matter of just pride to the Post Office
Department. 1t picked Its men with dis
cretion for the foreign service. and the
results have justified the care. The ten
highest men in each railway division. the
money order. registry and other special
ized branches. who volunteered for this
service were selected by the department
for the French service. A number of these
officials sacrificed higher pay at home
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Abe, when you get such a plate of
gedampfte Kalbfleisch in front of you.
which the steam comes up from it like
roses, y'understand. and when you put
a piece of 1t in your mouth, it's
like"
Say. listen" Abe protested. "let me
alone. will you? It's only II o'clock
and 1 couldn't go out to lunch for an
other hour yet,
THAT only goes to show what for
stomach patriot you are, Abe" Morris
talking about food, you couldn't re-
strain yourself, SO what must 1t be like
when you've got the food actually on
the table? 1 bet yer you don't remem-
Der that such a feller as Hoover ever
existed at all. let alone what he says
about eating reasonable"
That's albright. Mawruss." Abe said.
''Mr. Hoover could talk that way. be-
cause maybe his wife amt such crank
about her cooking like my Rosie Is.
understand. aber If Mr.. Hoover would
be me. Mawruss. and there comes on
the table some gestoffte miltz which Mrs.
Hoover has been brerling her back
standing over the stove all the after
noon seeing that 1t don't stick to the
bottom of the kettle. y'understand. and
Mr.. Hoover takes only a couple slices
OF it on account OF tht war, y'under-
stand, what is going to happen then?
80 Mrs. Hoover says. you had one
Of theh sixty-cent table d'hote lunches
today again. and now. Of course. you
amt got no appetite. How many times
did I tell you you shouldn't eat that
poisonT
so sure as I am sitting here. NOM
mer.' Hoover says. all I had for my
lunch was a Swiss cheese rye bread
sandwich and cup Of coffee.
"'Then what's the matter you ain't
eating?' Mrs. Hoover says. Amt 1t
cooked right"
Certainly it's cooked right Hoover
says, but two pieces is a plenty on ac-
count Of the war
"'On account of the war! 1 could
work my fingers to the bone fixing good
food for that man. and he wouldn't eat
1t on account of the war. sagt err" says
Mrs. Hoover.
"But listen, mommer,' Hoover tries
to tell her.
"Never mind. any excuse is better
than none Mrs. Hoover says. Turns
up his nose at my cooking yet! Gest-
ofrte miltz amt good enough for him.
I suppose you would like me to give
you every day roast duck on $50 a week
housekeeping money. Did you ever
hear tho like? Couldn't eat gestoffte
miltz no more. so tony he gets all Of a
suddenr"
"Aber mommer. listen to me for
moment Hoover says, but It amt bit
Of use, because Mrs. Hoover goes into
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problems to calculate whether IT were
thriftier to pay the postage on tEat
five-pound plum cake or send her re
membrance to Johnny in the coin OF
the realm and allow MIN 10 puE MS
own Christmas cake.
There is no puzzling for the fond
but unmathematical parent about the
rate of postage for Johnny in France
today The Post Offlce Department has
set a flat rate Of l. cents a pound on
every parcel going overseas from any
part of the United States. Johns
mother out in Michigan pays no more
and no less for dispatching her five
pound fruit cake to her boy in the
trenches at Christmas than does Jinl's
mother in New York, close by the
steamship which has but to carry it
across the sea.
But the Post Office Department does
specify that certain rules and regula-
tions be observed, so that there may
be no miscarriage of Christmas gifts
to the boys at the front. In the first
place, it says that, while parcels will
be sent to France at the rate Of l.
cents a pound, and that they may be
sent at this rate up to twenty pounds.
1t politely asks that as far as possible
they be confined to a limit of ten
pounds Better for all concerned to
send two ten-pound packages of Christ
mas goodies than to put all in one
parcel.
Shop early; mail now"' is the
slogan of the postal officials concerned
with the foreign malls. 1t is none too
soon to be getting up the Christmas
packages now for the man at the front,
they urge, and their posting on No
vember Is Is the latest date for which
the post Office Department will insure
receipt in France by Christmas day.
Full allowance must be made for un-
certainty In sailings. in time of cross
ing and other contingencies of the time
No fear Of its being too@soon for the
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than they would receive for their services
abroad in their patriotic response to the
call Of special duty.
\
The representative Of the Postmaster
General in France Is known as the
United States postal agent in Europe.
This office is filled by John Clark. form
erly superintendent of the fifth divi-
sion of the railway mail service. Mr..
Clark will be responsible for the de-
livery of the mail to the soldier boys
on Christmas morning. On this side.
Robert L. Maddox, superintendent of
foreign mails, will bear a large share
in the responsibility of starting the
Christmas mail overseas. Mr.. Mad
dox is particularly interested in the
efficiency of the service in France, as
he was one of the first representatives
Of the department at Washington to
go abroad and lay the foundation for
its establishment
Now as to the things which should
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cards to tho fish dealer and the vegetable
dealer and maybe 1T would help to stop
what it costs 'em to keep up their az
pensive habits"
"A fish dealer is entitled to expensive
habits the same like anybody else," Abe
said. which II Mr.. Hoover stops him
from buying his wife once in q while
diamonds. sooner or later Mr.. Hoover
Will stop him from buying his wife
furs. and 1t will work down right along
the line. till Mr.. Hoover hits the gar
ment business. Mawruss. which. while
I amt got no particular sympathy for
a fish dealer. understand. his money
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Showing Herself Up.

ssa~ ERMANY can't open her mouth
VI without showing herself mp"
said Gov Sidney Cats at a Tallahasses
banquet. mo. she can't say a word
without showing what bad morals she
has.
"She reminds me Of the new parlor
mail.
"Is Miss Lizzie at homer q gentle-
man asked this new maid ono morn
ing.
"Yes. sir
"Is she eneagedr
Yes. sir. but come right in.' Here
the new patlor maid Tinkso; ynnksa,,,i5... hs.
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postal service abroad operates as part
of the military establishment. although
entirely under the organization of the
Post Office Department
There are now in France seven or eight
branch postal agencies handling the mail
to and from the soldiers. To bring home
yet nearer to them service of mail
wagons operate right up to the trenches.
The branch military post offices move in
advance of the troops, and little incident
tells its own story of efficiency and
adaptability to conditions.
When the expeditionary forces were
about to leave Paris for the camp which
had been provided for them, Gen. PERISH
ing applied to the United States postal
agent at the French capital to know how
soon postal facilities could be provided.
This was the first notice to the officials.
The man upon whom the duty de-
volved replied: II can leave by the FIRST
train. after two hours"
81 mean," said Gen. Pershing, 'show
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BY MONTAGUE GLASS.

::: $ n: 4: s: :::
nor nothing like that
Abe Potash said as he finished reading
. circular mailed to him by the food
conservation director. but at the
same time If 1 would be permitted to
make a suggestion, Mawruss. I would
suggest that In addition to following
out all the dont's in this here food
conservation circular-and also in the
interests of being strictly economical.
y'understand - the women OF the
country should learn it genuwine
southern cooking, the kind they've got
It IN $3-a-day American plan southern
hotels, Hawruss. and not only would
people eat much less than they eat at
present, but the chances Is 1t would
6x some people so they wouldn't eat
at ALL"
.-Why southern cooking?" Morris PERL
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is just SO good as the next ones, 80 I
ask you as a garment manufactures.
what are you going to do about it?''
Sure know Abe said. but II the
fish dealer amt going to buy no diamonds.
automobiles. furs and so forth. what
could he do with his money!
Let him buy liberty bonds" Morris
said
But in that case. how many liberty
bonds could the diamond merchant, tho
automobile manufacturer or the furrier
buyT" Abe asked.
Say, looky here" Morris said. '1et
me alone. will you? This is something
which is up to Mr.. Hoover. not me-"
'I know 1t Is" Abe concluded. 'and
I've got great deal Of sympathy for
him, too, because before Mr.. Hoover
gets through he would not only make a
bunch of enemies, Mawruss. but he Is
going to use up a whole lot Of head-
ache medicine, and don't you forget It."
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndcate.)
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lad in France The Post Office Depart
ment is taking care of that.
Another rule to be observed reiers
to the careful addressing of the Chrlst.
mas pachages. The department asks
that the soldiers name be written very
plainly on every parcel with the num-
ber of his company and regiment DIS
tinctIy designated, and the WORDS
pended 1t gives as a model ADDRESS
the following:
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drivers family of growing children as
there Is in any other kind Of air hole"
We'll, the bakers amt got nothing
on the farmers when 1t comes to cost
bookkeeping. Mawruss." Abe said. 1T
was reading where the milk-raisers'
verein claims the price Of feed is so
high that they've got to sell milk at
10 cents a quart wholesale. but for all
them farmers figure that the same
feed goes to fatten tho COW for the
market. Mawruss. you might suppose
that there was big institution some
where's up state called the Ezra B. Cor
nell Homo for Aged and Indignant
Cows. understand. and that so soon
as a COW gets through giving milk.
understand. instead Of slaughtering
it. the farmer takes it to the home in
his automobile and contributes IS a
week toward it's support until It dies
Of hardening Of the arteries at the age
Of eighty-two."
Take It from me. Abe" Morris said.
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handling to which the foreign mail is
apt to be subjected" said the official
interrogated. such Christmas dainttes
as cake, plum pudding and candy Sc
curely packed in tin or equally re-
sistant material are likely to carry
well, and are a necessity for taste OF
real Christmas at home.
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LElD w n1An A1EN1SSD A66 SA 4 :
worser for making a Joke about such
things Abe" Morris interrupted. but last
winter. when these fellers which gets OF
mommerlogs in vaudeville shows was
talking about somebody being immensely
wealthy on account his breath snelt from
onions understand, there wasn't many
people raising family on less than
twenty-five dollars a week whose breath
smelt from onions at that"
Did say they did?' Abe asked.
And It is the same way with potatoes
and fruit not to say fish and poultry and
all the other foods which Mr.. Hoover says
we should eat in order to save beef, sugar
and flour for the soldiers Morris con-
tinued. when a woman buys nowadays
founder at twenty-five cents a pound she
is paying ten cents for fish and fifteen
cents toward the fish dealers wife's dia-
,nonds or his six-cylinder automobile, so
if would be Mr.. Hoover, before issued
bread and meat cards to the consumer. I
would hand out automobile and diamond
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would be ordinarily a regular
George Washington. understand, and
wouldn't even lie to his wife about
how he come out in his weekly Satur-
day night pinochle game. understand
me, but when such feller reckons the
overhead on the goods he manu-
factures, 1t don't make no difference II
it would be locomotive engines or
pants. in addition to the legitimate
cost Of every one-twelfth dozen
articles he figures in as overhead one
twelfth Of his telephone number. one
twelfth Of the year he was born. one
twelfth Of how old his grandfather
olav hasholom was when he married
for the fourth time and one-twelfth
Of every other number he can remem-
Der. from his automobile number to his
street number. and usually such q
crook lives in the last house from the
city limits"
IT tell yer, Abe" Morris said. "the
feller which invented poison gas was
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hotels conservates food nowadays is
setting a good example to the women
of the country" Morris declared.
What do you mean-nowadays~
Abe retorted They always con-
servated food, tho only difference be-
ing. Mawruss. that in former times,
when them crooks used to get ten por-
tions of chicken a la king out OF
two-pound cold-storage chicken and
charged you a dollar and q quarter
portion for It. understand. they was
a bunch of crooks-ain't it7-whereas
nowadays when them crooks get
eleven portions out Of tho same
chicken and charge you dollar and
half a portion for It. y'understand.
they're bunch Of patriots. understand
me. which IL the coal dealer and the
retail grocer and butcher would
short-weight you and overcharge you
the way some Of them patriotic New
York hotel proprietors does it would
be hard to find many patriots in New
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JOHN SMITH. Private,
Co. A, 9th Infantry,
American Expeditionary Forces.

On the upper left corner the name
and address Of the sender should De
plainly Inscribed.
Still further the careful Post once
Deuartl.3ent eXhoftS in protection OF
the Christmas cheer of the boy il khaki
that the senders of Christmas gifts
see that articles are securely packed
and well wrapped for the long and pos
sibly difficult journey. which may en-
tail many landings, long storage ana
some changes en- route At the same
time every parcel must be SO tied that
it is possible for the postal authorities
10 open it as they desire to inspect the
contents Here are it's own words upon
the subject:
"It is absolutely necessary that all
parcels be covered with wrappers of
sufficient strength not only to resist
pressure of other mail contained in the
sacks in which it is inclosed, but to
withstand the weight of other sacks of
mail. which in the long transit may be
piled thereon
When the mother. wife, sister or
sweetheart has obeyed all the former
instructions in preparing her Christ
mas gift for her particular soldier in
France. she may write on her package.
christmas Mall" and the Post ONCE
Department, taking upon 1t the full
privilege of Santa Claus. will hold that
package for delivery on Christmas
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--oE live on our letters here"
CH NAU wrote young man at
WAV Camp Meade to his par
" " ents so you must
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And that's why 1 am telling you,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23

msQCIETYM
ENJOYABLE WAR PARTY.

Mrs ID. II. Allen gave war party
yeserday afternoon which proved both
a novel and enjoyable affair In the
keeping with the spirit OF ceremony
and simplicity which Is being urged.
there were no decorations other than
the growing ferns belonging to the hos.
tess, and the money that ordinarily
would have been spent for cut flowers
went TO the Red Cross for whose bene.
fit the affair was given. Mrs. John
Gait greeted the guests on arrival and
they were directed TO the dressing
rooms by Mrs. w. r. Burnitt Tables
were arranged for bridge and forty
two, and one room was reserved for
those who desired to spend the time
in knitting. In ~entting Mrs. S. A.
Douglas won the knitting prize. Mrs.
NJ. T. Craig made high score In bridge
and Mrs. j. NJ. Baird was awarded the
favor in the game OF forty-two. Mrs
j. NJ. Baird. Mrs. X. II. Phillips and
Mrs. ID. A. Sweet, assisted the hostess
In serving Hoover luncheon. each
guest being given a war cake. The
guests paid twenty-five cents each to
attend this party and the proceeds
SlO.5O, was given to the Red Cross
Each woman also obligated herself to
give war party in the near future,
and this chain of social affairs will
materially aid the Red Cross chapter
in it's work. The guest list included
Mrs. F. T.. Guillot, Mrs. Erret Dunlap.
Mrs. j. $. Mullen, Mrs. John Carlock,
Mrs. c. l.. Anderson, Mrs. j. r. Dexter,
Mrs. c. NJ Campbell. Mrs. w. |. Cruce,
Mrs. Charles Hewitt Mrs. John Gait,
Mrs. w. X. Burnitt Mrs. j. Nj. Baird,
Mrs. Il. +. Phillips. Mrs. F. A. Doug
lass, Mrs. II. III. Sayre, Mrs Geo. Hen
ley, Mrs. W. +. Wilmington. Mrs. w.
ID. Potter, Mrs. II. F. Foster. Mrs.
Bertha Whiteman, Mrs. ALI Wolverton,
Mrs. J. r. Pennington, Mrs. X. a. Heff-
ner. Mrs. j. c. McNeese Mrs. c. B.
Goddard, Mrs. Geo. Schueler, Mrs. Ken
meth Hudson. Mrs. w. p. Poland and
Mrs NJ T. Craig.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23
ALLEGED KIDNAP PLOTTERS
PLACED CHICAGO BOMB
SO THE POLICE CLAIM

Chicago. Nov. 23.-Reinhold A. Faust
who police say confessed yesterday to
placing the bomb in the Auditorium
theatre last Friday night during a
grand opera performance, will be ques-
toned today regarding the sending of
letters which were received on the
entrance of the United States into the
war by several wealthy men here de-
manding money under threats of blow
ing up their homes.
Further inquiry also will be made
into the letters received recently by
Frank o. Wetmore, and James b. For
gan, bank officials which demanded
100000. An excerpt from one of the
letters read:
M. o. X. Keat kidnapped child kill
ed" and Chief of Police Schuettler
said he wants to find out if Faust had
planned the kidnapings in his scheme
of getting money.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23

Vernon Collins and Clint Eddleman
are in oklahoma City. They viii re
turn home tomorrow, making the trip
overland
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23
WHY AMERICANS PERISHED
WHEN TRANSPORT LOST

Washington, Nov. 23.-Nice Admiral
Sims has advised the navy department
that the destroyer Chauncey, sunk Mon
day morning. with loss of twenty-one
lives, was rammed by the transport
Rose. The men lost were drowned when
the destroyer partly submerged imme'
diately after she was struck Both ves-
sells were running without lights, and
the transport crashed into the Chaun-
cey near the fourth funnel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23

I are In the city visiting their sister. Miss
Ruth Hartman. ilo4 q. Street North
west.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. j. Cullinan. Mrs. En-
| lily Fowlkes and Il. w. Hamilton, al
| bradford, Pa. went TO FIT. Worth this
afternoon To spend the week end
Mrs. u. w. Davis and daughter. Mary
AIRS. j. II. Woods. Mrs. George Parton
Mrs. NJ A. Robinson and Mrs. Eliza
| Stallcup went 10 Gainesville yesterday
Capt. w. II. Wood returned last night
from Fort Worth. where he witnessed
the review OF troops encamped at CAM
Bowie.
An explosion OF gasoline In Johnson's :
cleaning shop opposite the Cordova ho'
tel, occurred at. 10 o'clock last night
George McClinton was severely burned
on the arms and hands.
The patch In the paving on Wes, Main
street. work on which has been delayed
for some time, was completed yesterday.
The cause of the delay was lack NJ ma
terial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Critchield anj
daughter. Wilda Edith. Mrs. |. r. Ma
son and Mrs. w. II. Roberts. who mo-
tored TO Dallas and Sherman the flrst
OF the week, returned yesterday.
c. w. DUNCAN, who was held by L.
s. Commissioner Hutchinson under So
900 bond. for alleged use of the United
States flag. at Milburn, made bond to-
day and was released from the Ard
more jail.
A meeting of the board of directors
OF the Chamber OF Commerce has been
called for Monday at o'clock to form
ulate plans for work and effect a. thor
ough organization with the new secre.
taries. Later, general meeting of
membership of the Chamber of Com
merce will be held.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Alexander, 337
ID. Street northwest received a mes
sage yesterday notifying them that
their son, Young c. Alexander who
has been with the coast artillery at
American Lake, Washington. for the
past two years, had been transferred TO
Jacksonville, Florida.
Marriage licenses have been issued 20
Frank B. Vaughn. 26. Seguin. Texas.
and Miss Mary Alice Willard. 22, Ard
more; Isaac A Johnson, 3S. and Mary
johnson. 30, both sof Ardmore; Frank
Moore. 21, Healdton, and Miss Minnie
Walker 10. Writ; Charley Moore, 2S,
Shawnee. and Miss Opal Wright, 22,
Lindsay
w. +. Nall, farmer of the Graham
community. was in the city today and
ordered The Daily Ardmoreite sent to
his home. Mr.. Nall states that nearly
all the cotton has been gathered in
his portion of the county and that
schools are opening with a good at
tendance. The dry fall months have
been very favorable for rapid progress
in cotton gathering.
A package containing two pairs of
wristlets. two pairs of socks and one
helmet was forwarded yesterday by
Mrs. Zara Kinkade, 522 Second Avenue
northwest to Clyde z Watson and Cor
don c Graham both of whom are in
service on board the U. S. S. Wolverine
at Great Lakes. Illinois. letter from
these boys, received October IL, asking
for knitted comforts was published in
The Ardmoreite. Answering the call, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Bledsoe. 4O4
c. Street northwest donated the yarn
and Mrs NJ. Litlell, 400 c. Street north
west knitted the articles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23
OF JUDEA ARE
SCENES OF FIGHTING

London. Nov. 23.-General Maurice
announces that the British operations
In Palestine, near Jerusalem. are con.
tiruing with complete success. The
British troops were still few miles
distant from Jerusalem, fighting in the
villages OF Judea, he said, and It would
be unwise TO make any anticipatorv
statement regarding the fall of the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23

Mrs. A. A. Ulrich. OF Dallas. and Mrs.
W. n. Mercer. OF Silver City. Colorado.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23
SHIPMENTS FROM l.. $.
TO RUSSIA MOVING OUT
Washington Denies That All Classes of
Material Cut Off.

Washington. Nov. 23.-Although
steps have been taken to hold up GER
tain shipments TO Russia. until the sit.
uation there clears, the War Trade
Board officially denied that no supplies
would be permitted to go from the
United States TO Russia, and announced
that cargo is now moving"
Officials of the board declined to
add to the brief statement making this
announcement. Large consignments of
railroad material alreacy are on the
way TO Russia. but it is understood
that before they are delivered the Uni
ted States government will satisfy it.
self that they are not likely TO fall in
the hand of any Russian faction op-
posed to the prosecution of the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-23
j. NJ BLACKWELL AT LAWTON
ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE

Lawton, Okla. Nov. 23.-The jury in
the case of the state VS.. j. NJ. Black
well, charged with the murder in con-
nection with the death of his cousin,
Taylor Hinson, returned verdict of
not guilty after the case had been to
the jury only a short time.