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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

IBy 7. G. HOLDEN. Former Dean Of
Iowa state College,
incubation never hurts, is generally
beneficial and often essential to the
growing Of alfalfa.
In regions where alfalfa has not
been grown II IS frequently found to
be very beneficial to inoculatc the
ground by sowing three or four hun
drcd pounds of soil secured from a field
where alfalfa has been grown for a
number of years; or where 1t is more
convenient, artificial cultures such as
nitrogen, %farmogcrm, etc, may be ap-
piled.
Well Prepared Seed Bed.
Alfalfa seed may be either drilled, or
Sowcd broadcast and narrowed IN. The
seed can be more evenly distributed If
onc-hulf Is sown in one direction and
the other half sOwn at right angles. II
IS always n good plan TO SOW the seed
the field, as this portion of the field Is
more subject to injury from insects,
foXtuIl, etc.
While II IS the custom In the humid
regions 70 sow 20 pounds Of seed to
the acre, ten TO twelve pounds Is sufii-
Client. If evenly distributed this will
give from fifty to sixty seeds for every
square foot, while one thrifty plant TO
the square foot Is sufficient.
A well prepared, firm, solid scedbed,
plenty of good barnyard manure, and
summer fallow to kill the weeds, are
most important. Then comes lime.
1noculation and phosphorus are fire.
qucntly beneficial. Ground too wet
for corn Is not suited to alfalfa.
Cut at Proper Time.
When possible to do so it is best to
cut alfalfa in the late afternoon or
evening, Dew or rain On the freshly
cut alfalfa will not injure IL. In the
morning the teddcr should be started
AZ soon rs most of the dew is off and
before there is any danger of knocking
off the leaves. II is often advisable to go
over It more than once. II should be
cut before it is in full bloom or as
soon rs the young sprouts or shoots
start TO grow ut the base of the plant.
When alfalfa is left too long before
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
GOO Sick
60 Work
Many Women in this Condition Re-
gain Health by Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Convincing Proof of This Fact.

Ridgway, Penn. - II suffered from female
trouble with backache and pain in my side for over
seven months so l could not do any of my work. l
was treated by. three different doctors and was
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told me
how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had
helped her. I decided to try it, and it restored my
health, so I now do all of my homework which is
not light as I have a little boy three years old"
Mrs. @. M. RH1NEs, R~idgway, Penn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
w. N. u, MEMPHIS. NO. e-1e17.
THR ONWARD MARCH Of Bronchitis,


arrested by Doctor Pierce's.
Golden Medical Discovery.
In those scrofulous condi-
tions Of the blood which in
vite consumption ; in severe.
lingering Coughs, and Weak
Lungs, which threaten you
with this fatal disease, and
when other help has failed
this medicine is q proved
remedy.
As q blood-cleanser>
strength-restorer, and tonic
IL IS sure to benefit. In all
lingering RrOnchia1 and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
Mrs. Lindsey Now Keeps House For Sc

Tennine, Ga.-T want to tell you how much Ihave been benefited
by Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. About eight years agoI
got n such alowstate of health I was unable to keep house for three in
the family. I had dull, tired, dizzy feelings, cold feet end hands nearly
all the time and could scarcely sleep at all. The doctor said had a
severe case of liberation and without an operation I would always
be an invalid, but / told him wanted to wait awhile. Our druggist
advised my husband to get Lydia f. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
and it has entirely cured me. Now keep house for seven and work
in the garden some, too. I am so thankful I got this medicine. Ifeel
as though it saved my life and have recommended it to others and
they have been bnefted"-Mrs.W ". E. LINDSEY, r. R: Tennile, Ga.
If you want special advice write to Lydia e. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co. (confdentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
Very Suitable,

very oUTIdpTC.
"The engagement of the young sur
geon to the telephone girl is unusually
appropriate"
"Why SOP"
because she makes a practice OF
cutting folks off and he is cutting
them up"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
Poor Father,

Daughter-Pa, what Is your BIRTH
stone?
Father of Seven (wearily)-The
grindstone, l guess, my child.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

Strawberries derive their name
from the fact that they were n time
sold strung on straws.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

Spartan Women Suffered Untold Tortures
but who wants to be a Spartan? Take
"Femenina" for all female disorders.
Price SOC and $1.00.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

He who calls all men fools is right
In one instance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A we'll known actress gives the follow
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint Of
water add / OF. Bay Rum, a small box Of
Barbo Compound, and a OF. of glycerine.
Any druggist a put this up or you
mix 1t at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come in
each box of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make it soft and glossy. 1t will
not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

Lucky people are those who do not
depend upon luck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-03-02

Crystal Springs.-All arrangements
havI been made to have a meeting of
the Wesson Dairymen's association
in Wesson on March 5 for the purpose
OF considering hog raising as a by.
product of the dairy industry, which
Is growing rapidly in that community.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
CHAPTER II.

What Happened to Frederica's Plan.
At twenty-seven minutes after seven
that evening, Frederick Whitney was
about ten minutes before the hour at
which she had invited guests to dinner
not quite near enough dressed to
prevent a feeling that she had to
hurry. Ordinarily she didn't mind. To
Frederick at thirty, the job of being
q radiantly delightful object Of regard
lacked the sporting interest of un-
certainty-was almost too simple a
matter to bother about.
But tonight she wished she'd started
half an hour earlier. Even her hus-
band discovered it. He brought in a
cigarette, and stood smiling down at
her with the complacent look that
characteriZes married man Of forty
when he finds himself dressed in eve
ming harness ten minutes before his
wife. She shot a glance of rueful in
quiry at him, and asked him what time
it was.
"Seven twenty-five thirty-six," he
told her. She made no comment ex-
cept with her eyebrows, but he must
have been looking at her, for he want
ed to know, good-humoredly, what all
the excitement was about.
"You could go down as you are
and not a man here tonight would
know the difference. And as for the
women-well, if they have something
on you for once, they'll be all the
better pleased
"Don't try to be knowing and philO-
ssphical, and-Havelock Ellis Martin
| DEAR" she admonished him, pending
a minute operation with an infnitesl
NAL hairpin. 'It isn't your lay bit.
Just concentrate your mind on one
thing, and that's being nice to Her.
miOne Woodruff, and on seeing that
Roddy is"
He asked. "Why Rodney?" in a tone
that matched hers; looked at her,
widened his eyes, said "Huh!" to him
self and, f1nolly, shook his head.
Nothing to it." he pronounced.
She dispatched the maid with the
key to the wall safe in her husbands
room. "Why isn't ther"" she demand
ed. Rodney won't look at young girls.
They bore him to death. But Her
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
Then In the Doorway She Saw Him.

Then In the Doorway She Saw Him.
door opened-a voice with crisp ring
to it that sounded always younger than
his years. What they heard the but.
Ter say to him was disconcerting.
"You're terribly wet, sir!"
Frederica turned on her husband a
look of despair. Hes walked through
that rain! Do run down and send
him up to me. I can imagine how he'll
look"
She was mistaken about that,
though. For once Frederick had over
estimated her powers, stimulated
though they were by the way she heard
her husband say:
"Praise heaven you can wear my
clothes. Run along upstairs and break
yourself gently to Freddy"
She heard him come squudging up
the stairs and along the hall, and
then in her doorway she saw him. His
baggy gray tweed suit was dark with
water and toned down by a liberal
stipple Of mud spatters. Both his side
pockets had been, apparently strained
to the utmost to accommodate what
looked like a bunch of paStebOard-
bound notebooks, now far on the way
to their original pulp, and Topped de-
spondently outward. A melancholy
pool had already begun forming about
his feet. His face, above the dis
NAL wreck, beamed good-humored, in
nocent affection at her. 1t was a
big-featured, strong, rosy face, and the
unmistakable intellectual power of it,
which became apparent the moment
he got his faculties into action, had
trick of hiding, at other times, behind
mere robust simplicity.
"Good gracious!" he said. "I didn't
know you were going to have a party.
thought it would just be the family.
So instead of dressing, I thought I'd
walk. And then it came on to rain,
so I took street car-and got put
off. And here am"
"Yes, here you are" said Frederick.
''Don't be impossible, Rod. Don't you
even know whose birthday party this
ISL"
He looked at her, frowned, then
laughed. He had great, big laugh.
81 thought it was one Of the kids"
he said.
"Well, it isn't" she told him. "It's
yours. And the people we're having
were asked to meet you. And you've
got just about seven minutes to get
into Martins other dress suit. I'll
send Walters to lay it out"
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mione can understand fully half the
things he talks about. She's got lott
Of tact and skill. she's good-lookins
and no older than I and I'm two year.,
younger than Roddy. She'll appreci
ate real husband, after having beet
married five years to John Woodruff
And she's rich enough, now, so thai
his wild-eyed way of practicing Law
won't matter"
GAIL very nice and reasonable" he
conceded, "but somehow the notion OF
Rodney Aldrich trying to marry q
rich widow is one I'm not equal to-.
He looked at his watch again. "By the
way, didn't you say he was coming
early"
She nodded. They heard, just then
faint and far away, the ring Of the
doorbell.
"Wait a second" he said. "Let's
see if it's Roddy."
There was no mistaking the voice
they heard speaking the moment tht
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17

ct laughed" she said, because you
have been deceived" And she added
quickly, 81 don't believe it's quite so
deep on the sidewalk, is it?" With
that she waded away toward the curb.
He followed, then led the way to
lee wall that offered, comparatively
speaking, shelter. Then, "Where's the
deception?" he asked.
On any other day, it's probable she'd
have acted differently-would have
paid some heed, though a bit con-
temptously, perhaps, to the precepts of
ladylike behavior, in which she'd been
admirably grounded. Today being to-
day, she consigned ladylike considera-
tions to the inventor of them, and
gave instinct it's head.
She laughed again as she answered
his question: "The deception was that
I pretended to do it from principle.
The real reason why shouldn't pay
another fare is that only had one
more nickel. It's only about half a
mile to the station, but from there
home it's ten. So you see I'd rather
walk this than that
"But that's dreadful" he cried.
'Isn't there Couldn't you let
"Oh," she said, "it isn't as bad as
that. It's just one Of the silly things
that happen to you sometimes, you
know. paid my subscription to The
| Maroon. - She didn't laugh
audibly, but without seeing her face
he knew she smiled, the quality of her
voice enriching itself somehow. {.
"And ate bigger lunch than usual,
and that brought me down to ten
cents"
"You will make complaint about
that, won't you?" he urged. "Even if
it wasn't on principle that you refused
to pay another fare? And let me back
you up in it. I've his number, you
know"
"You deserve that, suppose" she
said, because you did get off the car
on principle. But-well, really, unless
we could prove that paid my fare,
they'd probably think the conductor
did exactly right. Of course he took
hold of me- but then-well, think what
I did to him!"
He grumbled that this was non
sense-the man had been guilty at least
of excessive zeal-but he didn't urge
her, any further, to complain.
"There's another car coming" he
now announced, peering around the
end of the wall. "You will let me
pay your fare on it, won't you?"
She hesitated. The rain was thin
ming. II would" she said, "if honest
ly wouldn't rather walk. Thanks, really
very, very much, though. Don't you
miss it," She thrust out her hand.
"Good-by"
81 can't pretend to think you need
an escort to the elevated" he said. II
saw what you did to the conductor.
I haven't the least doubt you could
have thrown him off the car. But
Pd-really like it very much if you
would let me walk along with you."
"Why," she said, "of course. I'd
like it, too. Come along"
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17

her stride purposeful enough to dis
courage offers of company. They all
seemed young to her today. All her
student activities seemed young. AS
if, somehow, she had outgrown them.
The feeling was none the less real
after she had laughed at herself for
entertaining it.
She noticed presently that it was a
good deal darker than il had any
right to be at this hour, and the sudden
fall of the breeze and a persistent
simmer of lightning supplied her with
the explanation. When she reached
Forty-seventh street, the break of the
storm was obviously a matter Of
minutes, so she decided to ride across
to the elevated-it was another mile,
perhaps-rather than to walk across
as she had meant to do.
She found quite group Of people
waiting on the corner for a car, and
the car itself, when it came along,
was crowded. So she handed her
nickel to the conductor over some
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
THE BIG STEP

Most romantic fiction ends
with the hero and heroine about
to marry and 'live happy ever
after" The author of this I'M
usual serial begins his story
with marriage and carries the
romance for q period of several
years into the realm of double
harness." Taking a couple from
the well-tO-do scale Of the
Middle West social scheme, Mr..
Webster uses them to bring out
some of the important problems
confronting a great many young
men and women who enter the
bonds of matrimony in these
days of equal suffrage, of wom-
en- who'd rather work down
town than stay at home, and of
new complications in the busi-
ness of raising a family. 'The
Real Adventure" is thoroughly
alive with action. You will en-
joy the story not C"ly for it's ro-
nance but for the element in it
that will make you think-and
ponder the intimate happenings
in your own family and in the
families of your neighbors.
THE EDITOR.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
Summation Of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insuring a good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
in the morning. Made and sold in
America for fifty-two years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied cOuntrieS.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17

begged his pardon, and assured him
she'd try to do better.
Another girl who had been waiting
to speak to the professor, perceiving
that their conversation was at an end,
came and stood beside her at the desk
"a scrawny girl with an eager voice,
and question she wanted to ask about
Robespierre; and for some reason
or other, ROsalind StantOn's valedic-
tory smile seemed to include a con-
sciousness of this other girl-a con-
SciOusnesS of a contrast. 1t might not
have been any more than that, but
somehow it left the professor feeling
that he had given himself away.
There is nothing cloistral about the
University of Chicago except it's
architecture. AS she went out Rose
felt that the presence of q fat abbot
or lady prioress in the corridor
outside the recitation-room would have
fitted in admirably with the look of
the warm gray walls and the carven
pointed arches of the window and
door easements, the blackened oak of
the doors themselves.
She wasn't fully conscious of it on
this March morning, but something
had happened that made a difference
If she'd been ascending an impercep.
tible gradient for the past months,
today she had come to recognizable
step up and taken it. Oddly enough,
the thing had happened back there in
the classroom as she stood before the
professors desk and caught his eye
wavering between herself and the
scrawny girl who wanted to ask a
question about Robespierre. There
had been more than blank, helpless
evaporation in that look of his, and
it had taught her something. She
couldn't have explained what.
She went swinging along alone, her
shoulders back, confronting the warm
March wind, drawing long breaths into
her good deep chest. She had just
had, psychically speaking, birthday
She played wonderful game Of
basketball that afternoon, and it was
after five o'clock when, at the con-
clusion of the game and cold shower,
a rub, and a somewhat casual re-
sumption of her clothes, she emerged
from the gymnasium. High time that
she took the quickest way Of getting
home, unless she wanted to be late for
dinner.
But the exhilaration of the day per-
sisted. She felt like doing something
out Of the regular routine. Even a
preliminary walk of a mile or so before
she should cross over and take the
elevated, would serve to satisfy her
mild hunger for adventure.
So, with her notebooks under her
arm and her sweater-jacket unfasten-
ed, at a good four-mile swing she
started north. In the purlieus of the
university she was frequently hailed
by friends of her own sex or the other.
But though she waved cheerful re-
sponses to their greetings, she made
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
Wealth of Australia.

The recently completed census Of
wealth in Australia shows that the
country's net assets are equal to ST.
675 per head of the population. The
migration returns show a loss Of 279,-
600 males since the war began and
white women now outnumber the men
by $4,000.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
A Sure Way.

81 wish I knew how to kill time"
"Why, don't you join an amateur
musical society?"
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
Satisfactory.

Bess-Does he make a satisfactory
husband?
June-Very-fOr her enemies.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
Not His Fault.

Boy-Do you work here?
Office Boy-Only when the boss is
looking.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17

"After an injury was in terrible
shape from kidney trouble" says D.
Reuter-, North St. West Chicago, Ill:
Il couldn't stoop because of the awful
pains in my back and the steady, dull
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17
Quite True.

Experience is the best teacher"
eyes, but time gives us a good many
more wrinkles"
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17

This bluff young man sur
prises his scheming sister with
the smart way in which he
eludes her trap to marry him
off-read 1t in the next INSTALL
ment.
The Benson signal., 1917-11-17

(TO BE CONTINUED
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-11-30
COPPERVILLE.

The barn which was destroyed Oy
fire on the Z. o. Garner farm no"
owned by John H. Roop, was raised
last Friday.
Harvey Locner has purchased a
Chevrolet touring car from Carroll n.
JOCkard.
William Hess, Miss Birdie Hess and
Mrs Maryanna Fogle spent Sunday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Airing and family, of near Harvey.
Mrs. Phillip Warehime, of Balti-
more, spent Monday with her mother,
Mrs. Deborah Flickinger.
Mr. Samuel Johnson, accompanied
by Charles Young and family, motor
ed to Sandy Mount Sunday and spent
the day.
Miss Carrie Eckard and Miss Elva
Martin visited Miss Larena Baker
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Harvey Hocner, accompanied
BY William Hess, George Musselman
and Edward Fogle motOred to Han
over and 'Littlestown Tuesday evening,
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Granulated
Sugar &c Id.
1b. to each member Of your family
per week.

Hominy 10c quart.
Hominy 75c peck.
Clark's o. N. IT. spool cotton &C spool
Best black pepper Csc 10.
Loose Cocoa 19C Id.
Syrup TIC gallon.
Chocolate Drops 19c ID.
Sausage Suffers $6.98.
Hemp Carpet 29c yard.
Stair Carpet 19c yard.
Lemons 19c dozen.
Salmon 19c can.
Red Seal Batteries Csc each.
Rag Carpet sec yard.
25 Envelopes for sc.
2 pair Fleeced lined gloves for Csc.
Salt Peter for curing meat 25c ID.
Mems Hose 10c pair.
5 gallon Milk Cans 1898.
Flour Csc bag,
Skates CSC pair.
Mems Snag Proof Felt Boots $2.48.
Graphophone Records SC each.
finch Double Records Csc each.
Revolvers $2.9S each
Mems Khaki Pants $1.25 pair
China Mating 15C yard.
Japanese Mating 29c yard.
Sx10 Window glass 45c dozen.
Shippensburg Cord Pants $3.75 pair.
Children's fieeced lined underwear 25c
Canvas leggins 48c.
Mems sweaters CSC each.
Prunes 1212c lib.
Dried Peaches 15c lb.
Seeded Raisins 13c pack.
Loose Raisins lie lb.
Cameo Carbide $4.95 per can.
Union Carbide $5.25 per can.
Blue Stripped Overalls CSC pair
Straw mattresses $2.48.
Boys Suspenders 10c pair.
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2 pair Woren's Tan Hose for Csc.
31x4 Pullman Non-Skid Castings $25.
31x4 Goodyear All Weather Castings
I $3170.
Children's Black School Hose 18c pair
Single barrel Guns $698 each.
% Calibre Rifles 1898 each.
| Clothes Pins 1c dozen.
Mems OvercOats $4.9S.
Half pound box Prince Albert To-
bacco 39c
Pound box Prince Albert Tobacco 79c.
Air Tight Coal Stoves $6.75.
Gray fish 1Oc can.
Ladies' Winter Underwear 48c.
Kitchen Safes $4.69.
Wheelbarrows $4.48.
Bullets $3.50.
Couches $685.
Gasoline 23c gallon.
Mems Snag Proof Felt Boots $2.48.
Subscriptions taken for all Magazines.
Mems Rubber Shoes 85c pair
! Glass Wash Boards 800 each.
Brass Wash Boards 75c each.
Rice SC lb.
! Washington Crisp 10c pack.
Fresh Ground Corn Meal &c ID.
| Fresh Crackers tic Id.
Ivory Soap &c bar
Fresh Canned Cocoanut 10c can.
| Seedless Raisins 15c pack.
Children's School Shoes $1.79 pair.
Mrs. Potts Irons $125 set.
| s quart Galvanized Pail 29c.
Fels Naptha Soap &c bar.
y quart Galvanized Pail 33c.
Cotton 16c bat.
Boys School Shoes $1.69 pair.
Mems heavy work shoes, $2.4S pair.
Mems Suits 1898.
! House Dressers CSC each.
| Cow Chains soc each.
| Coal Holds 4Sc each.
3-tb. Bag Fine Salt SC.
Glib. Bag Fine Salt 10c.
28-tb. Bag Fine Salt 39c.
56-tb. Bag Fine Salt 69c.
56-tb. Bag Coarse Salt SOC.
2O0-fb. Bag Coarse Salt $1.85.
SOUP BEANS zoe QUART.
Sausage Grinders csc each
F7eichman Yeast Cakes for sc.
Sweet Heart Soap &C bar.
EMPTY SYRUP BARRELS $1.25.
Karo Syrup 15c can.
Star Crackers 15c I'd.
Soda Crackers 15c 10.
Auto Tube Patches 29c box.
Stove Pipe Enamel.
Corn Starch &c pack.
! Gold Dust sc box.
Large Gold Dust 25c box.
Santa Claus Soap sc bar.
FAIRY Soap &c bar.
Shoe Laces &c pair.
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TNION MILLS.

The campaign for the Y. NJ. {. A.
fund is progressing very satisfactor-
lily in Myers district, and it is be-
lieved that our full allotment will be
raised.
First Lieutenant Bernard Lawyer
and Second Lieutenant Donald Kerr,
who are stationed at the government
proving ground, near Aberdeen, Md,
motOred to Union Mills, and spent last
Saturday and Sunday with Lieuten-
ant Lawyers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira G. Lawyer. Lieutenant Kerr's
wife was also with the party. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawyer also entertained A. }.
Blackaller and family, of CatOnsVille,
Md, several days last week.
j. Marshall Jones and family, OF
Nj Washington, Md, were guests
over last Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. B..
#. Shriver, the parents of Mrs Jones.