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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
Glaring Inconsistency.

There is a strong and growing sentiment
among the members of the patriotic organ
izations of Dawson that it will be nothing
less than a glaring Inconsistency to con-
tinue the waste of food by serving refresh
ments at afternoon meetings now that the
government is making such urgent and in
sistent appeals for the conservation of food
as the most vitality important war measure
The women are pledged to serve their
country in every way possible, and they real
ize that the hour has struck when fearful ex-
pressions of sympathy and pathetic little
programs to stir the emotions will not count
for much unless backed by deeds of personal
sacrifice. We might mourn all day over the
hungry eyes of little children turned ap-
pealingly to America" but if we 90 on eat
ing four meals day nobody is going to be-
HeVe that we are really concerned over the
pitiable plight of our allies. The social hour
with the bright cOngenial women of Daw-
son is always an uplift, but these occasions
would be none the less enjoyable if instead
of the self indulgence of rich foods we pass
ed the time in knitting or sewing for the
Red Cross. 1t would seem that an organiza-
ton IN these times of stress whose life de-
ponds on the serving of food had better die
root and branch that our fine and useful wo-
men might have more time for the pressing
duties that must be met if we would show
the true spirit of Americans.
have tip that those who have taken this
position and have cOurteously but firmly de-
cllned to partake of the tempting refresh
mentS offered were better equipped to press
the Red Cross drive that every one wished
to see carried to successful contamination,
In all the great crises of American history
women have shown themselves strong to
bear the burdens of warfare and their spirit
of sacrifice will not fail in this greatest
struggle of the ages. MARY C. HORNADY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
THE OLD ALMANAC.

Our fathers and grandfathers took more
delight in their almanacs' than we do in our
calendars. From them they secured great
deal of information which we of today deem
rather dull and prosy, if, indeed, we know
anything about it. Ember days, morning
and evening stars, fixed and movable festi-
walls, eclipses, chronological cycles and the
twelve signs of the zodiac were among the
matters set forth in the old-time almanac
which possessed a charm for our ancestors,
but which now appears as almost forgotten
IN so far as the present public is concerned.
At period when writings of lighter vein
were not plentiful the flashes of wit and the
dry humOr of the family almanac afforded
enlivement for the freside circles. All this
is now of the past, even if few almanacs
still are to be obtained.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
Female Charm in Weight.

Throughout the empire of Morocco and
in Tunis there are villages where the elder
members of the adult population follow pro-
t1eS5lonslly the pursuit Of fattening young
ladies for the matrimonial market.
The Moors, like the Turks and most 9TH
er Orientals, give a decided preference to
'moon-faced" wives over lean ones, and are
more sollcltous as to the number of pounds
which their brides weigh than about the
stock of accomplishments they possess
girl is put under the process of fatten-
ing when she is about II years of age. Her
hands are tied behind her and she is seated
on carpet during so many hours every day,
while her papa" stands over her with a
stick, and her mother, at times, pops into
her mouth ball of stiff maize porridge.
kneaded up with grease.
In Brazil corpulence is also considered
the essential point of female beauty.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
BUSY HOUSEWIVES,

AS a conservation measure the house.
wives of the city are up to their eyes in the
pleasant task of turning plums, mayhaws
dewberries and blackberries into jellies, pre-
serves and sauces. We are highly favored
to have these luscious fruits in such quaint
ties at our very doors, and nothing is better
worth while than storing them in toothsome
sweets for winter use. The fact that pure
fruit jellies are forty cents a glass in the
cities should give us higher appreciation
of our opportunity to stock our pantries
with the highest grade at nominal cost Liv-
ing at home on the best the Land affords is
a long way ahead of depending on imported
products. Preserving is conserving.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
A Tribute to Georgia.

In response to the toast, Georgia." be-
fore the Georgia Society of the District of
Columbia, Hon Jesse f. Mercer responded
with the following original and beautiful
tribute to his native state:
GEORGIA.
The heart of Dixie Land:
That symmetrical and superb landscape
enchantingly spread between the limpid Sa-
vannah and the turbid Chattahoochee, from
the cloud-kist caps of the superb Blue Ridge
to the LAYING waters of the Atlantic tide and
the semi-tropcs of "The Land of Flowers"
Within the compass Of that vast embrace an
hundred and fifty counties, each a principal
ity governed by princely, outstanding men
of purest American blood.
Thy agricultural pre-em1nence,
Thy industrial greatness,
Thy mineral wealth.
Thy fertile soil,
Thy climate salubrious
Thy pastoral serenity;
Thou Utopia of my fondest dreams,
The knightly mien of thy cordial and
courageous manhood
The virtue and beauty of thy charming
womanhod,
All beckon me as the lode-star the needle :;
Fain would | requit thy unconscious call
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
CHEERFUL NEWS.

From the Savannah Press.
The war widow has a future. Now
comes statistician and tells US that
the war widow has a better chance to
get a husband than does the spinster
sister. The young widow, having once
learned how to appeal to the vanity of
the masculine sex, knows how to play
the game of winning husbands This is
new idea, and one that probably has
some truth in it.-Dawson News.
This must be very comforting to the wal
widower. 1t is very cheerful to know tina
when he is potted by the Huns his widow
is not going to have great deal of trouble
getting another husband upon whom to Law
ish his war insurance
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
NO CAUSE FOR Al ARM

There IS no reason for uneasness because
the German language is being removed from
the schools of this country. Those people
who are becoming alarmed. lest this means
permanent harm to art and literature treas
ures, are purturbed without cause. While
the Germans are Smelling the finest struct
ures, destroying statuarv and CARVING off
works Of art people of the United States
are proceeding in an orderly way to DESTROY
some OF the things that they have stealthily
set up in this country. And one of the first
things to be removed are the creations of
German propaganda visibly present in many
OF the schools of the land. This object can
be accomplished only by removing the
study entirely from the currcula.
While the people of this country were en-
gagged in developing material resources and
attaining national ideals American institu-
tions became affected imperceptiblv bv con-
tact with an influence so subtle that it's ex-
istence was not noticed 1t was not until AFT
ter the opening of the great war that people
awoke to the fact that Germany had wormed
her "kultur" into our industries. comm erce
art and literature and our system Of educa.
ton. While the American people were busy
with the arts of industry Germany aimed al
the psychology of the nation, and sought to
attain by the excise of mental processes
what could not be accomplished by physi
cal means.
The American people are not acting in
the heat of hastily formed conclusion. On
the contrary, they have come to the conclu.
sion that instruction in the German language
at this time is not consistent with our ma.
tional aims, because its continued recognition
as part of our educational system affords
means whereby diabolism can be given re-
spectability.
Art is not menaced. No attainment of
scholar or artist is jeopardzed. The Ameri-
can people are simply determined to pre-
vent further accomplishment by the German
propaganda, and henceforth to give a free
to the forces Of democracy
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
GEORGIA RICE GROWING.

In discussing the means by which
Georgia has reduced it's consumption of
wheat flour to less than forty per cent.
of the normal the Augusta Chronicle
points out significant increase in the
production of rice. Many tracts of land
which formerly were idle are yielding
bountiful crops of this nutritious cereal
and thus helping to solve one of the
basic problems of the war This is true
Of a number of other states, notably
South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas and
Arkansas. There appears to be no
likelihood whatever of over-production
when we notice the steady and rapid
increase in the country's demand for
rice. For the first quarter of the cur
rent year the United States imported
from Hong Kong upwards of four mil
lion two hundred thousand dollars
worth of rice as compared with less
than one and half million dollars
worth for the corresponding period of
1917-Atlanta Journal.
In their scheme of Investigation and civ
ing at home" many of the farmers of Ter
rell county two or three years ago began
growing rice for their own use, and the re-
suits have been highly gratifying There
have been some really remarkable yields,
with little cost of planting and cultivation.
Hon. j. R. Mercer installed a rice cleaning
plant at his flour mill, and the number of
farmers of this and neighboring counties
who patronize it shows that the culture of
this wholesome and popular cereal is becom-
ing general And it is a simple matter of
truth to say that this very desirable state of
affairs is due to Mr.. MERGERS enterprise and
interest in the agricultural development OF
this section, in that he urged, through news.
paper articles, the planting of rice, and fur.
nished seed at actual cost.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
SHOULD FOLLOW TERRELL FARMERS

From the Telfair Enterprise.
The Dawson News reports that the Farm
ers of that county are blowing up cotton
in certain sections and planting peanuts. A
well known New York firm estimate that
there has been nearly 100000 acres more
planted to cotton this year year than there
were last year. That being the case, a good
many farmers in this county had better fol-
low the Terrell farmers in their move.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

An army captain who objects to bald
headed men because they present shining
target to the enemy is criticised by con-
temporary, which remarks that baldheads
have always been found in the front row
when anything lively was going on. Would
it be the same in the theatre of war;
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

Candidates Harris and Howard are lam
hasting each other in approved style. They
have forgotten all about their initial state
ments as to why they felt impelled to fling
themselves before the people-the defeat of
Senator Hardwick. 1t was not that at all, it
seems
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
The Kaiser and the Devil.

The kaiser called the devil I'D
On the telephone one day;
The girl at central listened to
All they had to say.
"Hello" she heard the kaiser's voice,
is old man Satan home?
Just tell him this is Kaiser Bill
That wants him on the phone"
The devil said "hello" to Bill,
And Bill said chow are you?
I'm running here hell on earth,
So tell me what to do"
What can l do" the devil said,
My dear old Kaiser Bill?
If there's thing that l can do
To help you l surely will"
The kaiser said, "Now listen.
And l will try to tell
The way that | am running
On earth a modern hell:
I've saved for this for many years,
And I've started out to kill
That it will be a modern job
Just leave to Kaiser Bill.
My army went through Belgium
Shooting women and children down;
We tore up all her country
And blew up all her towns.
MY Zepps dropped bombs on cities,
Killing both old and young,
And those the Zeppelins didn't get
We've taken out and hung.
Il started out for Paris
With the aid of poisonous gas:
The Belgians, damn EN-, stopped US,
And would not let us pass.
My submarines are devils;
Why, you should see them fight;
They go sneaking through the seas
And sink a ship at night.
Il was running things to suit me
Till year or so ago,
When man named Woodrow Wilson
Wrote me to 90 more slow.
He said to me, Dear William,
We don't want to make you sore,
SO be sure to tell your U-boats
TO sink our ships no more
q did not listen to him,
And he's coming after me
With million Yankee soldiers
From their homes across the sea.
"NOw, that's why l called you up,
Satan,
For | want advice from you;
| knew that you would tell me
Just what | ought to do"
MY dear old Kaiser William,
There's not much for me to tell,
For the Yanks will make it hotter
Than | can for you in hell
i've been a mean old devil
But not half as mean as you,
And the minute that you get here
| will give my job to you.
IN be ready for your coming,
And I'll keep the fires all bright,
And I'll have your room all ready
When the Yanks begin to fight.
For the boys in blue will get you
| have nothing more to tell;
Hang up the phone, and get your hat
And meet me here in hell"
Selected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

Uncle Sam proposes to be on time in the
war. An order for 100000 wrist watches
and 100000 radio compasses are among the
unexpected requests that have come to the
American supply department In Paris. The Sc
implements of war are being rapidly assem-
bled from Swiss and other European stocks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

And, if we went in for conscription of
wealthy men on a pro rata basis, there
would be no more opportunity for such a
glorious popular success as the third liberty
loan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

We have not been hearing much lately
about the need to save gasoline ordinarily
consumed in pleasure car operations. Per-
haps that is because the fluid now sold as
fuel for pleasure cars is no longer gasoline
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

Terrell county has promptly and easily
come up with her quota of the Red Cross
fund. That is the Terrell way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

The presidents objection to the "undis-
closed object Of the latest Chamberlain bill
is, then, not wholly dissimilar to the senate's
objection to the undisclosed objects of the
Overman bill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

The postal airplane from New York got
there on schedule. The postal airplane from
Washington descended as soon as it got over
the first hill. Thus we see another instance
of governmental breakdown
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

Many man who has the disposition to
buy next winters supply of coal now has not
the money nor the storage space. Is that
man to freeze next winter, Doc?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

When liquor is being peddled for Atlanta
policemen, state of affairs revealed by an
investigation of the department, what is to
be expected of the wayfaring sinner?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

City boys have been found to have better
trained ears than country boys in the army.
And, believe US, better trained eyes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28
TERRIBLE AFFLICTION."

From the Savannah Press.
Randolph county has to furnish state
senator this year. This is a terrible afiiction
for a perfectly good county like Randolph.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-28

DIR. Kennon Mott the Non-Medical and
Optometry Specialist, of 428 Austen Build
ing, Atlanta, Ca, is representing the "Dia-
mond Disc" lenses and "Idokure" Remedies.
relieving headaches and giving good sight,
ease and comfort by their special glasses
and remedies, Certain cataracts, conditions
corrected and removing growths from the
eyes, Strengthening cross-eyes, and all all
ments of the eyes without injurious drugs.
knife or pain. Some eyes can be cured SO
that glasses are not needed.
Don't forget the date, and call early, as
ne can only stay one day this trip, June 4th.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-07-16
$4,000 mujeres
(Viene de la la.)

La ley eXigia que Sc anotase la
edad exacta, en- amos, meses y dlas,
de cada una de las registradas. No
bastaba decir: soy mayor de Il amos,
tengo, pues, Ia edad legal para votar.
Era precise decir: tengo trcinta,
treinta Y cinco..-- por mas que no
10 parezca.
Esto pudo haber restado votantes,
Y acaso las restara, porque Il muJer
que parece joven y que no 10 es, Sc
siente capaz de renunciar q todos los
derechos, aun al de Ia nlisma vida,
antes que confesar que va Paso de
Ia edad amorosa.
Sin embargo, Ia passion politica
vencio de los intereses femenlnos, y
trece mil mujeres c%onfesaron 81
edad.
Y es que elias, sin haber leido a
Dumas ell hijo, estai convencidas de
10 que ell gran novelista alegara, ha-
ce mas de cinco decadas, en- 'defensa
del sufragismo Y de las sufragistas,
cuando alguien lie decia que las mu-
jeres perderian 81 gracia en- Ia %
saica function de votar: "DeJadias,
dejadlas votar, cue elias sabran To-
tar con gracia."
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81 I'd. quiere mandar Ginsro

81 I'd. uuie-e mandar Clnsro:a
Mexico, sa0ie1do oe 80
To VA i RECIBI2 So EAaIL4A en
0Ro 0 PLATA MEXCANA; saolen-
do eli lugar precise donde el dlneCo ssra
oaga6o = 81 ncnb-e de EuesS-o Co-res-
ponsaI o Ageata pagGior, TODD este az
ties de Gue I'd. suelte IN solo centaTo y
con u gsrcrtia aCe-caS cue en- case Ce
rr-e i Gira-U 10 Sc CCaoa pagan Sc
le S~o7ofve-a2 I'd p-eTia orCen de
ce1ac.Gn, sin cue lc cueste dIEero' AoSSC
tia n Erabajc. ocurra o eScC!oa Z LSS
ANGELES MERCANTILE %; EO1
\. Main s.. LOS ANGELES. 49,
Los ANGELES MERCANTILE @
I12A ". Commerce St SG1 Antonio Tex
vno Sc a~rregensica, pGesnueStro serVic'o
es 81 mas rapiGo po-Que podenos uSarsi
tnlasrnfo en- case Recesario, e. les
STGJJR0, aorouc Cecenos CocCesp0G-
s9ia= Fi-acEos en todcs les lugares Gu
Va I;sta pubiicanos; 81 mas GAHAHsIt-
TAD0 Doroue Ell case Decesarlo Sc e
dgv7aive 81 dine-o q c~onprador De-
Giro como 10 Drueba 81 hechc de NJ
V3REE TENID0 JATAS UNA So
IA RECLANACION JUSTItICADA
Y sobra TODD, nuestro precio es Ell mas
BARATO orr 10 dGncuesCra1 r1u!CcUo
dc testimonies que neo1OS recloldo !
one Uusted podra yer cuanco gCSte.
Ocurra 0 escrita 8 Los angeles Ae1-
camille Co. POL \. Main St, Los Ang-
eles Cal, O 2 81 Sucursal en San A2to-
MO. Texas, 112E-A West Commerce 81
O a cuaiuuiera de los Bancos cue CeaeH
eS+cblecido este se7yicio de GlROS So
PRF MEXICO PAGADEEOc EN- PLA-
TIA = ORC MEEICANC.
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FLETCHER NFORMA De LOS Ar
TICJTLOS QUE PUEDEN SER
EXPOKTADOS-
Uiene de Ia 1a.)

Amoaiaco. (para Il fabrication de
.bielo : para Ia refrigeration &c all
.rneutos, Due Sc use en- Ia fabricl0n dc
~csTysza.)
Dinamita, mecha Y capsules,
Maouinaria para minas.
~Azticules que solo Sc PermItlra
expcrtar en- muy imitadas cant'da-
des:
Ardculos manufactura6os de hero
Y acero- -
EianuFo.
Cobre : zinc mar~ufactrrado.
Los articulos ~ccntenidcS en II Hsta
anterior no SCH exclusives. Ell gobier
M de los EstadoS Unidos teudra GUS
TO EN- COSSIDERAR CU1DADO-
,SANENTE EE LA MANERA MAS
.ASIISTOSA. CUAL0JIERA SOIL
.CITUD QUE HAGA Ell G0BiERNO
EMEXICANO. PARA QUE Sc N
tCLUYAN OTROS ARTICULOS.
LOS Estados Unidos So han v;sto
.ob,ieados Z reservar ciertcS ar;icutoS
indispensables para 81 propio uso del
.go5ierlro, Y que Il 2pilcacicH1eS en-
Ia guerra, V que en- epOcas no-males
serfa permitido exportar hbremente
"a Mexzco. Como IN resultado de los
isssfuerzos del gobierno de los Estados
:Unidos, para estInular Ia production
la iista de es0s articuloS que hoy So
~.reservan sera grsdualmeate rsd1clda,
" sc espera que tan pronto como las
sccndiciores 10 permitan 81 ints7ean-
.hio commercial entre anboS PASSES vol
vera ! n~ormahzarse-
"Al adeptar esta anIstc0 acutuh
9racis Mexico. mi gobierEo no abrlgs
ia msrtor 6uda acerca de que ct 60
Sierno de Mexico condnaaTa PeTni-
fiendo que Sc exporter a los Estados
sUnidos siguncs articulOs cue no Sc
Enecesifan imperioSamenSe sqp,y que
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-07-16
TodoS q Ia cdrceL

Entoncas, ell gobernador orden0 el
a~rresto de todos los agitadores, es-
pecialmente de los que habian llegado
4 la ciudad diciendose representatives
autorizados de las uniones obreras
de Coahuila y Tamaulipas.
Y tan pronto conc fue cunplida Ia
orden el gobernador t~elegrafi0 a Ca
rranza participandole que Sc habia
visto precisado a obrar con energia
encarcelando a los agitadores, porque
estos no solamente impedian el ARE
glo de Ia huelga, sino que trataban
de hacar III movimiento general para
los Estados de Nuevo Leon, Tamau-
lipas Y Coahuila, movimiento que pc
dria tener caracter politico, Va que
los o~radores, en- los discursos pro-
l~unciados, habian atacado con ener-
gia al gobierno actual.
Carranza contesto a Zambrano que
probaba su de proceder y
ue siguiera aprehendiendo a todos
.os agitadores, para desterrarlos a
sodos %juntos, aprovechando la cir
eunstancia de que entire los dete-
nidos Sc encontraban un espanol y
IN cubano.
Hasta mujeres hon sido ar7estadas.
!
Ell informante termino sus dscla-
raciones diciendonos que tan resuel-
to esta ell gobernador Zambrano a
pCaer termino a las dificultades, cue
hasta q mujeres ha mandado inter
mar en- la Penitenciaria, bajo Ell car
go de fomentar la huelga = de inTi-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-07-16

tar a los obreros a protestar publ:ca-
mente contra los actos del goberna-
dor.
Dos de dichas mujeres Ilegaron q
Monterrey juntanente con los dele
gados de Torre6n y Tampico, ha-
ciendose lamar delegadas de Las
uniones obreras ~femeninas de dichas
ciudades.
Los obreros de Monterrey, no obs
tante estos successes, continuan obser-
una actitud serena Todos es-
tan decididos, sin embargo, a CONT
nuar en- huelga hasta que sean salts
ifechas sus demapdas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-07-16
Los ANG5ELEsS DIIEERRCCAlNNTlLE CO, sueusa|, s 5S ' N Ss5': H7as St

ron los Delegates referidos en- IN
mitfn celebrado el viernes proximo
pasado, en- ell cual sc lanzaron criti-
cas- Y ataques al gobernador, de quien
Sc dijo que defendia los in~tereses
de los capitalists porque 81 10 era Y
10 deseaba ser mas aun obten!endo
accioncs de las mas grandes empire
sas industriales q cambio de su par
cialidad hacia aquellas empresaS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-07-16

Mexico, I'd. tiene derecho 6 que Sc lie
circumstances ;nprevista ON ausen-
ferne6sd o cualquiera otro motive, 10
ANGELES MERCANTILE CO., de
LES MERCANTILE CO., Sucursal de
do siempre fielmente con esta ooLga-
molestia, gasto o Perd!da de tempo;
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-07-16
EL tenor dc unu hueigG general

FL tenor dc ura huelgG general
e. gobernador Zambrano tuvo avi-
so op~ortuno de Ia llegada a Monte
rrey de varios agitadores, tanto me-
xicanos como extranjeros, Y orden6
a la policia que los vigilara estrecha-
mente.
Los Delegates de Saltillo, Torre0n
" Tampico Sc presentaron a las au-
toridades, poniendo en- 81 conociTIcn-
to que iban en- representation de las
~sociedaGes obreras de las nlenciona-
das ciudades coahuilenseS y tamauli-
peca, respectivamente, y que su mi
sion no era otra que Ia de coadyuyar
al arreglo definitiyo de Ia huelga.
Los Delegates de Torre6n, Saltillo
y Tampico no iban a ESQ, sin ernbar-
60, sino a alentar a los huelguistas a
que Sc p?antuvieran Ermes y no acep-
taran ninguno de los ofrecimientos
que Sc lie hicieran, proaetiendolss gu
Ia huelga seria secundada por lc
obreros de las mencionsdas ciuda-
des, Y que Sc extenderia bien pronto
por todos los Estados del Norte de.
pals.
Ell g~obernador Zambrano confirm6
los infornes que'habia recibido con
Ia actitud que entertainments asumie-