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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-19

bottle of ginger ale exploded in the hand
of a Chicagoan the other day, the top striking
him in the head and rendering him unconscious.
Those complaining they are not able to buy
anything with kick in it might lay in a case
of ginger ale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-19

Old glory was 149 years old last week.
Pretty husky chap for that age and looks able
to stand several more battles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-19

John McCutcheon. the cartoonist. few from
Chicago to Perdue the other day. He objecte'
to landing in an alfalfa field. We should sa!
that were preferable to dropping in ston
quarry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-19

Dear Mrs, Thompson: DO you eat
straw berry shortCahe with spoon
or a fork? DOUBTFUL.
Strawberry shortcuKe IS eaten
With a fork.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-19

Yellow peril note: In an eastern divinity
He is Jap.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-19

trio of fashionabIy dressed young men is
engaged in holding up banks in Indiana. They
ride in an automobile and enjoy the best of
everything that the world affords. and thus far
have managed to keep out of the clutches of
the police Occasionally they take a life, but
they don't shoot to kill unless they are COM
PEELED to do so to protect themselves. The
boys merely have adopted the tactics of some
lines of big business, only they do not operate
on so large a scale.
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PRONAJME Sc 20 akrh, ~

PRONAJME Sc 20 akrh, ~
mile cd Garfield Parku, pobli-
ze mestske poulicnl kary, IL
rokojovy dunn, mestska voda,
clektricke svetlo, zachod a vo-
da V dome. Diva ovocne sadly,
ckr vinice, velice nrodne. Pod
mlnky velice prijatelny. Anna
Masl, 1866 vych. 40 ul.
e4--10
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DrobraS
0zrlarr,ky

PRIJMOU Sc dve maSinar-
Y Ma damske kaZajky. Siala
prace. Haste sc V elsie 3458
Il. 54. ulicc. az
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.PROpA Sc DUN o

svetnicich sc vSim zarizen!m
Haste SC V elsie 1907 E. lit.
ul. AZ,
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MLEkARSKY OBCHOp n

prodej V ceskem okoli, dia-
zdene cesty, modelni strojni
zarlzeni, dobrc obydli, kun,
a automobil ma dovazeni, OBJ
chod vypracovany, dennl do
vazka mleka 400 kvarlu, coz
znamena skorem $4,000 denne
cisteho piijmu. Cena $3.50.
Zada sc dive tretiny hotove,
zbytek ma splatky. Box No.
100 aneb tel. Garfield 1924
W. 4-i9
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TOVARNf PRACE.

Nabizime stalou praci a do
bre mZdy V tovarne ma gumu
pro muze V start cd 18 do 45
let V dobrem zdravotnim sta
WI. Nasc tovarna pracuje We
trech sichtach osmihodinovych.
Zamestnanccm poskytujeme
vyhodu navstevovati tovarni
skolu. kde sc muzete nauciti
anglicky cisti a psati uplne bez
Iplatne.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY,
Akron, O.
Haste sc Il J. Horkeho, East,
5379 Broadway,
teDto tyden od 8 do ) odp.
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PRODA Sc zafizeny pekar-
sky obchod, po pripade i ma
Jetkem. Haste sc V L. 2346 +.
80. st. I-19
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PRODAJf Sc zachovala
plynova kamna ma Naren IA
velni levnou cenu do |. kve,-
ua. Haste sc elsie 1926 :.
1O4. ul. z Union Ave. 4l9
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PRIJMOU Sc masinarky ma
kabaty. Haste sc u
Jos. Toulka, 1860 E. SO. St.
4-22
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HLEDAJt Sc iednatelovt
pro rozemkovy obchod. H.a-
ste 81 L {. i. Nlk, SOP Amc-
rican Trust bldg. Tel. Nam
5000. 4-l1
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01

dOOr-mat. refreshed and ready 70
work"
He turned again and locke,
earnestly at me.
What a wonderful girl yor
are"
Are businesslike secretaries .
scarce them" I smiled.
of your sort. yes" he snswere,
gravely. To have a face lilS
that. and Intelligence. and kindncs
and character and ="
He stopped abruptly. and locke,
away again.
"-and-?" I found myser
asking. with an odd, tight senss
tion in the throat.
Call It charm" he Gnswere,
briskly. adding in the same brisI
tone: We're almost there. InnI
just around the turn"
We finished the drive in silence
At the quaint little hotel bull
OF cement and rough logs an cI
derly colored woman came out q,
welcome me. and a boy took m!
bag.
I'll stop for you. then. Mis-
Varick. at two o'clock" said Capt
Wallis. and with a friendly. thouEl
haIf-formsl wave OF the hand n.
chuEged of in his rsttly old ma
chine.
l will write the rest OF the frs
chapter tomorrow. dear IL was Let
when got to my room, an
horribly late now. and ] must b.
carly awake and at my work
almost wrote my novel
Devotedly.
LLY-ON-THE-JOB
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Vwi%~~~ g..

which has made her very sngy. Don't you
think We are justified in thisf-MrA X.
You are justified in refusing to per-
NIT one member Of the family to
monopolize the living room. The pres
ent awkward situation would have
been avoided II. from the first, you
had taken the attitude that any visi-
tor in your home is, in a measure, a
guest of the entire family. Instead
OF limiting the number of her fances
calls. IT would be better to tell this
girl that the young man is welcome
at any time that he cares to join the
family circle, but that you refuse to
Danish your family from the pleas
antest room in the house every even
ing.
Honey moon.
Literally srcsking how long does the honey
moon las,-R
The month after marriage, or so
much of it as is spent away from
home, is the literal limit OF the hon
eymoon. II was so-called because of
the practice of the ancient Teutons OF
drinking honey wine for thirty days
after marriage Attila, the Hun. is
said to have indulged so freely in this
drink at the time of his marriage
feast that he died
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01

governor OF Massachusetts,. and
Miss Ruth Lawrence Carroll a
daughter OF Mrs. William Blood
good Trowbridce, of New York
by her first husband. was held sat
urday noon in the little Church Cf
81. Johns in the Wilderness. at
raul Smiths. the AdRrondacks. the
ceremony being performed bv
ArchdeaCon Walter II. Larom. OF
Saranac Lake.
Mai. Draper is, Trough his late
mother. Mrs. Mamie Bristow ORA
per. grandson OF Gen. B. II. Bris-
tow. of Kentucky. and was born at
the Lodges. the Draper family es-
tate. at HOnedsle. Mass He was
graduated from Harvard in 1915.
and is member Of the Somerset
and other clubs. In 1918 he was
the member of a party headed by
Capt. Louis Lane, Of Seattle. to
hunt and explore in the Arctic re-
Gions. With them he crossed
Alaska from FIsxman Island 10
Valdez on foot. a distance Of about
700 miles.
In 1915 he gave the Naval Mill
tia of Massachusetts the seaplane
he had built for his own use. being
himself an aviator. He entered the
army and served in France as a
lieutenant. and returned in May last
with the rank of captain.
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lhe ROMANCES
OF A
SUMMER GIRL
The Orchard Inn.
Forest Valley, n. J..
the 7th.
By Zoe Beckley
Copyright 1919 BY N. Z. A.

The Orchard Inn.
Forest Valley, n. J..
the 7th.
My dearest Joan:
have your letter and most rev
erently thank God for giving me
an understanding friend. To reas-
sure you. dear, for believing /
have not done a foolish thing, let
me tell you how saneIy It has
worked out.
OF course Capt. Wallis met me
at the station. The instant laid
eyes on him felt at ease. His
quiet manner was at it's ouietcst.
There was an air OF satisfaction
about him as he greeted me, cor
daily but not efTusively. CRATE
fully but not as though / had per
formed a miracle OF self-sacrirce
in coming.
Il knew ] could count on you
he said. "as soon as you realized
how terribly up-aEainst-it I really
was. Gosh, how helpless man
is nowadays without the expert
hand Of the secretary! Might as
well try to go to a fire on a hobby
horse as dictate 80. 900 words 70
yourself on the typewriter. Here's
the Fierce-Arrow"
He led the way with a comic
flourish toward a battered tin liz
zie which is part Of the furnishings
! OF his borrC we'd camp.
What a heavenly place. was
climbed in the clatterinE car ]
had rather braced myself for-I
don't know whst-some sign Of
embarrassment on his part. perhaps.
or a trace Of toO-personal apprecia-
tion.
1T sure is" he answered heart
fly, finally getting the machine
started with much rasping OF lev
ers and barking OF throttle "Old
Max Porter did all his best writ
ing out here. When he went to the
Coast on a special mission for his
magazine he turned the shack over
to me. II has saved my life-it and
you together-for ! could no more
have got out this order in a sum
mer hotel or a city apartment than
a rabbit"
We were on a straiEhtaway bit
OF wood road and he turned from
the wheel a moment to look at me.
1t is this restrained. observing man
ner of his, Joanic. that gives me
those sudden inward throes-like
when Caruso lets out one OF those
soft. tense. long drawn velvet notes
OF his Remember how we used to
I lose our breath and get Eoosefiesh
over his phonograph records in
Mrs. Darhy's parlor years ago?
We'll. Capt. Wallis may Just have
been looking to see whether there
was smut on my nose from the
long train ride. or wondering
whether I was expert enough for
his purposes. Or-Oh, anything
One never knows what he thinks
One moment you'd swear he was
going to make the most violent love
to you. The next. he is back in
his shell again leaving you all at
sea. wondering-half-d lf-dissppointed.
He turned back to his driving
'We-the shack and will do
our best to help" l said. feeling l
must be businesslike and casual.
and not being able to think of a
more brilliant remark.
There's rather a decent little
room for you at the Inn" he went
on. Wen drive straight there"
And after lunch" said l. your
secretary will appear upon your
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WICGILY AND
SUSIE'S COOKIES.
ny HOWARD n. GARIs
Copyright. 1873. Tns Mcclure Nerspap.s
Sypdicatsl

Uncle Wigghy was staying with
Susie Littlefield until her mother came
back from a call.
oh. Uncle Wiggily! I'm going to
make some cookies" said Susie.
Are you sure your mother won't
mindT asked the bunny.
oh. she won't care" said Susie
She often lets me make little cookies
though. of course. I can't make cake
or pie yet. But cookies are easy. I'll
make some"
So Susie mixed up some cookies. and
then from a box she sprinkIed some
brown powder over the top before she
put the cookies in the oven to bake.
what's that last stun YOU put on
the cookies. Susie?" asked Uncle
Wiggily. as the rabbit girl GLANCED
the oven door shut.
On that was powdered cinnamon -
answered Susie. Powdered cinnamon
Is very good on cookies"
And pretty soon the cookies were
baked
On. what fine cookies!" cried Unc,.
"lgsily' and, when they were cool he
reached in the pan and took one, But,
no sooner did he have II in his paw
thsn 1t slipped out and fell to the
floor.
My: How careless of me"' ex-
Grained Uncle Wiggily. Il have drop
PED my cookies" He reached for a
second one, and so did Susie. But. to
the surprise of each. the cookies slim
ped from their paws. and bounced on
the floor.
Here's where hold this one" cried
susie. and she made a hard Crasp for
cookie. but 1t slipped away, Then
ior time she and Uncle wisgiIy
tried hard TO pick up a cookie with
out having it slip from them.
they were just thinking OF calling
In policeman dog when Mrs. Little
tail came back.
Oh, what makes my cookies do
this. MAJ" asked the little rabbit girl
Mrs. Littletsil looked at some Of the
hayoring boxes still on the table.
why she cried. you made a mis-
lake. Susie. and you sprinkled ground
up slippery elm bark on the cookies
instead OF cinnamon
Oh. no! No wonder they slippeo
from my paws" cried Uncle wiggily
slippery elm is the slipperiest slipper
ever saw. And I'm so hungry, too
Ihen Mrs. Littletail sprinkled gran
ulated sugar on top OF the molasses
cookies. and the sugar, being like
sand, stopped the round cakes from
skidding. or slipping. and Susie and
Cncle WiEgily could eat as many a.
they wanted. And so all was well
again. And. IL the cork-pulIer doesn't
take all the holes out Of the dough
nuts so the elephant can't put one
on his trunk for q ring. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and John
MES umbrella
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fEN.MINUTE NOVELS
TODAY-"Ltde Dorit," by Charles Dickens Condensation
by Charles E. L. Wnsate
T0M0RROW-"East Lynne" by Mrs. Henry Wood.
DICKENS

No Biographical sketch about
Charles Dickens that neglects his
interest, in acting would be COM
plete. He never saw a play that
he did not envy one of the players.
Indeed. he almost became an actor
instead OF a novelist. Before he
began reporting. he applied for a
position at Covent Garden. and only
an Illness, a very fortunate Illness,
prevented his following up this am
bition.
His love for amateur theatricals
gave this passion full play. He play
ed Boabdil. the braggart. go sue
cessfu1ly in Ben Jonson's Every
Man in His Humour" that Leigh
Hunt thought him superior to pro-
fsssional actors. The drama pleased
so many that il was repeated. under
Dickens direction, in the largest
thesters in London. Manchester,
Liverpool and other large cities.
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But, at last the tables turned for
our little heroine. A queer, kind
hearted rent collector. Pancks-a
painting little stesm-tug OF man,
with his putting and his pauses-had
learned to value the friendship OF the
rnotherIess girl, and so. having acci-
dentaily discovered that her father
was the probable heir to an enormous
estate, had run down the clues until
finally the great wealth was turned
over to old Mr.. Dorrit.
Then away from the dreary prison
hurried the entire family.
Yet riches brought slight pleasure
to Little Dorrit. The much-changed
father became ashamed of his debtor
life. and with the now richly dressed
sister and the gambling brother. put
on many airs. The father even en-
ployed a chaperon named Mrs. Cen
eral to teach Little Dorrit society
manners.
Don't say father" declared this
lady. Papa Is a preferable word; it
gives a pretty form to the lips.
Father is rather vulgar, my dear
You will find II serviceable in the for
nation Of a derheanor IL you say to
yourself. on entering a room. filled
with company, papa, potatoes, poul-
try. prunes- ana prism.
At this juncture the wealthy Mr.
Merdle took an active part in the
Dorrft's lives. The chuckle-hcaded
son of the Merdles fell IN love with
Fanny, and after their marriage Mr.
Dorrit put all his wealth into Mr..
Merdle's scheme-for had not this
wonderful Merdle, through various
mysterious investments, made tre-
mendous fortunes for himself and
others7
By a strange fatality Arthur, too,
was led to invest his FIRMS money in
the famous Mr.. Merdle's schemes
And then the bubble broke. MerdIe
committed suicide. Investigations
showed that he had fleeced every
body. The Dorrits' money was gone.
Arthur's firm was ruined and Arthur
himself was thrown into prison-the
same poor debtors prison that had,
for so long, been the home Of Little
Dorrit.
The days dragged weariIy on.
Al last Arthur, despondent and
crushed. hasgsrd from brooding and
stricken with fever. one dsy saw. ar
IN vision. kneelinE before him the
figure OF dear Little Dorrit. She hsd
hastsned to make happier the lot OF
the man who had helped her family
in the same gloomy surroundings ana
whom she loved. She nursed him in
his sickness. She offered him all her
money TO help him overcome his ais.
tress. And then, as he refused the
saoney. he realized. for the frst time,
that she loved him-and that he, too,
loyed her.
A feeling OF peace comes over his
mind.
=
The clouds begin to break.
And strange to say Il is a rascslly
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In appearance Dickens impressed
his friends as being under rather
than over the average height and
weight. His eyes were the first of
his features to attract attention.
They were bright and piercing. like
the eyes of birds in their darting
animation. They gave to his face
quality of +steel-like hardness that
Mrs. Carlyle and others noticed.
Most Englishmen of his time pre-
ferred being correct to being them
selves. They strove to look like
everyone else. Dickens had in him
little of this. He wore velvet coats
and waistcoats that were, as Ches-
terton remarks, like incredible
sunsets" He liked. too. large hats
.)f an unnecessary and startling
whiteness." He wore dressing gowns
violent colors. II he exaggerated
his likes and dislikes. il was be-
cause he felt them so strongly.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01
LITTLE DORRIT
By CHARLES DICKENS
CONDENSATION by Charles E. L. Wingate)

"Arery, what girl was that in my
mothers room just now?"
oh. she? Little Dorrft? She's moth
ing: she's a whim Others
Ana thus Mrs. F7intwinch, wife OF
the crafty, crab-like walking footman
Of the household, introduced to Arthur
Ciennarn the name Of the poor little
seamstress OF the paralytic Mrs. Glen
nam.
He had noted her pale transparent
face, quick in expression, though not
beautiful in feature, excepting for its
soft hazel eyes. A delicately bent
head. a tiny form, a shabby dress-it
must needs have been very shabby to
look at all so. being so neat-were
IAttle Dorrit as she sat at work.
A strange presentiment came into
Arthur's mind that, in some way. this
gentle maiden was connected with his
history.
For twenty years young Clennam
had lived in China with his father,
only to return now, puzzled over a
mysterious watch which that father,
in the very last moments of his life,
had given TO his son. murmuring faint
ly and indistinctly at the time. Your
mother" Naturally Arthur had as
sun1ed that II was intended for Mrs.
C1ennarn, whom he and the world sup
posed TO be his mother.
Inside the watch casing was an old
silk paper with the initials D. n. F.
worked into It in beads. It was a
nessaxe-but the young man could
not fathom It and the old woman
would not enlighten him Was Little
Dorrit, to whom the stony Mrs. Glen
nam paid such strange, unusual kind
ness, connected with the mystery?
They grew to see more Of each
other-the girl and the young man
and Arthur learned that the generous
little Amy Dorrit was supporting not
only her poor old father, who had
been condemned to debtors prison.
but also her pretty. frivolous sister,
Fanny, and her Wild, lazy brother.
Tip. Under the then existing English
laws they were all allowed to live
with their father in that dreary prison.
Little wonder that Clennam often
spoke kindly to her and that he helped
the family But love had not yet come
10 him-though 1t had to Little Dorrlt.
He heard the thrill in her voice. he
saw the uuickened bosom, and yet the
remotest suspicion of the truth never
dawned upon his mind.
II must be added keTe that Little
Dorrft had innocently won the love
Of another man, the sentimental son
Of the prison turnkey. small OF
stature, with rather weak legs and
very weak eyes, gentle but great OF
soul. poetical, faithful. II one were
10 doubt his devotion he need only
read the inscription for his own
tombstone, which the romantic youth
had composed when Little Dorrlt
said mo" to him. 1t ran thus:
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01
EstranRed.

Estranged.
My husbands brother and his wife have
quareled with my husband and me They
refuse TO have anything to do with us When
they were married we gave them q very hand
some wedding gift since they despise us 10
now ! should not think they would want this
around to remind them Of us I should be very
glad To grt nd Of what they gave lis. Would
it he right for me to return their gift and
suggest that they do the same with ousi-Z.
No. These articles were gifts. not
exchanges. To return them would in
crease hard feelings and would be
childish and spiteful. Even If you
are estranged from your husband S
family. be dignified in your dealings
with them.
Conventions.
am q divorced woman living with my parent,
have been going for several months with .
certain man. but my father. who is very peculiar
makes things so UNPLEASANT that I fear this
man will not continue his calls Ny father iu-
he remained until II 80, my father sent him
home. | Try 10 be good 10 my parents but I
think am old enough 10 do as ! please am
q Would YOU advise me to leave homes.
No. Not unless yop have greater
prOvocation than you mention in your
letter. Whereas, a matron has great
er social freedom than a girl. the fact
remains that 1880 is the hour conven-
tion approves for the limit of mans
call: and you cannot call your father
peculiar. just because he Is conven-
tional. He doubtless wishes to shield
you from the unpleasant comment
which always follows breaches of the
conventions.
Better Plan.
MY husbands sister lives with US She en-
tcrtains her hances here every evening. ercept
occasionally, when they go TO some place Of
amusement. As home is not large, it is
most inoonvenent for the family TO be ban
ishel from the living room ever evening. It
also interferes when I wish 10 entertain. Ny
hushand and ! have told her that hereafter she
can only entertain this man here twice a week
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01
SKETCH OF MIR. wINGATE.

Charles Edgar Lewis wingate,
newspaper msnaEerJ born Exc
ter, n. H., Feb. IA, 1s81I son 8.
Dana and Oriann (MitcheID
"tngatei A. B., Harvard, 1883;
married Mabel Nickerson, of
Boston, Sept. o, 1855. General
Manager Boston Journals chair
man Winchester School Commits
sion, 1e0S-s. Authori History of
Wingase Family, 1888; Play
goers' Year Book. 1855, Can
Such Things BET 1885, Shakes
peare's Heroines on the stage,
1906 (co-editorD Famous Amer
lean Actors OF Today, 1896.
Home, wfnchester, Mass.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01
PLAIDS BEST FOR SUB-DEB.

For young girls-the sub-debs OF
school age the smartest costume for
autumn frocks are developed in gay
Scotch plaids, worn with black satin
sashes and with small frilled fuckers
and sleeve puffs of fine white muslin.
The same plaids are used as IiningP
for the heavy coats ana manteaus OF
dull-hued woolen materials.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01
AUTUMN HAT STYLES.

Autumn hats are to be OF hstters
plush. p6nne velvet. and silk duvoi
tyn. The chin-chin sailor. with oval
topped crown and regular brin
trimmed with rRt-tail braid is prom
ised great popularity.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01

While dad unconously pushes back his chair
his secretary like he the movie last night daughter
very consciously produces Elsie Ferguson coeur
Norma Talmadge starts tossing back her head
Nazimova
It's lot Of fun, too Most all the girls do it As much
the as fortune tees and dinner rings cases
saves the price of a pattern
don't believe ask the dressmakcr many girls
bring her scbbled drawing for their
frock, eagerly supplying every detail
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01

Mrs. Niblick are the guests OF Mrs.
Douglas Gordon. Of Baltimore. who
has Poppy Cottage at SaranaC
Lake. y. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. n. McAdoo. of New
York. returned Saturday from Sara
toga to Emerson Villa, the summer
home of Mrs. McAdoos mother. Mrs.
Isaac L. Emerson, of Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-01
Virginia Lees Personal Answers
To Herald Readers Questions

There are just a lot Of movie actresses
doubles in town. Haven't you seen them?
Well, many of them aren't "woud-be" ac-
tresses at ALL but merely seekers for effects"
After all, the motion picture houses shape
great many lives. though at first we hesitate
to admit II. Here someone has written story
dealing with human beings and up-to-date af-
fairs and millions OF dollars have been spent
in producing for the entire idea. 1t is really
education to see such a production.