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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
riueic Of Our Indians.

The N .-io of our Indians is solely
and >.imp vUoai. 1t seems to lac gem
orally . = ed by musical authorities
TIA -, ind;Has' Songs have In them
En,hiE@ borrowed from Instruments.
notI y of Artificial inStigation. An
md y mel ~ never serves two sets of
weeds acre is no instance. II hp-
= .rs. where the people have followed
rl'" custom Of singing the diltrrept
$ianHas OF ballad 20 the same air.
\ large proportion of Indian songs
al, entirely withoIt words ut all,
SN'iablcS heirg employed 10 carry the
tones Perhaps the most striking
prculiar!ty of Indian music is the lack
"t drGnite ptch. for there is no such
Trim. as standard pitch nmong the mu-
SlriunS OF The red men.
The Indian begins his song where
the natural quality of his voice and
his mood Mt the time render ii easiest
for him to S'ng it. The pitch of the
song depends upon the individual.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
GREAT WO7K ILL REWARDED
Milton Spent Nine Years Writing
"Parad;-e lost" and Sold the
Copyright for $25.

Milton hecHn to write the poem In
1868 and it was ready for the press In
1865. 1t was published in 1867. Count
ing that Milton did more or less on the
poem up to the time of its publication.
II would make nine years consumed in
the writing. Milton sold the copyright
to London book seller for f5 If2a)
and SD more when 1900 copies Of the
first edition had been sold, and he re-
c,.ived an additional 500 for The second
and third edit ms, each of 300 copies.
The first edition was published in 1867,
the second and til ri in 1868 and the
fourth and fifth in 1869. Milton died
in 1914. and in 1878 his widow trans
ferred all the rights i'm tl:e work for
$40. $50 that" says a biographer, f2S
(Sl4O). paid at different times in the
course OF IL years. was the whole
pecunary reward which this great per-
Torrance produced to the poet and his
widow The SNAIL edition. of the work
went slowly. only 5000 copies being
sold in II Years one writer says:
81 ew either read liked or understood
it," Another SID: "paradise Lost
had been printed 10 years befoir 1t
was known to the greater part OF Eng.
land that there was such book. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
LEAVES REMARKABLE WILL
Aged New York Woman Cites Even
=. Handkerchief Gift.

One Of the most remarkable wills
admitted to probate at Penn Yam, N
Y, was that of Lydia NJ. Bates, who
died in the town of Potter In 1917 al
the age of ninety-nine years. having
made the will when she was ninety.
five years old. Between the time the
will was made and the date the tesla.
trix died practically all of the heirs
and legatees died.
The will consists of approximately
5000 words and bequeaths everything
from her farm In Midclesex, to the
smallest piece of personal property, to
relatives and friends. Some Of the
requests made by Miss Bates consisted
of one handkerchief or one pair of
stockings. There are half hundred
different requests. To Avis II. Roo
erts was left a coverlid more than a
century old: also white cup and sau-
Ger nearly two centuries old, and .
vial for cordials 100 years OLD.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
RETURN OF DEAD TO LIFE
All Countries Have Their Bitter Sweet
Legends on Restoring Those
Who Had Passed.

For II is .the most bitter sweet Of
al dreams, this of the restoring of the
lead: the core of fire that makes lumi-
louS the burial rites of the Egyptians
the grain in the mummy'S hand.
Women received their dead raised to
ife again. and others were tortured.
lot accepting deliverance. that they
night obtain a better reSurrection,
)ne remembers ones childish ponder
ny over the strange refusal Of the in
innate sure sweetness Of return tn
bis world Of sunlight and trees. And
even vet il Is ''to the sentiment of the
1ody. the flesh of whose force and
,olor that wandering platonic soul was
80 frail an abstract" that we cling.
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of God hut the craving that
might he so still shelters In the
wording of the creed st. Paul fought
t, his metaphors breaking and strain
ng with too much way, sublimating the
iesh by the intolerable radiance OF the
-"mortaity swallowed up life"
Buddhism fought It, with less tran
uption inherit interruption" 1t is
lcath. not in its prieStlike task OF cold
,blution hut death the revealer of the
wcrct tnint. the sickenng flavor OF
mortality. that veins the illusion OF
he sensuous world. esprit must
brand the flesh. that 1t may live"
We receive ourselves better In the
Vest than In the East. Persephone
.omes back with no shadow on her
ace. Clarimonde. carrying the small
,epulchral lamp that Is left in tombs,
unchanged, only for the fainter scar
ct ~of her smile, and the whitening OF
he blue flowers In her hair. Orpheus
Jaw Eurydice before she sank back
nto darkness. and that recognition has
become one of the symbols for the
infinite. That is why the japanese
version of the legend, earth-stained
md cravcn-lighted, seems at first
horrible thing--and 1t Is long time
before one sees the beauty in the hor-
rol.-Asia Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
SP0ILS CHILDREN'S CLOTHES
Man Finds 1t Expensive to Throw Out
Dishwater.

Heaving a pan of greasy dishwater
out of the back door seems like an in
nocent and incOnspicuOus act, but this
did not prove the case for Peter Ala
naris of Bath, Me-, who has just paid
1851 rather than spend GO days IN
Jail, per the sentence accorded to him
by Judge Keegan.'
Peter had washed some dishes and
was In the act of dumping the water
and some refuse out of the back door
Of Washington street restaurant
when along came two kindergarten
children. five and thirteen years old.
whose best clothes were spoiled.
The dishwater spread itself over
their ginghams and muslins, their
pretty little hats and all their rib
bOns. 1t broke their hearts and made
their folks mad" Peter paid the fine
and costs and went home to PONDER
his dfshpan luck.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
OmeIets From Turtle Eggs.

The sea is persistent competitor OF
the henhouse as producer of material
for omeletS Turtle eggs are eaten In
all hot countries. The turtles come
out of the sea. scrape n hole In the
sand. lay their eggs and cover them
up. Some times $50 eggs are found In
one sand nest. These eggs are about
the size Of hens eggs, are covered
with II white, parchment-like shell and,
If fresh. have an excellent flavor. They
make tasty omelets, or may be fried,
but If boiled the white will not CONCEAL
like that of birds egg.
Fresh water turtles also lay edi-
bile eggs. There are both hard and
soft-shelled turtles in the lakes of
Florida and Louisiana. and also In
South American rivers. such as the
Orinoco. The OrnOco turtles lay eggs
extraordinarily rich in oil. The In
dians of British Guiana collect 3d.
WD.0O0 of them yearly to obtain the
oil
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
HAD TO SEE HUSBAND
Woman Who Was Refused Ship Pas
sage Slowed Away.

81 just had to see INV husband, and
so / slowed away" was the explana'
ton of Mrs. Mary JOY, stowaway wife
of q machiniSt working mt the Union
iron works in San Francisco, to Purser
George +. Roberts of the MatsOn Nav.
igation company's liner Lurline, which
arrived there after 711a day trip from
Honolulu.
81 went to the Pacific Mail company
Office in Honolulu, and they told me
they were booked solid for year, and
the MatsOn office told me they were
booked six months ahead, so / just
left" she declared
Six hours out she was found under
bed by Roberts. At first she thought
that the ships officers were going to
make her work her way or put her In
irons, but she offered Roberts $50, the
price of the passage, which he accept.
ed, and led her to cabin which hap
pened to he vacant.
Her husband, AL b. Joy, q former
machinist in the navy from whom she
has been absent one month, met heI
when the vessel locked at pier 81.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
Little Nell.

Little Nell. or Netty Trent, is one
Of the outstanding characters In Dick
ems novel. 1.-THE Old Curiosity Shop
anal one of the sweetest yet most
pathetic characters in all Of Dickens
books Little Nell is sweet, innocent.
loving child of fourteen years, brought
up. by her old misery grandfather.
who gambled away all his money.
Her days were mOnotORous and with
out youthful companionship; her eve
nings gloomy and solitary. The grand
father. being wholly ruined by gam
bling the two went forth as beggars
and ultimately settled down in cot
tage adjoining country churchyard.
Here Nelly died and the old GRANDPA.
Their soon afterwards was found dead
upon her grave.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10

ne mas to conceal II IN .s:S AT meg! VI
In a barrel Of oil. The moonshiner
will, then throw the bag over the back
of a mule and proceed on his way 10
the still, high in the mountains.
The whisky makers of the Kentucky
and Tennessee mountains do not seek
to he interrupted in their chosen voca'
tion of making "mountain dew nor DO
they desire the society of the "Diue
grass" section to come near them. rear
ing that they will suffer ignominy In
cOnparison. The mountaineers live the
lives they please, regardless OF what
the outside world has prescribed as
conventional. A whole family Will
sleep in one room. A man will think
nothing of drinking quart Of whisky
q day. The moonshiners have no use
for newspapers, magazines or books
and pay little attention to what Is go
ing on outside their mountains.
Defend Moonshine Industry.
The mOOnshiners have failed to I'M
derstand why the government should
interfere with tl.er business. They
maintain that they raise their own
corn in land they own. Because OF the
lack of railroad facilities, the noun
taineers assert 1t is impossible to ship
the grain to the cities. The roads are
too billy and rocky to haul the corn
to the villages, and in order to make
a living for their family. are forced
to manufacture whisky. All the
moonshiner asks is that the govern
ment keep the "revenuers" away.
The crafty maker OF, moonshine al
ways is prepared to back up his logic
by engaging in gun play with any
stranger who disagrees with him, ana
It is because of these precautions that
the government has found 1t difhcuit
to put an end to the Illicit manufac-
ture of liquor in the rough mountain
Gus districts of the South.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
NOR WORST PROSPECTS
United States Troops In Germany OBJ
jects Of Envy to BrItishers.

Unttc0 states JTOoPo w SS'""VS W.
jects Of Envy to erItIshers.
The following are extracts from the
Watch on the Rhine, paper published
for the benefit Of the troops In the
American army of occupation:
"The prospects for the soldier In the
American army of occupation are not
the worst in the world, according to
IL group of TOmmies from Cologne VINO
visited Andernach one Sunday recently.
."rhe TSmmies say they would be
'baIiy well delighted If they had the
prospects OF going home that the
Americans hnys. They said that. al
though they will soon finish their du-
ties in Germany, they must then go to
India for service.
"The British soldiers were also
greatly pleased with the Enlisted
Mems club on the Rhine and the cafe.
terra in Andernach. In most of the
towns where the British are billeted,
they said It was impossible to even
buy cigarettes. The big event for the
Tommies stationed near Cologne Is
boat trip to Andernach or Coblenz
once a week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
Wonder of Wonders.

During the "flu" epidemic in San
Francisco, when all public meeting
places were closed, and the entire pop
ulation was compelled to wear masks
to prevent the spread of the disease, a
drunken man was overheard mutter-
ing:
"Well, am an old man, but I have
lived my time and am ready to quit. I
have lived to see four great things
come to pass-.the end of the war, the
churches closed, saloons left open and
the women muzzled.-Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
TO REBUILD CORTEZ PALACE
Famous Mexican Structure, 400 Years
Old, Has Been Allowed to Fall
Into Ruin.

New York.-The palace of Cortez, In
the suburbs of Coyoacan, is to be re-
constructed by the government and
used as museum for relics of the
Spanish conquest.
The structure, 400 years. old, has
been allowed to fall into ruins. In
the courtyard are ancient trees, under
which Herman COrteZ and his famtliais
were wont TO rest. These are hum
dreds of years Older than the ancient
building itself.
The chapel attached to the palace is
still In good conditicp.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10

After three months campaign set
afoot by French hotel workers to have
all French hotels run by purely
French personnel, Gustave Schwenter.
-, the manager of the Hotel Aeurice,
and all other Swiss managers in Paris
have been forced to resign.
Schwenter Is one OF the best known
hotel managers in Europe, He was
nut In to manage the Meurice when 1t
opened 10 years ago, and his methods
attracted American travellers. Royalty
also was attracted to the Meurice, 1t
being the favorlte hotel Of the Queen
Of SPAIN, the ci-devant king OF Mon
tenegro and others of princely blood.
In a statement announcing his re.Sig-
nation, SchW enter said:
II am Swiss, and the French hotel
workers don't want any Swiss en-
ployees round their hotels. l want no
trouble at the Meurice, so have quit.
Give Heroes Jobs.
"In Justice to myself, however,
wish it to be known that all my men
who have been demObilized have been
reinstated In their old places, with
double their prewar pay; those still
in the army had firm promise from
me that they could come back just as
soon as they were free. We had per
sonnet of 800 here and 225 of these
people were French"
Following Mr.. Schwenter's move. all
other hotel managers In Paris not OF
French nationality have resigned.
The whole movement began when
certain French managers, on heing lib'
Grated from the colOrs, found that
while they had been In the army Swiss
hotel men had taken their places, and
as they had given satisfaction to the
financial interests concerned there was
no disposition to remove then, from
their jobs.
The SAME state of things applied on
q bigger scale to all classes OF hote'
workers-cooks, kitchen hands, por
tiers, bellboys. walters, etc.
Fighters Form Union.
Thereupon n "Union of Fighters OF
the Hotel Industry, was organized,
with the object of sweeping all the
Swiss, Spanish and Italian hotel
workers out Of Taris. AMI, under
threats of disturbances, employers
have had to give way. The same
pressure Is being brought to bear OF
restaurant men, and there Is no doubt
that 1t will be equally successful.
have talked over the situation witt
hotel and restaurant men and also
with some well known chief walters
and chefs in Paris. They recognize
the claim Of all demobilized men to be
able to return to old jobs, but there
Is a very nervous undercurrcnt OF
opinion that the movement Is being
carried too far and with Interior mo
tives.
One view expressed by hotel man
is that once the French hotel work
ers have matters completely In theil
own hands there will be all kinds Oh
claims for concessions in regard tt
pay and working hours, that service
I'm the hotels and restaurants will SUI
fer, that prices will 60 still higher
and that the inevitable result will b.
that foreign visitors. and particularly
Americans, will think twice about
coming to Paris If, us is feared, the
hotels/are to become yet more eXpen
sive and the service loose and gen
orally inefficient.
Any attempt to bludgeon the hote'
ami restaurant men is bound to lead
to an atmosphere of discomfort IN just
those places where hospitable at
mosphere is most valuable as busi
ness asset
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
No Such Word as Fail.

There is difference between mol
succeeding and failing. The one is
final: the other is only temporary
hindrance. If you persevere in spite
of not succeeding. if you start again
and act on the knowledge you have
gained by your slip, it will not work
you lasting injury. 1t is only when you
surrender that you are really beaten.
There is no such word as "fall" to one
who will not give up.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
Get Ring Lost is Years.

To find ring that she lost IL years
ago was the good luck of Miss Emma
Leisenring of Danville. Ia. Nelson King
stOn was digging a garden at the Lei
senring home when at depth of four
teen inches he found the gold band
bright and shining. Miss Leisenriug
Immediately identified it. The word
''Mother" was engraved on the inside
OF 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
G,IspiciouS,

"You were hackballed, old fellow,
yr, didn't think you had an enemy
III Ia" club"
~ layp my suspicious" said the
h'ncEeialied one Harllly. "My wife be.
Inn..> to that club. We have three
cl IA. en- and someb.-ry has got to stay
HON, tights" - Louisville Courier
Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
REVENUE Men
FAIL TO STOP
MO0hSHlNERS
Traffic in Illicit Whisky Continues
Unabated.
every APPROACH IS WATCHED

Lookouts Prepared to Shoot First and
Ask Questions Acknowledged.
ate Men Of Hills Spend Day in VII.
iases, Make "Mountain Dew" at
Night, and Gosto Church on Sunday
travellers Not Welcome in Moon.
shine Country.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
SWISS PUT OUT
OF PARIS HOTELS
Forced to Give Places to Heroes
of War.
FIGHTERS ORGANIZE UNION

Under Threats OF Disturbances En-
pIoyers Had to Give Way and Clear
Out All Foreigners From Their
Places-Fear Prices Will BE Raised
So High That Foreign Visitors Will
Stay Away.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-10
Don't Worry,

Rise above small things. The woman
who lets small tn ngs worry her will
De completely uhdone the first time
she meets with really big problem.
1t is disintegrating to your mental and
nervous condition not to mention your
physical condition, to worry. You need
lot be resigned to fate nor slip your
.rOubles as the old friend ducks back,
:hrows water. Bit you can meet trou-
lies with a will to, conquer them or
adjust them-and after that "they
should worry" but not you.-Ex-
shHupe
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-02-12
CLINTON NEWS.
ass 80 sses I

Clinton, Feb. 10.-Mr. Christopher
Adair is spending few days in
Washington, y. G.
Mr.. Sam KernS, Of the navy, is
spendiug several days with his moth
er.
Mr.. Nv. S. Glenn, Of Spartanburg,
spent last Wednesday with his aunt,
Mrs. Il. G. Briggs.
Mrs. ~. j. Adair delightfully."- enter
tanned the merry Wives" last We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Horton and chill
dren, of Albcrmarle, n. c.. spent last
week here with relatives.
Mrs. II. e. Sumcrcl returned last
Friday from Ruby, after spending sew
cral weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
j. S. McGrcsor.
Mr.. Il. l.. King and his head sales
lady. Miss Ella Adair, left last week
for tho Northern markets to buy new
spring goods for his ladies store.
Mrs. Ordiornc has as her guest her
mother from Admission, Ala.
Miss Elizabeth Douglas spent The
Weekend at Chicora College as the
guest Of Miss Corinnc Bailey.
Mr. Ernest Turner Of tre u. s. Navy,
has received his discharge and is at
homo again
Mr.. Il. w. Ferguson spent last Tues
day in Columbia.
Mrs. lrby IIipp is homo again after
spending Il few days with her par
cnts at PclZer.
DR.. and Mrs. \. f. Spencer enter
tanned at a dinner party last Tuesday
evening in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. J.
NJ. Paine, Of Charlcstown w. Va.
Those present were Mr.. and ,rs.
Paine DR.. and Mrs. ". S. Bean, Mr..
and Mrs. w. Edgar Owens, and Mr..
and Mrs. w. y. Owens, ST..
Mrs. !. A. Bailey entertained the
Friendly Dozen Club last Tuesday
afternoon. After enjoying several
games Of Rool delicious salad
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-02-12

course, coffee and nuts were served
rhe guests were Mesdames w. s.
Bean, w. B. Owens, ST., J. F. Jacobs
Sr. Geo. M. Wright, John Spratt
Sadie Mazyck and Miss Connie Bailey
Rev. and Mrs. Edward Long enter
tanned few friends at dinner on
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Edgar Owens en-
tertained a number Of their friends
at dinner Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. Jas. II. copeland en-
tertained few Of their friends last
Wednesday evening at dinner party
Those present were DR.. S. G. Hays
Mrs. Julia Griffin, Mr.. and Mrs. w
B. Owens, Jr, Misses Dorcas Mason
and Helen Hipp.
Miss Mary billiard, Of Whitmirc
spent the Weekend with her sisters
Misses Jette and Lila billiard.
Mr.. and Mrs. }. f. Jacobs, Sr., enter
tanned number of friends last We'd
ncsday evening at dinner party in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Paine of
CharlcStOwn w Va.
Mr.. Edgar Bailey is spending a Few
days with his father, Mr.. Tom Bailey
Miss Margaret Douglas, of Pcrnam-
buco, Brazil, is the guest of Dr. and
Mrs. ID. NJ. Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. kilgorc and chill
drcn left last week for Newbcrry
where they will make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Adair, Miss Ger
trudc Hipp and Mr.. Spurgeon Sumcrel
left Monday for Northern markets to
buy new goods for Adair e Sumcrcl.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-02-12

10 those OF us who are left OF the
Young lWoman's Auxiliary, her death
Is one Of those mysterious dispensa-
tons Of the Allwise God. While it
sorely afflicted and brings into our
hearts sorrow too deep for words, yet
we realize that it brings with 1t mes
sage of love from our Heavenly Father
and we turn our hearts upward to Him
who did 1t and beg Him help us read
Alright this message and I'VE shall find
comfort by turning away from self to
blessed memories of our sainted sis
ter, by rejoicing in her present gain
by ministering to those whose needs
and griefs are greater than ours.
Mrs. George f. Scruggs,
Miss Mae Ridgeway.
Miss Mary Taylor,
Committee for Y w. A. Society.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-02-12
The Close Of a Beautiful Young
Life.

Death is continually coming to us
and taking from us those whom we
love best.
Again the Princeton church has been
called upon to give up one Of its most
faithful young members.
On the morning of January 81 the
call to "come up higher" came to the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. Arnold
and Mary, their oldest daughter, went
home to Heaven, dying as she had
lived, trusting in God.
Mary Arnold! How Familiarity sweet
sounds that name, what sacred memo
ries, what realms Of wondrous beau
ty are clustered around it.
Yesterday she was, today she is not.
Silently we weep for the voice of our
loved one now forever stille. In her
death is caused vacant place in the
home, in our church. our Sunday
school and our church societies.
Since carly Childhood she had been
an active worker in her church, in the
Sunday school and Sunbeam Band.
Shc was always at her place. AS she
grew into young womanhoOd she be-
camc one Of our best members of the
Young Woman's Auxiliary, always
present, ready and willing to take
any part in the service she was called
upon TO do.
Her sunny smile and cheerful dispo-
sition drew 10 her many friends, both
young and Old To her "It was morn.
ing OF life, and the sunrise, bright
seemed to promise a MONDAY full of
light She was sorry to leave US
There is so much here to live for"
she said for the skies were clear.
She was young to journey and so we
prayed,
That the boatsmans coming might
be delayed,
But it must have been better, God
willcd ii so,
TO the City above that she should go.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-02-12
Election Notice,

There will be an election on Feb
ruary 26, for the purpose Of clccting
five trustees to manage the business
Of the Wadsworth-Poor-S School fund
Of the old Dunlap Battalion. TO be
managed by the present trustees, as
follows. viz; S. II. Goggans and r "A.
Austin, Cross Hill; Nj. b. Crisp or
Agent, Mountville; j. j. Young or
Agent, Milton Vicinity; a. r. Holmes
or Agent, Lisbon Vicinity, all OF Iau-
rcnS County, S. c.
a. II. HOLMES,
Secretary.
Feb. !, 1919. 29-2t