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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-27
Gallant War Services.

During the recent war, pOtwith-
standing the use of telephones; whites
less and all the methods of communi-
cation Which modern genius has in
vented, pigeons played an invaluable
and gallant part,
Is In the. United States there is prob
ably not city which cannot boast Of
racing-pigeon faneiers, while clubs and
associations for the advancement and
enjoyment of the facinating sport of
racing the birds are being constantly
formed in Eastern, Western, and to-
some extent in Southern Cities Lofts
of homing pigeons are maintained by
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture at the government poultry
farm at Beltsville, Md, and the de-
partment holds membership in the
Washington Racing Pigeon club, a
branch Of the American Racing Pigeon
union. Many Of the Washington club
races flown during the past summer
and fall have been won by Department
of Agriculture birds, which number
about $50.
Just what faculty enables the hon.
ing pigeon to return to its loft many
miles away is point of dispute
among eminent homing- pigeon breed
ers. Some attribute it to remarkable
instinct. Others maintain that tits
bird has, sight so brilliant and power
full that it is able to see much farther
than any other species, while there are
some who claim that II is the ex-
IRENE and strong attachment for
home, coupled with peculiar memory
Training the Birds. :
1t is necessary to keep the birds in
good condition with plenty Of outdoor
exercise, both in good and bad wealth
er, If they are to have endurance for
long, flights. The young birds are
usually Matched in February and
March. During the time when the eggs
are being; incubated and the young
cared for, only one Of a pair is trained
each day. On alternate days the other
is shipped to the training station. In
this way the breeding is not interfered
with, and the eggs or young are never
left without one or the other Of the
old birds.
In the beginning of the training the
birds are conveyed in a basket not
more than six or eight blocks from
their lofts to an open spot away from
buildings. The basket is faced toward
the loft and the birds liberated at
once. At this distance pigeon spe-
'cialists advise practicing them from
all points of the compass. The next
step is to select the route over which
1t is intended to fly the birds. From
half a mile the distance can be in
creased to l mile, then s, 10, so, 100,
and 300, until the longest distance has
been reached.
Fly in Clear Weather.
Clear weather should always be Sc
lected for the birds flights, for many
birds are lost during a stormy period.
Then, too, good weather is especially
necessary for rapid flying.
1t is considered best not to be in
too great haste in having the birds fiy
long distance, The young birds need
the time to develop their faculties,
strengthen the muscles, educate the /
sight, and cultivate the memory and
tNssaliaenSHs $4,000.
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Arranged BY the Numerous Womens Cub
Clubs

The members include Mrs. Nicholas M.
Pond, Mrs. +. w. Geissenhainer, Miss
Susan Shedding. Mrs. w. L. Bauer. Mis-
Il. +. Gregory. Mrs. Alfred II. NORRIS
Mrs. e. w. Munsill and Mrs. Marsha.
Darrach.
Three topics, Transportation
Troubles" 1.-The Ubiquitous Turk" ana
Uncle Sam and the Caribbean Black
Republics" were taken up by Mrs. Jes-
sic Lozier Payne in her eighth talk on
History in the Making on Wednesday
at Aeolian Hall. The talks are given
under the auspices OF the New York
Diet Kitchen Association.
On Friday the alumni of the Univer-
sity Of Maine will have the annual din
ner at the Hotel Pennsylvania. at which
several hundred members of the alumni
association are expected to be present.
The guests of honor and principal speak
ers will be DR.. r. ]. Alley, president of
the university; Mr.. A. w. Harris, a one-
time president, and Mr.. John r. Board
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fuss. Frank X. Brewster. George Beckel.
Album Williams. Samuel Hallender,
Alon1o Dayton, Clara bennett, Charles
G. Braxmar. Bond Stow. James Ste
phens. Elizabeth Conran, Louis Stern.
William Little, Joseph Gavin, Charles
Lembke. Joseph Gambalvo. Rosetta
Schumacher and Hoppon.
regular monthly meeting Of the
Society of the Daughters of Alabama
will be held on Tuesday afternoon at
the Hotel Astor. In the absence of the
president. Mrs. C. r. Herreshoff. who is
In Europe, Mrs. William l.. Sands will
be in charge OF the meeting.
The Manhattan Study Club. Mrs.
Edith r. Pearsons, presidenN held a
meeting on Monday at the Hotel Nc
Alpin. Mrs. Cora Wells Trow spoke on
Current History" The hostesses were
Mrs. James Page, Mrs. Davidson Brown,
Mrs. Charles Bartholomae. Miss Alice
PhiIbrook and Mrs. George Fisher
The annual luncheon of the Dixie Club,
Mrs. Edwin Wright Inslee. president,
will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on
March 3. At the meeting of the club
last Thursday at the Waldorf Dr. Rosa
lie Slaughter Morton was made an hon
orary member for her service in Serbia.
Miss Dorothy Scarborough gave an in
teresting talk upon the publication OF
her ante-bellum negro songs. The pro-
gramme also included a play entitled
1.-THE Two Faced Slave" in which the
characters were taken by Mrs. A. J. Van
Exem, the clubs chairman of entertain
ment and Mrs Paul Seydel The pro-
logue of the play was written by Mrs.
Edwin Whitfield AfterWard there was
talk on Scripture by Miss Belle Kin
ney.
The League for the Larger Life will
hold a meeting tonight in the ballroom
of the Hotel Commodore. Eugene del
Mar will preside. The speakers will be
Mrs Maud Pratt Messner, DR.. La Forest
Potter, Mrs. Daisy Lord Hunt and Mrs.
Paula Marie Verdu.
The New York Philharmonic League,
U. o. 7. S., in aid of crippled children,
Mrs julius Barnes president, will give
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SUZANNE DE CHARETTE

I mother was Miss Polk of Tennessee, of
the family of President Polk"
In the talk that followed about
families Of France and of America that
have intermarried in the Southern States
il developed that this French hero's
grandfather was the Gen. de Charette
who commanded the Pope's volunteers
when the Pope sent out q cry for the
preserva ton of his possessions in Italy.
Soon afterward came the Franco Prus-
sian war of 1870 and these volunteers,
so devoted to their commander. enrolled
in the French army and fought for
France.
II have come to America so that my
| little daughter, Susanne, may have an
opportunity of getting acquainted with
her Kentucky relatives" said the Mar
quise. "She Is OF the tenth generation
of the Merriweathers OF Kentucky, who
settled in what was then Virginia, and
still own and live in the old home. AL
lendale in the Blue Grass region be-
tween Louisville and Lexington. In Eu-
rope people are quite proud If they can
claim tenth in descent of n Barony on
the original baronial possessions. We
Americans have no titles, but we have
our old families who can count at least
ten generations back on the same home
stead their ancestors settled.
France Is picking up very quickly,
she said, land Is not at all discouraged.
Paris looks and acts much as 1t did in
the happy past. There is plenty of food
In the city at very high prices-for
Paris and for the French people Amer
leans, on the contrary. find provisions
much cheaper because Il requires fifteen
francs of French money to equal an
American dollar. For the French, the
cost of everything has gone UP tremen-
dously except for such lucky individuals
as have investments In the United
States. On the other hand, Americans
are able to purchase much more than
the same sum formerly could obtain.
On my arrival recently / took Susanne
straight to Kentucky and returned TO
the Chatham Hotel to meet my hus-
band, who arrived in New York on
board la France"
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the original Alendale manor house in
the blue grass country gave way to Il
more pretentious home which, in turn,
was followed more than century ago
by the present Allendale, which is about
as far from Louisville as it is from Lex
ington.
The way Miss Susanne de Charette,
representing the tenth generation in de-
scent from Nicholas Merriweather, comes
into the story OF this ancient American
manorial estate is In this wise:
Her mother, as Susan Henning, was
married to the present third Marquis de
Charette. in 1909. She is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Henning of
Louisville, and the granddaughter of
Mrs. Thornton Merriweather, who lives
at Allendale, which is an ample and
very substantial house of stone that
suggests a bit of old England. 1t is
Susannes first visit to her ancestral
American home.
Small Miss Susanne de Charette's an
cestral French home Is Chateau de Ia
Basse- Motto near Chateauneuf, Ille-et-
Vilaine. The present Marquis succeeded
his father, the late Gen Marquis de
Charette. in 1911. when he was 81 years
old. The founder of his family was
Guillaume Charette, Seigneur de la
Thomassier ct Trevlgnac. who flourished
in France in the middle of the four
teenth century.
He comes of fighting family. Dur
ing the world war he was an officer
commanding a division of the French
tanks His chief was Commandante
Bossu. who gave his life to his country
in fighting the Germans. Out of that
sanguinary engagement only four tanks
returned. every man IN them wounded.
The leader of this initial attack with
tanks counted among his wounds a des-
perate one in the head, from which It
was feared he could not recover. His
young wife endured all the horrors that
hospital work meant in the years OF
the struggle.
II cannot say what think OF Amer
lea, because am half American my
self" said the Marquis yesterday. my
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its tenth anniversary concert and dance
at the Hotel Commodore on next Sunday
evening. The event promises TO be the
most brilliant in the history of the or
ganization. which is active in ten public
schools among the crippled and anemic
children.
Among the artists to appear are
Miss Harriet Van Emden, soprano /:
Josef Turin tenor; Rudolph Polk, vio-
linist, and Leonard Mannheim, barytone.
The latest activity of the league is
the purchase of a vacation home for the
crippled children. The proceeds of the
The paintings on fabrics by 800 arm
less soldiers in England will be ex-
hibited at the Hotel Embassy, Broad
wayoat Seventieth street. on Tuesday and
Wednesday. March s and g. under the
auspices of committee of American and
Canadian women, some of whom in
clude Mrs. A. NJ It. Beecher. Mrs. Maxi
milan Toch, Mrs. LIE Roy Brewster,
Mrs. Madeleine Bleriot-Johnson, Miss
Marion Gillespie, Mrs. Ellen Kirk
Downes, Mrs. p. w. Robertson. Mrs.
Henning Ryden and Mrs. Anna Schipper.
The exhibition will be in charge of Miss
Ellen Conroy, an English author and
lecturer, VINO Is acquainted with tne
wounded soldiers, and has undertaken to
show their work in New York. None of
the work is for sale, but orders may be
placed for it.
AN Ideal Husband" with an all star
cast will be given on Sunday evening,
March IS, at a Broadway theatre to help
raise $4,000 for the endowment fund OF
the Post Graduate Hospital. The play
will be staged by Norman Trevor. of
the Enter Madame" company. who also
will take part in it. The other members
of the cast will be announced later.
Three other benefit performances will
be given for the hospital. one musicale,
in which well known artists will con-
tribute their services.
The board of managers OF the Dar-
rach Home for Crippled Children meets
every Tuesday during Lent at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Willard. A Riverside
Drive, to sew for their little charges.
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w THEN the Marquis and Mar
w aul-e Antoine de cnArs''s
and their small daughter and
only child, Susanne de Charette. ar
rived from France a few days ago,
registered at the Chatham and joined
an Increasing colony Of welcomed
visitors from France and England in
the metropolis, society noted the fact
in its usual perfunctory way and then
hastened TO extend it's hospitality to
the newcomers.
Society in general passed over the
romantic significance of their coming
but to persons who are familiar with
social history the arrival of the half
American French nobleman. his Amer
lean born wife and their three quarters
American daughter, sent the memory
back over ten generations. starting in
Virginia with hardy English settler
in the seventeenth century and ending
with little Miss Susanne de Charette
herself
The beginnings OF this American
French-English family union were in
the days when Charles IL, the "Merrie
Monarch" regained his throne, but found
himself in financial straits. One
Nicholas Merriweather, a loyalist, with
a we'll filed chest. had come to the
financial relief OF his King who. being
unable to liquidate the debt in coin of
the realm. settled the claim In lands in
the then extensive province of Virginia.
The grant TO Nicholas Merriweather
spread far westward into a section from
which in later years was carved the
State OF Kentucky There he and
Mr.. Allen. who later became another
ancestor Of Miss Susanne de Charetto.
built manor house and called il Allen
dale.
When prosperity came with later years
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will be Mrs. II. Smiley. Mrs. q. Stick
ney, Mrs. S. Lockhart and Mrs. G. Copp.
The Rainbow Club OF the Americas,
Mrs. Lillian Miles Walbridge, president,
will hold It's first annual grand concert
and diplomatic ball I'm the grand BALI
room OF the Hotel Plaza tomorrow eve7
ming. Among the artists who will ap-
pear are Rafaelo Diaz, tenor OF the
Metropolitan opera Company Miss
Marguerite Calijo, dramatic soprano
Miss Edna Pielke. contralto; Mr.. Reyes.
Chilean pianist, and others. The orches-
ira will be composed OF members from
the New York Symphony Orchestra.
The Latin countries on this continent
will be well represented by their diplo-
matists. who will occupy boxes draped
with the flags OF their countries. Lady
Auckland and Clara Novello Davies.
English song writer, will occupy the
British box, and Senior ID. Alexandra
Bera v Rodeigo, Consul-General OF
Spain, the Spanish box.
To raise funds for welfare work
among the disabled veterans an auction
bridge and dance will be given In the
ballroom OF the Astor Hotel tomorrow
from to Z by the Jane A. Delano Post
No. 344, American Legion. Among those
interested in the success OF the affair
and who have subscribed for tables are {:
Mines. n. =. Huse, c. ii. Carr. c. H..
Lowndes, James Roosevelt, William NJ.
Polk. William II. Cary, William =. Balm
bridge William X. Draper, William II.
Hamilton. George Darlington. Howard
Donnan, J. G. Valentine, Charles II.
Otis. Robert G. Lee and Justin Nc
carthy and Miss Anna T. Maxwell.
The Graham Alumnm Association will
have as its violin soloist at its con-
cert In the Hotel Majestic on the af-
ternoon OF March 5, at . o'clock. Mr..
Winston wilkinson. who has played
with Nine. Galli-Curci and similar stars
OF the musical Armament The concert
is being given to complete fund with
which the association is paying for the
education of three young persons at
Barnard and Columbia colleges, In New
York. and Hope College. Michigan. Be
sides these scholarships the alurnne al
ways will take care OF the education OF
two children.
Tickets are si25 and are in charge
Of Mrs lie Roy Brewster. 260 West
Seventy second street, chairman Of the
entertainment and OF the ways and
means committees.
The New York Euphony Society, Mrs.
James j. Gormley, president has an in
teresting programme arranged for the
remainder Of the season. II win have
Chevy Chase dance on March i6 at the
Waldorf Astoria. which will be by In
citation only and for the members aud
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afternoon in the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs.
F. II. Scardefield, acting president. pre-
sided. Tuesday afternoon an informal
card party will be held for the benefit
of tho Nphilanthropic fund. which also
supports two American girls. Mrs. II.
c. Russ Is chairman. New members OF
the club include Mrs. NJ. whitefleld. the
Misses Mary and Martha Whitefield
Mrs d. A. Davies, Mrs. Lester b. Haisht
Mrs. Beatrice Rogers, Mrs. ]. p. Quinlan
Mrs. Walter Reynolds Mrs. Il. Eckart
Mrs. Maude Strssburger and Mrs. J. f.
Duffey.
The Beethoven Society. Mime. Aida
Tanini-Tagliavia. president. gave the
second evening reception and dance OF
the season for the Beethoven Circle OF
young persons. Miss Claire Vial and Mr..
A. +. Wagner. chairmen, last Friday
evening in the ballroom OF the Plaza
Hotel. The patrons and patronesses
included Mr.. and Mrs Frank Murray
Tench. Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Percy Tru-
lock. Mines. Anita r. BeloT. o. W.
Bowen. J. s. Csrvalho. Charles III. Cur
rie. John J. Dillon. J. Sherwood Hyatt.
Carl Jungen, s. +. Kingston. Charles
Lask, Walter Lavitt, George r. Lynch.
Katharine A Martin, Il. w S. Martin
dale. Delaney T. Smith, Edward Hull
Smith. Maud Turner and Dudley Van
Holland Messrs. Charles Knight. Ed
ward p. Thompson, Hugh NJ. Mooney
and T. Edward FItzsimmons.
For the beneht OF the Senbury Me-
mortal Home. the ~woman's Auxiliary.
Mrs. Harry Hudler. president will give
a card party on March in the ball
room OF the Hotel Plaza. IL IL hoped a
substantial sum will be realized from
II in order 10 carry on the many ac-
tivlties OF the home for aged folks, who
have labored In literature, art. music
and education. and who ind themselves
without home or congenial surroundings
in old age.
Miss Edna l.. Thomas OF 1o5 West
Seventy-second street is chairman of the
committee In charge OF the card party
and tickets at 81 may be obtained from
her or other members OF the committed,
who include Mrs. Hudier. Mrs. Fair1eld
Mortimer. Mrs r. u. Dickinson. Mrs.
A. r. Pfarro and Mrs. Arthur Stoney.
The home is located at 25 Highland
avenue. Mount Vernon, N. y.
Emigration" will be the topic for dis
cussion at the meeting OF the Society OF
Michigan Daughters. Mrs. Edgar Park,
president. on Tuesday afternoon at the
new Emigrant Girls Home, 273 West
Eleventh street. The home was recently
dedicated under tho chairmanship OF
Mrs Park. who Is one OF it's astive di-
rectors. The discussion will be fol-
lowed BY tea 20 Miss Mathews, mis-
sionary to Ellis Island The hostcssss
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photograph Of the French orphan
supported by the Manhattan Matinee
Club, Mrs jessie Emerson Moffat,
founder and president, was shown with
letter from the Croix Rouge about her
progress. st the meeting last Monday
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The Minerva club. Mrs Mary Stokes
MocNutt president, viii hold its Febru-
ary luncheon, followed by a programme
meeting tomorrow at the Waldorf-As.
tora. The Rev. w. Warren Giles viii
deliver an address and Edwin ID. Liob-
freed will give readings Of his own
poems. Nine. DE Rohda Helmuth. OIL
oratura soprano OF tho Paris o. era
company, viii sing an aria from ~ vi
alta" and other songs Violin solos will
be played by Miss Katherine Gutchell.
Mrs. Charles c. Braxmsr will he chair
man OF the day. Mrs. Edward Burton
williams Is chairman OF luncheon.
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The New York Euphony Society, Mrs.
James j. Gormley, president. has an in
teresting programme arranged for the
remainder Of the season. 10 viii have a
Chevy Chase dance on March i6 at the
Waldorf Astoria, which will be by in
citation only and for the members and
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Athenc, Mrs. Katherine A. Martin.
president. will hold it's birthday party
on Thursday at the Waldorf Astoria
Commissioner OF immigration Frederick
Wallis will address the club. Musical
numbers will be given by Miss Victorine
Hays and bv Mr.. Ralphs.
Among the patroncsses for Athene
Lenten lectures arc Mines. Katherine v
Martin. Cornell Dunlap. Helena RI
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"The Art OF Living was the subject
OF clever talk by Miss Helen Louise
Johxso on Wednesday at the meeting
and luncheon of the Eclectic Club. Nus.
Albert Garfield Base. president, in che
Waldorf Astoria. An aria from La
Julve" and group OF songs were sung
By Nine. Rhoda Mintz. soprano. Violin
selections were played by Herbert Man
dell. and Mrs. James w. Howie gave an
interesting talk on "The One Act Play"
Mrs. Brodie Gilman Higley was chair
man of the day. Mrs Charles G.. Brax-
mar was chairman OF music. Mrs. Louis
H. Matthez chairman of reception. Mrs
Henry Kreuter chairman OF luncheon
and Mrs william Durland In charge Of
the informal card party following
luncheon. Among the honor guests were
Mrs Richard NJ. Chapman. DIR. Jordan
OF Los Angeles, Cal Mrs. Stanley Ly-
man Otis Miss Sara Palmer and Miss
Carroll McComas Of the Miss Lulu
Bett company.
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The Legislature League. Mrs. Thomas
Slack president will hold It's next meet
ing on Thursday at the Waldorf-Astoria'
when the following programme viii be
given: Report of the City Federation
Convention. by Mrs. John Joseph Mae
Donald a delegate TO the convention
from the league Feeding New York
City's Millions" Mrs. Louis Reed Welz-
miller. Deputy Commissioner OF Mar
kets; '"The Blue Laws" Mr.. George
Julian Houtain Pending Legislation
Migs Mary Wood, and n parliamentary
lesson, How to Preside" by Mrs.
Thomas Slack.
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"I.a NIusique" will bc the subject at
tho meeting Of lie Lyceum on Saturday
NJ tho Waldorf Astoria. The programme
viii be presented by Mile. Hortense Dor
vale chairman Of music.
Thc card party given on Thursday
afternoon BY the society for the benefit
of the four war orphans and their
mother adopted by the organization was
"a success. In addition TO cards. fortunes
were told BY Mrs Tmogene King. and
Nmc. Cuendet's mandolin orchestra
PLAYED in the foyer Nine. Perl and
Nllc villanyi were in charge OF the
hcs and Mime. Pauline Massou Or
.etcts comtessc Lusa du Picard Her
received with the president Nine Carlo
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Polifeme, and distributed pictures of the
little orphan children-Henri, Eugenie,
Elise and Jeanne--whose home at Moy-
elles-sur-Lens, near Arras, was devas-
tated.
Mrs owen ]. McWilliams will give a
welcome home party on March for Mrs.
Noble Mcconnell, president OF the New
York Mozart Society. VINO, with Mr.. Nc
Connell. is returning on Tuesday from
an extended Southern trip. Mrs. Nc
williams will give luncheon at the
Hotel Astor. followed by a matinee
party
AT the musicale OF the Mozart Society
on Saturday morning at the Hotel Astor
the artists will be Miss Evelyn Scotney,
soprano, Of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany; John Campbell, tenor, and Miss
Marie Cooper, violinist. AS usual, the
programme will be followed by luncheon
and dancing.
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w THEN the Marquis and Mar
w quise Antoine de Charette
and their small daughter and
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The board of managers OF the Dar-
rach Home for Crippled Children meets
every Tuesday during Lent at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Willard. A Riverside
Drive, to sew for their little charges
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Continued on Tenth Page.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-07-11
LEYES FIR RMADAS

dos, case de q. las condolences del Teso
iro 10 permitan, que sean reembolsa-
dos con el producto de Ia contribution
y para otros fines
sustituto al Proyccto de la Camara
No. 264 titrlado; LEY para eonti-
nuar y lleyar a termino I'd construc-
lciCn del Barrio Obrero que Sc cons
.truye en- q mnnicipio de San Juan,
de acuerdo con Ia Ley No. 10, titu-
Ilada LEY para autorizar la emission
de bonos con el fin de unfamiliar cier-
tos terrenos pertenecientes a EI Pue-
bio de Puerto Rico en- el munIcipio de
San Juan. comprar mas terrenos 81