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Evening star., 1922-01-16
FINANCE AND TRADE NOTES.

A New York Stock Exchange seat
has been sold for $4,000. The last
previous sale was for $4,000.
Swedish American Line. maintain
ing freight and passenger service be-
tween New York and Gothenburg.
Sweden, reports it carried 24.243 pas
sengers in 1921. OF this number, 49,
400 were third class.
First shipment of horses and mules
on account of the Spanish govern
ment was made yesterday of Sc
horses and ZOO mules on the Balti-
more liner West Lake for delivery
at Barcelona. The company has en-
gagged to deliver 5000 animals.
Grain exports for week ended
January IA continue the excellent
showing of the port of Baltimore last
year. In the seven-day period 1.00S.-
275 bushels of all grain were shipped
overseas, corn predominating with a
total of 5O4.S51 bushels.
Shipbuilding prospects for 1922 look
brighter with the recent announce
ment that there is in prospect new
vessel construction totaling approxi-
Evening star., 1922-01-16
COAL OUTPUT LOW MARK.

HARRISBURG. January 16.-The
coal industry in Pennsylvania is pass
ing through the most prolonged and
decisive period Of inactivity in its his
tory, according to official report on coal
mining operations in the state in 1921.
The estimated output for the year was
given as 1874 ,932,285 net tons. a new low
record. Anthracite production amount
ed to s7,530,102 tons, only 2.105.934
tons less than 1920. but the bituminous
output fell of about 100000 tons, it
is said. Coke production was estimated
at 100000 tons. as compared with
16. 000, 900 in 1920.
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ASSERT YORK LEADS.

YORK, Pa, January 16.-That a
good five-cent cigar is the demand of
the day was the opinion expressed by
most of the speakers at the banquet
here of the York County Cigar Manu-
facturers' Association. 1t was reported
that 12 per cent Of the cigars manu-
factured in the United States were
made in York county. T. E. Brooks.
q manufacturer, stated that the cigar
business in this district was better at
the present time than anywhere else In
the United States.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
TROLLEY FARE REDUCED.
Connecticut Company to Sell Three
"Tokens" for a Quarter,

NEW HAVEN. Conn, January 16.-
A reduction in trolley fare rates on
the lines of the Connecticut COM
pany throughout the state was an
nounced yesterday by President
Liceus S. Storrs. effective March 1.
Instead Of the present 10-cent fare,
the company will sell tokens or
metal tickets at three for 25 cents
for the ordinary city trolley ride.
In his statement President Storrs
SAYS: due to the present Industrial
depression the revenues are less than
last year at this time, but reason of
an 8 per cent reduction in rates Of
wages and decreases in the cost of
coal and other materials the ex-
penses are slightly less than last
year"
Evening star., 1922-01-16
GERMAN TENSION LESS.

Reports from Germany to the Com
merce Department today indicate
that tension in German financial and
Industrial circles has lessened some
what, although the economic sftua-
ton in that country is practically
unchanged.
The feverish Industrial activity
and unusual speculation on the
stock exchange. characteristic of
a few weeks ago, has abated some-
what, the reports said, but shortage
of coal and raw materials and gem
orally increased production costs are
making it difficult for industry, while
falling off lin orders is noticeable.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
RESTRICTED BUYING POLICY
CONTINUES IN NEW ENGLAND
Reflects More of Caution Habit Rather
Than Expectation Of Lower Prices.
Situation Elsewhere.

100000 in additional loans are pend
ing with the corporation.
Indications that the financial sit
uation in Texas is rapidly returning
to normal are seen in the declaration
today by State Treasurer c. v. Terrell
that only one state depository had
applied recently for an extension of
time In which to repay state funds.
So far 1t has been unnecessary for
the state to disturb many of It's de-
posits, and they will not be disturbed
unless it becomes imperatively neces-
sary.
A price-cutting war between inde-
pendents. and the larger companies
has run the price of gasoline in Texas
down to 15 cents a gallon. drop OF
z cents in the last seven days.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
GIFT MAKES WIFE INSANE.
Musician Gets Word of Legacy Of
$2,5OO,OOO.

COPENHAGEN, December ga.
Petersen, musician at the Casino
Theater here. has just Unexpectedly
received legacy from a relative who
recently died in America, consisting
of twelve large farms and 3,500,00
kronor in cash, amounting in all to
about 100000 kronor (about $2.-
500,000).
Petersen's wife was SO overcome
with the news that her mind was
affected and she had to be taken to
an insane asylum.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Grain, Produce
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. January IL (SpeciaD.
spotStoes so at ney iS9 pounds 0on1d, 4a
20: 20: N; No. 00aSies :. i.oesi2s: Is: psWests and
yams, barrel. 3.o0a4.50; No. 2. 2.0oa
2.25; bushel. 1.O0a1.60: No. 2. 60a75;
beans. hamper. 1.00a1:50: beets.
bushel: 75as5; bricoli. Is; cabbage,
celery, DOZEN, 75ai.5o; cucumbers:
crate. 6.00aS.00: eggplants. crate, 800
a3.50; horseradish. bushel. 4.00a4.25;
kale. barrel, 1.1Oa1.25.
10 pounds. s.ooa7.5o: No. 2. s.ooa4: 90;
oysterpl nts. bunch. las; parsnins.
bushel. 75as0: peas, hamper, 4.0oa
$50: peppers. crate. 5.00a6.00; rad
ishes. bunch, 4a5; savoy cabbage,
bushel. 75aso; spinach, bushei' l:Soa
toes, crate. 3.O0a6.Oo; turnips. basket
5Oa6O.
Apples. packed, barrel, 4.5oas. 90; No.
2, 3.50a5.OO; bushel. 1.25a2.50; box
apples. 2.00a4.O0: cranberries. barrel,
Go:assuu soo oSanges boRs s5ea45S: tanger-
ines. strap. 5.0oa7.5o: Strawberries
quart, 35a45.
Selling Prices at Noon.
quotations.: No. 2 red winter. spot,
LILY; No. 2 red winter gariicky'
1.15H.
Sales-Bag lot of nearby, by sample,
at LIP per bushel.
Corn-Cob corn. old, yellow. quoted
at 800 per barrel; No. corn, spot.
59k: No. corn, spot, So per bushel;
corn yellow. No. 2 domestic or petter'
62 per bushel.
Oats-White. No. 2. 46a46h per
bushel; No. 3. 43Aa44h per bushel:
Rye-Nearby, s5a95 per bushel; NO.
2 western export, spot, 81; NO. s. no
quotations.
Hay-Iteceipts, 12 tons; range is
100 to 21.00 for good to choice tim-
othy and mixed hay.
Stray-No. 1 rye. nominal. 1881:
No. 1 wheat. tangled, 11.00; No. l oat.
nominal, 11.00a11.50.
CHICAGO. January 16.-Absence OF
any aggressive buying led to down
turns in the price Of wheat today
during the early part of the board
of trade session. Reports of enlarged
offerings of the new crop in Australia
and Argentina attracted some atten-
tion. Announcement of the failure OF
New York brokerage house tended
also to restrain buying here. although
1t was said the concern had no i'm
portant interest which had been left
unsettled in the grain market. Open
ing quotations, which ranged from Is
to q lower. with May at LII to
l.11I and July at 991s to LOO, were
followed by slight further declines.
Corn and oats declined with wheat.
After opening X to Aaas lower. with
May at 52R to 52ss, the corn market
recovered slightly
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES. -
Washington Railway and Electric comb
at 4Oh.
Mergenthaler linotype at l29.
AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric z. M. 8s-$lOO at ~. $loo
at 90. 500 at 10. 81 go at 3D. ~
Continental Trust Company-5 at 9sh, .
at 9Si2. 10 at 9s. 10 At ~. 10 at ~. ~ at
49, 10 at 9s. 10 at 9S. 10 at 91Ea 10 al " n
Potomac Electric x. IN. 8s-S2,OOO Mt 30,
81 800 vt 90 81 900 at 99 $1,000 at 80
Capital Traction 5s-$l 900 at 9JA, $l.Uo0
at 9aA.
Mergenthaler Linotype at 129.
Money-Call loaLs. 5a6 per cent.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
MRS. F. H. BACON DEAD,
Former Resident Of Washington
Succumbs in Seattle.

Word has been received from
Seattle. Wash. of the death Saturday
Of Mrs. Florence H. Bacon. widow Of
Mrs. Bacon resided in this city for
many years, but had lived in Seattle
about four years when death oc-
Cured.
While living here Mrs. Bacon was
a member of the First Congrega-
tional Church and choir. She also
was a member Of Allah Chapter, o.
E. s., of Seattle. One son, Henry H,
Bacon of this city, survives.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Situation in Texas
Returning to Normal
BY JAMES r. RECORD.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FORT WORTH, Tex, January 10
Fine rains in western Texas and
western Oklahoma in the last few
days have started unsprouted wheat
to growing, but the cattle ranges
still are in need of moisture to put
the range-fed cattle into condition
for spring roundup and market. To
date the Agricultural Livestock FL
nance Corporation, which is a branch
Of the War Finance Corporation. with
headquarters here, had distributed
sS,O00.OOO in loans to Texas farmers
and stockmen. Applications for ST.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
WANTS IRISH NAMES.
Dali Seeks Right to Remove Eng
lish Street Signs.

DUBLIN. December 27-English
names Of numerous streets and
bridges here will be changed to Irish
ones in the near future If a PROPOSE
tion which Is before the Dublin Cor
poration is carried.
The dali eireann has asked mem
bers of Sim Fein clubs to smoke
only Irish cigarettes.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
LOANS OFFERED COLOMBIA.

BOGOTA, Colombia. January 16.-
American bankers are reported to
ment loans. up to $4,000. 900, with
which to complete public works. The
Belgian commercial mission, headed
by DR.. Rouma, left Bogota for Cuba.
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ARREST OVER STOCK DEAL.

NEW YORK, january 16.-An al
legged stock transaction in the open
market, involving 1900 shares of
California Crushed Fruit Company,
has caused the arrest of William Her
man, James Graf and Henry Spitz of
the brokerage firm of Graf & Co.. on
q charge Of grand larceny.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Commodity Reports
From Various Sections
Steel.

PITTSBURGH. January 16 (Spe-
ciaD.-The McKeesport Tinplate Com
pany's plant at Port Vue resumed op-
erations in part today. giving work
mills, fifty-nine tin stacks and cold
mills were placed in operation. The
plant has forty-four hot mills. Op-
erations will be gradually increased.
Evening star., 1922-01-16

-...W YORK, January 16.-F1our
quiet; spring patents. 65oa7.00; spring
clears. 4.25a5.O0: soft winter straights.
5.50a5.75; hard winter straights, 6.25
a6.50.
Buckwheat quiet; American and
Canadian. 19Sa2OO.
Pork quiet; mess, $500: family, $500
a27O0
Lard easy; middle west, 9.7Oa9.s0.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, January 16.-Foreign
bar silver. 65H; Mexican dollars SO.
LONDON, January 16.-Bar silver,
ssh pence per ounce; money. IN per
cent. Discount rates, short bills,
3N per cent: three months bills.
3N per cent.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
BUILDER Is BANKRUPT.

George A. Knott. builder OF 3428 p
street northwest, today filed a petit
tion in voluntary bankruptcy. He
mates his assets at $S,120.91. He IL
represented by Attorneys offutt &
INLAY.
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Dairy Products.

CHICAGO. January is (SpeciaD.-
The butter market here is weak with
lower prices. Sentiment is bearish
and further declines are anticipated.
The open winter brings no encourage
ment to those having storage stocks
bought at higher prices than now
prevail. Extra creamery now is
quoted at "a cents pound.
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Potatoes.

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich, January 16
(SpeciaD. THE potatoe market here has
had a sudden awakening and for the
first time in months prices have ad-
vanced. The jump has been from 81. .25
to $1.5O a hundred pounds. More than
half the crop still is in the hands Of
farmers.
ATLANTA. January 16 (SpeciaD.-
Dealers in dried sweet potatoes report
a good demand, but complain Of the poor
prices offered. Shipments are being
ever.
Evening star., 1922-01-16

There were 1927 new oil wells COM
pleted last year in western Pennsyl-
vania In comparison with 2.2S0 in 1920.
With oil at its present price. the de-
velopment Of new wells in 1922 10 not
expected to exceed that OF last year.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Notes.

NEW YORK, January 16 Especially.
The $1,000 garment workers who
have been out since November IA in a
controversy with manufacturers re-
garding wages and piece-work are
expected to be back at work Wednes-
day on the old scale and conditions.
They are only awaiting formal con-
firmation by the manufacturers OF the
reopening Of the shops. Strike bene
timated that the strike cost the gar
ment workers union about $75O.00O,
outside of the wages lost.
PHILADELPHIA. January 16 (Spe-
ciaD Bids were opened today for the
sale Of the obsolete battleships Maine,
Missouri and Wisconsin. the monitors
Tonopah and ozark and the torpedo
boat destroyer Smith. The bids are
being closely watched by steel men
throughout the country as indicating
the possible trend of methods OF
breaking up the vessels. in view OF
the possible junking OF other govern
ment vessels as a result OF the con-
ference on disarmament.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Bread.

MANHATTAN. Kan. January 16
(SpeciaD.-The Kansas Bakers Asso-
citation is making efforts to decide
whether to increase the size of the
10-cent loaf of bread or to make a
scent loaf. The bakers hope to
make the size and price uniform
throughout the state.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Automobiles.

KANSAS CITY. January 1G (Spe-
ciaD.-Automobile dealers in this
section declare the turning point of
business has been reached and they
expect buying to pick up as soon as
the public realizes that prices are
stabilized. Many prospective custo-
mers are holding off until the Kan
sas City auto show. February IL to Is.
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Dry Goods.

ST. LOUIS. January 16 (SpeciaD.-
Wholesale dry goods dealers report that
the volume Of business they are doing
Ia double that done in January, 1921,
and that there Is a demand for quick
delivery Of goods already ordered. The
retail stores are crowded and the larger
stores still are holding bargain sales.
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Hay.

SEATTLE. January 16 Especial
There Is an oversupply Of baled al
falfa in Washington and Oregon.
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Furniture.

NEW ORLEANS, January 16 (Spe-
ciaD.-The majority Of furniture deal
ers here are seeking the furniture manu-
featuring centers to make large pur.
chases. as their stocks are about cleaned
out. They have had extraordinarily
good business in late weeks.
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Coal.

LATROBE, Pa. January is (Spe-
ciaD.-Mines Of the Ridge Coal Com
pany closed for a month on account of
a lack of orders will resume in a few
days. an eastern firm having ordered
1000 tons of coal daily for the next six
months.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Vegetables.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 16 (Spe-
ciaD.-Shipmsnts of California as
paragus will begin shortly. Advance
sales show prices fairly strong for
shipping "gfass," but growers are
holding off.
Evening star., 1922-01-16
Mems Clothing.

DETROIT. January 16 tSpeciaD:-
Coatmakers in the mems clothing In
dustry here now are being paid IS cents
an hour as compared with $1.25 last
year, and clothing prices are being re-
duced at retail.
Evening star., 1922-01-16

mately $6.496,000. The total amount
of prospective maritime business OF
all classes reaches approximately
$1O,059.000.
Evening star., 1922-01-16

PITTSBURGH. January 1s Especially
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In the DAVIS Nsws

Cyril Maude, who celebrates his
sixtieth birthday today. is an actor
who is as well known in America as in
his native land England. In fact. II
was in the United States that Mr..
Maude began his professional career
He was a public school bov of good
family and he found 1t difficult TO
settle down to life Of conventional.
~. He came over to Canada TO try
his luck as farmer, which turned out
to be so bad that he went to New York
ana joined Daniel Bandmann's com
pany OF players. With this organiza.
ton he spent several months. travel.
ing all over the Western states. and
playing every kind Of part. Then he
went back to England and for four
wears toured the provinces. gaining
Invaluable experience and enjoying
me usual ups and downs of strugg-
ling actor Finally he secured a font.
hold in London and scored his first
notable success IN the original produc-
tion OF THE Second Mrs Tanaueray."
In 1896 he made his first tour of Amer.
lea at the head OF his own company
and since then he had divided his
time pretty well between the stage in
America and in England.
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Ballet Among Soap Bubbles

Beautiful scenes are common in the
motion picture studios. and many me-
chanlcal effects are produced which
fairly dazzle the eye of the onlooker
AS climax to an unusually gorgeous
set" director recently called for a
dance in the midst of soap bubbles.
Accordingly, since space 20 by 40
feet had been designated to be filled
with the frothy substance, a metal
sieve of this size was fitted in the floor.
A soap solution, made with 200 bar
rels of the product and mixed in the
same manner as plasterers prepare
lime, was piped to the porous floor,
and steam forced through It. The i'm
mediate transition into bubbles began,
and these soon rose to huge scintil-
lating mass, in which the dancers
performed, the whole presenting, nc
cordlng to illustration and description
In the Popular Mechanics Magazine,
a scene of fairy.llke splendor.
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CAN SEE GROWTH OF METALS
Interesting Experiments Conducted by
ohio Professor Recently Made
Public by Scientific Monthly.

When a piece Of iron wire is placed
in solution Of potassium ferrlcyanide
G. TO per cent?, containing some
egg.white or gelatine to net as pro-
tectlve colloid, and a little sodium
chloride, delicate blue-green vesicles
and tubules of ferrous ferricyanide
are quickly formed; the tubules grow
out rapidly into the solution, and
within half an hour or less the whole
wire is covered with dense hlament-
Gus growth resembling blue green
nlgae, writes Prof Ralph S. Lille OF
Nela research laboratory, Cleveland,
O.. in the Scientific Monthly,
Iron is an especially favorable metal
for such experiments apparently be
cause Of the presence Of numerous
local electric couples between differ
ent areas of the metallic surface, ana
nlaments several centimeters long are
readily obtained These often exhibit
delicate and regular CONSIDERATIONS
and other appearances suggestive Of
organic structure.
If lnstend Of iron the related metals,
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Today's Events

Today begins the annual observance
Of Be Kind to Animals Week"
The California raisin industry has
set aside this week for the annual
nation wide observance of "Raisin
Week"
Lord Byng of Vimy, Governor-G ZEN
eral Of Canada returns to Ottawa to-
day upon the completion of his first
official tour Of Ontario.
Marshal Joffre is to be officially vel
coined to New York city today at re-
ception to be given at the city hall by
Mayor Hylan.
Representatives of many nations
will gather in Louisville today to at
tend the annual convention of the In
ternational Kindergarten Union.
Argument Is scheduled to be re-
sumed in the Supreme Court of the
United States today in the celebrated
Red River case involving the Texas
Oklahoma boundary line.
Thousands Of visitors are expected
in New Orleans today for the opening
Of the thirty-ffth triennial conclave
Of the Knights Templar.
Phoenix Arlz., is to be the meeting
place today Of the annual joint con
yent'on Of the United States Good
Roads association and the Bankhead
Highway association.
A notable celebration of the Moliere
precautionary is to be opened in New
York city today under the auspices Of
the American Academy Of Arts and
Letters
The Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion will begin hearings in Washing
ton today on the plan authorized in
the transportation act for bringing
about the consolidation Of the princi
pal American railroads into nineteen
major systems.
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DOES NOT UNDERSTAND GIFT
Frenehman Absolutely Without Edu-
cation Is Unable to Explain His
Mathematical Powers.

Jacques Inaud is in Paris. Nightly
he demonstrates his extraordinary
feats of calculation. lie displays al
ways the same assurance, the same &C
curacy, and when, occasionally he gets
too stin a question, for just second
lie presses his hands to his wide fore
head before answering the
same gesture he had forty-twO years
age when he came to the capital for
the first time.
That was in 1880, observes lie Petit
parisien, Paris translated for the
Kansas City starr. maud was then IL
years old The son of poor Piedmont
csc peasants, he knew neither how to
read nor write but after a few min
utes of the intense abstraction Of the
savant he could solve the most COM
pick mathematical problem.
Wandering about the world, display
ing trained monkey in cafes for n
livelihood, 1t was a custom to ask
his audience to put arithmetical prob
lens TO him, and his fantastlcal ease
in solving them finally attracted the
attention of n MarseIlles merchant,
who brought him to Paris.
tie completely amazed the scholars
ana In u lew days was celebrated He
coulj uevc. explain tae mechanism o.
his calculations He simply possessed
the mysterious power with which GER
tain human beings are sometimes gift
cd. Broca, who measured his skull
found the head abnormally developed
on the right side. That was all. maud
has remained ever since marvellous
calculating machine, a living prodigy
but has made no new contributions &c
the progress OF mathematics.
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q x I1) Observation-Disclosures
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his mind was on those turnlps up In
Mr.. Mans. barn.
He took long leaps and jumps and
soon Jack was crossing the field, run,
ming toward the barn.
"Oh, DEAR" cried Jack as he stopped
In the snow minute, for there was
snow on the ground that had been
there a long time, but the thing that
made him cry out was a heayy gust o.
wind that blew his long ears about and
lifted handful Of dry snow which
struck Jack right in his eyes.
The moon was nowhere to be seen
now and as Jack Rabbit hoped along
he saw that snow was coming down
very fast. IT was no use turning back
now, so he kept right on hopping to
ward the barn.
He was pretty cold and tired when
he got to the convenient hole IN t1e
side Of the barn, ana when he was In
where 1t was nice ana warm once
more, Jack waited a minute before
running over to the turnlps which he
saw on the floor in one corner Of the
barn.
There is Mrs. Hen hid her chicks"
thought Jack. "She was sensible
to come in here instead OF stay,
ing in the poultry house this cold
night, and then she is safer here from
Mr.. Fox than with the other poultry"
Jacks ears went up straight for he
heard sound outside. although Il
was faint, whats that?" he thought,
sitting very still and his whiskers
trembling as he listened.
~ guess.I better run right home"
said Jack Rabbit, hurrying toward the
convenient hole through which he had
entered, but when he reached II he
changed his mind quickly, for Mr..
Foxs nose was poked through and
Jack Rabbit turned to run.
Then he remembered bis hind feet.
and with n mighty hard kick Jack
struck Mr.. Fox right in the face,
which made him see stars and sent
him running home sure some terrible
creature was hidden In Mr.. Mans
barn.
But Mrs. Hen was wide awake, for
she was aware Mr.. Fox was about be
fore Jack had seen him, and now she
was clucking her thanks at Jack as
he sat trembling behind a barrel
Jack Rabbit was hero and did not
know It, for Mrs. Hen told him he
had saved her and her children also
from that bad Mr.. Fox.
BY and by when il was all quiet
again IN the barn Jack crept TO the
turnlps and ate his FIJI ana then lie
ran of home again, for 1t had stopped
showing and the moon was out.
tc0pJrisi.)