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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-15
TRAVEL TALK At sORO.
Sis MEETING
Mrs. Elizabeth w. Dyer Gave Inter-
esting Illustrated TaIk-in ParIOrs
of the Library

At regular meeting of Sorosis held
Monday evening in Library Parlors,
with Mrs. Vera B. Smith, presiding
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Dyer told of her
trip abroad, prior to the war the same
being continuance of talk given
the club last year. She spoke of Italy
and during her description of that
country Master Wilfred Persico sang
La Spagnola" in Italian and Fare
well to Naples" Mrs. Dyer also
spoke especially of Venice after
which she took her listeners 10 Swift
zerland and Germany, speaking much
of Berlin. Her talk was ended with
a delightful description OF Holland
Two piano solos were played by Miss
Helen Halves and Mrs. Birdena F..
Gonant read report of the children's
meeting and also the monthly report
of Miss Elizabeth Barrett. the District
Nurse. This report showed that Miss
Barrett had made one hundred and
ninety-one professional calls for the
month of February, one, hundred eight
being for the Metropolitan Company
and eighty-thrce for Sorosis The
committee in charge Of the evening
was composed of Miss Alice E Whit
len, Mrs. Elizabeth w. Dyer. Mrs.
Magma G. Symons. Mrs. Helen lNits-
chke and Miss Gail Chapman. These
ladies served harlequin ices. assorted
cookies, macaroOns and salted nuts.
The next meeting will. occur on March
90 when a social evening will be oh
served
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-15
NORTH ANSON

Sam Grathewell will appear next
Tuesday evening at Carrabassett Hall
in the closing entertainment of the
IIyceum Course. He comes highly
recommended as a speaker of vigor,
resourceful and Of great variety. He
will be assisted with various concert
features, chorus and orchestra and
quartette by Academy students, which
are being prepared under the direction
of Miss Bridges.
Friends of perley Paine are pleased
10 learn that no is making good pro-
gress toward recovery
c. l.. Caswell is still quite i'll fol
lowing influenza.
Williams Bros. Motor Co., AuthOriz-
ed Ford Sales and Service. Cars
Trucks and Tractors, North Anson,
Maine. tf37
A. +. Morgan returned to Randolph
Monday morning after having passed
Il week the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Witham and family, School street.
Adelbert Badger, who was called
home from his work at Shawmut ow-
ing to the illness of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Witham has accepted
a position at Arson.
The first session of the Poultry Glass
to be held under the leadership of
Instructor J. f. Tingley of the Acad-
envy faculty will he held Monday even
ing, March 10 at 100 o'clock in the
laboratory.
The men of the Congregational par
ish will hold their supper postponed.
from last month, Wednesday evening,
March 81. at Fraternity banquet Hall,
ut $50 o'clock, for the benefit of the
,Woman's Association.
The Woman's Farm Bureau meets
today, Thursday. at Arson Academy.
The Vocational Glasses of the Acad-
envy will give a sewing exhibit at
the Home Arts room Thursday after
noon, March 80, and tea will be ser
we'd to visitors. In The evening there
will be an entertainment in which the
hoys will present the farce, Lets Get
Acquainted" and the girls, "Fhe No
man Who Did" A good time is as
sured.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. W. Gordon went
to Monmouth Saturday to visit their
daughter, Mrs. p. S. Ridlon. Their
son, Ercell, accompanied them and ex-
pected to resume study Monday at
Bates College.
The Y. r. s. c. f. held an interest
ing service Sunday evening with Miss
Alice Brown presiding. Next Sun
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Ninety-,hird Birthday

Still Zen and active, the head of
five generation family with fifteen
grandchildren. 16 great-grandchildren
and one great great-grandchild, Mrs.
Annie NJ. floxie of North Fairfield will
observe her 93rd birthday, Sunday. In
spite of the short time women in
Maine have been privileged to take
part in State and National elections,
Mrs IIoxie is interested in politics
and goes to the polls when opportun-
ity offers. Mrs. HoXie has always
enjoyed fancy work, especially en-
broidery, which she has done up to
within a few years. She is a member
of the Tuesday club and of Victor
Grange of Fairfield Center.
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CONCORD

Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Healy are
sick with the influenza. One is "
and the other SO years of age.
Thomas Bigelow. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Bigelow, fell and cut his
head quite badly.
About every family has from one to
the whole family sick with the grippe.
Walter Higgins and son Earle ar
rived home from Cooper Brook, where
they have been in the woods all win
ter. They came home in time for
town meeting.
Martha Washington school is to
have the name changed to Larkin
Dunton school
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school physician, s4OO. -
state requirements rel.,,, conis
schoolhouses, $500 lssaa a'e .
last year,; to extend 4,n,l more
sewer one hundred feet sold
the streets, $4,000; Nems ssoV' 70
penses, $175; Free pn PM, ial
$500 on consideration Nt ths.
the same be paid to Rusaa aa
A. r.; police departmen, ad
moro than last year, n,. SSss
men, $3.50 $500 more than sul
support of poor, $4,000 Sam ,a !,
last year,; Mothers Aid, H.
less than last year.: IN e 1.uOe
prohibiting fast and reckIaa ,o'e I
OF teams and motor yebi@,
$500 less than last YEAR,, ~.
salaries, $500; ia insure tow,'a
erty. $4,000; to pay intero Sn
$4,000 $4,000 less than ias.
band concerts, $3.50; imnror".
Coburn Park, $500; skowS ,sns
mans Association. for slInno. sA !.
lie rest rooms. S100 Aain Z
was not reached until al ,Dl'
o'clock in the evening and il hwy
to pay the moderator SO for h +,
vices during the day. ~
Appropriations made and .,
voted to be raised al the moa ~
tailed $145, 403.50 against slaa "
year. 1t is somewhat uncer,a,
early to determine the amor~.
actually raised by the town .
state and county taxes wbi,i
probably aggregate around sq,'
the selectmen believe they "
about the same as last year
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-15
Married at pittsiield

The marriage of James PINK
and Miss Lymer Jackson took
at the Baptist parsonage, in Pitt
Wednesday evening, March ia
o'clock. Rev. +. l.. Converse %
ed, using the impressive double
ceremony. The bride is the dan
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Jackson
and Mrs. Pinkerton will reside in
where they will have the hest '
of their many friends for a /
welded life.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-15
Intpr-Clnb Basket Rail- Match

An inter-club basket ball match was
held Monday evening in the gymnas-
ium of Bethany Church. The A. o.
Ka's won over the Phi Sigma Jr's by
1919 score. Previously the latter
had won 1912. Moore starred for the
A. o. Ka's in his ability to shoot fouls
looping fouls and 1 basket. Pickett
starred for the p. S. Jr's. netting two
baskets and two fouls. The score:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-15
Robert h. Cragin

Skowhegan friends will regret to
learn of the death of Robert b. Cragin
of Hartford. Conn, son OF DR.. and
Mrs. d. B. Cragin, formerly of Water
Vile.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-15

Agents, Wm. T.. MeClinfOek, Fairfield
Parks Rrothcrs Ins. Agency. Pltts6eId
ID. 4. 4 W. E. Porter. skowhegnn
2Mll
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Try an ad in Eyerybody's Column.
Big results from little costs.
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HOLYOEE MUTUAL FIRE 1NSUR-
ANCE COMPANY
ia Washington street, Salem, Mass.

ASSETS DEC. 81. 1922
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

w y ERE at last, "nding a hunt Oh
two centurie1 or more, is the
last will and testament OF
Anika JAMS Bogardus Brower, n
it's discovery in an old chest in the
little town of Gap. Pa, has stirred
things up in this Far East town as
it is likely to do throughout the
width and breadth of this country
and Canada where the heirs ana
claimants of the property nVolveo
now number hundreds.
Many Heirs.
AS nearly everyone knows the
principal property involved in this
famous case consists of real estate
on lower Broadway now valued at
$500, 100000. Also there are about
$12, 600, 900 on deposit in New YORK
banks awaiting claimants which II
has been difficult to divide until the
lonc lost will could be located. Then,
in a bank at HARLEM, Holland, there
is reported to be a dowry of 100000
Oc0 guilders ready to be distributed
to the legal heirs.
The Kiersteads Of Eastport are
included among the many heirs.
Among them is Prof. Joe Patterson,
now nearing his SEVENTEEN birthday.
lie was born in Eastport, his mother
having been born in Nova Scotia IL
1895. She was a Kierstead. Coming
to Eastport when a girl she was mar
ried at the age of II to George Fl.
Patterson and their only Sc is Prof.
Joe Patterson. For more than so
years he was a "trouper." being a
solo banjo player and Snowman. Aft
err travelling $4,000 miles through
out Canada and United States in the
show business, he has retired and
is back in his native town of East
port. He has spent many years OF
his life in trying to locate the long
missing will and eagerly looking for
ward to receiving a share of the great
fortune yet unsettled. H. is very
familiar with all information so far
gathered and gives here his story of
, the celebrated case.
King williams Daughter.
The New York property includes
the Singer building, Stock Exchange,
Little Trinity Church and other val
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

about December 20, because of the
fitting of the earth the fitting in the
other direction causes activity at Mt
Etna, in Sicily, about June %.
AS to Mr.. Mobiles predictions he
has made them by observing the d
rections of the winds of the earth
and the foods. He says that when
an area of the surface becomes heat
ed before an eruption or a bursting
forth of the volcano, the heated air
rises, and colder air flows in from
the sides. When this action is of suf-
fcient extent and ltensity rains are
produced which sometimes amount
to foods.
Some Predictions.
Thus it was that in 1907 or there
abouts Mr.. Noble noted that the
winds were flowing pretty constant
ly towards the northwest, which was
an unusual thing. He predicted
thereupon that there would be vol
canic disturbance son where In
Alaska and, sure enough, Mt. Kat
mai, which, at that time he had never
heard of blew Up" with an eruption
Similarly the floods in California in
1910 led Mr.. Noble to predict the &C
tivity of Mt. Lassen in that state, ant
again the prediction came true
Finally Mr.. Noble predicted the pres
ent volcanic activity in Jouthern Eu-
rope.
The above is of course = bare out
line of the matter rs Mr.. Noble II
able to set 1t forth with maps Of thu
world and the marki.gs he has pu
upon them to explain the relation
and connections of various volcani'
activities.
Not many other scientists have a
yet been heard from on these ideas.
DR.. Henry S. Washington. vol
canologist at the Geophysical Labor
atory Of the Carnegie Institute a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
America and were married.

America and were married.
Soon after arriving in New Yon
Bogardus became rector of th
church now known as Little Trinity
on Lower Broadway. The 226th an
niversary of this church was cela
brated this year in May. 1t was tn
anniversary of the grant, five year
previous to the death of William Ill
It is said the king had relented be
fore his death and did not want d
have his runaway daughter forgot
ten. He had left in trust in a band
at HARLEM, Holland, a large sum d
money.
Evarardus Dogardus started on tn
voyage across the Atlantic to secun
the dowry, but was drowned Will
making the trip. His widow late
married the next rector of the nttf
church. His name was Brewer. q
as sometimes spelled, Brouwer. HI
mother was a Kierstead. It Is herr
that the PASSPORT heirs can trao
claim to the vast estate. As far as
is known, Brewer did not go to Hoi
land to claim the 'dowry of his wifi
Anika Jams Rogardus. She hal
granted a 99-years' lease of her larg
amount of valuable New York land
along lower Broadway. 1t Is statel
in the will that at the expiration q
the 99-year lease these lands shal
be sold and the proceeds distributes
nong all the hN'~s then living.
t will had e~yilentl. been de-
posited in the archives of Littl
Trinity Church, which acted as trua
tee. 1t disappeared in J 'er yea
but in May, 1922, it wei re. orte
found in an old chest in a church i
the little town of Gap, Pennsylvania
A farmer of Holland descent-Wil
liam Schnept-was credited with ii
discovery.
The celebrated document contain
four written pages of parchment. !
is now wrinkled and covered in spot
with mildew showing the effects q
, considerable handling during tn
. past two centuries. From the bH
/ red wax seal, worn and faded ribboA
: the Brewer will has been declare
, original.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
New Theory to
Explain Volcanic
Disturbances

v " YITH the present activity of
WV more than one of the Eu-
w ropean volcanoes the theo-
ries entertained by Milton A. Noble,
Philadelphia scientist, concerning
the causes of such occurrences are
interesting. They are perhaps W.
~lutionary and, as he says himself, are
laughed at by the scientists. yet in
view of the fulfllment of some of the
predictions based on his theories
they are worth considering.
Heated Vegetable Matter.
Mr.. Noble says volcanic eruptions
are not caused by changes or disturb
ances of the interior of the earth, but
by the slow heating of masses OF
vegetable matter which have been de-
posted through countless years on
the sea bottoms of the oceans. 1t is
such deposition by way of example
that forms the atolls and similar
islands which are added to and in
time covered over by coral. When
the interior mass of this vegetation
becomes sufficiently heated an erup-
ton occurs. These masse of Vege-
tation form mountain ranges of vast
extent, having been added to until
they extend above the surface of the
water. and where er1rtions have &C
Cured and where the fires are burn
irg themselves out they often leave
underground tunnels Of vast extent
through which flow The mslted lava
and gases. These flows are back
and forth along the tunnels, and are
caused or influenced by the period
cal changes. in the earth's position
Mr.. Noble says that there is connec-
ton between these tunnels for great
distances, so that while activity may
be expected at Mt. Hecla, in Iceland
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

Washington, says that. the present
eruption Of Mt. Etna is a purely in
dividual exhibition end not connect
ed with the activities of any other
volcano, not even with the eruptions
of the nearby Vesuvius and Strom-
boil.
"Etna erupts with a sort of irreg-
ular regularity" says DR.. Washing
ton, land it sometimes happens that
these eruptions correspond with
those of Vesuvius. But Etna is iso-
lated, while Vesuvius belongs to a
whole group of volcanoes extending
along the Alban Hills. The other
members of this family are now
dead, Vesuvius being the only sur
yivor. The difference in the family
relationship of Etna and Vesuvt1s is
shown in the different chemical COM
position of the lava and gases emit
ted. Stromboli is another isolated in
diyidual. and being in moderate erup-
ton at all times naturally does SO
simultaneously with Vesuvius and
Etna.
"Etna is older than the glacial
period and has been periodically
erupting since that time. A wide
deep valley down the southeastern
slopes was formed by some tremend-
GUS eruption in prehistoric times.
volcanic activity in the Mediter-
ranean has no relation with present
eruption of Pacific volcanoes" he
says, cor with earthquakes in Persia
and other parts of the world. While
not much is known about volcanoes
it is certain that each draws its stores
of lava from nearby, probably no
more than 10 miles beneath the
earth's surface, while earthquakes
although frequently accompanying
volcano eruptions. occur usual!
from causes entirely different from
those to which eruptions are due"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
n Y o wonder the automobile takes :.
ro ~ 4olIF

n o wonder the automobile takes
SO large a 1eath toll!
= "How did the aosiden, oc-
cur?" asks a nan In IT of the
stories going the rounds IF the joke
columns lately.
Well, you see," answered the 9th
er, leach of us expected the 9TH
er to be a careful driver"
And therein lies a moral-don't
ever expect anything but the worst
OF the other fellow. He may
be color blind, and run blithely past
signals; he may be a paralytic who
drives with his one good hand; or he
may be a mental defective whose
brain fails to function in times of
stress. The near-sighted. the deaf,
the boys with the well-stocked cell
lars, all these and kindred souls are
driving, and M of them may be in
that other car.
Then there are other drivers
to beware of. What Lbout the wom-
an, for instance, who honestly and to
the best OF her ability o3eys the
rules Of driving, but whose ovor-cau-
ton causes her to slow up at the
wrong time. or to hug the curb too
closely, or to drive in the middle of
closely or to drive in the middle of
he road, contrary to all traffic regu-
jatiens? Her lack of decision as to
which way to turn frequently spells
disaster for herself and o'iers. She
seldom remembers to put her hand
out, as she turns; she has any num-
her Of faults charged to her account.
Yet in spite of all this statistics
show that women are more careful
drivers than men, and have fewer
accidents. And 10Y some mean male
will step forward and remark that 1t
is because there are fewer women
irving.
Men get Illustrated, too, at times,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
Will Lost Two Centuries
Involves Huge Fortunes

liable lands along lower Broadway.
Anika Jams was a daughter of Will
liam of Orange who late- became
William III, King of England. He
was also Stakeholder of Holland. This
daughter of a royal family fell in
love with Everardus Bogardus. He
was a private citizen of Amsterdam,
Holland. Such a match was not
looked upon with favor by King Will
liam, so the happy young couple to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

and step on the gas wnen they
should look to the brakes. They cut
corners on one wheel and develop a
mad desire to show the other fellow
how much speedier their car is. Many
of them adopt the attitude that the
road belongs to them, and that ey-
erybody else on it must take care OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

Copyright Underwood e. Underwood.
A beautiful woman never fails to create interest wherever she
roes--now comes Nine. Milada Bondy, a lovely young woman from
Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, and is Immediately pronounced a beauty
in critical Washington. Nine. Bondy has taken an enthusiastic in
iterest in women's organizations throughout the world and has
come to America to learn of the many organizations of the feminine
nx
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

themselves, and the devil help the
hindmost
But it looks as II types of this sort
will be always with us, like the man
who rocks the boat, and the one who
rings the fire alarm to see what hap
pens. All we can do is to look out
for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-10
My Predictions One Year Ago Have Come True

One year ago announced to the people of Birmingham that Muscle Shoals would be developed My prediction that time true by Congress appropang last June ST. 900 to continue the work this great project This work actually commenced in September 1922 Since then additional appropriations totang approximately 000000 have been made making total of S25 OO0 900 now being spent This great sum- together with S112OOO already spent this the greatest industrial development of it's kind anywhere the world.
 The history the world industrial development almost without exception has been that property similar mine ocat ed the of industrial plant become the most valuable property in the district.
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Poplin OverdrapeS
Sl.95

y Silky-finish poplins in soft
shades of blue, rose, mulberry,
green or brown. Side pieces Is
inches wide, 2zz yards long.
Center valance to match.
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Duplex Win dow
Shades. 79c

Slight irregulars. Oil opaque
shades mounted on dependable
spring rollers. Size 36x60 inches.
In green and white and green
and ecru.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

Marie Antoinette Curtains-sheer net
base with floral and intricate figure de-
signs. In ecru shade. full 21s yards long.
Lacet Curtains-tlet base with fine enl-
broidery. and lacet work. In deep ccru,
In neat floral designs.
Irish Point Curtains = sheer, delicate
French net base, in cream or white In
exquisite patterns--a fine variety :
Evening star., 1923-10-07

PrintzeSS and Fashion
Mode Wraps
s65 to sllO

Ultra smart coats and wraps-of deep pile
fabrics and rich, luxurious furs Many are
in side-tie and wrappy effects SO fashionable.
Others are bit more tailored in effect And,
too, the shades are expressive of the new
black, taupe, brown, mouse, navy, with lin
ings, tailoring and all significant of the finer
fashions Sizes are from l6 to "A. Prices are
Sos and $ll0.
HehtC Co Secondly
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Seamless Velvet Rugs
$3.50

In the SAxl0H size-lustrous,
deep-pile rugs in Persian designs
of attractive co1oring.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-09
STASTNE ZAkONCE.NE.
DRAMA LASKY.

Ones dostavil Sc do nasl re-
dakce p. Frank Vanek, 4129
Ollie ave-, a pozadal mas, aby-
chom zpravu vcera pod hofei-
Sim nazvem opravili. V zna-
mosti sve, teprve 17-lete dee
ry Frantisky Josefem Ma
Skem, 442O Trumbull ave. bra
nil proto, re dcera jeho byla
ipriliS mlada a re zmlnenym,
take teprve 2l-letVm mladi.
KEN byla rodine odcizovana
Die otcovych vlastnich slov me-
na devce Masek iisty neblahl
lvliv, tax ze Fanynka, dite 70.
diCu svobodomyslnych, lakana
byla MaSkem do sektarskych
skol, k cteni bible a pod. A
zda Sc, re to Ibylo vymluVou
ably Sc parek casteji mohl scha
yeti, neb devce bylo casteji ka
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-09

rano pro pozdni pfichazeni do
mu. Fanynka pfestala navste-
vovati obchodni skolu klavir-
nj hodiny a take il nevideH \
telocvicne Sokola Cech-Hayli.
eek, kan pred seznamenim Sc
5 Maskem vzdy pilne dochaze-
la. Mladik sam nema vlastne
zadneho zamestnani a na dev-
&c CHA. Ma zbranoyani rodi-
eli odpovedel vyhrlznym Ii
stem, S poznamkou, ze budoi
iednou mad ylastni neustupno-
sti narikati a divce same hro-
zil stale zastrelenim. krajan
Vanek tyto hrozby udal poll
cejnimu zalobci Jllkovi, .ienz
Maskovi vysvetlil, re do Is 70,
XII podleha dcera dosud otcov-
ske pravomoci.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-09

starcovych temer ciSt, co Septal
a svcel do usi We vaSnivem roz
cileni svemu sousedu, ale od-
yratila sc hneyive Od nlch.
knez bezohledne a tax demonl-
cky vyrazne Sc dival uprene
na nj, jakoby sc ma jeho rtech
jeste chvela slova: "Vse str
PIN mlcky bez obrany, ale Sc
Itrast Sc nedamr" Nebala Sc no
jiz. Vysoky muz, ienz stal ve-
die jeiiho sedadla Sc zalczeny
ma rukama, il chranil, byl do
sti mocnym mel dosti slime
vule, ably zaslapl zmiji, jez nj
Give Sc plazila k leho domaci-
mu stesti. Jen kdyby jiz byla q
tohoto salu vyzdobenymi lid
mi. Ale jeste nepfisla chvile
vysvobozeni. Podivuhodna
zprava, re Mainau Sc svou MIA
dou Zenou pfestehuje Sc do
Franku, sla iako heslo cd ust
k ustum, a pc koncerte pficha
zeli zvedavci, ably slyseli il po-
.tvrdit jimi samotnymi. PAX
byl Mainau vyznamenan tim,
&c zahajil ples S pani vcvodky-
nj.
'Prosim, odyed'te mne do
sousedniho salu," yelela pre-.
rusujic valcik, We ktery presla
poloneza. "Je tn prilis mnoho
iplynoveho syetla a prilis mno.
no Iidi, vskutku, tropicke hor.
iko."
! Presli prah. Druhe parry lete
~ dale We virivem tanci.
"Hrajete svou novou ulohu
znamenite, barone Mainau,
iekla polohlasne vevodkyne
kynouc v chuzi nekolika pole
/ kane ,vstavajicim panum, ably
sc nedali rusit - sedeli klidnt
u Duffetu.
(PokracovanI)