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though rejuvenated with colt glands.
All looked happy, If one can judge
from the horse laugh they gave the
reporter, as though in half-pity at
knot on his hind leg. One had a crook
ed and swollen fore leg, the result, 1t
was explained. OF the cruelty Of a
drunken driver who careleSSly al
lowed him to fall and then forced him
to continue working before the wound
had chance to heal. Threats of
court action led to the owners sur
rendering the animal to the humane
authorities. Another was known to
be twenty-six years old. and it prob
ably was older than that.
How do these fortunate animals
get sent to the farm?" asked the re-
porter of his hosts. James T. Briggs,
president Of the Human Education
Society. and Miss Edna Patton,
treasurer.
Some are turned over to US by
owners who have no further use for
them and who do not wish to have
them killed or subjected to i'll treat
ment by other owners. Some we
pick uD ourselves from the streets
when we are sure they have no home.
Some OF the horses we purchased at
sales, rather than let them suffer
old for service. We will take any
dog, cat, horse or other animal that
is homeless or friondless. We will
keep household pets for persons leav-
ing the city for the summer, or take
them over permanently from families
moving to other places"
How is the ret farm supported?"
BY voluntary contributions from
animal lovers, from benefit social
functions staged by the association
and by proceeds of the Mutt show
held in Washington each year. None
Of hn faf 10,
ceives a salary. We purchased the
farm for $4,000, and it is mortgaged.
Our liabilities are large and contribu-
lionS 90 not come easily But we are
DONG humane work that has it's
reward in the knowledge that dumb
animals are being sheltered and cared
for as they deserve"
DO you put animals to death here
at the request of owners?"
None Is Killed.
The Humane Education Society
De1eVeS in prolonging, not ending. the
lives of animals. We kill none of them.
They are permitted here to live out
thelr allotted time. and when they die
story:
A lot has been set aside at the
farm as dog cemetery 1t is now
being Handicapped appropriately. When
a dog closes its eyes and breathes for
tue iaSt tlne )t VIII be carried re-
sPectfully to simple grave in sight
or the kennels where he tasted para
olse after years of kicking around,
cutting and canning Humane
nands Will lower him into the earth
and cover him with the dirt that he
loved to dig in, and another mutt will
take Fido's place in the kennels and
nlake up for the absence of Fido's
yelp In the mealtime chorus.
fldo may lot have an after-life TO
look forward to when he dies, but it
can be said of him that he basked in
,he glories of dog heaven while he
Evening star., 1924-06-29

He was greeted by a salvo Of canine
throat noises that must have raised
the fur on every cat in the cattery-
a hundred yards distant. Mingled
with the dignified and refined barks
of the cultured poodle, airedale and
shepherd. were the rude and untu-
tored yelps of the common NUTS,
yellow ours and alley mongrels. Con-
trasted with the deep and thunderous
howl of the bulldogs and police dogs
We're the shrill yip-yips of the fox,
Irish and rat terriers.
Dinner was in the making. great
iron kettle filled to the brim with
slum-gullion was on the fire. The
menu yesterday called for beef stew,
with meal dumplings. The beef, it
was explained. was not salvaged. from
somebody's trash can or lunchroom,
but came from one of Washington's
leading hotel supply firms, and was
guaranteed fresh. AS aromas from
the stew permeated the atmosphere
of the kennels, the chorus of canine
noises increased. That stew smelled
dog good to the reporter, too.
Here Is The Cats Meow.
The cat domiciles were inspected
after feeding time. This building.
also, IS comparatively new and has a
concrete floor. Inside it is the cats
meow. Imagine, if you can, a room
full of cats of all sizes, ages and
colors, with a full pan of milk sitting
untouched on the floor. The milk
was not sour, having come from the
COW only few moments before 1t
was just simply case of too much
of a good thing. The house is equip
ped with a large inclosed yard where
cats may curl up in the sun and purr
Home Was Never Like This" Every
where the reporter looked, he saw
cats: they even reached down their
paws to him from the rafters above.
and they rubbed their backs against
him below. The cat menu includes
fresh milk. salmon right from the
can, bread or other delcacies.
From the cat haven to the eques-
trian meadows the reporter turned
| his gaze. William rounded up the
| horses from a hillside half a mile
away. Some came limping slowly on
| infirm legs some came frolicking as
Evening star., 1924-06-29

ing of the farm during backyard gos-
sip, are reaching a state of decrepi-
tude nowadays before they attain
a full set of whiskers. And, nat
urally. the horse, intelligent animal
that he is, is not going to let a good
though he should have to affect a
limp in the right foreleg.
To be truthful. there is many So
called higher-minded human being,
with all his brainy superiority, cul-
ture and wealth, who elects to live
plete with God-given bounties Of ma
ture than the animal rest farm in
Montgomery County.
..William, Is in Charge.
Set in the center of the large tract
of verdant land owned by the HUI
name Education Association is the
two-storry, frame tenant house in
which lives the colored caretakeT
and his wife and children. William
he is called. and he was selected for
his integrity and genuine love for
animals. Even the most ferocouS-
looking bulldog in the farms ken
neis yelp in friendly delight when
he sees William.
William is charged with feeding,
bathing and listening to the noe
turnal concerts of about fifty dogs of
all varieties. three dozen or more
cats and kittens, a score Of horses,
three ducks, several cows and a hog.
Until recently there was also a tur-
key, but Beauty, a big three-year-
old police dog of German tendencies,
got into an argument with her about
conditions in the near east, and it
would take more than the Near East
Relief to help the poor turk now.
That is another story. however.
The dogs are quartered in a long,
one-story wooden building, with con-
crete floor, erected last fall. The in
terror is divided into compartm
where the CANNES sleep and are fed,
and each stall or kennel opens into
a long wire Enclosed runway, where
such sports as hide the bone, tag and
ip-the-tail are INDUCED in.
A Star reporter yesterday visited
the kennels a little before dinner.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address, Room 722, News De-
partment. The Evening star
Washington, ID. c.

O. NY husband enlisted in the Army
in 1916, sent to Hawaii, returned to
the states and at the time of the
armistice was stationed at Camp
Knox, KY. He was discharged and
later re-enlisted in the Marine Corps,
from which he was honorably dis
charged He re-enlisted in the Marine
Corps and deserted. l have no knowl-
edge of where he is now. Can l claim
his bonus? If he is alive, what steps
can he take to secure the bonus?-
Mrs. E. B.
A. You can file an application for
the bonus Whether or not it will be
allowed depends upon the future ac-
tion of your husband-if he is still
alive and files an application himself.
desertion penalty facing him he
may not care to reveal himself. In
case he is dead, Of course, you are en-
titled to the benefits of the adjusted
compensation act. as a dependent de-
if he is dead you have a prior claim
and the government will allow it
@. Ny daughter enlisted in the Navy
and was called for active duty as a
yeomanette August 26, 1918, and was
honorably discharged December s,
1920. She married in July. 1921, and
died in June, 1922, leaving a son two
weeks old. Her husband asked me
to raise the child. which 1 am gladly
doing. Am I or the child entitled to
the bonus Mrs. NJ. B. c.
entitled to the bonus if your son-in-
law is alive: He is entitled upon ap-
plication therefor to receive the
amount of adjusted service credit that t
the service Of your daughter earned.
1t will be payable to him in ten quar-
March 1. 1925. From the information
contained in your letter I am unable
to state positively whether or not
your daughter was entitled to the $50
bonus. I suggest, therefore, that you
make application to the chief of
Q. have read in a st. Louis paper
that I can sell my bonus to a broker
or any one that wanted to buy it.
Is this true?-W. A. S.
A. There have been many vague
rumors that certain persons were
going to buy the bonuses of ex-
service men. So far as can be ascer-
tanned. no general plan for the pur-
| chasing Of adjusted service certifi-
Gates has been worked out which
justed compensation act. In the
writer's opinion, very few. If any.
purchasers can be found who will
invest money in these certificates in
the face Of the law. which absolutely
prohibits any such action. The only
way a veteran can get cash out of
an adjusted compensation certificate
is to wait till it has a loan value
and then take it to some reputable
bank or trust company and ask for
a loan. Perhaps you will be accom-
modated If you carry an account at
| the bank from whom you request a
loan. While the certificate has loan
value, it is comparatively small, and
there are many banks which will
not feel justified, in view of over
| head expense, to make any loans
upon certificates.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported t
the health department within the las
twenty four hours:
Daniel and Isabel O'Flaherty, boy.
John H. and Margaret Jameson, girl
Michael j. and Ruth Asha. boy.
Daniel J. and Grace f. OConnor, boy.
Randolph and Dorothy Willis. boy.
Ralph F. and Hazel G. Brucken, boy.
Daniel E. and Hazel NJ. PrObst, girl.
John j. and Anna Jenkins boy.
James and Frances De Carlo boy.
Edward P and Edith F.. Jones. boy.
John W. and Jeanette Thompson. boy.
Clarence W. and Ruth Wells. boy
Harry and Anne Sullivan. girl
Joseph and Lulu Collins, girl.
George and Viola Ford. boy.
Adam and Emma Sightler. girl
Mezohn and Willie Webb, hoy.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


Mount Alto Hospital Wednesday.
Open house will be held by the hos
pital and there will be music by the
Army Band. Disabled veterans nos
pitalized in government institutions
in the vicinity will be guests, anu
the public is also invited.
The Anna Maud Hallam Practical
Psychology Club will observe its sec
ond anniversary tomorrow, 1:4o pm,
at the Playhouse.
The Catholic Daughters of America.
Court District Of Columbia will meet
Tuesday, 8 pm, at Hotel Raleigh. At
the cottage of the Catholic Daughters
of America, at North Beach, Nd.
lawn party will be held July and
for the pleasure of many guests from
this city.
West End w. c. It. L. will meet
tomorrow evening at Union Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
For the benefit of the Girls Friend
ly Society. to raise funds to send
some worthy members to the Holiday
House, near Mount Vernon, Va, for a
weeks vacation. an entertainment
and vaudeville will he held in the
parish hall 18th and c streets south
west, Monday night at o'clock. The
joint chairmen in charge are MISS
Esther Jameson and Margaret
Thompson.
To consider problems relating to
the reclasSification of chemists in the
government service the local chapter
of the American Institute of Chem
lists will meet in the gray room of
| the Raleigh Hotel Monday night at
O'Clock committee has been ap-
pointed by the institute. to study the
uestion of chemists reclassification
and will work with the locaf chapter
The third annual field day of the
University Club will be held Mon
day afternoon at the Colum bia Coun-
try Club, beginning at o'clock.
An entertainment was given last
night in Theosophical Hall, 1916 H
street, under the auspices of the
Iaquess Guild. Miss Nellie f. Dashlell
recited her recently published poem
Catalina"
"How Can We Find Employment
for the Unemployed?" will be the sub
ject of discussion before the meeting
Tuesday night of the Negro National
| Educational Congress a the 18th
street Y NJ C. A. Aaron Prileau will
be the principal speaker and w. l.
Blake will preside.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TODAY


The Red Triangle outing Club will
meet at Rosslyn at 2:50 o'clock for
a fiye-mile hike. Buy round-trip
ticket to Great Falls. Ride to Ball S
Station.
womens Political Study Club will
meet, o'clock, at Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w. c. A.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the health department within the last twenty
four hours:
Swain Lindroth. II, Gallinger Hospital.
Ellen '. Creighton ~. 1890 Kearney st. ne.
Mary d. Belt, 20, 1915 18th st.
Charles Rowie Johnson -, 1903 K ST.
Jerome McManus, 73. 800 10th St
George Virgil Rector. II. II Seaton pl. ne.
Star Home.
Edward c. Little. 66. Garfield Hospital.
Richard II. Barrett. 30. st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital.
Emile Bonetti, = months. s23 o5th st.
Joseph Creton. 43, tuberculosis Hospital.
BERTHA Jackson. 10. Freedmens Hospital.
Chloe Roberts, 30. 1879 4th st.
Hanson he Shields. A. Freadmen's Hospital.
Hattie Perry, 70, 20 Massachusetts ave.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

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Dtaths.

BIERS. Suddenly, June 2s. 1924. GERARD
BIERS beloved son Of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
oysus Riers. Remains resting at Chambers
undertaking parlors. Notice Of funeral later.
BURKE. Saturday. June IS. 1924, at Mary
Washington Hospital, fredericksburg Va,
JEAN RAWLINGS, wife of Lieut.. Lawrence
r. Burke. daughter of William A. Rawlings.
Funeral from Ontario apis, Monday, June
80. at . pm.
CASTELAR,. Friday. June 81, 1924. at Paw
ling, n. T.. JANE LURENE, daughter of
the late George W. and Jane Casilear. Fu-
neral (private) at OAK Hill.
CREIGHTON. Friday. June q. 1924, after
lingering illness, ELLEN VIRGINIA (nee
Miller, beloved wife of the late James NJ.
Creighton. Funeral from Wright's under
taking establishment. Monday. June 80. at
1890 am, thence to Arlington national
cemetery 29s
HOFFMAN; On Saturday. Jsne 2s, 1924.
BENJAMIN. beloved husband of Blanche
Hoffman. Funeral from his late residence.
900 Kent pl. me-, Sunday. June %, at
pm. tHarrisburg, Pa, papers please
copy) Please omit flowers. 29s
JACKSON. Saturday, June 2s, 1924, JAMES
NJ. JACKSON. beloved of Rachel C.
Davis. aged 5s years. Funeral from his
mothers residence, 326 NJ st. s.w., Tuesday,
July 2.- At 2 o'clock LIN. a0'
Evening star., 1924-06-29

Danish lighthouses are supplied
with oil to pump on the waves dur
ing storm.
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Birtb.
marriaqe.

BEATTY. June 10, 1924. to Mr. and Mrs.
John J. Beatty, jr., son. JOHN j..
REALTY I'd
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GarnS of Ubanks.

MOONEY I wish to thank my friends and
relatives for their kindness. sympathy and
lovely floral tributes at the recent death of
my dear mother.
HER DAUGHTER. MRS. J. H. ELLIOTT. .
WALTON. The mother and brother of the
late ANNIE E. WALTON (nee Beach,. who
died June 81. 1924. at Georgetown Cniper-
sity Hospital wish to voice their apprecia-
tion to the many friends and relatives for
their kindness and floral tributes at her
MRS. AvILpA BEACH AND SON. GEORGE
BEACH.
wnLER Mr.. and Mrs. Herman E. Willer
wish to express their sincere appreciatio
and thanks to their relatives and many
friends for the ir kindness and expressions of
sympathy at The death of their loved daugh-
ter MARY A. WIILER.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

The Anna Maud Hal1am Practical
Psychology Club will observe its sec
ond anniversary tomorrow, 7:4o pm,
at the Playhouse.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

Mrs. NJ. p. Maddux wishes
to announce the marriage of her niece. Miss
MAMIE JACKSON. to Mr.. ELIJAH X.
TATE. June 23, 1924, at Alexandra. Va.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
FOUND.

BULLDOG, brindle and white, male: collie
black and white. small size, male: cat smoke
color and white. Persian, female. Apply
Washington Animal Rescue League, 349 Mary
land ave. s.w.
POCKETBOOK, black June 81, at 14th and
II SITS. Owner may have by identifying and
paving for this ad. Cleveland 1093-J.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Catholic Daughters of America,

West End w. c. It. L. will meet
tomorrow evening at Union Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
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Births

william and Anna Emerich. Methodist
Hospital
CordeIius and Esther schmitt Methodist
Hospital
David and Gladys steele, Methodist Hos
pital
Manuel and Sarah Dobrowitz, Methodist
Buren, and AIfrieda strietler, Methodist
Hospital.
Walter and Loretta Tirmenstein. 336 East
ern.
Arthur and Mary Brumfeld. 226 W.
Twelfth.
Jerry and Dora Bowman. 1923 s. West.
Bert aud Mary Means. 14I0 Martindale.
Raymond and Mabel Robinson, 1929 s.
larry and Bessie Mass. 1854 s. Della,
ware
Robert and Anna Glaubl1e. Methodist Hos
pitsl.
Lawson and Mary Bramblett Methods.
Hospital
Ernest and Chloe Kline. Methodist Hos
pital.
Jesse and Efie Taylor, SIG Church.
Samuel and Lizzie Abney. 346 ". West.
Glenn and Georgia Whitaker, 2510 n.
Delaware.
william and Floy Wellington, 2l26 Nor
gan.
Canni and Elsie staley 1O46 Church.
William and Bernice Byers, Methodist
Hospital.
Michael and zelma Gardner, 25 The Alex
ander Apis.
Wilan and Mary Clamons. $50 Grace.
william and Esse Summers, 6l4 n. Lib
erty.
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Buhdinq Permits

Guy Justus. double, COL N. Sherman.
Guy Justus. furnaces col N. Sherman
NJ A. o,Harra. garage. 1924 N. Cali
D. PHI, addition. s25 S. Illinois. $3.50.
A.. E. Glidden, dwelling, 1922 Wheeler
A. Z. GHdden. dwelling. 1895 Wheeler.
4. Z. Glidden. dwelling 1880 Wheeler.
Billie Thompson. garage. 1898 Ethel.
S325.
dwelling. 264 s. Rural, S. 800
J. G.. Habing Building Realty Company,
furnace 264 S. Rural. $500.
Olive A. Day, garage. 1888 Graceland.
olive A. Day, garage 1929 Graceland
$500
Mary A. Slaughter. remodeling, 1412
G. E. Trees. garage, 1857 Kenwood. s22O
Indianapolis Laundry, move dwelling.
1924 n. Capitol, $500
Lee. Rogers. dwelling, GOAL Mansfield.
John wschtel, addition. 2O14 Madison.
0. P. McLeiand dwelling, 1888 n Illinois,
o. P McLeland. furnace 1888 n Illinois,
$3.50
Wilson Realty Company, apartment 3640
n. Meridian. $4,000
D. r. Snider. sign, 42O6 College. $500.
Royse Borchert Company. double 649 Ok
Koyse Borchert Company, furnace. e4s Ok
Roiss Borchert Company. furnace. e51 OK
EiiAsbsth Reed. reroof. $50 N. Riley.
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SELF TO
Join DEAD MATE
Wife Refuses Food When
Husband Is Killed,
By United Press

BY United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-"Grandma"
Allie Thompson. Muncie, Ind, has one
on to join Pa"
PA" was killed by a Muncie train
last July. Since then Grandma Thomp-
son had been on a virtual hunger
strike.
When Pa was killed. Grandma
Thompson went into secluslon. She
refused to see neighbOrs and spent
her time rummaging through trunks
and pressing Pas railroad uniforms.
I've taken care Of Pa for eighteen
years" she said. He was always
sick one way or another. He still
needs me and I'm going on to him. "
She refused tempting dishes.
Late yesterday she went 70 Pa She
partook of food for the last time a
week ago. Then she only ate two
prunes and few bites Of pie.
She viii be buried beside Pa at
Muncie.
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Deaths

Mary E. Royse, 40 St Vincent Hospital.
carcinoma.
Marie J. Killion. 81, Methodist Hospital.
Ida A. Holmes. 81, 1898 Talbot. acute
cardiac dilatation.
cardiac dHatation.
Edwin Levi Boyer. 5s. 1908 Ashland.
James owens. rs. st. Vincent Hospital.
william Gordon. 81. 2O33 N. Alabama
arterio sclerosis.
Billie j Cobb, 10 months, 1886 Draper,
broncho pneumonia.
Doris T. Neal. 2 months. 1919 Roosevelt.
Mary Z. Spahr 65. $500 Boulevard Pl
angina pectoris
Virginia May Pemberton. 6 days. 523 s.
Senate broncho pneumonia.
Ellen T'ill 3 Douglas and North, acute
cardica dilatstion.
John Frick, So $50 Tecunseh. cerebral
hemorrhage
Chester J. Albers. Ia days. 1s49 Ewing
ida May Paul So 1715 Cornell. chronic
bronchitis
Northwestern. cerebral hemOrrbage.
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SHANK DECLARES
He WILL BOUNCE
COMMISSIONERS If
Also Promises to Show Up
Ed Jackson = My Most
Formidable Opponent
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 16.-"My
first official act after I am elected
Governor will be to fire McCardle,
Douglass and Rats from the public
service commission. And believe me
those three boys had better begin look
ing for another job, for am going to
be elected"
So declared Mayor Sh"nk OF Indian
apoRs in an interview mere Tuesday
following a talk before Evansville Ro-
tarians.
In his speech the mayor made no
mention Of his candidacy and did not
discuss politics. He discussed lower
ing of taxes.
The mayor stated he was strong
for a college education. by golly
where would we get our smoke in
spectors at Indianapolis If 1t was not
for college graduates?" he said.
The mayor, in an interview. stated
Ed Jackson, secretary of State, was
his most formidable opponent, but that
he would show him up in an unfa-
vorabe light at the start of his cam
paign in Indianapolis at Tomlinson
Hall, Feb. 6.
THE Dollings failure, the company
Endorsed by Jackson, will be enough
fodder for that" he stated.
He said his campaign would be
based on a rigid blue sky law for In
z4v,se
taxes and the Topping eff OF State
plums"
With Mayor Shank here was Sens-
tor viii K. Penrod, the mayors cam
paign manager.
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assault and battery by Sergeant Shee
han and emergency squad.
Knudsen told police he failed to see
the auto, while signaling a street car
Pearson said rain and darkness OBJ
scured his vision. Pearson took knud
sen to his home and called police.
Jones Bell, TOT S. Capitol Ave-. Is
improving at home from injuries re-
ceived when he walked in front Of a
Columbia Ave. street car at Delaware
st. and Massachusetts Ave. Raymond
White, 910 N. Highland Ave-. was
motorman.
Sam King, SO. of 324 N, Liberty St,
was charged with failure to stop after
an accident when officers said he
struck a truck belonging to the Har-
ris Transfer Company. at Delaware
and South SITS.
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CUTS ORDERED IN
INSURANCE RATES
Liability Premiums Reduced
8 Per Cent,

Notification Of reductions Of APP
proximately 8 per cent in new public
liability insurance premiums, received
by Indianapolis companies and agents,
were announced today.
Important among changes is one
giving a plumber or contractor who
uses his car for the transportation
OF equipment the same rates as those
for a pleasure car. Commercial cars
such as grocery trucks. must pay
rates considerably higher.
Reductions of public liability rates
ranged from IS to IS in indianapolis
and vicinity. Property damage rates
slightly increased Collision rate:
were unchanged.
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HIGHWAYMENK KILL
PENNILESS VICTIM
Bandits Critically Wound
Another at Alton III,

By United Press
EAST ALTON, Ill. Jan. 1.-two
highwaymen. after an unsuccessful
hold-up last night. shot and killed
one Of their penniless victims and
critically wounded the other.
Ed Laughlin. 10, son of a railroad
telegrapher, died shortly after the
shooting. Donald Hocken, 81. shoJ
three times, may die.
Hocken lay in the snow with Laugh
lin for an hour and half before a
passerby heard his cries.