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What became Of the transcripts
when you no longer had them In
your possession
mr.. Bekman (the prosecutor, now
dead, was In charge of the case.
The opening of court was de-
layed by Prosecutor Simpson who
went into conference with the
presiding judges, Charles w. Par.
ker and Frank l.. Clearly. Sfmp-
son told the judges he wished to
have time to question several new
witnesses whom he had in an ante.
room.
These witnesses were members
or the Guild Of st. John the
Evangelist Church in New Bruins
wick who, Barbara Tough, the maid
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DISCRE d

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made ii was held between ten ard
Dr. hewitt asked him what tile
chances were Of hitting target
ner He stated that they were
slight.
Needed Rest Tor Arm
The pistol would have been held
ii the left hand and II would havs
been necessary Tor him to have Il
rest Tor his arm d order 70 shoot
with any degree 81 accuracy. Or,
Martyr said
The next witness was DR.. Charles
II. LaIIey, BE the Ge0rg etown Hos
pitaI. who pronounced Scrtvener
dead. He described the manner IN
which the body WAS found, with the
tie clutched ii the right hand ana
the pistol lying slightly below me
feet
The fingers holding the necktie
were SO contracted as to make e
difficult tO remove from the
grasp There was very little blood,
he said.
Assistant Corporation Cou n q 81
Ringgold Haf1 questioned Or. I.al-
lev very closely IS 70 whether the
necktie was held above or below
Dr. Lalley said that he did not
rernembeY. but thought that II was
EeId above.
Tens u Finding Body
r,alicSYaar Cohrer was
asked to tell when he first saw the
body. He stated that he had com
fnunfcated with the precinct at 1:26
o'clock in the morning and that
they had told him to so to the
alley and investigate a report that
there was man either sick or
drunk there.
When he arrived there were
three or four men standing at the
entrance to the alley. The. lights
of his motorcycle revealed only
foot and pistol. He did not recog-
nige the identity OF the slain man,
he said, and sent another man
across the street to Scriyener,s
home to ask that the detective
come over and investigate the
case.
1t was while the other man was
gone that he turned his motor.
cycle in such q manner as to
direct the light upon Scrivener's
face.
It was then that he recognized
him.
The next witnesses were Robert
T.. Doering, 3128 n st. N. W.. and
his sister, Miss Catherine Doering,
of the same address Both told the
same story previously related to the
police. Miss Doering said that she
heard what she thought was the
back fire of an automobile and q
short time later heard heavy breath
ling and also; at about the same
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from the defendants, when they
were arrested this year, was the
next witness.
Silzer was the stenographer In
former Prosecutor Stryker's office
during the first investigation four
years ago. He testified that he had
taken the original statements of
Mrs. Hall, Henry and Willie
Stevens.
Where did you put their state
ments when you close your office
for the night?" Simpson asked.
Notes Destroyed
I'm the office safe"
Silzer admitted that the original
notes he had taken had been de.
.stroyed.
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IT own a number of shotguns-no
revolvers.''
You are an expert. marksman?"
II am considered good shot"
Stevens added, however, that he
hadn't fired a revolver in Is years.
Walsh was excused.
Minna Clark, who 1t was alleged.
was jealous Of Mrs. Mills. was
then called.
Didn't Respond
Minna Clark didn't respond to
her name.
That's funny" remarked Simp-
son. "Have her here at 1890"
Anthony Silzer, brother of for.
mer Governor Silzer, who was pres
ent when statements were taken
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had testified. had gossiped about
Mrs. Mills and DR.. Hall.
A drizzling rain failed to de-
crease the attendance. The tiny
chapel-like courtroom. with its
stained glass sky piece. was packed
to the doors. Most of the spec.
tators were. women.
The defendants filed into the
prisoners dock a few minutes
before court opened. Mrs. Hall.
again in black, seemed very tired.
Willie Stevens was all smiles. For
the first time Henry Stevens gaped
about the courtroom. evidently
looking to see whom he could
recognize.
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mrs. MILLS Y0UNGE R.
S|STERON STAND

4 -. -. - # A.. sA~.Y - =
.ee,nga sauaa anu - sas : :
McCarter cross,exannined Mrs. Lee.
She said she had lived with Mrs,
Mills for about g year. from 1918 to
1919. and that then she (the wit
nessl married and went to Mime
apoiis to live. Her husband has
since died and she moved to Pater-
son. Il. Is. early this year.
"Sl1a told VIM the reason she was
fond Sc pr. Hall was that he was
her infelIectuaI equal and her hus.
ham, seas not 9s. liked MecaTter
ashe did not sav her husband was
not size didn't mention her hus.
hand 1T all.o
Mrs Minis and AIRS. Fan were not
or fsIa,,fIIv ferms the witness e ii
s.lsIe i nor told me fhaf she s,lE.
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a e,,,,,.s ,a,,l ~. .siss Mr.. = s All
s,. 49,, ,s,s,s... ..s5
$3.50. g
=. hy q 49, -
Glty ponce. was the m nexl Wl y ~.
1he "a -
eiilis y lls - I -, Als stsiu.
Reads statement
Walsh was permitted to read from
the stand : statement IA obtained
- $500 81 ase 49,. s.t.,..,,.
80 = S. -. 3 - Z go
concerning MS '0nereap OALS On the
night OF the murder.
menf. said he was fishing on the
2 $50. near - M summer nome q
Stevens named several men he
saw IN the beach that night Asked
by walsh whom he had been fish
ing with stevens renlied: s.Mr.
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CHARLOTTE MILLS

De Russeys lane on the night of the Staying
covered Finally Mrs. Mills body exhumed. It was
found that her tongue had been cut out by vengefn
knife. The law declared itself satisfied and ordered
trial of the four defendants Continued TomorroWl
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charged But Ind rtakea -
to- many cough dgope, aabfsk
nlnns har unla,
IL e0trk decided okIa6rsyise
and ksid H. un1lsr S400 bend.
she u il I'll
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pgufse ksny ae lifted III CALI
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fre. ssrkrr snseem
ss,us eganeed Il dfUoree hers 80
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FOUR KINGS and two queens Of Europe attended the
wedding of Princess Astrid Prince Leopold ID Brus
sells In front Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium and the
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our Kings, 7yo Queens Attend Royal NzptiaLs

Queen of Denmark at right Standing from left to right
are the kings Of Denmark Sweden Belgium and Norway
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CONTINUED from First Page.)
the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were
shot to death on the night OF
September Il, 1922.
This unprecedented proposal
from the prosecutor provoked
Vigorous objection from the
defense.
No Place for Movies
Robert Il. McCarter, senior
counsel for the defense, said:
deprecated from the start
that We did not have proper maps
OF the scene here for the jury.
Il do object to the use Of this
motion picture machine. don't
know anything about it and be-
lieve that courtroom is no place
60 show moving pictures.
Simpson fired back:
It isn't q motion picture ma
chine. It's as stationary IS the
general himself. 2
VIII Try Il Out
The court then explained that the
machine was OF the stereoptican
type. and did he object to private
demonstration at the noon recess
with lawyers for both sides present.
ing? McCarter had no objection to
the plan.
Mrs. Marie M. Lee, a younger
sister Of Mrs. Mills. was then called
to the stand. She testified she
knew DIR. Hall and that she had
: attended social gatherings at the
Church of st. John the Evangelist
IN New Brunswick.
Ny sister told me she loved DIR.
Hail. the witness said.
Mrs Lee said that her sister told
her that DR. Hall planned to get
q divorce and that she intended to
run away with him.
Did you ever see them kiss each
other2" Simpson asked.
Yes. One time looked in the
window and he was sitting in an
arm chair and she was sitting on
Ills lap / saw her kiss him as she
got off his lap"
Relations Were PIatOnic
What did she say of her rela.
tions with DIR. ALP" Simpson asked.
She said she loved him, but at
this time, in 1919. their love was
plato1ic. Their relations were quite
proper"
Did she say why she loved 1im2''
"S..e thought OF him as an intel.
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time. heard footsteps. After 4
preliminary investigation she raised
the window and saw the body ~
ing in the alley. She then told her
brother. who notified the police.
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TO.THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax-
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am in love with a young
man about 10 years old. He is
very much in love with me. My
parents are very strict about me.
They do not know this. II ]
should tell them ! would be in
the graveyard the next day.
1 am II years old, ] have two
sisters ahead of me. Please don't
tell me to give him up because
] can't, although he Is poor and
we are wealthy.
BROWN EYES.
If the young man you love is
of fine character. my dear-a
friend of whom you could be
proud. anywhere-and II he Is
earning his living with prospects
of success later on. don't you
suppose your mother will permit
him to call on you now and
them Talk things over with her
very affeetionately.
You know she has your interest
at heart 'and wishes you to be
happy. Tell her that you feel
the need OF friends Of your own
age. both girls and boys. and
would love to be allowed TO en-
terrain them now and then In
your own home. s.
But try to think OF the young
man who interests you as a good
friend rather than n sweetheart
Leave serious love to later years.
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Read How a Beautiful Girl Rebels at
the MOnOtOny Of a Drab Home
sd Life in the City

7 Just said 60 Kirby-Kirby was
the lawyer We had:. PAY It off.
Kirby said, and let her keep
1t. Lord knows she must have
earned IT, I said. And while
you're about Il, Just sell out my
old house, too; It don't seam TO
mean much any more
She rocked. Aaeeuning { 60 have
forgotten the others 4ors . while.
Come. let's ALI g0xto bed, ssfDhe
said at last; rRoaenary nBedg
her Sleep E as GN 70
They went upstaIEso steget1lsr.
And nobody asked ROSEMARY if
she had had good time. Not
even Ma. ~ MA 3s4
Oh. wen. II they wisfsng inter-
ested
Aunt kitty was taking little
bottles out OF q bag. "See, Ger
tie" She shook q milky liquid
in q tail bottle. .'That is muscle
oil. Lifts the sagging chin. And
this here is wrinkle eradicator,
the best on the market. It cost
81. Made out Of pure water
lilies fished out Of the Nile!'
Gertie snickered.
Aunt Kitty turned on her. ssYes,
60 on and laugh. But ] only
pray you don't end up by laugh.
ing out Of the other side Of your
face-like I did"
Rosemary uncorhed all the bot
ties. smelled them delightedly.
"Oh, Aunt Kitty. can I try your
cold cream?"
Her Reply
Aunt Kitty looked at her, 1t
her fresh, firm flesh and the soft
brown hair that curled so sweetly
over her temples. You'll never
find your husband supporting q
chorus girl-you're not like thatl"
mo, but I'd never take another
woman's husband either! No mat
ter how much I loved him.. or
how wonderful or rich or any.
thing he was!
''Well. I should hope notF said
"You never can tell" said Aunt
Kitty, Its easy to talk.
The whole house was upset.
Nothing went right. Aunt Kitfy'n
coming had demoralized every.
thing.
Rosemary was searching wildly
for her purse, her hat, her gloves.
She couldn't find anything. Even
her old, familiar room was
strange. with Aunt Kitty's lotions
all over the dresser and Aunt
Kitty's clothes on the chair.
II 'sOh. yesga she cried. Awf1lly
late!'' 81 -.-ss-
familiar about the tail man who
stood next to her on the care
She had seen him somewhere.
Possibly he was one Of III. Gras
hams customers. 49,
she must have Been staring.
for he returned her gzzA tneo-
lently inqufrins, Then he raised
hts hat
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Test Your knowledge With
Times Daily Dozen
BY A. L. Wilbert. M. A.

l. LITERATURE. Which IA.
nous French author wrote the
stirring romance of adventure
called Captain F'racasse2"
.. HISTORY. Which Ia consid.
cred the most violent battle Of
history?
8. GEOGRAPHY. which,.is the
southermost city in the world?
4. BUSINESS. What Is meant
by Suggestive selhng?"
s. MANKIND. Which city has
more telephones than any other
city in the world?
s. HUMAN NATURE. What 10
ethicsY
7. GENERAL SCIENCE. Who
discovered oxygen?
8. LAW. What is a devise?
o. CIYICS. How many children
10. ART. Which modern French
artist has few superiors In the
painting OF landscapes bathed in
moonlight?
IL. MUSIC. Which composition
by Tschaikowsky celebrates the
retreat OF Napoleon from Moscow?
IL. HEALTH What function is
served by hemoglobin. the sub
stance which gives blood It's red
color?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
l. LITERATURE.
"But there ts neither East nor
West,
Border, nor Breed. nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face
to face. tho they come from the
ends of the earth. "--~Kfpling'
The Ballad of East and West"
2. HISTORY. Egypt IS the
worlds greatest storehouse of
facts about mankind from $4,000
n. c. until the beginning OF writ
tea history necause the art Of
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If she'd be home BY IL O'Clock.
Or, say 12"-
Like we were at her agey'
And Aunt Kitty, was making the
room. vibrate with her big laugh.
hYes, I'm q great hand for ro-
nance" She leaned over and
pinched Gertie's cheek. 81 say let
the young folks have their good !.
times, and good luck to them.
What's that you're making, Ger
tie? A guest towel? Rats! You
ought to be making pink silk
nightie, with plenty Of lace and
blue ribbon. That's what the men
like. That's the way to hold q
husband, GertieY'
Gertie blushed painfully. ooh,
/ have those things all finished
these are just some little extras.
'Then save your eyes," advised
Aunt Kitty, with the air OF the
Delphian oracle. mo man likes
a tired-looking woman. and you do
show your age, Gertie. High time
you were getting married -
~ never knew you were an at-
thority on beauty and how to hold
a husband" put in Ma, tartly.
II always thought. Kitty, that you
were one to sit back and trust to
God. / don't remember you ever
talking like that when Pete was
alivey'
J'.No, I learned late" said Aunt
Kitty simply.
Pa slapped his leg, and roared.
That's q good one" he Wheezed.
That's a good oneY'
yes, / learned late-but not
too late" She patted her per-
manently waved single with
bediamoned hand. well, human
nature is great thing, Mary.z a
great thing. There was I a
good wife and saving every
nickel. And do you know what
Pete was doing?" She rocked
very fast, tapping her tall heels
as she rocked.
Ma was startled. ''You don't
mean to tell me-" she murmured.
II certainly do. and dunno
why I been 30 long breaking
the news. Supporting chorus
girl, that's what Pete was DOING
and God knows how long It dated
back. It all came out after the
funeral, when the lawyers got
into his papers.
Believe me, he'd never have
gotten that 5000 funeral IL had
known beforehand. But changed
the tombstone on him. It wasn't
too late for that. had ordered
a weeping angel In marble. but
cut It down to a broken pillar in
granite. A broken pillar. Hah!"
she chuckled. That's whas he
was. That's what all the men
are!' 50
al Pa stretched ana knocked the
ashes out OF his pipe. Looks were
GIeceiving. Kitty hadn't changed
so much. after all. wen. I'll be
getting along to bed. he said.
WELL continued Aunt Kitty.
latter found out about this
woman-sf1e was d big blonde in
the chorns-and saw the bills
where she had her. flat refur-
nished In. Circassian walnut why.
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writing was early developed there.
It's monuments and records, on
account of the favorable climate,
are in a fine state Of preserya.
ticn.
3. GEOGRAPHY. The Missouri
River serves as a boundary be.
tween Nebraska and Iowa.
4. BUSINESS. Keen students
of the instalment business de.
clare that a cash payment OF one.
third Of the purchase price and
installment payments extended
over a period not exceeding
twelve months are the most lib
eral terms upon which the bust.
ness can be safely conducted.
5. MANKIND. NJ. p. Is the alb.
breviation for Member of Parlla-
ment.
6. HUMAN NATURE. A cretin
is a person who is mentally and
physically underveloped on &C.
count of the defective functioning
of the thyroid gland.
7. GENERAL SCIENCE. Paper
was first invented in China about
los A. D.
8. LAW. A plaintiff Is an indl.
vidual who brings an action in a
court against another person.
9. CIVICS. The present Speak.
err of the House OF Representa-
tives Is Nicholas Longworth of
Ohio.
10. ART. John Russell Pope
created the prize~winning design
for the proposed million dollar
memorial to Theodore Roosevelt
TO be erected in Washington, D. c.
IL. MUSIC. Edward Grieg O843.
1900 is the greatest of the Scan.
dinaVian composers.
~. HEALTH. About 100000
babies die annually IN the United
States before they are one year
old -@S"a So" ~.f-sf
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What A bout the Brilliant Worker?

weren't sure she could haSdle it.
She'd had no experience in Crea.
tive Stuff and, as ! say. she
wasn't genius.
But she took 1t over and went
on. boring in.
She paid no attention to Work.
ing Hours. Her working hours
were from the time she began
till she finished. Days, evenings.
nights.
This Is new to mo and l
really ought to give extra time
to 1t till I'm more sure Of myself.
she used to say.
So, of course, the work under
her handling showed none of the
arrogance that had characterized
1t before. It struck q new and
wholly human note. It was of
the heart as much as OF the
head.
And her superiors said. TITS
never been done so well. She's
exactly the person for IT."
Finally something else opened
Something much bigger than
she'd ever dreamed of; a thing
the Brilliant Ones all were clam
oring for with a great noise.
1t was given to her.
So she climbed to the Upper
Rungs without quite knowing
that she was climbing. being too
busy to think Of that. Too busy
boring in. No genius, you see.
but a person with an Ideal. The
Ideal of Service.
Nor is she finished. as even
the Brilliant Ones are beginning
to suspect. The ladder Is very
high; there are rungs she hasn't
visioned as yet. But she's on her
way-boring in.
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Stanley. though he was my
fathers friend. and / suppose
] ought to reverence his gray
hairs and Mr. him-has been
sort OF he-fairy god-mother
TO me all my life. -
You're so lucky" Rosemary
sighed.
Late at Night
Tt was nearly II o'clock when
Rosemary got home.
The house was lighted-proof
the family was sitting up. Now.
wasn't that just like them?
She sighed as she turned the
latchkey In the door. She was
in for 1t. 'Hello"i she called
Hello, everybody: I'm home!
Mas arms were around her
'kovey''i Her cheek was wet.
against Rosemary's. Thank God.
you're safe. But why did you
stay away over Sunday? Tell
me Rosemary!
And before she could open her
mouth to answer, Gertie was
scolding. 81 gave you credit for
more sense. And wearing my
evening dress TO work.!
"Gertie. / didn't wear 1t to
work. borrowed . dress from
ElIen'I
But who is Ellen. lovey? You
told us you were going to stay
over night with Nina. II I had
known you were at some strange
girls house. / wouldn't have slept
a wink"
"Oh. ma! Don't you want me
to have any fun?
Fun! Pas voice was lifted
now. do you have to stay
away half the week to have fun?
That settles it! No more Of
these Bohemian parties. / know
them. I know what they do.
drunken!
Pa-sh-Aunt Kitty"
Aunt Kitty? Aunt Kitty isn't
here?' Rosemary cried.
Pa pointed to the parlor.
The parlor! Then she heard.
Oh, how could they humiliate her
so, with Aunt Kitty listening to
every word! She pulled the por,
there's angrily aside.
There she sat in the rocking
chair in the very middle of the
room. Aunt Kitty, who hadn't
been to see them in years, not
since her husband died.
But she wasn't the same Aunt
Kitty. The Aunt Kitty Rosemary
remembered was 'drab and gray,
shuffling around in negligees,
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By Lucy Lowell

CHE had a position in an Of
~ flee two or three years ago.
An ordinary position, having TO do
with detail. One that kept her
nose to the grindstone every min.
ute Of every day.
And the Brilliant Ones. who
could be a little careless with their
work because she vas so con.
scientious in finding and correct.
Ing their mistakes before they
made trouble for anybody. some
times looked down upon her from
the Upper Rungs and said, "a
terribly hard worker! What does
she get out of 1t, anyway"
But she didn't seem to notice.
She was plodding along hand-in.
hand with an Ideal. She had the
wild notion that II was up to her
to give her best. Not necessarily
because it was demanded OF her,
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You Will Jingle With the Thrill of Life
AS You Read of the Adventures
of Rosemary Merton
The Story Thus Far
family rebels
attending
taking
distressed
She
to college
to married.
Ouburst
neighbOrS
indulge
ing shattered
npoyment in boosop She is introduced by Nina "The Secret
Studio"
making her and she from him.
NOLU Continue

Finally Nina slipped into her
hat and coat. murmured some
thing to Graham. and went out
with Cuyler.
It was late in the afternoon
when she came back. alone.
Rosemary" she said, would
You ike to come out to my place
for dinner? You could telephone
home and tell them you won't be
home till later, couldn't your"
And so Rosemary came to
Nina's apartment.
you see," said Nina. ct live
in a glass houser'
Rosemary had never seen any
thing so charming. The long
French windows. the great open
fireplace with its raised dais. and
bright pillows on the polished
floor. the tiny kitchen and chintz
hung bedroom opening off the
long studio which served for liv-
ing and dining room alike.
Nina made tea, served on bright
Chinese plates the salad and cold
cold meats they had bought down.
town.
Rosemary sighed with delight.
II think this is the loyeliest place
In the world, Nina. To think Of
living here with all this beauty"
There probably isn't another
just like it." Nina said In her
frank way. mr.. Cuyler designed
1t and he's supposed to be one of
the best architects in the coun.
try. One of the richest. anyway.
He designed the apartment build
hng and built this little place on
the top for me-"
Rosemary's heart sank. A queer
sick feeling came over her. 1t
seemed that the room was lock
ing as though it were ship,
at sea. She put up her hands
as If to ward off what Nina
was going TO say.
Nina laughed. the old lazy,
musical laugh: why. you con-
ventional little thing. you! ! be.
lieye you're having the horrors
because I live herev'
Rosemary laughed. too. a shak.
ing, nervous laugh. Oh. wasn't
she silly, and Nina making fun
OF heri 1t was all right. of
course 1t was all right. if Nina
could laugh that way. No room
for sentimental imaginings no
room now for fear.
"Well. I'll tell YOU" said Nina.
STANLEY Cuyler-and | call him
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So UnemOtiOnal!

SdTHE English have the reputa.
u ton of being a phleematic,
Unconditional race" recorded the
American flyer. whose diary u
now running in Liberty, while he
was in training in England. "Tf1ey
certainly try to live up to the
part" he continued, though !
believe they are very sentimental
underneath. 1t Is simply consid-
cred bad taste to show it.x