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The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Doing Things Your OwnWay

And 1t Is a good thing this is
true. 1t is only by experience we
grow and experience is a subject
i've thing, one that we must
acquire by ourselves for our
selves.
We read and hear Of and see
the experiences of others and
learn something from these. But
that is theoretical knowledge; the
actual, practical understanding
comes from our own living and
doing and thinking.
We learn to do only from do
ing. There is no other way.
Another may try to save us
from mistakes by pointing out his
own Misunderstanding us how to
avoid them. And this, too, helps.
But 1t is not enough. We have
to expect to make mistakes to be
willing to make them and suffer
the consequences with a high
heart. For this, too, is part Of
experience.
The one who makes no mis-
takes and endures no set-backs is
thoroughly educated in the art Of
living.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

der as you possibly can. Repeat
the exercise from 10 to 20 times.
Stand straight with your feet
together, and your hands, palm
to palm, straight above your
head, Now bend slowly until ..-ou
touch the floor with your finger
tips. Return to position. Repeat
this exercise 20 times.
Stand straight with your legs
apart. your hands on your hips,
fingers turned toward the back.
Circle your trunk about on your
waist as pivot. first to the right
then to the left 10 times. Take
this exercise rapidly.
You will enjoy practicing these
exercises because they are a won.
derful outlet for your energy.
And you will enjoy them the
more because you know that
practicing them faithfully every
day will, in connection with sens.
ible, slenderizing diet, and cor.
rect posture, add symmetry and
slender grace to your hip line.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Jeritza Tells HOW to Reduce Hips

the amount of starchy and sweet
food you eat. For instance, IL you
are in the habit OF eating four
slices of bread daily. limit your
self hereafter to half that amount.
One order of potatoes daily may
well be reduced to small help.
ing OF potatoes every other day.
If you indulge in sweets for your
dessert twice each day, allow
yourself only one dessert a day.
When you are very hungry he
tween meals, and feel you must
eat something. indulge in a plum.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
BUT SHE IS LONELY IN THE MIDST OF THEM

a glass of iced buttermilk, bran
biscuit or some other trifle that
is mountaineering.
Get out of doors for a daily
walk just twice as long as that
you have been taking. Include
in your morning gymnastics exer.
cises designed to reduce the hips,
such as the following:
Lie flat on your back on the
floor and kick your legs alter
nately over your head. keeping
your toes stretched, and kicking
as far outward over each shout.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Likes Fields

A perennial is the downy gen.
tian. an unusually handsome
plant with terminal clusters of
bell-shaped. brilliant.hued violet
blue flowers. says Nature Maya
zine. Unlike most of it's relatives.
the downy gentians prefer open
prairies and cry fields. The gaudy
flowers may be found during early
fall in the wheat producing areas
of Minnesota and South Dakota
and as far eastward as Ohio and
MARYLAND.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Trees as Citizens

In Portland, Ore. a resident
planted eight seeding Persian
English) walnut trees along the
street in front of his residence,
writes Charles Lathrop Pack, in
Trees as Good Citizens" From
these trees each year. in addition
to having all the nuts needed for
home consumption and dividing
with the boys of the neighbor-
hood on their own terms. he now
obtains from nuts which he sells
enough revenue to- go long way
toward covering his taxes.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

been for your
medicine. I could
not have done
my work 40 1t
should have been
done. Mother
told me Of Lydia
.. Pinkham'e
Vegetable Com.
pound, and I had
read in different
papers what Il
had done for DIFF.
I0rAnt wMmnm
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
By Mildred Ash

A LIGHTING Upon LapeIs-Very
"A lifelike butterflies with slight
ly stiffened wings of batik silk
and soft, furry bodies, repre-.
sent one Of the most recent of
imported novelty pins. About
three inches long, done in most
realistic colorings and markings,
these ornaments will probably be-
come one of the early fall fads.
Bringing Brightness to Black
Wide girdles of diamante, made
to be worn at a low waistline,
are one of the most attractive
ways of enlivening black lace
or chiffon gown. Wrought in a
variety of unusual designs. these
scintilating belts are becoming
extremely fashionable.
Anticipating Autumn-Many of
the advance showings are featur-
ing crepe faille or satin frocks
with coats of matching cash
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
By Maria Jeritza,
Prima Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and one Of the
Most BeautifOuI Women
E NJ tho n0v

OF the Day.
OTOUT hips are the bane Of
~ modern women, especially Of
office workers who sit at desk
many hours each day.
The active, outdoor, athletic
girl is seldom troubled by excess
fat in any part of her body. for
active exercise keeps her blood
circulating vigorously, feeding her
tissue, padding it with just the
normal amount of fat.
1t is said that in the case Of
most women. the hips are the
chief depository of excess fat,
while the bust and the abdominal
wall rank second and third.
The first step in the reducing
process consists in cutting down
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

The attempt % overthrow the French govern
ment while Napoleon was absent on the Russian
campaign failed, but his throne had tottered for
a moment He left the army and after perilous
journey of IL days reached Paris, to face one Of
the most difficult situations Of his life.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
A GOOD, LONG
JOURNEY

THERE is some uncertainty as to
Il the distance of the Orion stars,
writes Isabel NJ. Lewis of the
United States Naval Observatory
in Nature Magazine, but 1t is
known to be much greater than
that of the Pleiades and Hyades
and the most reliable estimate Is
about six hundred light years. II
we prefer to think in terms Of
miles, which is not a very wise
thing to do when speaking Of star
distances, we find that this is
equal to about thirty-six hundred
trillion miles $500. 600, O00. 00O, 0O0),
or nearly forty million times the
distance from the earth to the
sun! With it's tremendous speed
of $4,000 miles in a second. light
takes six centuries to cover this
distance.
The red star Betelgeuse, vary
ing irregularly in brightness, is
not a member of the Orion group,
but, as its color indicates. is star
of an entirely different type. Its
distance of 160 light years is only
about one-fourth of that of the
Orion group.
At a conference of the Inter
Allied Veterans Association, which
included war veterans of the Ger
man and Austrian armies, held re-
Gently in Luxembourg. a resolu-
ton was adopted declaring that
frankness in International rela-
tons would remove the causes of
future wars. 1t was the first
time that the former enemies
have come together in this
manner.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Fashion Fads and Fancies

mere or broadcloth. Navy, deep
green, rich brown. purple and
gray promise to be the leading
= colors of the coming season. but
black bids fair to continue fore
most in the mode.
The Long and Short OF It is
what determines the vintage" of
an umbrella handle. The newest
handles are of increased length
five or six inches long-and have
their decorations repeated upon
the ferruies. Among the most
striking types are the ''pretzer'
shapes. with a snake forming the
large loop. These are made of
iridescent composition, with col
ored stones to represent the
snakes eyes.
Printed In Plumage Patterns
some of the novelty velvets and
velveteens for fall have designs
inspired by birds feathers. These
plumage themes are sometimes
worked out in the natural color
ings. but usually just form motifs
for odd and interesting prints.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
This Day in History

ON August % 1851 The yacht America the Squadron
~ Cup called the America Cup in the waters around
the Isle of Wight England The cup still in possession. u
the New York Yacht Club.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
TWO WOMEN
FOUND HELP

5sOs. BOYS, Suit.

Mrs. Nina Matteson. Box 2Oe
Oxford, N: Y. writes---"ff It had moi
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
NEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Kindly explain in your
column how 1 would introduce
doctor and a woman friend of his
to doctor friend of mine.
J. r.
hurst introduce the doctor
Il friend OF yours to the other
Doctors woman friend: Miss
Lady. may l present Doctor Ny
friend?" Then introduce the two
doctors: Doctor Myfriend, Doc
tor Other"
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

Only once did his nerve break as he faced the
senate. He cried, II have. suffered great losses!
The Russians would have broken my heart if
had not kept before me the glory and future Of
my people," But he recovered at once and be-
gan preparations for fresh campaign.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Champion Baker Of Paris

E0N NIK0LAS, the champion baker of Paris record
IL by shaping and preparing baking time
five long loaves loayes long rolls
rolls and five round rolls.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22

TIME MAID of honor at q house
L wedding usually wears = hat.
Mrs. BeecIzman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette sub
mitted by readers.)
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
Bridesmaids Hat.

nEAR MRS BEECKMAN:
II Is it proper for q maid of
honor to wear a hat at a house
wedding? / was advised that
should wear a head band.
The Washington times., 1927-08-22
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
CORRECT
MANNERS
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.
The GroOn's Ring


nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ / am about to be married.
Some Of my friends say that the
groom must buy the brides
trousseau and others say that the
mother must buy it. / think the
groom should. Am / right?
~ L. it all right to have the
brides ring Of white gold and
the groom's ring Of yellow gold?
LOU.
YOU are terribly wrong, dear
/ friend. To allow the groom
to buy the brides trousseau
would be a most serious social
error for the bride to make.
Tradition has always decreed that
the groom's financial obligations
begin with the wedding journey,
and he must not be allowed to
supply any Of the trousseau OF
the bride.
"q2J Yes. Usually now the
brides ring is of platinum. and
sometimes of white gold, and not.
as formerly. Of yellow gold; but
IL the groom wears a ring, 1t is
of yellow gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
Mrs. Coolidge Aiding
Day Nursery Benefit

Mrs. Coolidge heads the list of
patronesses for the card party Of the
Mira Mccoy Andrews Day Nursery
Association to be held AT the May
flower Hotel Wednesday afternoon.
March "a.
This card party Is an annual event
of the day nursery and is one NJ the
few sources of income for this non
Sectarian char itT. The work Of this
association is 10 take care ~ the
little children of mothers who are
employed during the day The nursery
has no endowment and depends upon
the efforts of a group Of Washington
women for it's maintenance.
Committees have been formed and
plans made which promise To make
this one Of the largest and most
successful card parties Of the Spring
season. Mrs. G.. l.. Henry is genera
chairman of the committee having the
party in charge and has assisting her.
Mrs. George EASEMENT. in charge ot
tables Mrs A. n. Engel, in charge NJ
candy table. and Mrs Roe Fulkerson.
president Of the association. in charsa
of table reservations.
Additional patronesses are Mrs
James J. Davis, Mrs. Peter Drury.
Mrs. stephen. r. Elkins. Mrs. Hamil'
ton Fish. Mrs. John Hays Hammond,
Mrs Creed Hammond. Mrs. Frederick
G.. Hicks. Mrs. Charles Graves Mat
thews. Mrs. Lawrence Phipps, Mrs.
Everett Sanders. Mrs. Edward 7.
Sanford. Mrs. Edward j. Stellwagen.
Mrs Sydney Taliaferro. Mrs. Charles
Boughten Wood and Mrs. Charles v.
Wheeler.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
: Leo, f. Rhodes Of this city and Matte
c. Bailey E4.o Of SsC Uyix Va r,.,. w;n.r
both of Towson. Md.
Edward p. Marshall of Markham. Va.
and Kellogg Holland of Richmond
sedgwick D. Landers and Dorothy M.
Kett
Wallace Fairchild Of this city and Eliza
Hollis A. Jacobs of Memphis. Tenn. and
GLADYS F. Glenn OF Atlanta Ga.
Lawrence A. Calvin and Olive G. Ward.
both of Baltimore
Randolph yenable and William Hsrlins.
Gsrnett Lnttrella and nHIo Rachel S p Best
Henry Haines and Regina NJ. Timmons.
Ludwell l.. Angle and Elizabeth c. Mon
tague.
Robert Holston and Edith Duckett.
Warren Bailey and Lillian Smith. both
of Baltimore.
Jacob Klein and Katherine c. Weaver.
both OF Baltimore.
Paul II. Weaver of this city and Irene
p. Perry of Rosslyn. Va.
Albert f. Hofferberth of Ashhurn, Va.
and Thelma A. Kirkpatrick OF Herndon. Va.
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FRANCE LOSES TOURISTS,
GAINS DIVORCE SEEKERS
Hard Times Lessen American
Sight-Seers, but Fail to
Keep Courts Cleared.

By the Associated Press,
PARIS. March 5.--The rising franc
and general hard times in France
have decreased the tourist invasion.
but the number of America couples
seeking divorces at the hands of
French courts rises steadily.
In 1926, according to one of the
leading American lawyers here, ESQ
American couples were divorced by
Paris courts, just $50 more than in
1925. Versailles, Biarritz and Nice
showed similar increases.
The department of the LoZere is
the happiest in all France, If sta.
tistics are to be believed, for not a
single divorce application was made
there during the year. The Marquis
de Chambrun, American citizen by
reason of his descent from Lafayette,
represents that department in the
Chamber of Deputies.
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G0THAMITES STRIKE OIL,
BUT EXPERT SCOFFS
Stratum Found Beneath Floor of
Garage Believed to Be Seep-
age From Tanks.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 5.--In the vi
entity Of Twenty-third street and
Avenue A (Manhattan), where the
Topography is dotted with gas tanks.
large garages, freight barges and
baby carriages, the residents have
struck oil.
Workers in a garage reported an
oil seepaG &c. No leaks in their tanks
could he discovered. Across the street
the Consolidated Gas Co. reported not
drop had been lost. Holes were dug
all over the garage property. In each
instance the same stratum Of oil. sai
to be of good quality, was found. A
block away film Of oil was discov-
cred in construction pits.
\ Columbia University expert de-
clared that ~ Ire was not the slight.
est chance tlRt the rock foundation
of New York 'harbored oil. There is
probably storage leak in the neigh
borhood, he explained. But mean
while the digging for oil continues.
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Junior League Entertains,
Winning Society's Plaudits
Poetry Contest Held Among Most Colorful Affairs
of Seasons Calendar-New York
Anticipating Lenten Period

! France. Later she was engaged in can
| teen work in this city.
| Mr.. Miller is a son of the late NJ
| Hoffman Miller and a grandson of the
late George .MacCulloch Miller. promi
nent lawyer and f1nancier. He belongs
to the knickerbocker. Tuxedo. Brook
Racquet and Tennis and Garden City
Golf Clubs.
Another engagement which has
aroused much interest is that of Miss
FREDERICK Stevens, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs frederic w Stevens of 925
Park Avenue. She is betrothed to j.
n. Auerback of this city. Miss Ste
vens is member of the Junior League
and made her debut last year She is
a great -granddaughte of Albert Gala
tin. and is sister of Joseph Sampson
Stevens of Jericho, Long Island: Mrs.
Frederick X. Allen of Bolton Priory
Pelham Manor; Countess Mirislar Or
lowski of Paris and Countess Maurice
des Monsters Merinvilles, formerly the
Marquise de Gallifet.
Mr.. Auerhack is a son of Joseph S.
Auerback and lives at 11S East Fifty
fourth street. He is a member of the
Union. Racquet and Tennis, knicker-
booker, Tuxedo, Turf and Field. Rock
away Hunt and Garden City Golf
Clubs.
With the beginning of Lent the
sewing classes. which have been one
of the features contributed by So
ciety for years 10 this period, are I'M
derway. According to the list of dates
that have been announced. this series
will be one of the largest ever offered.
Two meetings were held last Thurs
day. One was the class under the
auspices of Rev. Mother Katherine
Drexel's auxiliary work among the
colored people, 1t was at the home
of Miss Mary Bouvier. IA West Forty
sixth Street. Miss Make Coney of
25S Riverside Drive, is treasurer.
Gatherings will take place each
Thursday until the season closes.
There also was a meeting of the
cribside committee on Thursday at
the home of Mrs. Carl Tucker 1888
Park avenue. The subsequent meet
ings will be held on Thursdays until
April at the homes of Mrs. Otto II.
Kahn, Mrs. Harold Van Tine, Mrs.
Oliver Gould Jennings, Mrs. John
Sherman Hoyt and Mrs. Stafford
Mclean. The garments made and the
funds realized are used for the babies
of the hospital.
y X X
On the program is the class of the
Fresh Air Association of the Cathe-
dral' of st. John the Divine. which will
have its irst meeting Tuesday, March
&, at the home of Mrs. Victor Mora
wetZ. % East Seventy-ninth street
Other meetings will be held at the
homes of Mrs. Stephan c. Clark, 46
East Seventeen street, on March Is;
Mrs. Robert s. Brewster, 100 East
SEVENTEEN street, on March %. and
Mrs. Carl Tucker. 733 Park avenue
on March 90. At the first meeting
Mrs. Ora Hyde, lyric soprano, will
sing.
Mrs. Frank Hunter Potter is presi-
dent; Miss Julia G.. McAllister, vice.
president; Mrs. Augustus B. Field.
treasurer, and Mrs. Frank Hunter
Potter, secretary. Mrs. George l..
Nichols is treasurer of the sewing
class
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NEW YORK, March 5.-There II
always some event of unusual interes
either taking place or being prepared
by the Junior League here. One O
the most colorful affairs on the calen
dar was the close of the nationa
poetry contest at the headquarters o
the Junior League of America, 3!
- East SiXty-first street, recently. The
award for the best sonnet was made
10 Mrs. Ernest Stillman Of 45 East
Seventy fifth street. Her prize-Wln'
ming sonnet was entitled Inner
itanCe."
Another New York member of the
league wrote the prize poem. 1t was
"Hunchback From the West" by Elva
de P Mathews.
The hand that holds a tea. cup Al
debutante parties or displays the arr
of the fan in the ballroom of Ameica
social leaders also can WELD poet 5
pen effectively, the four judges OF the
contest We're quite willing to admit
after hours of struggling to reach a
decision on the best entries in the
two classes of poetry to be judged. A
total of 2S5 poems was submitted
which represented the work of l01
contributors and the poetical inspira-
ton existing in the social world of At
cities in America.
The Junior League Glee Club has
announced the election of Mrs Fen
ton Taylor as chairman for the COM
ing year The club also announced
that the members have agreed to con-
tinue singing in hospitals. as has been
the practice during the Winter. The
Glee Club has been invited to sing
with the New York Philharmonic on
March 81. A@l / and April at the
regular concerts.
Society here was much interested in
the announcement of the marriage of
Mrs Flora Whitney Tower to G. Mac
Outlook Miller which took place re-
Gently. The ceremony took place in
Cairo. Egypt. soon after the be-
throthal. Mrs. Tower Is the daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney. Mr.. Miller lives at 1872 East
was performed by Rev. DIR. Harris,
and Mrs. Whitney, who has been
travelling abroad since the first of the
year, was among those present.
The bride is the former Flora Payne
Whitney. She was married in 1920 to
Roderick Tower. son of Charlemagne
Tower of Philadelphia, formerly
American Ambassador to Germany.
They were divorced in 1925.
Mrs. Miller. on hef mother size, is
granddaughter of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, a great granddaughter of
the late William H. Vanderbilt and
q great est-granddaughter of Com,
modore Vanderbilt. She is niece of
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt. the
late Reginald c. Vanderbilt, the Count
ess Szechenyi and the late Alfred G.
Vanderbilt. She is a second cousin of
the former Duchess Consuelo of
Marlborough. On her fathers side she
is a granddaughter of the late Will
liam c. Whitney. granddaugh.
ter of Col. Oliver Payne, a niece of
Payne Whitney and the late Mrs.
Alermic Paget.
Like her father, Mrs. Miller is keen
ly interested in sports and athletics.
She is an expert horsewoman. Dur
ing the war she went abroad with her
mother and helped her, in the estab-
lishment of a war hospital at Juilly,
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Nine. de Meissner Will
Talk of vanished Russia"

In the talk on Vanished Russia
which Nine. de Meissner will give
at the Washington Club on Tuesday
at 4:30 o'clock. in aid of the Russian
Church in Washington and of the
Baroness Wrangels Hospital fund,
the speaker will give glimpses of life
in the military schools of vanished
Russia" and show how boy, born
lin the United States-although a Rus
sian cadet-was quite unabashed by
the imperial presence.
The patronesses for the talk are
Princess Cantacuzene- Speransky, Mrs.
William Radford Coyle, Mrs. Violet
Blair Janin, Mrs. Paul e. Johnson,
Miss Kibbey, Baroness Korff, Mrs.
Robert Lansing, Mrs. Herbert H. d.
PIERCE, Nine. Rimsky-Korsakoff, Mrs.
William Wheatley, Nine. de Wollant
and Mrs. Spencer Wood
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Thursday evening members of the
Blue Triangle Club will meet at 100
NJ street for supper, after which they
viii have a theater party.
Sunday next the International Club
Will be guests of Miss Sophie Urzeszca
at the Elizabeth Somers residence.
Girl Reserves.
The Girl Reserve clubs from the
lower grades of the schools will hold
a taffy pull at the Girl Reserve club.
rooms tomorrow at pm.
Thursday the Grade School Commu-
nifty Club which meets at the Eastern
Presbyterian Church. will carry has
ket of fruit to the Casualty Hospital
after its meeting, as a. part of the pro
gram of service for others
Industrial Department.
The newly elected officers Of the
Greek Club are Mrs r. Dounis, presi-
dent; Mrs. +. Papachrist. vice presi-
dent, Miss s. NciSis. secretary, and
Mrs. r. ChaconaS. treasurer.
There will he a meeting of the in
dustrial committee Friday at GA +
street at 6I5 pm.
Elizabeth S0mers Residence.
The speaker at the vesper service
residence will be DR.. James Shera
Montgomery. chaplain Of the Senate.
DR.. Montgomery will give a Lenten
talk.
The regular meeting of the Eliza
beth Somers committee will take place
Thursday at 1890 am. at 1t04 NJ
street.
Chapters.
The monthly meeting of the Chapter
Council will take place tomorrow at
II am. at GA e street.
The Georgetown Chapter will meet
tomorrow in the Georgetown Presbyte-
rian Church at 2:30 pm.
The Mount Pleasant Chapter will
hold a one-day rummage sale Wednes-
day at 2014 Georgia avenue. Rum
mage may he sent to the above ad-
ing Columbia 2446 before 10 O'Clock
Monday and rummage will he called
for.
A demonstration Of F'rigidaire will
be given the ladies of Mount Please Mt
Chapter TuesdaT at 1912 New York
avenue, which other interested friends
are invited to attend.
The Cleveland Park Chapter will
hold a luncheon meeting Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. w. l.. Browning
1900 Newark street. The time Is l 80
O'Clock. and the luncheon so cents.
The Princeton Char pier has arranged
a musical and lecture March Is. with
stereopticon views, at the Wallace
Memorial United Presbyterian Sunday
school rooms, corner New Hampshire
avenue and Randolph street. when
Will c. Barnes of the Forestry Depart
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Herbert Chapter, U. D. c.,
Plans Social Evening

The Hilary a. Herbert Chapter
r. D. c., will have a social evening
Wednesday, March 9. at the Confed-
crate Memorial Home, 1922 Vermont
avenue. The program will consist of
an address by Representative William
r. Oliver on MY Personal impress
sions of China" and music by Mrs.
Frank Lord, soloist. and Miss Isabel
MCGEE, violinist, accompanied by Miss
Madge Greenhalgh. The friends of
the chapter are invited.