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Continued from First Pasel
George Washington, whose Official
residence was then at Philadelphia,
and the Commissioners of Washing
ton, the Masonic Lodge and various
citizens for many miles around.
Considerable work was done on the
place by the colored laborers who
were hired by the year from their
masters, who provided clothes and q
blanket, while the Commissioners fed
them and gave a wage Of 81 pounds
year apiece. In addition artisans
were brought over from England, and
these were paid approximately q dol
lar a day.
In 1900 President John Adams and
his wife, Abigail. moved In to occupy
the partially completed mansion, and
for some years following the archi-
tect was employed In the final touches
OF the edif1ce that was almost de-
stroyed by FIRE when the British
sacked the city in 1914.
At that time, President Madison
was said to have been out Of town
will one of his generals. and. in his
absence the famous Dolly Madison, his
charming wife. managed to save the
historic document Of the Declaration
of independence that Is now preserved
to posterity in a special receptacle at
Library OF Congress.
1t was said that q great many pre-
ciouS papers were rushed out by
thoughtful Government officials, who
sped along the pile toward Chevy
Chase. and the present exclusive club
OF that name IL thought to have acted
az a hArbor of refuge for q number
or state documents tucked I'm the
xNnr hal TIA xkSfn ms.gH
still twines around the historic china
ney marked '1747" that was carefully
preserved last year by Waddy Wood
in remodeling the ancient landmark
with It's shelterins vine.
After the British had departed and
Hoban again set to work to restore
his ruined structure, then known as
the presidents House," the walls
were painted white, as the fire had
blackened the stone. It became gen.
orally spoken OF as the white
House" and by the time Of President
Roosevelt's administration. the Official
stationery was so marked as well as
the ofiicial documents.
Though the 20 acres that surrounded
the White House in the early days
were far from being the attractive
oasis they now have become. as far
back as 1910 foreign writer's com.
mented favorably on the advAnta.
geous position of the site that COM
mands view Of one Of the loveliest
prospects in the East, at the junction
OF the two branches Of the Potomac
River and the dwelling shores be-
You'd the States OF Maryland and
Virginia"
Indeed. the Ionic pilasters Of the
south portico of the White House
have long been the admiration of the
visitor to Washington az he drives
slowly past the lovely lawns north of
the Ellfpse where the fountain NAV
be family heard above the gentle hum
Of the bees and the call Of the cardinal
and nnocking birds on the grounds
and in the flower gardens Of the home
OF the President. fr~ So f.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Cultivation of Cloves.
CLoVES are cultivated to q

lCLOVES are cultivated to q vast
extent, in many Of the tropical
regions of the earth. A Glove tree
begins to bear at the age Of 10 years,
and continues until It reaches the age
OF Is years. There are two crops q
year, one In June and another in De-
cember.
The tree is an evergreen and grows
from 40 to so feet high. with large
oblon leaves and. crimson flowers at
the end of small branches in clusters
of from 10 to 90. The tree belongs
to the same botanical order as the
guava. The cloves, which are the
undeveloped buds, are at first white,
then light green. and at the time Of
gathering, bright red.
Pieces OF white Cloth are spread I'M
der the trees at harvesting time and
the branches are beaten gently with
bamboo sticks until the cloves drop.
They are dried in the sun, being
tossed about daily until they attain
the rich dark color that pruclains
them ready for shipment.
In this country and England cloves
are used almost wholly as a condi-
ment, but in France they are EN-.
ployed in the manufacture Of certain
liquors. and to some extent they are $
used in medicine on account Of their
tonic properties.
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and added that he knew she must
have looked superb driving a pair of
the noblest. Then he listened to an
account of her difficulties in keep
ing a chauffeur.
"But clever woman--lady like you,
used to handling the--er, ribbons
and controlling spirited animals, ought
not to need a chauffeur for so docile
steed as the-er-motor." he told
her glibly. 'Of course, you wouldn't
have the splendid sense of sport that
you had with your--er--steeds. But
you'd be far safer than you are on
foot. The driving itself is simple
act. It's explained in this little book"
He thrust catalogue into her hands.
"It is so simple that a child could
understand it. Glance over para.
graphs 5 and on page IA. while I
have one of our demonstrators bring
around a little car in which I'll take
you home-study the theory of it in
your boudoir this afternoon, and l
will come around tomorrow and give
you lesson in driving. Within
weeks time you'll be wondering why
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think a thing like that is an insult
to the spirit of anything?"
Officer Mulligan grinned at her.
AT that, you're more or less
right" he told the fair damsel. TITS
no place at all for any statyoot-a
spot where three roads run into each
other any way you're coming from.
Drive along. But mkt time"-he
shook his finger at her. but he winked
you'll have to tell that to the
captain"
very good-looking young man
dashed out from the plate.glass
grandeur of the new Herndon sales
ID service showroom on the corner
and bowed low before the distin-
guished Miss alston.
IF you'd care to step into my office
a moment" he murmured, 1--WE could
brush you off, and I'd be glad to drive
you home. A pedestrian really isn't
safe on this corner any more"
The fair Ada stuck out her tongue
at the good-looking young man, sa-
luted the officer smartly, and drove
discreetl~ away from there. Ten min
utcs later she had 16 young women
shrieking with glee q. her excuse for
her tardy arrival.
And, Ninny," she ended, turning
to her hostess, you'd have simply
passed out of the picture yourself if
you could have seen your gallant
Harry bowling the old gal into his
front door"
Nina grinned.
''He has five more cars to sell this
month, and he'd drag anybody in
who'd listen to him." she explained.
But I think you're right about that
monument. It's spang in the way.
and it sticks out so that anybody
coming from town can't see thing
in our new windows Harry says it S
enough to scare customers away,
anyhow"
It's the worst.looking caZookis I'm
the whole country" young Mrs. Sher-
man chimed in. my cousin--you re-
member him, Ada; you met him at
that party last week; he's sculptor,
only he can't find much sculpting to
do nowadays-says that that sort of
thing is disgrace to the country.
That's some iconoclast-''
Some which," Nina interrupted.
"Iconoclast," Grace Sherman eX-
planned scornfully; "a guy who
smashes the DID,
You mean my cook" Nina nodded.
"Old or new, it's all the same to her.
My dears, yesterday She"
"My cousin says" Grace Sherman 8
voice went sternly on, IF some pro-
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if you did not know about this par.
ticular type of arrow you would think
all of it had fallen out. AS the owner.
shooter has been at pains to poison
his projectile, however, and as the
poisoned tip stays in the wound. 1t
behooves all concerned to examine q
wound most carefully. otherwise these
ingenious patt.time fighters get away
with the trick.
The deadly arrow point removed, 1
dived into the other pocket Of my
bush shirt and pulled out another little
tin box with permanganate crystals
in 1t. Having cut well abount the
wound, rubbed some in. Awudu
Ramanu, his eyes fixed, his body stiff.
fleming and beginning to jerk convul-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
BY LUCILLE VAN sLYKE.

" HE agitation against the monu-
ment "commemorating the
spirit of 1861" was really be-
L gun by Miss Ada Winslow,
Clairmont's newest resident,
because she was in dickens of
hurry to get to bridge-luncheon that
young Mrs. Harry Herndon was Civ
ing at the tea room Babs Bliss had
opened on Ralston drive.
She came tipping around the corner
of the Post road in her new roadster
which had five inches more wheel base
than her old one-and miScalculated
the space by six inches, thereby almost
knocking down Miss EuniCe Ralston.
who was on her way home from a
very important committee meeting
about something unimportant.
Officer Mulligan rescued Miss Rails.
ton and reprimanded Miss Winslow.
He would have much rather rescued
Miss Winslow and reprimanded Miss
Ralston. For his first encounter with
Miss Ralston dated back some 90
years to a time when she had threat
ened to have him arrested for 'pur-
Joining" lthat was her word for it,
two somewhat unripe and wormy ap.
pies that young Mulligan had noticed
going to waste among 200 treesful
in the Ralstons' orchard.
Miss Raiston did not recognize Off,
Ger Mulligan as the culprit of that
day, but officer Mulligan couldn't see
that Miss Ralston had changed much,
except that her pompadour was
slightly grayer and that her voice and
chin were decidedly sharper.
Miss Ralston Indignantly demanded
an arrest.
The girl, all .contrition, walked
"Oh, officer. I'm SO sorry! / wouldn't
for worlds have hurt anybody. 1t
was just that that beastly old monu.
ment was in my way"
Which made matters worse than be-
ScYc. because the monument had been
erected with funds that had been
raised by a committee of which Miss
Ralstons father had been chairman,
and Miss Ralston's mother had un.
yelled it.
While the spinster was gasping her
new Indignation. Miss Winslow turned
the full battery of her charms upon
the susceptible Mulligan.
Don't you think that thing ought
10 have been taken away long ago?"
she appealed. Its fence sticks out
into the road too far, and those wob-
bling old bricks under it look moth
eaten, and. well, / ask you----'' Her
pretty laughter dubbed. Don't you
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could Shift 'em. She was bit wobbly
on reversing, and sometimes she for
got how to stop, but the mechanic
Insisted she could drive.
''If you get stuck, phone US. What
you wanta do now Is get your mind
on somewheres you wanta go, and
then start-the car will take you
there, IL you let it,"
She got her mind on somewheres
she wanted to go--the very next time
she opened the local newspaper. In
large headlines, It outlined the plans
Of the progressive element Of Clair
mont as follows:
"Gideon Francklyn Smith, the emil
i1ent young sculptor, spoke at an in
formal gathering of some of Clair
irons yesterday afternoon and made
many intriguing suggestions for the
betterment Of the town. He advises
that the monument at the Post-Road
be removed and that a new park be
laid out on the water front as the
site OF a modern memorial dedicated
not only to the Spirit Of Eighteen
Sixty.One, but to the spirit OF the
American heroes of all times. He
suggests single symbolic figure OF q
young woman that shall typify
Victory"
Miss Ralston gazed with horror
upon reproduction of the sketch
for the figure. The artist evidently
had made It hastily, for he'd not had
time to put many clothes on Victory.
Strangely enough. she looked not un-
like Miss Ada Winslow.
Miss Ralston rose in her wrath.
She had the presence Of mind to re-
member the Literary League was
meeting at ten o'clock and the
Literary League was q perfect organi.
cation for drawing UP petitions and
appointing committees and bringing
lnjunctions.
She went out to her Ritzy Eight,
pushed back her hat, dashed her
speotacle-chain to her ear, grasped
the wheel, and, without so much as
looking at the chart on the wind.
shield, started that car.
AS the mechanic had predicted, 1t
was willing to take her wherever she
wanted to 60. She tore along at the
terrific speed OF fourteen miles an
hour. She felt exhilarated and up
lifted. Given q righteous cause, Miss
Eunice Ralston never turned her
pack upon It.
AS she crossed the Post-Road,
Ofiicer Mulligan stepped briskly out
from behind the commemorative
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= In the Steps of the Iconoclast

Spirit of Eighteen Sixty-One and held
up very large hand.
Miss Ralston believed he did Il to
be spiteful. Possibly he did 1t be.
cause a red signal flashed. Anyway,
he did it. At the same time, with q
oeaming smile, he beckoned to Miss
Ada Winslow, who was looking
wonderful that morning In an emerald
green suit. At Miss Winslows side
rode that eminent young sculptor,
Gideon Francklyn Smith.
Miss Ralston, staring at the offlcer's
hand. honestly tried to remember
paragraph 6 on page 16 about holding
the car In traffic. Something about
letting the right foot slide.
She let the right foot slide. Only.
she let 1t slide down hard on the &C.
celerator instead Of the foot brake.
Officer Mulligan did an inspired
Charleston. The iron fence that
guarded the Commemorative Spirit
crumpled in terror as the Ritzy Eight
plunged into the brick base that had
been unfolding the Commemorative
Spirit ever since 1871. The mortar
may have grown weary Of holding the
bricks, or the bricks may have grown
tired of holding 20 much spirit. Any
way, they all quit work at the same
AUStdHt aHu, IL tu0 0gaSuO ndQnL D0On
hollow sham that burst neatly
asunder along the seams OF It's
trousers, somebody would have been
killed by the impact.
Gideon, darlingr' screamed Miss
Winslow.
ada. my angell'' yelped the
sculptor.
Miss Ralston's shrek sounded hirh
above the crash that drew a gather.
ing throng.
The bigger the throng, the larger
the glory for Mulliean.
Madame" he lied stoutly, as he
pulled Miss Ralston out from the
wreckage, "it's sorry am to tell you
that you're under arrest for purloinin'
IL mean, for destroyin' a public
statyoot, ohstructin' trafic, disturbin'
the peace, endangerin' lives and"
A grand moment, only that she sud.
denly recognized him.
Jimmy Mulligan!' she snapped,
shut upi Have somebody clear away
that rubbish. It had no business get
ting In the way of my car, and you
know itt'
tcopyrirht. 1917
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BY CAPT. j. F. j. FITZPATRICK

7 T was the middle of the rainy sea.
son when the Babban Kurmi
show" ended up with the pacifi.
i cation of that strenuous COM
munity, and the troops were glad
enough TO quit the neighborhood and
get back to Basta.
1t was the worst station in the
whole province, it is true, but the
leaky shacks that formed their bar
racks were better than stopping and
scrambling about through swamps and
over mountains. So, when orders
came for them to push off, they gave
thanks and went quickly; they were
gone within n couple Of hours.
A British lieutenant and 25 native
soldiers stayed with me as escort. and
we settled down to the usual joys of
work in a Pagan Hill area during the
rains,
Ny job was to make a map of the
district, take q census. find out what
the people did and what they pos
seSSed. assess them for taxes, preach
the gospel of no murder, no highway
robbery, no eating of the weaker
brother, no selling of his wives and
children into slavery, get some roads
and markets made, induce the in.
habitantS to use them, and urge them
to work, work, work. so that they
could sell their surplus produce for
money, buy themselves nice things,
and pay taxes. Trade follows the flag.
The local savages. those who dwelt
high up among the rocks, those who
grew weh-footed in the swamps. and
their brothers who snaked about in
the jungle---all of them. with their
wives and children. heartily hated the
cot of us. OF course, my business was
the sort of business that would make
any man disliked anywhere.
The people didn't want to be
counted. They didn't want me to see
their villages. They didn't like my
writing things down about them.
They loathed having to provide food
and lodging. for us, even though they
were well paid.
The old ways were the ways they
liked. Fighting one another. eating
one another, stealing one another's
goods and stock and relations, raid
ing down on to the trade road in the
caravan season. with no annoying
interference and nothing to pay.
These had been their conditions until
a twelvemonth back--and the world |
went very we'll then.
They realized that the census had !
something to do with taxes, so they |
went to all manner Of trouble to con. |
ceal their numbers.
X X \ *
HAD done numerous villages before |
I noticed that day by day, as we
went along. the population dwindled
and shrank, until in one that was al. |
most a town only seven decrepit old |
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Then they sharpen it, but not to
fine point. A quarter of an inch be.
hind the point they cut right in, SO
that whatever and whenever the ar.
70 : strikes the shock of. impact snaps
it at that weakest point, and the arrow
itself drops, leaving the little knob
inside the wound.
The penetration Is very slight, and
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poraI on earth would find Bakhai in
that bush in the dark, Bakhai with
good start and not wishing to be
found. And so It befen. The search
party returned next morning empty
handed.
thought, and stu think, that it
was better so. Bakhai in jail would
have died within six months. Bakhai
free, knowing that he owed his free
dom to me--Bakhai. a complete
crock" forever harmless--was q far
better advertisement and warning to
his fellows than a forgotten Bakhai
dead in a distant prison.
fCopyriRht. 1877
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sively, lay grooming, and I feared he
was going out.
However, the crystals quickly began
10 get in their work. The singing
pain reused him and the appearances
of imminent death abated. One is not
often rejoiced to see man suffering,
but at times the sight means saliva.
ton. / poured a stiff dose from my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

In the course of a day an average
tree manufactures some 90 pounds os
starch.
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1ite Methods Matched Against Native Craft in Man Hunt

Last week Capt. Fitzpatrick gave
an account of the subjugation of
Babban Kurmi, an outlaw strong.
hold in the jungles of Central
Africa. after the robbers and
murderers who held the fortress
had rcpulsed a small force of
British soldiers.
When the elders of the COM
munity,. surrendered, they laid the
blame for all the trouble on
young leader named Bakhai. When
Babban Kurmi capitulated, Bakh0i
had. disappeared at the head of a
small force of young outlaws. The
following article tells of the long
and patient hunt for the fugitive.
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COULD SEE WERE LOT OF ARMS AN HANDS AND THE
STRETCHER; WERE SIGHT UNDER WATER
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Building Operations
At the White House

Continued from First Pase.l
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tFourth Floor. The Hecht co..
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Fourth Floor, The Hecht co..
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Beds ;.lld Bedding

Sim mmons Bed; strongly
built; in brown enamel nm
ish; twin or double sizes. =.
All Layer Felt Mattress ;
As pounds; made with rolled
edges; all sizes ......
Colonial Style Poster Bed ;
head panel with brentwood
mahogany veneered posts
Very attractive. e........
Simmons Extension Cosch ;
most comfortable with ere
tonne-covered pad; in good
cOlorS ....................
Feather Pillows; Ox1
inches; excellent quality
covered in featherproof tick
ing ...'...'
30.imch Steel Cot; com
Portable, sturdily built col
with link fabric spring. 80.
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j. Last Day for the
: Rug Reductions

Pringed Velvet Rugs; seam
less: large and small designs;
bright, colorful patterns. 49,.
Arminsfer Rags; seconds
seamless; sizes oxl2 and 8.3x
l0.6. In brilliant new patterns
Axnsinsfer Rags: size 36x63
inches; throw rugs; pretty col
ors that will blend with your
other rugs.
Felt Base Rags: size 9xl2
rich Chinese effects for dining
room, living room and bed
room; Dutch tile effects for
kitchen NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -.
Felt Base Rags; size 9xl2;
large Chinese designs, i'll rose,
blue, tan or taupe; also block
patterns for kitchen. ,.......
Imported Bath Rags; size 24x
38 inches; made in Germany Of
fine cotton yarns; colorful pat
terms for bedroom or bath.
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Regularly Nsw
$3.50 $36.7s
$500 $z3.o5
$3.50 $3.o5
1895 SOLO
1895 $6.95
$4.0O $l.os
(Fourth Floor.)
Lamps Reduced
Bridge and Junior Lamps
Price LOwered

Bridge and Junior Bases of metal to Complete
match; bridge shades of georgette and { OK
Jap silk; junior shades of georgette, ~h'"o
jap silk peated chintz and parchment. "
Bases in bronze and two-tone effect; junior style
has cluster socket; bridge, with adjustable arm:
both with long silk cord. Shades are in rose and
blue, lined with contrasting coors. Novel shapes.
(Fourth Floor.)
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Breakfast Sets

s.s;ece Decorated Breakfast Regularly Mes
Saites; dropleaf table and
saddle-seat chairs. just COOK Go 0K
suites left ................. P-|" ---
S.biece Decorated Breakfast
Suites; dropleat extension
table and round-back sad c1o75 &3Q.7y
dle-seat chairs ..............
6.biece Breakfast Suites;
Dutch cupboard, oblong. eX-
tension table and uphol- S12o S1I2
stored chairs. Tan or green pioO
6.biece Breakfast Suites OF
walnut veneer and gumwood:
Buffet, dropleap table aud c14S 500
upholstered chairs. ..........' -
S.bieee Breakfast Smfes,
with dropeaf table and 4 III. ,.=s ~.
saddle-seat chairs. Attrac- c3o7s SZ4.7S
tive color combinations...
6.biecs Breakfast Suites;
tall Dutch cupboard obong
extension table and Wind c1dO Clio
sor chairs. Antique oak... 9l71
Fourth Floor The Hecnt co.
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Dining Room
Suites Reduced!

I0.piecs Dinise Room Suite, Regularly Neg
handsomely designed and
with an attractive dull nr1r AIr
tln1sh, Observation-Disclosures. sPoTo %VTO
Massive IO.piece Dining
Room Suite, in Spanish style
e'rH earHins unu'uaiiy Oeau.iu' $1,1o5 $so5
I0-piece Dining Room Ssite
of mahogany and
brentwood. In effective n,or AoHo
Tudor design. ............... poSo |OO>
piece Dinisg Room Saits.
with unusual futed legs and e1or A,<7
diamond shaped panels. plSo %Ao/
10. piece Dining Room Ssife,
with distinctive turned legs. n,or %oor
With dull brown finish. .... OOSo @ASo
I0-biece Spanish Type Dis.
ins Room Suite of walnut
veneer and gumwood. Beau- ~otn A1zo
tiful in tone. e................. p@AO VIZ
IO.biscs Dining Room Suite
of walnut veneer and gum ~,oo es1n
wood. Rich, dark finish.... pIO1 ~Ao1
IO.bises Tudor Style Din.
ine Room Saits finished in t,ro erno
new, medium dark shade. plo9 pAO>
Massipe I0.pieee Dining
Room Saite of walnut veneer
and gumwood. Decidedly coor S3ro
unique in design ........... pA10 ~~A>
tFourth Floor. The Hecht co..
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Wednesday, the last day participate in Half Yearly Furn
choose from entire stock savings Remember wi
of such magnitude and the Budget Plan is at your dpe
and
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Bedroom
Suites Reduced!

4.biece Bedroom Suite of Regularly New
walnut veneer on gumwood. o1oo A~~o
Decidedly Spanish in design. SloS @ic9
4.biece Bedroom Suite in
Louis XVI design. OF wal
nut veneer and gumwood, c20S <1aO
finished in Spanish tome. p01'
S.biece Tvis Bed Bedroom
Snite of walnut veneer and
gumwood, finished in a dark E2oS &1h7
gloss tone. po-
4.biece Bedroom Suite of
walnut veneer and gumwood.
Built along popular Tudor Gao 900
4.biece Bedroom Suite OF
walnut veneer and gumWood. N1OS &Ih&
Finished in a rich dark tone, Pi~'
4-bieee Tudor Style Bed
room, Suite of walnut veneer
and gumwood Finished i'll e,.r ernx
an attractive dark shade. 9Z4o VIZ
4.biecce Bedroom Suite IN
attractive two-toned effect.
Walnut veneer on gumwood .1oc e41o
with darker overlay. 9lSo van
7.biece Bedroom Suite in
Louis XVI style. Burl wal
nut veneer on walnut. rz0S &R1O
Beautiful cabinet work. $50. 9|10
+.biece Bedroom Suite OF
burl walnut veneer and gum
wood With neatly turned, GOO <3hO
carved ball legs............ 9T-1
trourth Floor The Hecht co..