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ASSIGNED TO NEW POST.
Lieut.. Rowland Transferred From
Railing Field to Philippines.

Lieut.. Bob E. Rowland. who for the
past three years has been Photographic
oficer and operations officer of Boiling
Field, viii leave the local Army Air
base. July %, and depart for a new tour
of duty In the Philippine Islands. He
will be succeeded as operations officer
bv Lieut.. Louis NJ Merrick, who has
lust returned to the United States from
the Philippines.
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AIR CORPS PROMOTIONS.
MAJ. Pratt and Second Lieut.. Scott
Advanced in Rank.

MAJ. Henry C. Pratt. who until re-
Gently was on duty here as chief OF
fhe training and war plans section Of
tf1e Army Air Corps has been promoted
% the rank Of lieutenant colonel, efiec-
give June 20 Col. Pratt now is COM
ynsnding offsceE Of Mitchell Field Long
Island, ~. Y,
second Lieut. William L. Scott IT.. Of
Boiling Fiejd. has been promoted to
fsrsf iialsi@,-~-t s,afs ~"'-'~ H-a'7 Istns ~
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Senator Fess of Ohio Is an air
traveller. He flew to Washington Thurs
day in an Army Curtiss Falcon OBJ
servation plane from Wright Field,
near Dayton, Ohio, and returned TO
the Ohio city Friday in the same ship.
Lieut. Eugene L. Eubank, test pilot ut
the Army experimental station at
Wright Field, plotted the plane on both
40O-Y1iIs tripS
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WILL RESUME BUSINESS.
Potomac Flying Service, Inc, Was
Recently Sufferer by Fire.

The Potomac Flying Service, Inc,
which suffered disastrous Ioss OF
planes and equipment as the result OF a
fire that wrecked the hangar at Hoover
Field a short time ago, Is expecting de-
livery OF two Traveiair biplanes the
middle Of the week, and upon receipt Of
these will resume operations.
The Flying Service lessee Of Hoover
Field from the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Co, which company also ownHd
the hangar, is unable 10 state II rlew
airpiane garage" win be erected on tils
~@t~
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Simple Ceremony
Marks Wedding
or Miss Collier

The wedding OF Miss Gertrude
Alice Collier. daughter OF Mrs. s.
r. Collier and the late Mr.. Collier,
and Robert Little Erwin. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Irwin, OF Mont
gomery, Ala. took place yesterday
morning at o'clock in st. GabriePs
Church. with the Right Rev. J. M.
Mcnamara officiating. Al short
program OF music was given by
Miss Isabel Malone and Samuel
McGrath.
The bride was escorted to the
altar by her uncle, William j..
Burke. And her sister, Mrs. Pier
son p. Brown. was her only attend
ant. Leo T.. Collier. brother of the
bride, was best man.
Following the ceremony there
was d wedding breakfast at the
home of the brides mother for the
bridal party and the immediate
families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin left later in
the day for a wedding trip. after
which they will be at home at 1925
Eighth st. ". w.
Among those at the wedding were
Mrs. o. c. Irwin, mother of the
bridegroom: William j. Burke and
Miss Hannah Burke, of Mt. Carmel.
Pa, and Mrs. Mile Brown and
Bet Brown, of Reading, Pa.
Mrs. Edmund Pendleton will
leave today for Virginia Beach
where she will be at the Cavalier
Hotel until autumn.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY FOLK
Gamma WnIska S Er- Husband Has
BOuol,t Mansion on Massachusetts, AUe.
Alex Cochran Almost For.
gotten as Once Dear
to Polish Diva

He is not bachelor after
all
Vague memories have
been verified and the much
more interesting truth is
that Washington society will
have among its hosts the
coming season an ex-hus-
band of Gamma Walska, the
widely known Polish prina
donna.
For Alexander Smith
Cochran, who has bought the
house of the late Nine.
Hauge on Massachusetts,
avenue, was the husband for
a brief period of the tenn
peramental singer.
The new owner Of ule
Hauge mansion was much IN
the news when he married
the artistic Pole in Paris in
1920. Their romance, which
blossomed so quickly and
fervently from 4 first meet
inc on board the Aquitania,
soon languished and, after
much friction, dissolved into
divorce q year or two later
with Gamma left holding
some heavy money bags.
Money
An enormous amount was SET
tied on her BY Mr.. Cochran to
win her necessary cooperation
III getting the divorce. Some
thing like 100000 year sup
plemented BY million-dollar
houses and other high-priced ac-
cessories to pleasurable living
Gamma announcing at the time
that he would have TO give
ssuntiI it hurt.
But even this was not enough
to, make much Of hole N the
Cochran fortune inherited and
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accumulated through the carpet
manufacturing business founded
by grandfather and carefully
developed by father.
At the time Mr.. Cochran be-
came the third husband Of the
diverting diva he was known as
Americas richest bachelor" And
after her marriage to him and
subsequent divorce she was
known as s'the worlds richest
prima donna. <
This marriage was a torment
to the more conservative mem
bers OF the Cochran family, who
found 1t a very bitter pill to see
the Cochran name coupled. with
that of the sensational and am
bilious opera singer.
Remains Free
Since his divorce. Mr.. Cochran
has remained free from n1atri.
naoniaI alliances. His ex-wife,
however, made another sensation
in marrying Harold Mccormick,
Of Harvester fame and fortune,
soon after the divorce from the
New Yorker. which has kept her
on the front pages at frequent
intervals for several years.
Alex Cochran IL q brother OF
Clifford "a. Cochran, of New York,
from whom his wife secured
divorce after several years of
separation. and married last Octo-
Der, Prince Clodwig Hohenlohe-
SchiIlingfurst, of Bavaria, a cousin
OF Queen Marie of Rumania.
OF late years Alex Cochran has
spent much time on his country
estate near The Plains Va
that section of famous places for
fortunate people. 1t is the sport
section with fine horses and
much riding to hounds.
In addition to being a multi
millionaire he is sportsman
and a philanthropist.
At the Barrier
With such q man in residence
the widows and Divorces, of
whom Washington has a goodly
number gathered from all parts
of the country, will have chal-
lenge for their charm that should
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The Garden House I'll the Grace
Dodge Hotel was the scene of 4
pretty wedding yesterday AFTER
noon az o'clock. when Miss
Lois q. FarraIl, daughter ot
Elmer s. Farrall. 81 Richmond
became the bride of Rev. Ross ~
Cadle 81 Cambridge City. Nd. the
Rev. Hugh 4. stevenson official.
ing. The house was decorated with
variety of yellow roses and
other flowers Of the same color.
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CAPITAL WINS
ANOTHER
COUPLE
Mr.. and Mrs. Written
Lease Apartment in
Old Blaine House

.rbe colony Of newcomers to
washington when the season be.
Gins viii include Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Written, Of New York,
Philadelphia, Florida and 9 few
othar niaces along the Eastern
seahoard and nearby mountains.
Thnv have just signed q lease
for IN apartment at 1000 Massa-
cnusetta Ave-, more generally
Lnown q fine "Old Blaine House.
and viii take possession in Octo-
lber. -,,.,.,.
haan II town for few days Sc
lecting the apartment and while
nave STAYED at the Hay Adams
Hnuse. They have left for Sara.
toca Springs, N. Y, to attend the
raeea and for series of visits IN
the North, after which they viii
he ii washington again Tor q BRIEF
period.
Katherine Lewis. Of Richmond.
va She il young an very good
looking and her husband IL q few
years older. There IS one child
III fhe family--a little sir. .
Among the friends OF M. and
Mrs Written in Washington are
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman 3. kendail
and Mr.. and Mrs. Britton Browne.
~
III Berkshires
Mrs Herbert owen williams,
VIE of BRIG. Gen. williams, left
for fha BERKSHIRE Hills where she
viii be until the latter part Of
gentenaber. She will visit her
aunt. Mrs. Arthur Henry Adams,
At her summer home, Hardwood,
near Lenox.
Prince Sturdza. counselor Of the
Rumanian legation, has gone ~
Gloucester, Mass, to join Prin-
cess Sturdza. who went there q
week or two ago.
Miss Dora Parker daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey q. Parker.
has gone to Narragansett Pier and
il with her brother-fn.law and sis
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert j.. Red
way, Of Boston. who are spending
the summer in Mr.. and Mrs.
parker's cottage. Their guests In
.clude Mr.. and Mrs Robert Thonp-
son Pell and Marion Law, all of
Washington.
Mrs. Robert whitney Inbrie has
left for Charlottesville. Va. to at.
tend the conference OF the Institute
of Public Affairs at the University
Of Virginia. Mrs. Imbrie will take
part In the round table on Latin
American relations. Of which DR..
John Holiday Latane Of Johns
Hopkins University. Ii the leader.
Mrs. Hughes OIiphant has visit
ing her her daughter, Mrs. Wits
McGraw, of Detroit, and Major
e. III. Oliphant, u. s. Al.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sixsmith
and their son Arthur Sixsmith.
IT., are in Atlantic city for an
extended stay. Mr.. Sixsmith Ii sec
retary to the secretary of the
Treasury, Andrew wv. Mellon.
KA
Mrs. JudsOn o. Harrison enter
tained informally at luncheon and
bridge yesterday at the Grace
Dodge Hotel.
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n Charea

The Counselor Of the Norwegian
Legation and Nine. Lundh have
returned to washington after BE-
ing absent III Norway for d few
months. Mr.. Lundh will serve as
charge d'affaires of Norway dur.
ing the absence Of the minister.
Mr.. Bachke, who will sail Satur.
day to join Nine. Baehke in Nor.
way.
Princess Margaret Boncompagni,
who has been In New York for a
short stay, has sailed for Europe.
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prove worthy goal-or spell 1t
gold, Ii you wish.
p. s. With the above romance
and its manifestations in mind. the
following titles are suggested to-
playwrights or scenarists for 4
comedy Or tragedy IL Pays to
Marry But Not to Love, or
Gamma Carriers, or Gamma, the
Gold Digger, 81. 4. A Few ThistIes
from Figs, or. THE Man Pays.
or There's Gold In Them Thar
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Consul General

w. L. Lowrie. American consul
SEVERAL at wellington, New Yea.
land. arrived in washington 20
day and is at the willard for an
tndefinite STAY.
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The eel fn0ny was followed ~
h,ffet supper II the Garden HonS6
They left later fcr lid extended
motor trip.
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ALL THE WORLDS A DIAMOND

Al The worlds diamond ard at tie .nen and women
rarely fana Ia; The ..zntie struggle for the
ro.sts baseball championship is zroa ]: il ereg
ths VIXEN sgt-na.E tln-s he lezvsz and work
becomes burde.sose c-rrg he latter kxlf G. the AZ
.egnoon- To baseball followers II srsry pzY o. The
United States The playing of the xu-if series :ypites
al the srperlsres Of perfection he great national
pss.inae. And their Il he
En.il The f.aa cerisso, is rendered
]: matters whether fans LIRE IL the ei.aes whose
clashlag for hssebz.cozas stellar hooorz O
whether they hare their nabi.x. Ire
ls.s6 vLzges the keen enthusiastic --s-es. Is all
perraelng- Baseball truly oe termed .ae great
American sssor- and the n-nrer % participants vho
engage i. The fls9ng q II time che- during
ths FAR Q. Ire -z-ber INDUCING n
any ether form q stsle.1c diversion Il il clean.
wholesome sper- and better sl-zs coad be gren 70
he sezso.s w3dup thsn he playing o. tns world ser;ss
contests.
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lWASHINGTONk
. LETTER. 80
- 9KS~0

had each been . damn fooLxhat
would you be
The colonel must have thought
that was going to end it, but be-
fore the crowd could laugh the
heckler shot back:
"A Bull Moose"
Chairman Raskob showed good
sense IN Fastening 20 repudiate talk
about Candidate Hoover's drinking.
Hoover has been one Of the few high
officials IN Washington whose name
is DO. mentioned IN discussions Of
drinking in high places. He has
seldom II ever been seen 1t drink
ing parties here and it Is common
report that be has not served .
drink In his house since be entered
the cabinet One hears that the
Republican candidate can remember
how many drinks he has had in his
entire life. which, If true, means not
very many.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Oct. 4.-West street
provides the last scene IN the endless
scenario Of the soil
West street tells you. Is You
walk through its crate-laden lanes,
the story Of struggle and labor that
has gone on through many seasons
in many geographically scattered
points to make the soil produce its
finest product.
West street, on . chill autumn
morning, reminds . Lad who once
lived in Michigan, for instance, that
somewhere the frost is on the pump
kin It makes one just . bit lonely
for the old farm
For here the earth and the trees.
the arbcrs ard stalks display their
proudest works. West street is
the heart Of q vast market place
wherein the fruit Of the trees and
the vegetables Of the field are dis
played through fragrant miles Of
stalls and boxes and stands.
West street, which faces upon
the docks and backs into the sky
scrapers Of lower Broadway. seems
strangely out OF place in ! city
where tree is 50 hard to find.
II often seems even unfair that
one city should get the choicest
that the earth affords. Yet. such
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MODERN BORDER WARFARE

tLilcikExtl 1Im2J-S..Ty
liuch is being written Of frontier lie When
you speak Of frontier life, border warfare naturally
rises to the mind There ID something inzFi-ng in
those old methods Of warfare the tron.ers-nan and
the Indian yying with each other in exercising the
tics OF fighting through forest ard along stream They
took great chances and tie stake the dominion over
m empire, great
But no James Fenr.ore Cooper viii write novels
about the border warfare Of today Perhaps q Fred
erick j. Turner will write Of tkc effect Of this
border warfare politics fer it is politics than
warfare. If SO, he will have sordd story to write.
In this new border warfare have no aboriginal az
retrestng hero, frcrtiersman advancing under the
banner Of Civilization. The oaly warriors are
dry agents, who kill American citizens like Jacob
D. Hanson, who died recently from wounds that would
have made him blind for life Mr. Hsnsons offense
was driving along road At night. Numerous CON-
plants have been made by citizens # Buffalo that
their pleasure craft have been fired By rum chzzers
Now comes N. F. B-snley Of Cleveland with the COM
plant that run-chasers fired his ys-st.
Verify, we having border warfare without its
| romance. Ard the worst Of it is that most of the
cuor taat enters this country from Canada in
with the connivance of the who shoot to kill or
sink.
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Gor. Alrsn r Fuller 8. MASSACHUSETTS has ners,
been czssed a. radical Indeed, i. is little
tasr year g.--e Tie RADICALS ard LIBERALS q. Re
cour.vy were de-ou.c;-g lin 70 .as skies bind
rezersorsrr
T.s, Accordingly, LENDS interest - he far. lat
Core-rcr Fuller The c..e. Tar tod tie New England
Conference of Nc-ze-'E GIBBS .hx. z-i.ss American
politics u-sde-goes xaserrs change TIE growth q
socssIssra Il s,sx cozr.ry -v-zl - astounding
@It yo 6eplore conditions IN Russia today said the
rorer-y -re.rs-rt- M. every Id: d. corruption j.
prsssc life Is cy--riou.o- 70 Ia. sane socialism
There arg abuses IL pz1.sc LIE a5r1 make .c- .he
growth Of socialism. AID vhsn these carried 70
certain ros. they kn1Ie -,en Ia; be Checked
TIE Socialist -z--y In ire United s.z.st to1sy is
ne1ii1ale .aco~ II politics X cre O. TAO cities i.
carries an eerton now -od then e1t ne whoae i.
fs iracos-. ". IN Eu-epe Tie Soclalis. parry play.
N ;upo-ra.. uar- in nearly every co-r.ry Il o..en
rie,ds controlling influence % governmental policy
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The approach e. fail ar winter. wbe, 1s-kssks
censs early xnc ou.1oo. pursuits c--2sed- brings
many fare fare With zge-old problem O.
whx: Is Do ne lo-y sn5oo, evenings
There are lo.s q zrxvs-x- One e he oes. 70 oar
way q ihi-krg L yoa Ike .inker WITH WOOD ssd
tools i The making II ship usooels-
Yos car o-r .. any bookstore. directions plans and
E-E q materials tre-co--z, hi: viii easily cover
ne expense q re wood yo1 need 4 hammer, saw,
ehsssi and plsre al TIE tools required No gre4.
skill s Needed AND tas JOB Is tsse1-as1ng-
Slips are beautiful things 70 make 9erli-s.e o.
~ yourself Is 70 experience a. joys Ct creative
work It's great Hsy 70 spe1d tie winter evenings
You nixa: give !. ~ and ss.6 .cr yourself.
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THE NEW DRUG STORE

The drug store Of the old days place where
ycu could buy drugs and little else. Today it is 4
place where you buy anything from fishing tackle
to monograph records How did it happen?
DR.. Logan Clendenning, writing in the American
Druggist believes that the humble postage stamp is
to blame.
The public had way of wanting postage stamps at
very odd hours; and it began to discover that the
drug store was apt to be the only place OPEN The
druggist was forced to carry stamps. This got both
druggist and customer used to looking on the drug
store IS convenient place for emergency purchases
and the druggist gradually began to stock up with
other things that people might want. Out Of it grew
the drug store of today.
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Editorial Comment
ENGLISH AND AMEREANEsE
fTcieco gssdet


Discussing conditions in France. A. L Splitter. !as
home from his annual so.orrn II Europa, says: There
many tourists WHO 20 stay that TIE French
ultimately viii become American speaking people.
They will speak quite English and wholly Amer
lcanese but portions Of both with the American dom
inan..p
After many years Of continuous work by ran.
enen! editors ard leyicograp the grea.eE- O. al
dictionaries has been completed in England II is kz6
the. il recognizes English language znc AMER
lean another. Difference is not fundamental. L.
il in detail
No doubt Nj Splitter accurate in his forecsg. Of
the more general Of combined English and Amer
lean language. There are many reasons why will
prevail in France and other countries. American
ISIS the radio and the investment ot American capital
abroad among these
And now there comes the news that the Turks and
ing robes and tuybsns beirg displaced India By
f-ock and fedora hats Standardization and mass
production be carried far when they push the
picturesque into oblescence.
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington. Oct There seems
to be . serious lack Of good cam
pzign jokes. Nos. Of those Heard
around here 70 date have been pref
y awful Two samples:
What's the first thing Al Smith
will SAP when be gets in the White
House,
Good morning. lr. Hoover"
THAT'S the end Of that one.|
What's the most inportan. letter
n The alphabet -
H. It's the beginning Of Hoover
and the end Of Smith"
Il anyone knows any worse cam
pzign jokes than those please send
them in for publication.
The only other one Your co-re-
spcncsn. KNOWS was pulled By =
gent who wired IN to . radio Sta-
ton The other night:
"I'd rather be drunk with Smith
than hungry ~i.h Hoover"
Senator's Curtis ard Robinson. the
two vice presidential candidates,
nave both been hecksed and both
hare fired back some no. shots,
Curtis eyen lzpsing into mild pro-
family.
Heckling is nuisance TO any
candidate. There's always likely
10 be some shrexd old duck in the
crowd who may hare been plotting
his trap weeks in advance. Even
the best platform speakers some
times lose in an exchange of
repsrtee with hecklers. The recent
Robinson and Curtis episodes hare
reminded -ome older members Of
this generation Of Roosevelt's crop
per during a Wisconsin speech ia
1912.
A voice in the rear Of the hall
several times repeated loudly: I'm
Democrat"
We'll, why" Roosevelt. finally
demanded after reveral Interrupt
tons.
"Ny father WAS Democrat, my
grandfather was a Democrat, my
wife'S father was q Democrat, my
wife's grandfather was a Democrat,
and I'm . Democrat"
| Suppose" shot back Roosevelt,
"your father, your grandfather,
your wife's father and grandfather
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THE MEN WHO DIE IN SUBS

England recently gave military burial to the bodies
taken from the hull Of British submarine which was
sunk, 10 1919 in engagement with Bolshevik war
ship In the Baltic The Russians recently brought
the submarine to the surface.
ons wonders how the relatives Of these dead British
sailors feel. What did these men die for? England
Wns not officially at with Russia. The World war
iteek was over. Their deaths accomplished nothing.
The soviet is as today would have been if
that submarine had stayed at home.
The answer, Of course is that British officials
got excited and blundered It was al mistake. That
nsy Be cold comfort for the relatives Of the dead
1oldjeTs-but it il about all that can be said
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is the legend. Ne~ York does get
first choice and best choice. No
halfway products find their way
here The apples have the rosiest
Of cheeks; the grapes are latest
and sweetest; the oranges are .
study in symmetry-color abounds,
tradesmen gather in groups and
bargain in the tiny pathways be-
tween crates; horses stamp on the
cobbsestones; there is the atmos-
pierre Of . superiority fair.
And since there are more horses
In this belt than one viii find any
where else IN Manhattan, this is one
OF the last stamping grounds Of '1the
village blacksmith" Few expect TO
find the ''smithy," under the
spreading chestnut tree" Of the vii
lage. Far more likely is one to find
= garage. But here. under the tow
ering skyline . little row of smith
les carry on. The clang Of hammer
on anvils is al but lost in the roar
Of traffic, but the pungent odor Of
hot irons on hoofs cannot be dovned.
Gotham glimpses-GeoYge Abbott
is Bro1drays NOS. magic name. Alb
bott, it il, who is called upon as q
play doctor" whenever . drama is
in doubt. 1t is Abbott who puts on
the box office finish, rejig1ers the
lines and all that A play bearing
his name is rs good Is sold and mis-
0. K is al that = young dramatist
needs to get production He is
constantly in demand and generally
manages to keep three plays behind
himself.
Margaret Ellington, who came
from Bloomington, Ill, BY the way,
is one popular stage idol who in
sists on remaining in retirement.
Although offered any number of
emotional roles, she is determined
TO Be 4 housewife" She has had
excellent opportunity to learn how
completely . stage career can in
trude on the home. And she will
have none Of i. Now and then
she can be seen 1t Broadway per-
Torrance with her husband.
Owen Johnson, the novelist. has
succeeded in enlisting 4 dozen o1
the prominent writer's, who dwell
in Manhattan, as political workers
not an easy task These include
Gertrude Atherton. Fl. L. Mencken
George Jean Nathan, J. p. McAyoy
Charles Norris, Jim Tully, Dorothy
Parker and Edgar Lee Masters. This
is, perhaps, the largest list of liter.
airy @celebs" ever gathered on one
bandwagon.
GILBERT SWAN.