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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

not call for anything so grand as tap
estries and really good flower paint
ings cost a lot, but with the textile
panels you get plenty Of decorations for
small sum.
The other scheme calls for glass cur
tains of some sheer material. 1t may
be net. marquisette, or even sheer silk.
would use the same material as you
have for glass curtains at the other
windows. Then hang two witch balls
with brackets on the window frames
one at each window. Let ivy grow in
the balls. The graceful vines will add
interest to that part Of the room and
will take away any barren appear
ance,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
Harvard ReefS.

Slice some cooked beets. Nix half
cupful of sugar with half q table
spoonful of corn starch. Add half o
cupful Of vinegar and let boil for i've
minutes. Pour over the beets and Lot
stand at the back Of the range o.
Of butter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

They looked up and down it and didn t
know at all what to make OF this long
open space that seemed to be Of rock,
yet was smoother than any rock they
ever had seen. There was something
strange about it that awakened fear
They were afraid to cross. Two or
three times Mrs. Twitchtau started out
and then hurriedly turned back.
At last she grew holder. Come On y
she cried. I'm going to cross"
Twitchtail hesitated, which was Just
as well for him. Mrs. Twitchtau was
half way across, her eyes fixed on the
other side, looking neither TO left nor
right. when Twitchtau saw a terrible
monster rushing down upon her. Be
fore he could even cry q warning She
disappeared under 1t. OF course, you
know what 1t was. It was an auto
mobile.
(Copyright. 1e3l)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
APPLE DUMPING.

One quart sifted -four, one
tablespoon shortening, two cups
lard, one teaspoon baking pow
der and enough milk to make a
soft dough. Roll out quickly
into a sheet one inch thick and
cut in squares. Put half an
apple, peeled and cored. into each
square and tuck the crust close
about it. Bake the dumping in
a quick oven in a sirup made Of
one cup sugar and l cup water.
Hard sauce-One-third cup but
ter, one cup powdered sugar, one
half teaspoon vanilla extract.
Cream the butter until very light,
edd sugar very slowly, beating
until light and creamy. Add
vanilla and beat again.
eConyrtght, 1879
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much bread -four as can be conveniently
mixed with a spoon, but not stiff
enough to knead Mix cut and turn the
dough over and over with spoon or
knife; cover and set aside to become
light. When the dough has doubled In
bulk, with buttered fingers pull of bits
of the dough and work into smooth
rolls and set them close together In
q buttered pan. When very light, bake
about IS minutes
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Fried Sweet Potatoes.

Peel and slice the potatoes length
wise into thin slices. Have ready q
frying pan with two tablespoonfuls Of
hot lard, lay the slices in, and allow
to brown before turning. Just before
killed. over them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE

Some-indeed, quite number OF the
lovely new Paris dresses show an en-
tirely new sleeve cut.
Today's pattern includes o very
charming example.
The skirt males clever use Of d.
agonal lines for slimming as well as
decorating purpose. It concentrates
its fullness at the center-front through
q circular godet.
Various fascinating fabrics, such as
marocain crepe, canton crepe, dat
crepe silk, crepe satin, wool crepe and
silk crepe georgette are suitable fof this
model.
For midseason wear, garnet red,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

tissues with one hand.
Use Kleenex for re-
moving face creams, az
famous movie stars ad-
wise; for busting and pol
ishing. Motorists find
many uses for Kleenex.
It pays to keep q package
always In the car. At all
drug, dry goods and de-
partment stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
EGG PLANT-FROMAGE.
Medium-sized egg plant.
Canned tomatoes, l cup.

EGG PLANT-FROMAGE.
Medium-sized egg plant.
Canned tomatoes, cup.
Salt, / teaspoon.
Butter, 1 tablespoon.
Minced onion, "a cup.
Grated American cheese, 6 ia
blespoons.
SERVES 1 OR 6 PORTIONS.
Parbou egg plant without peel
ing. Do not let it get too soft.
Peel, dice. Simmer onion in the
butter about eight minutes until
very tender but not Drowned. Mix
with the egg plant, add salt and
place mixture in a buttered cas-
serole. Pour over this the tomato
and sprinkle literally with grated
cheese. Cook in hot oven about
IS or 20 minutes until cheese Is
melted well.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes much fiber, a
little protein and q trace Of fat.
Rich IN lime, iron, vitamins A, B
and G. Can be eaten by normal
adults Of average, under or over
weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
Relish Sandwiches.

Mash some cream cheese and mix it
with some finely chopped pickle or
India relish. Spread between slices Of
buttered graham bread and cut into
fingers
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Watch your shoulders. Vhey are ex-
tremely important this season and no
dress can have the really up-to-date
look that lacks the new shoulder treat
ment.
For one thing there must be q cer-
tain effect of breadth at the shoulders,
which Is part and parcel Of the re-
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Ny Neighbor Says:


To cook mushrooms for cream
ing or escalloping. remove thin
peeling, cover with water and
boil gently in covered pan 5
minutes.
1t is always a good plan in the
Fall TO select some of the best
carrots, turnips and beets to be
kept over for growing seeds.
Pack them in a box of sand and
keep in the cellar, occasionally
moistening the sand so that the
roots will not shrivel.
Chocolate stains may be re-
moved from table linen by sprin-
king the stain with borax, then
pouring boiling water through the
linen.
To keep paint fresh in I'M
covered cans fill them to the top
with water after stirring the
paint thoroughly. When needed,
pour of the water with care.
(Copyright, 1870
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

Hay fever season is at
hand. Don't delay. Buy a
package of soft, dry
Kleenex disposable It's
sues. They will provide
gratefulrelief from harsh.
irritating cloth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
Use kIeeneX
disposabIe tissues
in place of irritating handkerchiefs

WHAT a wonderful relief Is
w Kleenex during hay fever!
Don't endure another season with
old-time handkerchiefs. You know
how quickly they become damp,
disgusting how they infiame
and irritate your skin each time
you touch them to your face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

kerchiefs are washed at home, the
use of Kleenex eliminates this most
unpleasant of all washing tasks.
Other important uses
Kleenex comes in Cellophane-
wrapped packages conveniently
arranged to permit removal of
A:.-,.n~ s,,sAl- 900 ha~I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

Doctors are recommend
ing disposable tissues. Schools
are teaching their use.
Kleenex is a soft tissue +.
utterly unlike any tissue sub
stance you have ever seen. It's
so exquisitely soft! So marvel
ously, instantly absorbent.
It costs less to use Kleenex
and destroy it than to pay for
handkerchief laundry. II hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

rust brown or tropic green is an ex-
cellent shade, an advanced Fall idea.
Style No. 1902 may be had in sizes
Is. 18 years, SO, 38, 40 and AZ inches
bust.
Size So requires yards 39-inch.
For a pattern Of this style send IS
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
Washington Stars New York Fashion
Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
HAM OMELET.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.

Two squares chocolate and one
third cup milk. Place on stove
and cook until it thickens a lit
tie. Beat yolkS of two eggs and
add one-third cup milk. Add
chocolate mixture to the eggs.
Two tablespoons vanilla, one
level teaspoon soda in one-third
cup milk, making a full cup Of
milk in all. One and one-half
cups flour. Bake in three layers
and frost with whites Of two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08

"If0ks no risks In rsmepjss cold eysss!
Kleesex Is oiC0ys on my drsssjss fable"
JEANETTE LOFT
early in our careers, we movie
actresses learn to use Kleenex when
removing makeup with cleansing
cream. It's so absorbent that it
picks up all powder and dirt, leay-
ing the pores really clean. And
Kleenex is absolutely sanitary in
itself, unlike the soiled towels and
cloths that some people still use"
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MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Wheat Cereal with Cream
Ham Ornelet, Popovers
Coffee

w
Ham Omelet, Popovers
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Tomato Rabbit
Toasted Crackers
Spanish Cream
Chocolate Cake
Tea
DINNER.
Cream of Potato Soup
Lamb Chops, Pepper Relish
Baked Stuffed Potatoes
Dreamed Caulifiower
Cabbage Salad, Russian Dressing
Apple Dumping, Hard Sauce
Coffee
HAM OMELET.
Beat four eggs very light.
whites to stiff froth, 2olks to still
batter; add to yolkS four table
spoons milk, pepper ana salt and
one-half cup cooked chopped
ham. Add whites last. Put piece
butter half size of egg in frying
pan, be careful not to scorch,
and when it Is sizzling turn in
egg and cook on back of stove
until done. Fold over and serve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
Doctors recon.
mend KIee1ex

Many already know
Kleenex from its wide
spread use during colds.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
HUSBAND BARES
QUARRELS

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retary at the Lois GrunOw Me-
L.Orial Clinic. where Mrs. LerOi
was X.ray technician.
Miss SamueIsOn was . pa.
tient there, 50, through their
work and living In, the same
duplex house, the three women
were thrown into close aSsOcia-
tiOn constantly. ,..,.. ~s---
II had several letters from
my wife that indicated she was
quarreIing frequently with the
other two women before she IL
nallJ moved away from q, the
duplex bungalow.
"She wrote me on one Occa-
sion, that Mrs LerOi and Miss
SamuelsOn had taken . couple
of men to the place aud that
there had been drinking.
Quarreled Over Cat
THAT caused one quarrel.
another time they quarreled
over q cat that had fits and
the failure of Mrs. LerOi to
have the animal killed by DO
lice."
DR.. Judd was questioned BY
police as to the relations between
his wife and the other women
He said:
81 studied mental and nerv.
Gus diseases, "and I know that
all three women were wholly
normal mentally and physi-
cally."
DR.. Judd told police he had
his first intimation that some
thing was wrong from his broth
er-in-law, B j. McKinnell, a.
year-old University Of Southern
California student, and brother
Of Mrs. Judd.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
STUFFFNC
MONEY CHEST

The newly formed allied forces
for prohibition have already raised
$431 900 in cash and pledges to
finance the most intensive speak
ing campaign Of a dry organiza-
ton since prohibition was en-
acted, DR.. Daniel A. Polling, Of
New York, chairman, announced
today.
The fund was raised largely
through small subscriptions, the
largest being $4,000. DR.. Polling
said: "
Three distinguished vets re-
Gently gave 100000 toward the
support of the association
against the prohibition amend.
ment. We are winning thousands
OF givers rather than giverS with
thousands"
Speakers in 80 cities have en-
rolled $4,000 voters to support
the Eighteenth Amendment, he
said.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
Police Check Up Case
Against Leroy Murder

DETROIT, Oct. 20 dN.s).
The Los Angeles trunk murders
today recalled to Detroit police
the famous Leroy murder case in
1920.
Because of the similarity of
names and the nature of the
crime, detective bureau officials
announced they would communi-
cate with Los Angeles police, in
a hope Of connecting the murders.
In 1920, the body of Mrs. Cathe-
rine Leroy was found in a trunk
which had been shipped from De-
troit to New York.
Eugene Leroy, the woman's' hus-
band, was sought by police, but
no trace Of him has been found
during the intervening II years.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
Aunes Leroi Believed
Aunes ImIah, of Oregon

PORTLAND, Oregr Oct. 20
UN.S0.-That Agnes 1mlah, for
mer Portland nurse, was one OF
the murdered women found in q
trunk in Los Angeles and identi'
fled as Agnes Leroi, was vir'
tually accepted here today by MT
and Mrs. Alex A. Imlah, parents
Of Agnes. -,., =.
The Imlahs, grief stricken, de.
clared it to be their conviction
that the dead woman was their
daughter. She had been living
in Phoenix, the place from which
the death trunks had been
shipped.
They said further that she had
been living with Hedwig Samuel
son, one of the victims, and Mrs.
Ruth Judd, who is sought for
questioning in connection with the
case.
Speaking through a friend be.
cause of her hysterical condition,
Mrs. Imlah said that Agnes, whose
married name was Agnes Leroi
Smith, had left here the latter
part Of September to do research
work at the Agnes Grunow clinic
in Phoenix. The last time they
heard from her was in a letter
received two weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
HOOUer Sends Thanks
To Senator Swanson

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va,
Oct. Ex-senator Claude Swan
son Of Virginia, chairman of the
United States Commission to
Celebrate the Yorktown SeSqui-
centennial, received the following
wireless message from President
Hoover from the battleship Ar
kansas: -
II want to thank you, your
commission and the governor
and people Of Virginia for a
most enjoyable and inspiring
day. All who arranged for and
participated i'm the truly ad-
mirable celebration are deserv.
ing Of the highest praise. I do
appreciate your excellent intro
ductOry address"
The Washington times., 1931-10-20

similar to an army locker. Her
lower torso was crammed into a
suitcase.
H. U. Grimm, o drayman Of
Phoenix, declared that on Sunday
afternoon . woman answering the
description Of Mrs. Judd, called
him to . Brill Street address and
showed him the two trunks, say.
ing they contained books.
At Mrs. Judd's request, Grimm
said, he carted the trunks to the
Southern Pacific station.
Mrs. Judd, Brisbois said, bought
a ticket for Los Angeles and
checked the trunks on this ticket.
Police said that the parents Of.
Mrs. Judd are Rev. and Mrs. H.
]. McKinnell, of Darlington, Ind.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
Radio Patrol Searches
For Winnie Ruth Judd

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20
UNSJ.-1n response to an ap'
peal from the chief Of police OF
Los Angeles. San Francisco police
early today mobilized all radio
patrol automobiles to seek the
woman wanted in connection
with the Los Angeles trunk muir
.ders."
The message received from Los
Angeles relayed to the patrol
cars follows:
> ARREST on suspicion Of muir
der, Winnie Ruth Judd, AmerI.
can, q, 5 feet 6 inches tall.
about 125 pounds, dark com.
plexiGn, bIuish-gray eyes, Hight
brown hair. She wore . black
hat and . black and white
dress, She is suspected Of
numbering and bringing to Los
Angeles In two trunks. the
bodies Of Agnes Anne lie ROi
and Hedwig SamuelsOn.
Hold the Ford roadster.
license 1X.42-67, driven by Mrs.
Judd. and all occupants Of the
car and search carefully Tor
fingerprints II car is found
abandoned"
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
GLASSFORD NEW
POLICE CHIEF
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graduated from the Army War
College in 1924 and for three
years thereafter seized as in
structor at the college.
He then took command Of the
First Field Artillery at Fort Sill,
Okla. His recent service has been
on the general staff as chief Of
the mobilization branch. He
served there for two years.
Retired To Ranch
On July 81 Of this year, after
81 years of service, he retired
at his own request to devote his
time to the management of his
ranch near Phoeniz, Ariz.
General GlaSsferd's wife was
Cora Arthur Carleton, daughter OF
Mai. Gen. Guy Carleton, retired.
They have four children, one Of
whom is at West Point.
The Commissioners are known
to feel that an energetic diScipli-
marian at, the head Of the force
is a requisite to its proper func-
tioning. They are confident that
in Major Pratt's successor they
will have such a man and they
intend to back his .administra-
ton to the utmost.
Others Slated to Go
The new chief will havA an nm.
pOrtunity to surround himself
with ranking officers Of his own
choosing, several high officials be-
ing slated for retirement within
the next month or two. They in.
clude Inspector Louis J. StOIl and
Inspector william 8. Shelby, As
SiStant Superintendent of Police.
Inspector Shelby win be retired
within a few days and several
captains will be retired because
Of age before Christmas.
Several high officers, including
the other assistant Superintend.
ent, Inspector e. w. Brown, were
examined by the medical examin.
ing board today. There Is no
indication. however, that In
spector Brown will retire in the
near future.
Young blood and new ideas are
to be placed in the department
and a new deal" all around in po-
lice matters Is predicted.
General Crosby at last is to exer.
else the iron hand" which led to
his selection as Police COmmis-
siOner by President Hoover.
Beset With Difficulty
Major Pratt's career as chief of
the department has been beset
with difficulties ever since he was
elevated to the post from his for.
mer position as chief of detectives
upon the retirement Of Major Ed.
win B. Hesse a few years ago.
Scandals which have marked
the paths Of all recent superin-
tendents have abOunded during
his tenure. They eliminated in
the third-degree situation which
brought President Hoover and the
Department Of. Justice into the
picture.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
SIZE Of RADIO.
AUDIENCE HELD
EXAGGERATED
Advertising Club Hears Radio
Sales Expert Point Out
Necessity Of Supervisor

Pointing out the need in the
radio broadcaSting field of a su-
pervisory organization or system
analogous to the audit bureau
Of circulation in the newspaper
field, BENJAMIN Soby, sales pro-
motion director Of the Westing-
house radio stations. told the Ad.
vertising Club Of Washington to-
day that reckless, sweeping claims
Of "coverage" by radio stations
are becoming out Of date.
Reminding Of the increasing
number Of stations, their near
ness to each other, and the fact
that the average receiving set can
tune I'm on many stations, he
pointed out that IL is absurd for
any modern radio station to claim
a large territory IS its very own.
He described Q survey made by
station KDKA, Of Pittsburgh, in
an effort to find the exact size of
the audience" Of the station as
compared to the field Of "cover-
age" The latter includes all
points where the station can be
heard distinctly. The term "audi-
ence" means only the persons
within the coverage who are actu.
ally listening in, he made clear.
The radio station which claims
as an audience" all the people
within its covered territory exag-
gerates, said the speaker.
KDKA sent out a QUESTIONABLE
to radio set owners within ito
coverage territory, found out at
what hours the owners listened,
their station and feature prefer.
ences, ETC., and found it easy to
tell advertisers within a close mar
gin just how many persons would
hear their message at q stated
time.
Unethical and untrue claims
now being made by various radio
stations make some kind Of ad.
monitory ana Self.regulating body
necessary, the speaker insisted.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
VICTIMS
CHECKED AS
"BOOKS'
Slain Nurses Killed Saturday
In Phoenix Apartment; Judd
Woman Shipped TWO Trunks

PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 20 QNSO
Miss Agnes Leroi. 35. a nurse at
Grunow Memorial Clinic here,
and Miss Hedwig samuelson, "a,
q school teacher, whose nude and
headless bodies were found in two
trunks in a Los Angeles railroad
station, were killed late Saturday
night in their apartment at 2929
North Second ST., George Bris-
bois, chief of police. said today.
Blood stains found on rugs and
furniture indicated the two wO.
men had been killed there and
their bodies placed in trunks and
taken to 11SO East Brill St., where
Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, who for
merIy rOomed with Miss LerOi and
Miss SamueIsOn, resided.
She Checked the Trunks
II. U. Grimm, a baggageman,
told Chief Brisbois he had helped
O Mrs. Judd, who had been pri-
vate secretary to a physician at
the clinic, carry the trunks from
her apartment to his automobile
Sunday afternoon. They took the
trunks to the railroad station.
Mrs. Judd, Grimm told officers,
purchased q ticket to Los Angeles
ana checked the two trunks.
Grimm said Mrs. Judd told him
the trunks contained books.
Chief BrlsbOis said he had
learned that Mrs. Judd until two
weeks ago had been on friendly
terms with Miss LerOi and Miss
SamuelsOn, but that they had
quarreled.
Entertained On Friday
Chief Brisbois said he learned
Miss Leroi and Miss Samuelson
had entertained another nurse.
Mrs. Alfred Mace, at dinner Friday
night.
Mrs. Mace was a nurse en-
ployed at the same hospital with
Miss Leroi and Mrs. Judd.
simultaneously with the disap-
pesrance Of Miss LerOi and Miss
SamuelsOn. Mrs. Judd, Chief
BrisbOis said, also vanished.
The trunks were shipped rs
baggage from Phoenix at $40
o'clock Sunday night, indicating
Chief BrisbOiS said, that Miss
SamuelsOn and Miss LerOi had
been slain late Saturday or early
Sunday.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
Dr.. Watkins Tells
Civilians About Wood

DR.. William Watkins, Of the
National Museum, principal speak.
er at today'S luncheon meeting Of
the Civitan Club Of Washington,
discussed Wood"
DR.. Watkins went into the vari.
Gus uses Of wood and told of the
romance connected with manufac-
ture Of certain woods and wood
products. Ee also explained the
collection Of canes the Museum
has on exhibit that show clearly
the various types and kinds Of
wood.
Blaine Cornwell sang several
solos and members Of the club
joined in q "Sing fest"
William e. Humphries, presi.
dent Of the local organization,
conducted the meeting.
The Washington times., 1931-10-20

pressed doubt that Mrs. Judd had
committed the double murder.
Miss Judd said today at her
home here, where her brother,
DR.. William c. Judd, husband Of
the missing woman, resides:
II can't bring myself to be-
Heve . thing Of this kind has
occurred.
"I'm quite sure DIR. Judd's wife
could not have done anything
like that.
"The relations between DR..
Judd and his wife were Of the
best and always harmonious.
"He received many letters
from her. in which she wrote
of personal matters between
them, and there was nothing in
ne letters TO indicate that any
thing was wrong.
"Why, he got . letter from
her only yesterday, in which
she wrote Of family matters and
the financial difficulties every
body seemed to be having"
The Washington times., 1931-10-20
RINGS IN ERLANGER FIGHT
Mrs. FfxeI's Battle for
Dover Share on
in Court

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 CUsO.
Two wedding rings, in one Of
which by q fanciful conceit the
names Of the jewels spell "dear.
est" were produced yesterday in
the attempt Of Charlotte Fixel.
former actress, to establish her.
self as the common law wife Of
the late Abraham L. Erlanger,
theater magnate.
Mrs. Fixel seeks to establish
this relation before Surrogate
OBrien in order to claim a
widows dover Of one-third Of the
Erlanger estate, which she esti-
mates at $4,000, 900.
The two rings, identified as
given to Mrs. Fixel by Erlanger,
were introduced as evidence as
the days session ended. Mrs.
Fixel removed them from her
fingers and gave them to Max
Steuer, her attorney.
One was a platinum ring
studded with diamonds. The other
was a ring inset with stones, the
first letters Of the names Of
which spell "deariest." Thus the
stones, In order, were q diamond,
emerald, amethyst, ruby, emerald,
sapphire, and topaz.
A witness, Mrs. Elizabeth s..
Conger, said Mrs. Fixel showed
her one Of the rings ct Atlantic
city in 1924 and quoted Erlanger
as saying:
"Now We are dOubly mar
yied."