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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
San Benito
LUNCHEON BRIDGE
GIVEN FOR BRIDE ELECT

The color scheme OF blue and
pink was carried out effectively in
every appointment at the luncheon
bridge given Monday by Mrs. Char
les Greenslade and Mrs. G. A. Nc
Call at the Greenslade home in
honor of Miss Hazel Wade, bride
elect. whose marriage to Lieut..
Arch NJ. Kelley of Brooks Field, San
Antonio. takes place June s.
Guests were met at the door BY
Charles Mccall, Jr.. who was
dressed in a pink satin suit with
white shoes and blue socks, and
who presented them with wrist
corsages of sweet peas.
AS the guests entered they saw
a lovely interior decorated in the
favored colors. Tall floor baskets
were filled with pink roses. plum
bago and Queen Anne's lace.
Screening the fireplace were pink
gladioli and ferns in baskets. All
flower baskets were tied with large
bows Of pink and blue maline. The
dining room table vas covered with
a lovely lace cloth and "a set
off with an antique blue bowl filled
with pink roses. -Four silver candle
sticks supported pink tapers.
The luncheon appointments FOR
"a guests were also in the chosen
colors.
Following the luncheon there
ere five tables of PLAYERS with
Mrs. Fleming Newton high and
consolation prize going to Mrs.
Dorsey Colt. Mrs. Mark Wade OF
Washington won the cut prize. All
prizes were Dresden place card
holders which the winners present.
ed TO Miss Wade. The hostess also
presented the honoree Tith a large
Dresden hnul
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Academy Graduates
Send Invitations

Invitations are being sent out fol
the graduation exercises Of the VII
la Maria OF the Incarnate Wort
which + to take place on Thurs
DAY. May g at 7:30 o'clock in the
Sacred Heart church.
The class is composed OF MARI
Agnes Courtney. Alberta Browne
Jane Huitt. Ana Maria Fernandez
Eva Anguera. Agnes Browne. Rosa
Castillo. Estela Cueto. Sarah Louise
Fernando. Maria Cara, Maria
Emma Fernandez. May Mason
and Annie Mildred Vivier.
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Two Encampments
During Summer
DIV Staff Correspondent.)

tBy Staff correspondent
SAN BENITO, May 20. Miss
Dorothy Porter, Cameron county
home demonstration agent. has an
nounced dates for two encamp-
ments this summer. r for women
and the other for girls.
Miss Porter says that the wo-
mems encamprcent will be held June
8 and 10, and that Miss lnez Der
ryberry, extension service worker
In charge Of yard Improvement SER
vices. will be present.
The girls encampment IS TO take
place May %, &c and q at RIO
Hondo. Place for the womens en-
campment has not been chosen.
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GROWING
FUNCTION

LONDON, May 10. % King
George and Queen Mary. assisted
by the Prince OF Wales. will receive
in historic Buckingham Palace to-
night, among others, ten American
deoutantes and the wife OF an AM
erlcan minister in the first OF tie
social seasons four court present.
ations.
The last curtesy was practiced
today and the last ruffle patLed
into place in preparation for the
browning event In the social lives
OF the elect. They Will wear gos-
Samer gowns Of tulle, chiffon and
lace. the majority OF them white.
but some in pale shades Of color.
Mrs. Charles Gates Dawes, wife
Of the American ambassador TO the
Court Of st. James. will present The
following:
Mrs. Ralph Booth, wife Of the
American envoy to Denmark Of De-
troit; Miss Barbara Hutton, Miss
Louise Behn and Miss Virginia
Penn Of New York: Miss Helen
Brinton. Miss Margaret Duane and
MISS Edith Martin OF Philadelphia.
Miss Adele Jahrlcke Of New Or
leans. Miss Bertha Potter Palmer
and Miss Virginia Dawes OF Chi
cago. and Miss Jasmin Schoellkopi,
Of Buffalo.
Nine American women, six debu-
tantes and three matrons, will par
ticipate in the second preSenta-
ton tomorrow night.
When the guests line UP In Their
carriages along the mall-the wide
drive leading to the palace-to
await their summons, London will
be provided with one Of its favor
tie shows. Habitues OF the court
as well as the trembling neophytes
VIII be exposed for hours to the in
Guisitive gaze Of cockney crowds.
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Community Council
Meeting Friday

El Jardin Community Council Is
to Eoid a meeting or Friday al
eight o'clock in the sclo0l building.
The 9th grade pupils are 10 sell
homemade candies. the proceeds TO
be used to purchase frames for the
two pictures bougn, by the class.
In ing the past year. the PIT A.
offe.tc q five dollar prize to the
class having a 100 per cent mem
bership in the PIT. A. The sixth
grade came out winners and pur-
chased two pictures
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MISSIONARY SOCIETY
K AT CHURCH

The Methodist Missionary Society
met at the church with Mrs. James
nuBarr presiding. Mrs. S. H. Crockett.
led the devotional service. Mrs. ID.
@. Squyres, Mrs. Z. B Baker. and
Mrs S. Z. Hopson had charge of
the lesson in the Missionary Study
book. There were ten members pre-
sent. The next meeting will be a
social at the home Of Mrs. T. y
Baker.
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PICNIC HONORS
MRS. MOORE

Mrs. T. II. Moore was the honor
guest at an outdoor picnic given
Sunday at Progreso by her child
rem and their families. The lunch
was enjoyed in the open and many
Kodak views were made IN tie
afternoon.
Those enjoying this picnic we're
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Byrnes. Marjorie
and Roby and Mr.. and Mrs. Drew
Campbell. and June. Mr.. and MS.
G. Z. Vanderhider and Louise. Mr..
and Mrs. Eddie Briger ana Mary
Ellen, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Moore.
Mrs. A. T. Moore and Miss Dorothy
Maye. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall. Vernon
and Bessie. Misses Lila Maye ard
Virginia Moore. MI. and Mrs. r.
II. Moore.
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MISS WADE
is HONOREE

Mrs. A. L. Price honored Miss
Hazel Wade. bride-elect OF June.
with a delightful bridge party at
her home on North Dick Bowling
Saturday afternoon. The brides
colors OF green and yellow were
emphasized in the floral decor
atoms.
Miss Eleanor Mas Smith held
high score at the conclusion of the
games and Mrs. w. d. Collins sec
ond high. Both Miss Smith and
Mrs. Collins presented their gifts
to Miss wade. Mrs. Price also re-
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Invitation Is
Extended To
Silver Tea

The women Of the Methodist
church Of Port Isabel cordially in
vite everyone to attend a silver tea,
Friday, May p from three to five
in the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. S,
j. Jackson on North Shore drive.
There will be a free will offer
ing. the proceeds of which will &c
toward building a Methodist church
in Port Isabel. The entertainment
committee promises q delightful
afternoon.
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Recent Bride


Mrs. Harrison Diltz entertained On
Monday evening with an informal
bridge party. naming as honoree,
Mrs. John T~ackaberry Kee. a re-
cent bride.
High score in the games for the
women was won by Miss Alma Will
liams. who presented her gift TO
the honoree. High score trophy for
the men was awarded Mr.. Kee.
A delicious refreshment course was
served to twelve guests.
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Attend Meeting
OF CHAPTER

Mrs. Carr Of Lockhart. who
Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. o. ".
Lawrence. Mesdames Harbert DAY.
export. Ben Freudenstein and Miss
Bette Hopper we're local attendants
at the meeting Of the Lieut.. Thorn
as Barlow chapter Of the d. A. r.
In Mercedes Tuesday. A luncheon
was served in the Legion building.
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LOVELY BRIDGE
PARTY FRIDAY

Mrs. w. r. Skipping was named
honoree at a lovely bridge party
Friday afternoon by Mrs. d. G.
Beckman and Miss Media Fry. The
rooms were decorated with Mari
Colds. sweet peas and phlox.
When the games ended Miss
Maud Youngblood held high score
and the consolation award went to
Mrs. p. B. Woodbridge. Mrs. Skip
ping was remembered with gifts
from both Of her hostesses.
Guests we're Mrs. L. A. Garner,
Mrs. p. B. Woodbridge, Mrs. Ben
Warren. Mrs. Orland Stovall. Mrs.
Stone. Mrs. Hilda deBuxtel and
Miss Maud Youngblood.
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FRIENDSHIP CLASS
AT HARRIS HOME

Mrs. Lance Harris was hostess to
sixteen members OF the Friendship
Glass OF the First Baptist church
at her home last week. She was
assisted in her hostess duties by
Mrs. II. p. Cooke and Mrs ". NJ.
Haley.
The guests enjoyed a series Of
games and interesting contests.
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DINNER GUESTS AT
HOME

j. /. Ballenger. Misses Ethel. Stel-
In and Lucille Ballenger and Miss
Maynard Duncan Of Alabama. were
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. O. Ballenger Of San Benito-
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Gayle Johnston was presented
guest favor.
A delicious refreshment course
was served to eleven club members
and the following guests Mesdame'
". r. Meyers, Geneva Whitehead
Joe Mason. w. 8. Ray, W. q. Mao
Kay, Carl Schwedes. r. d. Facktr-
tosh. and J. Gayle Johnston Of Kan
sas City.
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DTNfFER HOSTS
ON SUNDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Nurse enter.
tanned a few of their friends at din
ner Sunday. The guests we're Mrs
T. Wilkinson. Miss Tassie Ma
Wilkinson. Miss Edith Lester anc
Miss Elinor . mes. The afternoon
was spent driving over the Valley.
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membered the honoree with an at
tractive gift p
Mrs. Price was assisted In her
hostess duties by her daughters,
Misses Gertrude and Evelyn Price.
The personnel for the five tables
OF players included intimate friends
Of the honoree.
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Inn SOCIETY QRQES-.A COMPLETE PACE FOR VALLEY WOMEN %=

and Mrs. g. III. Crockett. Misses
Melba and Mona Ruth. Mcssrs. :
III. Jr.. and Paul Crockett and Mr.
Emma Carter.
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WOODS ARE
DINNER HOSTS

Mr.. and Mrs. d. Woods had as
their guests Sunday for dinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Jackson and
Miss Viola Reynolds In the after
noon they attended the show In
Mercedes.
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SOCIAL MEETING
HELD BY CLASS

The Glad Hand Sunday school
class Of the Methodist church held
their social at the home Of Miss
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About 90 n0n 600 n0n

About $1,000. 900, 900 cigarets, a
large part Of which are manufac-
tured OF American tobacco or i'm
ported directly from the United
States. are now consumed annual
ly in China.
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FRIETDS ARE


Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Wilson had
a few of their friends for luncheon
Sunday. Those enjoying this hos
pitality were Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
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SPEND DAY
AT RANCH

MI. and Mrs. s. ri. Crockett. Mrs
D. @. Squyres. Mrs. w. w. wilson
Mrs. VIM. Hughes and Miss Anna
Bell visited Mr.. and Mrs. Burton
Hughes and spent Monday at the
Hughes ranch.
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INFORMAL
AFTERNOON

Mrs. y. w. Nurse had as her guest
Mrs. u. w. Carlson. Miss Portia
Carlson. Mrs. Walter Moore and
Miss June Campbell on Monday.
The afternoon was spent visiting.
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Bledsoe or La Feria. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Jentis OF Panchita, Mr.. JIM
ME Barr OF Indiana.
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PERSONALS

c. Z. Tweedle Of Houston Is In
the Valley for several days on
business.
AIRS. Richard +. Collins and little
daughter have gone to Kansas City
for a visit with Mrs. Collins par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Wolf
esberger.
MIR. and Mrs. G. L. Mjrtr fyd
as their guest over the week end
Frank Willis OF Beaumont.
Karl r. Keeler Of e. Paso Is here
for several days on business.
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The salary Of Jimmy Walker,
Mayor Of New York Is $4,000 q
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COMPLIMENT
COUPLE

DR.. and Mrs. Z. B. Baker gave a
dinner Sunday complimenting DR..
and Mrs. j. D.. Taylor OF Fort
Worth. Others present we're Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacobs Of Mercedes and Mr..
and Mrs. Cooper OF Harhngen.
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MR.. AND MRS
PEARCY AS HOSTS
Mr.. md Mrs. j. W. Pearcy en-
tertainef for dinner Sunday Rev
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Belle Case La Toilette
explanation.

Belle Case La Toilette was proud to be the wife
of a United States senator and the mother of q
Governor and United States senator. But she was
more than that. She was, unofically great states
man in her own right Her brain helped to mature
the progressive principles for which her husband and
her sons fought Her active courage sustained them
and others in that fight.
Robert M La Toilette ST. credited her with the
brief which won him his first famous case as prose-
cutor before the state supreme court. when we
were Governor" the way he referred to his work
in the executive mansion at Madison Wis.
So it was in later years when he came to Wash
ington to represent their state.
And so it was, after his death, when Robert M.
La Toilette Jr. looked to her for help as senator
and Philip La Toilette relied upon her aid as
Governor.
When her husband died she could have been the
first woman senator. She declined She preferred to
stay in the background She was not ambitious for
herself She thought only of the Progressive cause.
Perhaps she reasoned that she could not hold the
senate seat long for the Progressves that she was
not young enough to wage campaign at the end
of the unexpired term.
So she turned to Robert, who had been his fathers
secretary, who had grown up almost in the senate
cloakrooms and in the family political councils who
was not only worthy son of his father, but Pro-
gressive leader in his own strength.
The tens of thousands who mourn her death will
remember the tribute of the beloved elder La Toilette
"She is my wisest and best counselor Her grasp
of the great problems social and economic is unsur-
passed by any of the strong men who have been
associated with in my work"
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Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TN Mark Sullivan's third volume of "Our Times one
Of the few intelligent histories ever compiled there
is a splendid chapter on Dr. c. W. Stiles and his fight
against the hookworm.
If historians gave glamor to doctors and less
to generals, human deStinieS might be changed for
upon the heads of these must fall large share
Of the responsibility for wars.
They ever have been proponents Of the theory that
civilizations made by warriors and that soldiers
are the only defenders of a nation.
No more erroneous idea ever was kept alive by folk
tale pen. And the annals of no country are COM
plete until its scientists its physicians its engineers
and its teachers accorded the same immortality
upon their pages that which now only goes to those
who bear arms
NTHAT could be more inspirational to school
w children than complete story of mans war
against disease? There have been many such thrill
ing battles Against the black plague against small
pox against malaria, against dphtheria against tu
berculosiS, against diabetes, against cancer
Are these not the most notable of mans conflicts?
The victories of generals and colonies and sergeantS
fade beside the glory of the achievements CT the doc
tors Of the earth.
Yet history lauds StonewaIl Jackson and Marshal
Ney, and gives no mention to such men as Harvey
Jenner, Goldberger Stiles and Lazear The Pelopon-
neSian war is reality, but the names of those who
conquered pellagra are little known.
Kitchener and his deeds are the admiration of
youth, while Koch, the discoverer of the tubercle
bacillus, is stranger to most American gogetters
Every school boy remembers Perry and Putnam His
torianS have seen to that.
But how many do you suppose know anything
about those two greater heroes, John Kissinger and
John Moran, who gave their lives that their country
men need never again fear yellow fever?
Mankind has not been saved by battle-ax and
sword but by the test tube in the hands OF men who
are more worthy Of gratitude than 4 the generals
OF the past. ~ = =.
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Whereas thousands of cases oc-
CURED previously during any year,
the number was at once reduced so
that the disease became exceedingly
rare.
Among the japanese a disease
called beri beri was exceedingly
prevalent. The number of cases in
the navy numbered annually from
Is to 40 per cent of the entire force.
About 1885 a Japanese named
Takaki reasoned that diet had some
relation to disease, and succeeded
in having the diets of the sailors
modified by substituting barley for
the polished rice that had been the
chief constituent of the diet pre-
viously.
At once beri beri practically dis
appeared among the sailors.
Finally in 1897 an observer
named Eijkman studied condition
in birds produced by feeding them
polished rice, and found it could be
cured by feeding rice polishings to
the birds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-19
Free Speech for Women

TINE thing that annoyed me was
l. the wholesale manner in which
these questions were to be answered.
It is almost impossible to say 'yes"
or mo" unqualifedly to problems OF
a social nature. There should al
ways be allowances made for a but
or an eff" or a maybe"
Under Group G, Self-controp' is
the following
Should a woman let a man know
she is in love with him if he has
not shown great deal of interest
in her?"
The answer to that entire group,
is. of course, no"
But I'm not so sure that's the
right answer. After all, it depends
lot on the persons involved. 1t
has been accepted down through
the centuries that a man may pro-
claim his love for a woman without
waiting for her to evince a particu-
lar interest in him. Why, then,
shouldn't a woman have the same
right?
I can't see that the woman would
be cheapened in the eyes Of her
male companion for expressing this
unrequited love any more than the
man would be if the situation were
reversed.
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He is credited with perhaps the
most important observation in the
development of the knowledge of
vitamins.
1t is important because it empha-
sized the fact that there was some
substance in foods essential to
proper growth and health.
From that time on many other
investigators have carried on ex-
perimentS which have resulted in
the vast amount of knowledge now
available on food essentials.
The name vitamin was given to
these products in December, 1911,
by Funk. He thought at that time
that he had isolated the beri beri
vitanin in a pure state, and he
thought that it was an anime sub
stance essential to life.
The language that has grown up
about the vitamins is perhaps in
general about as inaccurate as the
term "vitamin" itself. However,
language is no respector of facts.
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Find the Truth

The word of the White House has been challenged
The issue of veracity is raised on a subject. of
great public importance-the st. Lawrence waterway
project. This project involves freight rates. power
development and jobs for the unemployed
Previously. White House veracity had been ques-
toned other subjects-the Wickersham prohibition
report, federal treasury deficits the extent of unem-
ployment. But the issue in none of those, perhaps,
has been so clear as this
Here is the record:
July 3-Governor Roosevelt on or about this date
wrote President Hoover declaring New Yorks special
interest in the ST. Lawrence treaty negotationstVnd
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NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS

Thirty Million Homeless as q
Result of Flood and Fam
inc IN China, and to Think
of the Wheat We Can't
Use!
NEW YORK, Aug. 1s.-with
IN stocks up from one to three
points, Wall Street breathes a lit
tie easier. Most every one admits
that oil was responsible. Beyond
that, there is less unanimity of
opinion.
Financial sharps talk glibly about
IAN unexpected demand superim-
posed on the seasonal trend"
Why not be fair and give Gov
errors Murray Of Oklahoma and
Sterling of Texas some credit?
Last week, Governor Murray re-
duced Oklahoma's output Of oil by
10000 barrels a day, or more than
one-third.
Governor Sterling promises to do
an even bigger job in east Texas.
Though brought in last Christ
mas, the east Texas field had
reached a point where it was pro-
ducing 10000 barrels a day, or
more than one fourth of the coun-
try'S supply.
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The SudOvich Parole

Whether or not Nick Sudovich, once the
duke OF Indiana in the empire of Al Capone,
attended the Benton Harbor revels of his
former chief while on a parole from the pen
itentiary is interesting.
But it is not as important as the fact that
Sudovich, convicted killer, convicted booze
runner, convicted gangster and so undesir-
able that the federal government is waiting
to deport him, was able to obtain parole
at all.
Just what could be the reason for giving
man of this character liberty for any period
of time?
He had demonstrated his danger. He had
debauched. He had bribed officials He had
lived by crime. He finally killed in order to
prevent competition with his own criminal
business.
Yet this man, under the permission of
Governor Harry G. Leslie, was at liberty for
month, was given freedom under the excise
that SudOvich had important private bust
ness" to transact.
The important private business which
occupied Sudovich before his conviction was
crime and murder.
The important private business of Sudo-
vich was his agency for Capone, chief of
gangsters.
Mercy is wonderful thing. Tenderness
and sympathy toward the unfortunate is to
be eXtoled and commended.
But the Sudovich case requires more than
a casual explanation of executive clemency.
1t is possible that public welfare and the
solution of the prison problem would be we'll
served if many of the prisoners were given
a brief vacation during their terms. They
would be better prisoners on their return
and better citizens on their release if some
of their bitterness could be swept away.
There might be fewer relapses into crime.
But that is a question of general policy.
The Sudovich case is specific glazing, insist
ent and challenging.
The people are entitled to know why the
Capone leader in Indiana was singled out
from the two thousand for this particular
brand of mercy, why he obtained that liberty
at the time that Capone was arranging his
own business affairs, giving lavish entertain
ments preparatory to what he believed was
to be brief soiourn in prison under com
promise with the government.
If Warden DAILY imposed upon the Cover
nor's guilelessness and is solely responsible
for the parole, the trustees of that prison
should determine whether the prison should
longer need the services Of a man with that
discretion and judgment
If Warden Daily was told to sign on the
dotted line, the people of the state have a
right to know the reasons which prompted
such an order, the influences which obtained
this official interest in a killer, the forces
which unlocked the prison gates for this
gangSter.
Discipline in the prison, respect for law,
respect for government, are all involved.
The state demands an answer and a real
explanation.