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p. E. O. Plans
Anniversary
Program
Celebration to
Be Held Friday
At Carlton

Three members of Chapter B of
the P. E. o. Sisterhood, who have
been affiliated with the organization
for more than so years, will attend
the founders day celebration plan
ned by the District chapters for
8 pm. Friday at the Carlton Hotel.
The three-Mrs. Worthy P. Sterns,
Mrs. A. H. Williams and Mrs. E. O.
Woodruff-will wear period cos
tunes.
The program for the celebration.
which is being arranged by a COM
mittee headed by Mrs Roy A. Potts,
president of Chapter A, will include
a group of songs by Mrs. Vera Ross,
mezzo-soprano of st. Margaret's
Episcopal Church, and a one-act
play. six Who Pass While the Len
ills Boil" presented by a group of
young players from the studio of
Rose Robinson Cohen.
Other members of the committee
working with Mrs. Potts are Mrs. F.
F. Elliott, president of Chapter F.,
and Mrs. L. A. Reynoldson, presi-
dent of Chapter I. Mrs. Reynoldson
is in charge of reservations, end all
members Of the sisterhood, whether
or not they are affiliated with local
chapters, are invited to attend.
The sisterhood was founded Janu-
ary 81, 1869.
X X X X
Miss Mary Tuthill and Miss
Bertha Gray viii entertain Chapter
A at 8 pm. Wednesday at their
home, 1890 Connecticut avenue NV.
Chapter H will meet at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Daniel
S. Coombs, 574l Colorado avenue
NV. A founders day program will
be given by Mrs. Sylvia c. Druehl.
Two new members of the chapter
are Mrs. Dorothy Wright Mcbride
and Mrs. Edwin M. Brown.
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Business and Professionol Clubs
Sigma Alpha 1ota. national pro-
fessional musical fraternity for
women-Tomorrow. pm. at the
home of Florence Ludy. Mrs. Wal
ter Russell Reed in charge of pro-
gram.
Society of Woman Geographers-
Saturday, lis pm, Sulgrave Club.
Luncheon. Mrs. Charles D. Wal
colt, hostess. Speaker. Miss Sarah
Wambaugh of Cambridge, Mass.
Business Women's Council-Tues-
day, 8 pm. Covenant-First Pres
byterian Church. Speaker, Capt.
Rhoda Millikin, House of Deten-
ton"
Misceiloneous Clubs
Democratic Womens National
Council-Tomorrow. Willard Ho-
tel. Speaker, DR.. Raul eEca of
the Pan American Union, The
Lima Conference and It's Sig
nificance"
The League of Republican Women
of the District of Columbia
Tuesday, II am, at clubhouse,
1901 Seventeenth street NV,
study group; DR.. r. J. c. Dorsey,
speaker. Wednesday afternoon,
at clubhouse, silver tea. Friday,
2 pm, card party at home of
Mrs. James G.. Wentz, 2841 Nc
Gill terrace NV.
Philo-Classics Club-Friday. with
Mrs. D. S. Shantz, 200 Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Alpha Chi Omega. Alpha Epsilon
Alpha Chapter-Tuesday. lunch
con with Mrs. A. B. Amber, jr.,
6303 Eighth street NV.
Newcomb College Alumnae-To-
morrow, with Mrs w. N Scull,
the Cedric, Fourteenth and Up
shur streets NV.
Excelsior Literary Club-Tuesday
with Mrs. Harvey Beaver, 41O4
Harrison street NV.
Alpha II Delta-Thursday, 8 pm,
white elephant party" home of
Mrs. Harry F. Dowling, Pill Ban
croft place NV.
Woman's National Democratic Club,
1926 New Hampshire avenue NV.
Thursday, II am, Educa-
ton Committee. Speaker, DR..
Esther Brenauer, THE outlook
for International Peace" Fri
day, 7:30 pm, dinner. Speaker,
United States Ambassador to the
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Collins, chairman of the music Sec
ton of the Woman's Club of Chevy
Chase, will provide the program.
Members Of Federation
Will Look Backward.
While a general theme of looking
forward will prevail at all the meet
ings Of the board, members also will
look back little as they plan the
pubilee celebration.
At a day when women still were
denied the franchise, when they
wore hobble skirts and leg mutt
ton sleeves and when parts Of the
Far West were still only territories,
call was issued by a few woman
leaders of the day, including Julia
Ward Howe, for meeting of rep
resentatives of all women's clubs.
Sixty-three delegates from II States
responded, and on April Is. 1890,
the General Federation of Women's S
Clubs came into being. with Char
lotte Emerson Brown of New Jersey
its first president.
1t was on that day. that Mrs.
Ella Clymer Dietz, one of the Or
ganizers, used the phrase which
later became the permanent motto
of the federation, Unity in Di-
verSity."
Today, with world wide men,
bership of more than 100000 hu-
manitarian interests, especially
those concerned with women and
children, continue to be the main
objectives of the federation.
OF plans for the jubilee, Mrs.
Whitehurst has declared: I'VE will
strive to build an educational pro-
gram, one in which every club,
county, district and State group and
members of our clubs in foreign
countries, will participate.
In addition to spotlighting the
public accomplishments of women
in the past, the federation, through
the jubilee, hopes to inspire men,
bers. particularly the juniors, to
continue their organization work
with greater vigor and enthusiasm.
One of it's aims, Mrs. Whitehurst
said, is ito make the entire world
conscious of the great strength and
high purpose of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs and of
our determination to work for those
projects which will help to create
peace. harmony and better living
conditions for our people"
Past presidents of the federation
will be among those working on
committees with Mrs. Whitehurst,
including Mrs Thomas G.. Winter
OF California, Mrs. John F.. Sipple
OF Maryland, Mrs. H. Gilbert Reyn-
olds of Kentucky and Mrs. Ro-
berta Campbell Lawson of Okla
homa.
Mrs. Dunbar and Miss Vella A.
Winner, director of publicity of the
federation and editor of the Club
woman CIVIC, are among others
who will serve as committee chair
mon
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the Girl Homemakers' Committee,
will discuss her work, and Mrs.
Frederick L. Benton of the Army
and Navy Chapter will describe her
historic home at 1923 Reservoir road
NV.
American music will be included
on the program by Miss Peggy
Grunwell.
X
Mrs. Franklin A. Refert, acting
regent of the Eugenia washington
Chapter, will present the name Of
her sister, Mrs. Francis L. Hall. as
a new member at the meeting to-
morrow at the home of Mrs. Grant
F. Chase. Mrs. Refert will assist
Mrs. Chase as hostess.
X X X
John Clagett Proctor, historian
and writer, will be the speaker tor
the D. A. r. broadcast at 12:45 pm.
Wednesday over Station VOL. !.
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BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

Interesting personalities from
other parts Of the country promis-
Ing to enrich the ranks of Washing
ton clubwomen, continue to be found
through the names new on Capitol
Hill.
Happy chance recently assisted
In the discovery Of two women whose
names are not unknown to WASH
ington, but whose diversified activi-
ties are perhaps not fully realized
In Capital club circles-Mrs. D.
Worth Clark, wife of Senator Clark
from Idaho, and Mrs. Foster Stearns,
wife Of the newest Representative
from New Hampshire.
The Senate Ladies' Club will ac-
quire an attractive new member
this year in Mrs. Clark, whose hus-
band, for the last two terms Repre-
sentative from his State, has recently
been elected to the Upper House.
Mrs. Clark was one Of the original
organizers Of the 74th Club, whose
membership is composed Of wives Of
the Representatives who served in
the Seventy-fourth Congress. OF
the original 100 or more members,
only about 40 remain in Washington.
The wife of the new Senator from
Idaho combines the enviable quail
ties Of personal charm and intelli-
gence. Tall, blue eyed and gra-
cious, she is graduate of North
Eastern State Teachers College Of
Oklahoma, her native State. Be-
fore her marriage, Mrs. Clark was
an active member of the American
Association of University Women,
but although she would like very
much to become affiliated with the
Washington branch, she does not
think she will have time for club
activities this year.
This is my principal reason, "
she said, taking from nearby table
the photograph of charming group
of three little girls. MY daughters" "
she explained, Nancy Lee, ~;
Helen Noel. 10, and Dorothy, 2,
our baby"
Although washington clubs may
not enjoy the active membership
Of Mrs. Clark this year, the Girl
Scouts of America may expect two
active and personable new mem
bers in the acquisition of Nancy Lee
and Helen Noel. Nancy Lee, who
received her Scout pin just before
leaving her home in Pocatello,
will join one of the local troops,
while Helen Noel, who is still a
Brownie, may wait a year or two
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College and alliance members from
Washington and Baltimore.
Mrs. Emil Hurja, Mrs. Joseph D.
Grigsby and Mrs Mark Welsh will
assist in introducing the guests.
Those who will alternate in pour
ing tea during the afternoon are
Mrs. Ross Collins, Mrs. Albert
Thomas, Miss Adele H. Stamp, Mrs.
Thomas H. Taliaferro, Mrs. Ronald
Cox, Mrs. William Collins, Mrs.
Howard Eales, Mrs. William Fulton,
Miss Edith Dawson, Mrs. Bert Frost,
Mrs. Joseph Kaylor, Mrs. j. Butler
Walsh, Mrs. Harry Franklin and Mrs.
S. P. HUFF.
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D. A. r. Units
Have Full
Programs
Senator Reynolds
Will Address
Chapter

Senator Robert r. Reynolds of
North Carolina will be the principal
speaker at meeting of Independ-
ence Bell Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Joseph
Thoma, 4811 Blagden road NV. He
will speak on National Defense"
Chalmers Seymour Mcconnell
State president of the Sons of the
American Revolution, will be an
honor guest and has chosen as his
topic the life of Benjamin Franklin.
on whose birthday anniversary the
meeting is to be held.
Other honor guests will be Mrs.
William D. Leetch, State chairman
of the correct use of the flag: Mrs.
Harry C. Grove, president of the
Chapter House Corp; Miss Mar
garet Fraser, Mrs. Leondis Nc
Dougle, jr., and Miss Mary Hume
Richardson. Mrs. Russell H. Stine.
regent, will preside.
Mrs. Thoma and Mrs Eva Grant
Marshall are hostesses for the eve
ming.
The chapter has purchased an
acre Of ground at Tamasse School,
which is to be dedicated to Miss M.
Esther Mayher in March.
Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders, regent
Of Elizabeth Jackson Chapter, will
entertain the members at her home,
36l8 Porter street NV, tomorrow
night. Miss Lillian Chenoweth,
State regent, will be guest of honor
and will speak.
The State Conference to convene
in March will be discussed and sup
per will be served.
X X X
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, hon.
orary vice president general, will be
the guest speaker at the meeting of
Monticello Chapter at pm. Tues
day at the home of Mrs. E. c. Sas-
nett, 2809 Cathedral avenue NV.
Co-hostesses with Mrs. Sasnett will
be Mrs. william Derr Baker and Miss
Nellie IhomaS. The regent, MIS-.
Ashmun Brown, will preside.
X
Miss Lillian ChenoWeth, State
regent, will be the honor guest of
Col. James Mccall Chapter at a
meeting Thursday at pm. at the
home of Mrs. Jasper M. Beall, 1910
Varnum street NV.
Assistant hostesses will be Miss
Sarah Johnston, Miss Ophelia Ker-
ley and Mrs. Orren Hunter. All of
the new members taken in during
the past year will be initiated into
the chapter.
X X
The Mary Bartlett Chapter viii,
meet Tuesday at the home of Mrs
j. r. Grunwell, with the regent
Mrs. A. F. Williams presiding. Mrs
Claude Allen Cooke, chairman of
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various departments Of the Fedora
ton. These are Of unusual interest
this year, as the chairmen are hold
ing their first meeting under the ad-
ministration of Mrs. Sadie Orr Dun
bar, president.
An outstanding feature of the pro-
gram will be an address by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt on Club
women and Their Responsibility to
Democracy" wednesday night, pre-
ceded in the afternoon by tea for
members of the board at the White
House.
Senator Capper to Speak
On d. c. Representation.
Washington clubwomen are par
tcularly interested in the address
on Thursday morning by Senator
Arthur Capper, who will speak on
national representation for the Dis
trict. His address will be a part of
the program, offered by Mrs. Gus
tav Ketterer, chairman of legisla-
ton.
Topics of general interest, also to
be presented at the various sessions,
will include Federal aid for educa-
ton, which is being widely discussed
by number of clubs at this time,
consumer interests, public health,
radio programs, with particular en-
phasis on children's programs. and
plans for the next council of the
General Federation, to be held in
San Francisco May 8-14
DR.. John M. Cassels, director Of
the Institute for Consumer Educa-
tion at Stephens College, Columbia,
Mo-, will speak on consumer inter-
ests at the Wednesday morning ses-
sion, when he will be presented by
DR.. Josephine M. Peirce, chairman
OF the Department of American
Home.
DR.. Howard A. Dawson, director
OF rural service of the National Ed
ucation Association, will speak
Thursday night on Federal aid for
education, when Mrs. Wiley Morgan,
chairman of the Department of Ed
ucation, will be in charge.
Mrs. William Brown Meloney.
editor Of This Week, will speak
Thursday morning: Miss Dorothy
Gordon, long identified with radio
work, will speak Friday morning,
and the Friday evening public
health program. planned by Mrs.
Edwin Bevens, chairman of the de-
partment handling this subject. will
feature DR.. Thomas Parran, surgeon
general of the United States, and
DR.. Beatrice Mcconnell and DR..
Martha M. Eliot of the Childrens
Bureau.
Music also will be a part of the
three evening programs. Hazel
Brown Piers, chairman of music for
the District Of Columbia Federation,
will present Ruby Evans Parrot,
soprano. formerly with the Chicago
Opera Co., at the Wednesday eve
ming session: on Thursday the artist
will be Evva Noel, violinist, of Balti-
more, and on Friday Mrs. William
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William Morton Grinnell and Miss
Daisy Prentice.
At its regular open-house silver
tea on Wednesday at the clubhouse
the honor guests. will be Miss Marion
Martin, assistant chairman of the
Republican National Committee in
charge of women's activities; Mrs.
Ralph Harris, national committee
woman from Kansas, and Mrs. ia
cob Leander Loose. Mrs. Charles
M. Lea, Mrs. Grinnell and Mrs. Har-
old Brooks will alternate at the tea
table.
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Close Call for Suspect

An instance of where mans dia-
lect almost got another man hanged
occurred in a case when Yorkshire
man gave evidence that the accused
had assaulted his victim with a
knife. Just in time it was discovered
that the knife the Yorkshire man
meant was "neife," an old dialect
word for fist"
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Federation Will Discuss
Golden Jubilee Plans
Departments Will Present
Programs During
Session
BY FRANCES LIDE,
Women's Cluh Editor

approaching golden the General Federation Of
Women Clubs will pdonatng Of discussion
the annual mdwnter board meeting which will be held headqua
Hotel Friday
John Whiehurst Baltimore has made general
celebrated
modified States back Of will
jubilee and the made the
morning Friday.
will the
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After laying perfect egg inches
long hen owned by Mrs. z. Fourie
of Sunland, South Africa, dropped
dead
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Plan Euchoristic Conoress

Plans have been outlined in Nice,
France, for the next Worlds Eucha-
ristic Congress, which will be held
there September 3-8, 1910.
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Local School Pupils
 Science Conscious
Youngsters Keenly Interested in Anayzing Water, Studying Weather Charts Bugs, Fish, Stars and All

Slides on tuberculosis have been an- alyzed, for one example.
 The study of the city water sys- tenn has been one interesting phase of the science program. The chill dren have gone to the City Hall to study the maps of the system and specialists from the water depart ment will later in the year give lec- lures on the more intricate details. To prepare these lectures, the stu dents have analysed the compo- nents of water by the electrolysis experiment performed ingeniously with batteries, tin pan, and nails Having learned about the clements of water, they have gone on further with rudimentary plrification tests.
 Weather Maps
 Weather maps, as they appear in the papers from the bureau in Washington, are studied and the children are now collecting mate rials with which to construct their own barometer. A telephone, con- tributed by the local telephone com pany. was taken apart and reas- 'Sembled by the children.
 For the study of geology the Rus sell school children have gradually assembled a museum where they keep rocks and minerals, most of them found in Connecticut. The specimens are carefully labeled and placed in a case contributed by Mary o. Coyle, the principal. On the bottom shelf of the case lies a cowshead without label, which was an imaginative, if unscientific contribution from one of the boys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

Lively interest and definite prog reSs characterizes the reaction of Waterbury grammar school students to the experiment of studying sci- ence in the grades. Instituted three years ago, science has become much more than an experiment, but an actual and deeply appreciated unit of the elementary educational sys- tenn.
 Russell school, where Mary R. Grove is the science instructor presents an excellent example of the advancement of the study oyer the days when children thought that an old man operated a wind mill on the floor of the ocean. When asked what he liked best in his study of science, one of the children answered in piping voice that he liked to look at the bugs but he developed the theme and told why he liked to look at them.
 Initiative
 The interest of the children is best illustrated by the efforts they make on their own accord. Russell is the only school in the city with a microscope procured by a puppet show constructed and oper- ated by the students. With another puppet show funds were obtained for an acquarium. Through the mic- roscope the children study bacteria and protozoa. Furthermore they procure the specimens by themselves with birds nests and dead leaves immersed in water. Having studied the birth and formation of bacteria, they learn how diseases develop.
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He has already brought in a bill recommending 8 naval holiday and a conference on the limitation of armaments.
 FOUR
 IN TWELVE
 Tn Senate seat just occupied by the new Republican Senator from Oregon, Rufus c. Holman, has been held by four people dur ing the last 12 months.
 The first was Senator Frederick Steiwer. He resigned on the 31st of last January, and the governor of Oregon appointed Alfred Reames to serve. until the election. Steiwer was a Republican, Reames Democrat.
 At the fall elections, Oregon elected Republican Alex c. Barry to fiji the unexpire1 term Sera- ter Barry came here Nov. g and served until Jan. ?. Senator Hol- mar, elected fo. the full six-ycar term, has just replaced him.
 Senator Barry stayed around the capitol to watch Congress convene, and spent much time in conference with Senator Holman, apparetly teaching him the ropes.
 All four senators are lawyers, ard Senator Holman's three pre- decessors will be practising law in Oregon this winter
 25 YEARS
 OF WALKING
 Cor gressman Carl Virsor ot Gaorgia, head of the impor- tant naval affairs committee of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

House, is quietly observing the silver anniversary of his service in Congress-he came to Washington in 1914, and has been serving here ever sirce-and it is his matured conclusion that congressman needs an excellent pair of legs.
 The corridors in the capitol are long. II >E long walk from tie House chambe; to the House office building. and the corridors in the office building are long also.
 "They got bells out in the hall way heic," remarks Congressman Vinson. They sigma us whenever
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

again, five or six times between lunch and suppertime, he's done some walking. The elows whose of- fees are way in the back like to drop before they get through"
 When MT. Vinson first came here, congressman rated but one office. It housed himself, his sec- retaries,( his files and all of his calelrs. Now he rates two, and gets along with less congestion. MT. Vinson does better yet. His suite aujoins the suite of the naval affairs committee. which is MT. Vinsons by virus of his chair manship. So now, in his 25rh year on tle job. !fe pleasant spokei. Georgian has as nice a lay out as a congressman, could wish.
 The room where Ire naval af- fairs committees meets, incidental ly, is an elaborate chamber with a raised horeshce for the commttee and much fine pane ing All can say of it, fittingly, is that it is swell enough for a funeral.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

Garde. New Haven. # seas decided last night at a meeting of the atiA4 Hilary in the Legion home.
 The auxiliary win hold a poins valentine party with the American Legion post, Feb. T, and a birthday party at the Elton, Saturday night Plans were made to raise funds for the Victoria Liebreich memorial Mrs. victor Baker was appointed delegate co visit the Veterans' Eospi- tai at Newington. Feb. 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

tions and experiments. which is an intelligent sign. Tn the study of the examination of seeds, bean seeds were placed oa a wet blotter be- tween glass and cared for until they sprouted.
 Reference
 Reference shelves with encyclo- pedias form a part of the science course and the children are keeping their own reference books by means of scrapbooks in which newspaper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

manders and polywogs. The poly wogs have the spotlight and the students crowd around the bowl in the hope of catching one in the act of dropping it's tail.
 The construction of molecules is learned and chart has been con- structed with vari-colored blocks of wood to illustrate the formation of the molecules.
 Rather than adopting elaborate equipment ready-bought, the pupils take pride in their own construc-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

One girl. whose grandfather is a fisherman, brought In as much salt water material as she could find such as sponges and coral. She brought them in still wet and car- ried on a discussion about each specimen.
 Tn the aquarium which was ob- tained with puppet show, water plants and life are studied. The children keep 1t stocked by them selves from the Tamarack swamp nearby and fine collection of sala-
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clippings related to science are carefully pasted.
 When asked whether they liked science. the children responded with an enthusiastic yes. More specifi- caiiy, one liked the work on the analysis of water, which he ex- plained in detail, several voted for microscope. and one girl said she liked to look at the stars.
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 goes on in the H ou SC. You know, so many b e Ills W h e n someone su g. gests the e a b. s en ce of a quorum, so many for 8 roll call, and so on.
 Well, most of us spend a lot of time in our offices, working, w h en t hose bells ring we h a ve to go straight over to the House Cham Der. It's 8 long walk, going and coming. And do you know, I've kn wn t hose bells to ring five and six times in one af ternoon. Young man, by the time a man has gone from his office to the House. and back
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tional defense.
 with modern c communications and radio, it ought to be easy enough to find out without too much delay how the people feel, ]" he says.
 Go ngressnnan Ludlow plans to introduce anoth- CT bill prohibit ing the exporta- tion of muni- tionS in peace time as well as when a war is on. He thinks it is wrong for America to ship such things as bombing planes either to aggres- sor nations or to nations attacked , and he suspects that there is a lot of unlicensed bootlegging now going on in war supplies.
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AUXILIARY ELECTS
 STATE DELEGATES

Miss Mabel Casey, president of the American Legion auxiliary, and Miss Margaret Dillon, secretary, will att tend the national defense confer erlce luncheon Feb. 18 at the Hotel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19
Ludlow Hammers at Peace Measures Despite War Talk
BY BRUCE CAPTION NEA Service Stan Correspondent

people democracy ought to privilege to continues gmmer like naughty 
 Undcowaged clouds re-ntroducing his bill for nationwide referendum patience with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-19

More than 11,O0O busses pass one London corner every day.