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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
U. S. Refugee
Liner Halted.
By Submarine
Passengers OF Washington
Climb Into Lifeboat Dur
ing U-Boat Scare
OFF COAST OF SPAIN
Second Sub Is Sighted
But Vessel Escapes By
Quick Maneuver

ABOARD SIS. WASHINGTON AT
June 11-R-Calm under the
supervision of officers of this Unit
ed States liner, men, women and
children climbed into lifeboats in
the grey dawn today while Capt.
Harry Manning held at bay one
unidentified submarine which had
threatened to torpedo her in ten
and outmaneuvered an
other.
"We are an American Ship"
I'VE are an American Ship" Cap
tain Manning repeated over and
over in answering the signalled
threats of the first undersea boat.
GO on" Signal
This finally satisfied the subma-
rine commander who gave h e
Washington a "go on" signal.
There were few, if any instances
of terror among the 1,020 passen-
gers and $40 crew members. All
donned lifebelts for the emergency.
Excitement from the meeting
with this first submarine had
scarcely died down when a second
craft was sighted on the
horizon.
This time, Capt. Manning did not
wait to receive threats of a tor
pedo. He adopted the tactics of an
experienced navigator.
He swiftly swung the prov Of
the Washington in the direction OF
the rising sun.
This maneuver put the Washing
ton between the sun and the second
submarine. Its binding rays pre-
vented the submarine commander
from seeing the American ship.
Races Away
Capt. Manning then ordered full
steam ahead and left the submer-
sible far behind.
The undersea raiders came upon
the Washington, which was plain
ly marked with Great American
flags on her sides, about 100 miles
off the Spanish coast, as she was
speeding toward Galway, Ireland,
to pick up more Americans fleeing
war ones.
It was not far from where the
steamer Uruguay and
the French freighter Marie Jose
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
LECHE GIVEN TEN
YEARS IN PRISON

ALEXANDRIA La, June 11-R-
Richard w. Leche, Louisiana's
governor from 1886 until his re-
signation under fire last June rs,
was sentenced today to ten years
in federal prison-the stiffest term
yet melted out to anyone convicted
in the Louisiana scandals.
Judge Ben c. Dawkins denied
defense arguments for a new trial
and gave Leche the maximum OF
five years each on two counts OF
his conviction June l for using
the mails to defraud the state In
purchase of trucks. for the highway
commission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
ITALY KEEPS SILENT
Geneva Reports Say Italians
May Move Against France
In The Maritime Alps
TAKES COMMAND

ROME, June 12-(Wednesday)-
Up - This ancient capital expert
enced it's first air raid alarm early
today and was BACKED out COM
pletely.
Whether enemy planes actually
visited the city was not determined.
Italy, so newly joined as Ger
many's active partner in the war
against Britain and France, moved
secretly in her be~lligerency.
The nation still awaited the first
Italian war communique, forecast
for 10 p. m. last night, but delayed.
(The italian radio announced it
would be issued instead at 10 a. m.
a a. m. EST today.
Malta Bombed
british reports told of eight
italian air raids on Malta; a Cen
eva dispatch said Grown Prince
Umberto planned to throw his
Italian shock troops against the
French in the southern half of the
Maritime Alps; and weagre advices
from the Swiss Geographic agency
reported attacks on French Tunisia
and Corsica.
british planes raided Italian
Libya and Eritrea, in East Africa,
bombing air bases; and South
African planes raided Italian Moy-
ale, near Britain's African Kenya
colony.)
II Duce assumed supreme COM
mand of Italy's armed forces ION
every front" in the war proclaimed
to drive the British and French
from their long-held position in the
Mediterranean.
He took over with the consent of
70-year-old King Vittorio Emanuel
who went into the field with the
troops and announced his intention
of remaining at the front as he did
in the World a
Mine Bridges
Italian troops moved quickly into
valleys and mined bridges on their
side of the French frontier last
night as soon as the frontier was
closed.
Countess Edda Ciano, daughter of
II Duce and wife of the foreign
minister, left to serve as a nurse
on the western front. Her de-
parture indicated italians might ex-
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
FOOD STAMP DISTRIBUTION PLAN
is EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED HERR

The stamp plan officials esti-
mated the system would release
approximately $4,000 per year
into the trade channels of Will
mingtOn through the blue ana
orange food stamps. This, they
said, will be entirely new bust
ness for Wilmington merchants
and will represent an increase OF
that amount in yearly gross bust
ness.
The food stamp plan is an ar
rangement whereby the Federal
Surplus Commodity corporation
distributes fod to the needy
through giving out cards nego-
table at grocery stores instead
of doing out food at warehouses,
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such as is done at the foot OF
Grace street here.
The text of Wade's motion was
that the city and county COM
missiOners enter into a contract
with the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Federal
Surplus Commodity corporation.
food stamp division, for the pur-
pose of instituting in New Han
over county the food stamp plan
and that Thomas E.. Cooper,
mayor of the City of Whining
ton, and Addison Hewlett, chair
man of the New Hanover cOun-
ty commissioners, be authorized
to sign said contract on behalf
of said boards and to be attested
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12

It is virtually assured that the
Federal Surplus Commodity cor
poration's food stamp distribu-
ton plan will be placed into op-
Grafton in Wilmington within
two months, following considera-
ton of the matter by the city and
county commissioners and FSCC
representatives yesterday.
The city and county boards
unanimously passed a resolution
by j. e. L. Wade, city commas
sioner of public works, to the
effect that the two boards jointly
cooperate with the FsCC by ap'
propriating $4,000 as a revolv-
ing fund, setting up admlnistra'
ton offices and providing other
essentials.
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Continued on Page Three, Col. -
Ruler OF Brazil Speaks
In Defense Of DictatOrS

RIO DE JANEIRO, June l.
(R - President Getulio Vargas,
BraziI's dictatorial ruler, proclaim
ed his country's neutrality in the
Allied-Italian war today in a de-
cree preceded by a vigorous
speech interpreted as a defense
of totalitarian ways.
''We are marching toward a flu
ture different from all we know in
economic, political and social or
ganization and we feel that old
systems and antiquated formulas
have entered a Decline" he said.
1T is not, however, as pessi-
mists and stubborn conservatives
pretend, the end of civilization, but
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
NAz|S MOVE WITHIN SIGHT Of PARIS SUBURBS;
ROME STAGES bLACK0UT; ITALIANS BOMB MALT A
Stop Hitler Now'
Advertisements Are
Endorsed By F. r.

WASHINGTON, June II. -
President Roosevelt, at his press
conference today, endorsed a
newspaper advertisement placed
In many publications by the Ma
tional Committee to Defend
America by Aiding the Allies.
The page advertisement, bear
ing a black streamer saying
stop Hitler Now was lying on
the Presidents desk.
Without meaning, Mr.. Roose-
welt said, to endorse each phrase
contained the advertisement, he
thought it was a mighty good
thing, a great piece of work, edu-
cational to the people of this
country. 1t was well, he said,
that William Allen White, chair
man of the committee, was piac-
ing such things before the peO-
pie of the country.
Sponsors of the advertisement,
speaking in New York, said it
will be printed in newspapers CT
every large city of the United
States.
1t was written by Robert
Sherwood, Broadway playwright.
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by respective clerks of said
boards, it being agreed that the
two boards set up a revolving
fund of $4,000, to be provided
equally by the two said boards
and to furnish quarters, help and
equipment to place the plan in
to operation"
1t was seconded by Harry
Gardner and passed unanimous
" by the boards.
The FSCC representatives,
Gideon l.. Bateman, program or.
ganizer, and A. e. Langston,
state director of FSCC commOdi-
ty distribution, said they knew
Continued on Page Three, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
FRENCHMEW TAKE UP STAND
ON RIVER EAST OF CAPITAL;
BRITISH ATTACK ARDR0MES
Attack Airports
In Two Italian Colonies

LONDON, June 11.-(R-Brit-
aims air force raided the desert
airdromes in Italian Libya and
East African Eritrea today, back
ing up with bombs the Allied
declarations of readiness to meet
MussOlini.
These blows, along with eight
Italian raids on the British naval
base at Malta, were the first
struck in the new theater of
War-the Mediterranean and Red
seas.
British announcements said
eve caught them mapping this
time"
A prize claimed by the British
was the capture in the Red sea
of the 10,OOO-ton Italian vessel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12

Umbria, loaded with 5000 tons
of bombs intended for the Ital-
ian East African airforce and
thousands of tons of cement.
"Great success" attended the
attacks of long-range Blenheim
bOmbers OH Italy's principal mill
tary airfields in Libya, which
threatened Egypt and the Suez
canal, and near Asmara, in Fri
trea, Italian East Africa, where
Italy threatened to cut Allied
communications through the Red
sea.
Swooping down in the desert
dawn, British bombs made re-
peated hits on hangers, gasoline
Continued on Page Three, Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
DISCIPLINE URGED
BY DR.. FREEMAN
Richmond Editor, Biogra-
pher Speaks Before U.
N. {. Graduates

CHAPEL HILL, June 1 III
Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, Rich
mond, Va. editor and biographer.
nd a record graduating class OF
800 tonight at the university that
america paradoxically could new
y hone to avert war except by
sdiusting itself to a discipline II
las never displayed except IN war.
Such discipline, he said, mani
aslv must be born of an ideal
which can be found only in the
churches and colleges. America
must find 1.-The moral equivalent
Of the force that has given Ger
many such superb discipline" he
said.
There is not among these
graduates, today" he explained,
'ue who has not sacrificed some
part Of his pleasure to the attain
nent Of his end, not one who has
not hung onto his task when his
muscles craved rest and his nerves
Eitched for relaxation and S
eyes dropped; not one who con-
NiOuSly or otherwise has not re-
peated: Let me deny myself
Mo- like body is there IN
America capable of seeking, oot
Shaping, and Of ex-emplifying that
national discipline without which,
as surely as Rome, we shall fall
Discipline and peace and order,
he asserted, can come only
through religion and education.
Without advocating the kind OF
discipline Germany has, DR.. Free
man said that Hitler nevertheless
mad taught the world a great les
II npt., u Cv z
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the beginning - tumultuous and
fecund-of a new era"
Vargas spoke beneath the guns
of the battleship Minagerase in an
address high-lighting the 18th an
niversary of Brazil's naval victory
over neighboring Paraguay in the
Battle of Richuelo. 1t was the first
declaration by a South American
president on latest European
events.
Usually reliable sources in
Buenos Aires said today that both
Paraguay and Argentina had
strengthened their frontier garris-
CONTINUED ON Page Three, Col. ~
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GermanyPo unds Against
Resistance Along Marine
Dr. Lancaster Named
Surgical Section Head

NEW YORK, June 11-(R-
DIR. w. j. Lancaster of Will
mington, N. c., superintendent
and medical director of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroads re-
lief department, was elected
chairman today of the medical
and surgical section of the AS
ISOLATION of American Railroads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-12
WEATHER

FORECAST
to, nJrln Carolina: Partly cloudy, scat
THU 1tvu sAundershowers Wednesday a d
eD chronological data for the "a hours
~4Hs $3.50 p. m. Yesterday.
Ion Temperature
m SS5 a, n; 70; 7:3o a. m. II: 1:30 p.
niDin',, l:M p. m. 70; maximum So;
Hull Is; mean 70; normal re.
lon Humidity
m 60. d: m. 81; 7:30 a. m. IS; 1:30 p.
~@' 1870 p. m. 70.
To4,, Precipitation
nOD S.'i LOT "A hours ending 7:3O p. m.
IA 1otal since first of the month.
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Weather iLNGIoN, June II. Up -
and rsinf oufeau records of temperature
p H.. i in lor the "a hours ending s
areas and t1e principal cotton-growing
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Tides For Today
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-08
TODAY IN HISTORY

l785-Gen. Henry Knox Of Mass
elected by Congress secretary OF
war. Entire American army consist
ed OF 100 men as the Army of the
Revolution had been diSbanded in
the fall Of 1888
1862 - Confederate "NIerrimac'
destroys two Union War>hipS-met
the next day by Union ircrclad
Monitor" in historic battle OF the
lea.
l876-By decision of the court,
the notorious Boss" Tweed of New
York City ordered to refund to city
more than 6 l-2 million dollars.
l930-Fcderal troops mass in and
about San Francisco as precaution
against labor riots.
1092-CongreSs appropriateS $50
100000 for war with Spain.
l9l8-.Fir8t complete unit of
American air service reaches front
in France.
l933-Country's banks open fol
restricted buSir eSS.
1939-Failre of stock firm Of
Richard Whitney & Company, New
York.
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, ono ooo ~ that wear. These grants
we're gwen McCull"ch on condition
tb,t Wv hr,ns in and settle 6.OO0 Tor
rir,, pr,trstlntS within Il given time.
I,S iS.5 The land WIS surveyed into
,.,rt; of 100000 each. 1t WAS found
mat IL. 900 acres did not belong Il"
the rrlt,Sh Crown. "u' to LORD Gran
willie. one ui Tic Lords l'tNprtrt"rS,
NjrCulIrch ran mt" other troubles.
In 1T54 he h.G only &54 settlers on
bis bnIdinss. His properties were
nn,.,r strlishtrurd out and were
,.,,;,,6 wv North Carolina during the
Rrynlutiruarv War.
, There we're ,lNty-ciGht Chinese
md seventeen Japanese in the State.
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1 oday II II

l799-.Simou Cameron. PCnasyl-
vania newspaper papll>nrr. senator,
Lincoln'S ilr>t secretary OF war,
senator again and succeeded by his
son. born in Lancaster, Pa. Died
June %. 1889.
l8O7-SamueI DoWn2r. Boston in
GuStrial pioneer. VINO introduced
lupricating and illuminating oil,
radical. born in Boston. Died Sept.
20. 1881.
l624-CharleS l.. Flint, secretary
Of the noted Massachusetts Board OF
Agriculture OF that day, born at
Middleton. Mass. Died Feb. 26, 1889.
1836-AIattheW (. Butler, South
Cardinals Confederate captain to
general. losing d leg, senator from
1877 to 1889. born near Greenville,
S. c. Died April II. 1909.
1S4l-Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Union soldier. Boston lawyer and
jtuiSt. Justice Of the U. S. Supreme
Court retiring at 80, son of the
AIMED man OF letters, born in BoS-
Ton. Died March 6, 1885.
1962-JoSeph Lee. Boston social
yorker. father of the American
playground movement. born at
6rookl;nc. Mass. Died July %. 1887.
1667-Homer c. Davenport, noted
cartooniSt. born Silvcrton. Greg.
Died May ,. 1912.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-08
Permits Required
For Burning Brush

Raleigh. March 9.-FarmcrS ana
landowners who want 10 Dufn brush
and weeds before doing spring ploW-
ing are cautioned to secure permits
tor this burning, since the State law
requires every person who wants To
Turn brush to secure permit either
from the county forest warden or
from the Division of Forestry IN
Raleigh, according to w. c. McCor-
mick. in charge OF forest fire con-
troll for the Department Of COnser-
walton and Development. The law
requires that these permits be OBJ
tanned for all brush burning between
February and June and between
October | and November 3O-the
spring and fall fire seasons.
Nov that the forests are drying
out and with the March winds pick
ing up, it is more important than
ever for brush burners to get these
permits and also notify county forest
wardens when and where they eX-
pect to burn" Mccormick said. 1T
is also very necessary for them 10
have enough men on hand to keep
their fires under control at all times
in order to keep them from getting
away or spreading into other wood
lands"
Farmers are cooperating splendid
~ in observing the fire permit law
and it is now unusual to find q farm
er burning brush unless he has first
obtained his permit, Mccormick
said. When the law Was first enacted,
a few arrests were made. But since
the farmers and landowners have
come to understand the law and
realize what it has done to reduce
the number of forest fires, majority
Of them are now in favor of it and
are cooperating.
This permit law has probably done
more than anything else 10 reduce
the number Of forest fires in the
state, since it has put both the land
owners and forest Wardens on the
alert to prevent the spread of brush
fires. Mccormick said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-08

man and great deal of comment
on the utter frankneSS with which
Mr.. Peele said:
"PerhapS I'm fooling myself. Per-
haps I'm attaching undue weight to
what friends have told me, but L
think | am being drafted.
IF | am fooling myself, I'm going
to be the low man in the first pri-
mary; for am announcing my cam
ddacy without any present intention
Of making an active campaign for
the office"
1t was unanimously agreed that
here is no overstatement, but the
honest thought of thoroughly pub
lie spirited man.
Here's question which can't ever
be answered, Of course, but it's in
teresting to speculate on Just the
same.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt made a
forced landing here recently from
a fog-bound plane. She came from
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-08

the glossopharyngeal nerve, is par
alyzed, loss of taste occurs over the
posterior third of the tongue.
Taste is tested by using the four
primary sensstions-bitter, sweet,
sour and salt, with solutions of quiz
nine, sugar, vinegar and salt.
Coating OF the tongue probably
has not as much significance as was
once believed. 1t usually meant up
set of the stomach or of the diges-
tive tract generally. Of course, a
dry tongue, such as occurs in fever
and shock, will be accompanied by
Turing.
Changes in the color of the tongue
are important. The bright red,
strawberry tongue of scarlet fever
may be the first sign of the presence
of this disease in a sick infant. The
pale, smooth, bald tongue of blood
diseases, such as anemia and pei
lagra, is an important diagnostic
sign.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
T. G.: please give me informa-
ton to prevent the recurrence Of
rectal assures. Are these assures
dangerous?"
Answer: Certain people are SUBJ
ject to these no matter whether
they have scybalous stools or not.
The best plan is to take heavy
ointment, such as rose-water ONT
ment, and annoint the anus before
every stool.
EDITORS NOTE: Dr. Clendening has
seven pamphlets which can be obtained By
readers. Each pamphlet sells for 10 cents.
For any one pamphlet desired. send 10
cents in coin. and sef-addrcssed envelope
stamped with Il thrce-ccnt stamp. to DT.
Logan Clcndening, in care Of this paper.
The pamphlets are: Three Weeks Reduc-
ing Diet indigestion and Constipation '.
Reducing and Gaining. Infant Fccd-
in" instructions for The Treatment CT
Diabetes Feminine Hygiene" and The
Care &" the Hair and Skin.
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Katharine f. Lenroot, chief Of the
Federal Childrcn's Bureau. Wash
ington, born at Superior, Wis, 40
years ago.
Frederic w. Cloudy of New York.
famed master printer. born at
Bloomington, ILL.,, Is years ago.
Stuart Chase of New York, noted
oConomiSt-ar'thor. born Somcrs-
worth. N. H., 50 years ago.
DR.. Clyde f. Wildman, president
of d" PAW University. Indiana.
itorn at GrccnSburg. Ind, 81 years
.'gO.
Arthur F. BostWick, noted retired
st. Louis librarian, born at Ltch-
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ORIGINAL CAROLINA
PLAY OVER RADIO

Chapel Hill. March 8.-From the
campus studios of the University Of
North Carolina, the Carolina Play
makers of the air will present on
Saturday, March 8, as the second in
d series of original plays, THE Sound
of Them Marching" by Sanford
Recce, d native North Carolinian.
The play concerns the struggle of
an American boy who finds himself
caught between his loyalty to his
family and the tender passion of
youth. a situation in which any aver
age boy might find himself. The &C
ton is vital beginning 20 end, and
Mr. Rcccc has treated each charac-
ter Svmpathctically and with under
standing, particularly the leading
roles.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-08

end also in the formulation OF
speech. In health it can be moved
quickly or slowly in all directions,
protruded straight in the middle
line, maintained there and with
drawn. In nervous people the move
ments of the tongue tend to be made
quickly or jerkily. Weakness or eS-
haustion may cause the tongue to
be protruded only slightly on COM
mand. In apoplexy half the tongue
muscles very frequently are para
lived so that the healthy hall
pushes the tongue over towards the
affected side.
Tremor of the tongue, tremulous-
ness, may be a sign of nervousness
in healthy person or weakness IN
an exhausted one. 1t is not lntre-
quently a sign of over-indulgence IN
alcohol and one that cannot be con-
cealed.
Taste Disorders
Disturbances Of taste may occur
in fever, in shock and in nerve dis
ease. In facial palsy taste is lost
over the anterior two-thirds of the
tongue. When the nerve Of taste,
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Tales Tongue Tells
10 Your Doctor!
By LOGAN CLENDENING. NJ. D..

WHAT has become of the old
fashioned practice of looking at the
patients tongue?
Good doctors still look at the
tongue, although probably they do
not claim to gather as much infor-
nation. from it as the old general
practitioner who used to take the
temperature, look at the tongue,
feel the pulse, look at the skin and
call it a day so far as physical ex-
animation was concerned.
Like everything else, practice in
examination of the tongue brings
out a number of things which gain
in significance as they are studied.
The tongue is a good organ for the
household doctor or house mother to
study for this reason.
The state of moisture of the
tongue is fraught with important
information. A dry, brown, furred
tongue is of serious import, where
as the return of moisture and the
disappearance of the fur indicate
improvement.
Movements Important
The movements of the tongue
are of significance. The way IN
which it is protruded may indicate
slight or marked paralysis in elder
ly people.
The tongue plays an important
part in digestion, in mastlcatlon
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Britain Rules The Seas

JiuheraIuvl, - Wttnuut any at
tempt TO set Il rgcuru lur crossing
the Atlantic, lue giant new British
liner Queen rI,zooetN slipped INTO
New York naroor thursday. 4 war
time fugitive seeking d sale refuge
from the ra>age> OF sea ana all
explosives. II nIU>l nave created
chagrin IN bcrI!a 10 learn that the
pride OF the LnsttSn merchant lleet.
largest Vessel Z. any kind atIoat,
had attempted ana successfully run
the gauntlet oi the submarine
threat
From her meme port in Scotland
this great snip oetled H;tlerS u
boat fleet o. -u.i.ns dangerous ;eaS.
No guns were vlsIOie aboard, but
mysterious new NINE cable
guarded the giaut ocean greyhound
against hidden explosives OF the
deep.
II is d saga OF the seas none the
less than the exploits OF the City
of Flint OF the German liner Bre-
men, which circle, the center OF the
war zone inst to ana haven IN Mur-
mansk. then hUgged the Norwegian
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TON.iY'S HOROSCOPE

Today gives strong indication OF
adventure and some uDsllnacy OF
character. There is Il great love
of sports of the ruder variety. Some
conditions favor travel to the less
accessible places Of the earth ana
the study of unusual things. You
should guard against accident ana
keep the passions under control