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Evening star., 1963-01-07
Months Will Pass Before Public
Knows Whether 1t Wins or Loses

ordinary income taxes be-
cause, in effect, a flat rs per
cent rate is used. If, for
example, more than a year
ago you bought a property for
$4,000 and now sell it for
$4,000, your capital gain"
is $4,000 and the Government
gets a fourth, or $1,000, in
capital-gain taxes. Reports
from Capitol Hill are that the
Treasury wants Congress to
hike the capital-gains tax on
all kinds of property, includ-
ing stocks and bonds. The
citizen will wonder: should he
sell property now or can he
wait a year? Shall he sell
his stocks and bonds or wait?
If there is a general tendency
to sell, how will it affect
markets? What impact will
it have on real-estate values
and on new construction?
Another reform" talked
about is in connection with
estate taxes. At present, no
capital-gains tax is paid when
a house or other property is
sold after death. Only the
usual inheritance-tax rate
applies. But, under the pro-
posed reforms" the estate
would pay both a capital
gains tax and an estate tax.
What will this do to bequests
and wills which are drawn up
years ago by citizens who
figured out what money they
would be able to leave to care
for their children in case OF
death? Many people of middle
age die accidentally and leave
money to educate their grow
ing children. More funds will
have to be provided now il
a capital-gains tax as vel
as an inheritance tax is II
be imposed.
Many people, especially ir
the retired class, have in
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Hiram Walton went into
the house, and a look at his a..
face told his wife the news
he brought before his lips
uttered it.
"'Is she dead, Hiram?'
ayes, the cows dead. For
ty dollars clean gone he said
rather bitterly.
Don't be discouraged,
Hiram. It's bad luck, but
worse things might hap
pen ..
"'Such as what?'
Why the house might
burn down, or-or some Of us
might fall sick and die. It's
better that it should be the
cow"
But was it? Alas, many
times during the ensuing l62
pages the reader wonders.
For the money to replace the
COW has to be borrowed from
SQUIRE Green, the meanest
man in the country. And the
whole farm must be mort
gagged for the six-month is
per cent loan.
This stirring history,
Bound to Rise" by Horatio
Alger, was published about
1885 as part of the celebrated
Luck and Pluck" series.
Shifting through old-book
stores in recent years 1 have
succeeded in gathering in
such classics as Strong and
Steady" TRY and Trust, "
Brave and Bold" Paul the
Peddler" and Phil the Fidd-
ler"-all by the same author
These volumes have cost
an average of is cents each
and are literally stained
with chocolate. One seems
to have once boasted a wet
all-day sucker as a book
mark. And the faded inside
covers bear such sentiments
as ITO Tim From Grandma
and Merry XMAS to Billy
from Uncle Fred" Certain.
ly Grandma and Uncle have
long since passed to their re.
wards, and perhaps Tim anc
Billy have already followed
Evening star., 1963-01-07
JENKIN LLOYD JONES
Old Books Cheap but Uplifting

motor was sufficiently warm,
we are informed that tom
enriched the gasoline mix
ture and his boat leaped for
ward" Nowadays, of course,
we choke a cold motor and
lean out a warm one. But in
1910 this was a new age, and
authors can't know every
thing.
I am partial to the Rover
Boys, too, a treasure house
of bum writing and tortured
cliches. How many times has
Mrs. Rover come out of the
house, her kindly face
wreathed in smiles?" And
Dora Stanhope is so sweet.
There is the thrilling way the
Rover Boys chopped Dan
Baxter and his toady,
Mumps, down to size when
the latter two were mash
ing" Dora and her girl
friends on the steamboat.
AZ do not wish to intrude,
ladies, said Tom Rover, but
are these gentlemen forcing
their attentions upon your"
Boy, what a smash line!
I have Oliver optics
Great Western Series" pub
lished in 1878: THE Boys Of
Columbia High in Track
Athletics" "A Sailor Boy
with Dewey or Lost in the
Philippines" THE Dorcas
Club or Our Girls Afloat"
and Fred Fenton the Pitcher
or the Rivals of Riverport
School," -
And all this is trash, Just
as most Of the literature and
drama absorbed by any gen.
Grafton has been trash and,
perhaps, always will be.
But at least three yellowed
and gooey pages expressed
a noble theory: that Reward
lies at the end of a path res
olutely trodden by Uncompro-
missing Virtue and Honest
Labor.
Our modern trash is drawn
not in the whites Of moral
purity nor in the blacks Of
depravity, but in various
shades Of gray.
This is the normal product
of world that has seen in
nocents machine-gunned IN
the Katyn Forest or driven
to the cremation ovens OF
Dachau and Belsen. 1t is a
world that has watched gang
sters die at full term in their
Miami Beach palaces, a con-
fused world that has fought
for the autographs Of those
who are dissolute and blandly
immoral.
And that's why, on a win
ter's evening, it is soothing,
sometimes, to pull down
something like Frank Fair
weather's Fortunes"
AS literature it was lousy
But it seemed to know what
decent people ought to do.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1963-01-07
Rich in CIiches, Poor in Literary Art,
AIqer and Appleton fought DecencY

And why buy them? They
are trash. Hurriedly dashed
off, puerile in style, often
ungrammatical, they repre-
sent the nadir of the literary
art.
But they also represent
something else-a fresh, clear
insight into the boyish mind
of long ago. They are a Law
ender-scented breeze from a
lost continent where all he
roes were strictly noble, all
heroines strictly pure, and all
villains totally villainous.
They recall an America
which had no enemies other
than the Sioux; a world in
which the most powerful
known man-made force was
the Corliss steam engine,
and the telephone was the
ultimate of marvels.
At the dawn of the goth
century all youth was fasci-
mated by the budding motor
and aerial ages. The mar
velously inventive Tom Swift
and the fantastically clever
Rover Boys were authentic
heroes. But it would h ave
been too much to expect the
garrulous authors who
ground out these tales with
lightning speed to really un-
derstand much about what
they were describing.
When Victor Appleton gets
around to picturing Tom
Swift's aerial warship," for
example, he grows as evasive
as a cure-all salesman up be-
fore a postal inspector. He
says:
Toms flying warship con-
tanned many new features.
While it was as large as some
of the war-type Zeppllns, it
differed from them material
ly. But the details would be
of more interest to a scien-
tific builder of such things
than to the ordinary reader,
so I will not weary you with
them"
You bet he won't weary us
with them! Neither Apple
ton nor anyone else coulc
figure out how to mount s.
inch guns on a dirigible.
Even the simple gasoline
, engine, in those fine, uncom-
! plicated days, was an OBJECT
: of great wonder and con-
: fusion.
G When Tom was overhaul
ing his motorboat in prepar-
alton for his race with thu
+ unspeakable Andy Folger, VI
are told that He adjusted
d the gasoline and compress
e sion taps so that they fittet
:, better" What gasoline ant
e compression taps are, we ar
Is left to wonder. And in tn
great race, when Tom
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johnson; February 8 at Walt
Whitman, and April 6 at
Wheaton. In addition to de-
bates, programs will include
contests in extemporaneous
speaking, oratory, and oral in
depreciation in drama, humor
and poetry.
Winners will be awarded
trophies, and judges will be
chosen from the community,
Mrs. Hall said. The new league
is sponsored by high schools
faculties, she added
Evening star., 1963-01-07
DAVID LAWRENCE
TuxReform Is Full of Uncertointie.

vested in State and municipal
securities, the annual income
from which is immune from
Federal income taxes. In ad-
ministration circles, there is
talk of repeating this ex-
emption and imposing the
regular taxes on the income
from all securities.
Married couples are per-
mitted to make a return on
their combined income. This
has the effect of lowering
their taxes, especially if one
or the other has no income.
When both husband and wife
have income, they can also,
under present law, take
certain exemptions and de-
ductions together. Now there
are plans to repeal this
privilege of making a joint
return. Millions of persons
will find their planning in
disarray because they will not
know till late in 1868 or per-
haps 1864 whether Joint re-
turns will be abolished and
higher tax rates will apply to
each individual.
There is talk, moreover, of
ending the exemption for in
come received through the
Social Security system. This
will affect adversely those
older people who have small
incomes and have counted on
the exemption from taxation
of such money returned to
them, because they have paid
it for many years into the
Social Security system.
Another reform" being
suggested is that tax bene-
fits for retired people and
homeowners be reduced. II
is being suggested also that
deductions be ended for in
terest paid on personal debts
and for various kinds oi
charitable contributions a.
well as for payments made OF
State and local taxes.
Some of these proposal
may never be passed by Con
gress, but the country vii
have to go through a perioC
of puzzlement and uncer
tainty before the final touche
are placed on the tax IRE
form" bill. The strategy o
the administration is first b
get the cut on tax rates int
law, and then, when tn
Nation begins to grow fear
full about the enormous def
icit-which will be widel
publicized - the case 70
plugging loopholes" an
eliminating a lot Of exemp
tions so as to raise revenue
will be emphasized.
Altogether, it's to be
year of "agonizing rear
praisal" of ones persons
affairs. That's not the kin
of atmosphere which is cor
ductive to spending {
investing.
CCopyright 1963)
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Wisconsin and Western Brsnehi
5l5i WISCONSIN AVENUE, NM.
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Love-; LIS, $50. SIS. 7:4o and
Gas pm.
Keith's Stolen Hours:
1l:40 am, 1:40, 3:45, 5:45, 7:5O
and $50 pm.
MaeArthur-"He avens
AbOve!!";; TBS and Gas pm.
Metropolitan - Twice Told
Tales; Has am, $40 and 7:45
pm. Shock Corridor; las,
$50 and Gas pm.
OntariO-''This Sporting Life;
1, sos, Sis, 7::3O and $50 pm.
Palace-''The VI.P.s":: ll:45
am, leo, 3:45, $50, 7::5O and
9:55 pm.
PlayhOuse-''Fantasia"; l2:45,
2:55, SOS, 7:15 and 9:25 pm.
PlaZa-"Promises, Promises"
Has am, lis, 2:45, Ais, 5:45,
7:l5, 8:45, l0:I5 pm.
TOwn-''For Love or Money;
II, 2:O5, 4:l0, els, $40 and
1925 pm.
TransLux-"The Runnine
Man; lO:40 am, 1890, 2:20
4:lO, 6, 7::55 and $40 pm.
Uptown-"HOW the West Was
Won; 2 and $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Cleopatra";; 2 anc
8 pm.
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lege group which had better not
be identified, even though the
Hamlet of the production would
not have missed the experience
for anything.
His biggest problem was the
undergraduate who played
Hamlet's royal, but not queenly,
mother.
"She S o m e h ow missed the
dignity of the role, even if it is
a kind of bogus dignity" Mr..
Hatfield recalls. "My memory
is of her standing always with
her hands on her hips, more
like one of the promiscuous
wives in The Merry Wives "a"
Pla vi n 6 evil, unhappiness,
corruption, etc., is what enables
Mr.. Hatfield to live happily off
stage, in a Victorian house on
the north shore of Long Island.
He would like to spend a sea-
son working with Arena Stages
C omp any but that, he SAYS,
would be catering to the great
est weakness he finds in him.
self, namely that he isn't more
interested in money. If money
is the root of all evil, he often
thinks he is being cast lament
ably against type.
=
MEMOS: Opening today:
This Sporting Life" win
ner of the Cannes festival act
ing prize for Richard Harris, its
star, at the Ontario. And
Shock Corridor" at the Metro
Ipolitan Walt Disney'S re-re-
leased Fantasia" at the Play
house, finally displacing 1.-THE
L-Shaped Room" after Is weeks.
On Saturday, the Children'S
Theater of Washington will pre-
sent the special New York pro-
duction of Absolutely Time"
at Roosevelt high school audi
forum. There will be two
performances of the musical
tale, the first at 1890 am, the
other at 2::30 pm.
Satyajit Rays "Devi" will be
the feature film on the Washing
ton Film Society'S program on
Friday. There will be two
showings of the prize Indian
film, 8 and 10 pm. .. The
place, Transfers Union audi
forum. There will be a sneak
.preview Friday night, 7:45 at
the Trans-Lux. The picture
is a comedy, which, as a play,
opened here at the National. d.
Clue, the title has the word
Tree" in it.
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OrGNTpg Fairllnsion Shop. Center
<SAAS AAS re. $1,000 Free PARKING
OlROBT. STACK. POLLY BERGEN
OtJOAN CRAWFORD, THE CARE
TAKERS.
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Stage and Screen
Shows and Show Times

Stage
National - stop the World -
/ Want to Get OFF,; 2 and 8::3C
pm.
Catholic University William
COngreve's The Way of the
World; $50 pm.
Howard Vaudeville: MARY
Wells and Drifters; 2, AS, 7::3C
and 10 pm.
Screen
Am b ass a dOr-"Twice-TolC
Tales; 3:25 and 7:45 pm
"Shock Corridor; lao, SIS anC
Gas pm.
Appetite Conjugal Bed"
1, 2:45, 4:3O, els, sos, $50 pm
Calvert-"My Name Is Ivan"
6, $50 and $50 pm.
Dupont -" The Leopard; l
$40, 6:25 and $40 pm.
Embassy-"A New Kind o
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On the contrary; he finds him
self easily amused and generally
pleasantly surprised by life.
II is others in the theater, the
ones who provide him with en-
ployment and his daily bread,
who fancy him as a devils
advocate, sinister, and a nat
urally sculptured agent of evil.
In order to live agreeably off
stage, he plays disagreeable
types on. The next one of these
will be the literally bedeviled
priest in Arenas production Of
John Writings 1.-THE Devils"
which opens the theater's sea-
son next Wednesday, October
80.
Mr.. Hatfield can't disavOw
being a collaboration in the
creation of the public image Of
himself. He is fascinated by the
acting c h allenge of sinister
types, although as a stage actor
by firmeSt intention he can now
refer to the Oscar Wilde film as
that movie"
He grabbed Arenas offer to
play Writings possessed"
cleric for a more specific rea-
son, he admits. The reason?
Well, he wanted to play the role
in the London production and
was denied the opportunity.
LIKES "HOMELY": He is
comforted, he was saying at a
Rotunda luncheon, by a number
Of small things that make him
feel he Is a jolly type.
81 was in Ireland not long
ago." he reports, land met
some relatives and friendS-also
the P President of the United
States, another touriSt-amOng
whom one evaluated me as a
'homely type 1t compensated
for that lean, sinister image so
many seem to have of me.
Then, again, / get satisfac-
ton out Of the way ] take mis-
fortune, not at all like the chaps
/ initiate, on stage. l hope you
Will agree that I'm behaving
very well about a picture l
made In Spain after we had fin
ished Ell Cid
ct was a sort OF Men-in-
White picture, in which | play
surge con, and for which /
worked on a percentage basis. l
haven't heard a word from any
one since.
ION the other hand, / have
heard about the picture. From
Andy Griffith. He was in South
America this past summer. l
met him on his return and his
first words to me we're that my
face was plastered all over the
continent.
"Oh, Ell Cid, l said. Not I'M
less you wore a white surgeons
coat Andy told me. That could
only mean tn at the Men-in-
White picture is doing well, at
least in the matter of wide dis
tribution. But do you hear me
beefing about my percentage?
No, just explaining what a pla-
cid, reasonable man / actually
am"
We said yes.
GERTRUDE? ALAS: Mr..
Hatfield's next tale about his
innate jollity, as against the i'm
age he has created Of himself,
had to do with the experience Of
playing Hamlet during the
summer. This was with a COL
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Films of More Than Routine Merit

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S"-Audrey Hepburn decOrates
slick sophisticated romantic comedy
BYE BYE BIRDE"-AnnMargre sparkes in lively film Of
the musical spOOhng rOck-'n-rOll
THE CONDEMNED OF ALTONA"-SOphia Loren discovers
mechanism in a brOOding wel-payed drama.
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES"-Lee Remick and Jack Lem
mon in dramatic bout with alcoholism.
LUST FOR LIFE"-A distinguished biography with Kirk
Douglas as Van GOgh. Anthony Quinn Gaugin.
TOYS IN THE ATTIC"-A stellar cast tOpped by Geraldine
Page enacts Lillian Helmans fOrsy into Freud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-23
THE PASSING SHOW
OH-Duty, Hurd Finds
Self q jolly Sort
By JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The star

Hwd Hatfield, who has cheerful, sunny personality In
private life ouy hours will be strewng corruption around
Arena Stage for most Of November
Corruption his professional speciality an artistic fate which
seized him when he played the title role in the movie The Picture
Of Dorian Gray is not that he thinks of himself this way
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GERTRUDE? ALAS: Mr..
Hatfield's next tale about his
innate jollity, as against the i'm
age he has created of himself,
had to do with the experience Of
playing Hamlet during the
summer. This was with a COL
The future outlook., 1963-03-29

sociation, The North Carolina
Citizens Association, and num-
erous others along the Eastern
Seaboard.
Councilman Waldo c. Falken-
er has filed for reelection to
City Council for a third term.
He has manifested desire to Of
fer his services again, although
services for such are the respon-
sibility of every citizen. He is
seeking reelection at a time
when Greensboro is faced with
multiple decisions affecting it's
entire future, and at a time when
vigorous leadership needs sup
port from an informed elector-
ate.
Councilman Falkener, as a
member Of the present council,
has served on both the finance
and transportation committees
of the city, sought to help re-
commend and appoint capable
citizens of his community to. the
varied commissions and boards
of the city, sought adequate
pavement and lighting, studied
and visited Baltimore's unique
downtown renewal in an effort
to understand Greensboro's need
for downstown revitalization,
The future outlook., 1963-03-29

Friendly Aid Missionaries To
Meet
The Friendly Aid Missionaries
Club will hold their regular
meeting, Monday, April l at
800 pm. at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie johnson, 430 Banks
Street. Mrs. Mary Anderson,
Year meeting. Please be present.
c.. R. Craig, chairman. ..
president; Mrs. Ora Wise, Sec
retary; Mrs. Viola Hawthorne,
reporter.
Nu Phi Chapter OF Alpha Pi
Omega Sorority Holds Annual
Dawn Breakfast .'..
The Nu Phi Chapter Alpha
Pi Omega Sorority held its an
nual Dawn Breakfast at the
Hayes Taylor YMCA, $50 pm.
Sunday. March "a. Mrs. Cert
rude Johnson, an instructor in
the English Department Of A.
and T. College was the speaker.
Mrs. Johnson spoke on "The
Role of the Woman in Today's
Life" She gave a very interest
ing and Informative talk. Soror
Ida Belle Wilkins was chairman
and acted as Mistress Of Cere-
monies. Basileus Beraice LeGet-
te introduced the speaker. Pre-
sentation of corsage, Soror Rob-
erta Hayes, Comments, Soror
Hattie Summers. Presentation of
gift was made by Soror Dorothy
Robinson. Sorors present were
Hattie Anderson, Ethel Cum
ningham, Hessie Hayes, Roberta
Hayes, Wilhelmina Headen,
Daisy Jeffries, Julia Lee, Banie
Lyons, Florence Norwood, Dor
othy Parker, Carrie Pettiford,
Dorothy Robinson, Katherine
Royal, Hattie Summers, Elmona
Tarpley, Ida Wilkins, Jessie
Smith, Lessie Raleigh, Celia
Baldwin, Maude Crawford, Eli
zabeth Sharpe and Basileus Ber-
nice LeGette.
To Speak
The Reverend Weaver Davis
of Elon College will be guest
speaker for Missionary Circle
The future outlook., 1963-03-29
FaIkener Seeks Third Term

Third Term Bid Placed by
Councilman Falkener
Waldo c. Falkener, a native
Of Greensboro, N. c., is the son
Of the late State Senator H. H.
Falkener and Mrs. Madge z.
Falkener, the first Negro Super
visor of Guilford County
Schools.
Falkener attended the public
schools Of this city, attended
Tuskegee Institute and Fisk Uni
verSity, from which he received
a degree in political science.
His earliest services in the
city were centered around spon-
soring youth recreational activit-
les of baseball and basketball in
conjunction with the city re-
creational program. He has been
a professional Bondsnan for
twenty years, a board member
OF the Crippled Children's Soc
1ety, a member Of Governor
Sanford's Citizens Bond Elect
ION Conittee, a member of the
Mayors Human Relations Com
mittee, The st. James Presby-
terian Church, Of which he is a
trustee, the YMCA, Omego Psi
Phi Fraternity, The. Greensboro
Mems Club, The Citizens AS
The future outlook., 1963-03-29

International Conferences Of
Mayors and Municipalities
| North Carolina League of NUM-
cipalities, Vice -. president Lyn-
don Baines Johnson's Conferen-
ce on Equal Opportunities and
every outstanding conferences
throughout the state and count
ry.
If reelected, he proposes to
support and advocate measures
already before this growing city,
with particular emphasis on
slum clearance and urban re-
newal. He advocates an expans-
ion of water resources through
immediate development of Lake
Townsend, continued work on
the thoroughfare system and ex-
ploration of means to assure the
citizens of park provisions in
new housing developments.
Amidst his active duties on
the council, he has served as a
National Foundation for Polio
chairman, Easter Seal Chair
man, and has devoted much eff
fort in speaking to- church group
organizations, cSsics clubs and
state groups throughout Gull
ford County and North Carolina.
He is married to the former
Margaret Evans Of Salisbury,
N. c., who is currently serving
on numerous city boards Of re-
creational and service agencies.
Mrs. Falkener has been an act
i've volunteer worker with the
Girl Scouts and was a former
troop leader, District Chairman
Of the Negro Community and
the Senior Round Up Comitte.
She is chairman Of the Commit
tee on Administration of the
Pearson Street YWCA and on
the board Of the Greensboro
Association. ..s
Mr.. and Mrs. Fa1kener are the
parents Of three children, Mar
garet c., Waldo III, and Cameron
Scott.
The future outlook., 1963-03-29
DIR. CHARLES BOLLNGER
SPEAKS AT BENNETT

Bringing Christ back into the.
world should be Of much greater
concern to mankind that the re-
entry Of a human being from
outer space, DR.. Charles Boiling
er, Of Syracuse, N. Y, declared
in his vesper message at Bennett
College Sunday. IL H.. ~
DIR. Bollinger, director of the
Commission ON Higher Education
Of the Syracuse Area of the Meth
odist Church, and Bennett tr71s--
tee, spoke on Promise to Keep"
!: He stated that each individual
should have an image Of what he
wants TO- be in life. "All Of US
have a margin Of unused great
ness that we have nexer ,explor-
ed" he said, "and it is up to you
to chip away those things that
hide the best in you" .. ....'..
DR.. Bolinger urged his, listen
ers not to settle for too ittle,"
reminding them that there are a
lot of people who spend their
lives Committing between good
and evil" :>....>: l.. : ;.
"The measure OF your 1ite," he
Stated, twill be what you. cause
to happen in the lives OF others,
not what happens in your own.
This is ife's greatest reward"
The future outlook., 1963-03-29

studied, reviewed and pushed an
idea for Negro employment in
a new area, searched for good
applicants and personally inter-
viewed prospective personnel,
has sought to determine the
general welfare of the entire
community, not that of short
sighted view, participated in and
attended conferences of the
American Municipal Congress,
The future outlook., 1963-03-29

Greensbor0's Usher's Council To
Meet
The Greensboro Usher's Coun-
ell will hold monthly meeting
Tuesday, April, 2 at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Crump,
1918 Retreat Street. All presi-
dents of usher boards are asked
to be present. This will be the
last meeting before the Mid =
The future outlook., 1963-03-29

No. /, Sunday morning, March
81, at the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church. Music will be furnished
by the Mems Chorus.