Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1893, Page 7

: eit THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. MAY 6, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. FASHIONS IN HATS. Some of the Dainty Creations as Frames for Fair Faces, SHAPES, COLORS, MATERIALS. Lawless Combinations — Broad Trimmed Hate With Brims Turned Back Against the Crowns—The Simple Hat Cannot Be Made at Home—For the Theater. —_>—__. ‘Spectal Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Yorx, May 5, 1893. EILOW STRAW OF @ dull shade and black makes a pretty com- bination for millinery, and one safe to indulge in while the present cyclone of colors storms. Little hate | come that are merely & piece of finely woven | straw. These are set | on a band of black vel- Yet, and are twisted at | the back so as to be becoming and to make | the front take a pretty droop. Two rosettes are put on esch side of the back, and from the center of each rosette rises an aigrette. or a pss ory of the ribbon. Along loop lies on the hat from the back along each side. center of the hat is left quite bare that the dild- ity of its flatness may not be lost. A pretty bow is put on the band upon which the hat is set at just the place where ft will rest becom- ingly on the hair. If the hair is dark, this bow is light to match the straw. Otherwise it is Diack. Odd as is the blending of yellow and black, it is not more startling in its way than is the shape of the toque shown in the initial. Here the material is changeable velvet, showing gold and pik. The brim is made of bias velvet doubled and gathered and grows smaller at the back. The front is trimmed with rich bows of sulphur yellow ribbon fastened with a buckle, which surround the whole hat, the ends falling from the back and tieing under the chin. Two birds of paradise are placed in front. Broad-brimmed hats frequently have the brims turned stranght back against the crowns, | in something like the old three-cornered effect, | except that there are very few corners allowed. | Right in front the brim goes straignt back from the forehead and the hair, and either « buckle or » rosette is_ placed there as an orna- mental finish. The effect is becoming, if a iit- tle too easy of attainment, and therefore likel: to become promptly common. Very big le; horns are used « great deal, andare bent into a sorts of drooping and flaring effects. They are | trimmed with great bows that sprangle flatly all | over the hat from the top away out to the edge | of the brim, very like a devil fish. But if you Fy BRIM BENT PICTURESQUELY. don’t happen tc think of that the effect does not strike you badly. A model of the big leg- horns is sketched herewith. Its big black brim | is turned up on one side, and it is trimmed | with large green ribbon bowsand white flowers, | At the side is placed a large bow of green rib- | mn. So varied are the shapes, trimmings and eolorsand so lawiess seem the combinations that it is enough to convince the shopper that anything will do. The hat of today often does look wo¥iimple. Likelyas not it is just a flat Piece of straw with no brim, or rather, all brim, and it seems to merely touch a band that in its turn rests lightly on the head. A spray of flowers seems to lie just where it pleases and | there ina bit of ribbon, perhaps just a half- eanght knot—that is all.’ Home you go and in course of a short time you turn out your edi- tion of that kind of hat. You have made up| your mind not to keep trying it on while you make it because, after all, one can’t tell any- thing about a half-made hat and it is so dis- cou To be sure, it looks more dis- Se when it is all done, but then you know how hats are this senson, they look like nothing at all in the hand and they are So pretty on the wearer, so you put yours on. It would be all rightif the flop only came ® little further to side, and if it would stand a little differently in’ the front. That. you think, is because the straw 18 so soft, #0 you puta litte stitch in to remedy that. you have to put in another stitch to coun- | teract that one and make a drop. The result is . joggle and wobbley effect that ‘a / f ' / 4. | ‘ Hoh PY wae Bye . TURNED UP AND DENTED. looks dreadfully. Better to have bought the bat to begin with mstead of losing your time. Now, a word in yourear. It is the simple hat, the hat that is fust a knot or ribbon and a spoay of flowers, that you cannot reproduce at home. When hats were a mass of feathers vibbon which went around the bi amateur might do something. Now she bad better give up. Give up her money, too, buy the hat that suits her and be content. Another large hat is the subject of the third Picture. Iisa very pretty shade of tan straw. | ¢ is turned up at the side and bas two dents in | front, as shown. For trimming there is a/ ierge pooped Pink roses going around the ‘ont, and at the back « large bow of tan rib- bon is placed, Among the bewilderment of varieties pre- sented in the millinery windows it 1 really a comfort to see here and there a hat that is not so startlingly different from iast yea! ryles or even the year before that. This gives one cour- | gh0.t° Delieve that inst rear's may after all be | fixed over to do very well. The fresh styles | are so aggressivel that without some such @ncouragement one would give up, turn old hats into work baskets and try to pretend they | never were headwear. The new shape which You'll see in the fourth illustration is one which Yan be imitated by the home milliner of eco- | / NOT UNLIKE A Last YEAR'S SHAPE. Romical turn. If the old hat ix a round one with the edge of the brim turned up all around | Youare quite safeto fix it over. Edge the! | in front under the chin. ¥ | freehand looking as though just made. turned-up brim with a band of lace straw to | make it higher. Take all the old trimming off, | and remember you bave more latitude this year | than last for color. If the hat is «| Pretty brown straw you may draw loosely | about and over the crown a piece of green satin; and in the folds, stand- ing well up in the center, put « loose spray of Pink roses, with foliage and stems and a bud or 0 beside aoe ane rome, ADI of the spray is run it in the straw in back and comes out against the hair. This isa great trick this season in the trimming of hate, You know how often when the hat is just right an end of a feather, a stem of a rose or a bit of ribbon won't go anywhere. Just snip a little suit in the hat and push the offending piece through. Like as not it will come out in quite the right place on the under side, or, if not, you can tuck it away into harmless ol ity there. The girl who wears such a made-over hat needs only afresh complexion and eyes that will come out prettily with the green on the hat to be every bit as lovely as the girl with the brand-new hat of the very latest style. The crown is pretty much sup din many hats, It is represented sometimes by a hole, and again ty a beauteous mixture of feathers, lace and flowers. In the former case the hat is usually the dress or theater hat; in the latter it may be what is termed a simple hat. There is some effort against the orderly and mathematical arrangement to which we have all been broken in, so much, indeed, that the top of a hat has sometimes the effect of a fiat plate upon which is served up a very pretty array of dainty things. Itisa relief from the style that binds dainty flowers and laces to wire and sets them a shooting upward and for- ward. Black lace straw is much used for hats like the last model pictured. This is flat on top and has a fairly wide brim. Only the out- side two or ‘three rows of the straw show, all the rest of the hat being 4 ALMOST CRowNLESS. covered with a careless array of black Ince and pink roses, with here and there a tuft of wheat grass in black. Such ahat is put on by pink strings that pass either side of the knot of hair in the back, and loosely cross to come around A pretty notion is to pass the ribbon through a few inches of lace straw at the top. It adds to the daintiness, and secures the ribbon against ugly twisting at the top, and the rumpling #0 caused. Never has it been more necesxary that everything should be No rumples, no mussed bows, everything must be crisp and new looking, no matter how inexpen- sive and inelaborate. "While all colors seem to be worn together, and while there has been an evident effort to make hats not matching the own the correct thing, you are safe still to let ony and matching rule your selection. The simpler your theater hat, the prettier and the more becoming it is. Tho prettiest seen lately was nothing in the world but a fillet of cut jet. Right m front two jetted antenne stood Upright. That was all there was to it, and the girl who wore the pretty thing did not have a Greek profile, either. The little flat pan- cake hats that were worr last year with a flare- up right in the center of flowers or ribbon can be worn again this year, only the flare-up 4s cut down much, or entirely removed. Those made with a tall bow in the back and short bow in the front have the bows removed, or else the short bow is divided into two, and one put on each side, the tall one being entirely suppressed. ————+e+—____ THE CENTRAL UNION MISSION. Its New Home Thrown Open to the In- spection of the Pablic. No ore who remembers the old city post office building would have recognized it lust night when, in its renovated and remodeled condi- tion, it was thrown open to the public as the home of the Central Union Mission. Since the purchase of the building by the mission the committee bas been at work to place it ina clean, cozy and safe condition, and how well they succeeded was apparent by the comfort- able and substantial appearance of everything. From 8 to 10 p. m. many of the Christian people of the city ‘and those who hav become inter- ested in the good and noble work which the mission has performed inspected thenew home from top to bottom. The rooms were thor- guguly clean and nicely papered, and painted. The furniture was of the best make and every- thing was most inviting. Only the northern half of the building has been completed, as in the rear will be the auditoriam, which will be used as a big hall and will be capable of holding 1,500 persons. SOME INTERESTING EXERCISES. After the visitors had been through the com- pleted portion of the home, they gathered in the ladies ball on the third floor. Mr. Percy Foster entertained them with an instrumental and vocal selection, after which prayer was offered by Dr. Joseph T. Kelly. Judge L G. Kimball, the chairman of the building com- mittee, ‘made some introductory remarks, re- viewing, in a brief way, the history of the mis- sion. He recalled the meeting, held at the house ot Mr. B. H. Warner three years ago, at which the necessity of having a commodious building for the mission was urged and the story of what had been accomplished since then. In the ab- sence of the treasurer, Judge upon Rev. E. D. Bailey to. mal the financial condition of the mission. He «aid that the cost of the building had been $56,000, of which £30,000 was at 5 per cent for an almost indefinite period and 226,000 in notes of $1,000, payable every three months. Of the latter amount 29,500 has been paid and sub- scriptions aggregating $24,000 have been given, not including a special subscription of $6,000, which had been made by a lady to have the auditorium completed. In making the repairs that were apparent last night between $3,000 and $4,000 had been utilized. Dr. Bailey urged that some steps be taken to pay off the rest of the indebtedness before the summer vacation. SOME PLEASANT SPEECHES. The chairman then requested Mr. B. H. Warner to saya few words. He followed the instructions literally, and though Mr. Warner said but afew words they were full of en- couragement to those who are working in the interests of the home. He said that he stood ready tomake up all the remainder of the deficiency when the other subscriptions had reached a substantial standpoint. He told the visitors and the building committee how pleased he was with what had been done and spoke of the great good the mission had performed. Mr. A.J. Bruen and ex-Mayor Emery also spoke. ‘The former made a motion, which was adopted, that a committee of nine be appointed to provide ways and means for the payment of the indebtedness. Ouly seven of the nine were appointed last night, but they were A. J. Bruen, chairman; M. G. Emery, F. H. Stickney, Wm. Mavse, J. H. Hitcheock, Charles Foster and J. L. Enen. ‘After these informal speeches Judge Kimball announced that the ladies would serve refresh- ments, and every one proceeded to the floor be- low to partake of the hospitality of the mis- sion. ‘THE NEW HOME. The new home of the mission is located on Louisiana avenue near 7th street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, and reaches through to C street, having a tront on Louisiana avenue of 58.5 feet and on street of 61.17 feet. Its average depth is $7 feet, and contains 5,372 square feet. The auditorium will accommodate 1.500 people. The small ball will hold about 300 people’ and is on the first floor, and there will be three stores besides to rent. The auditorium will be on the second floor, with an inquiry room attached. On the third floor are the board and committee rooms, home of the missionary and other rooms. The fourth, fifth and six floors will be used for refuge homes and other relig- ious and philanthropic purposes. ae Financial Repartee. From the Indisnapolis Journal “Tam worth iwenty of you,” said the dollar ill to the nickel. “That's what * replied the nickel, “but I notice that I buy a cigar without having to go broke, which is moro than you ever do.” +o- The Infanta Fulala and the other members of h royal party whoare to visit the arrived at Porto Rico yesterday. Havana ina few days. througa- ur hours. The i are panic stricken and have deserted many of the Till WOMEN AND MISSIONS|# The Great Presbyterian Societies to Assemble in This City. THEIR WORK FOR A YEAR. Large Sums of Money Expended—Christian and Benevolent Enterprises Conducted— Program of the Services Here—Arrange- ments for the Reception of Visitorr. — N CONNEOTION with the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Charch in this city on May 18 there will also be meetings conducted. by the Women’s For- eign and Home Mis- sionary societies, which are auxiliary to the boards of foreign and home missions. These boards are appointed by the General Assembly and the women’s societies are authorized, protected and encour- aged also by the General Assembly. They add each yegr a very large sum to the treasury of the boards and doan amount of work that is incalculable. There are few movements of modern times which are more beneficent in their aims or more world-wide in their results than this movement of the women of America to form these various missionary organizations of the different Protestant churches. ‘The result has been quite beyond the expec- tation of the most sanguine. These societies have developed into organizations so large that they do an amount of busines and handle an amount of money equal to some of the largest business corporations of the country. OVER HALF A MILLION OF MONEY. Last year the total amount raised for foreign missions by the women’s boards of foreign | %: missions of the Presbyterian Church was over €300,000. The largest check ever sent to the board in New York was one for $90,000, sent by the women’s board of Philadelphia. The womer xecutive committee for home missions raised for work in our own land last year $363,000. Considerably over half a million dol- lars “was contributed by the Pre: women of America for the evangeli: our own country and to send missionaries and teachers to heathen lands. These organizations are such that nearly all the service is volunt: Probably twent or thirty paid clerks and typewriters is a large estimate for expenditure, and these would be employed only in the offices of the central boards—seven in all. Probably there is no in- lance on record of so large a business being conducted with so little expense and so much volunteer service. The aggregate amount re- ceived is very large, but the contributions are mostly in very small sums from the original contributors, The plan of organization is the great Presbyterian plan. For the foreign work there is, first, the so- ciety of Indies in the church, with its officers, encouraging and forming auxiliary young peo- = Societies and bands in the e church, hese different church societies are auxiliary tothe presbyterial society and pay their con- tributions to its treasurer; the presby terial society auxiliary to the board with which it is connected. The foreign missionary societies have six central boards. These bon: their headquarters and offices, respectively, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco. Each of these is in- dependent of the other and responsible to the general assembly's board of foreign missions in New York. For the sake of comity in work they havea central committee for consulta- tion and suggestion, but work independently in their respective fields. THE HOME MISSION ORGANIZATION, The work for home missions is organized in « different manner—first, there is the individual church society, then the presbyterial society with its officers and then the synodical society, which is auxiliary to the o1 tral organiza tion in New York, the women’s executive com- mittee of home missions. In this society the members of its synodical committee are a) pointed by the synod itvelf, and in this way as more directly responsible to nod than the foreign missionary organizi . The ladies thus doa work that is considered one of the greatest powers for good of modern times. They send out lady missionaries, teachers and physicians to nearly every pagan nation in the world, thus not only introducing Christianity, but with it modern civilization as well. Many country bas been opened first for commerce and international intercourse by the years of patient work of the missionary and the teacher that preceded. In our own country the women’s executive committee have schools among the Mormons, Indians, Mexicans and mountain whites, for which they provide the teachers, build the school houses and chapels and often furnish books and clothing. ey support several boarding and industrial schools, from which pupils go out well equipped for life. During the year preceding this they had 120 schools, 360 teachers and over 7,000 pupils among people who are as pagan as are to be found in foreign lands. OUR LOcaL socreTiEs. The women of the presbytery of Washington city bave a presbyterial society for both home andforeigr missions. Last year they con- tributed to these boards over $8,000. The president of the Presbyterial Foreign Missionary Society is Mra. James A. Laws, and of the Presbyterial Home Missionary Society, Mrs. Teunis 8. Hamlin. These ladies, with Mrs. William A. Bartlett, one of the vice presi- dents, and Mra. O. B. Brown, one of the secreta- ries, have charge of the arrangements for the reception and entertainment of tho visiting ladies. whose meetings are to be held in the Church of the Covenant, beginning Friday, May 19, at 9 o'clock. The mittee Reception committee for both home and for- ign missionary mectings—Mre. Laws, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Bartlett, Mrs. Hamlin, Mrs. Littlo, Mrs. Sunderland, Mrs. Holmes, ‘Mrs. Wood: ruff, Mrs. Alden, Mrs. Hershey, Mrs. Patch, Mrs. Miller, Mre. Bittinger. Mrs. Chester, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Chas. A. Smith, Mrs. Miller, Mrs, Lonsbury, Mra. Todd, Mrs. Schnell; ittenhouse, Mra. Lockart, Mrs, Snow, ellogg, Mrs. Yount, Mrs. 0. B. Brown, Mrs. F. L. Moore, Mrs. Merrick. Reception committee for foreign mission meetings—Mrs. Laws, chairman; Mrs. Me- Knight. Mrs. H. B. Williams, Mrs. Culbertson, Miss Chester, Mrs. Powers, Miss String, Mrs. Evans, Mrs, Webster, Mrs.’ Kellogg, Mre. Ran dall, Mrs. Ealls, Mrs. Viles, Mrs. ‘Armstrong, Mrs. Carrington. Reception committee for home mission meet- ings—Mrs. Joseph Kelly, chairman; Mrs. H. R. Tuniffe, Mrs. Paxton, Mrs. Lockart, Mrs. P. G. Mra. George Davis, Mrs. Bennett, Mra. . Moore, Mrs. George H. Shields, Mra. Susan Shields, Miss Bradley, Gertrude Jones, annie Childs, Mrs, Night, Mrs. Bailey. Committee on accomodations—Mrs. Macfariand, chairman; Miss Chester, Sedgley. Committee on finance—Mrs. A. R. Quaiffe, chairman; Mis: nie Childs, secretary; Mrs. Charles B. Bail New York Avenue Church; Mrs. De Warman, Gunton Temple Memorial; Mrs. T. G. Jones, Metropolitan; Mrs. Withe- row, North Church; Mrs. George Hercus, Sixth Church; Mrs. Charles Lyman, Assembly; Mise Rittenhonse, West Street . ht, First Church; Mrs, A. B. Kelly, Fourth Church; ‘Mrs. Campbell, Church of the Covenant; Mre. Merrick, Gurley Memorial; Mrs. Webster, Western: Mrs. Thomas Taylor, Westminster. Committee on music—Miss Bradley, Mrs. Ben- nett. Mrs, Bodfish, Mrs. Bittinger’and Miss Coyle. Committee on badges—Mrs. F. L. Moore, Mrs. W. M. Paston, Mrs. De Hershey, Mra. Nandall Committee ‘on excursions—Mrs. John B. Wight, Mrs. Susan H. Shields, Mrs. Webster, Mrs. Charles B. Bail T. G. Jones. Committee on advertisemont, reporting and printing—Mrs. W. B. Bryan, Mrs. H. B. F. Mac- farland, Mrs. Fred. Perry Powers, Mrs. W. H. —Miss Fannie Childs, Miss Bello Mac- |. Miss Jackson, Miss Snell, Miss MeCal- Vells, Miss Hanford, Miss Lyman, Bool, Miss Hine, Miss Baines, Miss Craighead, THE HOME EXECUTIVE ComMITrEE. ‘The members of the woman's executive com- mittee of home missions are as follows: President, Mra. D. R. James, New York; vice presidents, Mra. A. Prondiit, Mrs. A. R. Quaiffe and Mn . Hamiin, synod of Baltimore; Mrs. T. C. Kirkwood, synod of Colorado; Mrs. C.E. Walker, synod of Colorado; Mrs. 'W. A. Sinick, synod ‘of Columbia; Mra. W. 8. Ladd, synod of Columbia; Mra, M. T. Scott, synod of lois: Mrs. ©. W. Robinson, synod of 3 owing have been appointed on com- Ilinoig; Mra. J. F. Kondall, synod of Indian: rs. F. F, McCrea, synod of Indiana; Mrs. T. M. Sinclair, synod. Jin Mrs. E. N. Barrett, synod of Iowa; Mre, M. B. Cleland, synod of Kansas; Miss 8. Scott, synod of Kentucky; Miss 8. L. Young, synod ‘ot Kentucky: Mrs. R. M. Ingalls, synod of Kentucky; Mrs. E. 8, Moore, synod of Michigan: Mrs. D. M. Cooper, synod irs. EZ. F. Pomeroy, synod of D. B. Noyes, synod of Min- nesota; Mrs. J. W. Allen, synod of Missouri; Mrs. G. P. Hays, synod of Missouri; Mra. J. | Gérdon, synod of Nebraska; Mrs. P. L. Perine, | synod of Nebraska; Mrs. C.'H. Langdon, synod of New Jersey; Mrs. W. E. Honeyman, synod of New Jersey; Mrs, M. E. Boyd, synod of New York; Mrs.E. N. Crosby, synod of New York; Mrs.’ John Sinclair, synod of New York; Mra, L. M, Miller, synod of New York; Mrs. W. M. Lloyd, synod of N. Dakota: Mrs. E. R. Per- kins, eynod of Ohio; Mrs. 8. F. Scovel,synod of Ohio; Miss A. Patterson, synod of Obio; Mrs.’ B. 5. Forsythe, synod of Paci Mrs. R. M. Stevenson, synod of Pacific Mrs. W. Bartlett, synod of Pacific; L. Bailey, synod ‘of Pennsylvania; Mrs. 8, 8. Bryan, synod of Pennsylvania; Mra. G. Nor- cross, synod of Pennsylvania; Mrs. G. D. Cole- man, synod of Pennsylvania; Mrs. S. B. Stitt, synod of Ponneylvanta; Mrs. L. Havey, synod of Tennessee; Mrs. H. L. Parmele, synod of Texas; Mra, H. 8. Little, synod of Texas; 8. 8 Merrill, synod of Wisconsin; Mrs. ; Mrs, W. M. Ferry, synod of Utah; editorial secretary, Mrs. D.E. Finks, New York; corresponding secretaries, Mrs. A.C. Miller and Mra. F. H. Pierson of Now York; recording secretary, Mrs. 8. B. Brownell, Now York; secretary freed. man’s department, Mr. C. E, Coulter, Ponn- sylvania; treasurer, Miss 8. F. Lincoln, New ‘ork; advisory committeo—Mrs. H. M. ‘Alex ander, New York; Bins. W. P. Allen, Harrison, N.Y. Bire C. R Agnow,_ Palisad ie Miss S. O. Agnew, Palisades, N. Y.; Mra. Amerman, New York; Mre. W. C. Adams, New York; Mrs. D. ©. Biair, New Jersoy; Mrs. J. Cruikshank, Brookiyn; Miss M. R. Crosby, New York; Mrs. H. Duftield, Now York; Mrs, C. A. Galloney. Brooklyn; Mrs. T. Greenleaf, New York; Mrs. W. A. M. Grier, Brooklyn; Miss E. €. Goodrich, New York; Mrs. L. C. Hill, Brook- lyn; Miss L.’ M. Haines, Brooklyn: Mrs. J. M. Ham, Brooklyn: Mrs, L. D. Mason, Brooklyn; Mrs. D. I. McMillen, New York: Mre. J. . Mar- tin, New York; Mrs, J. Moses. New York; Mrs, T. M. Niven, Ferry, N. Y.; Mrs.'T. AL Nelson, Brooklyn; Mra, W. A. Putnam, Brook- lyn; Mrs. A. W. Parsons, jr., Rye, N. Y.; Mra, A. W. Parker, Brooklyn; Mrs. W. Hf. “Parsons, r., New York; Miss M. J. Peck, Elizabeth, N. irs. J. M. Paul, Montclair, N. J.; Mrs. G. Phelps, New York; Mre. J. H. Pratt, Albany, . Y.; Mra, W. C. Roborts, New York; Mrs. R. jew York; Mrs. A. R. Sinith, New York; Mrs. J. W. New York; Mrs. D. 0. Wic! C. B. Walker, New York; Mrs. T. Weston, New York. THE FOREIGN BOARDS. The meeting of the representatives of work‘) in foreign fields will consist of members of the six boards, which are as follows: Woman's Missionary Society of the Presby- terian Church—Philadelphia, Mrs. Charles P. Turner, president; Mise H.’ R. Massey, secre- Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the northwest—Chicago, Mra. H.D. Penfield, president; Mrs. W. B. Jacobs, secretary. ‘omen's Board of Foreign Missions of the m Church—New York city, Mru. Boers, president; Miss Helen C. Ringiley, secretary. Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Missionary northern New York—Albany, N. Y., . C. Yeisly, president; Miss E. A. Dar- retary. Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the southwest—St. Louis, Mrs. F. of Foreign Mis- sions—San Francisco, Mre. P. D. Browne, presi- dent; Mra, J. G. Chonn, secretary. PROGRAM OF THE HOME MEETINGS. Both the home and the foreign missionary bodies will meet in the Church of the Covenant. The woman's executive committee of home missions will bold the first session Friday morn- ing, May 19, at 9:30. The devotional meeting will be conducted by Mra. J. T. Kelley of this city. Mrs. 5. B. Stitt of Philadelphia will read | the Scriptures. Reports will be made by Mra. F. H. Pierson, the corresponding secretary; Mrs, A. C. Miller, the school secretary; Mrs. C. E. Coulter, in regard to the freedmen's de- partment, and Mrs. S.F. Lincoln, the treas- urer. A greeting from the Pacitic will be de-| livered by Mrs. It, M. Stevenson of Sacramento, | Cal. Then there will bean hour devoted to | talks by the missionaries,and tne following are | expected to speak: Mrs. D. J. Sutterfield, about the work among the freedmen; Mrs. A. k. Moore, among the Indians, and Miss Virginia Dox, among the Mexicans.’ A recess will be fa to return to their stopping places. The afternoon session will begin at 2 o'clock. The president, Mra. D. R. James, will deliver the annual address. Addresses will be made as follows: ur Young People,” Miss E. M. acts to Ponder,” Mra. L. A. D: Kan, An hour with our mission * Miss Lucy F. 0. Quillen; “The Mountain Whites, Miss Florence Stephenson. : A popular meeting will be held in the evening. On Saturday the ladies will join with tho ment- bers of the general assembly in an excursion to Mount a wus ees Tuesday, May 23, at 2 p.m. » meting a members of the woman’: 3 yn committees of home missions will be held for the election of officers of the woman’s executive committee and for the presentation of synodical reports. Wednesday, May 24, at 2 p.m. will be a conference of synodical committees for discus- sions of methods of work. THE FOREION BOARDS. The first meeting of the foreign boards will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. At tho close a reception will be tendered in the chapel by the ladies of the Church of the Covenant to the visiting Indies. Prayer meetings will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Conferences will be held Tuesday and Wednesday morning. ar Literature,” Mrs D. E. Finks; Wishard; eee NIGHTS FOR COURTING. Fashion's Decree Concerning the Times for Seeing One's Best Girl, From 8 8t. Louis Exchange. “One doesn’t hear as much now about set nights for sceing one’s girl,” said Henty B. Jonesof Portland, Oreg.,at theSouthern. “I am led to speak of this matter by hearing the ex- cuse which a young friend gave me for not being able to give me much attention of even- ings during my sojourn here. He said he had to call and see his girl every night. If he missed s night, he declared, she worried and cried and carried on so that she looked bad for a week after, and he found it difficult to explain that he hadn't spent the time with some other young lady. “When I was courting—not so many years ago, either—Sundays and Wednesdays and Fi days were the regular nights for seeing one’s best girl. She expected you those nights and was ready for you. The other nights of the week she spent as she plensed, and if you called you surprised her. en Sunday began to get common, and it was called the servant girl's night, just as you call Saturday night at the | theaters “nigger” night, and it was cut out of the courting schedule.’ Soon Wednesday and Friday followed, and the last I remember is that Tuesday and Thursday became the fashion- able evenings for spooning. I know that my Inst best girl, who is now my wife, made me change my visits to Tuesday and Thursday be- cause some working girls in the neighborhood had their ewains visit them on Wednesdays and Fridaye. Now every night is lover's night, and the parlor sofa and the front gato have a great deal more weight to carry and work to do than they did formerly. [suppose the scarcity of young men has something to do with the aver- ‘age girl's selfishness in keeping her sweetheart to herself every night in the week.” Olivia Plows, who, with her sister, Mercedes Piows, was found at' the Leland Hotel in Chi- |eago, ‘Thursday, suffering from morphine oison, self-administered, died yesterday morn- ling. Her sister, it is thought, will recover. taken for lune! hich “ill be served by the ladies of the ‘convenience of | boun, those who live too far away from the church REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Apartment Buildings Becoming More Numerous Here. CONTROLLING MILLIONS. The Big Land Syndicate Which It is Pro- posed to Form-Preparing for the Bu’ ing Up of the Suburbs—Improvements in Progress Throughout the City. ——— RADUALLY THE number of apartment ‘houses in this city is increasing. For sev- eral years past build- ings of this character have been erected, but at no time have they been a feature of the building’ operations. For some reason peo- ple have not'seen fit to invest their money in this way,and the re- sult is that the number of structures designed and used for this purpose is comparatively small. ‘The Portland and the one on New Hampshire avenue and on Iowa circle aré the largest buildings of the Rind. There is a good sized apartment house on H street between 17th and 18th streets and one at the corner of Jith and H atreets, and there are several in different parts of the city, but none of the size that similar structures reach in other cities. Tt is thought that there is a tendency now to go into this sort of building more extensively than has been the case, and the prediction is made that in the course of the next few years apartment houses will be moro numerous. Last week reference was made to the erection of an apartment building on 16th street, which is designed tor the accommodation of people who wish to pay a moderate rental. ‘A SEVEN-STORY FLAT. ‘The old buildings at the southwest corner of New York avenue and 9th street are being re- moved by the owners of the property, Messrs. Barr and Sanner, and it is their intention to erect on this site an apartment building seven stories in height. The building will have a frontage of seventy-five feet on New York avenue and the same frontage on 9th street. ‘The lower floor will be devoted to stores, while the six upper stories will be arranged in suites ‘and will be supplied with all the facilities for housekeepin There is some talk of erecting # large build- ing in the suburbs just outside the northwest- ern bounds of the city, which will be arranged for housekeeping in apartments. It will bea big building, at least seven stories high, and it will have plenty of ground about it, where the children of the families can romp and play and enjoy all the advantages of a country residenca without the backs of their fathers being bent with the weight of a lond of expense, and their mothers will not have the trinis of trying to keep a big house going. This is tho scheme of the projectors, but whether it will materialize is a question that has not yet been definitely determined. However, the Ground is available, and no doubt the capital will also be supplied if the plan seems to give promise of being a financial success. It will not be the pioneer suburban flat, if it is built, for one has been built on 14th street extende at the corner of Park street, where the road turns into Mount Pleasant. However, this sec- tion is no longer considered to be suburban by the residents, especially since the cable cars run out and they have begun to build the houses in rows, A BIG LAND SCHEME, ‘The publication in Tue Stas of the move be- ing made to bring the various property interests along Massachusetts and Connecticut avenues extended north from Rock creek into one syn- dicate has aroused a good deal of interest in real estate circles. As the primary object of ination is said to be the inauguration | ive series of improvements the in- | terest manifested by outsiders is more than = mere idle curiosity. It is proposed, as has been stated, to organize a syndicate either of the present property owners or of outsiders, and having secured the control of this large tract of land to begin opening streets and mak- ing other preparations for the population which, it is evident, is ready to flow over the ds of the city and take possession of the home sites that willin this way be made available. The scheme is a big one, but this city nas reached the stage when large enterprises will become more and more common in the develop- ment of its material interests. The history of the Innd transactions during tho past few years in this very section forms a striking illus- tration of this truth. One of the large inter- ests is that which is controlled by the syndicate known as the Thompson syndicate, It owns about 237 acres of land lying along both sides of Massachusetts avenue extended from Rock creek to the Tenleytown road. This property was purchased some six or seven years ago, and the average price per acre paid was about $250. Now the value is estimated by the owners to be about €4,000 per acre. So that what $60,000 would buy seven years ago is now held to be worth about illion of dollars, THE SHARON ESTATE HOLDINGS, The largest ownership in this section is that of the Sharon estate, and Mr. Newland’s in- dividual holdings. As the latter is the repre- sentative and manager of the estate, these holdings may be considered as one. Three years ago bya series of purchases which by their magnitude created the greatest sensation between 650 and 700 acres were acquired, lying along Connecticut avenue extended’ from Woodley Park tothe District line. For this great tract of land about $850,000 was paid, which is at the rate of nearly $1,200 per acre. The same interest acquired subsequently three tracts of and on the Woodley road near the ‘Tenleytown road, aggregating about 100 acres, for " which was P' paid about $400.00. The total investment from the same source amounted to a great deal more, as about 1,000 acres was acquired in Maryland just beyond the District line. The Rock Creek Railroad was built and Connecticut avenue extended for two miles beyond the Dis- trict line. Mr. Thomas E. Waggaman appears as a large owner of land in this section, as he controls Woodley Park, containing about 100 acres. He purchased this property a number of years ago, and probably it then represented an expendi- ture of about $100,000. THE PLANS PROPOSED. For the present, at least, it is designed on the part of the proposed syndicate that their improvements should be confined to the area between the two avenues from Rock creek to the Woodley and Klingle roads. They will. however, secure the control of land beyond those limite and will continue theimprovements as rapidly as the conditions seem to warrant. One of the plans proposed in handling this property is to unite all the interests, the value as agreed upon being the bulk of the capital stock. Then bonds are to be issued, which will be taken by the members of the syndicate, and the eash in for the bonds will be employed in muking the improvements to develop the property. Such a syndicate as may be estimated will control property valued at between two and three milkions, and it will be necessary to expend about « million of dol- lars to carry out the plans in firat-class style. As has been stated, this schemp has not been fully matured, and it may not be developed as fully as outlined, but still it is possible that some- thing of the kind will take practical form before very long. OVER A MILLION AND A HALY. ‘The past month has the distinction, accord- ing to the Building Register, of being the period when the largest amount ever spent in building operations in one month is repre- sented by the permits taken out for the erec- tion of new buildings and repairs, ‘The total 665,759. Permits were taken out for 129 the northwest section, to cost $690,250; 67 in the southwest, costing $121,800; 109 in the northeast, costing $257,100; 48 in the southeast, costing $133,288, and 108 in the county, costing £355,836. There was a total of 461 new buildings, to cost $1,558,274. The balance of the amount is represented by the cost of additions and repairs, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS. Pinns for completely remodeling the old Washington and Georgetown street car stables at 14th and Boundary streets have been pre- pared by Thomas Francis, jr.. architect. It will be ocenpied when completed by the Brodix Publishing Company. The Great Falls Tee Company has begun the erection of an extensive plant on square 71 Mr. Chris Zanner is building a wazchouse on Massachusetts avenue between 6th and 7th streets, Plans have been prepared for the erection of office building at the northeast corner of Vermont avenue and Hetraet, The owner of the property is Mr. John R. McLean, and if the lans are carried out a two-story building will erected, with wails of sufficient thickness to allow of their being carried up higher in the ture, OME XEW HOUSES. ©. B. Keferstein, architect, has completed the plans for a three-story and basement dwelling that Mr. Frank V. Tilford will erect on 18th street between Corcoran and R streets north- west. ‘The front will be of pressed brick, with stone and terra cotta trimmings, the interior will be finished with hard wood on first story and pine elsewhere. The first story will have the parlor, stair hall, dining room and pantry, with a vestibule between stair hall and dining room. Plans for a two-story and cellar house to be erected in Cooke Park for Wm. Ballantyne, jr., is being prepared by Thomas Francis, jr., ar- chitect. Itwill be twenty by sixty-one fect, press brick, with stone trimmings, finished in pine, furnaco beat, cabinet mantels, &c. W. A. Leitch will build a residence on Sst street, Georgetown. The front will be twenty- five and depth fifty-five feet, two stories high, with finished basement. ROWS oF HovsEs. ‘A row of eighteen houses is about to be erected for Mr. F. M. Detweiler, to be situated corner Pand 28th streets northwest, George- town. The houses are to be three stories high with cellar, and will have ten rooms each. Each house will be eighteen feet front. The corner will be used for a business, with dwelling above. The fronts will be of pressed brick and brown- stone trimmings, iron steps, &c. The interior will be finished in parti colors. Cabinet mantels throughout. The bay windows on front will stop at the third story with balcony. Gable tower finish alternating, atoop pitched roof covered with slate. Mr. Geo. 8. Cooper is the architect, Mr. Cooper has designed for himself « row of five houses, to be erected on Corcoran street between 18th and 19th streets northwest. They will be three stories high with cellar. The fronts for the three middie houses will be of buff brick with Indiana limestone trimmings and Portage red stone for each end house. The stone work will be carved, and the bay windows will ran up two stories and will be finished with a heavy column ballustrade. Each hoase will have ten rooms, bath and all modern improvements, Henry F. Getz is the con- tractor. Four houses, 101-107 2d street northeast, each 18 feot 9'inches front, will be erected for Mrs. Swainson. They will be three stories high with basement. Brick and brown stone will be used in the fronts. Plans for five two-story and cellar houses for Raymond 8. Donaldson are being pre- red by B. Stanley Simmons, architect, to located at 8d and F streets northeast. Each house will contain six rooms and will have fronts of Indiana limestone and press. brick. The corner building willbe @ store with over- head dwelling. ‘A block of six dwellings will be erected on L street northeast between 7th and Sth streets by J. H. Lewis. Each house will have two stories and cellar, with bay-window projection. Three dwellings are being erected on Li coln avenue between R and 8 streets north- west, a A Remark: Shad Story. From the Asheville ( Citizen. In May, 1888, an official of the fish commis- sion, who had been sent out with cans of shad fry to deposit in the waters of western North Carolina, lost himself and his fry in the wilds of the mountains arcund Asheville. He was in a predicament. The stream in which be was to deposit the shad fry was on the other side of the mountains. The only available place to deposit the fry was in the Swannanoa, and if deposited there the nearest seaport for the young shad would be the Gulf of Mexico, over 2,000 miles distant from Asheville. Tt was urged that the shad was a stranger to the gulf, and possibly would no: thrive in its waters; that the route the young fish would fol- low from Asheville was, under the best condi- tions,an unusually long one for migratory fishes to obey the instincts which guide fish in their multiplication; that the intermediate waters were warm and muddy, and that so many dan- beset them, both in their infant stngo. or, should they survive, in their adult condition, that return at any future time was very prob- lematical. But there was nothing else to do. The cans of the young fry were brought up into the city, and about 9 o'clock that night were taken out to the Swannanoa river. Major W. E. Breese took the agent in charge in his buggy to the river, and the cans were placed in # wagon, and then, in the prosence of Major Breese and his son, William E. Breese, jr., Mesers. Thomas Porter, Erwin W. Patton, John 8. Rice and Jack Patton, the cans were emptied into a still eddy in the river, a short distance above the bridge,and left to their hazardous future. This was at a point about half a mile above the Junction of the Swannanoa with the French Broad. Yesterday morning, while Thomas Porter was examining his fish trap, about 200 yards below where the fish were deposited, he took out a shad fifteen inches long and weighing one und and « half. It wasan unmistakable shad, in poor condition from its long journey, but, nevertheless, as true a shad as ever sought the Cape Fear, Neuse or Roanoke river. It was brought up to the city \y examined. Several things were thus proved. Shad will re- turn to the place in which the spawn or fry were originally deposited; they can make their way up or down the long system of rivers leading to the Gulf of Mexico, and they can thrive in the waters of that sca,a thing that has been doubted. If one fish returns to its birthplace, othors will do the sa1 and fact may be of much great future importance to the nabobs of the French Broad val ——_~+. You Can’t Believe the Newspapers. From the Detroit Free Press. “Some years ago,” said the man, who might have been untruthful and might not, “I was in a small town in New York state where Chauncey Depew was billed to make a speech that night, and it happened I stopped at the same hotel he did. Just after supper the editor ‘of the local paper dropped in to see Mr. Depew, and the distinguished gentleman led to have some fun with the country journalist. He had, too, aud every now and then he rounded up a sentence against the editor by saying ‘Oh, you can’t believe everything there isin the newspapers,’ the editor having used newspaper matter very largely in’his argument. “After the speech-making was over the editor met Mr. Depew in the hotel office again and there was a big crowd present. “Weil, my friend,’ inquired the genial Chauncey, ‘what did you think of my speech?” The editor besitated a moment. “Are you,’ he asked solemnly, ‘the genuine Chauncey M: Depew?" “Certainly. Why not?’ laughed Mr. Depew. “‘‘Are you the one that all the newspapers have beon saying was the finest speaker, the greatest talker, the sharpest stumper and the brightest wit before the public?’ pursued the editor. : “*T guess I'm the one,’ blushed the gentle- man, ‘Why?’ “Oh, because you can’t believe everything there is in the ‘newspapers,’ and Chauncey shook hands with the editor and called it square.” Se ee Wanted a Bill of Particulars. Detroit Free Press. “Sleep?” responded the large, good-natured, comfortable-looking man to a question a man. by astove had put to him. “Sleep? I sleep all night like a baby.”” wAvhat baby?" queried a nervous, harassed~ looking young fellow with a ge glitter in his eyes. “What baby, I say?” he repeated in harsh and hollow tones that frightened the company, for they did not know that he had ‘been a father for only a year. tes Pains Takinz. From Life. and on the opposite square, south of Georgia avenue southeast, near 3d’ street. The im- provements consist of a large ice house and wharf, office building and stable. This plant is to be used exclusively as the eupply depot for East Washington, 7 T a PROGRESS OF THE FAIR The Condition of the Buildings in the “White City.” GETTING IN GOOD SHAPE. The Government Building and the Adm! istration Building Entirely Fintshed—Rep- resenting the Different States—Vermont’s Peculiar Bullding—Foreign Representa- tion, ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Cucaco, May 4, 1893. HE ACTUAL STATE of the buildings at the world’s fair when Presi- dent Cleveland for- ally declared it opened to the public on Mon- day may be summed up » in the statement that \, they were, generally ©" speaking, complete out- side, in many mstances complete inside and in a few—a very few— cases complete so far as the exhibits are concerned. Taking the buildings in the order of their im- portance and the first is, of course, the manu- facturers’ building, which covers thirty-seven acres of space, can hold 300,000 people and could contain under its roof all the buildings at the centennial exposition of 1876. The out- side of this structure is to all intents and pur- poses finished. The staff work with which it is covered has been knocked off of some of the pillars by careless truckmen, and as enormous quantities of freight are being received there every day it cannot be expected that all these mmor details should be remedied for some weeks yet to come. Nearly the whole of the covered walk which runs along one side of the building is filled with boxes of exhibits, most of them from abroad and a large proportion from Japan. EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. The building bas been painted and is fair to look upon. So harmonious are its proportions that cne does not appreciate its vast extent at first, but if you start to walk around it you will soon appreciate the fact that your walk is a trifle more than von bargained for. As for the interior of the building, it begins to suggest the marvelous effect that it will shortly produce. Booths are springing up on every side, and a good many of the dispiays are already in place. It must be said to the credit of the foreign ex- hibitors that they have showna degree of energy fully equai to that of the Americans. TRE GOVERNMENT BUILDING COMPLETE. Right across from the manufacturers’ build- ing is the government building. It bas just been painted, and it is difficult to see that any- thing more can be done for it, either outside or inside. There are a number of tin of great size on the outside entrances, and these have recentiy undergone some repairs, but they cannot be altered and will remain as originally designed. If the truth must be told, they are generally consi rather tough-looking engl THE BIG ROTUNDA. The interior of the building also is completed. the last of the scaffolding in the rotunda nav- ing been removed on Sunday afternoon. This rotunda is a decidedly ambitious piece of work. Its very lofty and is ornamented with aseries of large mural goae. There is some suggestion in it of the dome of the Capi- tol. The height and proportions of the struc- ture are imposing. but the paintings are rather too glaring for most 's taste. In the middie of the rotunda is the trunk of one of the California redwood trees. This is called the “Gen. Noble,” and inside of it a small stair- case gives a visitor a of climbing up a distance of about forty feet and of down again. Asa tree the “Gen. Noble” it a huge one, but as a specimen of one of the great trees of California it is a small affair. THE EXHIBITS OF THE GOVERNMENT are probably, as a whole, further advanced toward complete installation than any other group of exhibits in the park. A great deal yet remains to be done, it is true, but the dis- play stands now as a th shiy interesting one and a most praii on the part of THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING is now finished and is probably the gem of the collection. The gold dome fiashes in the sun and the artistic figures with which it is or- namented stand out strikingly. ‘There may be Goubt se to which building le the most, artistic in design, but it is probable officials’ the tair themselves would say that the adminis- tration building is the Inside it bas been occupied for some time and is now complete in all its details. SOME OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS. The building of mining is finished outside and inside, but the exhibits are not, generally speaking. in place; and the eame remarks may to the electricity building. As for the woman's building, the ceremonies on Mon- day, when Mrs. Potter Palmer drove the last the building is finished, although great Tanta temetl oni meongen OF in the to iy the children’s building, which ‘to beone of the most beautiful of all, it is hardiv an ex- aggeration to say that it is not more than half done._ The walls outside are still covered scaffolding and the grounds about the building are piled up with building material THE STATE BUILDINGS. Among the state buildings the principal ones are completed. The Pennsylvania, New York, large and expensive, are completed, 60 are the buildings of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansw, lowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Min- nesota aad Illinois. The bani 3 bE not done, nor are those of i , Maryland and Idaho. TRE FOREIGN BUILDINGS, Several of the foreign buildings are far be- hind hand. The beautiful German building is still covered with scaffolding. It can be seen sufficiently to show what its beauties will be, and it will be one of the sights of the fair. Great Britain's building is completed, but the Japanese settlement on Woody Island is not, inh and French buildings are etili ing and far from completion. The Brazilian building still lacks a roof to its dome, and the outside walls of the Sweden and Nor-, way building are not more than half done. Far atthe other end of the grounds the forestry building still has some scaffolding about it. but may be considered almost done, but the shoe = leather, house, the most severely plain of all, is far from being ready. Its weighbor ‘on the island, the Convent of La Rabida, where all the relics and portrate of Columbus are gathered, is completed and filled with its display. THE GROUNDS BEING IMPROVED RAPIDLY. The grounds themselves are progressing won- derfully, but are still far from being what they will be. It was almost impossible to prosecute landscape gardening during the last two weeks. ne storm followed another and one rainy day succeeded another. When the sun would come out work would be done, only to be undone a little later by a downpour of rain. It speaks well for the foundation of the roads that there were none of them permanently damaged by such an unustal period of rain. REPRESENTING VERMONT. Returning to the state buildings, perhaps one of the most peculiar is that of Vermont Its style is about as foreign to the prevailing types of New England architecture as it well could and if there 18 a single structure in the eof Vermout that resembles it, no one has yet seen it. It is nothing more nor less than a diminutive Pompeiian villa, and is quite classic in outline, although it cannot be said to har- monize with the other state buildings surround- ing it. It will be about completed when its dedication takes place, May 10. There will be no exhibits in it,as it is intended merely as a headquarters for visiting Vermonters. THE TERRITORY OF CTAIE has erected a handsome building. which is about ready for ozcupancy, although its exhibit is not in place. The latter has been mapped out on an ambitious scale and will include an archwologic: thnological and historical ex- hibit, besides an array of manufactared prod- ucts, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mex- ico are still in the hands of workmen. There is no building for the District of Co- lumbia, an omission fer which Congress is to | biame, and which has excited a general regret | in Chicago and among the exlibitors at the fair. GH. Massachusetts, Michigau buildings, which are | ¢: NEW PUBLICATIONS, W OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA. AW Hypothesis for the Systematic Stuay a, Mental 1) ec. Suomsow Say Hepeox. ‘A. C. Moe f'Co. Washington: Wan Sallentyme s ‘Sons. A remarkable and extremely valuable con- tribution by a resident of Washington, who bas given to the subject of which he writes #0 ably much investigation. Mr. Hudsonaimstoremove psychology from the chaotic conditions which have heretofore surrounded it and to place it within the domain of the exact sciences. To bring this about the author has formulated a working hypothesis by the aid of which all the varieties of psychic phenomena, whether normal orabnormal,may be systemat- ically studied. Broadly he holds that all such Phenomena, whether designated by the name of hypnotism, mesmerism, somnambulism, trance, spiritism, demonology, miracle, paychor therapeutics, genius or insanity, are to be re ferred to some general nw which will correlate the whole subject matter and remove it from the realm of the supernatural. 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The book must be read to be appreciated, and it will certainly interest all students of ‘occultism, by spiritism, mental therapeutics and ‘he least thatcan be said of it is me anew philosophy of the human mind. most that can besnid is that, if the author's hypothesis is the truc one, the first great step has been taken toward a solution of the problem of the ages. TRE CHURCH 1 BEFORE A. D. THE La) ing Ry; ¢ Historical yo of With maps and tust OTe P. Patnam's Sous. Washingtom The student who is anxious to know much of early Christian history will be short of rea information if he is not acquainted with this book. Much of its contents were made publie in a course of lectures delivered at Mansfield College. Oxford, but to these essays have bem prefixed more than 150 prges that relate closely to St. Paul in Asia Minor. 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