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We have a good tenant for it who will pay rent promptly each month. s Our efficiency will relieve you of all troubles and worries. INSURANCE For Plate Glass, Fire and Furniture. AFFLECK’S REALTY CO. €07 15th St. Phone MAIN 507 DRAFTING DESIGNS TRADEMARKS ARTHUR CORNELIUS 605 OURAY BUILDING mh3* Let us manage your Rental Prop- erty. Over a Quar- ter of a Century Experience. B. F. SAUL CO. 1412 Eye St. NW. Main 2100 “The Best Homes in Takoma Park” TAKOMA PARK HOMES Hounex are selling very rap- tdly in Tokoma Park. Home- scekers are very winely not waiting for spring. There several attractive homes a able, priced from $3,150 up. $6,000—New 5 room bungalow. with bath_and " sleeping porch: ready ~for Has all city conveniences. v torms. $9.000—New semi-bungalow that we' on the Digtrict side. Pleasing ex- rooms Targe: fireplace in living o nd tiled hath, first . second floor: hard- wood floors: hot-water heat. As house is not finished certain changes can be made to suit_purchaser. $12,000 — Extra fine hollow i white stue house of 7 _rooms, besls hall. pantry and _enclosed sleeping porch. Rooms large and beantifully finished. Al _modern conveniences. h toilet in_basement, eaner, clothes chute, r doors to closets and oak floors. Tot 75 feet wide in rear. 0—Bungalow. 5 rooms and porel Living room with Two large bedrooms. All Large shady lot. '« oak floors, ivory trim and mahogany doors. Exceptionally well built. Terms. $6,950—Tpe same strle of house, with 6 rooms. Ensy terms. $7.300—New offering in 6-room semi- bungalow. Rooms are extra large and cheerful. Honse practically new, on . and has all city conven- Garag $7.00( wlee, Orie of the most attractive homes we have. Terms. $8,400—A oom _bungalow, with rooni above for 2 or 3 more rooms. This house fs exceptionally Jarge, giv- ing rooms of extra size. ~Handsomely decorated. _Convenient fo cars and on concrete atreet. Terms. ,500—A similar_bungalow, but of hollow tile constraction, with' sleeping porch. Garage. Also' on improved street. A building lot. with all improve- ments. $450. Extra fine lot, $1,500, Desirable corner lot. close in, $1,850. Lillie & Hendrick 21-23 Carroll Ave. Takoma Park Col. 892- Homes Over]ooking the Park 8 rooms 2 baths shower, double garage, inclosed sleeping porches, open fireplaces, quartered oak floors, excellent equipment and fin- ish. Wonderful values. Easy terms. Open daily till 8:30 P.M. 20th and Park Road N.w. Kennedy Bros., Inec. Owners and Builders 2400 16th St. Col. 7200 NEW HOMES $6,750 Only Two Left 2nd & Adams Sts. N.W. 6 rooms and bath, hot-water heat, electric lights, hardwood trim throughout, side oven gas range, large lots to alley, plenty room for garage. The Best Value in the City at the Price Inspect Today or Sunday ‘Take North Capitol Street cars to Adams St. and walk two blocks west, or Florida Ave, cars to 2d St. and walk north to house. Open and Lighted Until 8:00 P.M. Howenstein Bros. 7th and H Sts. NE. REAL ESTATE. Your Property BUILDING ACTIVITY Contracts Let Show Marked Increase Over January. of Last Year. Building contracts let during Janu- ary in the middle Atlantic states, em- bracing the District of Columbia, de- creased 24 per cent in point of valua- tion from the preceding month, but showed a marked increase over the corresponding month last year, ac- cording to a review of construction activity by the F. W. Dodge statis- ticians, ‘he January total In contracts was $24,237,000. In cluded were the fol- $12.849,000, or 53 per cent, for residential buildings; $2,- 699,000, or 11 per cent, for business buildings; $2,304,000, or 9 per cent, for public works and utilities; $2,205,000, or 9 per cent, for educational buildings; $2,055,000, or 8 per cent, for industrial buiidings. Contemplated New Work. Contemplated new work during the month amounted to $65.795,000, an in- crease of 22 per cent over the volume of contemplated work reported in De- cember. January construction activity throughout the country was 49 per cent greater in volume than it was in the corresponding month of last year, according to the Dodge Com- pany. The total amount of contracts awarded lact month in the twenty- seven northeastern states of the country was $166,320,000. Although i this represented a decline of 16 per cent from the previous month, it was the second largest January total on the Dodge Company's statistical record, having been exceeded only in January, 1920. ‘Work Held Up Well. Not only did the work actually started in January, as Indicated by the awards of contracts, hold up ex- ceedingly well for this season, but the volume of contemplated new work reported, amounting . to $435.- 859,000, was the largest monthly total of contemplated work reported since April, 1921, registering an in- crease of 3 per cent over the amount reported in December and 27 per cent over the amount reported in January. 1921. Al this indicates an increased volume of construction in 1922. Residential building accounted for 45" per cent of the January total. amounting to $75.728,000. Business buildings amounted to $23,694,000, or 14 per cent of the total: industrial buildings, $19.695,000, or 12 per cent; public works and utilities, $18,735,000, or 11 per cent. Industrial building, although small, showed a gratifying increase over the previous month. SCHOOL SUES FOR HOME OCCUPIED BY COL. KERLIN Member of Faculty Dismissed in Race Controversy Was Permitted House Use Until January 1. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., February 11.— Suit has been entered in the circuit court of Rockridge county, Va., by the authorities of the Virginia Mili- tary Institute against Col. Robert T. Kerlin. to get possession of the resi- dence he occupies, which is owned by the institute, according to infor- mation reaching here today from Lexington. ‘ Col. Kerlin was dismissed from the faculty of the institute by the board of visitors at a meeting held in Rich- mond last August, “for the reason that, in the opinion of the board, Col. Kerlin had rendered his further con- nection with the institute undesir- able, because of his interposition in the Blaine insurrection cases, as ex- emplified by his Ietter -to the Gover- nor of Arkansas, in which the board claims_that a.reflection was made upon the administration of justice in that state. Col. Kerlin claims that his in- terest In the activities of inter-racial matters “has been solely to promote such inter-racial adjustment as would secure to both races the fullest meas- ure of prosperity and happiness, with mutual good-will and co-operation, istead of perpetual friction and frequent outbursts of mob violence that disgrace and imperil our civili- zation.” In dismissing Col. Kerlin from the faculty of the institue, the board granted his salary until January 1, 1932, with privilege of occupying the residence to that date, by which time he was expected to vacate. Judge Henry W. Holt of Staunton, presiding judge of the Rockbridge circuit court, has declined to sit in the case, because of his connection with the institute, and has requested Gov. Trinkle to appoint another judge to preside over the trial. Col. Kerlin has retained Wood & Marshall of Roanoke, as his attorneys, while Timberlake & _Nelson of Staunton represent the Virginia Military In- stitute. SCORES THE MOVEMENT FOR LIGHT WINE AND BEER Senator Willis Says It Is Surest Method of Setting Prohibition at Naught. By the Associated Press. E o COLUMBUS, Ohio, ruary — Movements to bring back light wines and beer in the United States were scored by Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio here before the state dry law convention. This isthe most certain method, he declared, of setting the prohibition amendment at naught. “Because of its bad record,” Mr. Willis said, “the saloon was chased oft the show grounds by an infuri- ated people and ordered never to re- turn; it must not be permitted to crawl in under the flap of .the tent just because it has pinned on a light wine badge. s any one so feeble-minded as to suppose that the light wines and beer traffic would stop there?” he asked. “It would simply become a cloak to hide the dispensing of hard liquor; it is & mere subterfuge—the first step in the program craftily fbrmed and definitely announced to break down the eighteenth amendment and bring back the saloon.” If the prohibition amendment is dis- liked there is only one recourse, Mr. Willis said—obtain the consent of two-thirds of each house of Congress and the ratification of thirty-six states on a proposal to repeal it. Proposals that money for a i tional soldiers’ bonus may be tained from a tax on light wines and beer were condemned by the Ohio senator. “The attempt to gain respectability for a bad cause by hooking a beer ‘wagon the tail end of the soldiers’ adjusted compensation is as insulting to the soldiers as it_is disgusting to the people,” Senator Willis declared, —_— PROBE OHIO STRIKE. YORKVILLE, Ohio, February 11.— Investigation of the strike situation here by representatives of the Ohio bureau of industrial relations, was continued today by B. C. Seible and two assistants. Mr. Seible, who has been here for several days, was reinforced this morning by the other investagators, who ‘came from Columbus. It was stated that their work today would be confined to a careful review of the circumstances attending the death of Elmer Kost, the union roller who was shot and Kkilled ‘near the mill Wednesday morning. They were to hear the statements of strikers at a meeting to be held 0 o'clock. Pickets were still. on duty, but there was no disorde: Congress in deciding -that the allied debts must be repaid in twenty-five years. Soviet government at Moscow announces that it will reduce ' the grain_ allowance from 580,000,000 pounds to 440,000,000 pounds. Cardinal Achille Ratti, Archbishop of Milan, is chosen Pope at Rome to succeed the late Benedict XV. -New Pope chooses name of Pius XI. Entire British staff at post in India killed and burned by rebels. King George lauds work of arms parley as parliament opens Prime Minister Lloyd George at open- ing session of house of commons terms the Washington conference one of the greatest achievements ever reg tered in the history 'of the world. Unionist leaders at Belfast kidnaped in rald. Pope calls United States “hope of world.” More men slaln in Ulster ralds. NATIONAL. Arms parley, comes to close at Wash- ington, the nine powers assembled, through their accredited gepresenta- tives, signing the treaties lpoking to limitation of armament and to the eradication of war spots in the far east. Investigation into divorce evil at Alexandria, Va., under way. De- tectives begin investigation at Los Angeles into killing of Willlam Des- mond Taylor, motion picture director, the names of several prominent wom- an “stars” being involved. National appeal made by American Jewish re- lief committee for destitute Jews in southeastern Europe. Reclassification measure reported to the Senate. Dis- astrous hotel fire at Richmond, Va., results in several dead, thirty wound- d and_a property loss of $150,000. Filmland being raked in Taylor inquiry. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. District Commissioners urge such an inquiry as contemplated by the Capper resolution for an investiga- tion of the Knickerbocker disaster, declaring it desirable “not only in the interest of the people of Washington, but also of those of the entire coun- try.” Washington Rallroad and Elec- tric Company granted permission to establish bus line. House District committee févors bill requiring Dis- trict property owners to clear snow from sidewalks. School pupilsshow renewed interest in The Star's essay contest as arms parley closes. Con- gress' neglect of the District is scored by Senator Gooding of Idaho. Food show opens at Convention Hall, Navy yard employes fear arms parley re- sults will throw hundreds of employes out of work. More than 1,300 eighth- grade pupils go forward to high schools. Calvert street and Klingle ford bridges believed unsafe by citi- Miss Carolyn Upshaw, injured making ninety-eighth victim. Neighborhood House appeals for $10, 000 to meet running expenses for 1922 and for an additional $1,000 to cover necessary repairs to roof. Coroner's inquest into Knickerbocker disaster opens at District building, Robert Heénry Davis, engineer and computer in_ the District building inspector's office, telling jury that steel construc- tion which supported the roof of the theater was weak in points, did not come up to the building plans and that the insufficiency of the construc- tion should have been discovered by proper inspection. @Gouthern Relief Soclety holds ball. Fire on the roof of the Treasury De- partment causes damage of $4,000. Senator Sterling of South Dakota files written report: on the reclassification bill which would establish a new system of salary standardization for the civil employes of the government to meet the changing conditions. Chairman Focht holds District appro- priation cut bad economy. Inspection of all local theaters begun. More than 1,300 men laid off at navy yard as ship work stops following end of arms parley; international officials of unions nlan direct appeal to the Presi- dent and to the Secretary of the Navy. Coroner’s inquest continuse, improper waHs being blamed for the crash at Knickerbocker, ‘another witness de- claring that he had disapproved the plan for the theater roof which was substituted for his; Harry Crandall, president of the theater company, de- clared that he had relied on in- spectors. Calvert street bridge to be refloored. Board of managers of As- sociated ~Charities meets. Calvert street bridge pronounced safe by en- gineer brought here to examine the bridge by the Capital Traction Com- pany. President and Mrs. Harding hold annual reception at White House in honor of members of Congress. Higher, school pay figures approved by board of education. —_— BUTCHERED BODY OF MAN FOUND FLOATING IN RIVER Dismembered and Without Any Marks of Identification—Believed “Bathroom Murder.” ° MIAMI, Fla., February 11.—The po- lice are trying to find some tangible clue on which to base their investiga- tion in probably the most mysterious murder ever uncovered here, follow- ing the finding of a butchered body of a man floating in the Miami river. Small boys playing on the river banks discovered half of the torso, sawed completely in two, from the neck to the end of the spine, which physicians said had not been in the water more than forthy-eight hours. The head, arms, legs and the rest of the trunk were missing. There was no mark of identification whatever. Searchers scoured the banks of the river in.an effort to find the other parts of the body or to unearth a clue. Others in _motor boats combed the upper reaches of the river. The police described the cutting up of the body as the work of an expert, nota jagged fragment of flesh or bone being found upon examination. The left arm had been taken off at the joint and the left leg sawed close to the hip. Chief of Police Quigg declared that in his opinion the crime was “another bathroom murder.” He believes that the body was taken to the river after being sawed up.and thrown in with | the —expectation that the current would carry it out to sea. REV. J. M. SIZER DEAD. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., February 11.—Rev. James Mortimer Sizer died at his home in Rhoadesville, Orange gounty, Thursday night He leaves his wife, two sons, Maj. F. M. Sizer of S. M. A., Staunton, Va.;: David Sizer of Mount Gilead, Ohlo; three daughters, Miss Kate Sizer and Miss Miriam, who is teaching in Staunton; Mrs. E. B. Ashley of Suffolk, Va., and five grand- children. — Ex-Presidents of the United States receive a pension of $25,000 a year after they retire by a provision in the will of the late Andréw Carnegie. Exhibit 2733 Conn. Ave. Bet. Woodley Rd. & Cathedral Ave. Price, $20,000 Our homes are the: largest, *most complete and best located homes in the city for the money. Two_stories, attic, library, two fireplaces, two baths, breakfast and sleeping porches, . chauf- feur's room with bath; single or double garage at cost. nmom,a-llnlmt; The subject of the essay is: “The. Arms Conference and Its Significance.” . The contest is open to-all pupils in the public, private and parochial schools of the District of Columbia who are included in the two following classes: Senior class—Students in the senior high schools and the ninth grade of the junior high schools; students in the pri- vate and parochial schools between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, inclusive. Junior class—Pupils in the seventh and eighth grades of the juniot high schools and similar grades of the elementary schools ; pupils in the private and parochial schools between the ages of twelve and fourteen, inclusive. Eighty-eight cash prizes, aggregating $1,000, will be awarded winners of the contest. There will be forty-four prizes, amounting in all to $500, for each of the two classes. . The Star will award a grand prize of $100 to the winner in each of the two above-mentioned classes. The grand prizes will thus be two, aggregating $200. The secontl prize in each class will be $50, making a total of $100 in second awards. There will be two prizes of $25 each in each class for essayists whose work is adjudged third best. Therefore, a total of $100 will be awarded as third prizes. The fourth prize group will consist of five prizes of $15 each for each class, making a total of ten prizes, amounting to $150. There will be twenty prizes of $10 each awarded as fifth prizes, or ten prizes in each class, making a total of $200. Fifty prizes of $5 each will be awarded as sixth prizes, twenty-five prizes in each class, amounting to $250. General rules for the essay contest follow: Participants must be bona fide pupils in the schools out- lined above and must be certified as such by their respective teachers. The section teacher shall certify the contestant in the high and junior high schools. In the other public schools the teacher certifying shall be the regular teacher of the contestant. In parochial and private schools, the principals shall certify. Essays must be written on one side of the paper only, preferably with a typewriter, or else in ink, in a neat and legible manner. A nom-de-plume must be chosen by the contestant and written in the upper left-hand corner of the essay, together with the name of the school and class, if in public school, and age if in private or parochial school. The contestant’s own name must not be written on the essay. The correct name of the contestant, together with the nom-de-plume and name of the school and class if in public school and age if in private or parochial school, must be written on a separate sheet of paper and that placed in a separate envelope and sealed. This envelope must be sub- mitted with the essay, pinned to the first sheet. Entrants in the contest should follow this form: Write at the top of the first page of the essay— Nom-de-plume....eoieeuuiiiieenieenniseennnnnens Class (if in public school)............... Age (if in private or parochial school).... Write on separate sheet to be inclosed in sealed envelope and the envelope pinned to the first sheet of the essay— Name.......... Nom-de-plume. School..... Class (if in public school). A Age (if in private or parochial school) Contestants will be put on their honor to receive no actual aid in the writing of the essays. They are, however, urged to consult the daily press, libraries, authorities on the subject and any other avatlable source of reference. George Washington’s birthday, February 22, has been fixed as the date for the closing of the contest. All essays must be in the hands of the contest editor on that date, or in the mails postmarked before midnight of that day. In sending or bringing the essays to The Star office, contestants should address them as follows: . ESSAY CONTEST EDITOR, The Star, Washington, Special rules for the two classes outlined above are as follows : 2 3 Senior class—Essays must not be more than 1,000 words in length. Junior class-——Essays must not be more than 600 words in length. t t The board of judges will be composed of Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, chairman of the joint congressional school investigating committee; Alexander T. Stuart, director of intermediate instruction of the public schools and former superintendent ; Associate Justice Wendell P. Stafford of the District Supreme Court; Mrs. Lyman Beecher Swormstedt, president of the Women’s City Club, and Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University, : T A A Hom on the Most Desirle Residential Street in Washington 1825 16th STREET N.W. ( 2k DESCRIPTION FIRST FLOOR: Recep- tion hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen and pantry. SECOND FLOOR: Four bedrooms and bath. THIRD, FLOOR: Four bedrooms and bath. BASEMENT: Servants’ room and bath, laundry, storage. The house is modern throughout, including hot- water heat and electricity. Lot 22x100 to alley. P St Tnspection by Appeintment The F. H. Smith Co. 1416 Eye St. NW. Main 6464 Rules for. The Star’s $1,000 Prize School Essay Contest | ITTLE CTORIES l.}@rfiE.DTg, lri’Tf: How Prickly Porky Was Led " Instead of Driven. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Try_lesding when you cannot drive; You're more_ilkely to arrive. —Farmer Brown's Boy. ‘Those who saw Prickley Porky come out of the little house of Bowser the Hound wil} never forget it. Nor will Farmer Brown's Boy. When he trip- ped over his own feet and fell in the surprise of Prickly Porky's sudden appearance he rolled over and over in his effort to get away, all the time yelling. You see, he was sure thltl i him to do.” put in long stick and scaked it for a while in |the ground just out the salt water. With this he went over | Prickly _Porky's _eager sitting in a crotch and poked the end of it under Prickly Porky's nose. Prickly Porky paid no attention to it until he smelled salt. Then he reach- e —_— ness and longing. Farmer Brown's Boy let him get a|on other cloths. T G Apartment House for Sale WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (Pre-War Construction) Prickly Porky had attacked him and was stlll with him. This was because ; when Prickly Porky darted between | Farmer Brown's Boys' legs he left 2 number of his little spears sticking in_them. = = = = = = = | =] = = When at last he had scrambled to his feet Farmer Brown's Boy dis- covered that Prickly Porky had been| with porches. interior. less than $1L50 per room. Price, $70,000 TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED J.DALLAS GRADY Manryland Bullding 1410 H Street N.W., “Member of the Washington Real Estate Board” %fllfllfllfllmflfllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]IIIIIIIIIIIII in quite as much of a hurry to get! away as he himself had, and was now sitting hunched up in the crotch of the nearest tree. Farmer Brown's START Home Inspection HERE 14th St. Terrace AND WHY It is a Shannon & Luchs development. [t is the real town suburb. Here are Bungalows and Houses. FARMER BROWN'S BOY LET HIM GET A TASTE OF THAT SALTY BARK AND THEN DREW THE STICK AWAY. Boy looked at his father and grinned! rather sheepishly. He saw the joke' of the whole thing which had made Farmer Brown laugh so hard, but it' wasn't easy to laught, too, especially with those quills sticking in his legs. | poWell, I got him out, anywa. e “You certalnly did,” chuckiea Farm- | er Brown, “Now that you have him| out; what'are you going to do about for the family, near enough in for the business man. production keeps prices down. Quality finish made po: They resell for more money. All detached homes. “I'm golng to get him back to the| Green " Fores declared Farmer Brown's Boy, and set his teeth in a| way he has of doing when he has made up hie mind to do a certain aim- | The Very Rich Only g “But first I'm going to Affor Ren Shose"qutitn out of my Seps Gutat Aito ey Rent They hurt!” But Don’ So Farmer Brown's Boy sat down SoavDont and Farmer Brown came over to help him. They had to be taken out very Easy Terms carefully so as not to break them off, leaving the points in the flesh, and | Sample Homes Open there was many an “Ouch!” from To Inspec Farmer Brown's Boy before the last o mepact one was out. Then they got Bowser the Hound and pulle i llleDkoIn‘ a hlrn_p d out the quills Do you still think you can 4 z‘rcel:]t};_ P:.r:}:’ bl:ck to the G;e‘:; s e 2, s !Wlnkll‘ln& rmer Brown, his e “No,” replied Farmer Brown's Bo. Il\xt I can carry him back there. ‘Carry hlf«" back;” exclaimed Farm- er Brown. “I am afraid you wil] find him an uncomfortable armful.” Farmer Brown's Boy grinned. “I've just remembered something 1 should }’:IVG thought of before,” said he. Prickly Porky is as fond of salt as Buster Bear {s of honey. Everybody | knows that. I think that with a little Take 14th St. car (best service in Washington) to Ingraham N.W. or drive out 16th St. to Colorado Ave., thei Ingraham, or come to Hamilton St. at 13th; one s: 0 Bullding Department Main Offices 713 14th St. N.W. Main 2345 $1,000 CASH Will Buy the : 'BEST NEW HOME VALUES - 9th and Longfellow Sts. N.W. 4 Six good sise rooms. Large coat closet with < mf Tapestry brick, val mirror door in living Cencrete colonial front room. Built-in china closet in din- ing room and French dodr opening on perch. xe closéts in bedrooms. Kitchen equipped with china cupboard, Pullman b fast service and try containing bull frigerator. porch.. Double rear porch Deep lot to 15-foot alley. ter heat; electric SELLING FASTER THAN COMPLETED . Hot-1 light: Tile bath with built-in fix- e “tures. %-inch oak floors dowepstairs. PRICE, $8,350 Terms $1,000 Cash, $75 Per Month Including All Interest | A large playground for the children set aside in the middle of the square. To inspect—take 14th street car marked “Takoma” to 9th and Kennedy, one square north, or take Georgla avenue car to Longfellow, one square east—on week days phone us for automobile. ; £2 Open Until 9 p.m. Daily and Sunday ; % WM. S. PHILLIPS 4 S RealtopBuilder 3 1409 New York Ave. N.W. . Main 98 Z N, NFENIR AN NSl V4 2 Four-story building, entirely detached; lot 82x105. Con~ tains 16 apartments of 4 and 5 rooms, reception hall and bath, This property is in excellent condition, both exterior and The annual rental is $9,879, which is very low, being Main 727 The last 29 sold before completion. Over 100 sold to date. Far enough out Qu-nglty le. salt I can get him to do what I want |taste of that salty bark and_then drew the stick away. Prickly Porky He went to the house and got a pall | followed. Grunting and complaining,*. of water and some salt. The latter he |he climbed down from the tree, Af the water and then stirred it,the foot he had another taste a: until it had dissolved. Then he got a|then the stick was slowly drawn along of reach of nose. to the tree where Prickly Porky was|could'nt be driven, but he could be led. (Copyright, 1822, by T. W. Burgess.) I He * Yarn embroideries are favored on d for it with both hands, and in his|tweeds; chenile and narrow ribbon, dul] little eyes grew a look of eager- | silk or velvet, filet braid and wood.. bead combinations as well as floss. ] = — St. %mnmnmmmmmmmnmmmmmmnmnmmmmflnmmmumnmmummmumufi i =V == A e o RBP4 9 5508 4 SR R b 504 4 S b Kl G530 vt s LA Liobarmadves Ll vame < ns i