The evening world. Newspaper, November 19, 1920, Page 32

EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, NO TRON AND STEEL BASE SILER WONT BE RUSE Stability In Business of the Highest Importance, Says Judge Gary. WALL STREET There were many cross-currents in Ket to-day, with many | A of tho standard iaues showing -ad- vances over the closing prices of last night, but with persistent Uquidation still in evidence In certain sections of the industrial lst, ny The action of the market taken 44 | 4m © wus not pleasing to those ined that pricea n and that be upward. the stock mai Maxwell Motom . Mexican Petroleum, reached bott broad trend will was for the reason that most of | Am. the buying came principuily from the large short interest, who found they were able to convert cash without more than @ mild rally, and also be+ cause of the manner in which certain broke under comparatively | Am Wool uf Light selling pressure. Then lower money rates are not in- fluancing speculative opinion in manner that had been anticipated. | atedison tty. pi For some time past it hay been main- in many quarters that main cause of market weakness was | Haret co the continued high rates for both call and time funds, Call money has now dropped from 9 to 7 per cent, there has been relaxation in the rate ss but lquidation of san Cop, & Zine ‘The United States Steel Corpora- “tion has decided to recommend to Presidents of its subsidiary compantes; that the present base selling prices ef all commodities continue in force ‘until it is necessary to make changes to meet altered conditions, Chair- man E. H. Gary said to-day. Our subsidiary consistently *Am Smelt & “Ret. Middle Btatew OU Nat Enam & stp “Now Ore T & My companies have uninterruptediy Maintained the base selling prices of all iron and steel commodities which ‘were mutually fixed by representa- fives of iron and steel the United States and representa- of the Government on March 21, said Mr. Gary. “ince that time producing costs of @M manufacturers of iron and stcel, Moluding an advancement ‘of wage Fates aggregating $51,000,000 a year to the steel corporation and freight rates have materially creased. Under usual circumstances ‘we would be justified In making addi- tions to the average base prices. NYNH& Ht NY Ont & Wi Norfolk & Went Halicore & Ohio interests of Nova Scotia Strat Beth, Motors . Booth Weherin ‘Orers Bouling 3. and! pityn tap, Tras, Pan Am Petrol , on time funds, stocks gocs on apace, The market's inability to respond to| oaddo Cant, Ol news that ordinarily would be con- strum aa highly favorable was fur- ther demonnirated to-day by ita in- difference to the ofMcial statoment is- sued by the United States Stee! Cor- poration that present basic pr.ces|"Cerre De Pasco, would be continucd; more justification for raising prices|© M. & st. P than lowering them, and by tts failure |©. M. & 8 P. mt, to take cognizance of the material im-| provement in the position of the for-|cni. eign exchange markets United States sie: @ firm tome and, instead of rallying | (neo comer... further on the statement issued by Judge Gary, it promptly declined to | ol. below the closing price of last night. Crucible Steel declined more than T]coca Col points from last night's closing level | Consol. und other steel shares were distinctly Penn Seaboard Sted Pore Marquette, Cent, Leader pf, R of NJ, 215 Pond Creek Coat eareful consideration we have deciged Rela oie dt to recommend to Presidents of our @ubsidiary companies that the pres- ent base selling prices of all commo- * @ities continue in force unless and ‘until it becomes necessary and "proper to make changes to meet altered con- that there 16] Cre Rall Steel Spriags, Remington Tyo, at first showed _ “We think stability in business ts Roni Duca Ne @f the highest importance and that every man, to the extent of his op- portunity and ability, and even at gome sacrifice, is obligated to assist im stabilizing and maintaining prices om a fair and sane level, The pro- + consumer and workman will “be benefited by this attitude.” a —— CUT FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS IN EFFECT Conversion Rates Reduced to Meet Repreciated Currency * in 2% [Seaboard Air Line, 12% | Seam Rowlmak Continental Can Slow -Sheff Stee Other notably weak features were Corn Products, which fell five points, bs Baldwin Locomotive which easily | oa o. @ comparatively |outan Am, ‘Sugar, ictble Steet. xave way under light volume of selling orders, Amer- ican Sugar which fell more than five points to the lowest price recorded |pn, & Rio since 1917 and the sugar and copper shares generally, dustrial list wan decidedly “spotty” and the only really firm group of stocks was the rails, The cotton and wheat markets | rei, atin were subjected to further persistent | rahasoly premure aud both sold down to the lita tuber. lowest levels of the year. Cotton wis | iywepoct Tex, traded in under 10 cents per pound [<j and at losses extending to more than $2 per bule compared with the clos- ing prices of last night, clined more than 6 cents per bushel. ene of Bunerior Steel Den, & Kio G. pf, The general in Tidewater Oil , >) Announcement is made by the New York Post Office that reduced con- Version rates for international money orders are in force, "having been made in view of the very Material depreciation of the currency Of certain European countries. Un- @ further notice all money orders will be issued accord- Sng to the following achedule:, Gt Britain...t1 | “Netheriands 1 forin equais 1 krona equals 1 krona equais krona equais ‘Tromsue d& Wiens. Union Bag & 1 Union Pacific. this reduction United Alloy. Un, Retail stores, international equals $7.76 TODAY'S. FRICES ‘Gar, Chemical, LIBERTY BONDS. 6 francs 15 cuntimes equailing $1. _ ‘TRAVIS REFUSES ~\ TO PAY $250 FINE], ative in Contempt Case Is , but Comptroller Hopes to Escape That Too. ‘The law firm of Wasservogel & Me- - dalie, counsel for State Comptroller | Trav», to-day announced that Mr. “Travis, will refuse to pay fine imposed by Justice Kernochan of ‘the Court of Special Sessions for con- ‘tempt of court. _ he alternative to the fine, ns de- reed by Justice Kernochan, |s thirty days in the Tombs. Mr. Travis say they hope him from that too. Mr, Travis will be formally committed to the cus- . tody of the Sheriff this afternoon, and immediately afterward a writ of habeas corpus will be served on the ®heritt to produce 1 Supreme Court Justice Glege) Tue contempt of which Travis accused is based on answer certain questions which he re- | gttded as pertaining only to his private > pusiness. The Comptrotier’s counsel | waid the case would be taken to the ‘Un ted Btates Supreme Court if nec- 10; 2d. 48, 85.50; 2d, 4 1-4s, 85.70, up 2d. 88.10, 4th. 85, tory, 8 3-48, 96, off .10 West, Atorake, WillOverland , Pet, 141-2, up Tobacco Prod. Opened firm, Retail Candy,” 8; Simms Pet, IN HANDS OF RECEIVER. International Mari FORDIGN EXCHANGE OPENI BIG NET EARNINGS Beard Estimates Nine Months of Business Shows About 15 Per Cent. on Preferred. At the close of the regular meeting of the board of directors of the Inter- cables, 8.46 3-8, up Franca, de- 0600, up .0007 » International Maritime Corpor- 44° Whitehall placed in the hands of a receiver in Judge Mayer in the Federal District Court yesterday, Judge May- er appointed William J. 0185, off 0001, Canadian dol But counsel for Coogan re- antile Marine Company | yesterday the following statement was astted, by order of the board: “The net earnings of this company | from its own operations and the divi- dends which It has Manufacturing | oattonal Merc Company declared the regular qaar- dividends of 31-2 per cent the common of @ sult brought by t Monumental outstanding payable Dec, than $300,000 ived at current loading and regular quarter! ownership «Jn nglish and Ameri The suit states ti e ys eape nia te ® that the Maritime first nine months of this year, | nd the estimated earnings and divi- dends from these sources for the re- |g inalning three months of the year, } will, after deducting the bond inter- | est and estimated taxes, depreciation expenses for year, amount to approximately 500,000, which would be about 15 per) op the preferred stock. his figure does not take tnto ac | ating profits of the sub- | sidiary companies in excess of the to- | tal amount to be distributed by them Mercantile Ma- as dividends during! kof reeord ‘Nov The Hocking V. Suctes Shipping Vessels have been only partly paid for. EEK ENDS IN JAIL. 31 to stock of rev SPENDS W Takes Five Week ay Sentence, CLEVELAND, Lapinska to-day began the dlrat of five | week ends in Jail When Judge Levine sentenced him to ntempt of court in against molesting mi-annual at cent, payable Jan Tho Procter & ble Co. declared quarterly dividend Keepn Job, FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Call “Cobambus #200” Any Hoar, Day or Night FRANK K CAMPRY | FUNERAL CHUR (sem-tectarian) Termes ome K of record } MALONE, M. P., SEN Sentence of & Month» Imponed for Wedtttons Utterances, count the oper T TO JAIL. Lapinska said he International rine Company sa week und La- pinska chose the NEXT GOVERVOR ar MAINE SOCIETY'S DINNER, At the annual dinner of the Maine So- clety of New York last Astor speeches were Jing to the report of Oct, English companies £ 10,000,000 in cash, loans and Treasury bills; and there is in cash, call loans and Liberty bonds treasuries of the American companies about $13,000,000, There are! other assets, such as Holland-Am ica Line shares, New York Shipbuild- ing Corporation shares, add substantially to these am of Commons, who was ur- 10 for allexed tenced to six months’ imprisonment Prior to the sentedce Malone declared through his attorney thmt he withdrow nothing and apologized for nothing (BELL FUNERAL CHURCH. Date later, WURZBURGER—BORNARD. CAMPBELL | FUNERAL CHURCH, 5u: Maine, Mrs, Douglas Robinson, Dey, Dr, ward Page Mitchell pest M. Stires, and Irvin §. Cobb. the speakers except Mr. who was born in Kentucky, praised the great men who had come from Matne. was the firet State and tho last to ene ert Hall xpeech and wag willing england bees House af Commons and his a, om Football Injurtes, ‘Thomas McKenvie, fifty-elght, of No? 499 Went 158th Street, by an automobile owned by James But- ler, Inc., of No. 390 Washington Street, rated by James Conne)i: 944 Bt. Nicholas: Avenu jas Avenue and . 1580) ‘was removed to Columbus Ef was run down |}arahbarger, Atwood, died in a Deca- tur hospital last night as a result of Injuries sustained in the Atwood Tus- cola High Schoo! football The boy, sixteen years old, was crushed about the kidneys and a lustrminute operation fatled to save his Hitt i jotim Identified, The body of the woman killed by a trolley car at 174th Street and Webster H = 233 iri ‘Street to-day. to-day as that of Martha Kammerman, it, Identification was made by HH old fashioned mothers who try to impress upon thelr growing daughters that “clothes don't make the woman" are right to a certain degree, and to instill the im- portance of good manners, speech and Intellect is excellent. But these profiteth a girl little if she has not prigy and be- coming clothes, The influence of one’s personal appearance is Just about half in the putting over of one’s personality— that feat which every oné consciously or unconscfously strives for, . Schoo} days octupy the major part of a young girl's winter time, and practicality should reign there; but for holidays and dress-up occasions sume dressier type of frock like the one I am offering here should be in every young girl's ward- robe. Velveteen, chiffon, velvet or duvetyn are fabrics Adaptable to this trig little model of such youthful charm, Tht skirt, which {s mounted on to.a foundation waist, crosses to the left side, where a band of fur marks its opening. The same fur is employed to finish the neck of the little jacket-blouse which surplices over to the left side and finishes in a point. Embroidery in a cut-out design of either broadcloth, duvetyn or velvet, applied with a tiny gold or silver cord to outline it, lends importance to this feature of the bodice. As a novel and effective trimming for the short sleeves, the bodice edge and INSTALMENT NO. 11. CAN CONVENTIONALITIES KILL LOVE? 66 HLL, beloved, how shall we spend my Saturday after- noon holiday?” demanded Hugh one morning as*he laid his napkin on the table and folded up the newspaper, “Oh, let's go hiking,” I replied enthusiastically. “This js going to be a wonderful day and the country around here must be lovely.” We were having our first days of Indian summer, and Indian summer season of the year. which was a jolly little meal. 1 lunch we boarded a street car, rode | for the open country. crisp and cool and the sunshine seemed to have in its rays all the clean freshness of youth, From time to time we paused to pick a cluster of late wild Mowers, to remark upon @ particularly vivid stalk of sumac or to feast our eyes upon a gorgeous maple, wearing its autumn dress of scarlet and gold and brown. On that day it seemeg as if Nature must ,have something of very lovely import to tell us, if we only would! listen to her, All the time I kept ihalf expecting that a dryad or a faun seemed happ' been for a long time, and I forgot every {rritation, every difference, every misunderstanding in our brief married life. After we had rather tired ourselves tramping, we found a shady place under @ great elm tree wher could sit on the bank of a WIRELESS STATION BURNED, VEMBER “19 For Smart Women New and Original Fashion Designs By Mildred Lodewick Coprrigtt, 1908, ty The Prem Publishing On (The New York Brains World.) voyr@at 1920, by Kuvy MM, Ayer, CHAPTER XVIL « a) HE moved buck, the hot blood rushing rivtot te no longer; she like a marble right; 1 shall see you soon. Buduenly brought to life. He Was co his power o: the moment blinded him to the fact that It was not love in her eyes, but scorn, “What are you thinking, Laliie?” he She sat very straight and stiff in ‘Iam thinkin possivle it svema that L could ever have thought 1 cared for yo' voice was low but very ciear, heard each word distinctly. thinking that you are the most con- temptible thing I have e lite—-I um thinking how surry am for the woman who ts your wife, She pushed back her chair and rose. “Would you like to hear any more| ‘of my thoughts?” she asked. ment in, his Even now he, Mr. George ‘jovely name? He's going to establish { arsely. He half me firmly in little old New York, as held his hand to her, “Latlie—" he je calls it, and make my fortune. I'm said again--but the cold contempt of going out to lunch with him at one her face struck the appeal from his G'ciock, and you're coming too!—oh, yes you are!” As Esther shook her He drew himeeif up with a poor at- head. “I've told him all about you on her face. why you are here insultingly,” was @ little point of silence, its erty; — V he stammered, he who las taken iy place—who has His voice changed to “I migat have known what he meant @ him—wait Ull I get back to AN INDIVIDUAL FROCK FOR A MISS. Esther emiled--a tittle smile of se-| | “There is no need to wait,” she said the skirt edge, a band of the same | quicil; r cut in scallops, is Paris with me, if you wish to see This) hin.” embroidery fabri outlined with a tiny method of embroidery is cne of the newest caprices of Dame Fashion to | sustain our interest, echoed Esther's it ts true; “Here! With you! In Paris! that it would not be a fickle heart who would become tired of the over- | A wave of bitterest jealousy surged fell back a step, struck dumb by the torce of his e © fled away from hin The back of ppt for a! done floss embroidery, this model slight deviation the lower edge of the bodice, which points upward a bit deeper at the tlons, and Est embered the had written She wouia zo t be somewhere ut least to sleep una It was only a li hotel; she wished it ne forward, and sa'd something up at him, buc ii ard unreal, but her own voice rounded a8} ye. if it were mile | (Uae sents OVER. AGAIN ( Greary loun, this aosu:d stream. The Iimpid water was flow- he felt as if she ing peacefully and singing the faint. est little song. ‘As we sat down, I took off my hat and laid it on the grass, gan pulling gently at a loose ‘Then he smoothed back my drawing me over to him, he kissed me rather gravely. ‘Hughie, dear—why so serious?” A door in front + ‘rhe hot col again, this time with more ardor. ‘Oh, please, Never, it seemed, had I had a hap- Pier sensation than t , together in the quict country on that) {beautiful afternoon. “I just love everything to-day, what I um to do But for the next few "i of our bemg | jthough she never relly lost cor 38. She only knew tha Vas all rigat now Mic around Hug} in Ohio is about the most delightful iiyay from” hit time threw ‘ him so I could | Straight Into his eyes. I met Hugh downtown for lunch, country, this keen alr, th's brille ‘Atier!Sunshine—and more than ail I love »me one took her hat and the “Dear ttle Alma--I to the end of the line and struck out'me, and I have a va, The air was|Sometines niy love a blundering thing.” That was just It—Hugh's love for me, genuine enough, was blundering A man like Hugh, who al- Ways hag a perfectly definite idea of what he wants in the worid, does not {marry a woman uni her, that is, in his way Sometimés, is not the sensitive, int ay of an ardent woinan's laced her 8) 0ea, ¢ there looking dc that hurt, th now you love gue idea that for you 1s rather tug bags and ba he opened her e fecling-—the is he doos love But his way, aginative wa “We are nearly in," he said. In my more thoughtful moments 1] .T!@ train was almost at a stand-! sonality not to be lightly dismissel could not be too harsh In my Jue | ments. er wes a hea Hugh's mot ul eink Unysteriously or that| man, not a heart-woman, aT He ight Of ithe. breast | sure that from infancy she had taken Bf the nymph in the brake’ Hugh! the most scruputous care of his boy y r, livelier than he had! that always she had been actively, 4 intelligently interested in his educa. “splendidly duis" | women like Mrs. Barrett, who know how to rear sons to be great successes seldom know how bring up thelr boys to be tenderly Benerous with women, Thelr sons may be wizards at bus!- mselves writ- pers and magazines as financial geniuses or captains of her feet—hor Imbs rembilng, and her head ached When they got on board he found era chair on the leeside of the boat | and left her, In he loft her to herself tin they reached Iv she “did not want to he bothered,’ nd he was go'ng to smoke, pang of disap- 4 long time til! into Charing | long is it since you saw Micky? they may get ten tp in new: the train steamed fuss Cross; and the old w jon-tiness had settled again upon her Mysterious Blase Does 500,000 Damage to Apparatus. Fire, starting si@ilily before midnight last night, destroyed the two-story building of the De Forest Radio and Wireless Station on Sedgwick Avenue, near 1Tlat Street. Valuable apparatus and suppl troyeg. and em- ployees we huts barat east $6 cials of the pany were to confirm eatimate, How the fire sturted is not. known. An investigation 18 being ‘made. The wireless plant. adjoins tracks of the New York Central and is near the Har- lem Raver, ei PLAN TO PROTECT ACTORS. ‘The principal use to which the pro™ coeds from the Actors’ Equity ball, at the Hotel Astor to-morrow night, will be that of supporting State bills making obligatory the erection and maintenance of sanitary dressing rooms for actors and actresses in theatres and protect- Ing the pubile against anlarepresenta- tion in theatrical advertisements, It was announced at the Equity headquarters last night It is believed that more than $20,000 will be obtained ut the ball, Actors: industry, but they seldom are beart by the time kind that keep the romantle attitude Micky came to the door of the carr: 6. to he somewhere he std lacoatcally. I sce if I can find onan inal of a woman's comfort, or © realize when her heart {s hu - ing for a word of love. aamer’ 1s something that has to be taken care of." I anid, “It will not bear n think of it as a flower, and 1 have Such a horror of petals, of its wilting and fading and turning an ugly brown, She took @ hurried step forward, “No, TH come with you,” yes; June who knew why she had run away to Paris, had been awaiting her ther She touched face were troub! terribly anxious. “Wher shall T sce you again?” I love love and I want Really, Hugh, I must have it—I Think of iow we loved [when we were honeymooning in Cal- ‘fornia—ah, that was love with the It shone there and it lke ‘this grass will hanging with dew- drops, the sun comes up to-morrow morning over this meadowland. When vou truly love, Hugh, there is a glory over everything—<ion't you feel it? Don't you sense it?” “Of course I do,” declared Hugh, Ereedy, too, half sm'od, will have it. "he questioned rravely. “an have no use for me-after thi bloom on it! sparkled just nly would let me thank you, eky laughed ‘ “L hate thank WAS upon them: wed her raptnrously Esther and kis “You darliz how glad I am to sve yo she looks worn out.” “Are you sure, Hugh? said Micky, afraid that yo hedged around with moderatio nd discretions, and fixed ideas and furniture and worldly successe# and conventionalities"*—I was laughing at him- looked round vacantly, “I wired Driver—I thought he'd be from throughout the East and some from a8 far west as St. Louis, have indicated they will come to ii Youk a agen etait ete sce set “but T Thu ae Bs primordial as—that plece of Tosh" | eipiers 8 Tey (To Be Continued To-Morrow.) seer, aititt, Wy the Bell Kyedionia, band He put the two girls into the car; he did not look at Esther, though he squeezed June's hand when be Hie raised his hat, stood aside, and the car started forward. June looked at Esther with @ sort of shyness, It seemed as if years must have passed singe they were down at, Enmore, ‘The car had rolled out of the sta« tion and into the heart of London, CHAPTER XVII. STHER cried hersei2 > sleep, that night. When she woke it was late in the morning, and June had had her break- fast and gone out. She came in while Esther was dress- ing. She looked very pleased and alert, “Business, my child!” she said en- thusiastically, “Such a duck of an Asiiton hid rsen\ too; there was a’ ei leky’s introduction! look of bewildered ama American! and Micky face; he tried to lauga. {thought she was joking. “Lallie—" he said P. Rochester!—isn't it a eady.”” Esther laughed. Ni You must have got on very fast,’ TY ghe sud. “And anyway I'm not going te y odd-man-out.’ June made a little grimace. “I telephoned Micky and asked him ‘lf you are’ to come and make a fourth,” she ad- mitted. Esther flushed, She looked up eag~ “And—and is he coming’ June shook her head. “No, he isn't,” she said with over done indifference. “He said he'd got 4n engagement already, but be you and me and the doorpo: added darkly. “I don’t believe it! thluk he just didn't want to com yeen she “Oh,” said Esther faintly. “I expect he has a good many engagements,” he added after a moment. She was smarting with humillatio: She h a branch when they parted two days ago at Charing Cross, and this ls how he had accepted it! A offered Micky her little oliv “It he's trying to pay me out, I suppose it's only what I deserve,” she thought miserably, and yet it did not seem like Micky to deliberately try or 1 to hurt or humiliate any one. did her bestto push the shadow She tried to laugh and talk 1) June as they went off to meet Mr, George P. Rochester. 4 He was a big bluff man, with a hand-clasp like the grip of a bear, ang ung that could be cut with o .ey lunched at @ restaurant which she had never even heard of, though June seemed quite at home. There. wore several people at other tables, whom June knew, and Esther felt y out of it all, and unhappy. t Rochester taiked to June a great deal. Once or twice he tried to draw da wand | ¥ t conquer | ing that she wished to be let alone, he er-| soon gave up the attempt. : her into the conversation, but, see- He was certainly a most friendly -| person—one would have thought that od June had known one another 8; befote lunch was ended he himself to tea for the fol- érnoon, vs Yankee push tf you like! ad when he had gone. “Give im a Yankee every Ume to make She looked at Esther ex~ y. “Do you know,” she satd, “Tye a great mind to try and per- ruade that man to come into partner vith me.” sther laughed. should say he'd suggest tt himself, f you give him another day or two,’ © said dryly as she wandered list- sly round the room. June's friendship with Mr, George P, Rochester grew apace. icky’s introductions are always a * she told Esther. “And Micky likes him too—awtully! Mr, Rochester {9 round at Micky’s rooms nearly levery night. They're ever such pall “Are they?” said Esther, The men- tion of Micky’s name always seemed to make her heart quiver, She won- ‘dered if June knew why he never ! came to the house now, and what she thought about It all. In her own mind she was sure that Mitky had cast her off, and the knowledge left her with a sense of desolation. She never spoke of him unless June did so first, and she tried never to think of him, But Micky was a per- frou’ memory, and he haunted ir thoughts waking and sleeping. ‘Has he suggested the partnership yer?” Esther asked one night. June fiushed rosily, ‘Don't be absurd,” she asnwered, and something in her voice woke a little note of fear in Esther's heart. Was she to jose June too? Was | there to be nothing left to her in all the world? Her hands shook as she | went on mechanically filling the row of little ve pots, ether,’ said June suddenly, “how Tucre was a little pause, then Esther sald constrainedly, “I've never from Paris." waited a moment. Why?" she asked with an effort. June kept her eyes t on ‘her work. Kecause T haven't een him my- self for nearly a week,’ she said slowly. “And I hear—I hear that he's running round with that Deland girl aga.n.” She did not dare to look up as she spoke, and she went on quickly, “Of cou. it may only be gossip—but George—Mr. Rochester she hur- riedly corrected herself, “tells me that Micky took him to their house to dinner last night.” “And it's all entirely due to me,” Micky said when June rang him up the following morning to tell him the news. . “I introduced you! What do T get out of tt all, I should like to know?” His voice was playful, but June took him sertously, “O Micky! if you could only be as happy as I am," she said eagerly, Micky laughed, “It wishes were horses, my dean—— he said sententiously, “But don't worry about me, I'm all right.” “Then, will you come to dinner to- night? No, not at the boarding house! | We'll go to the Savoy—just paid.a votce at nial bratel We fours vue 12 Golo n¢@ there was Oriver, stolid and impenetrable as ever, “Tve the bases “wy4 1 Read To-Morrow’s Interesting In- 4 ctalmneny enh te seen him since—since we came back-.*~