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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1916-10-12, Page 6No Prohjbitj�"" n on -the purest and most' refreshing . beverage of all TEA Tbe,gsatly stimulating effects of good Teaare.of great benefit to alb The prima r,f comfort and satisfaction is ,extraordinarily *Mall when yen: can get genuine `t SALAD A," at less than ons. fifth of i► scent a cup. At ALL. GROCERY STORES • THRQU�H THS ���RK SHADQWS Or The ;Sun light of Lovo CHARTER VII--(Cont'dl', ' Diamenids &Hstened round herr er- .feet throat, upon her head i^es �e d a, Magnificent tiara of the" same stone% " her hands flashed as if 'touched with • living fire;. She might haye stood as a figure of ITndine;—as beautiful and as. .soulless, • • All ' round her the little band of . courtiers thronged, Over -changing, Anil passing on to the balllxooni as others eagerly 'tooktheir place: Half past twelve Struck, and shre grew •more. • 'impatient the •blue eyes sparkled • frostily, the red .lips became more tightly' set. • "Lady Aierivale leaks riled;'•"14Iorti-. ,••mer Shelton,said to his partiaer,as they passed 'her.. ""You can see that•by•the sweetness of the smile 'with which she has just fevered' Hadley. ,She wishes• him anywhei I knew, Funhy thing about you ladies !' the madder you are with one poor. dev—fellow, the Sweet- er and. deadlier you are. tethe rest. of us. His , ::partner :laughed --•-s -�' ietrawas a• bright' little. , brunette,\ flushed 'With. . . 'the. danb'e, and thoroughly happy. ' "Why should"• we:, Wear our • hearts upon • our .sleeves for cynics such as you to peck • at ?" 'She.., replied. "The art of 'dissembling Is one of, our few. privileges. But do you think the fileun.tess is angry ' . She is to beauti- • ful.""; - "Marvellousa exeiainied the; cynic •iaising."his ;eyebrows.. ''Dear "• Chetwerid, ie it' possible that I-. hear °• "one beautiful woman praise 'another's ' . lacks ?,+ The little lady, 'flushed, • ' !It would be a greater marvel 'still if you men gave 'us credit for just a li tl t a generosity, But sell' me, -Mr. ;3helton, 'where is Adrien •Leroy " My dear lady said Shelton. with a; Wicked,. twinkle in.his eyes, "if I knew that Lady Merivale would be titiwil on me "like 'the: proverbial load of bricks, He was to have'been here ;. but, his inovenents are as "uncertain .as, her ladyship's seniles. See, she has. fairly extinguished " poor Hadley— drowned in sweetness ! ", Y•ou are a horror," laughed his companion as the waltz came to an end, r"I shall be quite afraid of you in the future -I'd no Idea you were so cynical;'„ • • °I -could 'never be- cynical with you," , he said gallantly. "By the way,/have you seen Prince Pfdwsky to -night ?" "Yes,,' said Lady' Chetwold, "i am engaged to . him for the. next 'dance—, !f he remembers it. He: is always so sp forgetful" . "Lady Constance • also.. .well ?"—with ; pro "'Put,:not ybur trust . in princes; " -the slightest, tinge of restraint in heti . !Prince came up to claim his partner, "and here, is someone even more in- teiesting-,•Iook,R'• i Lady Chetwold followed 'the. diree- tion of his gaze arid saw Adrien Leroy advancing 'up the 'rose -decked• room. Asusual, his• appearance created something of a stir, for he was pope: - Tar with inee and women alike, andno smart gathering seemed quite complete without him. But the young span ap- peared totally unconscious of the interest he was evoking as he bent over hishostess' hand with a mus,- inured greeting, then turned to make his bow. to the, Prince, who, as firm an -admirer as the rest' of Society, had paused "to exchange .a word before the dance conilnenced; Adrien sank on to the velvet lounge beside the Countess: "Don't seold• me, belle amie," he said in hiesoft toner ;' "lay the blame on Nlr: Paxhorn: I dined -with him at theclub. o ub. You know, what Paxhorn is there wasp. simply no -getting--away; But now,- ' have ' you saved me _ a dance , "You do not deserve one," she said, all the irritation melting beneath the, magic of . his smile and the musicof his voice. "It's a, mercy," he retorted lightly, "that one does not get a11, one's de in this•world !" • , '1 saved you the next;';slie said, giving him the programme. You see, 1' am -as foolishly forgiving as ever:" "You are gracious aped sweet !" he murmured in her ear. "How could you ever be ot'herwise ?" The sot phrase passed unreproved: Leroy srnf1c4'. He knew that to. bt true. - "'H•e will wife, you think she ik an;f oualiY. ' "011, yes 1," was the, Careless . 'e4aly, .; testa 0.nt says there is nethtiag to testa hilt". The Couaatess raised her eyebrows. ""You trust Ulla 'Permeant ` with a .great''deel,'•Adrlen. Your horses, /War wiiaea, and. year "legal bnsinese, Ifs must be a wonderful man." answered eanii•entiy: "Jasper's a treasure. lvothleg. comes annus Bio Wen. I Should, be in. my'greve .if 'I' had to -lace., half . the wmarles. he wrestles With daily, Come,,, he added, as, the drat bars • of the new waits floated from,'the . allay.;' and with a sigh ofpromised endancjoymente, she rose fgr .the;' .."No one'sstop suits • i e like yours,"' she breathed, when they paused' for rest. "Adrien; 'sha11 Ij ask King Cole for,auotber:two ehundred ?" , fi'he two sentonees were, perhaps~ rather Ineogruous but`' curiously 'characteristic of her ladyship ; for, in addition to a partiality for betting on the turf and; speculation on, 'Change --both, of course, sub rosa,. "Oh,' yes, he said,'"as they started again, Tasper has put two . thousand ' mare of mine.on•to,day There he is•'; he broke off; as the 's leek, ' carefully dressed figure -Of Mr. Vermont entered the bail -room. '"Talk' of angels," .murmured Lady Merivale, but with a glance implying that she meant a.. being very far re- mpved from that celestial grade. Jasper Vermont • did 'not.excel at dancing yet, strange to say, lie 'was nvarlably invited to every function of the season. Indeed, the hostesses of Mayfair would 'almost as soon have omitted the name • of Adrien. Leroy himself as than of his friend. It was difficult to explain this other "You have been. down to. Barmin- 'ster ' • ? " . again . she •inquired • , ego "Yes," he replied, . •'as -he settled hi himself 'more mare canifortabl _ wa •y ,. "You have epeen very' attentive "to pa your father lately," she said •a little ,tin suspiciously "I thought • filial ."affec- or tion was not the' Leroy's strong point."1 "Nor is it," he said with a laugh c "but it ti s business In . hou dear ' Y Ev ' eh ne, odious business, into. which Jasper in-- sp veigles me," - } fu "I thought' Mr. Vermont was the to than on account of his engaging ami tiility. Probably Vermont: would hair transformed' the famous- advice of Uriah.. Heep to "Always be, obliging. Certainly, no . pleasanter comps could be found,- whether for man o woman ; whatever the hour, howeve mixed the coiri.'pany, Jasper Vernon had always a . smile, a jest, or a new and piquant scandal. In.the smoking room hey would rival Mortimem Slielto in apparently geed -natured cynicism In a duchess' boudoir he Would'•enliven the afternoon tea hour with the neat est' of epigrams and. the spiciest elan der of her Grace's lar e es t fri end Nothing came amiss to hemi as Adrien -L-Omar—liWence said, he was a walking encyclepaedia." - Yet with all Mr. •Vermont's .charm of manner, he could resent, smiling still,. an impertinence or a snub, and . deaI back a tongue thrust that would ef- fectually put his . opponent hors de combat. Truly of • him might be said, "1 smile, and 'murder while I. smile." To -night he '.was' apparently enjoy- ing the gay scene before him, His sharp black eyes were like . little snakes, darting here, there, and every„, where; while .he wagged his smooth' head to the time of the music, as if in keen enjoyment. Mortimer Shelton noticed • him gloating over his future victims," he nested, almost audibly, as he and s .partner pas;ed' .elose to where' he ss standing. d ng, .Vermont, however, ap- rently did not hear him, but con - tied -to smile amiably as the dan- s whirled by: - t was nearly daybreak" when the. a ref:ages' drew. outside the . great use to take the h guests gu to their re-' ective homes; and, having success-. lly steered a young Marchioness in -1 her• electric brougham;:Leroy found' self standing .close .to Vermont; far from where his own motor acted him ' They call this pleasure, Jasper," he d, aimost .scornfully, 'watching, the, ggling, aristocratic crowd with a' r -contemptuous smile on 'his lips. W y, it's hard work. They fight push for the sake of al few hours ant in: a crowded, poisoned room; d there's no prophet :to rise up, and claim it-madnesu." No, ' laughed Vermont cynically; "prophets nowadays have no liking or-iieiug ,stoned; and, after all; life 1 would be unendurable .were. It. not for p ' pleasures. Let ;me' remind you it is nearly four o'clock; and you dints for the .Rorie MAGIC BAKI 1\4 Ci POWDER .Plums have a spicy zest whichmakes, therm a favorite preserving fruit;:indseveral ea cetlentva:: riot a are -plentiful -this year. Preserve all you can with TItic aa Selected: ,Recipes. Meat Puha:—•Make a puff-paetq: with, dripping or lard; rel •out about a 81141% ter -jos an Inch thick seed. iia colones Pieces; place a spoor of i' :of cold- watt of any kind, chopped fine and well eea- soned, on•each piece of paste, '1^011 up and brush over with egg, and bake In a. quick oven, Cheese, :Sauce.. -Take three 'table' Speoaifuls of butter and add four "of. flour when the butter is. bubbling hot. Mix well and add a half teaspoonful of salt, a few dashes of paprika, one and a half cupfuls of Milk and: a cupful of chopped cheese,' 'Cook, the sauies. well before adding ' the cheese and • serve a.. soon as it is melted. . Stuffed Beet • Salad. -Boil .;several meidiufn-sized beets without removing - the skins. When tender plunge; into cold 'water and ruo off the peel. Cut out the centers, leaving shells to be, stuffed with a. mixture of 'peas, nut meats;, breadcrumbs and mayonnaise, Serve .on 'lettuce- leaves with brown - bread sandwiches; Curried Cauliflowers -:Break a. Caul flower into flowers an d put thein i" boiling salted water. As soon , as they are tender, drain them in a cola der. Dust them all'over With• Burry powder and fry .diem in; het fat; the put them in a'stewpan,.pou'r Over them a cupful of stock and let them. cook f five minutes. Squeeze over -the Jule of half a lesson and serve with or with out rice. Rice Croquettes With Cheese Sauce —Cook a cupful of rice in two and. half cupfuls of milk. Season with teaspoonful of salt until tender, add Ing more milk if needed. Add tw tablespoonfuls of butter, a dash o Paprika and mix with two•beaten egg yolks and then chill.. When cold and stiffened mold into cones, balls or cylinder .forms, dip in crumbs, then in egg white and in crumbs' again. Brown in fat and serve with cheese, sauce. Peanut Soup.=One cup peanut but- ter, one cup choppeckcelery, three cups milk, one tablespoon each butter, flour and chopped onion, one and one-half cups boiling- water, one teaspoon salt, one-eighth h. th $ teaspoon. :pepper, three tablespoons minced red or green pep- per: Cook celery and onion in water until tender, adding water it evapor- ates to keep to one ,and one-half cups iquid. Add one cup milk tot peanut butter and blend. Heat remainder in double bailer, thicken with dour and butter, creamed together, add'stock and peanut butter and milk mixture, seasoh and serve, garnishing with pep- pers. ' Apple Croquettes. -Put. one dessert- poonful each of water and butter in enameled-sttewpan, •-add `three-, cups tart app1t which have• been pared, cored, and sliced. Cook slowly, avoid - ng 'scorching,• . until 'soft and dry: ash or put through vegetable press, dd 'any season�in desired esired and pinch of salt. Mix one-third cup cornstarch ith a, little " water, -and use to thick.; apples pulp. Just before taking m lire, whip in one beams egg. ' urn into wet mold or dish, and set side to cool. When cold shape into ny form desired, . roll in 'egg send readerlmbs' and fry -in deep fat. Dust th powdered sugar and serve hot:' Oyster Pie. --Forty . large oysters, o' hard-boiled eggs, two'tablespoons ur, four tablespoons butter; one-half blespoon each chopped onion and ; opped parsely, a little grated nut- meg, salt and -pepper. Put oysters on cooly in their own liquor, thicken - g it with • the butter and. : flour mix-' together. - Add egg and. season- gs- Stir" until butter is • thoroughly lied and pour in deep\ dish lined,' tom and sides, with half -puff -paste. the center -of the 'dish set. an invert - cup to support the top crust.. Cover h paste, fasten edges tight, slash et a bit to allow escape •of steam for the sake of econoinioal andwholesome•desserrsnext winter. Lanticsugar comesin 2 and 5 -Ib Cartons 10• and 20-1b Bags Purecane. FINEgrantiation "The All -Purpose $agar” g PRESERVINGLABELS FREE . S4gummed and printed labels for s red baa tsade•mark. Send to Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd. VowerBalag.. Montreal 68 Viragcroznalliannieemeasmiana a- jumped into the motor, followed by e his faithful squire; and the powerful car hooted it's way through the* twi- " light of the• dawn. nY � They reached Lord Standon's r chambers, to find the finish of a threa- r tre party. The room was Shed with t beautiful women, mostly stars of the musical comedy stage, including Ada - Lester, who was 'evidently on her best 11 behaviour.' q • Here, amidst light and laughter, the goddess of 'pleasure was being' - feted"by her youthful worshippers, and - none appeared a more eager votary • than Adrien Leroy. • Yet, as he stood, chs - -i champagne -glass -in- hazld;-pro�ponYitling the toast of the evening—or rather ,morning, for the dawn was' breaking in the sky—there was none to tell him of. the Impending .cloud of . treachery -'that hung over his head. 'None who dare warn him to beware of the friend- ship of—Mr. Jasper Vermont, • CHAPTER VIII. " new machine• that was to • save you him trouble ? - • not "Yes, „ that's what I thought," was awe the languid reply. "But one' has to turn the handle, even of machines. st " There 'are ;signatures, and leases, 'and. � Heaven knows what else besides," hal """Now . is Lord narm1nster v 0 , 'she h inquired: and • Splendid.' -quoted Shelton. "But if his • Highness voice. should he ^so. ungrateful, perhaps_you ".Yes," he answered indifferently wflCerta.inl`y not," she ret add hg; "but you haven't asked- after e" =ple�tre---� aria retorted g Cole." • -ecce-.*nv.r -ecce... t1.r..�.'�'Rek 1 w:lr 0000.000.00000.0.00.0.000 •I.,yy.W.JIW M .410.111111101111., 4.404. 1• a• saucepan and. cool; for about an hou and a half, after which cut the ares Into medium pieces and arrange the round the Stew On a hot dish; Things t Remember. Have. a day for everything.. 0 Cracker crumbs 'are-° better the bread crumbs for scalloped Oysters.. Small children can eat bananas 1 they are thoroughly backed.' 1. All fruits should be • peeled •a th seeded•' for very young children., Olives, a entail quantity of 'mince n_ red peppers'and a spoonful of capers increase the savor of potato. salad. `Sweet cern should never bail more than threes minuted. If it boils longer or - it will lose much of its sweetness. e When a baking dish beconies,1iurnt wipe it off with a damp cloth dipped in salt. It, is a wise precaution to put •, a a` quantity of sand in the bottom of a a very tall vase. ' This will prevent its topping over„ o Preserving jars should always be f kept from direct contact with the bgttcdn of the preserving kettle, other- wise they may break. - Use cold milk to soak the bread or cake for pudding; the pudding will'be more light. -- To - To hurry the cooking of anything in a double, boiler, add salt to the water in the outer boiler. A slice of potato is 'an excellent thing to clean white oilcloth which has become disfigured byhot cook- ing. ing. utensils.' . ' _ Whenever th i rubbers en cans • of fruit "bulge," they should' be -remov- ed, the jar of fruit resterilized and fresh rubbers put on. • A good soft icing is made -with two• cups of granulated . sugar and' three- quarters cup of sweet milk. Boil. nine minutes; cool, heat and flavor. In cutting the string ' binding a package pick the knot up and cuttm- mediately below, and you Will release the string entire, 'unless it has other knots. r 'A tablespoonful of turpentine, ad. -1 t ' dod to a •capperfui Of water in which" the clothes are boiled will Cleanse,' whiten, and' disinfect• the garments, • Steel knaves, after . being used for fish or peeling -onions, should have the ad t in the groundP short blades put; t ora n time, as the earth removes the smell, • Cheese will not become mouldy if r' you keep it : *cored with a cloth wrung out iii vinegar. Thea will, keen the cheese fresh indefinitely, an If your cake looks hard and tough, d set in a deep dish with a bawl of hot water underneath and • leave. • , The ,. steam will moisten the Dake and make it soft. To clean white gloyes in a hurry,, sorub them with a mixture lof po*der • ed alum and fuller's earth. Brush off, and sprinkle them with whiting. Tar spots, if they can be removed at all by the amateur, should be rubbed with Olean lard and let lie. This, in turn, should be removed with 'gasoline or hot suds. After washing oilcloth and linoleuig be • sure to dry it properly. If left damp it will 'speedily rot, and finally become totally spoiled. It is a great mistake to use too much water for washing it. }' The cloth should •be merely wrung put 'and passed over the surface. , • High .up in the,' woods of Bucking„ hamshire stood Barometer Castle, so old that one-half of its pile dated back to Norman times;`w le the whole,.. with the wings and parts added by the successive generations of 'Leroys, might have passed for .a royal palace M by reason of its splendour and.magna- a ficence. Needsw Needless to say, the a aro s were' � Y proud of their ancestral home, for e •them had been Leroys since William fro the Conqueror' had calmly annexed T the land on which it now snood, and a had -given., it to his faithful baron; a Philip Le Rol But they valued still b more ., the love and respect sof. their I w1 people, awhcrin hamlet and village Sur- rounded thecastle as naturally as d'id•,tw the. woods. � flo Yet the present Lord Barniinster'fto had done little to keep the name. of ch loyalty alight in the hearts of his tenants. He was an old man, nearing to seventy, .tall, white headed and haugh-1 in ty---every feature clear cut, as' if cary-I ed. from marble., Sew people had ever in seen tire stern. lines of 'that face relax me in "light-hearted laughter since the 'bot death of his young wife, which had -oc- Ia curred a few years after the birth of ed Adrien. None, outside his immediate wit family circle, had ever known the curt= 'cru nese: -of his speech ,to be softened ate an ess ie sarcasm; and his habitual ex= h ression was one.of haughty tolerance. i bcoy ur brightly ; "Caesar or nothing f" "Ah, no, but yogi would have told. due at Lord Standon's monad." "And • here he comes," laughed ! me at first if anything had been wrong' that ortimer aides ,• ;' M g softly, as the t with him.are With a sigh Leroy turned, and Sugar-geeds and -sweetens an proportion to .nes purity. RED DIAIMOND GRANULATED is, refined exclusively from choice sugar -cane sugars and is absolutely pure. Government tests prove it. It is sold in fine, medium- and coarse grain in many handysizes' of refinery sealed packages to suit your taste and convenience. The 100 lb. bae.is" the size which recommends itself specially to the carefal housewife. Your .dcalet can supply ' 1t in the size' grain you pre,,,'... The RED DIAMOND is on every Package. ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES, Limited, MONTREAL' d cook in quick oven about one-half• aur, If crust browns too quickly er .dish with paper to prevent ning. His friends feared him, even as they respected him, for if he had the faults of his race, he also possessed its great virtue—jusrtice. No man, prince • or peasant, friend or foe, ever appealed -to Lord•Barminsterr for that in vain. Now, in the clear brightness of the ,spring morning he paced to and, fro On the south terrace, • (To be continued),.' "BREAKING" HABITS •UNWISE. They "Should be Displaced With Better Ones, the Experts Say: • Trying to "break" children of habits .is -an -error:aferaethod.---The -season--i-s- that habit, according to William James, a great psychologist, not only is second nature, but has become nature" itself, and that nature is not to be driven, but must be coaxed and led. Displace habit with something else., Replace it on the policy of substitu" ting some better activity.' An average child, even if only.five years old, can,. according to :Dr Dearborn...head of a children's, infirmary, be guided judi- ciously if given .careful, 'clear 'explant - lions oda pied` to • its year 'and pointing pont. things really tuti;dani:ontal' or -es- sential. "But one must start with a normal .nervous System and muscula•• tune,'' •"The doctorexplains that, he Veteran Begs to do Woman's , Work. So eager is a British army veteran, living in "Wallsend -on -Tyne, to help he the war, that ho is 'willing to do woman's work. He wrrtes to•a now,s. - •paper w-ltioh -has' "appealed for• 10,000 women to do Red Cross needkework "I -am not a woliutn, but I have knitted two pairs of socks. I am 73 years of age in November, and have served my time in the army and am a pensioner " 1; since December, 1882. If you will„let me be a woman in this show I shall feel much 'obliged.” :Our forefathers deemed it to be very unlucky if the bride did • not weep on her wedding -day. ' askatehewan 'arm Lands • .arge' or SmaIrBlocks Easiest Terms. - t Tasty Pies. Payments Spread Over Seven Years Clear -Title on . First Cash . Payment • Beef and,Tomato Pie.—Slices of cold beef should be arranged in a pie dish with layers of thickly sliced tomatoes and onions, then add seasoning. Con-, tinue the ,layers till the dish' is full; add sufficient gravy to moisten the whole cover with 'parboiled potatoes cut in elfoes and bake in a moderate oven for one hour. Beef and Potato Pie.—The ingredi- ents required .are one pound of beef- steak,. one large onion, two' and a half pounds of potatoes, yet to taste. -Cut the- meat into smelt pinces,_a1soLthe onion. • Put it to stew for about -two hours, then add the potatoes, which have, been cut into pieces about the. same size as the beef. Cover over with a pie .crust made from half ao pound of lard and half, a teaspoonful of baking powder. About- forty min- utes; should be allowed for the oak-. jng.of the pie • ' • -Cheese and Potato Pie.—This is an unusual dish, but w011 befound savors_. The ingredients required are three- quarters of a pound of cheese, one pint . n. • of milk; three ,pounds of potatoes Most desirable locations right on railway in best mixed farming district in Saskatchewan. Intermediate Sections largely settled. Churches, schools, etc., within convenient \access. If interested, writes immediately' for further par- itculars. J. Haight, Agent, 73 West Adelaide .St., Toronto. three 'ounces of Margarine 'or. circiiping, mama nutdccar exercise endplenty of pepper and salt .. Mash the potatgy• sleep. Feeding Skim Milk to Calves, Separator milk is not a balanced ratieh for caldeS. On this feed alone, and the way. it is usually given ;to tlaern, they are liable to get indiges- tion, as shown by a 'bloated' condition, Capricious appetite and diarrhoea: Most of this trouble can be aloided by adding a handful of oil meal, corn meal or cotton°sed meal, to supply, .in a way, the fat that has' been removed in the skimming. The milk should be given to thern warm andnever when it is frothy, Never allow a elf to drink all 'of the milk that it ants at one meal. It is bad prac- tice to allow several calves to drink out of one trough, time of, them will ' get too touch. Carp to feeding , eaayeer i> o1 vastly more importance than oiirse'. kor 6Mlt scoots' , 1 • ' with the milk Adie thred-querters.of Y tWA OW tea. the fat and cheese with peppet"and ' salt to taste; mix well and stir. over the mixture into a well -greased pie„ dish. Sprinkle the remainder of the cheese on -the top and add the rest of the margarine cut 'into small Pleoos. The pie nniy hebaked in front "of the fire or in the, oven, and will be' reedy for the table when thoroughly; brown.. Sailor's P1e.--Many yearsago this pie wan popular. The ingredients re - Introit aro' ,one 'pound ••of •scraps 'or fresh •unaouked neat, four ' onions, three pounds'of potatoes, a little pow- dered thyme, one pound or 'so of suet or dripping cruet sad a. seasoning, of salt and pepper. Clean ,and slice the vegetables and cut the' meat in small pieces. Put alt into a saueepah'with the thyme andeeasoning, Sieniner until• the meat is fonder and then cov- er with path, rolled out. to the size• of the saucepan. fit '!t well into the . Contain no Ucli and thus keep the leather sat, protecting it against creaking. They conibiaa° Liquid and,padte in a paste form and recudro. only half the effort for a brilliant lasting shine. Easy to use for all the family: -.children and adults. Shine' your shoes at Ione and keep theme eat. . GALLEY CO. OP CANADA. Lro. alAintrola • CAkAdA BLACK•WHITi »TAN rue R SHOM POT 0