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The Huron Expositor, 1923-04-13, Page 10 FIFTY-SEVENTH TEAR 1 WHOLE NUMBED :gain f 1 a BLUE SERGE SUITS For Boys r There is no Suit that looks as dressy on a boy as the Blue Serge. And when you can buy Fox's genuine Irish Blue Serge, made in the very latest style, beautifully trimmed for the prices quot- ed below, there is no reason why the boy's next good suit should not be a Blue Serge. Every Suit is guar- anteed. PRICES: $10.00 $11.50 514.00 $15.00 Women's Spring Coats BEAUTIFUL ' ATTRACTIVE GOOD FITTING SHAPE RETAINING ECONOMICAL SATISFYING We are tempted to out- step the '•bounds of modesty and openly, boast of this season's wonderful showing of Coats for women who are desirous of being sensi- bly and becomingly dressed and at the same time carry fashion's most approved styles. I of a few coats, but dozens and dozens to choose from. All fresh, new and enticing. Come in and see them. You will not see a bigger, better, brighter as- sortment of Coats any- where. No matter what your size or figure we can fit you and your pocketbook tPRICES: $15 to $60 Stylish Spring Suits eft For Men f, $15 to $35 There is a double advant- age to you in our New Spring Suits. Firstly, the prices are materially reduc- ed, and secondly, the qual- ity, style, linings, fit and make are immeasurably su- perior to anything we have shown for man'y a day. We have a complete showing of both the new styles for the young men and the more staid and conservative de- signs for their dad. We have the best makes to be had—if there were better suits made we would have them. $15 to $35 Men's Overalls and Work Shirts at the old prices Although there has been some very sharp ad- vances in the cotton market, our Overalls and Work Shirts remain the same price. OVERALLS Blue and White stripe or Black, made with in- side and outside seams; full complement of poc- kets; heavy weight. PRICE $1.95. WORK SHIRTS All colors, made with yoke; double stitched; button cuffs, full 'size and length. All sizes. PRICE $1.25. Stewart Bros. THE LATE WILLIAM MULCAHY Though far from home and friends he sleeps, 'Neath southern sward, Over his grave an angel keeps Kind watch and ward; Death only leads our loved away To dwell with God in endless day. The many miles he travelled here Were helpful miles; He scattered kindness and good cheer And pleasant smiles; He sought for good and saw the best And trusted Heaven for the rest. —H. I, G. ssia CLIENTS AND BARBELS OF AN EARLY DAY Since my last article, I have re- ceived letters from Billy Somerville, and from Nellie Ryan that was of Egmondville, now Mrs. Ed. Keating, of 981a Valcenia St., San Francisco It may be that some, like myself, did not know of the demise of her father James Ryan, in California, some seven years ago. He was an old man Tebias Ryan is in Frisco; Mrs. Rich and Barry in Eureka, California James, William John and Robert, in Duluth and vicinity. Mrs. Keating writes a splendid letter, character istic of her good-natured qualities a a girl. She says she would be glad to hear from ahy of "the old bunch,' which says she is still Nellie Ryan of our younger days. Billy Somer- ville tells of an amusing event that happened in Harpurhey when little William Allan, the grocer that 1 wrote of, clerkd for Edward Cash, in which one -. James Dorrance of Mc- Killop figured. That's all I will say about this incident of the past in old Harpurhey. I will now light my new corncob and go to it—the barber shop and other stories. The old-timers never knew, not many of them, that I attempted hair- cutting. It was like this. A man who answered to the name of Tom, a harness maker, in front of Jack- son's store in Egmondville one night asked yours truly to remove his flow- ing locks. I answered that it was impossible. I had never done such a thing before. Knew as much about it as I did of the fellers., who carried the hod on the Pyramids. I said to him: "Why not the barbers up in Seaforth?" "Them blankety blank Frozen Toes —that's why—" The sequel was out. The Frozen Toes were responsible for what happened to Tom's head of hair. Tom was a native of my own town and County of Middlesex, his family of the very best of the old pioneers, and their descendants to this day among the best in London. So there was a clannishness to Toni's selection of his valet—his "James." It took his persuasive eloquence several weeks ' to impress me of the great import- ance of the job. Meanwhile Tome locks grew a la Indian, with all the accents. One night, with a sharp pair of scissors in his inside pocket and a !comb that was a bit the worse of wear i he induced me to enter the rear door of the old harness shop. "Tom, I'll do the beat I can, but if you do not look like a finished customer of Jim Constable's, blame it on the Frozen Toes." And then Tom branched off SEAFORT ,,, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1923. appointed balrber by the jailer. H wail, and is, of n artistic temper ment, some knout ge of eccleeiaatica dignity, well read, r well informed The appointed ba}' p first belplea , victim was Mike of id. Vyith the I aid of scianors +and *ler, and severe pointed intetaw_ptgog¢- from Michael, 1 the whiskers d se. �� But was the hair, andttwas a jobb there a corn binder, tt}lhie. )Stalks attack AP ab eight. Whetting. the sciasors, the now old-timer broke in on the shock of hair. He trimmed it around the temples and the neck. Then came an inspiration, Suiting thought to action, he combed Mike's hair up straight, notched a Wide swath out of the middle, trimmed the remainder to an artistic point at the top, and finished him off the exact shape of a bishop's miter. About this time the jailer reappeared to see what pro- gress had been made on Mike's top, When he spotted the Bishop's Miter, • he tumbled over with laughter. It is said he tipped Coleman never to send that bunch to Goderich again. They'd put the jail on the blink. "Well, here's where I get off," he - said, as the trainman announced the ; next stop. "My daughter lives hero and I like to see her and my, grand- children." He looked splendid, did this old-timer. One would not take him for his 70 years. Hardly a grey hair, and his dark brown eyes snap- ped the sparkle of youth. Was I glad to meet him? . Well, yes. "Apparel oft proclaims the man," wrote William Shakespeare. How true in our day as well as his. Men and women were well attired in Sea - forth in the ofd days. They were not foppish. They looked the part. Billy; Reid of the hardware store, big-' hearted, well groomed and his Uncle Sant chin whiskers; D. D. Wilson, ' with his Lord Dwrdreary whiskers, so-called after the title roll created by the elder Sothren, and D. D. • wears them yet, he drops into my office occasionally; M. 'Y. McLean, with his neatly trimmed beard; T. K. Anderson, who has recently pass- ed over; Robert Jameson, a progres-i sive bachelor; Dr. Varcoe, whose , widow but recently passed away in Toronto; Julius and Tom Duncan ; Charlie Wilson, Andrew Young, Alex, Wilson, Robert Lumsden, Matt Mor- rison, the Johnson brothers, Tom Kidd, Tom Ryan, J. Killoran and a host of others, They ail patronized 1 the barber shops, hair neatly cut, and faces cleanly,. shaven if they did not wear beards. Little do grown-up people know the impression such men leave upon boys—the inspiration. Many a boy from underneath the rim of a straw hat reads .)nen through and through. He may • be a poor men's son—the impression's the thing. The will to work, inspiration, imag- ination—a home where the "Thou Shalt Nots" are known—the boy who peeks at you from underneath the, brim of a straw hat will make good.: The corn -cob's out—almost burned through the bottom. So long. BILL POWELL! 45 Columbine Ave., Toronto. et. LYRIC--"- Next Thurs., Fri. & Sat. heatedly on the comings and goings of the Frozen Toes from Seaforth'a boundary limits. I want to record it here that the comings and goings grew beautifully less as the fame of that famous organization grew. 'That bunch were the original Klu Kluxers. My best at hair cutting left Tom worse looking than the plucked geese floating around Egmondville dam. Steps—there were more than in the flights leading up from Goderich dock to the hill. His own mother wouldn't have known him, nor would she have believed him if he said he was "her own Tom." This would not have been written were it not for the efficiency of the Frozen Toes. They had old Charlie Dunlop backed off into the wilds of ' McKillop. Charlie employed hand- cuffs, and the lockup in the old town hall. The Frozen Toes, Bill Hawk- shaw's pump, very effective it was. And between you and me, I believe ' the town fathers of that day said to themselves, "Go to it, boys; your doing fine." One morning in a Grand Trunk stroking car, I met 0110 of the old timers of Seaforth. After I had bor- rowed a match, we indulged to reminiscence of the old days in the old tenon. Ml'nta1ly travelling old Main Street again after long year::, this old timer let loose this one. He is the last -living of the quartette. The others, let us say, in all revere (MCP, "Peace to their :ashes." To the story. Doc. Coleman was mayor. The mayors of Ontario towns in those days were forced by statute to act as magistrates. Doc filled that duty very satisfactorily— and at times as an added attraction was as unrelenting as any king past or present of his beloved Ireland. If la kid swiped an apple and was un - 'lucky' enough to be caught and brought before the doctor, the sta- • tutes only prevented him from sentencing the lad to capital punish- ment. Four of the young limbs of that day had committed some misde- meanor, were caught, and Doc. Cole- man sentenced them to 30 days at hard labor in Goderich jail. One of the four was named Mike, a big bade • r,w an fellow, excellent scholar, whoae mother kept hotel in Seaforth. Mike at times wore an elegant bunch of whiskers, a massive shock of black hair crowned his head. Under jail orders these had‘to be removed. The old boy who related this story was THE RAILROADS AND IMMIGRATION This week we intend following up the figures presented in last week's Expositor. There were a few rail -1 roads that paid their way,in 1919, and there were many that were hopelessly behind. The C.P.R. had a balance in fr:vor of revenue of thirty-two and a half million dollars, nr approximately' twenty-five per cent. over operating expense. The Pere Marquette, aril American branch line running from : -Windsor to St. Thomas, had a revenue over expense of $2,000,000, approxi- mately seventy per cent. The Grand Trunk had a surplus of nine and a half millions, or sixteen per cent., and a few local lines also sho' ed a sur- plus. But the Canadian National lines, not counting the Grand Trunk, showed a deficit amounting to $13,- 4116,860, or about sixteen per cent. How was it that the private lines which were handling the bulk of Can- adian merchandise were making a good profit and the Government lines were on the toboggon. It looks like mismanagement, or politics, perhaps a little of both. They were sliding down pretty fast in 1919; they bite the bottom in 1821, and had in the meantime involved the G. T. R. also Now the roads are all Government owned, save the 1'. P. R. and its branches. So W.. rip to us to foot the deficit and find ., me way out In 1!319 there were 1.3,1x,086 passenger; c::rried on Canadian roads less than in 1914. Why 1hi: drop? Perhaps the autmnohile we. responsible. in 111.14 there were 09,595 automobiles in Canada; in 1920, 107,064. I don't know how many th, n' are to -day, bet we know there are over 300,000 in Ontario alone, Now it wouldn't. he reasonable to ask all these automo- hilists to please leave their autos in the garage and buy a ticket over s railroad, would it? When a man can take a carload of flee people to Lon- don and back from Brucefield and can do it on five gallons of gas and a dollars worth of tires, its a little cheaper than paying out $13.75 to the railway for the same trip, so we can look for the railroad situation. so far as passengers are concerned to become worse rather than better, which means that freight must be re- lied on to produce the revenue re- quired. Now what, are lin prospects for future, so far so freight is 00A- Pned. That'. ag:un, depends an charges If the railrotfds want the business, rates must be dropped, at leant on shorthauls to compete with auto trucks. Already we see on our roads, trucks galore, bidding for our i THE SCREEN SENSATION OF THE YEAR The Rex Ingram Production of "The Prisoner of Zenda" by Anthony Hope. A story of royal romance; and of adventure as breath- less and flashing as sword play. —ALSO— "The Leather Pushers" (2nd round) —LYRIC— busines. Not very long ago a friend of mine desired to send as a present to a relatiye in London, a bag of potatoes. They called the station at Kippen and were thunder- struck to find that it would cost $1.10 to send those potatoes to London. Potatoes were quoted in London at 90 cents per bag. They then called up the Goderich,-London truck and they offered to deliver it to any ad- dress in Londen for 50 cents. Need- less to say the railroad did not get any business. In the fall of 1921 there were ad- vertised in the Farmers' Sun, 2,000 tons of sugar mangolds. These were offered at 10 cents per bushel free on board cars at Chatham. As Secre- tary of the Varna Club, I was in- structed to write respecting charges from Chatham to Brucefield, and the reply was that it would cost us 15c per bushel to bring up a carload. Nov look at the contrast.,The farmer, plowed, harrowed, pinted, rolled, hoed, thinned, scuffled, topped, pulled, threw into wagons, drew to town and unloaded into cars all for 10 cents per bushel, while the railroad took 15 cents per bushel for just drawing the car a hundred miles or so. The railroad didn't get, any of our money —freight charges too high. If the railways want a maximum business they must establish a cheaper rate. Now as to wages, the railroad men must take a lower schedule of wage. As living is down very considerable, they could stand a cut of say 18 per cent. of their present high wage. Now this seems a drastic cut, but it is not nearly as bad as it appears when you consider the great advances they.re- ceived during the war. It would stili leave them 51 per cent. of their high- er wage of 1919, and incidentally it would save approximately thirty- eight million dollars. Then let me suggest that a change be made at the engine end of the lewdness. Take a branch Inc and in- stal a compressed air crude oil burn- er on each engine. Do away with the fireman and let the engineer tend to the burner himself, and do such work as waterfilling in the tenders. If it proved a success in that oil burners produced steam pressure cheaper than coal, then extend it throughout the system and save an- other $9,000000 in firemen's wages. Another suggestion --try out a gas- oline engine on another branch with rapid transit service, two cars and an engine for local freights, 40 miles an hour between stations, with one engineer and one conductor, and let the loading and unloading of the freight be done by the conductor in conjunction with the station agent. That would save another $18,000,000 in labor costs, and I think that if a rapid transit service were put on in this manner there would be no trou- ble about the quantity of freight handled. Now, if this chances to meet a railway man's eye he will just say ''rot" and maybe something stronger, hut if you think that these ideas are impractical, just write the Editor and tell him so, and sign your name in good faith. FRANK WELCH. SEAFORTEI SPRING FAIR A very largo crowd, the largest, lis: of entries, and the best class of stuck ever exhibited at. a Spring Fair here, sums up the Seaforth Sprint; Fair held on Tuesday. Postponed for two weeks on account. of weather conditions, Tuesday morn - broke bright and clear, but by noon a real snow storm, which lasted for a couple of hours was in progress. This, however, did not keep the peo- ple at home as the attendance we.; the largest in a number of years, and the exhibits fully justified the at- tendance. Every class had an entry, many of them being large, especially in the heavy horse class, and the quality was much above the average even for Seaforth, which made the compe- tition very keen, and kept Inctcrowd interested until the last decision was made. One of the main attractions of the afternoon was the Township prize, this year carried off by Hullett, and judging by the applause after the Judge gave his decision, the Rullel.f entry had many followers PtS wo weer proud of t.heir entry and pleased at thertcome and of any township that can heat. Tucket-smith in a show ring has a right to he. The judge of the heavy horses, Mr. A. B McPhail, of Galt, said after His fair that the horses shown in Seaforth on Tuesday were the finest he bad .ever judged, - The following dere the prize win- nera: - Clydesdale Aged Stallion -Robert Muydoe Brucefield; Fred Colquhouii, 'Mitchel Ed. Johnston, Clinton.t Stallion foaled in 1921—Geo. Dale & Sons, Clinton Stallion foaled in 1922—Robert Wright. Seaforth. Sweepstakes --Robert Murdock, Agricultural ' Brood mare in foal --C. J. Dale & Son, Clinton, and 2nd; John Bolger, Walton. Filly or Gelding foaled in 1920— Earl Sproat, Kippen; Wm. Hill, Varna; Robt. Wright, Seaforth. Filly or Gelding foaled in 1922— Robert Doig, Tuckeramith. Team in harness—D. Fotheringham, Brucefield; John Rowcliffe, Hensall; Manning Bros., Londesboro. Heavy Draft Broad mare in foal—Broadfoot Bros., Tuckersmith; C. J. Dale & Sons, Clinton. Filly or Gelding foaled in 1920—D. Crawford, Walton; Alex. Wright, Brucefield. Filly or Gelding foaled in 1921— Broadfoot Bros., Tuckersmith, Filly or Gelding foaled in 1922--I George Dale & Sons, Clinton; Broad - foot Bros., Tuckersmith; Alex. Wright, Brucefield. Team—A. & J. Brigham, Blyth; Alex. Sinclair, TuckersmIth; James Norris & Sons, Mitchell. Filly or Gelding, any age—,Broad- foot Bros., Tuckersmith; A. and J. Brigham, Blyth; Broadfoot Bros. Sweepstakes — Broadfoot Bros., Tuckersmith. General Purpose ,. Team in harness --Wm, Decker, Zurich; William Patrick, Seaforth. Stallion and three foals of 1922-- Hullett Township, Tuckerstnith Town- ship. Judge—A. B, McPhail, Galt. Roadsters Hackney Stallion—George Riley, Mitchell. Standard Bred Stallion in harness —John Decker, Zurich and 2nd; John Kent, Centralia. Roadster horse in harness, 15-3 or under, "Oro Chimes,' Robrt Mc- Laren, Hensel'. Carriage horse in harness, 15-3 or over—J. A. Manson & Son, Zurich; A Thiel. Roadster Team—William Decker, Zurich. Judge—H. J. Darroch, Listowel. CLINTON SPRING FAIR The weather man tried hard to beat out Clinton's 19th annual Spring Fair on Thursday, but in spite if all he could do the fair went on, mak- ing a new record in the number of entries and in the quality and fitness of the stock shown. The following were prize winners: Heavy Horses. Clydesdale stallion, under 8 years._ RobertMurdock, Brucefield; Grey Bros., Blyth; Ed. Johnston, Clinton. Clydesdale Stallion, 3 years and over—Grey Bros., Blyth; Robert Wright, Seaforth. Sweepstakes — Robert Murdock, Brucefield. Percheron Stallion, under 3 years -- Robert Aeger, Seaforth. Three best horses, stallions barred, township competition—Hullet Town- ship, animals owned by A. and J. Brigham and Manning Bros., Blyth. Heavy draught brood mare, 3 yrs. and over—Broadfoot Bros., Seaforth; C .1, Dale & Sono, Clinton. Heavy draught, filly or gelding, 3 years and over—A. and J. Brigham, Blyth; Manning Bros„ Londesboro; A. and J. Brigham, Blyth; Fred El- ierington, Exeter. Heavy draught, filly or gelding, 2 years and under 3—T. M. Durnin, Goderich; Alex, Wright, Brucefield ; John Mair, Londesboro. Heavy draught filly or gelding, 1 year and under 2—Broadfoot Bros., Seaforth. Heavy draught horse, colt, or filly, under 1—Broadfoot Bros., Seaforth; Alex. Wright, Brucefield; Gustive Bisbach, Clinton. Heavy draught (team in harness) - -.A. and .1. Brigham, Blyth; Fred Fllerington, Exeter; R. Robertson, County Home. heavy draught, sweepstakes -- Broadfool Bros., Seaforth. Agriculture frond mart., 3 years r:v1 over-- C' .1. )rale & Sons, Clinton; Alex. Wright., Brucefield; Jas. Stir - cg. Bayfield; t'. J. Dale & Sons, Clint on. Agriculture, filly or gelding, three years and • over —Manning Bros., Blyth; D. 1" otheringham, Brucefield; John Rnwrliffe, llensall; R. Shad - dirk, Londeshoro. Agriculture, filly or gelding, two years and under three—Robert Aeger, Seaforth; Robert Wright, Seaf orth; A. and .f. Brigham, Blyth. Agriculture, filly or gelding,' one year and under 2—Norman Ball, Clin- ton. Agriculture, horse, colt or filly, un- der one year- Fd. Johnston, Clinton. Agriculture (team in harness)—R. Shaddock, Londesboro; D. Fotherinl ham, Brucrfleld; John Rowcliffe, Mensal): .lames Cummings, Blyt.h. Agriculture, sweepstakes —_Mee- rut -if; Ma - nin - BrosBlyth. General purpose filly or gelding, 3 years and over --W. Decker, Zurich; D. Gardner, Goderich; Wm. Decker, Zurich. General purpose team in harness— William Decker, Zurich; Albert Rad- ford, Londesboro; Charles Stewart, arttPrit 1 (for tholn. William 'Wright,. McCartney Brelceltield.• Team edming greatest istance Fred Ellerington, Exeter. Judge heavy horses --P, 1 ,.. j oatr; Queenevil e Light' Homes, Roadster stallion, standard . .004trotter-4 and 2, John Decker, Zurich. Roadster carriage horse in harem .. —Manson & Son, Zurich; Thoma Mason, Clinton; Roy Cantelon, GRid . ton: Roadster horse in harness --Rob',: McLaren, Hensel); Dr. Whitley, Goths/rich; George T. Dale, Clinton. Roadster carriage team in. harness ,--George Stevenson, Clinton; M. Durin, Goderich. Roadster team in harness--Iohre Decker, Zurich; George Stevenson, Clinton. Lady having won prizes before— Mrs. Oscar Tebbutt, Clinton; Mrs. George Dale, Clinton. Lady driver, not having won prize- before—Mrs. L. W. Levis, Clinton: Miss Eva Brickenridge, Blyth. Judge light horses — Dr. W. E. Baker, Toronto. Cattle Shorthorn bull, two yearn—Humph- rey Snell, Napolean Le Beau. Shorthorn bull 1 year—James Snell & Son; E. H. Wise and Sons; Napoleon Le Beau. Shorthorn cow, 3 years and over— Jamee Snell & Son; E. H. Wise & Sen,. Napolean LeBeau. Shorthorn heifer, two years—Jae.. Snell & Son, N. Le Beau, 2 and a Shorthorn heifer, one year --,Tames Snell & Son, N. Le Bean, 2 and 3. Polled Angus Bull, 2 years or over —Victor Bisbach. Polled Angus cow, 3 years or over —Victor Bisbach, Polled Angus, heifer under three years—,Victor Bisbach, Walter Mair. Dairy cow, any age and breed— Jabez Rands, E. kozell, Jabez Rands. Heifer under 2 years—Elton Rozell, 1 and 2; Jabes Randa. Fat heifer, age considered—Arthur Dale. I'at steer, age considered—Arthur Dale. Two stock steers, 2 years and tin- der—Arthur Dale, 1st and 2nd. Sweepstakes, bull—Tames Snell & Son, Judges of cattle—M. C. McPhail, Stratford. CROMARTY Notes.—Rev: Mr. Griffith, returned Missionary from Honan, occupied the pulpit in the Presbyterian church on Sunday last, delivering, a very inter- esting sermon on his work as a •Mia- sionary in that part of China.—Mrs. Duncan McKellar returned home ore Saturday after visiting with friends in Brussels.—Miss Gracie Houghton • and Ada Speare returned home after ' spending the Easter holidays in To- rento.—At the time of writing Mrs. Currie, of the village, is very ill and little hopes are entertained for her recovery.—It is our sad duty to men- tion the death of Mrs. Flood, which took place on Saturday last, Mrs. Flood was but a young woman, and leaves behind a little family of four boys, the youngest being about two years old. Kind neighbors have tak- en charge of the little children dur- ing Mrs. Flood's illness. LONDESBORO Notes.—Mrs. Fred Johnston spent a few days last week in London.—Mr. Albert Vodden and two daughters, whc spent last week with friends in London, have returned home.—Mrs. Charles Manning, who has had a very sore leg, is not improving as fast as her many friend would like—.Miss Bertha Brodgen, who has been spend- ing her Easter holidays with her par- ents here, returned to London.—Miss Olivetta Brigham spent her Easter holidays with her parents here.—Mrs, Wallace Allen, who has been visiting her mother for the past two weeks, has returned to her home in London, - Quite a number of the ladies of the Institute met in the Community Hall and quilted four large quilts on Wed- nesday.—Mr. and Mrs. Londesbury leave this week for Delhi, where they intend making their home. WAi,TON Net.es.—School has opened after the F:aster holidays.—Miss Mary McDon- ald is attending Seaforth Collegiate a;. present.—Mr. C. Drager has been tinder the weather for a few days.— Miss Florence Bennett spent a few holidays with her friend, Miss Irene McLeod.—A few autos have been on the road, but the roads are in a bad condition to make much speed.—The Aliases McEwing, of Goderich, spent the Faster holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Badley.—Mrs, Win, Neal is spending Easter holidays with her son, Dr. Neal, Peterboro.—There was a dance in the Ae0•U.W. Hall laat Thursday. night.—Mrs. Wm. Murray is improv- ing nicely.—The syrup season has not been a very good one so far.—Mrs. Wm. Dennison is back to the burg again.—Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Gardiner left for the West last Thursday.— Mrs, Wm. McGavin, Sr., is not very well, but hope to hear of better health soon.—Mrs. Theodore Holland, of Winthrop, took a stroke one day Tat week. At time of writing she da•alet much improved.