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The Huron Expositor, 1939-07-07, Page 2J; ,1 TILE HURON EMS! )R •' .104 °11 atrais tQ'ir +aa it is h'6 rr 11 ilf in.:positor Ea b!Ished 1860 NitlA- McPhailMcLean, Editor. ib1ished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev Th'irsday afternoon by McLean Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2:00 a year. Wigle pies, 4 cents eacha..... Advertising rates on application. EAFORTH, Friday, July 7, 1939 To Be Or Not To Be Is there going to be a general Fed- eral election in the late sunnier or early fall months of this year? That is the question which seems to be agitating the mind of the public and gess at the present time. The answer, of course, rests with Premier Mackenzie King, but it might be well within the bounds of possibility to say that even Mr. King, at the present time, does not know the mower to the question. There are many .questions which enter into the• scheme of things concerning a gen- eral electibn; many things. Which re- quire long and serious cot ideration. Perhaps the most serious thing that most nearly 'touches 'the ques- tion of a general.. election at this time is the situation in Europe. At the present time there can be no denying the fact that the situation there is rather critical, to say the least. And if the tension should increase; should there be war or any immediate pro- spect of . war, both the Government and the people of Canada would have that upon their hands and minds which would far outrank in importance the holding of a general electron_ As a matter of fact, under such circumstances no Government, no matter how partisan or politically minded it might be, wouldfar one moment consider the holding of a general election. Such a course -would spell sure and certain defeat. On the other hand, should the ten- sion in Europe decrease, or even show some signs of remaining sta- tionary, the possibility is we will have a general election this year. These are things Which Mr. King will have to decide for himself and on his decision will rest his rise or #all. It is true that the life of 'Parlia- ment ent has still another year to run, but there are many .sound reasons why a government would hesitate to take advantage of that fact. First and foremost is the fact that political history records that every govern- ment that has clung to office for its :full term of years, bas been defeated at the polls. Such an instance'occur- red in 1935, and there have been sev- eral previous occasions of a similar kind. Governmentsare but human and 'very human at that. It is but natur- al that they avail themselves of ev- ery opportunity to favor their own ends: Many things may crop up be- fore another year rolls round—many things that might work to the great disadvantage of the government in power. And being forced to go to the country under such circumstanc- es might easily prove fatal to any chance of re-election. This ii 's.,been a good year in Can- ada. As far as the agricultural in- terests are concerned, particularly ni Ontario, there has never been a better.` There is no telling whether next year will be as good, with . the tidds very much in favor that it will not, and being forced to the country in a bad year is something that gat/ - ferments, regardle s of their stripe, -very much hate and fear to do. Uovlrever, as we say the answer is to Mr. Ding, and Mr. King is a inan who does not rash into things 'With.his eyes phut, In fact the Pre- er has publicly stated that there io. hurry about a general election, the standpoint of the country e"q'tietiy .he wilt wait on i. a while before making .':d'!retrd i% n, stainclpoint, f ell g rtr;• ha. a.A til, % It • A Bad Week E "d Twenty deaths and som sixty or seventy injured, many of them -ser- iously, is the record of the past week -end. And it is a record that should give pause to Ontario motor- ists. Ontario motorists, however, seexnl imperious to warnings of any kind. We do not mean the majority of motorists, but we do mean that there are far too many of the reckless, ir- responsible kind. Every community, it seems, has one or two. Of course they get away with it most of the time, but there comes a time when they don't. And, apparently, last week -end was one of those times. The large majority of these accidents, we read, were the result of nothing but crim- inal recklessness or negligence, and unfortunately, as in most instances, the reckless and the negligent were not the chief sufferers. And the holiday season is just op- ening, when highway traffic will multiply many times. It is not some- thing that one likes to contemplate, but it is a situation we have to face and one that the Highway Depart- ment and police are in too many cas- es powerless to prevent, even When they are doing their utmost, as they are doing now. There are unavoidable highway accidents; of course, the same as there are unavoidable accidents' in other fieIds of daily life, but the re- grettable feature is that the large Majority of fatal and near fatal acci- dents that befall motorists are not of that kind. • Monep In A Smile One young sophomore at the Uni- versity of British Columbia has dis- covered that there is a lot of money in a smile. This ,young sophomore, Ted Un- derwood by name, took a candid camera sxyaj shot of King George when he rode past his home in Van- couver during the Royal visit. Mr. Underwood said there was nothing unusual about the picture, except that the King seemed to be giving the camera a personal smile. That may not have been unusual, but at any rate it was enough to sell twenty thousand copies of the snap- shot, and to bring in eight hundred dollars to its owner. We know a whole Iot of people about here who would be quite will- ing to -give unlimited personal smiles to unlimited candid cameras for that amount of money, but unfortunately we can't all be Kings, and still more unfortunately, it will be quite some time before King George is back in Canada again to shed his smile on any Canadian camera, which might enable some -more of us to capitalize on Mr. Underwood's'idea. • Men's Clothes For $t mer A despatch from London, England, says that the London man this sum- mer is allowing himself more color for town and business wear. Suitings comprise a blue chalk striped flan- nel, a fawn worsted, an exclusive cheviot in grey with red stripes, and lovat, blue, rust, fawn and blue grey cheviots. With these, the item continues, one should choose bold shirts, ties, etc., with quiet suitings, and vice versa Gloves range from red tan goatskin, light tan grain with long black points to degrain in tan shades, and the double-breasted jacket leads the way this year. It is fine to know these things, but London is a long Way off, and despite the example set us by the Londoners, we have a feeling that the most ,of us will snick to our shirt sleeves and our braces, at least during our July and August weather. As for hand covering, we imagine that harvest mitts will be far more popular about here than red tan goatskin gloves. avgver, as we say, it is :nee to k OW,,these things, even if we &et I�Cil ci 'diet,, t✓;�':J rat ' .r• j i S t ry Y: r 11re YTV/anti-five ars Agorae Years Agone Interesting item. Picked From The Huron Expositor of Fifty and 7 rironty live Yrs Ago. From The Huron Expositor July 10, 1914 A very suecessful barn raking was held on Abe farm of Hugh Lamont, lltch concession of Grey, on Thursday. With an addition of twenty feet being Heade to the width of the barn, it is ulow 70x70 with a Mean of 14 feet. Dbc'othy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Disney, Exeter, wag badly scalded the other day when she pull- ed a kettle' of water over her hands and feet and scalded them badly. The anenaI Sabbath school picnic at the Mountain Grove, Staffa, on July ist was as usual a. great suc- cess, Among the .prize winners we find the names of Eisle Gardiner, Grace Houghton, Many Laing, Eva Gardiner, Bela McLellan, Eulece Mar- shail, Mary McCurdy, Minnie McLar- en; Mrs. Will Norris, Mrs. Robt. Eb- erhart, Orval McLaren, James McLar- en, Don McKellaar, Gordon Hotggar•tb, Jas. Haagga le Roy McCulloch, Geo. Stewart, Thos. Gillespie, James Gil - ll pi's, Sant - Barbour, Ivan Hill and Geo. Stewart, ' Clara Neil and May ,'\ieiL Mast Tones and Miss Gertie Grain- ger, Brneefield, visited relatives in Goderich last week. Miss Jessie Aikewhtead les been en- gaged to teach in Stanley in the sclnoot known asBaird's school Miss Edith Hunt, Seaforth, pupil of Miss Cora B. Geib, has passed the jumaad piano examination of the To- ronto Conservatory of Music with honors Miss Hunt obtained this in five months. • The Golden Jubilee of Duff's Chrurch, Walton, was celebrated last week and was a very successful af- fair, Rev. Mr. Laird, of Toronto, and 131ev1 1S6s- ` rCiranelt'an, of Palmiersttionl, will long be remembered for the spe- cial sermons they preached, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Turnbull and Mr. and Mist Rob,. ,Mclntosih Motor- ed to Toronto last: week to attend the McIntosh -Pratt w'edading. ' Con Eckert, orf McKillop, met with a paiu+ful and serious, aocident Wed- nesday. He was engaged an the Cow- an farm Peeing ,titles in a drain. While be was stooping down in the drain a large stone lying on the edge Of the drain fell ins' and severely crushed' ,him and injured 'him intern- ally. Previous. to closing for the holidays the pupils u: School Section No. 1, Morris, presented their teacher, Miss Mary Fear, who is leaving, with a ira'ndsc His ease of silver tea spoons and a golds -lined: meat fork. The Clinton Business College bas been purchased by Miss B. F. Ward, who has been principal for the past six years. On Monday evening last at the meeting of 'leneall council, the con - event for a fine new brick town hall was awarded Oct Messrs. H. Soldan and Thormas Welsh, 'of Hensall, for the sem, of $6,998. • From The Huron Expositor July 12, 1889 Durfhg tbe severe storm on Domin- ion Day lightning struck a barn be- longing to John. Shanahan in Hullett and •rented by Mr. Routledge. Mr. Routledge and his son weep in. the barn, and the farmer was badly stun- ned and in falling received. a. bad cut on his bebd'. A German from the old land arriv- ed in Exeter last week in mikake. His destination tres Exeter, New Hampshire, TLS..A., but when he ar- rived at New York his ticket was written to Exeter, Ont. Mr. Robert Way, of Morris, the vet- eran ditcher and postbhole digger, dug 37 pos*tholes' in five 'hours on the farm of Mr. Jas. Nethery one day last week. At the semi-a'nmial congregational meeting held in First Presbyterian Church on Monday evening last a very pdeaaant affair took place. Rev, A. D. McDonald was presented with address accompanied. by. a purse contain' bag the sum of $175. The ad- da- ss was read by Mrs. E. McFaul and the presentation was made by Mrs. S. Dickson,. Dir. Henry Colbert is :having a brick 'building erected in connection with ,hila brewery in Egmondville, to re- place the tone recently burned. Mr. David Sproat has the contract for the woodwork and Mr. R. Howard, the brick work. Mr.' John, McLeod, son, of Mr. An- gus McLeod, of MoKillop, has passed a successful exemtnaation• 'at the Ot- tawa Normal School. Mr. William Copp 4mtende erecting this season a new residence on his property on West Gottterlch St., Sea, forth. Miss M. E. McLean,, teacher of the infant class in First Presbyterian Church, entertained the members, of her class and friends' at• a picnic [w Berattie's Grove ,an Friday afternoon. On Wednesday, July 3rd, some, two dozen members of the. Seaforth Fire Brigade boarded the 2.45' expreea on their way to Mount Clemens, Mich-, to emirate in, the International those reel rase on the following day. Mr. Geo. Plewes, of the and con- oesion tot Tuckersmitht, has returned from bis' trip to Manitoba. He was ?much pleased with the country and pur obhsted. 480 aerea within three ,melee of M'tyosamill Station. On Tuesdiay the thermometer reg istere d °100i/2 in the ahsadet at Zurich: On Thursday last Mr. Wean Moore and NMS.. Moore 'lett by way of the C.P.R. for their hone in Sund4ldge, Parry &uad, The schools, of ,Walton, Leadbury and WIInithropi took an touting on, Fri- day last and went to McCuila'o grove. Mr. D. C. Dorrtance was' chaifmnaan and Rev. P. Musgrave and Messrs. McKibboru and Wasik delivered' abort addressee. The w'lft,nors 4x1 the girls' Mesa .Were Jennie I5 ,eksoa, Rotky Shade, Mary Galbraith; boys, TOM fid, OGi1T Mafrlactla.. Ate t enhdstm, is iilie Dodds,' MOM. t+d. Morriaan; MOWS r , 11 ,bill Sl httiltli,Mtn Wavle and 1,14 Ireggitkl. nc •� r �,� vd• ,aro 6.. • Phil Osifer cif L'zyi Meadows • • (By Harry J. Beyie) I - "DISTRACTIONS" On the plea that my weekly letter was ovesrdue I today set the hired man to cutting hay in the south meadow below the house, and then 'betook my - sett out in the orchard to write. Bold- ly I set out to write of glowing 'things of Jule dawning . . . and a hay crop . . . and life at Lazy Mea- dows. First of all, it was a squirrel that ,attracted tmy attention'.. He was a bnight-eyed bushy tailed little fellow perched on the crooked tail fence. There the sat chattering as insolently as you please, amid watching me with evident interest. Tabby, our maraud- ing pussy, stalked by and he went flit- tering along the fenee and up into: a hole in the side of the driving shed. Then it was, Tabby that took ray attention. Noiselessly she padded ov- er to where Biddy was riding herd on a bunch of chickens. I know that (some pnimiti've-,instinct was telling cher that one spring would .bring a fluffy chicken for dinner, but she was no doubt restrained by• the thought that the avenging hand of mran would compensate ,with her ,for any'primi- tive urges, that she might let go un- tamed. From that I d'i'gressed to the smell of hay. Now perfume makers the world over cam toil over their potions and bring to'geth'er all the aromatic scents of the world. They can subtly blend them into one and bottle their product in the fanciest container known, but it still wouldn't measure up in my estimation with that of new mown hay. Mother earth gives up so'methi'ng to the growing green hay that is rel'tased only when the bright, shining and chattering knife of a mower snips' it off. It means, hike the spirit of the farm . . . all the' en- chantment"' of life in a fairyland. of wonders biendied together by the soul of growing things . . . the patios of the enchantress that makes farm- ers satisfied with their _work. It blots out all thought of the ugly with a vi- sion of the sublime. FactA `L eek About Comte BUreaU Of Resolut'eIy I shut my mind from the thoughts of what was going on around. me, Then 'camel the "honk" of the fish peddler's horn; and certainly I biad to 'see that a fish was purchased. Salt pork and canned beef lose their ap- peal when there's the delicious varie- ty of fresh fish After deliberating for at least half an hour in which all things from the weather ,to the hay chop were fully dts!cussM, two glisten- ing beauties of 'whitefish were select- ed from among the glittering ice in which they were packed; For at least a• quarter .of an hour, I spent my time is savouring the deliciousness, of fish fried in butter. I could just taste the brittle goodness of that outer akin, as it comes: glistening from the pan . . and the unrivalled good- ness of the white meat. Being hungry by this time there was nothing to do but repair to the coolness of the milk house and pick out two of the Spies just taken from the pit is the morning. While en- joying njoying them may, t'hough'ts wandered to the orchard and lying on my side I planned a'll' about the fall crop. I ev- en had them packed in barrels and flares lighted at night to keep the frost from etippihsg them too severely. Tired from romping after the hors- es and chasing the errant cotton tails that kept bobbing out of the alfalfa, Suehansuch, our Collie, had, to pick that time to come up. Then came an- other period of thinking about the many dogs that 'have been raised at Lazy Meadows. .J traced them all the way from old Brownie who was a faithful old playmate wizen we were all children, down to the present Suchansuch, who in spite of a ten- dency when quite young to be fickle and foolish has now bore down to be- ing quite a good cattle dog. I dscid- ed to write about the dogs that we have had at Lazy Meadows resolutely I tore up the siheet on which I had started to write and I wrote "Dogs" quite plainly at the top of the sheet. Thee came the call for supper -I wonder where that afternoon did go!. JUST A SMILE OR TWO 1Cmdth: "I read the other days that it takes only the smallest fraction of a second to wink your eye." Jones: "Yes, but it takes the great- est part of the day to explain it to your wife." • "I despise a hypocrite." "So do I." "Now, take Jackson, for example. He's. the biggest hypocrite on earth." "But you appear to be his best friend." "Oh, yes, I try to appear friendly towards him. It pays better in the end." - Mrs. Mulcahy: "An' wry did yez keep Mickey in after school?" Teacher: "Tasked him who George Washington was, and he only stood and looked at me." Mrs, Mulcahy: "It's lumb founded the b'y was at yer ignorance, likely!" "Well, Bobby," said the mother to her little son who bad just returned from the children's party, "I hope you behaved yourself." "Oh, yes," replied the boy. "And you remembered to say 'Yes, please,' and 'No, thank you'?" she ask- ed. "I didn't say 'No, thank you,' but I said 'Yes, please,' every time," replied the child. • 'A man stayed the night with a friend who kept an inn. At supper he was served, with some ultra -prime Stilton chteese, Unable to touch it and not wishing to offend his pal, he hid it in the bottom of a plant. About a fortnight later he received a telegram from this, friend. It read: "We know who it is, and we know what it is, but, for goodness' sake, tell us where it is!" Teach Pupils Artificial Respiration (By Wills Maolachlan in "Health") • • The most successful treatment for vi,atime who have stopped breathing from .a owning, gas poisoning or elec- trical shock, is the prompt application ,of artificial respiration by trained persons who will keep it up until the victim breathes by himself, or there are-d'eiini'te signs of the onset of rigor .mortis. In electrical shock cases, the vic- tim is usually thrown clear of the electrical contact by a spasm of his m'uscle's but some casee have to be freed from the contact. plus must he done promptly but care 'must be exercised to prevent the rescuer from receiving a shock. Use any dry non- 'oonductor such as clothing, wood, elope, etc., to move either the victim or the conductor. Immediately begin artificial respiration. in cases of gas ,pois'onin'g as from i'lluminat'ing gas, coal gas or the ex- haust from motor cars, the patient must be removed from the gas filled roam to the air free from gas and artificial respination at once begun. In drowning cases, remove the pa- tient from the water as gdickly as possible ands start artificial respira- tion without a 'moment's' delay. There exists in the mind of many persons, the impres's'ion that a person who has been under water for four minutes, le beyond human aid. This belief is a fallacy. Quick Start Needed It cannot be too frequently emipha- sizedi that artificial respiration should be started as soon as possible. Ml thh( is needed is a hard surface rea- sonably horizontal and a person well trained in the method Many cases haave been lost by moving the victim to a more suitable place or by having to send for trained assistance. When artificial respiration la started, it must be cbmitinued until natural tbreathtiing ie restored or there is def- inite evidence of rigor mortise. Last summer, the Health League of Canada began a cani,paign for the education of the public in the use of artificial respiration, •partidnlamly in cases of the apparently drowned. This campaign has been extraordin- arily successful. The Health League articles on the subject have been cep- iedt in newspapers from, coast to coast, Hundreds of letters have been re- ceived from interested parties telling of persional experiences, in life staving. In mama newspaper's, the teethed has been described and in some cases illustrated. A. Story From Life Tllie fret that a life may be slaved • 04, by persistent attempts at resuscita- tion, is well illustrated by a touching letter from a Bohemian woman living- in ivingin the town of Frank, Alberta.. This woman tette in her letter that ten years ago she had two baby boys, one nine months old and the other 22 months. She was busy about her household' duties, for it was a Satur- day and time was precious. She set a boiler of cold water on the porch in which to rinse out necessary articles of baby clothing and went on with her work. After some time, the 'older 'lad pulled at her skirt. She was so busy that she paid little at- tention to him until finally, the ohild said, "Mama, Mama, baby in the water." The mother ran to the porch, and as she said, "All I could see was the baby's little boote'e's sticking out above the water! I screamed. I picked, up the baby and ran out .of the ,house crying for someone to get a doctor. Just then an Italian ice cream vendor came along with hie truck, crying his wares. I ran to him and, implored him to get a doctor." "No use, ma'am," he said. "The baby will be dead before we get a doctor. Give him to me." "Tee baby was blue. His /moth and eyes were open,. He was gone,. He was under the water for possibly 25 minutes. The Italian and his 14 - year -old sou, worked with the baby for some hours and finally, the baby moaned a little and he wiggled his toes. Then he cried and soon after - wand's fell asleep. It was a miracle that be was saved and; I shall never forget that -Italian and his sen. Now the baby is ten years. old and in the fourth grade in school." Some years ago in Ontario a mann was resuscitated from electrical shock by eight hours of artificial respira- tion. A few years ago, an Electrical En- gineer while working in a radio broad- casting station near Taranto, received a oevere electrical shock and burns from apparatus carrying 8;040 volts, He was cleared from the current by a fellow -workman and artificial res. •piratian convnv0nced within two min- utes. S'Igas of ;life appeared within 12 minutes, and in about 20 minutes the was breathing without assistance. A few years ago in Toronto, a man was warming up a motor in a closed, garage. His wife found him uwcon- aciaris and not breathing a n d sereaamsed. Two boys were within bearing and came to her assistanee'. One 'started arti8eial. ere Iiration,-- ane went for thielp. When the help ar✓ , C'(')o0.ttiitilted on Page' a) URBAN GROWTH IN OTHER COUNTRi ES—V The pity of New York is, the com- mercial metropotlis of ,the United 'States as London is of England, and • its growth may be ,token to repres'e'nt that of the urban eosntmunitaies of this cantintemtb at their maximum: Found- ed as New Amsterdam about 1626, the torwn had by 1656 a population of 4,- 937, By ,the mitdldle of .the eighteenth ceuu t;r� (1749), it had grown to 13,294 and i 1790 the population of the city, proper, situated on Manhattan Island, was 133,131, while in the same year the population: of the territory now comprised in the five boroughs " .of New York City was 49,401. By 180a the population of the latter area was approximately 80,000; in 1930, 6,930,- 000. • The population of the City of New York, however, is .much less than that of the greater district in which so many of the City''s workers: and their 'dependents reside. • The question of suburban areas ,and how far they may be included with 'the central nucleus to metropotitara' disttricts is a different point in these days of rapid transpor- tation by 'motor car and omnibus, and electric .and, special steam railways for "commuters." In an attempt to meet this. situation, the United States Census Bureau; after the census of 1930, arranged for separate compila- tions for metropolitan districts. The metropolitan. 'district of New York City has a total land area of just over 2,514 square miles irk the three States of New York, New Jersey and. Connecticut. This area had in 1920 a population' of 8,505,404, which had. increased to. 10,901,424 in 1930. While this population is considerably larger than that lot, 'Greater London,' it may be pointed out that the largest area. included in the latter is given as' a bout 653 square smiles, or not much more than one-quarter the area includ- ed in the Metropolitan district of New York which the United Census Bureau designates "New York -North-- eastern New Jersey Metropolitan Dis- trict." Seen in the County Papers Runaway Team Comes to Sudden Stop A team of horses owned by Stew- art McLaughlin ran away with the wagon to which they were hitched when the lines came unfastened from the ring at the Logan mill. They came to a sudaiten stop on the lawn of Mrs. Messer, after running between, tw•o trees and into another. The wa- gon and harness required consider- able ,repairs before Mr. McLaughlin could go home with them.—Brussels Post. House Moved to Kintail The house owned by the fate Wm. Cook, Tur:nberry Street, North, was purchased by .Ian McDonald who mov- ed it Saturday to Kintail, With slight improvements it will make a very nice summer oottage.—Brussels Post - School -Girl Badly Injured We are pleased to report that Don- na Buchanan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, H. F. Buchanan, is' resting com- fortably at her home following an ac- cident on Thursday afternoon when she suffered a concussion. Oa Thurs- day afternoon during the !heavy rain, Dd'nna raced across the schao•1'grounds for home. She ran into the volley ball net and was throws to the- ground. heground. She proceeded home but be- came. 111. Dr. McKiibbon was called!. and ,had her removed' to a London. thospi.taal for observation as' she had a concussion and it was feared• that her skull alight have been fractured. It was a great relief to her parents and .friends. *hen it was found that the skull had not been. fractured, Donna. was in an unconscious condition; for several 'hours, but bas made splendida progress and on Sunday was brdugtht from. the London hospital to her home here.—Wingham Advance -Times. New Teacher For High School Miss G. Marian Bell, B.A., of Kin- cardine, has been engaged on the 'stiff of the W1'ng'ham High School, her du1fres to co'mmen'ce in September. Mise Bell replaces Miss Mable Mc- Larty, B.A., who resigned. Mise Beli is "a graduate of Western University, London, and is a specialist in Classics. For the past two years' she has been a m,e'mber of the high school staff at Arthur. -Wingham Advance -Times, Presentations Miss Mary Andrews, leader of the C.GI.T. group of Wesley -Willis Unit- ed Church was the recipient of many beautiful gifts at a surprise shower held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Andrews on Monday evening. Members of the group, also those (of the Sunday School crass' of which Mary is a member, waited for this occasion and spent an enjoyable evening. The following evening friends of the prospective bride and groom were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jsarnes Reynroldre and presented a lovely coffee table.—Clin- ton News -Record, House Damaged by Lightning Last Thursdays electric storm left. its mark in Blyth, when the house occupied by Mrs. Isabella Johnston was .baldly damaged by a direct hit train the lightning. • Thelightning is • said to have struck one chimney on the Wale, completely demolishing it, and travelling on down crossed over and but the ether chimney, leaving a trait of titin, behind it. A great deal Of ppiaater, 'MS Waken; mild the bonne- Seotltt need wt Pao8), , rrr