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I - 1(1 . - ; . THE : . OMAhA : DAILY BEE : "ffiTNDAY 1' , FEBRUARY 10 . , 189. .
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STORY OF DU ! IAUIUER'S ' LIFE
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Author of "Trilby" TThs of lila Eal1y
. Trials and Later Successes ,
illS PLEASANT HOV1E AND F/MILY / IN LONDON
. Tile J"ot of "Trllhr ; , " Into Offered to Jrnrr
. JRme , Turn" Out to 10 the FRII of
r' , I the Year-Noy J llacd 011
R No , Novel.
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( Copyrhht 15 by R. R. McCure , )
A8 I croBel1 Ilampsten . heath I passed a
group of devout people , to whom , standing
among them , 1 Snlvaton army girl , with an
. Inspired face , wa preaching with ardent
fervor. I did ( not slay to listen 10 her , for
George Ilu Mnurler had appoInted mo to meet
him at his hou5e 01 3 on that Sunday after-
noon. nut as I went my way I heard the
words : "Never you envy even those who
"Nc"jr
Btefll most ' to b& envied In this world for In
even thO happiest life . " and that was
all.
t . al.Du Maurler's house Is In a quIet little
strcet that leads from the open heath down
to the township of lampslend , a street of
few houses and of high walls , with trees
c'erywhere and nn air of seclusion anti quiet
over all. As ana enters the house one notices
on the wal to the left just after the thres-
' hold Is crossed . the orlgnnl : of one of Du
Manner's drawings In Punch , a drawing con-
corning two , Imllonalresscs , " with the text
written beneath the pIcture In careful , al-
most lithographic penmanship.
"That was where I received my traInIng
In literature . " said Du Maurler. "So Ansley
t lterature. 10 'me the other day when I told
hIm how surprised I was at the success of
lily books , considering thaI I had never writ-
. ten before. 'Nevr wrilen I' he cried oul.
fr \Vhy IY dear Du Manner , you have been
writing eli your life. and the best of writing
practice at thnt. Those little dialogues of
prnctce
' yours which week after week you have fled
. to your drawIngs In Punch have prepared you
nllmlrably. I was precise writing , and gave
e . you conciseness and repartee and appositive-
r ness , and the best qualities 'of the wrer of
w fiction. ' And " added Du Maurler "I be-
: hove Ansley was quite right now that I come
. to think of It. "
DU IAURER IN HIS STUDY.
I. was In his study that Du Maurler re-
it' celvel me . a large room on the first floor .
window overlooking the
with a quare bay
, quiet street on the right and a large window
almost reaching to the ceiling . and looking
In the dlreten of the hearth , facing the dcr.
A luxurious room It was , with thick car-
' pets and inviting arm chairs , the walls covered -
ered with stamped leather and hung with
! ninnY of the master's drawings In quiet
r frames. In one corer a water color portrait -
troll by Du Maurer of Canon Alnger , and
' from the same brush the picture of a lady
4 with n violin on the wail 10 the left of the
' decorative fireplace . from over which In the
' : place of honor another smaller model of the
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" I ; GEORGE DU MA1JRI1R.
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armless Venus looks 'down To the right Is
I grand piano , and elsewhere other furniture
- of notceablb style and curtains , screens
. ' . ali ornaments. A beautiful room , In fact
, and within It II none of the litter of the
m n' of letters or of the paInter.
4 , 'DU MAUIUlR'S FAMILY hISTORY.
It was hero l that I first saw Du Maurler. a
' quiet man of no great stature who at the
lrst sight of him Impresses one as a man
- who has suffered greatly , haunted by some
evil dream or disturbing apprehension. HIs
' . welcome Is genial and kindly . but ho docs
. not smile , even when he Is saying a clever
and smile-provoking tblng.
c "ly full name Is George LouIs Pamela
Dusson'du Manner , but we were ol very small
ncbiiity. lly name Pamela was given to
' ' mo In souvenir of the great friendship be-
tween my father's sister and the duchess de
Pamela who was the wife of the Portuguese
ambsador to France. OUr re31 family
name Is Dusson. the du laurler conies from
the chateau Ie Maurlor. buIlt some time In
. the fifteenth century , nl1 still standing In
Anjou C ' Maine , but n brewery tOday. I
I'- beonged to our cousins the Aubel's.oo
were the title du Maurler , and an AUbrey
du laurler who distinguished himself In
that century was Louis of that name , who
\va * French ambMsador to Holland . and wa
well liked of the great Idng. The Auberys
' , and the Dussns married and . intermarriel .
and I cannot quite say , without referrIng to
' family pallrs-at present at my nk-when
the"Dusln9 assumed the territorial name of
du Mnurier. but grandfather's
7- laurler' my name was
Hobert , MathurIn Dusson du laurler , and
. ' 1ls name Is always followed In the papers
which refer to him by the title 'GenU-
bomme Verrlef , ' gentleman glassbiower .
For . until the revolution . glassblowing was
1 monopoly of tile 'gentilllomtucs . ' that Is
Jo say , that no commoner mIght engage In !
? this srI. Industry ' , at that time considere an
PARENTAGE AND EARLY LIFE.
, "Iy father was a small router whose in-
' - coml was Jlerlvel from our glass works In
" Anion. )0 , vas born In England , for his
' father . had fled to England to escape the '
I guillotIne . when tile revolution broke out ,
t and they rollrnell to France I In 1816. ly
grandmother was 1 bourgeoise. Her name
' was flrnairi and she descended from Jean
I Bart the admiral.
"M ) ' mother ' was nn Englishwoman and
' was married 10 my father at the Drilsh
embassy nt Paris. and I was born In Paris
on March 6 , 183. , In a lIttle house In the
. ' Ohalp $ Elyecs. I bore the number 80. I
was afterward sell by lY father anti has
. slilco been rulell down. 1 often look at the
spot when I am In Paris 1\1 al walking
' lhrough lhe Champs Elysees . anti what J
" . , most regret at such times are the pile trees
which In my chl\lhooll used to b lherc-
. ' very dIfferent from the miserable stumpy
\'enuo of today I Is a disillusion which
copies upon me with equal force at each new
' visit , for I remember tH trees and tile
tiees only.
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A 10USlmO.D OF MANY ItEMOVALS .
"We stayed three years In Belgium , a 11
'when I was 5 years ohl I went with lY par.
cqts ' to I.ondon.'hero my father pa. a
house which I year later was taken by
Charles Dickens , 1 DevLnshlrc terrace , llry-
lebone road. -
roal.
"We only stayed a year In Devonshire terrace -
race , fOf my father grew very poor He
. was a n\1 of scIentific tastes and lost his
money In inventions which never came 10
" . 1ythlng. SI we hal ( 10 wander forth again
. and Ihls. titus went to BouIDgn . and there
' wend In a beautiful house nl the lop of ,
' the Grande Uup. I hal sunny hour there
and was very hal'p ' ) I Is a part of my life ,
which I shall describe II ole 01 my books
. . "Much of my chIldhood Is related In 'Peler
; , Ibbstson , ' My favorite batk was the 'Swlu
Ii\nly Robinson , ' anti next 'loblnsol Cru.
Ice. ' I used 10 devour these bool\s ,
" lac. was I late pealer. My . parents must
Ive \ thought me dllb. And one day I mul
: lrled them all by coming out with a long
's&ntenel. I wu : 'I'ap eat utIle chez lonl
i- ' . boucher sour acheler de la vlanllo pour
) .IalflUfl ' all so 1810nllhell Iwer'bolly .
' "We ' ust1 to speak 'olh l relch and Eng.
lanKulgel. lIL ! I' At home' , and I waa brought up In both
, . From 1oullgne0 went 10 Paris. I
wcifl to school at tim ace or 13 to the Pen-
flolFrol"sard , , In tto Avenue du ibis de
' : : llouloiU { J 11 ashamed to say that I did
nQ11lnul , " uuyaclt at Ichool. 1 shall '
'wilt. llY school lIfe In my new nor.I , 'The I
- tall & . ! . \ ' \ thl age tt Ii I Wllt ul' tr !
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my 'bachot , ' my b1cclaurllo degree at the
Sorbonne all was plucked for my wrItten
Latin versIon. I Is true 'hat my nose be-
gln t blect during the examInation . all
that upset me , and . beside , the Professor
who was In charge of the room had got
an Idea Into his head that I had smuggled
a 'crib' In , Gnd kept watching mo so carefully -
fully that I got nervous and furrlc1 My
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per mother was very vexed with me for my
failure . for wo were very per at that time
and It was important that I should do well.
My father was then In England , and shortly
after my discomfiture he wrote for me to
Join him there. Wo had not Infermcl him of
my failure . and I felt very miserable a I
cosscl. becaus I thought ho would b very
angry with me. lie met me at the landlhg
at London BrIdge and at the sight of my
utterly , , o-begono face guessed the truth
awl burst out into 1 roar of laughter. I
thInk that this roar of laughter gave mo
the greatest pleasure I ever experIenced In
all my life .
DU MAURlm A SCIENTIST.
"My father then ne\'el reproached me for
my failure In the bachot examination . In-
( iced . never once alluded 10 It. lie had made
up his mind that I was intended for 1 scien-
tst and determined to make me one SO
he put 10 as a pupil at the Drkbeek chem-
Ical laboratory of UnIversIty college . where
I studied chemistry under Dr. Williamson. I
am afraid that I was a most unsatisfactory
pupil . for I took no interest at all In the
work , nll spent almost all my time In draw-
Ing caricatures.
AMBITIOUS TO DE A MUSICIAN.
"My ambition at that time was to go In for
music and singing . but my father objected
very strongly In this wish of mine and invariably -
varIably discouraged it. My father I must
tel you possessed himself the sweetest , most
beautiful voice that I have ever heard and If
he hall taken up singing as a profession
would most certainly have been the greatest
singer of his tml Indeed , In his youth he
hall studied music for some time at the
ParIs Conservatoire , but his family objected
to his fo\owlnl the profession for they were
legitmists and strong Catholics , and you
know In what contempt the stage was held
at the beginning of this century. \Ve were
all musical In our family-my father my
sister the sister who married Clement Scott
a most gifted pianisto and then myself I
was at that time crazy about muslo and used
to practeo my voce ! wherever and whenever
I could even on lho top of omnIbuses. I remember -
member one night we were crossing Smith-
field market together and I was talking to
mY lather about music. ' 1 nm sure thaI I
could become a singer , ' I said . 'and I you
like I will prove It to you. I have my tuning
fork In my pocket. Shall' I show you my
A ? '
'I 'Yes , ' said my father , ' 1 should like to
hear your Idea of an , A. So I sang the note
Jy lather laughed. 'Do you cal that an A ?
Let ml show you how to sing it. ' And then
there rang out a note of music low and sweet
at the outset all Iwelng : as It went till It
seemed ody. to fill all Smithfield with divine mel-
ody."Jy poor lather , I may add as I am speak-
Ing of his musical powers , died-in my arms
-as he was singing one of Count de Segur's
drInking songs He left ' this world almost
with music on his lips.
ADOPTS ART AS A PROFESSION.
" 1y poor father died In 1856. and at the
age of 22 I returned to Paris and went to
Ivo with my mother In the Rue Paradis
PolsmnlereVo : were very poor , and very
dull and dismal I was. however It was not
long before 1 entered upon what was the
best time of my life. That is . when having '
decided 10 follow art as a profession I en-
tered Gleyre's studio to study drawing all
painting. Those were my joyous Quarter
Latin days spent In the charming socIety of
Poynter Whistler . Armstrong Lament and '
othera. I have described Oleyro's studio In
' Trllby. ' For Oeyre I hal 1 great admlra-
ton and at that time thought his ' 1uslons
Perdue' a veritable masterpiece though I
hardly think so now. Jy happy Quarter
Latin life only lasted one ' year for In 1857
we went to Antwerp , and here I worked nt
the Antwerp academy unde Dc Keyser and ,
Van Lerlus. And It was on a day In Van '
. Lerlus' studio that the great tragedy of my
life occurred "
THE LOSS OF ONE OF HIS EYES.
I 'hp voice ol Du M . turier . Wh till . the hal
been chatting with animation . ! suddenly ! fell .
anti over the face came an indefinable expression -
pression of mingled , terror and . anger and
sorrow.
"I was drawing from a model , when sud-
'dcnly the grts head seemed to me to dwin-
die to the size of a walnut. I chapped my
: hand over my left eye Had I been mls-
taken ? I could see ns well as ever. But
when In its turn I covered my rIght eve ' '
I , learned what had llappened : .ly left eye
hal failed me . 1 might b altogether lost.
It ' was sa sudden a blow that 1 was as thun.
deratruck Seeing : dismay , Van Lrlus
came up and asked mo what might' be the
matter and when I told him he said that
It was nothing that hi had had that himself
and so on. And a doctor whom I anxiously
consulted that same day comforted me and
said that the accident was a passing one.
However my eye grew worse and worse
and the fear of total blindness beset me/con-
stanthy. "
I was with a movement akin to a shudder
that Du Maurler spoke those words and
my mind went back to what I had heard
from the girl preacher as I crossed the
heath as In the same low tones and with
\ho \ same Indefinable expression he con-
tinned :
"That was the most tragic event of my
lfe , I has poisoned all my existence. "
Du Maurier . as though to shake off a
troubling obsession rose from his chair and
waltel about the room cigarette In hand.
"In the spring of 1859 we heard of a great
specialist who lived In Dusseldorf , and we
went to see him. Ho examined my eyes
all ho said that though the let eye was
certainly lost , I hall no reason to . lear .10s-
Ing tho.other , but that I must bo very -are-
ful all not drink beer and not eat chees
and so on. I was comforting to know that
, I was not to bo blind , but I have never
quite shaken oft the terror of that apprehen-
sion
sion.lAKIG IS OWN WAY IN LIFE .
"In the following year I felt that the time
had come for le to ear my' own living ,
and so one day I asked my mother to gIve
mo no to enable me to0 to Lon-don. and
told her that I should never ask her for
any mora money. She did not want to let
me go , and as to never asking for money ,
site begged mo not to make any such resolu-
tion.
ton."My frat lodging In London was In Newman .
man street ' whro I sh red rooms with
Whistler. I afterward moved to rooms In
Earl's terrace In tile house where Walter
Paler died. I began contributing to Once
a Week anti to Punch very loon after my
arrival In Lontion and shccklngly bad my
drawing was at that time. ly first drawing
In Punch app ? are In June 1860. anti repre-
sentedVlulsther and myself going Into a
photograJher's sludlo. I was marrIed In
1863 , and my wlCe and 1 never knew financial -
clal troubles ly only trouble has been my
fear about my eyes. Apart from that I
have been very happy
"Most of tile jokes In Punch ere of my
own . but 1 sod many are sent to me , which
I twist and turn into form Posthethwaito .
flunthuorne Mrs. Ponsonby Tomkyns Sir
Gorgeous l1113S. and the other characters
asoo'alel with my drawings are all my
own creatons ,
flU 1AUnI1S INTERESTING FRIENDS. i
"I have made many Inlerestng friends
during my long life In London , and the lee-
lures whIch I ha'o delivered all over England -
land contain many anecdote abut them.
"I.eech was , of course . one et my Intl.
mates my master , I lay say . for to some
cxlcnt my work was moleled on bls. I
spent the autumn of the year which pre
ceded the death of hIm at.'liitby. . lie was
not , 'cry funny . but was kind , aml4ble , and
genial , -elghtful man.
" 1 shall lever forget time scene al Ills lu-
neral. Dean hole was ollntng , and as ,
the frt led fell with a , FoUndlng thud on
the coln of cur dear lead trienti Mlals ,
who was standing Oi the ( edge oC the grave .
burt out LobtIllIg. I was R signal , for the
moment after each man In that great can.
course ol mourner was sobblrS hQ. I
was a memorable sight. "
OFFERED hENRY JAMES TRI.Y PLOT ,
Then going on 10 speak ( f his literary
work , Du 1aurer : said : "Nobod ) ' more than
myself was surprised at the great success
of 1) ' lliVClS. . i never expected In'lhlng of
the eort. I did not know that I could write.
I hal no Idea that I had any eXperiences
worth rccor4lng . TJJb circumstances tinder
which I callus to Write are curious 1 waa
walking one evenIng with henry James up
alli dQwnhc \ Ighl street In 1ayswater
Jaunts Jlll that \0 had great dlncllly II
finding plat for hIs ! torles. 'Pl b , ' I e-
clanmed. "I Rm full . ( f plots ' antI I vent on tn
, tea him the Plot of "frlby. 'Dut you , oUlht
to write that' etury ' said . Jantei ) 'I 'an't I
l % 'rite . ' I i hI , 'I have never written . U' you
10 ; the 11 t so lue4 ) U y take It. ' flat
TODAY is the 10th-andtghteen days from now \ve lTov to the northeast corner 0f 16th and
Douglas Streets. We thnl't move up there with any of the shoes now on hand. - We prefer to
create a name for ourselves bMng you the greatest Shoe bargains in America at ' . ,
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4 ; " . 'C'a t-right's : Moval Sale' : : : * < '
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. ' ' , ; of Fine Shoes ' , " : ' . ' .
Ii costs ' a ' big.pile' of money to In ve a stock of Shoes even that short distance , besides considerable -
able annoyance : : We are , knocking : off the pxices , allowing , for annoyance and moving expense , so
that you can get" a. : .good pair : of shoes awful cheap of us tomorrow.
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Those fine lInn(1.turne(1 ( ShOIS ! , In ' co lnh's ) Chllldrefl'S nI1118 CS' flue grain 11t n Ilnh's hilell's eliflinel calf ulioeim . .
CII 1
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Coiuiflon Sense nll oxford Insls , hint button RhoCR , nlHlu Iy ) P. Cox Hhoe necdlc loc 111 i1iir'nrii tots ; foilitet' '
are iii slzcs 2 W8 to 'I' $ only we muiko (1o. , mimi SOll 1)V . 10 2.OO. . ' ' , . . . ' 111'11 forlcr $ 4 0 0 1I
II 4'1 ell ; mnl\ 111 sull ( ) till nt $1.O $ : II'h'l' ' .6.O. ) We cnu't liltIve them , so _ .
n th'sperntu . effort to cuRe them . mill 9 5 ' - 'Ve wIll tel \111 gone-and tiny $1 I 0 they go at. . . . . . . . . 10YC . . . Ihcl . . . . . j7
out. Come i'nt'iy , fOl' they 11i not. last won't lllt nud slzcs , I'
10lg I COle . . . . . . ct'I . . . . . . . . . . . . . wllot . . , . . . . . . . . . sit . . . . Inlt . . , . 101 . . . . -11 . . . . . whll1 . . . . . . . . Itll . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 11 IHlrl 11C1 Willtel' tnl u4110oS , double '
Sh ( ) ( ' , Pflhlitl ( titli ; foruni't1)11CC ) $ . :
$ l.m tomorrow viII huy shoes that 'ou 100 pail's c1iiid't 11 and straIght goat lllllll tnl fo'lel' II'lce : .01 $ 3 5 0 '
wi you 10 1lh's hll'R { ! nll Rlrllht Ioat just 10 iuuik e you hnllll 'e'II sUl
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have ne'cr Imhl1 less UUt $ 4.tX ) fet hut.tol ; the HlzCR nld whlhllre not ' thcl ti Inl te "le ' gone. . . . . wc'l . . . . scl. . .
! : I'lIe3- n1e Iude on the new Chicago , 95 exnctr regular , but thmty InC . Crniner's .
Piulllliehlllllt mititi bPerft' lasts 1111(1 fl1'O $1.95. goods , that SO1l ( frail ! U , .1.75 and
beuutcs Ihlndelllhia . . . . . 111 . . . . OI11'11'lusll . . . . . . . . . . . . ull . . . . n1O . . . ' . . $2.0. 101)11 l'he ' IUIII wllore f1ol : nttidsinoing I , 8 5 C 122 Imh's ) lultui'g Freiteli cnlf : I
at { . . . . . . . . . I Icn'l Frelch 1IIIclt
sale I . . . . . . . . . . . Iculhcr Il'l'OW toe ImhclHhiliy iuut t , all .
ViltIlS ( uiiitI SiY. ( S. F'OVlllOt' lric& ) $ ( .50 ; -
wlllhs I.'I'lm' 11'ICl
2 mIsses' ctuuel calf Incea "C'Y , . " 'e luae still quite h. tulinluer oC thoso' , just I ) 111 you UI 1 ( len how luch ! rOj 3 7 ' 5
' ' . ' , hlYO sti i n\uhm' $
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i llotr shoe.-t. regular price $ 2.5O ; . , , ' quie . ' , , ' iw'ftr ' to tdi'oet , we'll sell all
Si ( miiiii 6.OO welt i4ioes In titoney .
$ $5.00 $ 1I''Cct.
I . to add 101'0 fuel to thin hottest shon . small o 'Inl we uiro cibsing thocs ; out 9 5 C this luolth IOle at. . . . . . . ' we'l . ' . . . Hel . . ni. . . J
ten Halo this ever shoe recorded wlhoutI'cCOUlSelulule In this city , we wi $1 . .5 : 0 II "n t' . . tuit . . . . . . . . . U1O . . . . cosllg . . . . . . . . . . .
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by 1. Cox Shoe Co. , Hochestel' , itt 'We have n few dozen ' pairs oC ladles' .
Inllel'
GO Imh's of Indies' Imlell leather ynml ) , g' ' ' ' IIuhliilurl4 that fOl'llil'l'ly uold "
0 wl'm uullcl's . f01ll'ly told 0
, $1 0 o
. ' cloth lOll ! hulon shoes , lellul OIICl'U $ 2.50 for $ : they are fur h'llled , but .
45 airs misses' calf lace and button .
.1 pairs Ilsses' elf 11c n11 buton too reguhatslze8. A Yel' ' dressy ShOC , .
) ; very ; for all that the ' are
SIIII heel , 111e b y P. J Cox Shoe Co. . 1eluln1 price , $ 5.OO. . . . . . . . 11'ess . . . . . . . . . . . ni 1'1
Itochmester ; neyer was known to be sold
, Uochestclj for less tiunit $ 2.5O WIS , except nt this 5 0 . . " ' also hn\'e utumber oC muatron'
grILItI shoe 'iuiovtil sale. WTe will close $1 , " Those 111011's French calf full ] , Bole ttw 0 ' \ a nUlbcr lah'on'8 '
the entire 10YII nt. . slle. . . . r . . . . . . . . wi . . . . close. . . ; " I $ buls . U , len t'o that snore we than hnyo 1lllU'ccutCl always cork sold nt for $ 4 . 0 0 . IflCVIY them WUll. ut sold 'fu1 hul tllllCll nt II'lce $ UiO , , IlIIIIC'1 now thnt sell for 7 5 C
ire pairs cliiltl's pebble gent heavy half
double sole Cramer's siuoeu , that our Mcn's patent lenthcrs-on n flue French atW Only a fmv of the lied Romeo slippers .
selng . . price In sizes 8 % to 10 ' % was $1 0 5 calf-time 111 we always sold for $ 3 6 0 wurm n unl nice , that we used to bell $ 1 2 5 '
this movhiig sale .
they $1.50. 11USt At get out. Priceless . . . . . . . . mO'lng . . . . . . . . . . . . $ O.5O unl more , Lenuox toe . , are now. for $2. but now they are s
T. Po CARTW.RIGHT Sc CO. 1415 ;
. . CARTW , B . . , Douglas St. Yet < ,
Going . to move .to 16th and Douglas Street March 1st. -
Must , sell all their shoes before they move. -
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James would not take It , He said I was too
valuable a present and that I must write the
story myseU.
HOW HIS NOVELS WERE WRITTEN.
"Well . reaching liome that nlgh-t ' I ' "et
to work , and by' the next morning , I had
wrllen work . first two numbers , oL 'Peter Ib- '
betson. ' I seemed ' to \ \ from my pen
without effort In a full stream. But I ,
thought It must be per stuff . and I deter-
inlned to leak for an omen to learn whether
any success would attend this new deptu.e. .
So I walked out Into the garden , ana toe
very first thing that I saw was a large
wheelbarrow , and that comforted me and reassured -
assured me for as you will remember , there
Is 1 wheelbarrow In time first chapter of 'Peter
' Ibbetson. '
"Some . time later I was dinIng ' with Os-
good and he said : ' 1 hear Du Maurier . that
you are writing stories , ' and asked me to let
him see something. So 'Peter Ibbetson' was
sent over to America and was accepted at
once. 'Then 'Trilby' followed . and the 'boom'
came a boom whch ! surprised me immensely
for I never book myself au Eerleux as a nov-
elist. Indeed , this 'boom' rather distresses
' elst. ate ' when " 1 reflect that Tbackery never had
a He works at irregular intervals and In
such moments as he can snatch from his
Punch works , "For , " he says , "I am taking
more pains than ever over my drawing "
And so saying ho fetched nn album , In which
ho showed me the elaborate preparation , In
the way ol studies and sketches which vas
the preliminary to n cartoon which will appear -
pear prelminary or two In his paper One
figure . from a female model had been ' drawn
several times. There was here the infInite
capacity tmes takIng paIns. "My best tne
for writing Is just after lunch. My writing
Is frequently interrupted . and I walt about
lhe studio anti smoke and then back to the
'
MS. once more. , Afterward I revise , very care-
fully now , for I am taking great - pains with
an
my new book ' TbaMartians' is ' to be a very
long book , and I cannot say when It will be
finished. "
A MAN AT Ils DEST AFER 40.
Over- tIm fro In the comfortable room ,
whither we went to have lea at Mrs. Du
whiher ' request , the conversation touched
on many things. "Every book which Is
worth anything , " said Du Maurier "has had
its original life. " And again , "I think that
the best years me. 11 n man's life are after he
Is 40. So Trolope used to say Docs Daudel
say so , too ? A man at 40 has ceased to
hunt the moon. I would add that In order
to enjoy life after 40 It Is perhaps necessary
to have achieved before reachIng that age ,
at least some success. " lie spoke of the
success.
letters he had been receiving since the
"boom " and said that on an average ho re- i
celvel five letters 1 day from America of a
" of correspondents -
flattering description . "Some my crre-
spondents , however don't give n lan his
'due ' " ho remarked , with a sbadow of a
smile The . day on whIch he la able to devote
most time 10 writing Is Thursday. "C'est
man grand Jour. " On Wednesdays he Is en-
gaged with a model ; 1 female model comes
every Friday.
It Is characteristic of the man that he
should work with such renewed application [
In of the fact that
at his old craft spite
cIrcumstances have thrown wide open to him
lho gates of a new career '
lie reminds one as to physique and In
certaIn manifestatons ofa L _ _ very < u.u neryous . tern . _ -
perament of anotner glan wuu-ae , wuu. "
name Is Emile Zola.
But ho Is altogether original and himself ,
and striking intlividusilty . n man
1\ strong Individualiy.
altogtlier deserving of his past and present
good fortune , . RODERT . H. SHERARD.
1EII' J'U > S - IN JJW'JnJl' ,
Rhinestones and gamete are introduced In
the stock collars with stunning effect . I
Center pieces for the dinner table are now I '
the most exquisite hand embroidery
FIve o'clock tea china Is so dainty and exquisite -
quisie that cern . ; Is apprehensive In using I.
Latest des'ens ' In capdle shades for dinner
are Impos91blo swallows and bulternles.
The court [ Jlater patch on china or cheek
has been revived by modern "grand dames. . "
Gentlemen forget that heather "apata" originate -
nate In I nglanl among "mlu's" gro ms.
Circular should be sent out 10 make It
known to all that draping pictures with searls
al
are entirely out of date
It I note that many opara glasses In
feminine bands have a bow of bright-colored
ribbon fastened to the top.
Somehow or other people who expect slang
anti Ilelegan expression from the masculine-
attired girl pre not disappointed.
Foot bal souvenir spoons are the latest .
The bowl II a loot ball . and the arllcle I. , per-
lisps more ornamental than usful ,
Igh combs more or less Spanish are
, woven In tile back haIr : also on side of the
heed , or anwhere likely to be seen
' - ' , ' - . _ _
, POPULATION [ [ F TIE , WORLD \
; What i'.1 "PrmistBe t .l lntlad , . 1iat.it .
- . .
I A VALUABLE STATISTICAL ' COMPILATION I
-
The World's Gain Estimated at Five 111-
lens R' 'Year-Eftoct 00 Contnents
and . ation5-COmparatWO
8malncls In Hulk
( Copyright 1&9 : by John Bolt Scholn& . )
The population of te world has been given
by various statisticians ns follows :
In 1874 , according .to Dehm and Wagner ,
1,391,000,000.
In 1878 , according to Levasseur , 1,439.000-
000
000.In
In 1883. accordIng to -ehm and Wagner ,
1,43,000.000.
In 1886 , according to Levasseur . 1,483,000-
000.
000.In 1891. according to Wagner and Supan , .
1,480,000,000.
The last estimate may be regarded as
sufcenty trustworthy ns u .worldng basis ;
Messrs Wagner and Supan have earned a
just repulaton for painstaking and thorough
work , and moreover this estimate or thq
German savants has been , established l
niore than one-hal its built ( ( c. . to 67 per
cent of' ' the 1.480.000,000) ) upon the actual
result of recent censuses. '
In dealing with this large population we
'have to deal wlh big figures and a good
ninny of them. For example :
Ponulatlon.
'Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b2G.9IO
Europ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367,379.(1 ' )
Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lrt.353,00i : )
AmerIca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . ] 21.713t'
In Oceania Ihand end , l'oiar
regions . . . IIIIIR . . . . . . . . . 11)lar . . . 7..10 (
Australia . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . - - , : o.r <
The world. . . . . . . . . . . . . .I.I,72J.to
Here Is another way to obtain a clear Ilea
of how the world's population .Is split up.
Thus , for every 1,000 persons In the world ,
there arc :
In Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( : , rSOn3 .
In Europ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 11 1.f'Ii
In Alrlcn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lit p" " ll"
In America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 persons
In Oceanic Islands and Polar .
regIons . . Ilnmls . . . . . . . . . . . . I persons
In Austrnll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 persons
The . . . . . . . . . . . , persons
TiE DISTRIBUTION O POPULATIN ,
We see that more than one-hal of the
world's population live In Asia , and nearly
one-quarter II Europe ; that about one-ninth
of the people live In Africa and just under
one.twelfh In America ( North Central and
South combined ) . and that the aggregate
populations of the Oceanic Islands Polar
regions and Australia atcount for only seven
persons out of every 1.000 people In the
worid
I asked to guess ! at the dlstrlbuUoQ of lhe.
world's population nine people out of ten
would probably place Asia first , Europe
second America third. But wo see that
Africa takes the third place instead of . It
being occupied by America . This Is mainly
due' .to the north tropical zone of Africa
which Is larger than' the whole of the United
Slates , contains 42,000.000 more people , and
which Is also more densely populated To
this population of the north tropical zone of
Africa 60,00.000 ; ro' conlrlbulel by the
Soullan and Upper Guinea only-a number
which nearly e'llls the 63,000,000 of the
United Slates of ' America enumerated at
their census of 1890.
Now let us compare time sizes of these
continents . elc. , whose ' populations we have
briefly glanced at :
- Square Miles.
Asia . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,01,0 Mies
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H,8IO
A ( rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.m.0
EUI'O\Ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.767,01 )
Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,072,000
Oceanic Islands und Polar regions . 2,461,0
The world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,315O
POPULATION 4 , WITH REFERENCE TO
AREA
The following . figures help' U8 to appreciate
the sizes 01 time six dlvlrlons of the world
For every 1.000 quaro mles of land ares In
the world there are :
.
In Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 sq. miles I
In America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 2 sq. miles
In Africa . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 21 : sq. miles
In Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . \.1111
In Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5(1. miles
Oceanic Islands and Polar re-
. , . , . . . . . . , . . , , , . , . 47 . nilcs
glens . . . . . . . . . . . . . sq. mies
The world . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 Sll. miles
Thus , nearly one thIrd of the earth la In
.
Asia which also p05sese3 more than one-hal
, the population : more than one-quarler of tlO
earth went to make America and over one-
fifth for Africa. Europe contains only one-
, fourteenth part of the world's area nlhough
. aha has 'nearl ) one-quarler of' the population . ,
' = ! d. Australia . 19ntalns one-elghteenlh parI.
The last division 'on our lst takes ' the " 1iTl- ]
. lings from .the guineas , " being a t'enty-
oneth part of the world'a , area.
DENSITY OF POPULATION.
Having new 0 fairly definite mental con-
cepton cf the distribution of time world's
' population and of its area , we may turn to
the Inlerestng feature of density of populaton !
In various parts of the world :
In , Europe is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 acres
In Asia is. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 13 acres
In Africa Is . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . 44 acres
In America 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 acres
1n Oceanic Islands and Polar re-
gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 acres
In Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . acres
In the world is. . . . . . . . . : . . 2 acres
This way of looking at the facts concerning
density of population shows us that there Is
still amp rom In th world for all of us , whe -
ever we may chance to be locled. The overcrowding .
crowding of which we hear so much disap-
pears whe WO take an extended view 01 the
facts , which seem to invite us to spread our-
selves out more than we do.
THE FUTURE. '
Hera are the results of some calculations I
have very carefully made as regards the
future growth of the population of the world ,
and as td the year A. D. , when our descend-
ants will 'havo EO Increased In number thaI
'
there will then be only one acre for e'aclm per-
son In the world . Instead ol the twenty-three
acres mentioned above
As ' a preliminary. I wept into all the available -
able facts upon which to compuf the annual
rate of Increase In the world's population . and
finally I determined that the rate of Increase
might be taken ' , at I per 1.000 persons per
annum ; this means that for very 1,000,000
persons living In 1891 there were :
In 1892. . . i. . . . . . . . . . . .1,0,0 persons
In 1893 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.01.02 persons
In 1891. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.01.075 ; persons
In 1895. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.020,15 persons
etc . etc.
And the re lls , for the future population of
the world work out thus :
In 1891 there were 1.480.000.00 persons.
Ia 1900 there will be 1,548,000.000 perBons.
In 1910 there wl be 1,986,000,000 persons.
In 2000 there will be 2,548,000,000 persons.
In 2030 there will be 2,060,000,000 persons.
In 2100 there will be 4197,000,000 ; persons.
In 2200 there will be 6.910,000,000 persons.
In 2300 there will be 11,379,000,000 persons
In 240 there will be 18,738,000,000 versons
In 2116 there will be 33,418,000.000 persons
In 251 timers will be 33,586,000,000 p rsons.
These figures show us , for example , that In
A. D. 2030 the 1891 population will have
doubled Isel and will have taken 139 years
to do It in Tile population of the United
Kingdom has doubled Iself In eighty years ;
and the population of England and Wales In
fifty-seven years : but we should bs quite wide
of the mark If we applied our own rate of
annual Increase 10 the population of the
world-for our raIl cf Increase Is above the
average. In France . for example . the increase
of population 1 very slow ; In fact but for the
attractions I' ' offers foreigners as a residence
ls population would of late years have shown
a falling off , because . whie the births decrease -
crease , the dealhs Increaae.
POPULATION , AND ACRES
I may also point out that the : blv figures
show us that between A. D. 251'J and . \ . 1) .
2517-G21 years later than this present year
1895-there wi be In the worl : , many
people as there arc acres there being 33- ;
482,000 acres of land , a number . vhich . as
we see . tails between the last two numbers
In the above column
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION .
For every 1,000 persons In Europe there t .
are :
In European hturmuia . . . . . . . 2G2 persons
In he German empire . . . . . . . . 139 persons
In Austrla.Hungary. . . . . . . . 16 persons
.
In 1"I.ance.\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 persons
In Great Britain and Ireland . 10 pnimons
In Italy . Intaln . . . . . nnl . . , . Ircnnd. . . . . 811.ersl prons
In Spain . . . . . . . . . , , ! ' . , , . , . . . 48 persons
In Ilolgiumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11JerSOns
In other parts of Europe . . . . 121 persons
Europ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,0:0 : Jersons
The eight countries name ! l are those which
contain the largest populatIon Turkey ,
\ Ihoul Bulgaria , has fewer IJeople than I
lit Iglun ! , and , moreover , Ichll1 , la a very
11. lstrlous and worthy little \ouII : ) ' . and
more enled ; to a place than Turkey ; so
Turkey may be Included In other parts of
Europe.
As there t are GtO acres In I > 'Uara untie ! , we
see that the Inhabiants of Belelum ha\c
eatt , ( f them upon the avenge , very little
more than one acre of space , lelglum I
essentially I m4nufaetu lnK coulllrY-lt
simply has not the room for extenJlve agrl-
I uHural Industries. In every available hole
and corer the Belgians buW themselves
with agriculureand alhough agriculture
s carried on with much industry , the Del-
laf& . are largely ! , depend nt u1ol foreign
supplies for their food .
THE POPULATIN OF ASIA.
After Europe comes Asia In point of In-
terest-old Asia , older even than Europe In
Its quaint manners and fashions of men and
thing But how incomparable with western
Europe Is Asia of lhe nine lee nth century !
Asia Is for the main part ( China ) , hopelessly
conservative . and we have had a recent I !
lustraton r how modern progress may
enable a little nation hike the Japanese em-
plro to get the better of an old nation nearly
nine times ns populous. The Chinaman shows
to us the abuse of conservatism In the cast as
plaInly as've have seen the abuse of liberalism -
Ism In the west.
\Ve see the distribution of Asla's population
rather significantly In the following figures.
For every thousand persons In Asia there
arc : ,
In China proper. . . . . . . . . . 424 persons
In British .Intiia. . . . . . . . . . . 37 persons
In the Japanese empire. . . . . 37 parsons
In the East Indian , Islan 9. . . . 48 persons
In French India. . . . . . . . . . . 2 persons
In CorelL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 persons
In Slam . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . lpenons
In British Burmab. . . . . . . . . 9 persons
In Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 person
In Russian Central Asia and
'J.urkestan . Centrl . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 persons
In 'jJrkestan . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . 6 persons
In Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . I persons
In Cc lon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . persons
In Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 parsons
In other parts ol Asia. . . . . . .52 persons
Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,00 parsons
Drltsh India Is the only division of Asia
that ns regards population como anywhere
near China and these tivo' divsions ! combined
absorb more than three-quarters of the whole
of Asla's' pelJle. , Time quality of tho' Japanese -
ese stands out in ' favordble contrast with the
quality of the Chinese when we note that
lhere are In Asia 424 Chinamen for every
fort-elght Japs.
THE WORLD'S POPULATION IN DULK.
And now let us see what a realy Insigni-
cant body Is this population pl the world.
For example every living person could be
contained In a square common less than
twenty.two miles each way : each person of
time 1.480,000,000 could have a square yard
to stand on ; and A. A. Chase or some other
expert cyclist could be left outside with his
machine and ride round the square contain-
log the world's population In about three and
one-half hours for the elght-seven and one
half miles of lhe boundary fence. Or the
lt80OOOOOO persons could each occupy a
square yard of standing room In nefor <
shire ammd , then fill UII only lwo.thlrds of that
county They cou11 be tucked away down
In Radnorsbmire' by a little squeezing and
leave all the rest of time world mply. Even
al
the Isle of Man would hold nearly one-hal
of the world's populaton at anD person 10
tile square yard
A fact like this serves to illustrate tbo
really trifling Impotanco ' 'of the worhl's
realy
population enllasse , and , Incidentally . tile
utter insignificance of the Individuals who
compose It.
J. HOYT SChOOLING , F. R. S. S.
r
Lt1'I1.JI IriS.
Rev Mr. Bedelh . who used to Ilreach
Metimodist doctrIne In Calhmouma county , says
Melhol\st
the Athnla Constitution , was what Is called
"n jack of all trades. . " Whie ho was living
at Newton It Is related of him that a young
runaway couple seeking to eel married came
to the ferry at thaI place and called for the
ferryman , when Deel respolded to their el
and put them across the rlvcl' Whll doing
so the young man InlJu'red for a Ilacksllh ,
ns liedehi hI wanted replied { some : repaIr mad on his buggy
Beel
"I 1 qm 1 blacksmith and will repaIr I.
.
The young man next Inquired . for a hotel
to stop ) at Dedel replied :
"Como with me ; I keep the hotel and will
. "
entertain
you.
Time next Inquiry was for time cleric of the
court of ordinary In order to procure 1 mr-
rlagl Icense : , Bedel answered :
" ! am time clerk and can issue you a I.
. "
cense. .
cense. finally inquired for a minister to per-
10naly
form time marriage ceremony. 'fhe man of
many occupations was again equal 10 time
elergency"and informed time would.be bride-
grC1 :
"I am a 'mlnlsler and ) \'IIJerform the ceremony
"
mony for you I"
-
The Worcesler ( Mass. ) Gazette tells a stan'
of tile 11ev. Ur. Ilancroft , father of George
Ilancroft . the lmistoriamu . and once \astor ' of
the 1 ITt Unlarlqn church of \\'grcc.ster A
carpenter was comm.slone to make two
tablets on wblcb the ten commandmentl were
to be painted , The carpenter made time tubMs
.
- - w
"
ol knotty boards . perhaps not realizing their ,
use When Dr. Dancroft directed the painter
not 10 Itt the knot sh w" the nman who was ,
1)
a waglsh character of the day , . painted the
ten commandments , aiul carefully left I spaces '
where the nets , ought to stand : -Dr. Dancrof
had 1 sense 01 humor anti I Is believed he
laugimod or perhaps ' smiled . - ' II then told
the painter he had mt tmndOrztood him and
had better restore the nots. ' .
The "sermonetto" Is a recent fad In pulpit
circles nays the Chicago Tribune. Evening
services are supposed to be rendered more attractive .
tractvo by the advertisement that "ser-
monettes" Instead of sermons will bo ,
preached. In a little social coterie the other - "
night the new term was discussed ' t J
"Do tell me , " said 1 clover girl "what a
sermonete IE. ,
"Why , ' answered
answerel tiie-man-wlmo-alwaye.
knows-It-al. "It Is a emaIl sermon .
" 0. I see . " commented tim girl "nml It Is
the Ingenious device of some 'preaciterette , ' , .
I suppose. , "
supose. '
Heardso-Do you think It hurls a church S
member to go to the theater ? Salso-That , J
depends on the individual ; some wouldn't be
hurt even by amateur theatricais
,
Mrs Yo lgsporl-What a fine delivery
the new minister has. Mr. Youngsport-Yes ,
he ought to have. le was crack pitcher al
the university bal team for - three years.
coxivUJ3:1 : .
CU..UJlr.JLITLES.
Priscia ( just arrlved-Aro ) there any men
here ? Phyllis-Oh . there are a few apolo-
gies for men. Irlscla-Wel , If an apology
Is offered to le , I shal accept It.
Married Man-Wimy don't you get married
Miss Perldna ? You Ire getng to look like
n "back number"-'ou will soon b an ell
maid. Missl Perkins-If I were as easy' to
please as your wife was I would have been
married long ngo .
King Alexnnder' of Servla wanl to marry
time Princess Sihyle of Hesse , , but old Me , .
and lrs , Icsse , or whatever their lame 1 , , ' '
wish to wnlt two years to see If the king
Is a smart enough Alex to keep his throne -
Mr. ald Mrs. Hesse know their busimmess
Judge Otis of the St. Paul district qourt
has rendered a decision lhat a man Is legally
responsible for the damages done by his
wlfc's unruly tongue. Under this decslol 1
wel known St. Paul citizen has been held
liable for $5.000 for gossip traced back , to his
wife
wife.1rR. . D-I can't see what's your objection
to young Mr. Goodly. Everybody speaks well
of hum Miss U ( patimetlcahly-Mmmmmn ) ,
surely you wouldn't wish me to marry a mn'ua
that I would never have a right to scold.
Etiltor's Wife-Who wrote this beautiful
article on "How to Manage a Wlfo ? " gllor
Jones , Idltor's : " '
-Young I'dlor's "m'tte-\Vimy , 1
dldn't isn't Iwo\ ho was married . Editor-lie
IRn't.Mr.
Mr Moneyhags (10 ( married 11aughlcr-0 )
course every one says that Jack marrlell you
for mnommey Dau/hlH-Why. father that's
rllculous ( , I haven't any money-It all went
to pay Jack'm , debts.
Jldgo Pryor of the Now York court of
comlon pleas , cOlloenlng upon time Iluslal
lumher of divorce cases which arc constantly
cOllng before time court now , said that tIme -
mal-lago ritual should bo changell In this "
state so as 10 reaml "imusbantl : alit ! wife until
do . "
death or divorce us lart ,
There have been two veritable hombshels
exploded In New York society recently In tIme
Hhape of clerical matrimonial engagejuonts
That of lLeYllommry Mottet of holy Coinmunion
to MillS Gallup , umieco of Mra , Syivanus Reed ,
absolutely Imaralyzed society. holy Corn-
mummlon s'us Mrs. Joinm Jacob Astor , sr's ,
churcim , ammd iii attendeil by many tasimioum-
duos. None of time clergumneum who imavo
hitherto occupied its Imulilit were married ,
it being timuim wilimout precedent for tile roe-
tor to take unto imi'mnaeht a wIfe , therm , PIns
beemm a great fuss armd splutter , 11ev , Dr.
Wmmllmoho Warrc'mm of Holy 'I'rimmity 1mm about to
ied a beautiful imlommti0 witiow , a Mrs. Drown.
immg , tlamighiter of Henry C. ICuhiuuimarmlt1 'Flu.
is time clergyman about wbmomn tue question ot
contract labor was raised.
I
I"irt 14'ttrr 1' mm rrierm.
It is not clear that , time letter carriers
were regularly employed before 1753 , wimerm
tradition tells. us timat iienJarmmln Iraumklin , _
time new postmaster general , emnployed tlmtmrn
in Pimllalleipimla , anti Imostilmly imi New York ,
The earliest evidence I have is of 1702 , when
time I'Imiiatlrlpiuia poetummmmster advertised that
imIs "boy" had ruin away , and that patrons
mmmust coil for their letters at tim'vostofflce ,
Time Postal Jotirnal of iluglm Filmisy , a storehouse -
house at sound iimforjnation , teimm ) us that
1huon imti no letter carm'ler In 1773 , Of
New York , Ime says tilat "Eoomm after time am' .
rival of a mall lime letters are quickly tie. '
hivereml by a runn r , " whittii nleans mneasen
ger or letter carrier ,
. carrier'm
. . , -'m * ' ' ' ' ' . . , , ' , , - - ,