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MS. Atlanta. Ge.
I CHAT
Just see what ant re lot of letters I
*>aee been riving you this year. I hope
I that every one of the SOO now on our
yoll will send in a letter on the subject
■earest his or her heart.
jh I knew that Our Household was read
tn the Philippines, in Cuoa and Canada,
but we may now claim a dear one in
China and Chat is going to give way to
Fayette today because tnat letter will
be on a subject dear to so many heart*.
I wouldn't boast for anything, but I
don't believe that there is another
llouseuold that gets so many letters
| ifrom foreign countries. These are ad
lp*nta*e<» that we should appreciate and
do our very best to pass on to others.
My Dear Miss Thomas:
¥ I have been reading ior some months
the Household letters in the Semt-
Wsak'.y Journal which I receive even in
far-away China, and nave certainly en.
r Joyed them, a hey are written in a
very different spirit from so many club
letter* and ought to make even a pes
simist feel a little better about the
World, and not think every one is going
down bill just because he is. Your
comments are always so interesting and
helpful and it has mace me feel desir
ous of knowing you better to read what
you have to say. Do you think the
Household can stretch a little and take
tn one more member?
' Some weeks ago one of my papers got
torn, and that part of a letter contain
ing the signature was lost, and I have
wondered ever since who the writer
Could have been. She. or he, will be
pure to recall the letter as it contained
a description of life in China and men
tion was made of “my daughter in Chi
na." We found that very interesting
to us and recognised many of the cus
toms but were led to think that the de.
' (Kription came from north China, while
we are in the Tang Ste valley. The de
scriptions were mostly of the poorer
afasaes so I thought I would like to
show the other side and describe a home
where I recently went to visit
Tears ago the man of the family spent
s about three years In Europe, in the Chi
nese legations there, and came back
borne with a little foreign furniture and
a good many foreign ideas. I suppose,
hut his home and family are typically
i Chinese We were met at the door by
the young grandson and escorted to a
■mall reception room, where we were
'.served with tea and candles, and then
B we were asked if we did not wish to go
-ever the house and garden. By this
time the whole family was trying to en-
Mnrtain us, from the grand mother down
to torn* little girls about 8 year* old, and
< "X11 were as nice and cordial a* could be.
led by the youngest eon. and the grand*
' eon we first saw Both were about 18.
■ and were our principal guides and enter
tainers. We were led through r v>m after
I room, and court after court, all surpris
! ingly clean for a Chines* house, but
•imply furnished, and finally reached The
... Room It was a large oblong room with
'an alcove about half as large. At the
far end of the alcove was a raised dais
■ with a settee placed on it. This is the
highest seat and the most impolite thing
a guest could do would be to sit down
there. On either side of this alcove were
Urge mirrors which, aa I remarked to
ene of our todies, “any one of us would
be very glad to possess, but could not
> afford one half so large.” and all around
vs set against the walls In true Chinese
style were smaller chairs and tables
• where we sat and chatted and drank tea.
, This room was very bright and airy and
looked out on the. to my mind, most
aharming spot in many miles, the flower
garden of this mansion.
We were at length led to this byway of
many covered passages, some of which
. we discovered were bridges crossing little
I gtreama which ran out from the central
lake in the garden, and through several
“ summer houses, any one of which would
I have been a Joy to me in America. But
p rhe garden was a work of art. It was
winter, so we saw no flower*, but none
„ were needed, as th espot could scarcely
l J.ave been Improved. Tn the center was
\ a small lake on one bank of which was
’ a pile of rocks fully 30 feet high, so ar
r ganged as to form a very artistic mound
with a large space on top, from which
1 we could get a view of the entire city.
All around were fruit tree*, and little
’ streams running off from the lake mak
ing a place which few in our American
I cities can equal.
We were finally led to the gentleman’s
study, where he himself met us and told
us about his life abroad and showed us
I a picture of Queen Intona. It was an
FMpcrtemce which I shall not soon forget
and which shows that the spirit of China
to changing, for the wealthy doors be
| gin to open to let the foreigner In. We
| hope that the gospel will at last make
| Its way into the homes of the rich and
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powerful, aa it la already doing among
the poor and lowly.
Eince coming to China I have learned
to better understand many things in the
Bible than I did at home, for It seems to
me that in this country, which is just
now waking up after a sleep of centu
ries. we can even now find many of the
customs of Bible times. "The house In a
garden of cucumbers" Is seen here con
stantly. Little houses just large enough
to sleep in are set in the vegetable fields,
so that the owner can sleep there and
prevent thieves from stealing his prop
erty. The threshing floor to constantly
used, while the crowds coming with their
sick and palsied, on beds and in baskets,
for the only person within miles who
can help them, to be healed or as they
say “to have their diseases seen," to a
common sight where there is a medical
missionary*.
Since I have been reading the House
hold letters, there have been many Inter
esting ones, but I want to mention a few
which have given me special pleasure.
One from Anna Higgins In the December
17 Issue strikes a responsive chord in
my heart. If the many lukewarm Chrto
tj»ns at home could only pay A visit to
China I am sure they would go back
fired with zeal to make all their neighbors
see what a good church member can do.
I wish some of you could know sooner
of our Chinese Christmas and know how
they give their lives In the service of the
Master they have set out to serve. It
makes me ashamed of my poor service
many a time, and I am out here sup
posed to be teaching them.
The motto of Mrs. Jolly in the same
paper, taken from a most beautiful hymn,
“I’ll go where you want me to go. dear
Loard.” etc., is certainly a good one. It
has been mine for some years and finally
brought me to China in order to keep the
promise contained therein.
George Rhodes has the right idea and
with his usefulness for right In a neigh
borhood can do much toward lessening
the evil habit of cigarette smoking. One
of the most unwholsome sights T see in
China is the advertising of American ci
garettes all over the country. It makes
me feel bad that my country is a party
to spreading the evil which is doing
much to undermine her own young man
hood.
The letters of Mr. Bach and Opal, Bill,
and Louella. and many others have serv
ed to give me many a pleasant thought,
and I want to thank them all.
I could write on for hours, but I really
must stop, as I will say. God bless Our
Household, and good-by. which means
“God be with you.”
Very sincerely.
FAYETTE.
South China.
Mrs. L. B. Lang’s letter was the one
alluded to. She has a precious daughter
In China. Let us remember both of these
worker* In our prayers. We must not
be content with reading our Bibles, we
must give as the Lord hath prospered
us.
We must not be satisfied with helping
those we know and love, but—
•’lf I can do something for somebody
Who has never done aught for me. '
It may help to even the balance
Os the good gifts from others to me.
"If I can show kindness to some one
Who has given me a kick and a cuff.
My horizon of vision will broaden
My soul will expand sure enough ”
i
Faithfully your*.
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
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How About This?
Dear Miss Thomae: Nay I come in for a
little ebat, thia rainy, dreary Sunday? Have
just finisbed reading the Household, and it la
aneb a sunny, cheery gathering of congenial
spirit* that It seems good to he there.
What do you. all of you. think of the much
talked of woman suffrage? I think there are
many things, in both state and national govern
meat, in which women should have a voice:
but would they, tbe educated, thinking women,
go to tbe polls with it* present gathering
of mixed, and sometimes drunken men? I think
not; before those who are capable of casting
a vote Intelligently will go there will have
to be a different arrangement for easting the
vote: and all tbe rougher elements, such aa
negroes and drunken white men. will have to
be eliminated, or a separate voting place estab
lished.
What do you think of Our Household organis
ing themselves into a elub of some kind, with
some object in view, home study, home im
provement. charity, or something that will taka
our thoughts from personalities I think it
would be the best thing we could do.
W itb a heart full of love and appreciation for
Hiss Thomas and the Household.
ALLEN.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 191 r*
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"Peasant” styles will meet with ap
proval of women in general this spring
and summer, because they are simple,
sensible and becoming to stout and slen
der alike. This to a distinctly new fash
ion feature, and will be popular.
The gown sketched is made of mod-
Persuaded Her Husband
Dear MUs Tbom.ia: My father was a sub
scriber to this paper before I married and i
did so enjoy the letters that I finally persuaded
my busband to take the Semi-Weekly Journal
and it seems to me I get a great deal more
benefit from the many good letters now than
when a girl.
Roxanna's letter touched a tender cord In my
heart. I too. am a farmer's wife, and do all
my house work and often find time to run out
in the field and help my husband, even if it
is only an hour. He says that very often that
an hour of my spare time saves him many harn
licks.
Gee! but didn't Mr. Bach have an twful time
with Little Sister? I don’t blame him, for I do
not like spoiled children, and I know some just
like those he spoke of and I dread to see them
come around.
I don't believe in father's and mother's giving
away to every whim of the child for they soon
become such naugnty little creatures.
How many of you Householders have turkeys
laying? I have one turkey ben that has layed
29 eggs since the third week In December.
GEORGIA CRICKET.
Back to the Farm
Dear Household: I'm wondering If Miss
Thomas has revised that roll yet. My name
is one of the eight hundred she has on her
book, but it has been so long since I wrote
1 fear none of you will remember me. I have
written two letters since the first of the year
and failed to send them, my ewn wastebasket
caught them up readily.
The page has grown interesting, varied and
helpful. Beulah Bell, congratulations to you.
I, too, am a young home-builder, though my
time is mostly tsken up in the school room.
My husband and I are both teaching. We find
It Interesting and our housework is a rest and
diversion in which “we" participate. Dish
washing is a joyous time with us.
There are quite a number of teachers in
Our Household and they have given us helpful
letters. I wonder which grades the majority
like best to teach? I have taught first, sec
ond. third and fourth grades, but if I could
have only one all the time, I would take the
first. The little ones are so sincere and trust
ing in their attitude, so sweetly simple in ex
pressions and so perfectly original and alto
gether noisy that the work haa never become
irksome nor monotonous to me, and I believe
they do love me.
Springtime will soon be here, and as ours Is
a five months term we shall go back to the
country, where farming, chicken raising, gard
ening. etc., will give us new employment and
pleasures. The rural mail delivery, the tele
phone and close neighbors make summer time
In the country ideal. I ean. In my mind’s eye.
see now my husband as he comes in from the
field with a slouched straw bat, overalls and
sunburned cheeks. I'm proud of him then. He
la tired and I love him a little more. He is
tired but not too tired to tease.
Perhaps I'll not be so long in coming again.
I've forgotten the pen name I used before, so
I'll all hut duplicate our writer of the "Too
much and too little," and sign myself,
EULALIE.
Changes His Opinion
Dear Miss Thomas: I have been thinking of
writing ever since the badge question started
again, and now that they are here for sure I
can't keep still any longer. I have written only
one letter so I will have to hurry up if I get
a badge. As the dancing subject is up again x
must tell you that I have changed my mind. In
my other letter I defended dancing, but I was
only a little girl then and didn’t know much
about life, so many do as I did and write about
things they know nothing about. The older we
grow the wiser we should be.
Beth lives near me. only two miles away and
a better, sweeter little lady you never saw.
Sylvania Stub, you started out to get a badge
or kick up a racket, which was it? I. too, live
near Loganville, hut I do not think I know you,
or your sort of girls. "Birds of a feather flock
together."
I want to thank every member of the House
hold for their nice letters. This page has done
me more good than can every be told. The
other letter I signed my real name but this
time I am. CHARLES O'MALLEY.
True Living
Dear Mias Thomas: I used to think women
bad no right to vote, but I have changed my
mind. I believe any true woman would vote
against whisky and all intoxicants of any
kind, and if they could they would have laws
that would prohibit cigarette sthoklng and a
lot of other bad habits that are a curse to our
country, things that most of the men don’t
seem to take any notice of.
Let us ail try to have peace, and not take
family troubles to our neighbors. I have known
people who said they never had time to go
anywhere, or to take part in their children's
sports or any interest in their husbands’ af
fairs? I don't think they had any more to do
fiian I have, yet I take time to go with my
husband most anywhere. If it is only to walk
over the farm or to take a ride for pleasure,
or to town or church or to see some friend,
end he doesn’t mind helping me with my
bouse work. I have three children and three
little -randchildren that I believe even Mr.
Pack would like. Both of my girls are married,
mv boy of 14 goes to school, but he helps me
with my housework when he is here. Then
I join him in his play. Would you all be
horrified to see me out playing with my chil
dren and grandchildren? I try to be mother,
confident, friend and comrade to them. My
girls and their husbands are members of the
church and I trust my boy will he snon. 1-et
us all try to build up a strong, sweet char
ecter and be happy and make others happy.
Life is a glorious thing, when our eyes are
opened to the beauties of earth and sky. Live
os though today w»re our last. We will never
pass this way again, so do not let us neglect
eny deed of kindness, let us never speak the
word that stings, we mav have tomorrow, but
who knows? We have today, so let us live It
well. HAPPY MATTIE.
Information Wanted
I would like to know what will destroy in
sects and bugs that get on young watermelon
vines and eat them. -I plant for market and
ain worried a great deal with them Thanking
any friend who will advise me wbat will de
stroy them. Yours truly,
GEO. W. BRAY.
Hammetts, Ga.
toh black and white checked material,
trimmed with bands of black satin, and
is worn with a guimpe of sheer white
embroidered linen.
The hat is of white chip, faced with
black satin and flower and ribbon trim
med.
Concerning Compulsory Edu
cation
Dear Miss Thomas: Have 1 forfeited iny
rights to a place in the Household, or was
my room good company'- I have been sick so
much and when I could do anything I hav<»
had so much to do, and really started two or
three letters that never did get finished: bitt
when I saw In the Household of February H
i about the Cooking of the Husband, 1 had to
| write. Some poor fellow got mad with bl*
wife and thought he would throw off on her
threugh the paper. 1 want to know who is
going to sugar and preserve the poor wife,
the mother of his children, the meek slave?
She has done without being preserved so long
that there has ceased to be any question about
her. She has been pickeled in her husband s
frowns so long that it has become a matter of
course about her. She can be boiled, baked,
fried, stewed and roasted all. and it is all
right until she rebels, and then she is bad
medicine.
I know that there are wives ibat don't treat
their husbands as they should, bnt look at the
mistreated wives! Why not give both side* of
the question a fair showing?
School time Is with us, but sad to see, many
are out of school that could attend. If com
pulsory law should come it would hurt a few,
! but it would help a great many. There are
some that are held dow n by sickness and otb> r
I misfortunes that really need their children to
I help fight the wolf from the door, hut the
' most lire fighting birds that they had better
I be feeding. Poor people in the country -an
I have their children help through crop time
i and then send them enough to get a common
school education. In town it 1* different, if
they work it Is public work and they have to
work regularly to hold their places.
We parents should do all we can by kind
ness and not whip when we might do bettor
by kindness. We should give them our confi
dence and they will naturally confide In us.
Tlell those that are large enough to comprt'hend
' all we can of our business, and they will feel
| more interest. They will try harder to help
than when they just have to go along and
know nothing.
Some think children should never know any
thing but work, nor know anybody bnt home
folks, stay like partridges right together and
with BO one else, and when life's difficulties
force them with other people they ought to
know just what to do. The world is a cobl,
relentless foe or a kind friend, and It largely
depends on how we take hold.
I know there is a great deal of difference
In children, but If both parents unite In fry
ing to manage them, there would not be so
Rarntorn Chips (Aati-dyapeptlc).
Most dishes requiring deep frying
are denied the dyspeptic because they are
usually fried in lard, and lard does not
“agree.” The following recipe will be
welcomed by those of poor digestion:
Peel the potatoes and slice thin into
cold water. Drain well, and dry tn a
towel. Fry a few at a time in hot Cotto
lene. Salt as you take them out, and lay
them on coarse brown paper for a flhort
time.
The above recipe can be followed
without the least fear of disagreeable
after effects. The chips will be crisp
and dry—not greasy, as when fried in
lard. Cottolene contains no hog fat,
but is made of purest cottonseed oil; it
is recommended by physicians generally.
Rail Fence Philosophy
Better keep our hearts clear of
grudges and blackness because no,
telling where lightning will strike.
A day at the circus is to the plow
boy what a clover field is to a
corn-fed mule.
Experience is a good teacher, but
time is the principal of all teach
ers.
If we only loved ourselves as we
love our neighbors some of us
would feel mighty cheap.
Do not delude yourself into think
ing that good results can be ob
tained from haphazard methods. In
everything regularity is a good
practice, but in good dairying It is
absolutely imperative.
Rest the Horse’s Feet
Every farm horse should, if pos
sible. be allowed to go without his
shoes at least two or three months
every year. In fact, it is hardly
necessary to shoe a horse on the
farm unless he is to go on the hard
roads or work on the hard soil
where he is required to do so much
heavy pulling. Without shoes a
horse’s hoof will grow out, regain
its natural shape which is always
more or less changed by continu
ous shoeing.
Many city horses with hoofs
bound and cracked and otherwise
Injured, have been taken to a
farm, their shoes pulled off. and
turned out to pasture and thor
oughly cured within six months.
In fact the farmers around the
large cities used to find in this
class of animals a cheap supply,
many of which turned out to be
first-class horses, showing that all
that was needed was rest on Moth
er Earth without their shoes.
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HILL BLAMES THE TARIFF
FOR PRESENT HIGH PRICES
Other Causes, Railroad President Says, Are Our Extrava
gance, Rush to Cities, Currency Inflation-Says We Live
in Age of World-wide Financial Delirium
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PAUL, March 17-James J. Hill
delivered an address at the Minnesota
Conservation convention today, in which
he urged the conservation of capital, con
demned extravagance, gave the causes of
the Increase in prices, and told how
the situation described by him might be
remedied.
Great interest was taken in the speech
of Mr. Hill, who declared that "we are
living in an age of world-wide financial
delirium: that next after the conserva
tion of the land, its area, use and fertility,
must come the conservation of national
capital in the shape of cash and credit.”
Mr. Hill said in part: “The immense
increase of wealth all over the world
has greatly augmented the supply of
capital. The mobility of this capital, the
ease by which through international ex
change it can be made to satisfy a need
now in one country and now in another,
strengthens the impression that it is Inex
haustible. The addition of uncounted bil
lions to the aggregate wealth of the
world has stimulated the spirit of man
kind. Its availability has lulled to sleep
natural prudence and quieted the alarm
of moments of sanity in the spendthrift’s
life. The increase of apparent resources
by an easy resort to borrowing, the mort
gaging of a patrimony not our own to
obtain material for present extravagance,
the diversion of wealth from productivj
to unproductive uses—all these have gone
further than most people realize.
“The people of the United States In
herited from its founders a wholesome
tradition against debt, which is only now
disappearing from the conduct of national
affairs.”
Mr. Hill said the national debt now
tends to rise, concealed under the polite
fiction of certificates of Indebtedness to
cover treasury deficits.
HIGH PRICE OF FOOD.
“The phenomenal Increase of public
expenditure has already produced a plen
tiful crop of public ills. It is one of
the causes of the Increase in prices now
disturbing the people. This increase
follows in a suggestive way the infla
tion of national and local budgets. The
average cost of the supplies that must
lie bought for practically every house
hold has Increased about 50 per cent
between 1896 and 1910. During the
past year, there has been a marked lift
ing of the price level. Foodstuffs cost
many blighted lives. Parents, don't teach your
children to mu to yon and tell every little
thing that gets up between them and their
playmates. It will teach them to tattle, au-1
nobody will like them.
Let us be sure and not get the Idea into our
heads that because they are ours they are too
good to play with other children. Children
need associates, but try and have them from
respectable families. If we older ones don’t
have associates we get selfish and we should
not expect children to be better than we are.
I hope more parents will awake to the evil
of children being cruel to animals and killing
birds.
I.ove to all. HENRIETTA.
Toccoa, Ga.
Concerning Woman Suffrage
Dear Household: Allow me just a tew words
on general topics. I must say I don’t feel
quite so diffident since some of our best writ
ers gave me such a warm welcome.
The first element In unhappiness is selfish
ness. How many happy hours could be spent
with a neighbor if it was not for the “I am
in a sphere superior to her and can never visit
her,” or "she thinks herself so much my supe
rior I will be Independent.”
Next comes the well-to-do unhappy fellow be
cause he can’t realise he Is blessed with plenty,
but always lamenting about hard times, making
himself unhappy and all who should chance to
full in his company. A good antidote for It Is:
Enjoy what you have and don’t whine over
what you can’t have. We draw from the Bank
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years ago.
“Something is due to enormous cur
rency inflation. The total per capita
In the United States in 1896 was $21.41,
and in 1909, it was $35.01. Although
population had grown by many millions
In these 13 years, the amount of money
to each Individual had increased by
$13.60, or more than 60 per cent. The
increase in the total gold production of
the world, which rose from $118,848,000
in 1890 to over $427,000,000 in 1908, has
been made the basis for one form and
another of credit Issues aggregating a
vast sum.
“The tariff is another contributing
cause. It is true that it can furnish
but a partial explanation. For to only
a limited extent can the rise in food
prices be affected by or traced to the
tariff. As to commodities that we ex
port, the tariff is inoperative. It gen
erally affects prices directly as we be
come importers. Nevertheless, the tar
iff must bear its share of responsibil
ity for rising prices.
"Combinations which are actually in
restraint of trade, which have monopo
lized their field and are either controlled
by a common secret management or a
secret agreement to maintain exorbi
tant charges are partly responsible.
NATIONAL EXTRAVAGANCE.
"Still more of the rise of price is due
to the decline of agricultural products as
compared with the increase of popula
tion.” Decrease in the number of cattle
and swine was also given as a reason.
“When due allowance has been made
for the effect of these forces that make
for dearer living, there still remains a
large unexplained balance,” said Mr. Hill.
"This must be credited to the lavish ex
penditure which has now grown to be a
national trait.
"Perhaps the greatest factor of all In
the price problem is the wage rate. Ev
erybody knows that labor cost is the prin
cipal item in all forms of industry. The
wage rate has been rising steadily in this
country. Powerful forces are back of
this movement. It has public sympathy.
TJ) resist it is difficult and may be dan
gerous. As cost of production is chiefly
labor cost, the price of the finished article
must go up If the price of labor is raised.
This is just as true of the farm as of
the factory.
of Happiness about what we deposit.
While some things come to us, such as death
or heavy misfortunes, that so seriously blight
our lives that it seems impossible to harbor in
Idea that we can ever be nappy again, but one
of the apostles says. "We shall not be tempted
beyond what we are able to bear.” So by do
ing our duty and trusting in God, we shall find
ourselves again basking in the sunshine of hap
piness.
Silver Wing, I agree with you exactly on
keeping children clean. I think there are de
grees in dirt and it must be a very sad case
when the weight of it imprisons foreign mat
ter such as Mr. Bach spoke about. I think
children should have plenty of outdoor games
and exercise to be healthy and vigorous. It
relieves the nervous strain and adds to the
will power. Really I can’t understand how they
could get along without plenty of sunshine.
Sylvanns Stubb, you should have made a
clause or two to your assertion. You are
young—your letters show that, of coursa. I dare
say if you had been tbe eon of a widow with
limited means you should not have objected to
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could have managed quite as well as the big
fat man that held it. Really bow many able
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positions, or how many business women do you
know ?
Don’t you think it would look better to see
a man following tbe plow or walking any dis
tance through all kind of weather to team
school and let some needy woman have that
government Job ?
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least vote for commissioners and school boards,
if tbe school must be our limit. We must pay
taxes, and why not have a say on what con
cerns the way our money is spent and our
occupation? I appeal to Benora, that aister <•s
Opal’s, and all the widows and land owners io
give us some letters on this.
Noble T. Beal. I know you are an excellent
teacher. I should like to see your program for
one day’s work in a rural school of seven
8 Eula Lee. Cricket on the Hearth. Addle Iva*
and all yc good writers, come often, we need
your cheery letters.
MARTHA JANR.
DAYTONA, Fla.. March 18.—After pass
ing a fairly restful night United States
Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, was
reported at 8 o’colck by one of the physi
cians in attendance as being in practically
the same condition as last night.
