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picture puzzle.
Jbur Articles
o% Clothing
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Tailors make clothing, and our wore
diamond as well. The second line ii
tree juice, the third is an Englist
county, the fifth is unrhymed writinj
and the sixth is before. Form the dia
mond.
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With clothes. Change only one lettei
at a time, and be sure all your word)
are really in the dictionary.
Change BELT to LOOP in fiv<
moves.
Change GOWN to HATS in flvi
moves.
Behead clothes worn in Winter anc
get a grain. Then behead clothes won
all the year ’round and get insects.
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
A A1C UClUliVlUUO.
HORIZONTAL.
1. Loads.
8. Bend.
10. On the condition that.
12. To color,
13. Mother.
14. A citrus fruit.
16. Close.
18. A beverage.
15. To make a mistake.
20. In.
22. Musical part.
23. Middle Western State (abbr.).
24. Disfigure.
26. Street (abbr.).
27. Measures of distance.
29. A curved sword.
VERTICLE.
2. University of California (abbr.),
2. Impolite.
4. Arid.
5. Level.
6. Point of the compass (abbr.).
7. Rhythmic, animated, as a song
B. Common vegetables.
11. A demon.
13. Places of commerce.
15. A pad.
17. Snakelike fish.
21. To leave out.
22. Extent, as of territory.
25. The whole.
27. Greek letter
28. Steamship (abbr.).
ANSWERS.
1. Cape, pants, shawl and sweater.
2. The diamond is T, sap, shire,
tailors, prose, ere and S.
3. BELT — best — lest — lost—loot—
LOOP.
GOWN — town—tows—tots—tats—
BATS.
4. C-oats. P-ants. ££
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Fake Remedies Taken,
the Pure Pood and Drugs Administra
tion, keeping an eye open for them
continues to round up those oSerini
remedies which are not at all.
For Instance, a recent seizure wa
• liniment, claimed to have an Indiai
origin. It was supposed to be efflca
clous in the treatment of burns, sores
ulcers, flesh wounds, external inflam
mstions, swellings, headaches, nerv
- outness, rheumatism, lame back am
Injuries caused by barbed wire am
rusty nails. 8omehow, hangnails wen
overlooked by the manufacturers.
The llnament was largely kerosem
containing small amounts of mustard
eucalyptus and camphor.
Another remedy attributed to thi
Indians was a weak water soluttoi
of Epsom salts with a very smal
amount of an iron compound. Thi
waa a cure for liver, kidney and in
testlnal disorders, fly, sick headache
peins in the back, sour stomach, loa
of appetite, chiQs, ague, acute lndl
gestlon and that tired feeling—in tact
, mostly ills which any ordinarily goo<
laxative at far lesa the cost probabh
could relieve.
Men Aboard Lightships
Face Perils of the Sea
Lie in Direct Path of
Big Liners During
Heavy Fogs.
By J. A. Emmett.
IN THE snug mess room of the Dia
mond Shoals lightship, lying an
chored out in the open Atlantic
to warn steamers of the wicked
shoals off Cape Hatteras, there hangs
a framed letter from President Roose
velt much prised by all on board.
It is September, 1933. An always
to-be-remembered hurricane is rag
ing, centered at this infamous spot
on the North Carolina coast. The
lightship plunges madly at her 3-ton
anchor and some 25,000 pounds of
heavy chain, with her pilothouse
battered in, her ventilators adrift and
her hatches leaking badly. Finally
one sea steeper than the others rolls
beneath the ship. She rises bravely
to meet it, but her chain is already
bar taut; sparks actually fly, a weak
link stretches like chewing gum and
finally gives way.
To leeward stretch the breakers of
Diamond Shoals, one of the most
feared menaces to navigation in the
world. And on to those boiling sands
the hurricane is slowly but surely
forcing the wallowing ship. The huge
vessel is dwarfed by the breaking seas
in which she is rolling. But true to
the reputation of the service, the men
meet the emergency as American sea
men have been doing since Revolu
tionary days.
The seas are breaking from the bot
tom now, and the waves which wash
the ship are a mixture of sand and
water. So great is the force of the
wind that men on deck must crawl
about and keep a constant handhold
on something solid to avoid being
blown or washed overboard Despite
several broken ribs, the mate carries
1 on, and the captain, injured when
the pilothouse caved in, continues to
give orders for the safety of his ship.
TTT» a!1 Viarnna a ran'f rvn AsrV
■*"* The unsung ones are often below,
where emergencies must be faced, too.
With water over the flreroom floor,
a safety plug blows out in one of the
boilers, necessitating immediate re
pairs as soon as it can be partially
cooled.
Remember how you applauded
Wallace Beery when he climbed in
side to patch the leaking flues of the
old towboat’s boiler in the motion
picture "Tugboat Annie”? Men did
the same thing that day in the fear
ful breakers off Hatteras. Only the
scalds and burns there were as real
as the danger was deadly!
With steam up again, skillful han
dling maneuvers the ship out of the
breakers and away to sea and com
parative safety. There she remains
to warn other ships of the peril until
the storm passes and a relief ship
arrives at her station. Then she
limps slowly into port, upper works
shattered, small boats lost and her
crew in almost as pitiful shape as
their ship.
So that's why the President wrote
the letter commending the bravery of
the officers and men and the stanch
ness of their ship I
OTILL more recently, the sinking of
^ the Nantucket Shoals lightship,
with the loss of several of the crew,
called the public's attention to the
perils which the 500 men of the
Lightship Service afloat, constantly
face. Vessels previously anchored on
the same station had had narrow es
capes, and the officers and crew knew
from experience the danger they were
in whenever a dense fog destroyed
visibility completely.
And so on down the annals of a
service which is replete with tales of
bravery and instances of hardship
faced and exposure endured. For hid
den behind the matter-of-fact official
language in which the records are
written, lies many a story far more
exciting than any movie thriller of
heroism at sea.
In 1820 a solitary lightship was
stationed in Chesapeake Bay. Today
the Federal Government maintains
around 35 regular stations, and has a
reserve list of 10 vessels which are
ordered out in emergencies such as
those at Hatteras and off Nantucket.
The service is really a part of the
United States Lighthouse Service,
which maintains over 22,000 different
aids to navigation on the costal and
Inland waters of the country. The
complete personnel of the Lighthouse
Service numbers some 4,500; of these,
500 are stationed aboard lightships
and roughly 1,500 operate the tenders
used to service the lightships and
lighthouses with food and fuel, provid
ing in many cases the only contact
with the shore.
From Portland, up in Maine, south
to Florida, across to Texas, up the
Pacific Coast to Umatilla Reef, Wash
ington, and on some of the Great
lakes, these lightships dot our far
flung waters. The largest ship is
around 150 feet in length, others are
under 100. This is not large as ves
sels go, but all are constructed or
equipped with the service for which
they are intended in mind.
'T'HEY are really floating lighthouses,
with electric lights up to 16.000
candlepower placed high up on their
tall masts. Located between lenses
which increase their power many times,
these lights have a range of up to 15
miles, and the electricity with which
they aiie operated is generated by
Diesel engines. Then there is the
powerful and efficient fog signal ap*
paratus aboard, and the modern radio
beacon which has a radius of 100
miles.
Particular attention is paid to the
strength of their moorings, because a
lightship blown oft her station would
be more of a menace than an aid.
This is particularly true of the "out
side" lightships, those anchored at
isolated points such as that at Nan
tucket Shoals, some 55 miles offshore
and 40 from the nearest land.
There are four officers aboard the
usual ship—captain, mate, engineer
and assistant engineer, and possibly
a fifth officer in charge of radio com
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munication. Then there ia the crew
comprised of seamen, firemen and
oilers.
Despite the utmost precaution and
the latest scientific Inventions, many
of the hazards of the service con
tinue. When a heavy fog shuts off
visibility to a matter of 2 or 3 feet,
as it so often does off Nantucket,
every man aboard knows that many
large vessels are headed directly for
his ship in order to determine ac
curately their position. „
Considering the heavy coastal and
trans-Atlantic traffic, there are com
paratively few instances of actual col
lision. But there are enough close
grazes and unknown narrow escapes
to vary the monotony of existence
offshore, and to rank the men of this
service among the real heroes of mod
em life.
Wheat Prospects Up.
ASSURANCES are given that the
United State# will have an ample
supply of domestically grown wheat
next year.
The planting already under way or
accomplished for next year give# in
dications of the second largest in the
history of the country. With normal
growing conditions an oversupply will
be produced and may to some extent
reduce wheat price# toward an export
level.
Unless growing conditions should
turn so poor that a crop 25 per cent
below normal is produced, the United
States will be under no necessity to
import next year unless small quanti
ties of hard wheat are obtained from
Canada as usual to bring about a
better baking flour.
Shampooed.
Policeman (to woman driver)—Hey,
you, what's the matter with you, any
way?
Lady (in traffic)—Well, officer, you
see I Just had my car washed and I
can't do a thing with it!
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The lightship plunges madly at her three-ton anchor.
PREPARE FOR MORE WONDERS
LESS than 30 years ago automobiles were far
more a novelty than airplanes are today.
Even some of you boys and girls can re
member when radio was so new that every
body marveled at it, but today a receiving set is
found in almost every home.
It is only a short time since there was no such
thing as a telephone. Electric lights and all the
other marvels of electricity are very young, and
talking pictures go back anly about seven years.
In fact, motion pietures of any kind were a strange
and wonderful novelty to your parents.
Younger people forget these things. They do not realize how
marvelously the world has changed in just a few years. But if they
are wise, they will stop and think about it. And then they will realize
that still more wonderful changes are sure to come during their lives.
In this modern world we must be "on our toes” every minute. If
we are to keep up with all these rapid developments we must get the
best education possible. We must never stop learning, because the world
moves forward so rapidly that It takes unceasing effort for us to keep
pace with it.
Riddles
PJAN you Imagine it, Riddle Fans?
'“4 Some of our reader* don’t know
:he difference between a plain, com
non, every-day Joke, and a riddle.
Hot long ago the Riddle Man got a
note saying several riddles were in*
:losed—and the inclosure was nothing
}ut jokes! Good jokes, it’s true—and
the Riddle Man laughed at them—
nit they still weren't riddles, and
that’s what he wanti.
1. Why do boys smoke?—Jamie
Ray.
3. What has horns and is danger
»us?—Helen Massey.
3. Whst nut lives in South Amer
ica?—Barbara Dickson.
4. Why is an elephant his own
lervant?—Muriel Warger.
6. When la a cook cruel?—Haael
Cartens.
ANSWERS.
1. Because they're too green to
burn. 3. An automobile. 3. Brasil
nut. 4. Because he carries his own
trunk. 6. When she beats the eggs
and whips the cream.
Customs Official
Fails in Attempt
To Value “Mutt”
'T'HIS is the story that my cousin.
A Fred Chase, told when he ar
rived in Maine for a visit recently.
He came from Montreal, Canada, and
he brought his dog with him. Before
the start of the Journey by train, the
dog—a mixture of a thousand breeds,
purchased at the dog pound for $2
three years ago and named Skippy—
was examined by a veterinarian and
certified to be free of any contagious
diseases.
At the station Skippy was put tn the
baggage car and Fred took his seat in
the Pullman. At the international
boundary line, the customs inspectors
boarded the cars and set about doing
their duty.
Fred told about his dog in the bag
gage car and the customs man went to
look at Skippy. “The duty on dogs is
15 per cent of their valuation. What
is your dog worth?”
“Well,” said Fred, “I don’t know.”
“What breed is he? He looks sort
of unusual.”
’Eh? Oh, breed? Well, he's a
conglomeration.”
“A what? I never heard of that
kind of dog.”
"He's a mixed breed. A sort of
mongrel.”
Oh, sure! A mutt, huh? Just a
mutt. Okay. What's his valuation?”
"Well, I don't know for sure.” Fred
thought a minute. “I paid $2 for
him at the pound three years ago.”
“Two dollars? Isn't he worth more
than that now?”
“PAsrhan* Hp'c j&nm* .*•
"Okay! How about *15?"
"Oh, no.” Fred wasn't going to be
charged a high duty where a high duty
wasn't justified. "He might be worth
that to me, but he certainly isn't
worth *15 to anybody else.”
“Not *15, huh? Okay! Whst about
*10?"
‘Ten dollars? For a mongrel? Why,
my dear fellow, you couldn't get
that for him if you tried. Will you
give me *10 for him?”
“Huh? I should say not. Not for
that pup—er—I mean I would, maybe,
if I wanted a dog like that, you know,
but I don’t."
Both were silent for a moment.
Then, "How about *5?" asked the cus
toms man. "He ought to be worth
that If he’s worth anything.”
"Five dollars?" Fred cried. "Do you
think you could sell him for me for
that? Certainly not *5!”
“Not *5?"
“Not *5."
The customs man figured on a
little pad he carried. "Aw,” he growled
after a while, "lets skip it!”
And he walked on to the next pas
senger.
140,000 Work Highways.
DOAO building this year with the
'■ aid of Federal funds went on at
a pace which has proven highly bene
ficial not only to the unemployed but
to those who must use the highways.
More than 22,000 miles of road were
started toward improvement during
the year, nearly half a billion dollars
being made available for the work.
About 140,000 men found employ
ment on the work and 300 grade
crossings were eliminated.
Professor Startles World
With Foot Ball Fillerfaster
BECAUSE that eminent scientist, |
Prof. M. T. Noodle, returned i
to the campus of his alma
mater for alumni homecoming
day, foot ball players In all parts of
the country now have a new way of
Inflating the pigskin.
Prof. Noodle, who attended the
University of Oomp and received more
degrees than a thermometer, went
back a short time ago to meet other
members of the good old class of
’93 *i. While there, he witnessed the
annual foot ball game between the
University of Oomp and the Punkin
ville Barber College, which Oomp won
after a terrific struggle by a score of
0-0. Impressed by the difficulty of
blowing up a foot ball, the great in
ventor put his mind to work and pro
duced a new goofy gadget which is a
marvel of ingenuity.
ThU device, known as the Foot Ball
Fillerfaster, consists of a specially
trained Siberian guppy (A) with a
very mean nature. This guppy gets
mad and takes a sock at the punch
ing bag <B), which is attached to a
switch on the radio (C). The radio
turns on and plays a cowboy ballad,
whereupon a visiting cowboy (D)
jumps on the rocking horse <E) and
imagines he’s riding to a roundup.
The rocking horse operates the bel
lows (F), which blows air Into the
foot ball in practically no time at all,
or even less under certain conditions
which at the moment we have for
gotten.
This goofy gadget may also be used
for blowing up bicycle tires, water
wings or the Graf Zeppelin.
Tossing Games Can Be Invented
With Ordinary Household Articles
rz
iron Mashers
are tossedm
a znu&izi pan
Old
Waste JbasKets
dbss pennies or iron® &
Mashers at a target (©)
hoard placed Slat onr^
true Sloorr ®
BY RAY J. MARRAN.
ORIGINATING tossing games
in which skill is needed to
win is not difficult end will
provide good pastime lor
1 rainy days or for party gatherings.
Study the simplicity of the tossing
games sketched. First, there is the
game of tossing iron washers into the
cups of a muffin pan. The cups have
been numbered 5 and 10. so a total
score may be easily added. To play
this game, stand off about 6 feet and
toss at the pan, trying to make each
washer land in a cup. Any number
of player* may play, allowing five
toases to each player. The highest
score wins the game.
Of similar nature Is the tossing of
tennis balls into waste baskets which
have been numbered by attaching
squares of writing paper to the top
rim of the baskets with paper clips.
Two or more players may play this
game, allowing two to five balls to
each player.
Tossing at a bull’s-eye target is an
other game which requires skill. In
this game, draw a bull’s-eye on a 12
lnch square of cardboard, numbering
the rings 6,10, 50, 100. Iron washers,
or even pennies, may be tossed at this
target when placed flat on the floor.
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Stand off about 6 feet. Allow five
tosses to each player. High score wins
the game.
You can originate other tossing
games for your own amusement, such
as tossing rings at pegs and minia
ture horseshoe pitching and ball toss
ing games. Any of these will give you
and your friends many hours of keen
amusement.
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Barnacles Loved to
Ride on Bottoms of
Old Sailing Vessels
TN THE days of the old wooden sail
A ing ships which plied the tropical
seas there was not one but carried an
extra stowaway cargo, in the form of
barnacles glued to the bottom of the
hull.
Often the ships were driven into
harbors and tipped on their beams'
ends to be scraped by the grumbling
sailors, who hated this additional liv
ing cargo and the endless hours of
labor in the hot sun.
Today, barnacles are not so great a
nuisance as they formerly were. The
iron plates of modern ships are too
hard and too slippery for the shelled
animals to cling to comfortably, and
steamships are not obliged to wait in
harbors for favorable winds—a delay
which formerly gave barnacles the op
portunity to attach themselves to the
hull.
At best, these little sea animals,
relatives of clams and oysters, are not
swift swimmers And most of the
time they are quite unable to swim at
sill. It is only immediately after they
hatch from their eggs that they swim
about, in search of some piece of rock
or wood on which to settle down.
Young barnacles are odd looking,
very different in youth from the adult
barnacle familiar to the sailor. And
for a long time no one realised that
this curious little creature was a young
barnacle. It was named a “nauplius."
It is only after the nauplius at
taches itself to a rock or some board
with its long feelers that it develops
a double shell for its protection. From
time to time, the new shell sections
are added to its “roof” until it gen
erally has.five compartments. Below
the shell hang several pairs of long
arm-like appendages which wave cur
rents of water into the barnacle’s
mouth—and in the water, hundreds of
tiny creatures which are the barnacles’
regular menu.
Barnacles are commonest in warm
seas, but there are countless numbers
of them on sticks and stones In north
ern waters as well.
Taking No Chances.
Drowning man—Save me! Save me!
Excited man on the bridge—It’s as
deep as can be there. Can’t you swim
over that way a little where it’s shal
low?
A Resourceful Cook.
Shipwrecked professor—In my own
country, you ignorant fools, I’m re
garded as a man of letters.
Cannibal King—Good! Well make
you into alphabet soup.
Mother—What's the matter, Rich
ard?
Dick—I ran away from school today
and X Just remembered now that It
was a holiday anyway.
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High Lights of History— Skanderbeg—Conclusion —B# J. Carroll Mansfield
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THE FULL strength of the
OTTOMAN ARMY AGAINST
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HOLD IN THE ALBANIAN MILLS
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MAKING NkSWT RAIPS ON THE
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HIS OPPONENTS BY CONSTANT ALARMS.
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MUOAP OTPEQEP TO QECOGNIZE
5KANPERBEG AS POlNCE OP
Albania ,«p tws latter wouLP
ACCEPT THE 5ULTAN AS WlS
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But SKANDesecG secretly eouowep
THE CREST FALLEN TuRKS, AND AS THE
5ULTAN5 WEARY ARMY WOUNP SLOW
LY THROUGH THE QOCHY PASSES THE
"MEN OF THE EAGLE 'SWOOPEP POWH
AND NEARLY CUT IT TO PIECES.—/
Like angry sees the Albanians
STRUCK FROM EVERY SIDE AND
SENT GREAT AVALANCHES
CRASHING DOWN UPON THE
HEADS OF THEIR ENEMIES »•
ML. J&mmiL AU*rfF/«tT
Skandeqseo proudly rejected
THIS PROPOSAL, AND THE FK5MT1MO
wevrroN more fiercely than ever
QfTEQ DESPERATE FIGHTING MuRAD
ESCAPED TO TURNEY WITH THE
REMNANTT OP HIS BEATEN ARMY,
while the Albanians, rejoicing
IN THEIR VICTORY HAILED THE
GALLANT SKANPERBEG AS TW6
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Young Magician
Should Be Alert j
For Fresh Ideas j
By Thomas the Magician.
TN ALL my writings I don’t believe |
that I have ever mentioned the im
portance of a beginner—or a profes
sional, for that matter—learning all
that can be learned from the other
man!
I sincerely believe that this holds
true for any profession as well as
magic. Just remember that even a ,
carnival performer can teach you a
great deal about showmanship even
though you think you know all the
"tricks of the trade."
I can think of instances when I
have learned many valuable wrinkles
in presentation from a "pitchman," or
street performer. On other occasions
I have watched sideshow performers !
and from them got ideas that have
Improved my show a great deal.
So just remember that it pays to
remain eager for Improvement and
your rate of progress will be increased
accordingly.
Our effect today, "Mystic Coin Se
lection,” is very popular with coin per
formers. I hope you will find it as l
popular with your audiences.
EFFECT: The performer passes a \
U_!_Hi
borrowed coin for inspection and asks
that it be marked for identification. 1
After several members of the audi- >s
ence have Inspected the coin, the
performer places it in a borrowed hat
—together with five or six other coins i
of the same denomination, which be :J:
also borrows from the spectators.
He explains to the audience that by |
his "‘super-sensitive touch” he is able
to pick the marked coin out of the
hat while it is held high above his
head by any one who cares to assist
him.
This he does with absolutely no
hesitation!
EXPLANATION: The secret of thia |
effect is quite ingenuous. When the
coin is passed to different persons in
the audience for them to examine it,
a certain amount of the heat from |
each person's body is absorbed by the |
coin. This naturally makes the coin t
wanner than the rest of the coins, 5
which are borrowed and dropped into
the hat without examination. There- J
fore the longer you can manage to C;
have the spectators handle the coin |
the easier it will be to pick it out of
those in the hat.
KAY’S CORNER f
Pine Cone Turkeys ]
Will Decorate Your |
Thanksgiving Table
'T'HANKSGIVING is on the way,
with turkey, dressing ’n’ every
thing. And here’s a centerpiece you :
can make for the family table. :j
Select a well-shaped pumpkin, hol
low it out arrd nil it with fruits and
Autumn leaves. Then make six or
eight pine cone "turkeys” (depend- }
ing on the size of your table) and
"harness” them to the pumpkin
coach.
Pine cone turkeys are made by
adding pipe cleaner heads and legs to
the pine cones. Shape a piece of pipe
cleaner to resemble a turkey bead,
using small black buttons or paint for
the eyes and yellow paint or wool for
the beak. Curve the cleaner Into a
neck and fasten it to the small end of |
the cone.
Use a double piece of cleaner, jj
twisted, for the legs, spreading it
apart for the feet. If the turkeys don't
stand steady, glue the feet to pieces
of cardboard. J
You can use Autumn leaves or
feathers for the tails. Spread them
in a fan shape and glue them to the
large end of the pine cone. Set the
turkeys in two rows in front of the
coach and "harness'' them with a
colored ribbon down each side. Fas
ten the ends to the "coach.”
Pine cone turkeys make fine place
cards or favors if you pick out small
cones and mount the birds on colored f
cardboard stands, with the names of ?
the guests written on them in con- |
trasting colors.
Buffalo for Sale.
TV^OW and then the Federal Govern- -
1 ^ ment has an unusual ule to make.
The Department of Agriculture, seek
ing to prevent overgrazing on land
under the control of the Biological
Survey, found it necessary this Fall
to offer 178 buffalo and 57 elk for sale.
First choice went to those who
might seek the animals for propaga
tion. Those who wanted them for
other purposes came next. Falling to
dispose of the animals by sale, the
Survey as a last recourse offered to
capture, crate and ship the animals to
zoos which would pay the necessary
costs involved.
“Have you improved your bicycle
riding lately?”
“On the contrary. X would say that
I’ve fallen off quite a bit.” '
A