PALOS VERDES BULLETIN

PALOS VERDES BULLETIN
Published by the Palos Verdes Homes Association, Palos Verdes Estates, California
VOLUME
3
JUNE-JULY
NUMBER
1927
6
Palos Verdes Ideals Have National Significance
The importance
to the whole country of better
planned
and protected
home neighborhoods
and
larger recreation
areas was emphasized
by many
speakers at the National Conference on City Planning, held in Washington
in May.
What has been
done in Palos Verdes was cited as a constructive
example
!)y prominent
Law Olmsted,
noted
a paper on recreation
plan
of Washington,
architectural
control
speakers,
including
Frederick
landscape
architect,
who read
centers
and also spoke on the
D. C. The
importance
of
was
discussed
by ('has.
H.
Cheney, local city planner, and Elvon Musick, attorney for Palos Verdes Homes Association.
Mr. Cheney said in part :
"Why is it that only about 100 of the buildings
of New York City or of Philadelphia,
Chicago, San
Francisco or of Los Angeles are sufficiently
good
or attractive
to be worthy of permanent
life?
In
fifty years more than half of the buildings
in most
of our cities
will he torn clown, not because
they
are unsafe in framing,
but because
their exterior
appearance
ruins the value of the street.
"'T'hese are pressing economic and social problems of far-reaching
importance,
not only to real
estate and business, but to the wInde human structure of a city.
A new consciousness is
abroad
today
demanding
a
"The spiritual
values of life, the amenities
as
they are sometimes called-life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness-are
crushed and thwarted by this
90% of bad environment.
It is time that we as a
people definitely
took them in hand to guarantee
every man his rightful heritage (not leaving to just
the 10% of well-to-do, the protected home neighborhood with architectural
control) and to give assurance to all that no badly designed or off-color buildings
can
be built
that
will
spoil
of review,
is set up as carefully
is to safety
of materials
and
framing,
exits,
light
and air, etc.,
we cannot expect much inip ro v anent.
The Loss and
waste will go
on, the junk
impor-
and
tance of envi1n
molding
Ii v c s ,
thoughts
our
is
every (lay
given
more
importance
by
modern
psy-
chologists.
our
Cities
of
will
lit cut
they offer. A
frank and yet
is
ug-
ly and
depressing,
the
lives of all suffer for it.
ugliness
en vir,oit
If
9010 of our environment
needlessly
depreciat-
ing
multiply.
"Suppose
we rated our
cities
according to the percentage
of
good architecture and good
our
and
our actions,
to insist upon reasonable decency of design
and color, as
is now done
by the building
inspector
in most
cities
answer and a
definite solution of these
problems.
At
m any
scattered points
a cross the
country
definite steps are
being taken.
"The
ex-
ronnlent
environment
give you estimates,
varying
at most a few per cent,
that only about 100 of the plans for buildings
built
today
are prepared
by trained
architects
or others
with any competency
in design.
"ITnless
sonic check-up,
some architectural
hoard
constructive
treme
their
or depreciate
their investment.
The ordinary
nian
is just as much entitled to this protection
as those
who now have it by wealth.
In the next ten years
lie will he given it, as generally as he is now given
the protection
of zoning.
"'l'he greatest
economic loss of our time is in
the Q0% of bad building that we allow to go up in
our cities. '['here is little or no excuse for it. Building inspectors in practically
all the large cities will
reasonably
MR. AND MRS. SCHOOLCRAFT'S NEW RESIDENCE AND THE CURVING SHORE OF THE BAY
from, a window
of the Pennekamp
home
lib-
eral and unbiased hoard of
inquiry would
(Continued nn
six.)
papa
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PALOS
VERDES
BULLETIN
PALOS VERDES BULLETIN
Publication Office
75 MALAGA COVE PLAZA
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Office
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BUILDING
Eighth and Spring Streets
Published
by Palos
Verdes
homes
Association,
a nonstock, non-profit,
community
organization,
in which every
building
site in the 3225 acres
of Palos
Verdes
Estates
has one vote; incorporated
under
the laws of the State of
California.
Mailed to any address upon request.
This publication
is not copyrighted
given
to reprint
anything
appearing
and permission
is
in it.
News notes and items of interest should be in the
hands of the editors not later than the first of each month.
"Quality
June,
that
First
in
Palos
1 'I'YPie:u.
Verdes"
VACATION
TIME
memorable
month in the school
deal in them.
Our
children
of
Palos
Verdes
are
storing
up
treasures
of memory which will add much to the
richness of future years.
The panorama
of mourntains, sea and sky, which when seen from the school
window means only the glorious out-of-doors
from
which children are unreasonably
shut out, will take
on
form
and
ory's
windows.
beauty,
which
color
when
Perhaps
the
child
glimpsed
these
mind
through
mem-
daily
draughts
of
drinks
in uncon-
THE
( ARDNER
BUILDING
.ARCnrrrx°rrRis
love
sri ously like the air and the sunshine,
will find later
expression
in a poem, a song or it painting.
If not
in tangible
form, at least they will leave their impress
in appreciation
of beauty
and building
of
character.
cal-
endar, has arrived,
and for the second
year it joyous
group
of boys and girls close the doors of Malaga
Cove School
for the happy
clays of vacation
time.
Tell months
of school seen( hmg "when
we are very
young,"
and it is not until years later when we are
grown
tall, that we find the happiness
that was hid-
Ilrr or St sidn-('ni.nuitin,
I is i/orquilla
, :Malaga
L'ut today-the
s,uidy
little
beach
splashing
is an invitation
of the
to play.
waves
on
a
It is vacation
COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION
BUDGET
The budget of maintenance
reduireinents
for the
new fiscal year beginning
duly 1st, was the principal Subject
of the directors'
meeting
held on June
22nd and again on f une 2Oth.
The Manager
read it
report
of the Director
of I"mane( showing
that there
would be approximately
priations
unused
Other funds (luring
AT
iINIALAoA
t' oAE
PLAZA
on
$17,(XX).OOof budget
dune
30th.
I[owcvcr
approseveral
the fiscal year had found them-
PALOS
A I (.isl)I,NCE
VERDFS
RECENTLY ('001I LE'('FT)ON VIA 1\lEGLA, MALAGA Ol)VE
selves
short
on the estimates
previously
adopted,
particularly
the Street
Maintenance
fund and the
Weed
Clean-up
fund
A transfer
of $M440.00 to
these funds
was made by regulation.
Regulation
No. 18
RE(;ELATION
AMENDING
RP:CI'I.A'I'ION
NO. 15 ESTAIII.IS1]
IN(; 'rill':
ANN(iAI.
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE
FISCAk
YI?AR ItV,'I,RANSFERRTNGCI
N't NNING
FROM
CERTAIN
JULY
1ST, UNEINPHNI)ED
1936, To
JULYFUNDS
1ST.
19'7,
,to OTITER
FUNDS.
The I ttard of Director,
of Palos
Verdes
Homes
Association
ordains
is
follows:
Section 1. The Manager and Director of Finance having on June
22nd reported
that an additional
$8440.00 would be necessary
to meet
the cost of maintenance
in certain
funds hereinafter
named
until the
end
of the
lineal
year
oil June
30th,
1927, and also that the following
sums
would
Department
rema,u
unexpended
because
they
are not
2(b)
Euginccring
.. .____..._____--___-___$
6 (b)
Parks,
Supervision
of Dnaiotenance-.
6 (d)
l arks, entertainment,
etc..
10 (a)
Iluilding
('ouunissiouer
_
10 (h)
Ituildiug
Commissioner,
Deputy----------10 (c)
Iluilding
Conuuissiouer,
tuttouiobile,
12 General
Fund
required:
90(.01)
600.00
900.00
60f.00
1440.00
1000.00
3000.00
etc.
'total
-$8440.00
and lie older of the Road
of Directors
public
notice having been
given by posting
on the bulletin
board of Palos
Verdes ]Tomes Association
in the Gardner
Pttilding
at Palos Verdes
?states,
that public
hearing
would lie held at the regular meeting of said Board oil lute
")Ili, 11)27, oil a proposed
aureidment
to regulation
No. 15 establishing
the anoint( appropriations
for the fiscal year running
from July 1, 1926,
to luly
I, 1927, transferring
said above uletitioned
unexpended
fonds
t„
the
following
funds
tions heretofore
I )cpartuient
2:A
21)
2F.
of
tn,eut
I)cparttnenl
Street
(lening
Fi,rtnce
6.\
7tl.tinteuauce
'I'omt
the public
said
addition
to
appropria$2,500.011
500.1111
200.00
000.011
up weeds, etc.
_..
No.
2,000.00
--.-_-_
of I'arl.s,
----thereon
hearing
regulation
Signs
Collection
2)
(he
ill
maintenance
Drainage and Sewers.-.Maintenance
of Street
5.\
and
appropriations,
made:
2 F ( ;rubage
)cpa
said
15
having
is
200.00
Planting,
been
hereby
so
etc_ ---
-
--time
held at said
amended
----
and
.',.440.00
$8,440.00
anti place,
said
sums
as
above holed :tiehereby transferredto the said depurtutent funds, and
altproltriatad
to lie used for the purposes
for which said funds are
established.
I Hereby certify
that the foregoing
regulation
was read the firs)
time at a regular
meeting
of Palos
Verdes
Homes
Association
held
on
.1uuc
29,
1927,
and
lays teas dispensed
adopted
meeting
Its
by a
in the
Angeles, Calif.
:Oyes:
Directors
Noes:
At .scnt:
that
with
the
None.
Director
requirement
by affirmative
vote
of tout'
office
of the
members
Corporation
Cameron,
I).
K.
Jay
of
reading
on
two
separate
vote of four di,e-toas;
of
the
Board
in the Lane
Lawyer,
BULLETIN
Low
of Directors
Mortgage
and was
at said
Ruildingt,
and Morgan.
Lawyer.
C. 11. C I I EN EY, Secretary,
Palos Verdes Homes
Association.
MALAGA
The
COVE
annual
NEIGHBORHOOD
meeting
of
the
Palos
Verdes
Woman's Club was held in 1\Tay at the home of Mrs.
Frederick
Law Olmsted.
Officers elected for the
coming year were Mrs. C. TT. Cheney, re-elected
President; Mrs. F. L. Olmsted, Vice-President;
Mrs.
C. Al. Sebelius,
Secretary;
and Mrs. J. G. Cook,
'treasurer.
Mrs. Clover of Los Angeles gave a talk
on China, based on her experiences
during a sixmonths'
showed
from
root).
On
of its
torium,
like a
visit
just
concluded,
her skill with
New
England
and
the spinning
to
grace
the
Mrs.
Sellers
wheel
brought
Olmsted
living
May 20th, the Woman's
Club gave another
card parties
at the Malaga
Cove School
audiwhich, with its beautiful
decorations,
looked
huge
tlowcr
garden.
Following
the game,
coffee and calve were served
:g
It
in the school
library.
:{;
MALAGA COVE SCHOOL NOTES
(Miss I-'cl'ry, principal of the Malaga Cove School,
and Miss Kendall, sailed from New York on June
4th for a three months'
tour of Europe, visiting
eleven countries
and returning
to the United
States
on September
4th.
School
closed for the year on Friday,
June
17th.
There
were no graduates
this year from the school,
and the closing
ceremonies
were very simple,
but
during the month the pupils presented two playlets
to take the place of C,o•mn]en]ccrnent. Lovclla Hodge,'
I;ctty I;recden and L'etty Derr had charge of the
plays. An interesting
thing about these plays which
the children offer is the fact that from the time of
their inception] to their presentation,
every detail is
taken
care of by the pupils
tlicroselves-selecting
the cast, making
the advertising
posters,
conducting
rehearsals,
staging
and presenting.
As Miss Sprung,
the vice-principal,
puts it: it is a valuable
training in
self-expression.
4
PALOS
PALOS
A.
VERDES
VERDES
PERSONALITIES
Al. I'ergtt. son, Ala.noger of the Ron. Pedro Office
Project
and Director
of the Polos Ierdcs
Chomlocr
of Commerce
it is with profound
R1INelin announces
the
sorrow
and
regret
that
of
the
the
passing of a man who has
clone much for the upbuilding
of Palos Verdes, and
especially of Miraleste-, it genial soul, popular among
BULLETIN
most of his life in California.
I Ic had a part in build
ing the Los Angeles
aqueduct,
and later indulged
his love for fine , powerful
machines
by selling trucks
and automobiles
in the San Joaquin
Valley.
I Ie
came to Palos Verdes
at the beginning
of the lain)
sales in the fall of 1423 and a year later was put in
charge
of the
San
Pedro
office.
Ile
took
an active
interest in the development of Viraleste , bought a
large estate on one of the highest knolls and planned
to build his home there. The deep sympathy of all
connected
with Palos V' crdcs goes out to his bcreavcd
wife
at this
loss
of one
who
could
so little
be spared.
F. 11. Toniki .n.s, .1.ssisliniI
Cushier
Trust and Noeiogs
of Ikluk of llolrl
:Ls.soci(lliun
Aoliuaml
)lie of the interesting things
about
the development
of
Palos Verdes Estates
and
its
gradual
and
sure growth
into it
distinctively
fine cornmotility is the way it
has attracted
to its
service
people
differing
his associates , well-liked
one
of the
very
best
by all who knew him, and
salesmen
connected
with
the
Project.
The latter part of May he set out on a wellearned vacation trip with Mrs. Ferguson by motor,
up the coast as far as Itritish Columbia.
Ile sent
the accompanying
one of the editors
snapshot,
taken early in June, to
of the Bulletin with the co rntnent :
"'['his is not a redwood
or a fir, but a very ancient
cedar in Stanley
Park at Vaneonver
you might be interested
in the tree
, 11. C. "Thought
supposed
to be
about 2500 years old.".
A few (lays later they were camped on the bank
of the l ?el River ill Northern California , some fifty
miles south of l' urcka in Humboldt
umboldt County.
On
the afternoon of June 20t1 , both Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson went in for a swim, but there must have been
a local eddy and considerable suction in the pool,
which was deep and about thirty feet across , for lie
disappeared
without
a sound and Mrs . Ferguson
went under twice
while attempting
to reach
No others
were near enough
or could swim
him.
well
of such
training
and
background
from all
over the world. Sonic-
thing
and
about its ideals
its
plan
has
ap-
pealed equally to the
Californian, the Middle Westerner and the
I':asterner , to the Canadiall and even to the
European,
the Asiatic
and the South American, and whether
as
purchaser , underwriter,
vcloptnent
they
Among
who
have
or active worker in the dcresponded
those
have
thus
given their very
best efforts to'
Palos Verdes is it
young man who at
nineteen, in his
home in London,
England, heard the
call
of
and tried
the
West
his for-
tune first in \WVillnipeg,
where
lie
was Chief Clerk
with the Canadian
National
Railroads,
and later
Auditor of a large
department
store.
Coming
Angeles
to
in
Los
1022,
Tommy
became
one of the earliest
employees
of the
TttE
OUTE
R
front . the
OR AND BREAKWATER
heights
of llirolc.stc
11ARB
enough
to help.
The currents
were peculiarly
treacherous,
for two other people were drowned in
the vicinity that same day.
A South Carolinan
by birth, Fergie had spent
Commonwealth
Trust
Company,
and has been intimately
concerned
with the development
of Palos
Verdes since that
1)r°rnll.
ur THE DONALD K. LANM?k
I;i:siin
]r,cr:,
yi sIO
ATE
PALOS
VERDES
5
BULLETIN
! (g
'I'nlK Nrw
RIMIT) NCE OF MR. AND MRS. (t. (I. Nenutll.(BAlT,
time, as 'T'rust ;Auditor
and Assistant
Secretary
of
the Hank of America,
and now as Assistant
Cashier
of the
Ilank of Italy.
In his "idle
n)ornents,"
he says,
which
are
few, he studies
the Palos
Verdes
"Trust Indenture.
Out he has about
an acm out in the San Gabriel
Valley
where
he indulges in
gardening
and
raising
ens.
chickThough
VIA SoiION'rE,
LA VENTA
May
30th,
Decoration
largest
day in the history
The first
participatill
and second
g in the
H. (:line,
I,rI,t.
MALAGA ('ovE
Pacific
NOTES
Day,
of La
prizes
Coast
was
Venta.
the
second
won by the yachts
Yacht
Club's
race
in April, were presented
on May 25th at a dinner
dance held at the hill. Anglcman
and Smith's
schooner, Ocean \Vaif, won first, and G. C. Urlin's
Almardine
\Vanderlure,
T1, second
prize in (,lass
A ; the yawl,
owned
by A. J. Davis,
was winner
in
Class
I), with Leon Coleman's
Moana
second.
lieplays occa- Among
the R-boats,
(;. 1\I. Spaulding's
Debra
finsionally,
he
ished first, and Owcn Churchill's
(;alliano TV, seehasn't
taken
1111 golf
seriously
as yet,
but
is
f on(1
mountaills
of
very
the
and
likes t.() go exploring ill the
canyons
of the
'icrra
Madres.
1lehas ahomesite
in Malaga
Cove, nestling
under
the hill
south of the
Plaza,
with
a
wide
view
of
ocean
and
m oil
fit airs,
2nd.
A'icc
the absence
and expects to
build his perniallent.
AN
IN'I'ISRI ?N'1'INe
-4 'IIooL(IIAF'
(iA'1'ISVA'A1'
r
HOME
AT
'rlll:
there
year.
}bale
within
NESIDLN(I' oe 1111.AND MRs. B. F. KCrrr;R
Iln Lorenzo, illrulcstf.
a
Conlnunlore
Clem
Wilson
presided,
of Commodore
Ikex l". Clad:.
in
The faculty of the 1Iollywo'od School for Girls
was entertained
at a dinner in the early part of the
month, Mrs. AVilliam I,ce \V'oollctt, the principal,
being the hostess.
Table decorations
of sweet peas
and artistically
drawn place cards in water color
6
PALOS
VERDES
STARTING
OUT
FOR
presented a pleasing picture . A social hour followed
around the inviting fireplace in the living room .
Mr,
and
Mrs.
Julian
Street,
marriage
was a social event
honeymoon
at the Vanderlip
(lend, Palos Verdes.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
played
AFTERNOON
CLUB
match
Webber wa s
is the daughter
(L uiiliwu-iI
have
Elks'
Mr. L. I I.
toastmaster.
recent
to report
o-um
somewhat
pugr
as follows:
- ._ 25%
Washington
New York City
of
Philadelphia
Poston
Chicago
San Francisco
Ins Angeles
London
Paris
NOTES
of the
RIDE
Olmsted , Colin 1larris and J . C. Low.
A. Vandcrlip.
GOLF
tournament
whose
of the East, spent their
cottage
at Portuguese
-Mrs. Street
Frank
In a semifinal
Jr.,
AN
BULLETIN
championship
May 29th, Drank Dcleot defeated
"Contrast
12%,
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-------
Boland
Forcr
11'
-----------
---------12%,
9%
-90%
with
this
urban communities
architectural
15''/0
.1'
8%,
------------------------------------
some
of the
that have
cities
and sub-
established
definite
control:
Park,
t Hills,
Baltinu-c
Long
-95`/',
--
Tsland
------- - --
95%
tihakcr T eights,
ClcvclaucL __-- -- -801,:,
_751/0
('outitrv
Club District , Kansas City
-- ----_85
St. Francis Wod,
Sara Iranci s co____
- -Palos Verdes
I?states , Calif. ------_------_ -- --------__()5j%,
Santa Barbara ---10;-4,
Nantucket
(100 years old)---- - - _95`%4,
Yorksliit,
Village,
Camden,
N. I.
95',41
I':iris, Francc --90%
Amsterdam,
l lollaii,l
____ __ _ -_-- ----- -- -- - -55/
r.,,,,,•,.n,,,),r.
ki,t)n,f
A Ntiav
RESIDE
NCE'
UST
(' oNiP(ETE'
n ON
I'ASE'o
DEl
(`
AN(FO.
VA(,N(DWTE
Guy Ilantson
one up on the loth.
Dcleot
made
it
in 76 and I I anison
in 77.
Dave I Icpburn
captured
the Pacific Goast Optimist Club trophy on May 21st.
I Ic played excellent
golf to come through
on top, scoring
an 80-8-72.
During
May, the following
hostesses
entertained
at luncheon,
followed
by bridge : Mrs. M. J. Harms,
We are beginning
to have places in this country with similar ideals.
Santa Barbara,
Riverside,
Palos Verdes, Santa I,c IL•mch,o, among others in
California,
have taken or are taking distinct steps
for
architectural
control
and
arcading
of
streets,
Mrs. I I athaway, Mrs. ii enry, and Mrs. Duffy.
The
Redondo Ilridg e ('In]) gave a dinner for twenty on
May 20th, and on the 25th, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. itter
had eight
On
bers
friends
the
of the
evening
Sales
as dinner
of Junc
Department
guests.
1st,
about
of the
forty
Project
mem-
and
their guests
gathered
at the Golf Club, enjoyed
an
excellent
beefsteak
dinner,
and listened
to an interesting
account
by Mr. Donald
K. I.awyer
of his experiences
and ohscrvations
on his recent
trip East.
Other
speakers
were
Messrs.
Jay
Lawyer,
F. L.
A Vrmav
OF
Till,
, PA'no
oi
l Iii: 1',vsi•:o lua. ('.vMro
Iib:,wEN(•I
PALOS
VERDES
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and
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a very
where
illustrating
attractive
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dump
part
of
things
from the kitchen door and allow them to be kept
in disorder, but is the part of your place where you
live out-of-doors
because it is secluded and attrac-
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Article
tive and is much
next
more
to the highway.
In locating
houses
private
in any
than
fairly
the front
thickly
side
settled
community
it is desirable,
if possible, to have the
service ends next to each other and the living ends
PALOS
Tor:
"The
annual
arbitrary
the amount
percentage
that
xrf the
VERDES
LIGHTHOUSE
AT
BULLETIN
POINT
VICENTE,
PALOS
VRnlws
maintenance
charge or tax (established
by such protective
or unreasonable,
and it probably
is the part of wisdom
Can be imposed
assessed
value
during
of the
any year.
property
restrictions)
should
to set some maximum
This may be done by reference
in the
tract,
as in the
Palos
not be exlimit upon
to a limited
Verdes
and
maximum
Montecito
pro-
tective restricti,I_ns, or to a limited millagc per square foot, as at Forest T-Tills
and in many other subdivisions,
or by any other fair, reasonable, uniform and
expedient
system.
"No matter how well organized and efficient the Homes Association
machinery
for collecting
the annual maintenance
charge and enforcing
restrictions
may be, well-informed
district
sought
to be protected
and
proper
means
The only effective
a permanent
and
This body
make sure
the
Art
for securing
and lasting
competent
will
good
real estate
rapidly
authorities
deteriorate
architectural
design
method
of doing this yet found
Architectural
Hoard
of Review
must pass upon the sufficiency
of designs
that they will not depreciate
the district.
fury
are
fair,
know
unless
reasonable,
and
and
the
that
the
adequate
is provided
for.
is to establish
or Art Jury.
of new buildings
If the decisions
to
of
for the benefit
of the entire
developnient, and if the requirements
made
as to design by the Art Jury under
properly
drawn restrictions
are such
as to cause the respective
buildings
to be suitable to and in harmony with
the general
effect of the neighborhood, there
seems no longer any
doubt as to the legality of private restrictions which require submission of
plans for approval.
(Decisions
cited.)
"From
the decisions
referred
to in
this paper
quirements
it is clear that proper
contained or provided
in
restrictions
private
the submission
proval
will
he
which
require
of all designs
upheld
by
refor
for ap-
the
courts,
and that adequate
maintenance
and
enforcement
machinery
for carrying
out
such
provided
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Island
(;LOW
on
the
horizon
requirements
may
be legally
for."
limited
number
of
complete
printed copies of the papers by Mr.
Cheney and 1\[r. Musick may be had
while they last by addressing
11ox 37,
Palos Verdes Estates,
Calif.