The Detroit times. [volume], April 14, 1917, NOON, Image 12

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Pfepa Hm Jeans and Dress
!i JBSvmmt Os Together,
the Cause Is Kißht!
PP»* ytMT you have come across an
turn fc your dxily pspe* telling you of
■kSMUmt on the San Juan <ie Austria of
(tm First battalion of the Michigan naval
priMtta, OB its annual cruise.
Tbs “naval militia" was once called the
“naval reserves.”
And once a year, just possibly, you may
given a little sniff and remarked
f •“Ptetty soft,” “Joy ride," or something
Mbs that.
There has been a tendency to look
•■newhat lightly upon our military and
fcovml organizations of volunteers.
Playwrights have had a lot of fun with
them and have made us laugh at them.
But we would pity the playwright who
would try the thing on us today.
Only recently we saw' our National
Guard go away to Mexico, on a mission
that gave every promise at the time of its
jpobilization of being no joking affair.
Now the First battalion of the Michi
gan naval militia has gone on another
gfnfce, that is to be neither “pretty soft"
“joy ride.”
It has gone to WAR.
The men are the first to go and will
ba the first to see active service.
Many of those who sniffed and sneered
and doubted haven’t as yet given the mat
ter of going to war very serious thought
Some of them are perhaps very thank
ful at this time that they were not
tMßtod in on the annual cruises that were
tefeen not at all seriously by those who
Aid not take them.
Hie Michigan naval militia is compiled
af young men from our best to-do fami
ly, accustomed to plenty; accustomed to
gtetef orders instead of taking them;
naccuatomed to hardships.
Mur them the hardships of war must
prase “harderships.”
Pur many of them there is nothing in
• arterial sense that could be added to
l What they have.
Individually they have nothing what
40ar to gain and everything to lose.
- They have fine homes, plenty of money,
: large circles of friends, club memberships,
•■tea, golf courses, social standing, in-
They have all of the things that many
af us are left to hope for, and the posses
sion of which has been set by many a
young man as his goal of contentment
and happiness.
These, the members of the Michigan
■aval militia give up and leave behind
with a willingness to sacrifice them and
thair lives in the bargain—FOß THEIR
COUNTRY.
We need no proof beyond that which
these young men supply that American
patriotism knows neither place nor class.
We need no further proof that our
country has SUCCEEDED with its prin
ciples of democracy, when we see blue
jeans and evening suits come off together
for a garb of khaki and jackets of blue.
The cheers that rang thru Detroit’s
Streets as the First battalion of the naval
Militia marched on to entrain for "Some
where” were richly deserved.
We doubt not that those who mistak
i**ty considered that annual cruise not
Hp and seriously amoti# who
cheered loudest.
These cheers were not alone for the
young men in line.
They were for mothers and fathers, and
sisters, and sweethearts, too— these mak
ing, as willingly, the great sacrifice that
war calls for.
• Cheers for mothers are great.
They appeal to our noblest impulses and
Make us mindful again of how much we
owe to them
These lives for which mothers risked
iHCTH lives, they offer now freely to
their country.
Let’s not forget to cheer when we see
•nr men marching away, for cheering
thpm Is cheering mothers.
wjtf/Uk them at this time we c\|*m irnc<•
fha sentiment and the spirit of sacrilice
|i the Hnes of "The OW Man end Jim “
lads; take keer y'nelvea.
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1917
And Then We Would
Say: “Now Do, Please, Be
Sure and Come Up Affain"
Some folks load a gun, go out in the
brush and hunt up trouble.
Some also have time on their hands.
Some have to discuss and cuss or their
lives are full of gloom.
Here’s an organization of Southern
California mesdames who formally meet
to formally discuss this:
“What would I do if, when the fire was
going for dinner, my husband should
come in with a stranger and ask if din
ner could lie ready in twenty minutes,
and I had on hand bread, butter, fruit
and a few*' cold potatoes, half a raw
onion, one quart of milk, six eggs, a lit
tle boiled rice, a few cooked carrots, and
nothing else but salt, pepper, vinegar,
spices and a bunch of parsley.”
We re only a mere man, but we know
what we would do.
In 15 minutes we’d give that stranger
a corking lay-out of bread, butter, fruit,
potatoes, eggs, onion, milk, rice and car
rots, and if he turned up his nose at it,
we and take him by the throat and make
him eat that bunch of parsley.
But then, what would women’s socie
ties do, if they didn’t have something to
discuss ?
This Is Not, However,
a Fatal Omission
Word comes from Berlin that tier
many will not declare war on the United
States.
It is a mere formality which Germany
can forego without slightest impairment
of her reputation or violation of her or
dinary practice. Witness Belgium, as
just one instance, or precedent.
Germany declares war, or anything
else, solely thru a coterie of autocrats
with inherited “divine right’’ to declare
whatever they please.
It is one of our peculiarities that we
don’t have to be formally declared
against when foreigners order us off the
seas, murder our women and children,
officially hire assassins to blow up our
factories and public works, and invite
nations with whom we are at peace to
invade us.
Our government archives will not suf
fer thru lack of Germany’s war decla
rat ion.
They are over-provided with records
of Germany’s murders, vile conspiracies
and other deviltry.
Pliny Missed Fire, and
So Did the Editorial
Pliny the Elder t» accredited with summing up
all needed Harden Inatructlon tn six word* and
we even have oue of our editorial writer:. pro
claiming that »f you live up to Pliny, you'll h.ive
nice fresh vegetable* to aid you to Oght the high
coat of !l\!ng. ITiry's ill word*, being:
"Dig deeply; manure well: work often '
Ninety per cent of those vho do gardening
and one hundred per cent of those who really
understand it will swear that Pliny left out the
moet important part of the needed instructions
Dig a mile deep, fertilize a mile deeper and
work well 24 hour* per day. and you'll get little
or nothing, wtthout irrigation. Without judicious
watering of your garden, you might a* well have
laid it out on the sidewalk, or the top of your
piano Pliny tried to be smart and brief, and
missed it both ways. He might have put it ail in
three words—cultivate, fertilize. Irrigate.
And. verily, it Is In many instances unfortunate
that the beginner in gardening is given anv fur
ther Instructive details than Just those three
words, such is the variety of soil and climate in
rmr country l>eop cultivation of aoil in some
parts is not necessary. Some soils are naturally
so loaded with phosphate and nitrate that further
fertilization wj|| kill tender plants. Some garden
seeds will only germinate when soaked and to
others much safer is fatal frenerally, the novice
can rely on this rule —cultivate, fertilize, irri
gate. Hut experience alone can make him tap
able of producing the best results. "Know thy
self!** said wise old Solon Know thy garden!
If you want potatoes and bean* and carrots and
things to beat old high coat of living
From Another Point ot View
Bu C. T. S.
A Detroit report* the first fly.
a • •
Also that it was swatted.
• • -
A CONCLUSION
We have been thinking the matter over and
we have concluded that It Is the fact that mist
of the au'oroobiles are made here, and not our
pavement*, which gives u* the distinction of
being the ''automobile city.'*
• • «
Uncle Sam misrht put over a coup by
making the first call for men recently
married.
a a •
We take it that not a few of those
yountf men are taking brides with the
idea of escaping service in the navy. Wait
until they find themselves paying for the
ringing.
a • a
Lloyds are betting 10 to 1 that the war will be
over in 90 day.« NVe’d take a chance, but we
want to see the pesky thing over with by that
time
a a a
If the spy system has gone into effect
on our police force, we respectfully sul>-
mit herewith that there would appear to
lie need of some more spies to spy on the
spies.
a a a
Won't last Wednesday, a beautiful, springlike
day?
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THIS department is maintained for the purpoee of dragging the ad
vertismg faker In on “the carpet** and placing his assertion* and
promise* under the giase of truth. It welcomes letters relating
experiences with advertisers wherein the eagle on the dollar fails to
fly home “with a dollar's worth of goods.” It pay* P roper recognition to
honeet advertisers. It does not spare dishonest advertisers who may be
found in The Times. It will print the letters which appear moat applicable
In preserving the integrity of advertising and protecting the advertising
reader, Only eigned letter*, giving the writer's name and address, will ba
considered. The name will be printed or withheld as preferred. Address
Ad Mirror, The Timet, Detroit, Mich.
HHiV.KI.YX Mich
TANARUS, *h. Herman auto stock con aide red a good investment, aud ar
fhe proap*-' t» encouraging for the future - *
1# \\ C A. DEW KT.
lh other words you would tike to know if the Ad Mirror would recom
mend so lnves ment la the Harroun Motor* corporation
The Ad Mirror does sot recommend Investments In anything
The Harrouj. corporation will soon be a going concern. Its factory In
Wayne la completed and Its equipment installed. It will begin the manu
facture of cars within a few weeks
Officials assert thay have plenty of contracts for cars, and those who
are regarded as criterion* on automobiles apeak favorably of the Harroun
motor.
The Keep Well
Column
HEALTH!
Keeping in good health by right
living ia the patriotic duty of every
American Blck
neaa will hamper
fWjTkt VJ!k the national *ffl
deary, whether
g rFfTfVk I among soldiers or
non < oniba'ants
fytseaae preven
form of prepared
ness.
The mobilization of the country’*
agricultural products must go hand
in hand with preparation* for put
ting factories and ammunition
plant* on a war footing The health
of a nation depends tn a large mess
ure upon it* food
The wanton destruction of focal
is as much of a traitorous art as
sheltering a national enemy or de
rtroving anus and ammunition
The housewife must be econom
leal in the preparation of food and
must cook if well, so that m*ala
wU! be Laaty and digestible and
*a*re will b# eliminated.
Preparedness agalnat preventable
die* a»e should include vacinnatlon
against typhoid and smallpox
Cermau) saved enough men from
smallpox in the past 10 years to
offset h» r ti trifle losses at Verdun,
according to heal’h expert*
Fewer imn were killed In the
armies of the north and south In
the civil war than have died from
typhoid fever In the Tnlted States
In the past 10 years. Yet this dis
ease l-i entirely preventable.
Reduction of the Infant mortality
rate will help repair the wastage*
of war.
Figures compiled by Canadian
health official* show that the Do
minion's losses since the European
war started are considerably lea*
than the loss from preventable dis
ease at home during the same
period.
The r* population of a country
after war depend# largely upon the
vigor with which health official*
prosecute a enmoaten against pre
rentable disease
firestness mme* by doing great
thing*.
(CooaMft. «*I7, gy »V T. W«Mn f
Hi? Ad-Mirror
And Advice to Investor*
If Ths Times Prints It, The Times Believes It
The Lost Bazaars
By Daniel M Henderson
I always said that before 1 got
Tied down by a wife and kid*.
I'd #o to see the "great gixt iMdd
An the Sphinx an* Pyramids.
Its the big bazaars I want most to.
see—
What I read in a Kipling hook
Has kept me wlsMn’ day an' night
For a chance to go an' look
I'vs been workin steady in Jubb's
• ■rage.
An‘ t've saved what I could have
•pent
For tobacco an movies—an now I
could take
My tour of the Orient.
Tet lasi night, on the sofa with
Nance,
Aomehow | Ist myeelf slip
An’ I ktsued her an mentioned what
Id saved.
But not s word of my trip*
Well Nine* Isn t bold yet she drop
ped a hint
That lots o' folks married on les*
An. you *ea. I couldn't act selfish
then—
V> the matter s settled. 1 guess.
I II give bar my savin s to fit tip a
flat.
But to-day. as I cleaned the r, r »
A vmee kept savtn': "You paid so»
that kiss
With your Oriental hasasrs’”
—Collier »
Pointed Paragraphs
Lying doe* not go well with a had
memory.
Re up and doing If you would not
be down and done,
You may have noticed that foolish
people are always happy.
The quiet wedding may be the
calm before the storm .
Sometimes a genius fools people
bv wearing good clothe*.
It's up to a married men to be a
husband not merely an ex bache
lor.
One thing that makes a man fear
a woman ia hi* Inability to gu< *•
what she will do next.
Have your own opinions do no'
let them hAva you.
One seldom sees a woman on the
street without a shopping beg That
might be aufflclent warning to
bachelors.
Helng fit for the best *ocifty in
able* one to keep out of i*
Other people* faults are always
conspicuous
The pork packer has a queer way
of doing business After killing a
bog be cures it
fly Webster.
No Compulsion
The great menace to democratic
institution* in this country I* not
physical war but the movement
for compulsory military service.
IVmocracy mean*, if it mean* any
thin* In politl< al life, the freedom
of the individual Government l*
J' stifled only a* It contributes to
vard the establishment of this
right If we wish to aet up an
rutocracy. a plutocracy, or an
oligarchy, compulsion will be an
inevitable part; bu» If we are to
continue the great American ei
ment of a government of, by and
for the people individual freedom
must be preserved
Tho a majority in a democracy
may vote war*, it has no right to
vote the minority into the army. I?
it be a Just and nee* ssary war-there
will be no lack of volunteers; if It
be unjust and unnecessary it should
not be supported And who in a
d* morracy should decide for each
individual whether he is to cou
ftlbute his life to the war. his
n» ighbors. or himself?
The and IT** re nee between a volun
teer army and an army of con
scripts lies in the *fact that volun
te»*rs flrht when they wish; where
ss conscript* must fight when their
Naders wish It mark* the differ
ence between a democracy and an
autocracy A volunteer army wilt
never’be used against free instit'W
fions. A conscript army begin* by
•Nnyin* the prime essential to free
institutions, individual liberty, and
ends with tjje subjugation of all
democracy
Net the governmenf make «u h
preparation for defense as the peo
ple. after full and fair discussion,
nay decide Let It [rovide for such
an army and navy as may be
I thought best. But let |t he manned
I bv volunteer* There is a natural
impulse to serve ones country. In
youth and earlv manhood there 1%
a pronounced willingness to fight
Such men will gladly take the
necessary training for volunteer aer
▼tee if the army and navy he put
on * rational basis. Our trouble
ha* come from attempting to grsf l
an. autocratic practice ajmn a demo
j rraflr institution Wipe out this
i f* He of Kuropean privilege human
; t«* the military service by making
all enlist as privates and York their
wav up and there will soon do
j vejop the svmpathy and effl■Men*- r
; that mart commercial life.
No majority nor any number of
< itlxen* has any more right to
compel a man to enter the army
than to forre him to be a minister,
or s merchant, or a chauffeur, or a
policeman They may appeal so fhr
Mtin-n to become a soldier, as they
riay ask him to hscoms a police
man; hut fhsy should offer auffi
ennt inducement in the one case
a~ in the other ft la no more the
duty of one man to be a policeman
oi a soldier than another, nor dooi
It square with democracy to require
all men to become soldiers. For by
the very art of compulsion the
foundation of lihertv la undermined
and free institutions will hasten to
their end Compulsory military set
vice |s incompatible with demor
racy - The Public.
Headed Off
'*lMd you tell her then you pro
posed so her that you were un
*orl h \ of her' That always makes
m hit with them "
"I »u goinr to. Imi «hr told it (o
me tli at fhick
Mental Biliousnefia
»Y m. ADDIJXOTON Ml I I
Author of Tha Riddls of Person*
silty," "Psychology aad
Parenthood ' etc.
Mental biliousness is aa unpleas
ant an physical btlloueneur Aud U
is twice aa mischievous.
It affects unfavorably not only the
person afflicted with It, but all those
who come Intimately into contact
with him Thla for the reason that
its chief symptom la a superlative
tendency to say disagreeable tblngs
to or about other people.
The mentally bilious man can sec
no good in anybody. He is perpet
ually on the alert to criticise and be
little. Above all. he is suspicious
of human behavior and human mo
tives.
If you aay to him. "80-wnd 80 has
just bought an automobile," he a ill
snarl back. *1 wonder what his par
ttoular graft ha* been "
Should you remark. "Mr. and Mrs
Blank seem to be pretty prosperous
just now," hta carping comment will
be. "Bah' They’re only bluffing
Don't believe all they tell you "
When yon venture to praise anv
body aa being congenial rnropanv.
forthwith he will make you feel un
comfortable by the sarcastic rejoin
der, "Well, perhaps you find him en
terlainlng But I have yet to dis
cover that he has an idea in hi«
head He la a lightweight, if there
ever was one "
Be 11 goes, eternally censoring,
knocking. even Handering Os
course, this is unbearable, ,md the
victim of mental biliousness soon
finds hiuiseif a lonely, rrlendl
roan.
He Is certain, too. to remain lonely
and friendless until he take*, action
to cure tbe malady from which h
is suffering
Tor hit mental biliousness, under
stand clearly, is always the aymp
tom of some malady. If he were not
in some way a|ck. he would look at
life and his fellow men very differ
en»|y.
U may be--frequently It is -thai
his mental blltousnees is associated
with physical biliousness. Or It nia>
be a product of eye strain One na*
oniy to glance thru such a work »r
Dr. Gould’s "Biographical Clinic*
to appreciate the part unsuapect. I
eye strain plays in making nu n man
tally bilious.
Dental disease Is another common
cause. So is the malady pcpularl>
known aa ' flat foot ’* Anv disorder
ed physical condition, in brief, may
have crabbedness of as
a symptom
Hut also mental biliousness may
occur tn person* physically sound
Then we have to do with a wholly
psychological disorder, to b<> s'ulied
and treated by psychological rather
than medical means.
It may he that the biliousness is
an expression of a profound sub
conscious feeling of Inferiority, and
is what psychologists call n "di-fena*
reuctibn " In like manner it may
express other abnormal *uJ>coti
scions mental trends, which psycho
logical analysis osn bring to light
and which, in most cases, can b*
overcome by training in moral con
trol.
Or psychological analysis Itseil
may be unnecessary Once It is *
tabllshed that no physical cause c\
ists. It often suffices to Impress unon
the mentally hilk-us person the po
♦ iblllty of self-cure thru cultivation
of generous. cheerfu*. kindly
thoughts
And. assuredly, he should trv »<
learn Jnst what I* the matter with
him. and what means of rure •»*>*-!
flts hit ease As things stand he i«
fearfully nandlcapped for the pur
suit of success and happiness.
Anniversaries
HO;—Congress rfp>*l»<l the law
preventing the oaltves of an snemv »
country from becoming • itixen* f
the United t*tates
1112 That part of W't" Florida
w*at of Pearl nveT annr>nl to L m«
tana
ttti—Vrfmirsl Sir John Thomas
Dtckwcrtk * Ml«brai«i
aaval officer m the Nsp.'le..n> »nr«
died at Plymouth Ireland 110 n
Krh M. 1754
lll#—Bill for a national road front
Ruffalo to S>» Orl«*n* rsfr.-tnd n
house of r»presents!lve«
111 l Act of mnfrtM authortiioa
a contract to bo mads with ftnh.ri f.
Hfevens of Maw York for the building
of an Iron war steamer to l>» -*><.i
and shall proof
H4*—Prtisslan government «er.t
asslstanca to Hchlsswig and Hn|*t»in
again st Panes
l*4A-Praaidrnt Lincoln shot b> I
Wllkaa Booth.
I*SJ--The t'nltad stata* voluntarily
paid |J4,tlt)o to ralatlvaa "f the list
tans lynched in K+m cart<-an»
llM—Ofti. Hanry W Plncirm n<tt'il
civil war ronin»a4«t d**d at nr-, ni
Ivrv. N. Y. Born at Delphi N V
Sant 14. 1117
1»«4- Th» body of John Paul Jonoa
waa discovered In Pana by (i*n. Hoi
ar* Porter
oss ntta ago rontt i\ tiik
wan.
Italians captured Ixthhia Mountain
Russians carried by storm a height
tn Galicia
Turks reported to have haan routed
by Russians west of Rrxerum
Bombs dropped on Constantinople
by three British aeroplanes, whi< h
covered JP« miles
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS.
Rear Admiral Albert W Grant
commanding the Atlantic submarine
force of the United States navy, horn
In Maine. |] years ago today
Prlnreaa Beatrice, youngest <lsugh
ter of the lata Qyr*n Victoria and
aunt of King George V’.. born *0 year*
ago today.
Dr Martia O Brumbaugh governor
of Pennsylvania, born In Huntlngd n
county. Pa, AS years ago today
MtaHh Questions Answered
R ft P. —“Ain troubled with pain
at the top of tny head at times, my
fare flushes, head feels heavy and
have poor circulation Am also very
nervous "
Constipation might cause all of
your symptoms, but ( would advise
you to have a complete physical e\
amioation The etamlnaMon should
include urine and blood pressure
taats.
BY carrier In Detroit, f cents n week; stag*
where. 10 cents a week. By mall. $1 n
year. Call Main 4630 Km a red at the Poet
office in Detroit aa aecood-claaa mall mat tar.
Behold, we put bits in the hortee’
mouths.”
That is a perfectly good text which
you will find in the Bible if you know
where to look.
- It’s marvelously suggestive. Didn’t
you ever wonder why a horse goes about
the streets so meekly, drawing loads
that do not interest him, standing hours
in one place, and again trotting along,
for no reason at all, as far as he can sea.
just for some whim of the little two
legged creature that drives him? Do
you know why?
It is because the man knows how to
put m bit in the horse’s mouth, and the
horse doesn’t know enough to spit it out.
And why do the toiling millions go on
toiling, underpaid, underfed, cowed, and
dumb, while a few favored ones eat pie
and dres.s in purple and fine linen? And
why do the loafers give orders and the
workers obey them? Answer: The bit
is in their mouth and they don’t know
enough to get it out.
hy do the millions in Germany and
Russia march out and get shot without
the slightest idea of what it’s all about?
Answer again: Bits. They’re bitted and
ridden to their death even as the horse
is driven whither and why he knows
not.
Why do all the poor boobs of this
world move docilely along doing the will
and pleasure of a few clever ones?
" hy do thousands of citizens vote for
men and measures they know or care
nothing about, simply because the bosses
of their political party give the word?
Why have the multitude accepted
creeds they did not understand and con
sented to practices they abhor, at the
bidding of hierarchies, from the days of
Kgypt down to these times?
Why are people content to remain un
der the wasteful sway of competition
when they might prosper and be happy
n co-operation?
Behold, they are horses, and the bits
are in their mouths.
A man once went to see a friend of his
who had recently got a job in an insane
asylum as keeper. He found him out on
the farm of the institution overseeing
a gang of some dozen insane patients,
strong, husky fellows, cutting grass. He
said to the keeper:
"I should think your position here
would be dangerous. These fellows are
big and strong and could easily overpow
er you. hat would you do if they were
to get together some time and come at
you?”
And his friend the keeper replied: “If
they knew enough to get together they
wouldn’t l>e here.”
And if the peasants who are shooting
the daylights out of each other in Eu
rope knew enough to get together, they
would all go home.
Alas for the horse! He cannot get the
bit out of his mouth!
A well known comedian one day -while ful
filling an engagement ii. Dublin, was walking
wiih Hlh wife, a remarkably
at out lady, when an Iriah wo
man with a basket brushed
rudely again*! her.
"You had better walk over
me." said the comedian’s wife
Irritably. The Irish woman
turned round, rooily vlewedl
her from head to foot, an-1
repl led;
"Faith ma’am, if would be eaater to walk ovor
you than round vou. anyhow.
I pon the rerenl death in * western town of a
politician who, a* one time, served his country
II
"And." queried a cynical member of the group,
shall we mention the name of the truatr*—
Puck.
"Are roil the man who painted that ‘ere plo
ture of ’M<>*e» in the Bulrushes’?" naked a coun
tryman of an artist who had recently startled
the town hy an exhibition of
oil paintings
"Yes," replied the artist.
"AH right; then I want you
to paint my father."
"Certainly, if he will give me
a few sittings "
"Can’t do it; he’s dead."
"I-et me have a photograph
of him."
"Can't do that, neither. He neier had hit
picture taken"
"I am afraid, then. I must decline”
"[incline' What for? Haven't you painted
Moses * You didn't have a photograph of him,
did you? No, I thought not Well, my father
haln'l been dead nearly as long as Mosea. If
you can paint Mose* you ought to know enough
to paint my father."
Appreciating the situation, ihe artlat went to
work and evolved such a portrait as he thought
might satisfy so original a son
“Corke> '" exclaimed the art patron on seeing
the _ completed pamtlng "That alrnoet knocks
the *'tiffin' out of Moses but. I say. how h* haa
changed!"
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BV DR FRANK CRANK
(Copyright, ms. by Frank Cm ns)
Laugh With Us
In a high legislative placa. a
number of newspaper men wwro
collaborating In an obituary no
tice.
"What shall we say of tho
former senator?” asked one of
♦he men
"Oh. Just put down that ho
was always faithful to hla
trust?"
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