The Birmingham age-herald. [volume], April 25, 1915, Page 9, Image 9

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By MRS. G. F. HARRINGTON
———————LET OSTER FEATHER YOUR NEST fr———|—
Starting Tomorrow What Will Be Known As the
Biggest Brass Bed Sale Ever Held
Over 300 Fine Brass Beds At About Half Regular Price
AGAIN has our affiliation with America's largest furniture syndicate resulted in a startling purchase, that, of sev
eral sundred superior grade Brass Beds at an astounding price, which good fortune we are going to share
with the good people of this city and district, by offering these Beds at nearly one-half the regular value. ^
We could fill a page telling about the attractive features of this sale, but we rather you call in person and see for
I yourself the wonderful beds so wonderfully priced,
^ HERE ARE A FEW SAMPLE VALUES:
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FRANCESCO PALIARIA AND HIS BAND.
The programmes which will be ren
dered here by Francesco Pallaria and his
band on the fifth day of Chautauqua w_ek
will be as follows (subject to slight
change):
AFTERNOON PROGRAMME
March. Redpath, by Pallaria.
Overture, 11 Guar any, by Gomez.
Aisha, Indian Intermezzo, by Eindsay.
Southern Star Overture on Southern
Melodies, by Mahl.
Intermission.
Cavalry Charge (descriptive fantalsie),
"Chautauqua” has become a common
• noun and stands definitely in the minds
of the public for recreation and profit.
In its early beginnings it was very
definite but today it has outgrown such
dimensions. From a camp meeting to
an assembly and from an assembly to
a great Institution is the pathway of
Its progress.
The Chautauqua is intensive in Its
work, from year to year it goes over
the literary field picking out, here
and there, such things as will enrich
the mind and Increase the power of
understanding.
It is a permanent Institution in
JAMES SANATORIUM
935 S.BELLEVUE BLVD.,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
A Private Sanatorium for the Treat
meat of Drug Addictions, Alco
holism, Nervous Diseases, To
bacco and Cigarettes
To reach sanatorium take IJnden ave
nue car, get off at Bellevue and walk
three blocks north, or take a taxicab and
come direct to the sanatorium.
Cured of Drugs
Dear Friends—I was glad to hear from
„>ou, as I want to hear from you all. You
ask for permission from me to use my
testimonial. Yes, you are welcome. Tf I
can do anything to help you out in any
way, I will be glad to do so, for 1 never
expect to take another dose of that stuff
as long as I live. You can depend on
that. I have been happy ever since 1
came home. If you wish to send any of
your books to me, I will give them to
those who use the drug and do all I can
to get them to go to you for help. Give
my love and best wishes to all. Tell them
to write to me. Your friend.
MRS. CARRIE PATTERSON.
Rosiolare. 111., January 21, 1915.
No Desire for Whiskey
James Sanatorium: I will let you know
how my brother, Wallace Baynes, Is get
ting along. It will be three years next
month since I took him to your place for
whiskey treatment and I am glad to tell
you he has never tasted a drop, or even
wanted it since he came home from your
place. Mr. Baynes is doing fine. He sleeps
well and has no desire for whiskey at all.
He is altogether a different man. Wish
ing you all possible success in your busi
ness and trusting that everybody that
needs help will go to your sanatorium, 1
remain, with kindest regards to all,
MRS. THOMAS RANSOM.
Rosedale. Miss.. January 9, 1915.
For further information and booklet
containing testimonials in regard to sana
torium treatment, address Charles B.,
.Tames Sanatorium, 935 S. Bellevue Blvd.,
Memphis, Tenn. Correspondence confi
dential.
James’ Home Remedies.
Cost of treatment for drug addictions,
alcoholism, tobacco and cigarette habits
and neurasthenia is dependent upon age
and physical condition, kind and quantity
of drug used. etc. City office. Home Rem
edy Co., 63% North Main street. Open Sun
day from 9:30 to 12:30 a. m. Correspondence
confidential. Adv.
by G. Lueders; arranged by L. P. Lauren
deau.
(Synopsis: Morning of the battle; in
fantry is hoard approaching with fifes and
drums; cavalry in the distance, coming
nearer and nearer until they charge upon
thg_ enemy; cavalry, infantry and artil
lery in the melee of battle; defeat of trie
enemy, pursued in the distance by the
cavalry.)
Hungarian Dance No. G, by Brahms.
Intermezzo, L’Amico Fritz, by Mas
cagni.
Cornet solo, Stabat Mater, by Rossini.
America, founded on American soil,
builded by American brains and main
tained by American artists of the high
est type; it is truly an agent of recre
ation and education.
The Traveling Chautauqua
The traveling Chautauqua is becoming
a popular phase of near-at-hand recre
ation in many ways. It is self-support
ing and at the same time provides a
way by which the local committee may
get some of the financial benefit.
These traveling chautauquas have a
direct Influence on political education
by means of lectures before large Chau
tauqua audiences. Kveryone remembers
the Chautauqua effort to crystallize
public opinion in favor of “pure food
laws.”
Someone asks who goes to the Chau
tauqua? The university graduate, the
I academically educated, the working
man, in fact a large class of people
who have been deprived of earlier gen
eral educational advantages for finan
cial reasons. But the class of people
who are especially interested in Chau
tauqua attendance are the educators of
America; the Chautauqua and lyceum
courses are a part of their self-educa
tive work.
It is true, that the Chautauqua doet
not constitute the whole movement of
popular education in America any more
so than does the presentation of big
annual musical events constitute a
man’s musical education, but the Chau
tauqua helps to do its big part and
has its work of years past and its
present-day stability to establish its
hold in America as permanent.
Origin of Name
The name Redpath has stood for
I quality and service ever since the year
J868 when Henry Ward Beecher, Wen
t dell Phillips and other great leaders
rallied around James Redpath in his
great effort and desire to serve un
born generations by giving them a:
their homes chautauquas.
The Redpath has now become a great
organization in the interests of serv
ice with its headquarters in Chicago,
end branch offices in 14 other cities
in the United States, also a branch
office in Chatham, Ontario, from which
the Canadian branch of the Chautauqua
is managed.
The only southern branch of the
Redpath management is in Birming
ham with Mr. Merritt Craft in charge.
From the main office the vast busi
ness of the Redpath circuits is handled.
Few people realize the great volume
of business transacted in a Chautauqua.
COMPIES FIGURES ON I
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE
In a recent address at Rochester, j
N. Y., Ed Albes, formerly of Decatur,
Ala., but now one of the field repre
sentatives of the Pan-American union
at Washington, submitted some statis
tics on South American trade to Roch
ester manufacturers which will prob
ably prove interesting to the manufac
turers of Alabama. Among other
things, he said:
“The foreign commerce of the 20
Eatin-Ameriean countries for the year
1913, customhouse valuation, amounted
to $2,884,876,224, of which $1,325,752,
627 represented the imports and $1,53'.),
123,597 the exports. The total com
‘‘Maid” in Birmingham
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nn/4 l«•!0 Don’t fail to see the little
Boys snd VjlTlS automobile in Drennen
Co. ’s window, to be given away by; the Glee-Cola Co. on August
2*1915. Get busy!
Finale, Gioeonda, by Ponchlelli.
EVENING PROGRAMME
March, American Navy, by Pallaria
Overture, Raymond, by Thomas.
Waltz, Scnipre Omal, by Strauss.
Baritone solo, Venetian Song, by Tosti.
Celebrated Organ Offertory, by BattisteJ ,
Intermission.
Overture, William Tell, by Rossini.
Hungarian Dance No. 6, by Bralims.
Quartet from Gigoletto, by Verdi.
Selection from Carmen, by Bizet.
The Death of Custer; the Battle of Lit
tle Bighorn, a descriptive American and
Indian fantaisie, by Lee Johnson.
circuit. Carloads of paper are used
in printing. Tons of cloth, used for
pennants, awning daters. etc. Great
quantities of felt are required for Chau
tauqua hats, so popular in the smaller
places where, after school closes, the
children take an active part in Chau
tauqua attendance as they do in the
large western towns. Hundreds of peo
ple are engaged in the manufacture
of these Chautauqua supplies to say
nothing of the large tents used with
their thousands of seats and lighting
equipment.
The Redpath Chautauqua
The Redpath Chautauqua began its
1015 southern initial trip with a train
load of chautaqua equipment, to be
used in all the southern circuits. April
9 in the big “Chautauqua special"
destined to arrive in Jacksonville,
Fla., in time to open the southern
season April 16. From Jacksonville
the circuit entered the Carolinas and
then swung back into Georgia and
Alabama. There will be seven towns
and cities presenting the Chautauqua
in Alabama. From this state the cir
cuit will continue into Tennessee, in
cluding Memphis and Chattanooga, aid
about six other places and then on
to Kentucky, and so on.
The Pullman company has named the
private car of Miss Nielson, who w*l!
appear on the Birmingham programme,
“Alice Nielson."
The 1915 programme includes con
structive talks on commence and busi
ness by experts, also salutation, pub
lic health, child welfare, Christian cit
izenship, playground work which will
include the story telling hour when
especial attention is given to this phase
of the Chautauqua.
It has been said that a Chautauqua,
to have a permanent place in the in
terests of a community, must, of ne-'
cessity. meet twro legitimate needs, en
tertainment and instruction. In build
ing the 1015 programme the Redpath
management has kept this basic idea
well in the forefront.
The seven-day circuit, which includes
21 programmes, to be presented in Bir
mingham, at East park, May 20-27, is
the best all round cnautauqua pro
gramme ever gotten up by the man
agement since its organization 17
years ago.
Seven-day season tickets will he on
sale at Caheen Brothers and ('able
Piano company. Adult tickets. $2.50;
children, $1.25. Season tickets are trans
ferable within family circles. By buy
ing a season tlqket the holder gets 21
programmes at less than 12 cents each.
mere© for the preceding year was $L,
816,045,885, thus showing a gain of $48,
830,339 for 1913.
“But comparisons for one or two
years often fail to show the real com
mercial progress of the countries
whose statistics are under considera
tion. The stream of imports and ex
ports—the former depending for its
volume in all the jLatin-American coun
tries on the volume of the latter—
moves by undulations and not under
constant pressure. It Is therefore nec
essary, in order to arrive at something
like accurate conclusions in estimating
the trade of these countries, to take
for comparison longer periods.
Shows Growth
"In 1S97 the Imports of all the Latln
American countries combined were only
a little over $400,000,000, and their ex
ports for that year less than $500,000,
000. In 1918 the Imports were over $1,
300.000. 000 and the exports over $ 1, -
500.000. 000. In other words the per
cent of increase In 16 years was 219
lor the Imports and 211 for the ex
ports; an average yearly increase o'
18.7 per cent for the exports. This
constant annual Increase over 13 per
cent, as shown by the comparison for
16 years, represents a larger trade
development than has taken place in
any other considerable purt of the
world during the same period. Once
normal conditions are restored there Is
no reason to presume that this ra
tio of increase will not continue for
a like period of 16 years In the future
Certainly the figures show that the
trade of Uatln America Is a rather
large proposition, and If we are to
judge the future by the immediate
past the development for the next 10
years will make it a tremendous fac
tor In the commerce of the world.
"As examples of what they buy, and
from whom they buy It, let us exam
ine just a few of the imports of the
three leading countries In South
America.
Argentina’s Trade
"The total foreign trade of Argen
tina for 1913 amounted in value to
about $880,000,000, or nearly $125 per
capita. Among the imports we find
that she bought of textiles—Including
manufactures of cotton, wool, silk at d
ctbor fiberB—nearly $90,000,000 worth;
of Iron and steel manufactures, about.
850.000. 000; railway cars, automobiles
and other vehicles, over $37,000,005,
building materials, nearly $36,000,000,
and food products about $35,000,0000,
These are but six of the major classifi
cations.
"Now' who sold Argentina the goods?
The six leading countries were the
UnlLed Kingdom with $13,000,000; Ger
many with $71,000,000; Unlt«d States,
with $82,000,000; France. $38,000,000:
Italy, $35,000,000, and little Belgium,
$22,000,000. In other words, the United
Kingdom furnished 31.lJier cent; Ger
many, 16.9 per cent: UnHed States. 14.7
per cent; Franca.' • per cent; Italy,
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priced oniy at. V7 -*■
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on sale at only. kJ
AND MANY OTHERS
Every Bed Guaranteed of Highest Quality
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Massive 2-Inch Posts r?.5o
Brass Bed On Sale at £.
OVER 50 DIF YOU CAN’T
F E R E N T HELP FINDING
STYLES AND WHAT YOU
SIZES OF RE- WANT HERE IN
FRIGERATORS PORCH FURNI
TO CHOOSE TURE AT THE
FROM HERE PRICE YOU
$5.95 TO $125.00. WANT TO PAY.
The Best and The
Only EVERCOLD
Refrigerator Sanitary
for You to White
Buy , . Enameled
In this Refrigerator you obtain to the highest degree efficiency of refrigerating,
durability and economy of ice. It is only through our combined purchase with other
stores that we are able to obtain a Itefrig
T erms: erator of such high standard to sell at so low . I
a price. It is of R5-lbs. ice capacity, three X ^ . y.y
$2.00 Cash door side Icing style, made of hardwood, ^ M I
double walled, while enamel lined and nickel X^
$1.00 Week trimmed. Price of this Refrigerator is only j
$1.00 Cmsh
50c Week
FOR THIS IMPROVED
12-PART
GENUINE LEATH
ER SLIP SEAT
Dining
Chairs
“Idear Dress
Form
1 A dressmaker will find this dress
form to meet all requirements,
while it enables others to do their
own sewing and dressmaking
without any trouble whatever.
Call and let us dem
| onstrate. Tills week
they are especially
priced at
2020 - 2022 THIRD AVE,
—ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIAJ FIGURES —
In Ordering!; tioodft I*Ipii*p Hcnfion TIIK \ I', It \ IJ)
These Chairs are of selected
quartered oak and in construc
tion the equal of any chair sell- ;
ItiK from $1.00 to $5.00. They %
Hie of full box seat, construction
with corner blocks. Tbj seats
are fitted and nre upholstered in
superior quality
Rontiine leather. 1
Priced very espe
cially, each at
only
S.3 per cent; Belgium, 5.2 per cent. In
cidentally, It may lie noted that 62 per
cent was sold by four European coun
tries who are now busily engaged In
trying to exterminate each other.
"What does Brazil buy? It may In
terest some of you manufacturers to
know that In 1912, under the classifi
cation manufacturers, ready for con
sumption, she bought over $35,275,097
worth of engines, machinery, tools and
hardware; over $33,000,000 worth of
steel and iron manufactures; over $21,
000,000 worth of cotton manufactures;
ever $1 1,250,000 worth of carriages, au
tomobiles and other vehicles; about $7,
C00,000 worth of chemicals, drugs, etc.;
over $6,000,000 worth of paper manu
factures; nearly $4.750,000 of guns and
ammunition, and $4,000,000 of wool
manufactures.
"Furthermore. It may be of Interest
to any of you who may be engaged in
cotton manufacturing to know that
under the classification of cotton man
ufactures Imported by Brazil may be
found piece goods, bleached, to the
value of $1,460,000: unbleached. $255,
000: prints* $940,000: dyed cottons, $3,
iiOO.OOO: other piece goods, $6,400,Out'.
Practically all of the bleached, un
lit ached, died and printed goods come
from the United Kingdom. Of other
piece goods the Imports from the
United Kingdom were over one-hslf,
with only a small amount from the
United States.
Important Imports
“Under carriages, automobiles, etc.,
here were 3785 automobiles Imported In
l Drops of “GETS-IT,”
Out Comes the Cornt
It’s the World's Wonder; Never Fails
You'll make goo-goo eyes at your
'eet after you use "GETS-IT," and
i-ou'll find the places where those
Dlankety corns used to be. Just as
tmooth as your cheek. There's no corn
■“■'’satsssTW’ «*•
ir callus among the millions of feet In
:he w'orld that “GETS-IT" will not re
nove—therws no escape. "GETS-IT” la
:he new way, the simple, common-sense,
ture way. It does away with greasy
dntments, salves, pads, cotton rings,
larnesses, knives, scissors, razors, files
ind the limping and the painful plgeon
:oe walk of so many corn-pestered peo
lie. All you do Is put 2 drops of "GETS
T” on—the corn shrivels up—and good
jye. Nothing else In the world like
•GETS-IT." Millions are using It.
rhere's no pain, no trouble, no chang
ng shoes because of oornB.
“GETS-IT" Is sold by druggists every
where, 26c a bottle, or sent direct by E.
Lawrence & Co., Chicago. Sold In Blr
nlngham and recommended as ths
world’s best corn cure by Eugene
lacobs* Drug Store, Birmingham; Cals
Drug Co. (2 stores), 307 First avenue,
ind Pratt Station. Pratt City, Ala.
1912, worth nearly $5,380,000, about 17 per
cent In value being: from the United
States. Automobile accessories were
worth $1,300,000, of which a little over 8
per cent came from the United States.
Of railway cars, valued at $7,387,000, 50
per cent came from Belgium, 25 per cent
from the United States and 13 per cent
from the United Kingdom.
“Now', what does Chile buy? Accord
ing to values the five leading classifica
tions for 1913 were: Textiles (including
cotton, wool, other fibres and silk), over
$28,000,000; mineral products (Including
iron and steel manufactures, earth and
stones, precious metals and jewelry),
$22,275,000; coal, oils, etc., nearly $20,000,
000; machinery, $15,000,000; vegetable prod
ucts (including food products, fruits and
grains, woods ami manufactures, etc.),
nearly $14,000,000; and animal products,
nearly $8,000,000.
“Under the above classification, In the
line of textiles, the United States made
a very poor showing. The United King
dom sold the Chileans over $11,768,000
worth; Germany nearly $6,882,000; France
$2,500,000: Belgium, over $1,000,000. and the
United States only $811,000 worth. With
the Kuropean engrossing the attention of
the four countries enumerated and with
the Panama canal doing business, surely
the manufacturers of cotton and wool
textiles in the United Slates will get
busy and make a better showing hence
| forth.
“Under mineral products are found
such manufactures of steel and iron ns
wire, granite cooking utensils, pipe, tub
ing and connections. nails, railway
wheels, structural steel, etc., arid of the
total Germany sold $8,120,000 worth, the
United .Kingdom $6,148,000 worth. United
States, $4,428,000; Belgium, $2,500,000.
Distribution of Trade
“The United States controls nearly
three-tenths of all Katin American trade.
This Is from one-third to one-half more
than that controlled by Its nearest com
petitor, the United Kingdom, and double
that of Germany. In 1912 the share of
the United States In Latin American
trade was 29.7 per cent of me total, the
United Kingdom’s was 22.02, Germany's
14.04 and France’s only 8.08 per cent. In
1913 the percentage were about the same.
In that year, however, the United States,
for the first time in history, sold more
goods to all Latin America than did the
United Kingdom. We have been gaining
consistently during the last four or five
years. If did this before the break
ing out ot the European war and before
the opening of the Panama canal, surely
we ought to do even better under future
conditions.
“Now as to what the countries of
Latin America produce and export.
“Argentina, for instance. Is the great
food producing country. During the
year 1913 Argentina sold over $300,000,000
worth of agricultural products, consist
ing principally of corn. $112,000,000; wheat,
$103,000,000; linseed oil, $30,000,000; oats,
$20,000,000; rye, $567,000, and fruits, hay,
potatoes, etc., In smaller quantities. Of
live animals and meat products she sold
$166,000,000 worth. Cattle hides, wool,
quebracho loga and quebracho extract
(for tanning purposes) were among the
other large exports.
To enumerate the products of all the
countries would take too much time. All
of you perhaps know the chief products
of these countries. Of the metals you
know that Mexico is the chief source of
silver; that Chile, Peru and Bolivia are
the principal producers of copper, that
platinum, vanadium and like metals are
found all through the Andes, from Co
lombia to Chile, and that Bolivia Is the
great source of tin and bismuth. Rubber,
as you know, is a forest product export
ed from Brazil. Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador,
Colombia, Venezuela, the Central Amer
ican republics and Mexico. Coffee comes
from Brazil and all of the countries bor
dering on the Caribbean sea. While Cuba
Is the greatest, sugar producing country.
Cacao conies from all the coffee produc
ing countries.
“The question fs not only what can
you sell to the countries of 1 tin Amer
ica, but also what cun you buy from
them. In order to buy from you they
must be able to sell their raw products.
The curtailment of the European de
mand for their products nns brought
about an unprecedented financial strin
gency, a. feature which must claim your
careful attention and consideration."
CHURCH NOTES
At the Pilgrim Congregational church
this morning at JL o’clock the Key. II. 13.
Harrison of Kansas City will preach on
the subject, “The Challenge of Our Age."
lu the evening lie will preach on “The
American and the. Making of the Man.
Sunday school begins at 10 a. in.
| Dr. J. M. Shelburne, president of How
I ard college, will preach t his morning at
11 o'eloc kat the Southside Baptist church
on the subject, “An interpretation of Re
ligion." He preaches this evening at 7:15
on the subject. “The Living Message and
j the Living Method.’’ Sunday school be
gins at 9:30 a. m. 13. Y. P. t\ begins at
16:45 p. m. Wednesday evening prayer
j meeting at 7:45 o’clock. Concert will be
j belli Thursday evening at 8 o’clock.
I Workers meet Friday evening at 6:3o.
I Dedicatory services of the Salvation
I Army's new industrial chapel at 1516 Fifth
avenue will be held this morning at 0
o’clock. Major and Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. Staff
j Captain Quirk, Adjutant Frank Croft and
the corps band will be In attendance.
The army will march to the open air stand
at Parker’s corner at 10 o’clock. A uni
ted holiness meeting will be held at 11
o’clock at 2104^ Second avenue. There
will be the usual open air services at 4
p. m. The Young People's legion meets
at 6 o'clock and at 8 o’clock. Self-denial
altar services will be conducted by Major
Dodd nt 2104*^ Second avenue. A special
I programme will be rendered.
The Kov. H. W. Head, pastor, will
preach at both services at the Park Ave
nue Baptist church in North Birmingham
today. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.
m. Junior B. Y. I*. I’.’meets nt 3 p. in.
Senior B. Y. P. U. meets at tl:80 p. in.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
7:30. The Dailies’ Missionary union will
meet Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
with Mrs. A. A. Armstrong, president.
The Rev, William K. Lo< kler, pastor,
will preach at the Packer Memorial Bap
tist church tills morning nt Jl o’clock
and this evening at 7:30. His subject in
the morning will be, “The Church,” and
that of the evening. “A Great Disaster,
or, Prepare to Meet Thy God." Sunday
school begins nt 9:30 a. m. B. Y. P. IT.
meets nt 6:4.7 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 7:30. Workers’
council meets at 7:30 p. m.
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Montgomery Market
.Montgomery, April 21.--(Special.t—Spot
l otion was quoted here today ns follows:
Middling fair, 10.38c; strict good middling.
10.13c; good middling, 9.8So; xtrlet mid
dling. 9.83o; middling. 9.28c; strict low
middling. 8.88c; low middling, 8.38c; strict
good ordinary, 7.8Se; good ordinary, 7.50c.
Market quiet.
Naval .Stores
- Savannah, April 24.—Turpentlna
steady, 46m$45\o; receipts, 253; ship
ments, 599; stock, 19,601. Hoslri firm;
rules, 1749; receipts, 624; shipments,
C213; stock, 81,089. Quote: A. B, $5.25;
|C. D, $3.35: E. $.1.40; F, $3.B0; G, $2.49,
H, $3.66: I. $3.70; K, $3.80; M, $4.1*;
WO, $5.60; WW. $5.70.
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Buy Your CORSETS During ,
Beginning MONDAY, MAY 3
In Good Starts Evtrywhtrt
j During Nemo Week you can select from PULL
LINES of Nemo Corset Specialties and secure
the best INDIVIDUAL SERVICE.
Tka Naaa Hratank-Faakiaa laatitata. Naw Yaafc
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