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THE DENVER WOMAN’S CLUB.
, „n article In the June number of
"vVoman's Home Companion,-writ-
bv Bertha D. Knobe. ahe writes
interestingly of club work In
trim Her article Is In defense of
Hut,' women, nml a very good de.
b,i„n "f the work done by the Den-
L nub Is here given:
li-he ponderosity of the task In-
‘ , when one attempts to thor-
exploit the work of even one
dub. Take the splendid Den-
woman's Club, for Instance. It Is
L ,„elvc years old, but an tinabrldg-
tawk would not hold the record of
It, doings, 'deadly serious' and
...wise It has an Imposing new
"... nve-thousand-dollar club house
’ ff0 rking center for its one thous-
j members, divided, for working pur-
“ i n to various departments. More-
it has nn exceptional opportunity
[effect political reforms In the com-
amity because, Colorado being an
ual-julTrage state. Its members have
, added power of the ballot.
"Think of twenty-two laws, mainly
ir the protection of women and chu
rn which It has placed on the statute
alt',' Besides, by way of briefest
mmary. 't may be known thot this
ib has spent thirty thousand dollars
philanthropic work. At least•ten
Biowand dollars has been used in plac-
pMures In the various public
„nl« of Denver. It maintains a free
[ploynient bureau, which annually
Us position for three thousand
,„n« It has a social settlement In
poorer district, centering In League
nn old church fitted up for Its
Here. Is established a club -for the
working worn on of that locality, a sew
ing school for the children, a circulat
ing library and free baths. Netfr by
Is the Woman's Free Dispensary, where
the needy are treated by women physi
cians, two hundred patients a month
being the common average. The club
has also renovated the city Jail,
launched a lunch club for business
women, promotes 'club extension*,
through a series of small outlying clubs
aggregating five hundred members,
conducts a free art class, also a physi
cal culture class that members may
gain a Knowledge of the laws of health,
manages Plngree gardens for the poor,
established *blrd day* and ‘arbor *day*
In the public schools, opened a chti-
dreira park and play ground, and so on
to the end of the chapter—only there
Isn’t any end.
“This wide-awake Western club is
only an Interesting sample. There are
clubs and clubs*—so many, Indeed, as to
occasionally tempt the unwary Into be
ing almost ‘clubbed to death.’ But such
excess is an indlvidaul matter, and
the woman who overdoes a club life
would be Immoderate, whether she was
running the sewing society at church
or the sewing machine at home. Prob
ably the record as a much-clubbed
woman belongs to Mrs. Esther Herr-
roan* of New York, who is a member
of (Ifty-one efubs; but Mrs. Herman
has time and money, and, moreover, a
happy little way of giving one thous
and dollars to one of her clubs every
little while for Its philanthropic wojrk.
So why. should she be defended? Or
any club woman, for that matter?”
iOCIETY WITH
OUR NEIGHBORS
Continued from opposite page*.
bout ten weeks In New* York study'
ll music.
Mbs Elizabeth Jemlson entertained
iie*day at a luncheon. She hac* twelve
Mr. and Mrs. William Cutcliff have
one to Boston, and will sail on June
: for Europe. They will be gone about
lx months.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Roden left Sat-
irday for New York. They will at-
end the commencement of/ Columbia
niverslty of New York and of Vassar.
lenjamln F. Roden, Jr., will graduate
rom ('olumbiu in the mining engineer-
n* department, and Miss May belle
toden will take her A. B. degree at
’iMar.
Miss Lena Jackson and Miss Cornelia
lieldon have gone to attend the house
arty of Mrs. Lea veil’s at Oxford,
Miss Bessie Jemlsdh w*as the hostess
rtiursdny evening at a moonlight pic-
|lc and theater party In compliment to
er guests, Miss Estello Shook, of
ash ville. Mr. Richard Barry, of New
ork, and Mr. William Cookings, of
[insas city. The visit of the special
uest* Is in the nature of a reunion,
le four having met and traveled in
fcypt a few months since.
Mr. Walter Drennen has returned af-
■r spending some time In New York
tudvlng voice.
Officers.
President—Mrs. Janus Jackson, %
comb. Athens.
Recording Secretary—Mrs. Robert Tay
lor, Griffin.
rorrenpondlng Secretary—Mrs. Hugh
Willett. Atlauta.
Treasurer—Mrs. B. P. Dlsmukes, Jr.,
Columbus.
Auditor—Mrs. Mallory Taylor, Macon.
Directors— Mra. B. A. Peeples, Val
dosta: Miss Umls M. Nee*, Augusta;
Mrs. E. B. Heard. Middleton; Mrs. W.
P. Patttllo. Atlanta; Mrs. Lewis Brown,
Mr*. Lindsay Johnson, director life.
General Beeretnfy for Georgia—Mrs. A.
O. Granger. C’nrtertvlIIe.
Rtnte Editor—Mrs. J. Lindsay John
son. Rome.
Mrs. A. McD. Wilson elected president
of Atlanta Woman's Club on May 14.
The tenth annual convention will be
held In Macon November 6, 190G.
Federation Colors-Green and white.
. List of Committees.
Education—Chairman, Mrs. J. Lindsay
“** - K Mrs. B. A.
Johnson, Rio Vista, Rome;
Peeples, Valdosta; Mrs. William Tift,
Tilton; Mrs. A. G. Granger, Carters-
ville: Mrs. A. V. Uudo. Atlanta; Mra.
M. 1*. Higginbotham. West Point; Mrs.
J. P. Averlel, Atlanta,* Mis* Anna W.
Griffin. Columbus; Mrs. Lyman Amaden,
Atlanta; Mr*. G. B. Whaley, Jesupp
Mrs. J. L. Htewnrt. Athens.
Directors of Model Schools—Daniels-
ville (Mnditon county), Mrs. Eugene
Heard, Middleton; Cass Station (Bar
tow county). Mrs. M. L. Johnson. Csss
Station*" ’ntlluinh Falls, Mr*; M. A.
— tore Dir * ‘
Lipscomb, Athens; Wattef* District
(Floyd county), Mr*. C. !►. Wood,
Rome; Free Kindergartens, Mr*. Nellie
Peter* Black, Mra. T. A. Hammond.
Mnalc—Chairman. Mra. E. T. Brown,
ij. Wlkle, Carteravllle: .m«. nuiua
Brown. Anguatn; Mra. Rhode* Browne,
— ProudOt,
Inn (a:
Mrs. K B. Clark, Atlanta; Mrs. Rolwrt
y.nhner, Atlanta; Mrs. Thomss Mills,
Griffin; Mrs. J. M. Talley, Macon.
Arts arul Crafts—Chairman. Mrs. Nel
lie Peters Black. fi32 Peachtree street.
Miss Georgia '
Miss Mattie L. Huff. Dalton; Miss An-
.HIM .Mill III- J,. 1(1111, I Mill'll; fl
nle Blalock, * Vntesvllle; Mm.
Woodward, Atlanta.
Chnlrui.in. Mrs. W. I,, nines. Calhoun;
Mra. Godfrey, Covlugton; Mrs. C. H.
Snarks. Rome; Mrs. Pearl II. Edward*.
Norcroas; Mr*. A. P. Ritchie, IWbuu
Gap; Mr*. H. C. White. Athens.
library—Chairman. Mrs. B. G. Mc-
Calx*. 62? Peachtree street, Atlanta; Mrs.
Jewell: Mis* ltosn Woodbury, Athens;
rs. Slltmle lillyer Cnssln, Athmtuj
.nr*. J. C. Prlntup. Rome; Mrs. William
Klug, Atlanta: Mrs. Edward Brown. At
lanta; Mrs. Fleming dulllguon. Atlanta.
Club Extension—Chairman. Mrs. W. P.
Psttlllo, 171 East Fair street, Atlanta;
Miss Anna Beunlng, Columbus; Mrs. J.
lor, Macon; Mrs. Eugene Heard. Mid
dleton; Mrs. C. C. Handera, Gainesville;
Mlu Ijoulse Sees. Augusta; Mrs. C. C.
Brantley, VnldoNtu; Mrs. J. Lindsay
Johnson, Rome.
ITivgraui-Chalrman, Mrs. .T. K. Ottley,
637 Bemhtree street, Atlanta; Mrs. II.
U. Swanson, Falrhuru; Mr*. Nichols
Peterson, Tlfton; Mrs. E. J. Willing-
hnm, Ma^m; Mr*. Ham D. Jone* At
lanta; Mrs. Alice Must* Thomas, Atlanta;
llrt J. T. Moody. Atlanta.
TEACHING SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICA.
The open-air performance of Shakes
peare which vraa Riven by the Ben
Greet corps of acton In Atlanta re
cently haa somewhat set astir ths In
terest of psople all over the country
to establish Shakespearean classes
throughout the land and to present the
plays once n year at a recurrept
Sakespeafean festival. It has been
suggested that the club woman take
hold and put thla splendid work Into
action. New York was named as the
suitable placo to present the plays of
Shakespeare, the performance to be
given at the aaine time the festival la
held In England, at Stratford-on-Avon.
Ben Greet, the noted actor, could ca
as he has made It a study, and
versed In tho art of out-of-door plnys.
Thla would be a decidedly Interesting
field of work for prominent and well-
known women, who could be the medi
um through which all of the children
of America would grow up In the per
fect knowledge of Shakespeare. The
result from such efforts would be high
ly successful, and would also prove a
source nf ever-gaining result,.
THE DAY NURSERY.
It has been suggested by some of
the prominent club women the value
and Importance of day nuroerles
throughout a large city like Atlanta,
a home where working women could
leave small babies and children to ho
cared for by good women and matrons,
while the mothers mny attend to their
business duties—with n heart and a
mind free from worry about their
little ones.
In all of Atlanta, there are hut two
such homes that can ho recalled, and
one ts the Sheltering Arms home, on
Walton street, which has hssn built
and Is supported by as earneat a band
of workers—foremost among thsm art
the women—as could ever be found
anywhere. A portion of the money
which goes to keep up nn Institution
Each year the women of the Sheltering
Arms hold a restaurant during the
month of February, and they try to
realise an amount sufficient to run the
home until the following year.
. The other Is the Settlement home,
which has moat capable women at the
head of the organisation, where chll-
in,
dren are taken care of during the
working hour* of their mothers.
The club women are always desirous
of placing good results In a community,
and there Is surely no other grand
cause where splendid work rould be
done than nlong thla line of action.
Take, for Instance, tha Sheltering
Arms, only a few working mothers
are easily within reach of this home,
where they can leave their children
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
I Colonel nnd Mrs. Charles W. Wool-
:j- left yesterday for New York, after
tending the winter In Asheville at
lelr country home. From New York
ay Kill go to Europe, where they will
»lt their dnughtsr, Mrs. Hewitt, for
veral months. The party will travel
itenMvely on the continent during the
immer. t'olonel and Mrs. Woolscy
U| return to Asheville In the fall.
The graduating class of the Ashe-
lie High School last night repeated
if class play, "Brlarwood Ghosts," for
‘ benefit of the seventh nnd eighth
*s of the Orange Street School. A
fe aumher of the friends of the
ant lad lea attended the performance.
■un? iamea attended the performance,
•dr and Mrs. John A. Rocbllng left
Sunday for an extended visit to rela-
u *' Trenton, N. J.
Mr, John Lusk, of Jacksonville,
*- "hn has many friends In Ashe-
iie, has been in the city tor the past
w days,
Hr. E r. Toome, of Richmond, has
turned to his home after a visit to
lends in Asheville.
Mrs. Ravenel, of Atlanta, will ar-
. ™ 'he city next week, to spend
• summer with Mrs. Julian Kavenel.
kisses Agnes and Susie Carter have
«c in South Carolina for a visit to
Ittlves^^H
* r ; and Mrs. William Henry Harrl-
n. formerly of Richmond, but now of
'Seville, have
jnetnie, have gone to spend a few
ZV *• Tate Springs.
S” J , '■• Pritchard, wife of Judge
diehard, of the United States court,
returned from a vlalt to her mother
n Soim. In Washington. D. C.
CAVE SPRING8.
5l"- Kdenfleld has returned from
Stringer, of Talladega,
uLT 'he guest of relatives here,
if. v hris tlne Schuetsler, of Aseh-
uhii ' 1 " v, *Itlng her cousin. Miss
“Oleen Wright.
*1*"'* Katherine McDona'4, Resets
Joy Harper, after a pleaa-
nSe L° Mls * Pmncee Harper, have
™.rned home,
tilLm Wright has returned from
"here he has been at Mercer
'•he past year.
. J’, Ar l n ? Allen, a teacher at Geof-
t L t0r D,af ’ '« ft t<Nl *Y for h * r
p j n Minnesota.
I * '' bnbarljr, of Chattanooga. Is
^eat of his sister, Mrs. Linton
w7n!i :a, ' ! Rl,w *rd*. "'ho has been
■cnooi !lt t uthbert College, arrived
- lo spend her summer vaca-
8om»,
are the gueets of Mra. F. L.
Avenue
lool ini v * nu * Baptist Sunday
f’lcnlc here Friday.
Bi u ~, Watts and mother are
atton, Ala., taking an outing.
jj, _ AUGUSTA.
Tslr Asaoristloo of
l^„ J .f, l !" | lftter» of Aagust* have sent
Jeamt tf/aeghters of Aagusta have sent
“aaoonelnx tho prises to lie
MThe as-
Cbiffon TIcinMOchod. oi' 1 White
Met -with IrDaertton AT’eNexltp
N OTHING annoys n woman
so much as to feel that the
wind le playing havoc with
her hat or the arrangement of her
hair, and to obviate this difficulty
the long lace veils, much after
the style of those that "mother
used to wear," have been Intro
duced under the sobriquet of "wind
veils.”
In black, white and brown, they
will bo worn with all styles of cos
tumes this summer, from the natty
suit of linen or lightweight mohair
or suiting to the elaborate lingerie
gown accompanied by a most elab
orate chapeau.
Of fine Brussels lace are the
blacks, either plain or dotted, some
showing- borders of lace, others
finished with double rows of thin
black taffeta ribbon of Inch width
between which Is set pn Insertion
of Cluny or Valenciennes lace of
similar width. ...
In length, they are from 2 lo 1
yards, being draped around tha hat
and allowed to fell straight all
around like a curtain, the ends
caught up In the back ahoulders.
The adjustment of these veils
should receive most careful at
tention. else the whole effect will
be spoiled. , ,
Those of white are made from a
fine white or cream net and bor
dered with fine lace and Insertion,
either Duchesso or Chantilly. In
the white, the veil finished with
the pointed Instead of the square
ends Is new. Of white chiffon, a
2-Inch pleated ruffle of chiffon la
applied to the hemstitched edge.
This Is worn the same as the thin
ner veils, the long points reaching
to the waist line In the back. In
brown, the bordered lace vetla are
extremly chic and go with a cos
tume of any color.
Vella from S. Koch A Sons.
Photos from Joel Feder.
.... - UHW isir. tBe as-
—■ ■ J-■ anfaased the rules and reg-
fJ'J'f’vkte* the fsir will In
■ to, be held this fall
•» to be held thla fall will
!*>•! ‘fpw* Scale thaa those held la
£■' 38 >- the
* “*? r ' widely advertised
- 'iw he o s-fi*'L«>^“j, w «rr
N i xhiw/r, rK V' 1 for •» Botrtn *b-
* '* tr V** r b-iro Im^b
l-f In rartmis p«r
■r.dlaa »=-' Ain!.-1,
predicted that the exblhtta l>y ont nf town
fiower grosrera will lie even larger thla year |
th fiae , h iwItUMntwat Tent era at Press"*
leneemeni
various hlrt wbools of •k-.ri'L,P?"7
pally all of which will he held next wees.
Th» coimu*t)foment of tb* TbIioms Hlffb i
iSUrSr^friTWili tako plaiv <m tb»*
inr of WfNlnnslay. Jui^.13. nt <b p ^ j
hmta* Hoa. Tbooiaa W. IIar«lw!r*k ;
SoSvvr lIk* eiMrww of lb<*
HororanrTlIlf* Ars.I. mj j
12. and IIm* xrodnatlng wW b* j
Md it the nmdrmy tbal •‘rt^Inx A\
*r»!**n*lid pragma has !)•«» arranged for
&rcwn Voiisi
DondLeredL &T*e.£3n5a.TC.c.4iB
for a day nt small charge. Day nur
series established nml ran by the
Woman's Club, of this city, for In
stance, could make It very helpful lo
to work for her living and support her
children.
Ths price for housing n child during
the work hours of the mother could be
some sum which at the end of the wesk
'would not affect the purse. A nursery
should not necessarily bo for young
babies, but the older rhlldrgh could
here receive the first training of child
hood In book sense, preparatory to
sending them to the public schools,
where their education may le- given
them. Many a child could bo tan
the alphabet, and also how to enur
“ " jject aa a "Day Nu
Such n sub.
Is csrtalnly
of great thought.
Treasures Stored In Ruasian Churches.
The treasures of the various Russian
churches are of fabulous value. Si.
Isaac's cathedral, In St. Petersburg, l.a
said to have cost 250,000,004. Its cop
per roof Is overlaid with pure gold. In
n,
nf the Almighty blasts Ip diamond*
id of beaten gold, under
from a cloud ..ORSm .
which are solid silver doors 20 rest
high. There are 1,400 churches In Mos
cow, many of which contain prleelns
treasures. From the Cathedral of the
weight
of gold, but Its moat precious treas
ures were concealed.
BRIDAL CHESTS
USED FOR ROBES
Without a trousseau bo* or wedding
chest to hold all their dainty garments,
few brides nowadays consider their
wardrobos complete. Yet they do not
select the proverbial cedar cheats Hint
their grandmothers of a hundred yea pi
ago thought necessary.
Instead, the majority of them, eape-
daily those In the smart set, like the
ones made from mahogany or oak with
a dark, dull Flemish finish. A few
walnut wood boxes are desired, but
lack the popularity of the other two
kinds. Practically none of ths light
woods, bird's-eye maple, etc., are used.
Wednesday nn a short business trip.
Mrs. Hninuel Martin hsa rnturnnl from
Oriuigeliink, where she haa lieeu tha guest
of relatives the past few days.
Mrs. Joemin A. Bodeker will leer# Hun
'eorge liialeher.
members of the
next Wednesday afternoon,
Mias I.tllliin Hlulli will return Thursday
from n vlalt to fi-leiida In Vienna nml
Mra, Hnarhs W. Melton will leave shortly
for a visit to relatives In Ittehinotid, Vs.
Mlw
Vheeler. In Haratmab.
COMMERCE.
Miss Fay Shannon haa returned from
LaGrange.
After a very pleaaant visit nf two
weeks, Miss Annie Sue McKee has re
turned to Athens.
George Dicks, of LaGrange, was In
the city Sunday, the guest of friends.
Miss Maude Pelham haa returned
from Mayavllle, where she was an at
tendant at the - Comer-Wllllama mar
riage.
Air. Ralph Canton, of Cornelia, Is
visiting his father, Mr. E. C. Carson.
Mina Octtcr spent Sunday
lonta.
Mlaaes Nells and Elisa Bright, of
Torcoa, are the charming guests of
Mies Ilottle Carson.
Mr. W. B. Burn* spent Thursday
In Athens. ,
Davis Shannon haa returned from
Mercer University, where he graduat
ed In the law department.
The Misses Carson entertained the
young Indies of the town at a delight-
honor of their visitors. Miss Griffin, of
Valdostd, and Misses Bright, of Toccoe.
Miss Estelle Hood has been In Toe-
jeon for the pant week attending the
a i district meeting of the Foreign MIs-
11 slonary Society,
II Dr. W. B. Hardman has ratumad
11 from New York.
ored. ■
Unlike the old-time cedar cheats that
were os simply made aa poaslble with
four plain aides, a top or lid to innlcli.
and no decoration, not even motel hnn-
dlas nr a lock and key, these modern
ones are quite elaborately ornamented
with hand-carved designs, mnsslvo
handles and occasionally heavy, bross
locks, with chains.
Some of them are-even fltled up like
small chiffoniers, with eno, two or threo
drawers, while others hnve trays divid
ed Into many compartments and curi
ously shaped, to hold certain kinds of
wearing apparel. There Is still another
development nf the wedding box thot Ih
partitioned off Into sections the depth
of tho chest.
With all these up-to-date Improve
ments. a trousseau box of today resem
bles but little the old-fashioned ones
that hnve been treasured nnd handed
down as heirlooms In many families,
They were always thought to be par
ticularly valuable, because they pro
tected the clothing from attacks by
moths—the pungent scent of tha wood
being .il.J.'t, |..ii .in.- "■ - ."Ur- mid for
that reason no other kind of wood was
selected.
This theory, according to a well-
known furniture dealer, has been en
tirely exploded, and now chests tire
bought becau-e of ths beauty of the
wood from w hich they are made, or for
the handsome hnntl work used In or
namentation.
Though tha average chest bought
now Is not any more expensive thnn
the old cedar onea that were made tiy
hand, the hand-carved boxes In mahog
any and Flemish oak run up Into Inrge
compartments. Naturally, there
are women who still want to buy cedar
chests and ara astonished to find tbut
they no longer ara considered extreme
ly valuable and ran be bought for from ,
five dollars up—or course, tint hand
made ones—while tha least money that
will buy a small Flemish oak chest that
Is perfectly plain Is twsntr dollars.
Practically the only points that are
nd
now the same between the
old are the lines on which they pro
made, for tha oblong shapes are at 111
used. The simplest kind of a cheat
has h tiny border of le-ailing amiin-l
the edges to relieve It from severity,
and Instead of resting flat on tho (lour
like a bo* there are small feet, plain
to harmonise. But that. Incidentally,
saves It from looking, aa one woman
said, “axactly llkt a tool box "
Tits carving used on these
i the front panel
nd
the
centered on I
lid, and In design la either flo
wedding wreath surrounded with dain
ty bunches of lilies of the valley, --r n
copy of an old-tlma wedding proces
sion, where flowers nnd fruits
shown In abundance and. a
vrretl
on tha happy bride nnd brldegr-n
Chests ntted .with comportment-
quite expensive, nnd one In which there
was a long tray to accommodate skirts
so that they would not have to be fold
ed, with another one In which there
was n box for hats, laces, ribbons, etc.
A third one for waists, wraps, etc. In
mahogany, costa 1150. The wadding
box, mads up of three drawers, range
In price from *50 up, according to the
kind of wood and the decoration, w hile
the other new style box, with compart
ments reaching from the lid to the
bottom, can be bought from *45 up
ward.
The Rear Guard.
m Vi: en«,
scribing In Washington a certain ret
° f dVaVlTt a retreat." he said, “hot »h
call It s root."
really
msodlng general, as his
£lra>L^}ot elL Aroor>dL C-orlss-LO
ii i mninc into claim* ior rmnpetMflfioa pat
(I ward !>jr non r<*ml*itflnfs wfcoB* property
(I ir.is Injured *>r destroyed In tbe Boer rr*r
111 has flnisiii’d It* !sl*ors, after awarding $47,-
gatlwed besld
“ 'Who *ro oor rr*r pi*M:
Tfce iMr. wlthont cesan-
•font to belabor Ms pantli* -
•• THom who bare thr -
the oceasloB. The Catholic school* el
this wwk.
An Interesting but qnfet ^marriage
ffuudny was that of Mr. I.
... Horn, a popu*
isr member ** G**\ Anmsfrt .fire
an*nt. to Mis* Elisabeth Hopklnaoii.
Wnc**re Intereat to UU tore la *
rtof* ThuraOay ereaing lo Attooi
600,000 In damage)
Kathleen Thomaa to Mr. McMillan. Tha
I»rlde-to-be to popntar In this city, baring
fraiiietitijr rtoiled Imre, Hhc la a sister
of Coloni*} Tnrner Thornn’*, of this rtty: Mr.
Jefferson Thomas, of Atlanta, and of Dr.
Julian Thomas, of New York, and to widely
felt here In the mar-* cottii«*,-ted thronchont th** city,
be mar- * coun<*.*t*ci tnroacmmt in** ciry,
of Miss Mias Edith l&Ulday has tetnrsed from
Lucy Cobl*, where she ha* been studying
for the past term,
nrfolfT
delightful rlslt to New York.
Miss fxnifse Botbwel! will
onsnl Worrasn state* tbit the immci
i In the drtM ‘
ada la the moat
, r „ t _
Anita Bblnlsf has returned from a {gain in the deposit* of the bank* of Cor^
•k from Umla
Itoltfmorc.
W. J. Henning wiU go
■MUR..,, onrlnclng erblenee of ..
•turn this Immlnkm's fimaperitr. Ia* year the de-
school In ( posits were |5i2.Wb.m. The total ha* now
I grown to St£M»).rao. In 1M they w«
622J,u40 f Q49 ( less than half that • mount.
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