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IIKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, f!A., SUNDAY. .MAY 25, 1015.
unless you say something precise
Above all, speak -without gestures,
which are the enemy of grace in con
versation. • I«
“Third—When at table, taste rather ]
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A LL the way from Europe this
bit of gossip came, and while
I do not vouch for it. I think
it sounds reasonable, for certain it
is that the young woman whom it
concerns is one of Atlanta’s prettiest
girls, well equipped for the conquest
attributed to her charms. "They say”
that Miss Mignon McCarty, who has
spent the past several months abroad
with a party of friends, has won much
admiration from the European men
she has met, and from one in par
ticular, a “real live count,” she found
it difficult to escape without an en
gagement ring.
The Count was introduced in Brus
sels. and immediately attached him
self to the Atlanta party, to the
amusement of all concerned. Just
at first, Miss McCarty thought her
conquest was a funny affair, but the
Count was so much in earnest and
his “attentions” were so much
“marked,” she soon decided that con
tinental courtship was altogether too
hurried and too enthusiastic for her
liking. I think I will have the sup
port of many Atlanta young men
when I express the hope that the
Count failed to persuade this lovely
Atlanta giri to look with favor on
his title, estates and himself. (That's
the qualifications of a foreign suitor,
the proper order in which to name.
I believe.)
* * •
11 7 HILE we are on the subject of
foreign conquest I can’t resist a
few words. I have heard many At
lanta women sp^ak enviously of the
good fortune of Mrs. James B. Duke,
who was formerly Mrs. Nannie Holt
Inman, of Atlanta. Mrs. Duke has
taken up her residence in England,
and bids fair to become a social lion
in London. For the benefit of those
who would like to trade places with
Mrs. Duke, 1 am going to publish an
insert from a letter I received from
a very dear friend who went over
there and tried to become as English
as the Englishmen themselves.
“I behave,” she said, “exactly like
an Englishwoman—more exactly like
an Englishwoman than any English
woman born—ever does. Every day
in the week and every hour in the
day I behave that way. I do it
even when I am by myself. But
when I simply can not stand it any
longer. I lock myself up in a little
room, put on a short skirt, sing coon
songs and dance rag time until 1
can’t sing and dance no more. That
lets off the steam, and I can begin
being English again.”
If it is as bad as all that, I do not
envy Mrs. Duke a particle, do you?
* * *
gY the way. the ships that pass in
the night n the voyage between
the United States and Europe are
sure to be carrying Atlantans either
way. at the present time. Some are
coming home, and others are going
abroad for the summer. If the ex
periences of Mrs. William Patillo
and Mi>'s McCarty as to weather
conditions is to be the common expe
rience of winter tourists, I think the
wise course is to go abroad now.
Mrs Patillo wrote to friends here,
that it had rained or snowed fully
half the time they were abroad. Her
descriptions of open platforms, no
stations, slow trairis, snow, ice and
rain, would persuade prospective trav
elers to take a summer tour every
time. I understand that this party
was due to arrive in New York to
day.
* * *
JV/J1SS DOROTHY HARMON, who
has studied in Berlin this winter,
will come home early in June, and
I suppose she will spend the summer
at East Lake, with her family. Miss
Madge Horne and Miss Irene Lopez,
who have been at a school In Rome.
Italy, for the winter, will not come
home until fall. They have been
Joined bv Miss Horne’s father, Mr.
C. A. Horne, and 1 understand are to
spend the summer in travel over the
Continent. Miss Mary Algood Jones
and her mother are other Atlantans
en route home. Miss Jones will be
one of next winter’s debutantes. She
is -in ardent horsewoman and I sup
pose must be very anxious to get
home and see her fine horses, of
which she has several.
A
MONO the travelers outward
bound are Mrs. Frank Adair and
Miss Leone Ladson. I believe they
arc due to-‘day at an Italian port
where they are to join Mrs. Leonora
Pace Owsley for a tour. Mrs. Ows-
lty spent last winter in Paris, where
she has a pretty apartment. Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest L. Rhodes are on their
way to Europe also, having sailed a
few days ago They will travel
t hough tne summer.
* * *
A T RS VY. C. COLES tells me
1 that she will not be in
the States for the national con
vention of the Alpha Della
Phis, of which organization she is
president.. She* is leaving for Europe
the latter part “f May and the con
vention. assembling in June, will be
presided over by the vice president.
Mrs. Coles travels with Miss Rohr's
party. Misses Katherine and Lillian
Sturdivant, sailing on June 12, will
tour Europe and plan to spend next
winter in Germany. An interesting
Atlanta louring party will include
Mrs. Henry Jackson and her young
daughter. Miss Eula Jackson, and
MIps Ada Alexander. They will be
abroad until September and expect
to visit Germany. Northern Italy and
Switzerland, the stay concluding with
a month in Paris and London. Mr.
and Mrs. \V. S. Witham are sailing
on May 29 for’the summer and a
party chaperoned by Mrs. Frank
Logan will include several attractive.
Atlanta girls. Misses Sarah Lee
Evans, Aurelia Speer and Nell Waldo.
* * *
T UNDERSTAND that there is a
* movement on foot to establish a
purely woman’s club in Atlanta,
which will be modeled after a man’s
club in every way except that the dues
will be made so reasonable as to be
within the reach of the clever pro
fessional woman of moderate means.
My informant tells me that the co
terie of women who are planning this
innovation expect to have an estab
lishment in which there will be read
ing rooms, a swimming pool, a res
taurant where drinks will be served
and a theater in which plays can be
produced.
My informant tells me that at first
it was suggested that a smoking
room be included, but that this idea
received scant consideration. I was
not permitted to know the names ot
the women interested, but I was as
sured that the list included the best
in Atlanta’s smart set.
• • *
'rllE girls are coming home from
* colleges and finishing schools, far
and near. Many of them graduate
this summer and will be debutantes
of the coming season. A few of these
young girls will go abroad for a
year, but most of them have planned
to join the merry throng at next
year’s debutante Nine oVlock Ball.
Miss Adgate Ellis, who has been
studying vocal music in New York
for the past year or so, has returned
home and will be a debutante next
year. Miss Josephine Mobley will
graduate this month from Miss Ma
son's rchool, The Castle, on the Hud
son. She will be the second Atlanta
graduate, I believe, for. although
many Atlanta girls go to The Castle,
few remain through the entire course
of study. Miss Mignon McCarty is
the other Atlanta graduate, and the
first to get her degree from this fine
old institution. Miss Frances Clarke
got* her diploma from Goucher last
week, and comes home soon to spend
the summer. She will he a debu
tante next winter, and 1 think Misp
Virginia Lipscomb will enter the so
cial world formally next year. Miss
Lipscomb and Miss Elizabeth Bus
ier have been at Mary Baldwin.
Staunton. Va., the past few years,
Miss Cora McCord Brown is a mem
ber of the graduating class at Lucy
Cobb this week. I hear that Miss
Brown was one of the most popular
girls in college. She is the champion
tennis player of Lucy Cobb and one
of the cleverest as well as one of the
most charming girls of that insti
tution. Miss Brown gets her diploma
Tuesday. Her parents, Governor and
Mrs. Brown, left Friday for Athens
to see their only daughter graduate.
Miss Mary Brown, the young daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown,
is another prospective debutante of
this family, being a cousin of Cora
McCord Brown. She is at Walnut
Hill, Mass., and is expected home
soon for the summer. Miss Ruth Ros
ser comes home Tuesday from Bre-
nau. She will not return to that
school, but expects to go off some
where. instead of being a debutante
next year. I hear that Louisa Hamil
ton. the young daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and niece of
Mrs. Guyton McLendon, was elected
president of the Georgia Society at
Lynchburg. Va., where she has spent
her college life. Mis.-' Hamilton grad
uates this month and enters society
next season.
* * *
\ TLA NT A women are the mo.^t
** graceful In the world, and they
can not be improved by the teach
ings of any foreign artists. Nadu,
the Frenchman, who is thought to be
the finest Parisian delineator of the
beautiful lines of women, has set
forth six rules foV the cultivation of
gra cefulness.
“Grace,” he asserts, “is not merely
a gift of nature. It is also a com
plete science which every woman can
and should study to do herself real
justice.
I do not recommend these rules ol
Nada's for our Atlanta women, but
I am going to put them down here
anyway. Here they are:
“First—When in company adopt
rather a remote air. Don’t show too
eager interest in what people say.
Let it be thought that you are enig
matic. Nothing succeeds so well as
this.
“Second—Speak ae little as possible
than cat. East with studied gesture
so as to show off the hand and arm.
“Fourth—When receiving at home,!
or when in a box at the theater, have •
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a few roses with long stalks at hand.
Inhale them from time to time. This
movement of gathering up flowers
close to the face is of never-fading
grace.
"Fifth—Study the sound of ycur
voice. So many women lose part of
their charm as s»oon as they open the
mouth. A voice of half a pitch, low
without being grave, may be obtained
with very little trouble, and is in
finitely seductive.
“Sixth—Let the five foregoing rules
be carried out in the most natural
Way without the smallest effort per
ceptible; for. if effort be revealed by
your way of inhaling the flowers or
putting a glass* to your lips, better
give it up and go back to mother
nature.”
* * *
t MUST tell something that I heard
* an enfant terrible perpetrate at a
dinner party given in honor of sev
eral of the visiting Presbyierian
celebrities the past week. Thie preco
cious child had been looking at one
of these ministers, who boasted of a
magnificent hirsute adornment, and
finally she got out a tablet and pen
cil and started to draw. The minister
watched her for a few moments and
then s*aid:
“What are you doing?”
“I was drawing your picture.” said
the little girl, “but 1 do not like it
very much, so I guess 1 will put a
tail onto it and call it a dog.”
The minister left soon after.
* * *
A NEW card game called ‘Rum”
has struck the popular fancy. A
member of the younger set naive
ly remarked that "the girls didn't like
it so much, but the men do—probably
because it is something played with
chips.” I don't know much about the
game, but its name is against it, ac
cording to my way of thinking. They
say who have played “Rum." that
it is very fascinating when learned. It
is almost as hard as auction bridge,
and consequently, is more fascinat
ing than a simpler game. I suppose
it must have some resemblance to the
great American game of poker, as it
is sometimes played with chips. I do
not care for cards, personally, and
wonder how the younger set, espe
cially, can sit around a card table,
while the music is calling for a one-
step or a tango whirl. I noticed a
group of girls and young men were
learning to play “Rum." at East
Lake, a few evenings ago. Every
now and then some one would stop
by the table for a minute and then
off to the ball room. The strains of
the music drifted in, and by and by.
the interest in “Rum" perceptibly les
sened. Before an hour had passed,
every one of the card-players had
followed the crowd to the ball room
and were dancing with much more
enthusiasm than they had played
“Rum." We may grow fond of
“Rum.” later on. but now the tango
has a stronger appeal.
* * *
npHE new Cubist hat has come to
* town, or at least there was one In
town Thursday afternoon when I
s-'pled it. It was shaped in a perfect
cube, and there was no trimming on
it except a wide ribbon, with scores
of polychromous cubes hand-painted
and tightly drawn around the sharp
angle sides. A Cubist pin fastened
the curious headgear to the hair. It
was of rich brown and bright yellow,
and maoe altogether a startling com
bination. The wearer disappeared in
the Georgian Terrace and I lost signt
of her. If we get the men wearing
Bulgarian neckties and the women
rearing Cubist hate, there will cer
tainly be a curious jangle of colors
on Peachtree.
• * •
Hr slip*.
She slides—
«Shr tripi.
th strides—
ti'he shambles
lie stalks—
she ambles.
Hi walks—
Hr prances.
She hobbles—
She dances.
Hi wabbles—
Hr hups.
she dips—
She flop*'
Hr flips—
Hr leaps.
She bounds—
Shr sweeps.
He pounds—
She bustles,
Hr flings—
He “rustics."
She springs—
4s their paces thus we note
H e mag surely wonder whether,
When they each hare got a vote,
They will march in step together.
• * *
THE verse above was written by the
* dainty litle North Side girl who
has contributed several other poetic
bits to this column, and is very ex
pressive of the tango dance. This
step, which has caused so much dis
cussion, seems Aiot to be diminishing
one bit in its popularity in Atlanta.
At every hop given except those at
East Lake, where it is barred -the
tango enthusiasts abound.
In this respect, two cable dispatches
from London the past week are in
teresting. One of them is to the ef-
fest that a prominent hostess, who
had sent out cards for t splendid
dance, telephoned to her guests short
ly before the affair and told them
that if the tango, the turkey trot, or
any other freak dances should be at
tempted. the orchestra would imme
diately cease playing. The dispatch
adds that many of the guests lost
interest in the dance.
The other item conferring rhe tan
go was to the effect that the vice
president of the Imperial Society of
Dancing Masters declares tin* one step
and tlie Boston are two of the most
graceful fiances invented since the
time of the minuet. And further he
declares that the most exacting pet
son »-an find absolutely no fault with
them if they were properly danced.
J ewelry
Gifts for the Girl
Who Graduates.
M. RICH & BROS. CO.
Furniture for «,
Summer — All
Sorts. 3*
| Silk Prices Slashed to Shreds in o Final Clear away |
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End of May draws near. We must be rid of all sale silks at its close. Hence we re-group the various lots, make deep
slashing reductions, offer smart, fashionable silks at unheard of low prices. Whomsoever has a silk need, take heed:
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'2 59c All-Silk Foulards, Now at
All-silk foulards at less than cotton price. Not a few
tag-ends, blit a full 1,000 yards or more in the neat pat
terns favored by fashion. Chiefly in the staple navy blues,
Copenhagens and black; 23 inches.
$1 Soft Chiffon Taffetas at
Half price for these soft, drossy taffetas. AH silk, free*,
flowing quality, soft and pliant. Drapes delightfully. Solid
colors and two-tone and changeable effects: 27 inches.
19
49
Many $1.50 Fashionable Silks
Almost three yards for the usual price of one. Choose
from yard-wide Tussah crepe de chines in leading colors,
36-inch silk chiffon taffetas in colors 44-inch suiting silks in
neat patterns.
$2.50 to $3.00 Silk Chiffons, Etc.
Loveliest fabrics of the foreign looms; beautiful soft
silk chiffon and silk voiles with deep chartneuse silk bor
ders, some with stripes, others bestrewn with dainty flow
ers. About all colors; 44 inches.
(Ready at 8:30 A. M.—Silk Annex, Main Floor, Left)
59
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Sale of Makers’ Surplus Stocks “A Let-Go” of Laces
New Arrivals in Summer’s Approved
Fashions at Notably Low Prices
Last week the buyer returned from his New
York trip. His return signalized an inflow of new suits
and dressesjJ)y almost every express. All week we've
been busily unpacking them; now we re ready to sell.
$10 to $12.50 Lingerie Dresses at $5.85
White embroidered voile and lingerie flouncings have
been developed into very stylish dresses, Other while dresses
are trimmed in laces, adorned with crystal buttons, crushed
silk girdles, etc. In the same lot are '‘composed" one-piece
dresses—the skirt of white linen; the coat of colored linene.
$5.95 to $8.50 Summer Dresses $3.85
The little price wouldn’t pay for the materials. Made of
soft white lingeries and voiles, prettily developed in laces and
embroideries.
$18.75 to $27.50 Ratine Dresses $11.95
It's a pleasant surprise to get the popular ratine dresses
so much under price. Some are trimmed in Bulgarian colors.
some are In the "coatee” one-piece styles,
embroidery trimmed. White and colors.
some are lace or
$15 Ratine Suits $7.85
Smartly tailored ratine
suits that will give service
the entire summer at sea
shore. mountain or in city
streets. White, pink or grey.
$6.50 Coats $4.95
These short Norfolk coats
are just the garment for cool
nights or mornings. Made of
soft English flannel in bright
red or Copenhagen blue. All
sizes to 36.
Loosen Your Purse-Strings, for Lovely
Laces Are Priced Irresistibly Low.
There’s a big story behind this sale of fine laces, but who
cares for causes when one can share such results as
$3.50 Allover Crepe Embroideries at $1.98
The material is a soft, sheer, crinkly crepe. It is em
broidered all over with a neat spray design. 45 inches wide—
charming for dresses, etc.
35c Laces 19c
Shadow laces in bands and edges.
Widths 4 to 12 inches, (’ream
and white. Not a yard worth
less than 25c, many worth 50c;
average being easily 35c. Choice
19c.
10c to 20c Laces 6c
Pretty val laces in matched sets of (
edges and insertings, 2 to 4 inch
es wide. All white and real tints.
Choose a plenty at the little price]
of 6c.
$3 Embroidered Flouncings $1.19
Sheer white voiles and batiste variously embroidered in
charming eyelet and shadow patterns. 45 inches wide.
'il 1 ;
Lace Bands 69c
$1 to $1.50 venise and macrame
cream and white lace bands. 4 to
H inches wide.
Allover Laces 39c
50c t« R9c shadow all-over laces In
cream and white. Popular for
waists, dresses, etc.
$25 to $35 Wool Suits Only $12.85
It s a little price to pay for such suits of such superior quality. One particularly
striking style is of Bedford cord, tailored, in cutaway fashion, lined throughout with
messaline silk. Tans, blues or greys.
Other soils include white Bedford cords with black or colored stripes, solid blue or
black serges, neat whipcords, ratines, etc. An unrivaled assortment. Of our old suits none for
merly sold for less than $23.50; the uew arrivals are worth from $27.50 to $35. Choice $12.85.
A Little Disposal of Summer Waists
rf* a Q f - for waists worth $6 to
$8.50. Made of white voiles.
* lingeries and marquisettes and
embroidered crepes. Some with high neck
and long sleeves; some with round Dutch
necks; .some with the new baby collars. Ali
smart styles. Choice $4.95.
rf* Fy j** for silk shirts formerly
X , a) $2.50 to $3.50. Mannish styles,
~ coat models with attached
French cuffs. All while or white with colored
stripes. Also $2.50 lingerie waists with Bulga
rian embroidered collars, and white nursing
waists at $1.95. (Ready-to-Wear—2nd Floor)
Linen & Lingerie Robes Reduced i-3
All our white batiste and voile robes and all our white
and colored linens now one-third less than the usual prices.
Variously embroidered in eyelet, shadow, and
Were $15 to $60; now $10 to $40.
(Laces—Main Floor, Right)
$45 Rugs Are Now $27.50
and the rug chief says “announce the
news in big type." For these are the fa
mous Bundhar Wilton rugs that have a national
reputation for being “Durable as Iron.” They will
wear almost forever, and the colorings and the pat
terns will last just as long. 12 rugs and 12 different !
patterns in Persian, Oriental, All-over and Conven- >
tional designs. Combinations to harmonize with any
color scheme.
The Bundhar Wilton people have dropped these pat
terns, hence we have dropped the price from 45 to
$27.50. Sale for Monday only.
(Rugs—Third Floor)
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| $7.50 Linen Cloths at $4.90
These $7.50 cloths for $4.90 are in
cluded in nn odd lot of all linen cloths
that formerly sold at $6.50 to $8.50
each. The May Linen Sale groups
them and offers choice at $4.1)0. Sizes
are 2x2 yards, 2x2%. 2x3, 2x3%, 2 Vgx
2 Vi.
Other odd lots, including
and regulation cloths in al
from 2x2 yards to 2 l /»x‘S l /a
are grouped thus:
$2.90; were $4 to $5.
$5.90; were $8.50 to $11.
$3.90; were $5 to $7.50.
$6.90; were $9 to $12.50.
Round Scalloped Linen Table Cloths
Handsome linens in tine old-fashioned German weaves, Scotch
round
sizes
vards,
$3 Work Basket
The third sav- /t» ■* q
ing because J l.^O
(v e l m port t
these direct, saving the job
ber’s profit.
Made of wicker with red moire
lining and red leather top.
Fitted with scissors, bodkin,
needles and thread. An at
tractive basket; and most
convenient.
(Center Aisle—Main Floor)
The Best Maker of Mesh Bags i
in America. Formerly---
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damask and the elegant Moravian damask,
this:
Reductions run like
Size. Were.
Now.
68x68. $4.00
$2.48
81x81 6.00
4.90
69x69 8.50
5.90
90x90 10.00
6.80
Size. Were. Now.
88x88 $12.50 $ 8.50
88x88 15.00 9.69
90x90 18.50 12.50
Napkins to match.
Great reductions throughout the rest of the linen stock,
in sheets and cases, bedding and white goods.
(Main Floor, Left Aisle,)
Also
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$7.50 Fine Switches $5
Fine wavy hair, soft uniform texture, 30 inches
long, 3 ounces in weight. To match about every con
ceivable shade save grey.
$7.50 transformations $5.95 $5 transformations ...$3.95
$6 transformations ...$4.95 $2 transformations . $1.50
Sale of Grey Hair Switches
Wofnen who have had trouble in set tin?; an -exact match
in grey are invited to attend this sale. New shipments
make the stock unusually complete these special price
concessions to interest you.
$10 switches $7.95 $o switches $3.95
$7.50 switches $5.95 $3.50 switches $2.95
All these goods arc on sale in the
Hair Goods and Beauty Parlors, where
expert service is given in manicuring,
hair dressing, and scalp and face mas
sage. These treatments are 50c each,
or 15 for $5.
(2nd Floor)
Hand-Made
Lingerie
•J list
over on the last
French
stea me r—fresh
' from
the Customs
House.
A little late for
the Ma
y Sale, but none-
theless
welcome. Va-
riously
in combinations,
gowns,
chemise, corset
covers
and drawers.
Every
garment hand-
sewed
and hand-em-
broider
ed throughout.
And in
each lot we offer
one “
SPECIAL” for
Monday.
(Second Floor)
sold only to jobbers. Now he has
enlarged his factory and is selling
direct. Knowing the value of our ac
count. he made us a special price
concession to secure an opening or
der. The hags are here for to-mor
row's selling. They will all be priced
$2.98, Though Values Are $3.50 to $5
We're certain about the values be
cause we have sold similar hags
(bought through a jobber) at $3.50
to $5.
Mesh hags are all 5%, 6 and 7 inch frames, rounded andisquare
corners, plain, embossed or chased designs. Oxidized or pol
ished. Long link chain, soldered links. Bag proper is made
of the round breakless mesh. About a dozen different styles;
the majority shown here or anywhere for the first time.
Choice $2.98.
(Center Aisle—Main Floor)
ECONOMY BASEMENT
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Neckwear Sale
R a t b e r Ilian (fo -| fx Q
have brok e n J) | . Jj Q
lines cluttering “
up stock we hurry them out
Monday at $1.98 — former
prices $2.50 to $6.
Flesh, attractive styles, all new
this season. A few may he
slightly mussed, most of them
spick and span. Hand-em
broidered collars, coat set,
jabots, etc. Choice, $1.98.
(Main Floor, Right)
Up to 18c Ginghams J
Standard ginghams, every woman
knows these qualities—Bates’ dress ginghams, nurse
stripes and solid colors, Red Seal dresses, ginghams
in light and dark colors and fancy dress ginghams in
mill lengths of 10 to 20 yards.
27-in. All-Linene Suiting at|
Firm and flaxful all linene suiting in
just the weight, texture and natural oqlor so desired
for ladies’ and children's suits and dresses.
White India Linon Only
Fine, sheer white India Linon with a iirni
uni for III finish. For waists, dresses and linings. 30
inches.
18c Real Serpentine Crepe 12J C
3 he genuine Serpentine crepe, soft and 2
crinkly for kimonos, house dresses, etc. In a fine
range of new patterns. Mill lengths 10 to 20 yds.
$2.50 Scalloped Tablecloths 1 /?Q
150 round table cloths. 72-inch size. t *
.Made of heavy t'nion linen damask. Finely finished
with rich permanent lustre. Choice of three patterns.
m. RICH & BROS. CO. ORDER BY MAIL M. RICH & BROS. CO.
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