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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28
AN AUTUMN COAT.
WOMAN,S ODD LITTLE WAYS
BY TABITHA SOURGRAPEs.

ter earlier than boy babies, and they
keep the lead through life. But now
come c. s. and NJ S. to equalize the
sexes. While man, heaven be praised,
will probably not talk more, woman
again heaven be praised-will tax
less. IF the lady Scientist is true to
her faith, she viii be hidden in the ST.
lence at least one hour daily while she
is claiming and demanding her de-
sires. There are. let US say. a million
lady Scientists on the globe During
the time they are in the silence they
will not be talking gossip about each
other, they viii not be nagging their
husbands. they VIII not be scolding
the children and. best Of all, they
will not be spreading abroad some
secret they promised faithfully never
to tell In the silence no woman can
be in mischief. The world has gained
through these two cults a million
hours a day of heavenly rest and
peace. Is it not beautiful Is it not
inspiring
Again. it Is no longer necessary for
a woman abruptly to tell friend. hus-
band or child to cease talking. In
stead of the coarse. curt. common in
junction to "shut up" the lady Of oc-
cult spiritual or mental practice wiz
remark merely, Go into the silence
AT CiuD grievance committee meet
ing where she is chairwoman. when
half dozen ladies begin to grow red
in the face and clack all at once. in
stead of pounding the already worn
out and Disguised gavel till il shrieks
she viii need only to wave her hand
impressively and say in tones more or
less thrilling;
Let us go into the silencei"
Again. we may expect this same
gentle phrase viii come into play
when the young lady Scientist falls
out with her most intimate girl
friend. She then viii no longer eX-
claim Historically, And / don't want
you ever to speak to me again as long
as livet" She win merely observe in
a dignified tone, "Minty Ann, go into
the silencel"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

being edged with a narrow black vel
vet ribbon. The forecast for evening
gowns is that they will be excessively
dainty and perishable. Ball gowns OF
ruffied tulle for instance. are going to
be all the rage for US members of the
younger set. My furrier has sent me
catalogue showing his latest and most
exclusive designs. and [ am surprised
to see how many of the garments end
at the waist line They are not even so
long as those of last winter because the
Russian blouse on the lines of " hich
many of them are cut. does not permit
the long pointed effect in front which
protects one somewhat. How are we
going to keep warm
L wonder if you are noticing how
much more fluffy all the styles are be-
coming so that even the tailor mades
and stiff shirt waists are being modi-
fed? The plain, mannish sailor hat
and the stiff waistcoat are things Of the
past and so is the mannish girl let me
tell you-the girl who rejoices in her
coarse boots, her freclSIes and her large
waist. Oh, yes. you meet a few stin.
There is one now I can see her from
this window stamping across the fields
to the golf grounds. but she is stumping
alone. She has a soft felt pulled over
her eyes like q man, and her boots have
soles an inch thick, With nails in them.
She scorns anything SO feminine as
pulling her belt down ia the front, and
when she clumps her way into the
house and heaves herself into a chair
you have to look twice to assure your
self 1t is not a man. Now. a year or SO
ago that would have been considered
very smart, but last night overheard
her being criticised very severely by
our hostess and a couple of other ma
irons, and / shouldn't be at all sur
prised if that new woman style of hers
would cost her several particularly de-
sirable invitations later on It lust
shows you that a girl can't afford to
cling to a fad one minute after it's
passe.
Perhaps the surest way of all is to
be purely conventional outwardIy ana
to keep your fads for your own private
recreation like KATE CLYDE.
Tuxedo. N. Y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

CERTAINLY the greatest boon to
a sinful and dying world since
the invention of printing is the
discovery, devising or PRONUNCIATION.
call it as you Will of Christian Sci
ence and Mental Science. Now,
don't cry out against this. Wait
till Sourgrapes explains. After she
has done SO the most learned and
cocksure physician of the most regu-
lar school, the doctor of divinity most
set in his ways, viii take off his hat
and bow agreement. In respect 10
one blessing only both Christian Sci
ence and Mental Science are worth
millions a minute.
The feminine sex, being ever recep-
tive, bless them, to things new. are
the most numerous and enthusiastic
followers of the two named cults.
And, irrespective of wide branching
paths in other directions, both these
alike enjoin the daily practice of "go-
ing into the silence Now do you
perceive?
The two cults have enriched the
English language by a phrase that
viii stay, GO into the silence" Oh,
sweet phrase of blessed rest, what
possibilities of peace in women's
clubs, what surcease of sorrow for
ears of tired husbands at night you
hold Blessed words of easement for
all humanity In the fullness of time.
whatever the race most needs comes
to it.
While it cannot be said with strict
regard to truth that man is the think
ing half of humanity, it can be said
with entire exactness that woman is
the talking half It is a physiological
fact that girl babies learn to talk on
the average four months and quar-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28
AUNT
LEFTY
A NINETEENTH
CENTURY
NEW WOMAN

was mineral spring with healing vir-
tues in its waters; at least men believed
So Divers went past Aunt Letty's cot
tage to drink from the mineral spring.
Near the spring was a dingy, small es-
Enlistment where We're supposed to be
Kept bottles of the healing waters for
farmers and others to take home with
them. But the shop also kept some
thing else for sale-what may be in
ferred from the fact that that was a no
license village. To the luckless traveller
who passed her front yard Aunt Letty's
salutation half the time would be:
Aha, Been a-gittin' more mineral
water. have you2 Better be a-buyin'
shoes for your young onesi"
Or to the next, who might be the vii
lage rich man in his respondent new
road wagon:
so it's you, is it? Got another new
buggy, have you2 And a fast horse?
No wonder, a-swallerin' farms and wild
ows' homes they way you do. Givin'
money TO the church won't salve It
over. Jim Snug. Riches that's got
hathaway carries a curse with 'enl,
Jim Snug, you mind."
Or to the next:
Coin a-fshin ag'in, Sam Smiley
Ya-as! Got plenty of mineral water
along, too, / see. Don't forgit the min
eral water for your stag party. And ]
pose you've left Mary Ann at home
slavin' and a-waitin' on them four chill
ZEN with the measles, and you never
liftin' finger to help her, though she
was a-layin' dead. One of these days
she viii die and leave you, and then
what'u you do2 Git another, of course,
like old man Hucks, who had four
wives in ten years and buried 'em all
in row and never set up a tombstone
to none of 'em. No wonder he got rich.
It pays man to have workin' wives
Don't forgit the mineral water. Oh,
noi''
She could lay her accusing finger
upon the pet sin of every man for ten
miles around, and she told him of it,
whether drunkenness, cheating, miser-
Illness. lying or cruelty to woman, child
or beast
To her own sex, true to her new wom-
an instinct. Aunt Lefty was less severe.
She judged that women got their pun
ishment as they went along Strange
to say. not one of the men whom she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

T HERE are women so wise and
50 strong and SO agreeable to
have around that it seems &
pity they should die. and Aunt
n Lefty Atkins, who has passed
away IN northern New York,
as one Of these. Her life, as it was
-opped just short of the century mark
Aunt Lefty. as all her world called
ser, had a childhood, youth and middle
&c full of toll and of such experiences
5 impeIed her on to the conclusion
nat the masculine sex, as a rule, had
Tot much sense or, worse yet, much
conscience. A step further along this
oath of reasoning brought her 20 the
inal decision that men were as chill
lren who needed constant admonish
nent for their souls sake, and that she
herself was the superior person to ad-
minister it. Like some twentieth cen
any new women, Aunt Lefty was ser
ere on men.
After toiling through ninety years of
poverty and disappointment she rested
through the Kindness of one of the in
'arior masculine sex. and for the re-
nainder of her life mostly read news
1apers and lectured men She was an
1mnivOrous newspaper reader. which
act of itself is proof she was a woman
III strong. active brain. Tt is claimed
by some that newspaper print destroys
ne eyeSight. Aunt Lefty read news
1apers all her life, and not once did she
'equire glasses. She was never weary
sf jeering at and making sport of her
evenly year-old daughter. who had to
ONE to spectacles.
OF summers in her closing years Aunt
Lefty sat in a low chair in her front
yard, read her paper and watched all
Dassersby. saIuting or berating them
according to their desserts More men
han women passed, consequently the
greeting full often took the form of
good ..wigging' Aunt Lefty was Well
informed in that sort Of neighborhood
knowledge which is power. She knew
the hidden sins of every man in the
She considered it her mission
% reform him and to do it openly before
III men. She was a tiny mite Of an old
girl, withered and wrinkled- To the
asst moment of her life her mind was
lear as a crystal, and her tongue was
sharp as a stilettO.
In the village near which she dwelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

ursts sister has one Of deep red silk
lined with rubber, with three little
capes decorated in a fanciful applique
design in leather. I'm n-m! ms
part of the letter refers to Murlel
and Ashurst. so I'll skip it. All, here
we arei 'sOne of the most stunning
gowns that Felix is making for me is
Of heavy lace in the new pinkish yellow
shade made over white taffeta and ap-
pliqued with sprays of yellow chiffon
roses with velvet foliage 1 wonder
whether Wen have anything new IN the
way Of trimming to take the place OF
the appliqued flower sprays which have
been so popular for the last SIX
months.
Auriel goes on to say that the
French gowns show a great deal OF the
overskirt effect. and some very smart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

no cy-nic, but what I'm telling you is
the result OF long experience Be per-
sistently kind to a man, and in less
than a week you viii notice a self sat
lslied air about him as If he was awak-
enlng to his own excellence In two
weeks he viii lean back, metaphorically
speaking. and take it easy In month
you VIII be the anxious one, and YOU
VIII be dying to ask him if he really
sim cares for you And if you do that
it's practically all up with everything.
I shall never forget an experience /
ago when # was very young and conse-
queutly foolish There was a certain
man who was coming on very nicely
and felt so sure of him that L unbent
little and showed him my true self
sweet and simpie-and brushed away
from his view an my naughty articles
and double dealings as I would cob
webs. In other words, he saw the real
plain. unvarnished me looking al him
with round baby eyes III had them ia
those days; ] have them now when
want them. for the matter of 1haD At
first he was delighted with the new me %
lie saFelied with a sense OF protection.
and mis- eyes assumed a tender express
sion, which was very satisfactory un-
til it became Intermittent. During the
intermissions he began TO undertake to
give me advice; then he let me say nice
things to him and forgot to say them
himself; then he felt SO sure of me that
one day he actually suIked in my pres
ences and he would only half make up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

too. That was the end. I saw hc
wrong my proceedings had been. Here
1 was actually worrying over his be
havior when it was his business to go
crazy over mine
changed matters very quickly, can
tell YOU When he next called. I was
not at home. Then ne stopped coming,
III order to bring me to terms, / sup
pose. and. daresay, he thought I
would ring him UP in my old CHEEKY
way over the telephone. I did nothing
Of the sort. Three weeks passed. one
afternoon when came home Felicie
told me that a gentleman had called
me over the telephone. but that he
wouldn't leave his name. OF course. I
knew Stin I did nothing. Two days
afterward Felicie came for me and told
me he was at the phone. / rushed there
and called out gayly, rs that you,
JACKIE in the most delighted tones I
could summon OF course his name was
not Jack, nor did have any Jack at
that particular time. That only illus
trates what I said about not speaking
the truth with a man. How it did
worl1t
How could you leave me alone for
three whole weeks, dearest?" he ex-
CLAIMED ferNently when next we met I
turned upon him a pair of enigmatical
eyes why didn't you caI12H I said
quietly DO you mean to say that if I
hadn't rung you UP chat time you
would have let me slip out Of your life
forever2' he murmured in solemn tones
Certainly; why not?" remarked
suavely- IF you did not think it worth
while, Why should I2'' And he grow
eled.
OF course 7 had the good sense to
Keep him in that position ever after.
and 1 can assure you that bonhons.
flowers and absolute Alteration were
mine without stint
Here L am reminiscing. TV7n1y 5i7-,,t
you stop me before2 And I have 81
little space left in which to ten Won
hundreds Of thingsl In the first place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28
FUR TRIMMED OPERA CLOAK.

him for what he Island in spite of it
who will be a wife and pal who viii be
a solid comfort to him. let him choose
woman who has been out in the
business world and gained a broader
view of the world and OF man. Such a
one will take man for just what he is
worth-no foolish ideals about his
greatness. just a plain man-good fell
low who won't bluff because he knows
he cannot, and they viii be happy be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

nroidery in the shape OF bands ng-
ure largely on many of them. Wen,
that's the way my new auto coat is
trimmed You'n find sketch of it
here somewhere on the page. She says
that waterproofs-I suppose one should
be English and say raincoats-are COM
ing in once more and that they are
gay beyond description. Lord Ash
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gowns are IlidAS
with as many
as eight over
tapping 8 or e q
rufnes reaching
from the waist
wn. " n n
made of thin
yelling owe L
glace silk this
a rrange IN e n [
gives a most
nowerlike effect.
These skirts are
u a + [ C u ] q I 1 Y
stunning 3, s n e
$ a Y s. " h G n
made of black
point esprit
over liberty sat
-.1- r,4fHa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

The question of woman and matri-
mony, with an admixture of business,
seems to a woman writer as a matter
OF personal taste upon the part Of the
man in the case. If he wants a cling
ing vine, some one who will put him on
a pedestal and be grateful that fate has
given her a god-usually inlet him
keep away from the business woman.
But if he wants a chum who viii take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

here's a letter
from dear old
N1uriel IL Paris.
and it's fun Of
ia shion IDEAS.
y eide dly, /
must take a
run down to
New York next
week and look
into the shops.
This letter fair
~ makes me
hOnnesick.
Muriel says
that all the
swell long coats
are tucked to
death and that
trimmin gs of
Persian o,n-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

Flannel waists. which are out in full
force, have in many instances the
plain colors trimmed with plaid In
some of the blouses the plaid is used
only as a piping and in others as lapels,
cuffs, turnovers to collars, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

ture time hen
I have a far
more attractive
Teddy IN view;
when I have
% perhaps the
predestined, the
particular Ted
dy- oh, both
eri I won't
think Of such a
thing I was
too careless, too
sure Of success
or too kind
That's 1T. ]
was too kind.
There are two
thin e S Y o u
can't be with a
man = truthful
liz, "a III IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

things come my way too much. I don't
agree with her She has managed late
IF 90 appropriate something which he
longed IN me-. e, Teddy Morrison. SO
it's all very well for her to talk
oon see, TO save nay life. how he hap
pened To slip through my fingers Not
that care-for goodness sake don't
think that-but it nils me with q rather.
unpleasant feeling to think that for
once my methods have failed That
means that they are not fnfallibIe:
that they may fail me again at some ft1-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

cause neither one expects too much.
Business never untitled for matrimo-
ny any woman who was originally fit
ted for it. She can go through busi-
ness career without any loss of any
kind 1t rests entirely with her And
she can gain much which will be Of in
eaIculable advantage in making her
life happy and that of the man who
gets her. Business brOadens her and
gives her more common sense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

dear friends. I am bored
today That's why I am
writing to you. I hope
youll help drive away the
sensation. AIaisie Bender
says I'm bored because
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-28

HERE are women SO wise and
So strong and SO agreeable to
have around that it seems g
pity they should die. and Aunt
49, \ tl-i.,r rrInn la "a es..l
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3HtaCnuri.
Spiuolebe DC ipac.

aarias Gitp. 25ee April. 5 De
6or. Stater5 RET Der tiIitoo Stepber
u. 0eltmer o. Soiepb s.. aeap ben.
bolo5uis BrPlioent OF SefretPr /
Smititute OF Magnetic Sealing / Re.
pnon, No.. ia ifuloige ! anfIoge,
for at bnpe briigt yoiten / beSrageril
Seniigt. Snititutet nuertereoe az tlut.
ne helbreoe ale Slaas Spgoomms
ia Iopeoe enoog al tirere Golf pr
aorreiporoenee. Te gioroe iaa it0c
Notwithstanding al 9teuoOa Bot
bus bPue0e ia ira iieroe til iSri,e
alnsie Eoitoepurtememet / 8di6.
iuatou loo %Sritittet3 &%oitilgar
itunoie pod en- Antiage ior beorllerit
BRIG al Eoiten. oa Sageu bleu BE-
hanOlet Tor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Senere blsp @eItmer og aelu an.
flaaet al BroHoiurieu; oeu ppieut
ligite 9eiful0nirg bar 6cbragerif
9uer;erina. 9nflngeoe RAD ON net.
tens Sormhieuiahco. Commer ifni
aiiiges ienere.
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men beitemte iie til at bIipe. Mnoer.
Jon eier Here peroifulbe Claims,
ct SoteI og mango Suie / 8etbifan.
Senpiit til 8ranojuricn.
9emars, 26oe April. Sagen MOB
Senrp Stefen, @iniom geaper %
Reter Teterion. iom or9bte Sobn
Sesien paa H%opeiarmen, er benpiit
til 8ranoiurien al Sreosoommsr
Inine.
Elnbielig Spb
2arrabee, 26be Ipril. 8omle
Carlton blep igaaraftes funoet bso /
fin Caters Siem, fem Weil Der ira
gpen. s nogen Sio bar han opfsrt
fig beipnberIist; ensaus panbrebe
ban til Ell Glib fem Mil borte og iop
iioe en- bel 8internat. Sans 9attsr
og SamiIie bar borte iaaar og fom
life biem, for Carlton bapoe goaet til
80. 0a alt por roligt, gif Ontteren
inb til bam og fnnbt bnm bso. @eo
2ieipnet piite set Zig, at bans 0so
bar notlirIig. San bleo 81 Iar gam.
mel.
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Nnrn pnknta.
Wp ssrngtbanbel.

@rano SORTS, 25oe april. ct mt
Bboleiole Srugtbus ifal bespnbe /
oenne gp i Nai. 6irmoet ifal be.
itaa af u. abrabamion / oenre gD
oe 6. 90. Sutton. iom bar repro.
ienteret ct Gbicaeoiirma paa bisis
CRATER ! mango aar.
Snrtig Sfilsmisie.
Samestopn, 260e April. Mrs.
Gus 9ea / Jamestown bleo t~ilitoaet
SfiIsmisie ira lin Wano, iom oriper
ct Sotel / Ieooro, q. 3. Sun rf
Sfilsmisien 10 Elmer eiter al bun
bopoe unbraget ON oen.
Sans SubHion oso.
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Jon. en- al De 9loite Snobpggere /
oenne Gel al Staten. beoe ieoor pnn
lin Sorm. ca. 4 Otil / SposIt for
Spen. San bar finn ipg / ioa
Gage. Sarmer 6enrp Strpder. imp
Ifil isnocnfor 9uer. oe6e al 9ungc.
betGnoeIie. San isrte engona Ell itor
aplcni Gunfaros ira Snoiona til
oenne Stdt.
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Hem DnrK.
Tlnnoercfrutcr.

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6%IonoeuGrft Tor al toae oinboro Bro.
plant % Retruter til De ip~ootlontiife
og aiiotiife Stotioner. Wonge ne.
fruter ital omboro paa SIoaifibet
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Soa iortiPtter "7irie~ til Ronila
iorbi aap oct Bobe 5nob, ca naur
Stibet bar nileperet ReIten of line
Refruter. teller bet tiIbaae til De 5or.
ereoe Stater oia Sue3fanalen.
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Srcaat Hal i9lses.

Bolton. 25oe April. Zen gamle
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re ienere aar bar Den p9ret ct 2pel-
iesifib % ct alubbus for Masia.
duietts 6Iaaoemilifs. Nen 9pen
Bottom pil life l9nger bape oen gamIe
Sfiibe / Horth emo Bart 9niin, %
noaen anoen Tiaos ueo 0anbfnnten
err Der life. Get or oerior beiluttei al
f~nsiere 6resotten % i9lge ben 0eo
oiientlig auttion.
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~bruostppe tr9uste tiolis Imorses inc
/ Malta SoIoou REQ at iprrnge ID
rem paa Diaiu Street. 3e too Or
800 Elno iunge Sernitab. lGsleoe
Oct paa Ell erpresuogn iom itoo /
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gr9nien, iprGngte Stabet % itlal
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gisrnen fliIo al BIN, @isrnen ueieoe
nGiten 500 Yuno.
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Menomonie. 26oe aprii. Sobn 8.
HcSpoIS ipraug T RsleOamnen her
iruoraes for at orutne Tia. Gn iorbt.
aaaeuoe Mrbeioer reooeoe banr, Ght
iiooer ban / 69nslet. ResooIo hur
/ mango gar pRret SoIoouuRrt Der.
Senion bsb.
Cumberland. 25oe april. 6ar-
mer Saeob 9enion, en- al oct MORO.
Iiae 8isconltrs 9ionerer. osoe pluo.
ielig i iii Stem / oenne 9p. Gbrt.
fran arberion / garronett tog en-
Dolls Bariiersrent | ben Seniigt at
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Ill aipIet | Weneoto. Anbrep
Sopes Rarmhus Der | Hrrheoer
brpnote iSaG. Sabet er $1,000; IN.
gen assurance.
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llIpffe inbtroi paa Gmababanen /
North Rrnee. 0seSeus ct hurtiaeoa.
cnbe Hraettr0n gif neSoper 9offen.
sif Ell 5Iarge poa et g%ogubilI iitpt-
fer. SeIe Srpnet unotoaen 2ofomo.
tinet prItebe, oa f~iorten Goere bIep
i1ooct iitpfter. Go9uene oor Iditet
mco Spcbe % Rel, 90 Sobet bill blioe
tort.
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Gn tor. brilliant aomei lastio.
aes i Soraodgs i Auiiralirn % / Suo-
oirifn. el.cr boao Der lomIleigI teIe-
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