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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18

sent direct to me without the inter-
Yentien of newspaper office. Immediate
ly upon receipt thereof l set about col
lecting that data our masculine member
desires to get.
am happy to be able to lay before
him and other insurgents" bona fide
letter from one who has the best pos
sible opportunities of acquiring informa-
tion upon this head:
The Barnard College luncheon room sup
plies for students a hot luncheon for q
cents. II consists OF soup, meat and one
vegetable. bread and butter, tea and
sweet. or dessert. Soup and dessert may be
also cocoa or milk at the same price. These
are designed to supplement the luncheons
the students may have brought from home.
The meat and vegetable, with bread and
butter, may be had for 10 cents. | append
a menu:
Cream OF tomato soup. hamburger steak,
or. II preferred. eggs 10 order cooked in
any way designated; baked potatoes, or. IL
preferred, beet salad brown or white bread
and butter, tea, apricot ice. Price 70 cents.
This may be called "A table d hote lunch
con-" II NJ. G. tNew York city).
The thanks of the Exchange and of
mothers In general are hereby rendered
to the friend who lays to eur hand
information bearing directly upon the
vexed question.
Mothers of school children are
cordially invited to contribute their
views of the important matter.
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4 Pie Dihcnlty

wish 10 consult you with regard TO a
dificulty L have experienced in making
pumpkin pies. They look very attractive
when drawn from the oven. but in Few
hours they fall and the next day they have
seemingly settled 10 nothing and are very
unsightly- What should be done 10 the
custard TO make the pie remain full and
firm the second day.
May / offer two valuable suggestions 10
For pneumonia: Soak a flannel cloth in
kerosene. II should be large enough 10
cover throat and chest Lay upon these
portions of the patients body. arranging
The cloth so that he must breathe the oGor
81 fhe oil. Cover TO prevent evaporation and
keen on twelve hours. II the oil threatens
n blister remove sooner. This viii not
tau for I have tested the remedy many
Ivy poison. Apply very hot water 70
tae eruption. IL viii give immediate re-
lief and make the victim comfortable.
Try IL and be convinced
c. Z. i. uong Beach. CALI.
! have not to hear for the first
time that kerosene may be used with
benefit TO the patient in cases of
pneumonia ana sore throat The
natives of the regions in which the
natural oil was first discovered called
II "St Jacobs oil' and made lavish
use Of II as a remedial agent. Care
must be taken TO avoid blistering
have in mind the case Of a woman
about whose abdomen the physician
bound a handage stepped in kerosene.
covered il after the manner Of a
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Apple Pie

7 4
T \ FULFTLLMENT Of my promise to
/ a California correspondent, we pre-
Il sent today the good thing" she en-
gagged TO bring 10 our notice and for
which we had not room in a former is
sue
Many & of my friends say make the 30 best
Is a very simple recipe by which they are
made. But here il is.
Pastry
Two cups or -four. two-thrds of a cup OF
shortening half a teaspoonful OF salt; Just
enough cold water 10 moisten the -four. Be
careful not TO get TOO much.
That is one secret OF good plecTust. Dthefs
are. Have. everything as cold as possible
IN mixing. This will make two good-Slzed
pies Put il into a cool place. It viii keep
Tor several Gays before il is cooked, and
Slice Iart apples that cook quickly, cut
them quite thin; nh the crust-llned pans
rounding full Mix from half 10 Two
thirds Ol q cupfu! of sugar with a teaspoon
ful Of -four Tor each pie StreW thlckly
over and through the sliced apples. Crate
naif 4 nutmeg upon each, dot with bits Of
butter fl on the TOP crust ana bake IN a
moderate oven until the apples are soft
II vou cannot get tart apples, add little
lemon juice. Set the pies IN such a position
Some day I viii tell you how / make my
custard lemon and cream pies. also my
If you would please men. learn to make
good pies. They all like them. / viii ike
wise tell you Of my freless cooker and now
I manage a. am watching for The
0iDi'ii1AS D-' D. i. W. california;.
You have seen, before this, me New
Zealand way of making churnless but
ter and divers others. let as have the
And anything else that has your ap-
prOVal
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Knocked French Candy

I am hut Il years old but I want TO
answer the inquiry for uncooked French
candy have made it often. Here it Is:
For the 'fondant." break the whites of
two eggs into Q bowl. add an equal meas
ufe OF cold water. and stir in powdered
sugar until the mixture is thick enous;l
TO he shaned into balls with the fngers
Flavor, In mixing. with any essence Won
Ike. Mold into little balls half an inch
In diameter and press into each half am
English walnut on each side OF the ball
Tear figs and dates apart leaving the,
Joined al the stem end. III with obionr
pieces OF the fondant and press tozefher
at the bottom. Melt some Chocolate o,.s-
a boiling tea-kettle: make balls o. fSs
fendant and dip them into the chocolate
Will some friend kindly tell me- how, .,
candy vfelets and other iower~e
FV.TTtRFTE NFrK fRu~ra1o y W
One OF our junior members who has
won the right TO ask for the info-nls-
tion that will enable her to prosecuts
her studies in the culinary field.
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In Place of Ice Water

-, send you a description of primitive
alT.sireoo cooler in use in our home: II is not
rsoomays practicable to get ice all the year
round ~, m and the price of the luxury has gone
NY Win every thing else except brainsi
homemade water Cooler
ne7,ieye have ready two perfectly new and clean
noweT NV pots of the largest size. They must
iii ne- oe painted, or, glazed. inside or out.
iv iIy g Esn and fill with water. Cover close
yWilnln couple OF hours you viii have
~ i.St IS cold as you ought to drink This
u, me ne plan Of the Mexican tolla'' (oya)
i,S iyS dl dnaVing two pots there may be cold water
in one While the other is cooling
IL J. I. S. colorado. Springs. epl.).
IL lhe east we had cold water kept in
s.ai.l ware TASKS. very porous They
meie wet on the outside continually,
tne me evaporation through the pores of
: rns ware keeping the water within cold.
l suppose your homemade cooler is
wish YOU had been a little more cir
cu,mstantial in the sketch Is the pa n
also filled with wafer? And of what
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18
IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE of the enormous
n Number Of letters sent to the
Exchange. I must ask con-
tribUtOrs to limit their comnu4li-
cations 20 one hundred 1CordS, eT-
Cept ia cases Of formulas or rec
iDeS iChich require greater space.
l00Ht all nlu correspondent to
haze a SholCiag ia the CorRer,
aid II my request ia this respect
IS complied tUitb Il lgiH be p0ssi-
bic TO print mGHy more letters.
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What they make is much more than what they buy

tablespoonful Of nght-brown sugar to each
pint Of the milk; small CRATE OF nutmeg
and cornnleal. sifted in slowly until it IS
OF the consistency Of thin cruel Boil Up
and serve s V. H. (Fcrt Wavne. Ind-)-
The null was not unlike the
thiekened milk with which the "Jer-
sey Dutch" housemother used to re-
gale her brood on stormy days. Hers
was based upon sweet milk and thick
ened with -four. In all things else. the
two were near akin We are inter
ested" in your sequel to the butter
milk soup discussion.
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Il Dish for the Gods

have noted with interest the various
recipes with high sounding names that have
Tribute another 70 swell the list?
Ambrosia
Six bananas, oranges, / small pineapple,
all peeled and sliced thin, l small package
of shredded cocoanut, generous eupful OF
arrange in a deep dish in layers. bananas;
ali are used np. with the pineappple for a
top finish. Keep in the ieebox until you are
The blending of these fruit nayors com
hines to mske dish that deserves the
do not want to weary you. but here is
a good rule for
Steamed Dumplings
sift heaping pint Of -four twice with 2
teaspoonful OF salt. Mix in with this
rounded teaspoonful Of lard or butter.
lbae9oFP9ITate th9T0gghly stir in g0od 0of
enough milk add water 10 make up the
61 MIX ths wth spoon S ,b Into s95
into a hot steamer set over Kettle OF
Steam just twenty-five nirutes. and be
SURE not to lift the cover Of the steamer
Ito peep in until the time is up These
They are nice served with veal stew and
brown gravy. Law them in a hot covered
dish and pour the gravy over them.
Pardon so many words. have tried to be
I make good Russian rocks. Do you want
the recipe? J. n fFairpoint s. D.l
/ have been trying so long to slip your
admirable contribution into our narrow
limits that l fear you are clean dis
couraged from ever letting US handle
anything of yours in the future. Next
time. we will make a niche for you,
since you have half promised to give US
other recipes. It is a positive pleasure
TO read manuscript ike yours-the next
best thing to typewriting in legibility,
and far more graceful. You viii grant
us a second trial, will you not?
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Il Bible Concordance

! would gladly pay the postage upon that
Bible concordance. i have longed for years
to possess such a treasure.
We live where the drought struck our
CROPS hard This over. the later planting
was eaten up by grasshoppers, bugs and
worms E. G. (Reasoa, Okia.)
You do not give the signature of the
person offering the concordance. | am
quite positive that the only book of that
kind put at our disposal has been called
for and is no longer accessible. In sin
cere sympathy with those whose sub
your request. Bible students will under
stand your longing and probably satisfy
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Buftermilk Soup

am interested in the +Buttermilk
soup''t?l question. and when you ask -
| feel at liberty to write.
This article of diet, / am SURG, orig
inafed in the country where dainties for
the sick were difficult to procure My
mother made It and called It .mulled but
ternilk." As such It was delicious: aId re-
beverages winch taste better for having q
pleasant sounding name.
for eonvalescerlts, for Sunday evening
tea, when the days were getting short and
cold 1t was never part of a meal. When
little COR hig) folks were recovering from
ague and fever, It was fine, It was made
as follows and served piping hot-alone or
with bread.
Mulled Buttermilk
Heat the milk: add a pinch OF salt and a
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Ube Dousemotbers
Gxrbange

pack and left it on for twenty
four hours. 1t fayed the parts treated
AS to the sinking pies, 1 incline 70
the suspicion that you get the mix
ture too thin. Drain all the liquid
from the pumpkin before adding this
TO the eggs, milk and sugar Cook 1t
thoroughly before straining. There
are thickening properties in pumpkin
or squash that are developed by cook
ing And do not be penurious with
your eggs. If you cannot afford the
right number. beat in teaspoonful
Of cornstarch for each pie.
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keep it at a galloping boil all the
time But we do not cover the pot,
and set beside it on the range small
saucepan containing boiling vinegar.
lhe fumes of the vinegar seem to kill
the cabbage smell. / can account in
no other way for the glad fact that
we never know when caulifiower and
g. ca apbage are in cooking, or suspect
.nelr presence in the house until they
come to table
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experiences I am reminded of that un-
happy clergyman and his wife who were
so overwhelmed by the gifts they re-
eeived from their devoted parishioners
that once in every ten years they had
a secret burial by night in the garden
OF the tokens which they had possessed
long enough to dare dispose of them
in this way without running the risk of
the abominations being missed from
their accustomed places. Also. recall
the true tale of a business woman who
said she always had to live In an apart-
ment adjoining vacant lot because of
the presents her stenographers gave her
at Christmas and on birthdaysl That
let was the bourne wither these SOU
venirs went and whence they never re-
turned
Perhaps not all of us are thus af-
fieted; perhaps some of us have queer.
soft-hearted computations which move
us to keep the gifts which would give
US shuddering horrors did we let our
inclinations have their way Whether
this be the case or not. we know very
clearly that we none of us wish our
presents to any one to arouse either con-
tempt or pity or to be looked upon as in
cenveniences preserved only for the sake
OF the love that lies back of them. And
because I believe this, I am uttering
today a protest against what I call
Christmas trumpery.
Some of US buy such things for our
friends from sheer laziness. We are not
sure what TO give, and we get the first
thing which suggests itself. regardless
of It's being appropriate or serviceable.
Or we see an object which is a little
unusual or attractive and get it-for
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Christmas Suggestions
FOR LATE BREAKFAs1

OrN -~-aA = 1oHA-<-1rN rNl -Aol
Grapefruit. puffed rice and cream, lamb
cn0ps baked potatoes. white and brown
bread mullins and coffee.
DINNER
Oyster cocktail. celery. olives, dill picfnapL
chicken soup. boiled salmon with egg sa -
roast turkey. cranberry sauce: mashed -
tatoes, peas mashed turnipS. plum puddire
mince pie. assorted nuts. Faisins. hcnb,ona.
coffee
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Wanted-Black Cake Recipe

have mislaid a recipe for black cake
which l clipped from the Exchange some
time ago. Will you kindly reprint it?
suppose We would call it fruit cake but
in that particular recipe it was black
cake. c. A. n. (York. Pa.
l could not engage TO recover The
formula without other guide than the
name of the cake. Somebody who cut
1t out and did not mislay it will make
good the loss.
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material are the covers of the pots?
Will somebody test the marvelously
simple contrivance and let Us know how
1t works?
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mousse with Inc usual fClSagreeaDIe O0Or.
odorless Cabbage
Cut the cabbage into quarters; cover
with cold water and let it stand in this
for an hour. Drain. and lay in rapidly
boiling water. saltec. into which you have
stirred half a teaspoonful of soda. Boil
half hour, keeping the pot covered and
at rapid boil all the time. Use large
pot, so that you can have plenty of water
and let it boil violently. Serve with melted
butter with cream sauce as you NAV
prefer. Don't boil longer than half an hour
May not have some recipes for putting
up the southern California fruits-hgs.
guayas, ETC.? l am at present a s'roonler'';
but hope TO be in my own house hy tha
next preserving time. should like. espe
cially. recipe for making guava ieily
P. E. NJ. Gos Angeles. cal,
The recipes will be Forthcoming
from your w-Californians in good
time.
Your plan of keeping the cabbage
while boiling discreetly odorless diff
fers from that practiced successfully in
my kitchen. We cook cabbage and
It's cousin german caulifiower - in
plenty OF boiling salted water and
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FRIDAY
BREAKFAST

Oranges. cereal and cream. smoked salmon
with lemon sauce. chopped potatoes sautss
brown and white bread toast tea and
LUNCHEON
Bread omeiet. stewed potatoes bread ana
butter. a fruit salad with crackers an6
cheese, cookys and apple sauce. tea.
Clam chowder, liver and bacon. potatoes
fried whole. ladies' cabbage. rice pudding
black coffee.
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THURSDAY

Stewed pears. cereal ard cream. bacon.
rice mullins. toast tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cold calfs heart. anchovy toast stuffed
potatoes. toasted mullins. warm gingerbread
DINNER
Canned green pea puree. mutton stew
with dumplings, hominy croduettes. stufrsd
green peppers, canned peaches and sponge
cake. black coffee.
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.MAs41s. Aaekoos%
G amlp Meals for
a Week
SUNDAY

SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
Grapefruit. cereal and cream. barbecued
rabbits. corn dodgers, toast, tea and
coHee-
LUNCHEON
Veal and sage soup, in cups: brOiled dried
heef, with butter sauce; baked sweet pota-
tees, bread and butter. salad OF picked
lambs tongues and endlve, crackers and
cheese. jelly roll and tea.
swedish soup. with poaehed eggs on th8
top; stuffed breast Of veal, stswed toma-
toes, tried carrots, pumpkin pie black
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MONDAY
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST
Oranges, oatmeal Jelly and cream. salt
maekets4 with cream gravy; rolls. toast,
LUNCHEON
Phiiadeiphia serapple, tomato toast "a
iett-oveF). saratcga chips, brown bread,
brown mango, cake, tea.
DINNER
Clear soup. with noodles. veal scallop.
canned string beans mashed potatoes,
baked custard. black coffee.
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SATURDAY
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST
Bananas. cereal and cream. bacon and
eggs. graham and corn meal griddls caksa
toast tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Afince OF liver and bacon "a left-over).
cabbage salad "a leftover boiled potatoes
au raturel. swiss fritters and hard saucA
DINNER
Cream cf celery soup: fried brains gar.
nished with fOrcemeat balls. hubbard
squash. spaghetti and parmesan cheese.
sliced oranges. sugared; cookys and black
coffee
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When Cooking Cabbage

AS my contribution 10 the Exchange,
pass along a recipe for cooking cabbage
which, il is guaranteed, will not I'll the
house with the usual disagreeabie odor.
OdorlesS Cabbage
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TUESDAY,

BREAKFAST
Baked apples. cereal and cream bacon
and canned corn fritters. whole wheat
bread, taast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Picked Goldfish. potato cakes Ga Ieft-over)
heated crackers and cheese, hasty corn
starch pudding. tea.
DINNER
Black bean SOUP. canneiOn OF beef,
creamed oidOns. sCaIlcped sweet potatoes,
apple snow cake, black coffee.
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~ I q
wv you going TO give this year?
Have you thought of the mat
ter yet? Are you one of the fore
handed persons who are always ready
ahead Of time. or have circumstances
or oarelessness made you late in your
preparations?
On the chance that you have not yet
secured the gifts you intend to present
on the greatest holiday of the year. I
wish to put in a plea on behalf of the
friends and family you plan to bless or
plague with your remembrances on the
18th Of December. I would ike you to
bestow a little time on thinking of just
what your gifts are to mean to those
who receive them.
Not from the side Of love or senti-
ment The present is not valued ac-
cording to its money cost by those who
love us. They look back of the actual
emblem of our affection and see the
spirit which prompted it. But for my
own part, would rather those to whom
I make gifts could find in them SOME
thing more than love alone. no matter
how sweet that might be. prefer they
should be able TO hold the present in
esteem for its own sake. because it IS
beautiful or suitable or useful or all
three. I don't wish them TO care for It
only because gave it and because they
love me and I love them. They might
be sure Of this without the inf1iction Of
useless present.
That is what many Christmas gifts
are-infiictiOns. disguise it as we may
by such phrases as: Wasn't it sweet of
her 10 remember me on Christmas?'
The thing itself is not much. but the
thought is worth a great deal" Il
never look so much at her present as
al the love that prompted it," etc. We
know those phrases by heart. Never is
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there a Christmas that we don't have
to repeat them, and more than once
Yet this is not because we are hyper
critical. We may be willing to be
pleased and appreciatve of trihes and
keen in our perception of what Is good
and beautiful. and yet shudder at some
of the gifts we receive on Christmas
day. 1t is long enough ago now for me
TO recall the Christmas when one dear
woman presented me with bunch of
thistledown bolls done up in boiling
cloth on which were painted forget-me-
nots; another sent me a pair of huge
decorated vases which matched nothing
else in my house, and three warm
friends showed their devotion by large
and ungainly gift books. too big for any
one to look at with comfort and too
heavy to be handled except by trained
athlete. I think it was that Christmas
or the next that 1 received five silk
workbags and seven fancy aprons.
In connection with these and similar
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WEDNESDAY

BREAKFAST
Oranges. cereal and cream, baked ezzs
fRrnlshed with bacon; gridGle cakes and
maple syrup, toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Panned oysters. hot scones graham and
cream cheese sandwiches. lettuce salad
with French dresslrg: nuts and raisins,
cocoa.
DINNER
Yesterdays soup. Dreaded and roasted
calves hearts baked macaroni, srewed
satisfy, sweet potato bread (eaten hot with
honey). black coffee
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Heat the mink; add pinch Of salt and
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have noted with interest the various
recipes with high-sounding names that have
appeared in the Exchange. May / con-
tTibute another 70 swell the list?
Ambrosia
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-12-17

Chf DC shieiy HIS
serted that his confirmation will soon
be officially announced.
There are quite a number OF colorcd
men OF influence and standing emyioy-
ed at the capitol who will be very
much In evidence during the sessions.
There Is Joseph E. johnson. stenogra-
phcr. who is With Speaker Cannon.
He Is known as the colored Uncle Joe.
Mr.. Johnson Is well known y scna-
tors and congressman and wieTds con
siderable influence with theG,.
He understands thoroughly ali Of the
routine methods of the house and can
give one some valuable pointers on
how TO get bill through He has
been employed at the capitol for good
number OF years. having been on the
stenographic force OF Speaker Reed.
influential Men About the Capitol.
There are other colorcd men also
around the capitol who have made
themselves very valuable not only to
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-12-17


eheir schapors ana congressman. but
.lso TO members of their race having
business at the capitol. Sometimes
these employees are sought and render
valuable assistance TO men who are
up for confirmation. sometimes by col
ored men who are trying 10 get some
bill through, and they are generally
ever ready to lend helping hand.
Charles Pickett of Illinois. who is
with Senator Cullom: Ralph W. White
Of West Virginia. who is with Repre-
sentative Hughes: Harry Parker, who
has for years been with the important
committee ON ways and means. OF
which Representative Payne of New
York is chairman. and Frank A. Byron
OF Illinois. who is with Representative
Foss OF the committee on naval affairs.
are sorie OF the men on Capitol hill
who are very much in evidence these
days.
Bruce on Vocational School Plan.
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Schools Roscoe Conkling Bruce has
classified and studied and Mr.. A. c
Newman of the Armstrong Manual
Trimming school has worked out the
details OF plan 10 institute for the
first time In the history OF the district
school n vocational school.
Professor Bruce has submitted re.
port on the subject and expects TO
have vocational school In operation
next September
The new vocational school will bring
the District into the forefront Of edu-
cational advance. As yet there are but
few such schools In existence. The
most notable examples are the Man
haitian Trade School For Girls. In New
York city; the Secondary Industrial
school at Columbus. Ga: the Roches-
ter On. " factory schools and the In
dustrial school Of New Bedford. Mass.
II is designed primarily for boys and
girls OF the sixth, seventh and eighth
grade years who would not 60 to high
school because they have TO get out
and work for living. The new school
will enable them TO earn more money
in legitimate trade. It Is believed.
School figures show that hundreds
OF boys and girls leave the schools
before the age OF fifteen to engage In
blind alley" occupations, such as
backing shoes, selling papers. etc, oc-
cupauons that lead nowhere. The vo-
ca1onal school is designed to at
schniars for well trained apprentice
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