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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
An Inpossibility.

Mr.. Alexander Horner was married
to a wife-who supported him. Mr.
Horner was convinced that there
should be only one breadwinner in the
family, so he had no qualms OF con-
science over the fact that his wife
shaved in the double part of char
woman and washerwoman.
One evening Mrs Horner returned
home after more than ordinarily
hard day, and found her lord and pro-
tector in his usual easy chair before
the FIRE. at which he was staring
blankly
What are you doing there, you
great lout?" asked the eXasperated
wife.
Just sittin' and thinkin'," came the
stolid reply.
This was too much for the tired
woman.
.Th +. she, snOrted- what
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
How Dancing Will Make You Symmetrical
Easy the Home Simply Described.

more muscles kept In use at the same
time, the more flexible is the body.
High kicking is the best thing in the
world for keeping the waist slight and
trim. Try a skipping movement 10
get the idea, and skip around the
room about ten times, making the step
higher each time. OF course, this
dancing movement must be systemat-
icalIy kept UP II results are looked for.
Kicking with the arm movement Is
more difficult, but even more bench
cial, because more muscles are
ANY movement with the arms has
direct effect upon the shoulders,
rounding them out and making them
firm.
But perhaps the best thing about
this combination OF the arm and leg
movement is the fact that the more
frequently 1t is practiced the more
perfect is the distribution Of weight
over the whole body. and therefore
the certainty OF always maintaining
the correct equilibrium Is assured.
This is of great Importance to the
dancer; 1t Is one of the first steps to
success on the long road, but think
It should be of benefit to almost every
healthy, wide-awake girl Of to-day.
There are so many times when we
need poise, mainly because it is the
thing for the American girl to indulge
in all kinds Of active sports.
In my next article will try to show
the difference between the benefit de-
rived from the ordinary ballroom
dances and the more active dance
movements, which, in their funda-
mental steps, / have outlined briefly
in this article
And then 1t viii be easier to under
stand what ! mean by symmetry OF
mind and body The cause OF the
thing that is to be corrected must be
ascertained before the remedy can he
decided upon. and the effect of the
treatment can only be determined aft
err systematic dance exercise.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

tfTN HERE was a very nice Eng
iish lady UP to our house
last night" said the Mani
cure Lady. and she spoke our lam
guage most elegant. George. Me and
Wayne felt that ashamed that we
mostly kept on the soft pedal. She is
q old friend Of mothers. and didn't
act distant or nothing like that, but
! didn't like to cut loose with my line
Of chatter after hearing the way she
lined up her words. did say some-
thing early in the evening about some
fresh guy coming up In the subway
and giving me the three times over,
but when / heard the English lady
say, Slang is very unbeautiful, my
dear the crusher was on my CONVEX
sation for the rest OF the setting"
That's the way am" said the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

dral, its thick arch Of overhanging
boughs through which the morning
sunlight was streaming slantwards
like the light through the windows
of elerestory, its running water be-
low, its rustling leaves above, and the
chirping of its birds on every side,
making q sound that was like the
chanting of choir in some far-off
apse and the rumbling Of their voices
in the roof.
Two or three times, as we walked
down the glen toward a port (Port
Raa) which lay at the seward end OF
It, Martin rallied me on the settled
gravity of my face and then had to
smile, though how l did so do not
know, for every other minute my
heart was in my mouth, and never
more so than when, TO make me
laugh, he ratified away in the Lam
guage Of his boyhood, saying:
Isn't this stunning? Splendifer-
Gus, eh?"
When we came out at the mouth Of
the port, where line of little stunted
oaks leaned landward as with the
memory of many a winters storm,
Martin said:
LET us sit down here"
Band Was Playing.
We sat on the sloping bank, with
the insects ticking in the grass. the
bees humming in the air, the sea fowl
screaming in the sky, the broad sea
in front, and the little bay below,
where the tide, which was going out
had left behind It a sharp reef Of
black rocks covered with seaweed.
A pleasure steamer passed at that
moment with its flags flying, its avn
excursionists. and a brass band play
ing one of Sousa's marches, and as
soon as It had gone, Martin said:
I've been thinking about our af-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
The Manicure Lady
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

Head Barber, when am where
there is somebody that knows a whole
lot more than me. keep still and get
earfull. II ! don't know anything
10 say / don't say nothing. IT'S easy
system to play and many guy that
plays It gets the reputation of being
wise owl"
"oh, knew things enough to say"
said the Manicure Lady. Il wasn't
never left at no post in no talking
race, but the idea was, George. that
didn't want to be no deadly contrast
to this smooth friend OF Mas. Broth
err wilfred. who has It in his head
that the language was made for him
to juggle, horned In, and kept up
quite peart conversation until he
happened to say he thought Ivanhoe
was one OF the best novels Charles
Dickens ever wrote. and when mother
corrected him in front OF her friend
he grouched of TO bed"
Il don't suppose slang is very
classy" admitted the Head Barber.
but it's about the only language that
/ can use and know / am using it
right, so amt going TO give It the
gate. guess It don't have much to
do with the size OF the pay roll or the
success OF a fellow, anyhow"
"But It Is unheautiful, Just as that
lady said" declared the Manicure
Lady 1T amt no way TO express
them divine emotions and grand cli-
MAKES which is a part of the human
speech and Of us human beings. Just
imagine how II would have sounded,
George, II Miss Juliet had said to
Romeo, when he was spooning around
that there porch, Take II on the run,
kid, before Kid Capulet and Battling
Montague solve our puz1ling deliv-
cry That wouldn't have sounded
beautiful a bit, would IL? No, George,
even II slang is one OF them neces-
sary evils, like the tango and colored
wigs, we ought to tie the can to II as
often as poss under the Giro. How
would a swell love song sound II Il
was half slang, like
Take me back to the garden OF
Lot me slant at your lamps once
AGAIN."
ut don't sound none too semi
classy" admitted the Head Barber.
That's what / mean, George. And
me and Mayme has decided that we
are going TO watch ourselves and
every time we catch ourselves or each
other pulling that fly stuff we are go
ing to say Il over and say Il in more
better English"
II thought YOU would get tired Of
| slang some day" said the Head Bar
| Der, "and I think II YOU and Mayine
start In using more better English Il
will be the most brightest thing you
] could a."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

me the good that Black-Draught does
It is all that keeps me on foot"
Mr.. S. M. Watkins the old soldier
referred to above. says: Il was down
with my back last summer. and
couldn't get anything to relieve me.
On a friends advice, took two paclS
ages Of Thedford's Black-Draught
and it did me more good than all 9TH
er medicines put together. MS tho
finest medicine for headache. as-wen
as constipation and colds. haveeTer
tried"
Get a package Of this old, reliable,
vegetable liver medicine to-day.
At all drug stores. Costs only one
cent dose.--ADYERTIsEMENTs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
Advice to Lovelorn
WHO is TO sLAME7
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
| am nineteen, and was going
with a young man of the same
age. We had a quarrel and fell
out, and now | am going with his
best friend, who. think, in time
would be able to love. Still !
can not stop thinking Of the first
young man, with whom am very
much in love. have heard from
q friend that he still cares good
deal for me, but he, thinking | am
to blame, will not make any over
lures. Shall / write IN him?
WORRIED.
Love gets shipwrecked oftener on
the stubborn contention, Il am not to
blame" than on anything else. Since
one must give in. show you are big
enough to say you were wrong. The
spirit with which he meets this
avowal will show the manner of man
he is and determine your future af-
lection.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
DON'T be JEALOUS.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l am a boy is years old, and
90 with a girl my age; also
have a friend who ! think likes
this girl, She makes dates with
me and then she makes a date
with my friend. have asked her
who she wanted to see, and she
said me. Do you think that l
should get "sore" at her for maxi
ing dates with my friend?
BOY.
Your youth makes your attentions
to her anything but serious, thus Civ
ing her the privilege of going with
others IL she chooses.
Don't spoil her good times by as
Stunning a gravity your years do not
sanction.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
Do You Know

A novel and interesting remedy for
seasickness consists in showing cine
matograph pictures in the drawing
room Of liner during storm, and
the films shown are Of restful ma
ture, such as sunny landscapes, noun
tain scenes, comedies, etc The eff
feet is said to be surprisingly bene1-
clal to sufferers from mai-de-mer.
A landowner named Bizony, living
at the Hungarian town Of Miskolcz,
who died recently, has left this for
tune, amounting to $60,000, TO the
Hungarian Provincial Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals, on
condition that it erects an asylum for
worn-out horses.
A WIRE haired terrier dog, Raby
Dazzler, which only about year ago
was purchased by the landlord OF q
Hull public house for $25, has now
been purchased by Mr.. G. w. Quin-
tard. Of New York, for close upon
$1,000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

fectly timber and flexible with little
care.
The best exercise in the world for
keeping the weight from the hips =
the bending Of the knee as far as pos
sible up toward the waist, first the
right and then the left, keeping the
body perfectly rigid in the meantime
Keep up this movement for ten or
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
AM uNREAsoNAsLE MAN.

lear MISS r dlTAdA+
am engaged to a young man
whom / see very often. For the
last two months have had to do
night work, because my employer
has found business dull and had
TO do away with some of his help.
A week ago he told me that
would have to continue working
nights for about four weeks,
making II impossible - me to
see my young man so often as
before. Now, he is continually
quarreling with me, and wants me
to look for another position.
Do you think It is right of him
to interfere in such a case when
even by working overtime see
him a good deal? e. w.
He is very unreasonable and selfish
Hold on to your position. II he wer
Of the right sort. he would make n
attempt to interfere with your wor
until in a position to take you from
by matrimony.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
For Hip Reduction.
By Margaret Morris

Cof 1.-THE Queen Of the Movies Cor
TT would never do to decide upon
dancing as remedy for this
thing or that thing, II we were to
look upon dancing as a hodge podge
OF haphazard steps
Dancing as whole, II no special
thing Is to be considered is beneficial
as whole. but II is more fascinating
to seek and find some special phase Of
a dance. which can in turn be
pounced upon as just the thing for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
"Aunt Hannahs Peach Tapioca"
looking and .'Nut Bread, BY Blanche Ring.
AuNT HAM

AUNT HAN
NAHS PEACH
TAPIOcA. 80 This
recipe was given
me by a dear old
lady Of Grove
land, Mass. a Col
oniaI Dame and,
what is much bet
ter, a wonderful
co ok. Cover 6
tablespoonfuls Of
minute tapioca"
with cold water:
let soak a few
minutes, then add
11-4 cups boiling
water and cook in
double boiler until
transparent. A id
IL teaspoonful Of
salt, If canned
peaches are used.
Use the syrup Of
the peaches as Tar
as possible, and if
more liquid Is
necessary to make
UP the IA cups
add hot water.
Also use IA cup
sugar with t h e
liquid in which
the tapioca / S
ok ed. Arrange
peaches in a bak-
ing dlSn. Sprlllh1c
with powdered
sugar. Pour tap
ioca over peaches
and set in a cold
place. Serve very
cold with whipped
cream.
NUT BREAD
Contribut e d b y
MRS. Annie l..
Knox, Of Brad
ford, Mass, a de-
scendant Of Han
nah Dus tin, a
lady who showed
her resentment for
being captured by
the Indian ms by
walking In h e r
sleep a nd killing
the entire party
with their own
tomahawks. One
egg, 21-2 cups
milk, liza cups
sug ar, i t g a.
spoonful salt, 5
teaspoonfuls bak-
Ing pow d e r
(rounded), 5 cups
entire wheat -four,
i cup English
walnuts cut small.
Put in small bread
pans and l e t
raise for 40 min
utes. Bake o n e
hour.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
KISSING UNDER DIFFICULTIES,

Iva AAANH - fAAt+sAf
am is, and have been keep
ing company with a young man
three years my senior for the
past two years. -Four montAs ago
we became engaged. In quarrel
not long ago he said he thought
II was proper for him to kiss me
each time he entered my home.
but as it happens there always
are a number OF my family
around, and for this stated rea-
son / did not approve OF It.
BLONDE.
He is an unusual young man If he
wants to kiss you under such cir
eumstances; but as your engagement
sanctions such a form OF greeting,
you should not be averse TO it. That
Is, il you love him
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
Good Eating at
Low Cost.

We eat far too much meat We eat
meat 70 excess under the mistaken
idea that II Is necessary 10 nourish
our bodies, while we continually pass
up foodstuffs that (weight for welgnt)
contain more nutriment and cost con
siderahly less than meat.
Take Faust Macaroni for instance.
"A loo package OF this macaroni con-
tains as much nutriment as four
pounds Of beef, and has another big
advantage too. in that II is much
easier digested.
And consider the many savory. APP
petixing dishes that can be made
from Faust Macaroni, Write for free
recipe book to-day. Your grocer sells
Faust Macaroni-5c and lOc pack
ages. Buy to-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26

benehting some special defect in a
person which needs correcting.
One can be a specialist in dancing
Just as physician may specialize In
different branches---it really amounts
to the same thing.
That part of the body that needs the
application of systematic thought IN
order 10 derive any benefit from dane
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
LIT HEB HAVE HER WAY.

Dear Miss Fairfax
am "a. and was keeping COM
pany with young lady of 81,
whom I love dearly. Now having
gone out with her about two
weeks, she told me that unless
take my father up to her house
to tal& things over our acquaint-
ance must cease. She has only
her mother, and have only my
father, who is wealthy. She is
poor This is an Italian custom
OF which do not approve.
S. r.
It is a good custom to win the
parents approval before an attrac-
ion like this proves too serious, and
you should love her all the more fol
the customs OF her coun-
try You say you love her. Let hei
have her way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
HE'S A CAD.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

What Is your candid opinion
OF a man who borrows money
from a girl he only considers as
an acquaintance
A READER.
He is cad. and she is extremely
foolish 10 lend it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
For the Waist

For the Waist.
ing is the part from the hips to the
shoulders.
Girls are so apt TO gain through that
part Of the body when they put on
weight. and It Is so easy to keep per-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
The WornanT Thou
GayeSt Ne
RY HALE GAME.

Copyright. 1919, by Rearsts Magazine.
Copyright, 1918, by Hearst Magazine
Copyright IN Great f3ritain. Copyright.
1913. by J. B. Lippincott Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-26
MAULL BROS,

st. Louis Missouri
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-10-08

Ernest Hudson. who returned to his
home there after several weeks visit
here at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. a,
7. Richards.
George Vivian returned last week
from a visit at Lancaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Trevillian re-
turned to Milwaukee Sunday after Wis
iting relatives and friends here.
Miss Kitty Stark of Chicago was a
Sunday guest at the Linden home.
Mrs. Edward Donohoe returned to
GAINESVILLE Monday, after visiting her
husband here.
Ed Marcussen of Platteville spent
Sunday with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Stevens of Platte
vile returned home Sunday after visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. John Graham.
Mrs. Lee Thrasher and family have
returned to Beloit after visiting at the
Andrew Thrasher home.
Mrs. Oscar Vivian returned Saturday
from Freeport. She was accompanied
by Master David Rowen.
Nj. and Mrs. Frank Vivian are visit
ing at junction City.
The Misses Genevieve and Bertha
Engels, Miss Lucy Frieden, and Mr.
and Mrs. George Philips visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Blotz
@ox,,, Of DA1rax;ll., S,,n.3ox-
Mrs. Catherine Mulcahy left Sunday
for Chicago to spend the winter with
her daughter and sonin law Mr., and
Mrs. William GRADER.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Newmeyer and
family returned to Milwaukee the fore
part of last week, after a two weeks
visit at the Mulhairn home
Miss Mary Dresen, Mrs. Frank AL
binger and son Edward visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Girls Ellingen at
Dodgeville last Thursday.
The many friends of Mrs. John Evans
will regret to hear that she is confined
to her home on account of illness.
Mrs. John Molllng anu son Matt en-
joyed visit with Jack Molling at Lin
den Saturday.
j. c. Sullivan and daughters Helen,
Alice and Margaret Sullivan John
Smith and Joseph Collins of Monroe
motored here Sunday and visited AT the
home of Mr., and Mrs. Alex. Metz.
Mr.. and Mrs, j. b. Wallis of Perry
Iowa, have been visiting at the nome OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bray and other
relatives the past week.
Miss Maud Reynolds left last week
Wednesday to spend few days in
Platteville and Galena. From tn are
she goes by auto with her brothers
Winn and Ira and wives to Iowa City
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-10-08
MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
NOTES BY THE DEMOCRATS
NEWS CATERER.

Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Ellsworth and
Mrs. G. Healy and two children spent
Sunday with Mifflin relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Martin and son
Wesley and Miss Ruth Padon visited
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Lane at Darlington
Sunday.
Misses Lillian Waldhouse and Mary
Smith returned to Chicago Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Kisiingbury re-
turned to Jackson, Mich, Sunday after
visiting here at the parental home.
Glen Spoor. student at the Madison
State University, was week end visi-
tor at the A. I. Richards home.
Mrs. John Trensch of Dodgeville
visited her aunt Mrs. John Jeuck and
other relatives here Monday.
Mrs. Mary Meuer, the Misses Mary
and Anna Weckler, and Mr.. and Mrs
George Philips visited Miss Jennie
Ternes at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard Berg, town of Linden, last
Wednesday. Miss Ternes is much inn
proved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs P. McMurrough and
family, Mr., and Mrs. Henry Brandt
and family, Mrs. Peter Meuer and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Rohowetz and family
of Union Mills spent very pleasant
Sunday at the farm home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Schaaf.
Henry GRADER went to Milwaukee
Sunday to consult an eye specialist
He had the misfortune to get thorn
lodged in his eye.
Miss Wayne Perry went to Belmont
Sunday to visit her sister.
A. w. Thoma went to La Crosse on a
business trip Sunday.
Mrs. Edward O'Brun returned to her
home in Chicago Tuesday after sew
eral days visit with her brother Mr.
John Ralph and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris VanMeter and
family, Mrs. Frank Walker of Modesto,
Calf, motored to Spring Green Sunday
to visit. They were accompanied by
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-10-08

Lawrence GRADER professor Of agro
nomy at the University Of Wisconsin.
WAS an over Sunday visitor at the home
Of his parents, Mr., and Mrs. Louis
GRADER.
Mr.. and Mrs, Philip Gorgen returned
Friday from 4 several days visit at
Milwaukee,
Miss Juauita kirkpatrick of Darling
ton passed through here Tuesday on
her WAY home from Cobb.
Attorney James McGeever Of Dodge.
willie was here on business Tuesday.
Mrs. H. j. Hughes and daughter
Florence are here from Milwaukee for
u few days visit
Dr. and Mrs W :, Morgan and
family. Mrs, j. +. Reinhart and daugh
ter Joan spent sunday at the farm
home of MIR, and Mrs, Joseph Steil,
Thomas GRADER and son Gilmore
transacted business at Cuba City the
forcpart of this week,
Mrs, Bernard Fielder and daughter
Miss Evelyn visited at Dubuque and
Cuba CITY Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. HitterSdorf of
Hollandale and Mr., and John Eorgou.
ST. visited at the Nicholas Rock. lr.
home Monday, Mr., Rock is still very
sick
Mr. aud Mrs VIII, Mullen and Miss
Cecilia Cullentne Of Argyle were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. j. j. Mauger
Sunday.
Mrs, A. W. Hopkins of Madison is
ENJOYING visit this week at the home
of her parents MIR and Mrs James
Brewer.
Misses Evelyn and Gertrude Ryan,
Howard Ryan aud Miss Iona Eidsmore
motored here Sunday from Blanchard
willie to visit their friend Miss Agnes
Mauger
Mrs Robin 7. Bailey of Chicago is
Visiting at the home of MIR, and Mrs.
w. J. Penhallegon.
William 7. Coad, a lawyer of Chica-
go, spent few days this week in Min
eral Point, his old home town.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-10-08
Don't Be n Crouch.

The old Connecticut farmer had the
right idea A group Of his cronies
were talking at the usual corner store
about the best way to die A great
many theories were advanced, Final
ly the others turned to Yak and de-
manded his opinion. Wall" said he.
Il amt reddy ter die jlst yit. but II
! had to pass In the checks Id just
like Ia have somethin tickle me Ia
death an die a.laughin'." II doesn't
cost any more to be pleased than to
be grouchy But It means lot more
pleasure to all concerned
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-10-08

and Des Moines, and other points of
interest to visit relatives.
Mrs w. ] c, Bond accompanied her
daughter Mrs. Carl Sbilton to Oregon
last week for a few days visit.
Miss Elizabeth Kim is visiting rela
tives at Chicago this week
Miss Alice Crook of Wyoming We're the
guests of MIR. and Mrs Llewellyu Dunn
Tuesday and Wednesday and attended
the |. Q. G. 7. convention held here
Tuesday.
John w. Lee of Madison, grand state
secretary Of the l. . G. T. lodge. was
the guest of Mr., and Mrs. Alonzo
Jacka from Tuesday until Wednesday.
Mrs. Scion Knickerbocker and daugh,
ter and Mrs, John Hughes OF Dodge.
Vile visited at the home of Mr.. aud
Mrs. Ed. Woolrich Tuesday.
Mrs Carl Scherer, accompanied by
her daughters Gertrude and Margaret,
went to Chicago the forepart of last
week to attend the wedding of her son
Matthew Scherer
Charles Terrill assisted at the j. J
Jones marble works in Dodgeville last
week,
Mrs Julia Norton of Wyoming Wis
tied at the home of Mrs. Fred erase
Tuesday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-10-08

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