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SWEET HARko"lES'
Additions 10 the Choir ~ .Tuneful
Candidates.

To THE EDITOR or THr >rN-ST:
Dulcet melody indeed Most musical.
mos; poesied and poised PhTbus, thy
sweet harmonious notes would melt the
heart OF coolest candidate alive, or dead.
or Yet 10 he.
And when thou art In ~pranksoine
mood and sIngcst mahrigals to Meistcr-
singers as thou jidst So merrily O.
Saturday morn. why then. ! do declare,
thou art thy very self the God Of Music,
But why didst thou overlook the sweet
Singer OF Esopus! Surely his soft treble
notes. which rose 20 so high a pitch
and fell with such a melancholy. long,
Withdrawing sob, still have a pleading.
u at times a plaintive note, that would
not he forgot, for all he sineeth no
more for Pubic Prize, Add HIN and
the charms wound up. the very
uu'ntcsserce Of ou!ntets'
As for our noble Macbeth. will hc not
hump the lire, TOO, n blow = own
trumpet. and as an encore sing The
Song Of the sword" But let him he
ware. his Modern Marsyas. this Third
Termaeant. Of contest with our PhTDus
Apollo. an he would keep a whole skin .
MusETTE.
~pHLApTLpHiA February :.
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THE SUPPLY OF FOODSTUFFS
Pro-German Economist Compares
Prices In England and Germany.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Str: Nc-
cording to the latest news Great Brltalh
has definitely given up her intention u"
declare a formal blockade OF Germany
1t Is indeed rather doubtful whether
such proceedings would have any othcr
effect but to exasperate the neutrais
whose has already been hard
hit under the rule Of the Illegal orders
in council. Setting aside a few items oi
minor Importance, like milk. butter, a..
Germany's supply of foodstuffs does not
show any sign Of n shortage.
AS to the most important artlVIe'
cereals or bread. not n few OF your read
ers will he surprised to learn that IL is
cheaper ia the besiegcd Teuton Empire
than IN the United Kingdom, the mistress
OF the seas. The following table SHOWS
the movement OF prices during the war
up to December. 1915. OF wheat II rye
In Berlin. and the price OF wheat III
London. rye not being OF any impor-
tance for the feeding Of the Engllsh
people. In order 10 render "A compare
son possible the London prices. winch
are quoted in the market for quarters,
have been reduced to tons. the STANDARD
unit in the corn trade of the European
continent tone quarter equals 21'.' klio-
grams). For the same reason the marx
has been used as monetary unit. Inc
figures Of prices are taken "a Tar as the
london prices are concerned from the
London Lst OF July 10 n NO.
venher 13. 1915. and as regards the
German prices from the price list OF inc
German Board of Agriculture % De-
,emher &. IoI6
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HOMEMAKING WIVES.
should Candidates for Matrimony BE
Examined In Housekeeping:

To THE EDITOR or THE SvN-Sir: !
am the mother OF three girls who are
all happily married. brought them up
to be good housekeepers. so tina. their
husba nds swear 10y them aud say they
never knew true comfort until they were
married.
often wonder as ! go along the street
how many girls there are Ike nine or
who M the first thing about house
keeping. Not one, I'm sure. in a hun
dred. Business or balls. dress or movies
seem to occupy all their thoughts. what
disbursement, | say to myself, Is in
store for many a young man However
he nay be in love. dyspeptic food and
untIdy rooms will soon cool him off. II
makes me very sad
But my friends say "What are you
going to do about IL? Your girls were
brought M in the country. but city girls
are not like country girls, They simply
have no use for housekeeping They
say hat is only FOR immigrants, that
an American born girl Ia above the
kitchen"
know this is only too true. alas. ard
il is the result Of our false social pride.
Is there NO remedy for IL" | think |
have found one and that is why | am
writing to TIE SuN.
| was reading the other day " the
great increase in the demand for mar
riage licenses on account OF the good
times when suddenly an idea flashed
across my mind. I laid down the paper
and began TO clap my hands for JOY.
why not" ! cried. make Il neces.
sary for a girl to pass an examination
in housekeeping before She could get a
marriage license""
There You are, sir, | think I know
my sex and you may gamble that IL a
girl knew she couldn't get married I'M
less she knew how to run n house she'd
learn to run 1t all right.
MOTHER OF THREE.
NEW YORK. February 3.
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UNCLE SAM TO INSPECT
DINNERS OF DIPLOMATS.
Singular Features Of the Proposed
Law TO Mako Washington Dry.


WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The Sheppard
bill to make the capital dry has been
introduced in the Senate, and in the
language of one local lawyer who has
studied it at the request OF the house
committee OF a prominent club. 1T is
a corker."
This matter has ceased to be a joke
here. Threats in past years by some
members OF Congress to make the DIS
trict dry were thought to he mildly
humorous until the awakening q year
or so ago caused by the operation OF
a provision Of the so-called Webb red
light bill. Washington had been
specifically dry on Sundays before
that. but suddenly hotels and clubs
where Sabbath drinks a been dis
creetly served were made. on sundays.
as dry as Death Valley.
Now the Sheppard bill proposes to
clean up the job; II ii becomes a
law. and the likelihood is that it will,
there will he no moist Intermissions.
every day will be Sunday so far as
District-wide aridity goes. Only in the
embassies a male or female moisten
human clay on Sundays with any
thing stronger than tea, and even
upon the Diplomatic Corps there is a
restriction which is funny.
Regard, please, the language of this
| paragraph Of the Sheppard bill:
No person or persons, or any house. com.
pany. association. club or corporation, his,
it. or their agents. officers. clerks or SER
wants direct'! or indirectly IL mo p's-
tf'et OF Co'u'noia shai ma"u'Ae'u'e' So"
| mr. Aannat. gal1 nNET for safH Keen Tor
u 'epos., Se"' o"e. 80 %,
49,, ,n.rch.nt,ss ~ .o,IcI, or reo.iy.
eide. for IN. pur,na,. Of any alcoholic
| uauors, &C., having one.hslf Of I per
c-nturn by volume OF Alcohol or more.
The .&c, above covers ALI the Ian
guare necessary to prevent giving
au-av and ALI other old and new tricks
| ~ evaders Of such laws The Ian
yuape sbo,,, aren,s officers clerks or
servants vorries the clups. For a
wear or so District club members
warming for a Glib on a sunday
| have rolled ont over tho smooth pave
ment of Connecticut avenue across the
District, line into MARYLAND. and shut
off cas- and applied the brakes upon
| reaching the Chevy Chase or the CO.
lumbia COUNTRY clubs. This region has
been dry since the DAYS of he Lords
Baltimore n In said. and these clubs
hv hard thought and long practice
have deyeloped many cunning WAYS TO
en-, corners off the dry laws. Tie
'ocker systems I'm many variations
have saved the thirsty: "orlcers' Of
.lose cl,hs hay. heen known in an
emergency n have q case Of vintage
ch,mnapne which ,hev could ohlig-
inrlv give To- a member with an un-
expected dinner marty on his hands.
ON ,here vere many thirst reducing
devices,
II 10 evident from the Of
this hill that some inhumau luformer
has made senator KENYON wise to-
.hese ar,itces His hi, corks them
oil mn of co,rsa al, washington. not
.ven ali WASHINGTON cluhdom cannot
On ON, int, MARYLAND every day in
tho ueel, Hence tho proans
very we'll informed observer has
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Indian Tales.

The stories of COOPER. yes. even
these enhancing tales of Mr.. BEADLE's
dime symposium, We're echoed In the
House debates on Saturday last. The
Indian appropriation bill was up. The
century old question about the rights
of the Mississippi Choctaw nation to
share In the wealth of the choctaw
nation in Oklahoma promoted lively
discussion.
This wealth is no Of an air castle
kind II is real. ~ponderuble, lands and
cash. The thnctaws alone have n
'halanc" in treasury. Sj.:iO,G2O.l1 :
in oklahoma banks. S4OIl.133.l H." II
very respectable total of more than
seven millions. That nation, with the
Chickasaw tribe. is credited by an
authority reporting for the Depart
ment Of the Interior with:
Total funds and other property o.
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, approx
lmately. Sal, 5Os.e54s5"
But the debate raj on the wealth
of the Oklahoma Choctaws because
! their Mississippi brethren, or. more
precisely speaking. certain lawyers
pulsating with social justice emotions.
desire n share Of that wealth. The
lawyers fees depending upon n sue
ccs> in their undertakings would
amount to S4.ND.N 0. No mean fig
IRE n n pulse promoter.
Who are these Mississippi Cloc-
IuWs. and where do they roam. far
from the balances in Oklahoma banks,
coal, asphalt. timber, oil lands: Rep
rcsentutiNe HARRISON Of Mississippi
tells n little:
"Thcre are thousands OF them WHO
have no right to enrolment, but there
are hundreds ~ full b,ooded Choctaw
Indians. OF the same blood and kith and
kin as the Choctaw Indians OF Okla-
homa, who to-day roam the Wilds OF
Mississippi. fishing in the waters OF the
ld'IhHd'a VI Hh'NHiS III uhc zen VI
the Ohahay. VINO ought to be taken care
Of by this Congress"
"ln tn" waters OF the Talluhalla -
NJ wonder that Representative Mann
was moved 10 remark that this Con-
-rr>> ought to do something. To be
sure. the incurahle cynic added that
If This Congress didn't some future
Congress surely would.
Mr.. HARRISON. who Is as young as
h" j. eloquent, gay" further pictures
working upon our sympathy for the
Mississippi brothers longing for the
milk and honey. the cash balances IN
Oklahoma
"Why, Nj. Chairman, they live If
i've counties, miles and miles apart
they live in huts and in valleys and II
Woodlands they are far separated from
one another, they cannot read no,
write they are ignorant
Rut what is ignorance? Can i, 60
, exist with tn" dear delights Of lif,
:, ON the waters of the Tnllahnlla. jr
t tho forests Of Okahny? We doubt.
Then m DANCING RABBIT, ,
, Choctaw chief who made q treat,
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with Uncle SAM. He seems to have
been a man Of wisdom. a far sighted
chief. He placed in that treaty Of n
hundred years ago or 80 a provision
Ut will he found in Article XIV.
thereby that Choctaws who expected
to receive lands and money from the
sale Of lands In the far West would
have TO trek to the treaty lands.
As Chief DANCING RABBIT foresaw.
some preferred the delights Of life on
the T%allahalla, in the shade Of the
Okahay forests. and to have Mr.. HAIR
RIsoN make pretty speeches about
their descendants n century later.
1t Is with a feeling akin TO sorrow
that we close the tale: The Harrison
amendment was lost. the ayes count
ing 81, the hoes III.
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would continue to enjoy the same trade
benefits from the Philippine Islands as
at present. aud the military weakness
involved In protecting them would be
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MANUEL l.. QuEzoN.
However. there 10 an addendum.
Naturally" says Sehor QuEzoN. we
shall expect the American people to
retain their friendly interest in US;
which being translated into the Ian
guage OF politics means that II any
Asiatic or European Power threatened
the independence Of the native Gov
eminent the Filiplnos would expect the
United States to intervene with II.
army and navy.
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1915
England

The London price Of zoe marks A
ton Of wheat corresponds to 80 shi.IiNSs
4 quarter. paid ON December !, 1915,
for the Manitoba No. /.
The above abe shows that before tn"
outbreak q, the war the price ~ wheat
was 80 marks \ ton less IN LONDON
than in Berlin. while the Berlin PR" ~
rye was Almost cuuai 10 that of wheat
en- London. ~ the end Of lHl" tho
price Of whca' Was ~ marks higher in
London than In BERN. and so marks
higher than German rN". y - We
known that Germany = q large cone
samer Of rye. Putting hots cereals on
an equal level. since one - safe In say
ing that 80 peccNhsg. 1915. ~h-cads'IfS
COS, 60 marks Ghout sij) more in Eng
land than IN GERMANY Moreover, at
,cutiou ouch: o. h" drawn :" the OK
traordinary fluctuations 100 the English
prices, which must cause grave 4nJI'E
to honest traders.
The reason for the G.sc In the l..EI~E
prices Is % course 20 ~cN;.torli.t., use
In freight rates, Two years ago ta'
freight for graz '~rN New York 90
Liverpool was : sh'lliugs . pence a ton.
whereas or NoveTh'r 80. 1915. j. Va
quoted at e. sh.l,.u-s = pence dI".ns
tn. same period the f"s'g from Ron
bay 20 Liverpool scared from - sll-
liucs 90 - sh'll.rGs. and from South
America from ? -1lit.g~ " poo" 80 =
shlllings. To judge f-um these Instance
i does not seem as L ~" submarine va
had been such a complete failure a.
soue newspapers are pleased 20 assume
IN order 20 minimize he concessions
which GERMANY has mad IN her conduct
o. naval warfare Figures Ike I'VE
above quoted give a clearer IDEA than do
some editorials iu III" New York press
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Nearly 70 years Of age. Lieutenant
Commander II. T. GARsIDE- TIPPING II
the British navy went down with the
armed yacht Sanda when she was
sunk by the enemy's fire In an attack
on Zeebrugge on November l6, 1915.
The vigorous old man could not have
died n happier death. for he insisted
upon serving his country afoat when
he might have enjoyed the ease OF the
retired list. At the other end OF life
there is the no less interesting case
Of the Sussex boy J~ANNAwAY. who
Joined an artillery regiment at the
age OF ~, fought AT I.oos and else
where. and was hOnorably discharged
recently on his fifteenth birthday.
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To II Ep!rOR or THE SvS-Sir: In
the current number OF the Atlantic
monthly there is an article. The Plthos
of America" which holds our country s
infamous since II has not entered III :
wdr. ! am told the author is not him.
self In the trenches. Is this ,,oss he %
OR II prevented from this ny some rhys.
cal or mental defect. "a Il possible Il, is
'ot helping in tho French ana English
HOSPITALS HENRY ~THoNPso>.
NEW NNRK ED' rnAr,- G
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Strange Report From o Florida Barn.
yard.

To TnE EpiToG OF the SuS-Sir: II
II rumored here that word has been re-
ceived from Miami stating that the
Hon. William Jennings Bryan has Or
dered those in charge OF his different
homes to cut off the spurs OF all his
cocks.
Cannot something he done 10 stop This
unspeakable humiliation" To reduce
his. noble bird to the status Of a dove
seems beyond belief. II THE SuN shines
for all. It Ia time for It to speak in
clarion tones. D.
NORFOLK, Va. February 9.
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PREPAREDNESS AND PUB.
LICITY.
Impressive Words From . Distln.
guished American Fighting Man.

guished American Fighting Man.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir: This
country has been for some time now
in a state Of fermentation over the
question Of preparedness" Every
body seems to be talking at the same
time, blindly rushing hither and
thither, searching for they know not
what. One can do nothing unless one
Is prepared to do.
As long as we powerful ma
ton is prepared to make war in any
part Of the world. It would appear
natural that every other nation should
prepare to defend Its own national
honor.
Has this country a we'll thought out
policy? Does 1t know what II wants?
or how to maintain it's integrity
against a powerful navy? Has II any
we'll defined plan Of protection at all?
Any well balanced naval organization
in Washington and properly
equipped fleet ready to meet any pos
sible enemy? And Hoes our own
civilian Grand Admiral Won Tarspitt
know Just how 10 bring It about? A
small navy is only an inducement for
attack by a first class naval Power
with blood in its eye and lust in its
heart.
man simply hopes that no country
will be mean enough TO disturb us In
our fsncied security. but he should
bear we'll In mind that his easy
scheme is only a different kind OF
preparedness a soothing but deadly
preparation for a sound %thrashing.
There would appear. then. two ways
OF preparedness" n to meet a pos
sible enemy with grim determination
and hard knocks and the other with
stacks OF our good dollars. Which
do We prefer?
Recently II has been said that di-
plomacy Is our first line Of defence,
but il would seem that there is some
thing behind diplomacy. II is a sense
Of consideration. Of common decency,
a sense Of fairness and squareness''
in the peoples utterances and acts
toward all other peoples; then our d.
plomacy would naturally he an ey-
preston OF those factors. Loud boast
ing. shouting superlat!ves. noisy as
sertion. OF American superiority. are
not a sound foundation for diplomacy
organization with less publicity, more
facts and fewer opinions. a positive
viewpoint and not luck. are necessary
for preparedness.
Congress. having heard the opinion
| OF the country. is only then ready &c
listen to facts. II car get all the
facts It may need from the General STAFF
OF the Army and from the Genera
Board Of the Navy, from men who are
paid to study the existing condition:
a: home and abroad and whose facts
as we'll AS opinions are supposed L
he reliable. with these facts before
II. Congress would then ne prepared
to use its bes, judgment.
II this country really wishes peac'
an to be at peace with all the world
how to ne far and square tuNart
all the rest Of the world. IN short
study and practise thai almost un
known or forgotten RUE, the Colder
Rule. y.
New YORK. February .
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4 Protest Against the sale OF Sllencers
for Firearms.

To rHr EpIToE OF THE SUN-Sr: Docs
th. chance Of making a miserable dol
lar explain the free and unrestricted
sale Of the Maxim silcucer"
This device "a designed To muNe the
sound Of ~discharging firearms, and IS
u most dangerous adjunct in criminal
hands. Only the other day a police
rase involving a sileuCer came to light
in the new spapers.
or what public use or public good
Is this thing which Possesses great po-
,cntiality for OWL" In my opinion. the
best that may he said OF Il is only a
tribute to the brains of its inventor. II,
ought not, at any rate, to he easy Tor
the would he murderer TO avail himself
Of what II a~ccoinpl!shcs.
80 one cares to be SILENTLY a~s>iss..
mated II Is bad enough to be ported in
the old fashioned way which brought a
,ertain amount ~ noise and publicity to
the act, and, 10 that extent. MAS fraught
with danger to the Gunman T. T. W
GLEN RIDGE. y. J., February \
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Whatever happens, Colonel IioUsE
will never have to swallow his words.

No city in the world Possesses a more
beautiful public thoroughfarc than our
Riverside Drive. Probably it would
he the proud privilege Of any foreign
country blessed with such a park TO
preserve il always in the best pos
sihle state, But we, who regard acqu!-
sltion as OF so much importance and
maintenance as negligible, have not
shown the same enthusiasm In cher
ishing this beauty spot Of the city.
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When Berlin reports that Persian
forces defeated tho Russians in a
two days battle near Muendzil, taking
600 prisoners" the strain on credulitv
is too great. Invention has overshot
the mark.
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Mr.. BRyA>'s treaty OF apology and
indemnity 10 the United States Of
Colombia for alleged wrong done To
that republic by the United States of
America Is now under consideration
BY the Senate NJ Washington.
Proposals in tho way of amendment
To modify the apology. To reduce the
p~ecuniary PREPARATION and 10 mitigate
the gravity Of the offence alleged by
the promoters of this singular trans
action In sackcloth and ashes have
been reported by the Foreign Rela-
lions Committee and are to he the
subject of discussion in secret session
" the ratif!ing body.
Little difference whether the hush
money amounts 10 twenty-five mil
lions. or to fifteen millions. or To ten
millions. Little difference whether
the apology is openly ubject or
wrapped in pliraseology intended to
conceal lis naked outlines,
A Democratic Administration. in
spired hy the least competent Score
harry of State the nation ever had,
fortunately now out Of office. would
by this treaty put the brand Of ille-
gality, Of infamy. of criminaliiy even.
upon the acts of n previous .Admini-
stration. Republican In complexion :
und this moi in II matter Of domestic
politics but Of foreign policy.
A Democratic Senate is invited Il
break the continuity and uniform
ity that should belong to the for
eign policies Of this Government, and
,n rebuke. condemn and In a measure
d.nouncc the net Of the preceding
Republican Senate which ratified the
Hay.Bunau Narilla treaty Of 1903.
BY which we guaranteed the indie.
pendencp Of the Republic of Panama
aud acquired our perpetual rights in
the Canal Zone.
The broad meaning ought To ho un,
derstood by everybody. the Senators
Included. before We take n step :,
unprecedented in our history.
Moreover. the ratification Of any
such treaty uf apology and indcmnit!
would practically iudict II former
President of the United States TO
criminal conduct In office. II n gren
wrong was done 10 Colombia. rs al
legged. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. who wa,
mainly responsible, was guilty of
crime for which he could have beer
impeached. His assumption of re-
sponsibility for III" acts which cav
Us the Canal Zone has been frank AM
courageous. II" of all mel has tn,
right to demand Tia" fullest cousidera
ton by tn" Senate Of what he In
always said and what he may M,
he prepared to say in defence of IN
propriety. justice aud necessity Of hi
lSthmian measures,
THE SrN has not been :" con>picl
OuS in its approval Of all tn" acts an
policies of President ROOSEVELT as t
leave any room for the misinterpr,
tation of its motive In presenting hi
very serious aspect of the prul,o>"
Bryanite treaty with Colombia.
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IL It true that the Germans have.
in preparation for the promised battle
OF the fleets. put seventeen inch unS
into some OF their dreadnoughts? II
SO. the vexing question may o o he
settled. how long a reach and how
hard a punch q Goliath Of the sea
can successfully.
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II Senator WILLIAM HUGHEs sticks
by his Paterson policeman tenor as
ne sticks by his candidates FOR ap-
poirtive office. no one better than Sec
rotary TrMuLTY can assure the sing
.ng cop hat he is in no more danger
Of being deserted than was Mr..
MlpkWpEg
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Case snd Contents.

To ms Enron or The srS-sr, Tones
left his watch in the sleeping car under
the pi,lov and wrote 70 the railroad COM
pany about Il. The railroad company
wrote that they had ,he case under ad-
viseInen' Jones replied requesting that
the" also include tho works n. X. l..
pANruRr. Conn February
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Now II President WILLCoX of the
Board Of Vexation will only consign
politics to the ". p. b.. and use the
pulmotor on the old fashioned busi-
ness OF instruction before suspended
animation becomes permanent stop
page Of the breath,
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Tie Prince and Princess pE S.LM-
SALM. taken by the British In South
Africa and exchanged for "A captured
English Colonel. will sing their Joy
OF deliverance. II there is anything in
a name.
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We have not heard that Cauadas
Sir SAM IirGnEs held AN elective Of
flee the term OF which is about to Ind
Yet he is reported from Ottawa as
exclaim!ng: II may be called N, TO
fight a tyrant in the United States"
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So any means looking to its rescue
from the present nuisances which i'm
pair its usefulness ought to he well
coined by New Workers..
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-HeddiiHe.
A burnt child?
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Justices wife in thief chase Is a
headline that inspires reflection on the
virtue Of team work as q factor in
family success.