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FURNISHED ROOMS
GLASS.

COHEN'S GLASS STORE - Plate glass, window glass and bent glass for show cases; glass tops for fur niture; Mirrors made to order and resilvered, $50 State St.. Bridgeport. Conn. Tel. Bar. 25S1. G10*tf
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RESTAURANT

GLOBE RESTAURANT, 3S5 Fair field Ave, 5S CaAnon St. Regular dinner or supper 25c. We serve the
 best meals in the city, also the best
 butter and coffee. Give us a trial, opposite Police Station. S14Hu
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DYEING AND CLEANING
DREssMAKING SCHOOL

MAKE YOUR OWN GARMENTS; expert designs; instructor will open private classes; 5 ladies each; sub feet, Cutting, Fitting, Practical Dressmaking at your residence; lesson 75c. Call 46 Cannon street. Dressmaking School. I14as*
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ACCOUNTANT

ACCOUNTANT and auditor. Audits Systems, efficiency meth- ods Financial, tax and income statements Accounting, bookkeep- ing, etc. Frederick Fish, 26 King St.
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MACHINE TOOLS-Factory and mill supplies, scales, valves, gas and
 gasoline engines. hand trucks,
 wheelbarrows, split steel and wood pulleys. Fairbanks leather belt ing, shaft couplings and friction clutches--aI in stock at our Bridge port warehouse. The Fairbanks Co.,, Water St. and South Ave, Bridge port, ConZ. Phone Barnum 5373.
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HAT SHOP.

DANBURY HAT SHOP - Bring us your old hats. We'll reblock them like new in latest style. Experi-
 enced matters. 1513 Main, opp. Ar mory, L27aii"
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FLORIST
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

LET US exchange something you want for something you don't want. Mil ford Realty Co.,, Room POT Conn. National Bank Building. Phone Barnum 1036. H25*tf
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' HAVE cash buyers for all kinds of Real Estate in all parts of city. Six say, s3 Reilley St, S2aU*
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PRINTING
REAL, ESTATE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE WANTED.

HOUSES-2, and 4 family houses wanted in all parts of the city. Buy CTS waiting. The Prevalent Devel-
 opneut Corp. Real estate, insurance. Room 6, 1119 Broad St. Bar. 4912.
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LADIES' CUSTOM TAILOR
NIANICURING

MRS. E. N. SEXTON. Manicuring, fa- cial massage, shampooing scalp treatment, marcel waving. Gradu- ate of Francois Marcel, 5th Ave, N. Y. Room 40, Security Building
 Phone Barnum 916. A7aU*
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P. MARCHEsE, 2s6s Main St.. first class shoemaker. Repairing, shoes made to order; good workmanship.
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ANYTHING you don't want in furni- ture, phonegraphs records. dishes. etc. Lots of goods for sale. A. B.. Klein, 1477 Main St. U3OaIls
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WE REPAIR SHOES by the Good year welt shoe repairing system. J.
 Lopresti Co.,, 203S Main St., near North Ave. D5ells
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EXPRESS

J. W. MARION - Expressing and light moving to all parts of the city; rate reasonable. 119 Willard St.
 Phone Bar. 7646. R20aIlS
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W. W. STOWE-Auto van, trucking and storage, local and long dis-
 tance furniture and piano moving a specially: rates reasonable. Ils
 Willard St. Tel. Bar. 7646 R2Oalls
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LADIES' & A1EN's HAT BLOCKING

VELVET and silk beaver hats remod-
 eled by the only experienced people in this city. Expert attention to all other hats. Stone. SIS State St.
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MACHINE WORK

H. A. BoUDREAU, general machine work. Manufacturers metal goods, dies, tools, gauges. 57 Golden Hill
 Barnum 4575 A1Sai*
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NEW AND SECOND HAND FURNI- TURF bought and sold. Drop postal or phone Charles Oppenheim, 14S4
 Main St. Bar. 4143-2 T24alls
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SHOE REPAIRING co.
 60 Cannon St., and 941 East Main
 St. No connection with other so- called Goodyear shops. Tel Bar 1891. Winfield s. Black. Prop. U1stf
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HAND LAUNDRY.

NO sOILED or damaged goods by
 our work. Speciality in ladies'
 washing, dyeing and cleaning French-American Hand Laundry 24s Fairfield Ave: T11as.
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WANTED. TO BUY all kinds of sec-
 ond hand furniture. Geo. F. To-
 tams, Redfield's old stand, A Har- rison St. Phone 1015-2. D21stf
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dramatist with mystery play. And
it was hard enough, for we are no
skilful person at keeping q confidence.
And yet we never breathed to soul
where the missing knife of "The Thir-
teenth Chair" was found or which Of
the many suspected persons eventually
proved to be the heroine.
In reviewing all the war plays which
we have seen this season not once have
we allowed a reader so much as to
suspect that the handsome young man
who appears to be a German spy in
acts one and two is in reality a captain
in the American intelligence or that
the heroine is actually a Red Cross
nurse in disguise. In fact, to get down
to the current attractions, Mr.. Wharton
may scan our review of the Ziegfeld
Follies from end to end and he will
find no hint whatsoever of the nature
of the plot.
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this bill are the Avon Comedy Four.
Whiting and Burt, Laurie and Bron-
son, Valerie Bergere and the Wilton
Sisters. and Charlie Chaplin's latest
film, "Sunnyside"
COLONIAL-Morton and Moore and
Sybll Nane share the leading place.
Others on the bill include Moran and
Mack, Ryan and Uealy, Eddie Carr
and company, the Shirley Sisters,
Howard Valentine and the first show
ing of the latest Charlie Chaplin film
ROYAI4-Clifton Crawford heads the
bill, which includes Hermine Shone
and Jack Denny, Ruth Roye, Nat
Navarro, jr. and company, Lander
Brothers, Sully and Houghton, Weber
and Ridnor, Castor Palmer and
"Dansc Fantasies"
LOEW'S AMERICAN-Char Chaplin
in the third million dollar comedy,
"Sunnyside," will be shown on the
roof and in the theatre the entire
week. The vaudeville programme
the first half of the week will in
clude Arthur De Voy and company,
Dora Hilton and company, the En-
position Jubilee Four, the Oklahoma
-Four and the three Maxim Girls.
George Beban, in "Hearts Of Men,"
will be shown in the theatre. Larry
Reilly and company will top the vaude-
vile bill the last half of the week.
Others acts will include Maurice
Samuels and company in "a Day at
Ellis Island" Neil Mckinley, Adonis,
Tabor and Green. Crane Sisters and
others. "The Woman Thou Gayest
Me-" Hall Gaines romance, will be
shown in the theatre.
THE NEW BRIGHTON THEATRE
The features are Allen Brooks in
his own comedy drama, Henry Lewis,
George Mckay and Ottie Ardine.
Herbet Clifton and kiss Me-" a
new musical comedy. The support
ing bill includes Charles O'Donnell
and Ethel Blair, the U. S. S. Garcia
Trio, Diana Bonner and Felix and
Fisher.
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L eaU Tie IDS

"a Lonely Romeo" Mr.. Lew Fields's
latest vehicle, is no rakish, low-lyine
latest model, but large, glitterine
chariot with a steam calliope attach.
mcnt, built after the model of the ole
Weber and Fields family car. 1t creaks
a good deal, and it's furnishings are il,
the taste of dozen years ago, but il
brings Mr.. Fields back to us, and that
is all that is required of it,
was courteously waved to a seat on
the trunk in his dressing room, and q
| moment later, in one of the intermis-
sions of the show, Mr.. Fields came in
The conspicuously striped trousers anC
arresting waistcoat Notwithstanding
Mr.. Fields has extraordinary dignity
His unusual eyes-the tragic eyes
Of the true comedian who sees too deer
into life for any solace but the briel
comfort Of laughter.
Mr.. Fields talks eagerly and little
wistfully. Comedy, one pcrccives, is
really very serious business; perhaps
the most serious of all.
''Fashions have changed in coined,
since the time when Joe and | started
forty-two years ago, and for the better
too. | know the old ones talk of the old
stuff with tears in their oycs-but when
the young ones see what their parents
laughed at, they say justly, WAS that
all there was to it?
"And l am glad of the change in
taste. 1t seems to me a sign of a good
deal more education abroad in the
world that the quieter and more in
telligent forms of humor have grown
IN popularity. Certainly the younger
generation is good deal more sophis-
ticated than the old. You cannot amuse
them with simple horseplay.
Joe and poked each others eyes and
knocked each other about for a good
many years, but always what | wanted
to get at was the essential humanity
of comic situation. That was whv 7
never bothered much with lines. Given
funny lines to say any one can be funny.
1t IS the humor of everyday Incl
dent of which funny lines arc SIM
ply byproducts that I have tried to
catch. Nearly all the funny BUSINESS
l have built up comes from incidents
that | have actually seen The hat
scene in this piece, for instance, is
something l witnessed once, and as |
stood watching the salesman l made
note of it for use myself / was sit
ting in a Broadway barber shop one
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day and saw man being given the
hot towel treatment by vigorous bar
Der. The sufferings Of the helpless
victim were indescribable, and yet it
made one of the funniest scenes 1
have ever staged. AS I have remarked
elsewhere nothing is so funny as some
kinds Of tragedy.
"The essence Of burlesque is that it
should be shrewdly planted in truth. l
once saw an awkward squad of walters
being put through a drill by a head
waiter in a Kansas City hotel With
very little change l put that scene into
THE Girl Behind the Counter and it
passed for burlesque. The types of
waiter | used were scarcely more weird
than those | had seen, and the business
only slightly more accented, but so I'M
used are people to recognizing the ex-
traordinarily humorous things that
happen all around them that it comes
as surprise to them when they see
them on the stage.
"The comedy of common things is to
CN t-Nt'iCASNO Oltly III u cIiitllQOVoiE
earnest Characterization, the kind Of
characterizatiop that is supposed to be
limited only to Legitimate acting. 1t
is, Of course, infinitely more difficult
to put a charac tcrization over in the
hurly-burly atmosphere of musical
show. 1t means fighting your back
ground all the way. l know now how
much easier real acting is, because
have just finished playing in one of
the companies of Friendly Enemies
The ease with which one can put
point across in play is something l
have not yet ceased to marvel at.
81 hope that | may find real char
acter to create in real play some day.
IN the mean time musical comedy gives
me the opportunity TO present people
and Incidents as 7 have seen them.
There is something in the crash and
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Vaudeville

Morrissey and Eliza
beth Brice head the bill in a con-
densed version Of "Toot Sweet" with
cast that includes May Boley, Lon
Haskell, Clarence Nordstrom and a
chorus of twenty. Other features are
Will M. Greasy and Blanche Dayne
Emma Haig, assisted by Jack Wal
dron, Nine. Chilson Ohrman, AL Her
man, 81. Onge and Richie and
Charlie Chaplin in his latest film,
"Sunnyside."
RlVERSIDE-The special features of
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sSPeek-n-B00o Columbia
AU- Summer Sho,o
Being Refurbished

Frequent introductions of new mu-
sical features, vaudeville spccialties
and new comedy scenes in "Peek-a-
BOO" have served to keep that produce
ton continually fresh, even to those
theatregoers who have already wit
messed the performance at the Column
bia Theatre. Several new jokes and
parodles by Clark and Mccullough,
fresh stunts by Joe Cook, and new
songs by Frankie James, Emmy Barber
and Lalla selbini are going into the pro-
duction next week.
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By Haywood Broun

There must be some definite tech
nique in the business of knockabout
comedy, but it is probably subtle
thing. We say Subtle" defensively,
because we have never been able to
grasp an inkling of it, At the first
performance of the Ziegfeld Follies
for instance, there was an abundance
of violent comedy. When Dooleys were
not falling about the stage somebody
was trying to gouge an eye from the
face of Eddie Cantor or shoot away an
ear of Bert Williams. Now, these
things were not equally funny. Johnny
Dooley and Ray Dooley we found not
as inspired as William and Gordon
Dooley, of the Winter Garden and the
Century Roof. They were funny at
times, but not consistently so. On the
other hand, Cantor's scene in the Office
OF an osteopath was furiously amusing
all the time. 1t was perhaps as fine a
slapstick sketch as we have ever seen
In the theatre. We think that the diff
ference in the success of these per-
formers working in the same field NAV
lie IN the fact that no matter how ex-
travagant the violence of the Cantor
sketch it was always motivated There
was reason for every blow. A story
was developed after fashion between
the half-nelsons and strangleholds.
The Dooleys, with few exceptions.
had no plot for their tumbles. We NAV
Gle IN this connection the fact that
the act of the other Dooleys on the
Century Roof is built around an Incl;
dent. So, too. were the various en-
counters between Weber and Fields in
the old days. Fields always choked
Weber in good or bad cause. He
never throttled him irrrationally.
There was opportunity for the au-
dience to take sides. In other words.
the dramatic element Of conflict upon
which the technicians place so much
stress was preserved. If, then, two
men walk out from either side of
stage and one hits the other over the
head with a padded club, the incident
is not amusing. But if the man on
the left says, "Who was that lady
seen you walking down the street
with ?" and the other replies before hit
ting him, "That was no lady; that was
my wife," the germ of plot is pres
cnt and we may laugh without shame.
Bert Williams has not been nearly
as successful during the last couple
OF seasons az he was few years ago,
because the men who write his songs
Tor him have neglected TO supply him
with material in which he may employ
his most significant talent. Bert Will 1
Jams Is indifferent enough as a singer
even OF humorous songs, but he is mas
teriy tn pantomimc. Many of his
earlier successes were built around this. |
1t is not enough TO give Williams a
song In which he says funny things. !
He ought to have song in which he
can act. Anybody who ever heard him
sing the poker songs Of several sea
sons ago will never forget the vivid |
way in which he illustrated the deal. |
the nature Of the hand held by each |
player and the eventual outcome of
the play. In one number in tho current |
"Foiiies" due attention has been paid |
70 this gift, and Williams his some in !
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Mr. Wharton's conclusions are sound
enough, we think, but we question his
facts. 1t does not seem to us that
most book or dramatic reviewers give
plots in detail in their reviews. For
oursclf, VIZ hasten to deny the charge.
II we reviewed the plot Of Jimmie
higgins" at some length we felt that
we were justified ir so doing because
two other book critics had said that
the author ought to be sent to Jail
1t seemed TO lis Of news interest
therefore TO explain just what was
the plot which had moved the review.
ers to such wrath. We wanted TO
Keep Mr.. Sinclair out OF Jail and we
felt that reviewers who only half told
MS story were not entirely fair to
him. On the other hand, again and
again we have kept tho secret of tho
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as the Jewish Art Theatre, and will Ia
housed at the Garden Theatre. in tho
Madison Square Garden Building. This
new Yiddish playhouse will be dedi.
Gated to the better class of Yiddish
plays, and also TRANSACTIONS from the
great European writer's. The project
will be headed by Emanuel Reicher, and
will include Celia Adler, daughter Of
Jacob Adler, and several other well
known Yiddish players.
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Ne1U Plays This Week

TUESDAY-The Greenwich
Greenwich Village
Latin The book and Murray
Philip Bartholomew Mccoy Of
people, which includes Jimmie
Charles Derckon Bob Edwards
the chorus will be that taking
artist of
maintained in both the and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

We have received the following let
ter:
IA book column edited by a dra-
matte critic gives me an opportunity
to ask question which has inter
ested me for long time. It is this:
Why do both book and play reviewers
SO frequently, almost invariably in
TACT, tell the story or plot in more
or less detail somewhere throughout
the review? I have never been able
to understand this. For if the read
er has seen the play or read the
novel of course it's just so much
boredom to read synopsis; if he
hasn't, large part of the charm is
at one blow destroyed for him. Take
the case of Jimmie Higgins by
Sinclair, for example I read YOUR
account and determined to get the
book after finishing the second para
graph. Fortunately, just as came
TO the part of the review beginning
as to the ending my train pulled
in and l tossed the paper away. But
If l had read what the ending was |
should never have enjoyed the book
one-half as much, for throughout 7
was keenly interested in trying to
surmise what conclusion Sinclair
would bring his reader to.
"One generally known fact seems
to me to give force to my argument.
There are great number of people
who like nothing better than to tell
you the plot of the latest book or
play they have seen or read. And
these people are, in general, l have
discovered, considered unmitigated
bores. Surely, no reviewer wishes to
place himself in that category.
II see only three possible reasons.
none of them valid, for this per-
nicious habit. One is that all review
ers are paid at space rates. Another
is that they think the plot so trans
parent or unimportant that it does no
harm 10 give it away, but surely the
reader prefers to judge of this for
himself. The third is that it is i'm
possible to write a good review with
out so doing, to which | would
answer that have seen good reviews
which omit the plot, and would al
most wager that myself could write
one OF any book placed before me.
JOHN f. WHARTON"
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color and inconsequentiality of musical
comedy to one who has grown up in it
as l have which is like the smell of
sawdust to circus performer"
R. D.
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Kn0ck0b0ut Comedians
Subject TO Dramatic Lars

lmitable pantomime in which he drinks
tea. But for the rest his stint is mere
ly words and rather ineffective words
at that.
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.JeaUish Art Theatre
To Reopen Garden
A new enterprise in Yiddish theatre
Gals is announced for opening Septem-
Der 1. The new venture will be known
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group purchases-pay the club plan way

reless cookers kitchen cabinets household essentials assembled will burden the liberal of helpful plan Club h higher than
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euery piece in this sale has the
 Gold Seal for your protection

Take look in windows at the beautiful displays of floor coverings Note the rugs placed on the side walk in front of store-how flat they lay, how affected they by the dirt and grit which hundreds of feet have ground into them.
 Beautiful? Yes But more beautiful when you have placed into your home in patterns and colors that will perfectly blend and harmonze with the color scheme and architecture of your various rooms.
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18x36 white huck towels, heavy
 quality, per dozen 1.99

MADEIRA NAPKINS-100 dozen hand embroidered tea size nap kins. Lots of pretty designs. All on pure linen, C co per dozen OsOO LUNCH CLOTHS-72-inch round Madeira lunch cloths. of fine quality linen. pretty hand em- broidered designs offer saving of an unusual nature, . OF each 6sO0 SLUMBER PILLOWS - Dainty boudoir size. Hand embroidered and scalloped, on soft batiste. Very splendid bargains, | IO each
 Other special numbers in pillows at from 200 to 750 each.
 Main floor
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that before coming here tOmOfrt you investigate the prices of SUI mer wash goods in other sto1 about town so that you will be ir position to appreciate tomorrow offerings here?
 5000 YARDS VOILE-Good American made voiles, 40 inches wide, woven checks, blocks, stripes and foulard eff fleets, smart color E0, combinations. Yard e)(JCs COTTON VOILE-Novelty print, dainty stripe and coloring, A inches wide. An unusual fabric. 7H Per yard (OC NOVELTY VOILES-Over 100 patterns of these voiles in new georgette and foul lard patterns. Both light and on
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summer wash goods

offer oppOrtunltleS Tor tIT1TT Here are few reasons why" for the almost constant crowds in Wash Goods section The regular prices here are in many lower than the special prices
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V e
cotton goods promise to be
 much higher

The other day who produces thousands of bales of cotton heard to say: Weather conditions have been unfavorabe to the cotton planter The will be much smaller than anticipated and the price will undoubtedly go up."
 Cotton (you) therefore, destined pay the price unless you wisely anticipate your needs and buy
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dainty round pillows
 2.50 and $50

$50 are of silk. Both are the new round, dainty shapes, which when tossed carelessly upon chaise lounge or sofa, lend much attractiveness.
 And also some news of savings from the 5 s art goods shop i4 Cretonne laundry bags, special 79c Stamped pillow cases, special 1.5O Four-fold Germantown, in skeins, all colors,
 per hank 29c Sd Floor
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WHITE ESATONETTE-36 inches wide, fine durable, attractive fabric for skirts and dresses. r0 Per yard, 100 and l.CU PLAID SKIRTING- Large bold richly colored plaids, in gabardine weave; an unusual quality which you IOo will find here only, at 4CC GINGHAMS-A host of imported and domestic weaves, covering every possible summer need, 31 and 32 inches wide. Priced up to 69c, O0. and as low as LJC MADRAS Woven striped madras for mems shirts and women's tailored blouses. Fast color stripes, 7r very new patterns. Yard CC PAJAMA CHECKS-36' inches wide, in small neat checks-patterns and quail ties suited for making comfortable and serviceable undergarments for OE men and children. Yard LOc BOLT LONGCLOTH-Bo contains 10 yards We have 100 bolts of the quality which sells regularly at 2.75. a 10 Special for Monday, per bolt L.1J BOLTS NAINSOOK-Ou regular 2.75 bolts, containing 10 yards of Sea Island nainsook Speciarfor Q 7n Mondays selling, per bolt L.l
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