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When the Farmer Gets
an Eight-Hour Day

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To all labor organizations and the
American government at Washington | beg
to say that the scheme of more pay, shorter
hours and cheaper cost Of living will never
work side by side
Higher railroad rates Will increase, IN
stead Of decrease, the cost of living.
will make this statement as farmer.
There isn't farmer in the United States
who can make living for himself and fam
lily by working his farm on an eight hour
comes from the farm and the farmer and
his family arc all laborcrs and arc entitled
to tho same hour schedule per day or week
that railroad unions and other unions en-
Joy. they viii in the future demand IT as
their right.
When the eight-hour day actually goes
INTO force and the labor organizations
schedule of prices is adopted on the farm
the cost Of living will have to 20 UP 80 to
100 per cent
The difference between the farmer and
his family producing foodstuf and the
labor unionst and his family in regard TO
earning capacity is this; In large per
ccntagc of the city workers the man or
head OF the family is the only one that has
any earning capacity The boys and girls
when cot in school. run the streets; the
wife prepares meal which is already
cooked in bakeshop. hires her washing
done at laundry. and the balance of the
time attends the movies or sewing circle
In the farmers case they all work from
the smallest to the biggest, and work four
teen to sixteen hours a day, and very nice
fat mortgage hanging over their home
Il. {. HOLHERI
Lordville, y. Y. Aug S, 1919
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The Storage Plant

Cold storage is great bessing-it
prevents waste and provides reservoir
which waters the market with supplies
when needed, as an irrigation lake con
serves rainfalls. The storage plant is
the Joseph's answer of science to the
dream of Pharaoh, wherein the lean kline
consumed the fat.
But like every r~instrumentality
of usefulness and power, it is susceptible
of bad employment, and there is reason
to believe, as the President points out,
that in many instances it has passed
under the control of the regrater and
the forestaller-has become tool of
the unsportsmanlike speculator. Goods
are placed where the germs do not break
IN and consume, not to save them or to
steady prices, but to create artificial
scarcity on which greed may feed
So there is justification for the Jersey
law which the President commends to
the nation--a law which forbids no man
to store, but demands that the filled
warehouse shall be duly and seasonably
the good reservoir and breathe out, as
it breathes in, in wholesome respiration.
The speculator, the risk taker of soci-
ETY., the insurer who for fee assumes
chances others do not wish to carry,
is not altogether the pest some hold he
is. But he should not be allowed to
overdo his role and to escape his obl-
cation by converting doubtful thing
into sure thing. AS he is paid to be a
risk taker, let him carry the risk If he
buys for a rise, let time be fixed for
him to even up his gains and losses. The
storage warehouse will lose no proper
part of its function if cleaned out at the
end of cycle Of production, distribution
and consumption.
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70 the Editor of The Tribune.
IR: was very much surprised to read
"a on the front page of your paper this
~ week an article the shortage of
female help Had ! seen this in 1.-The
New York American or the "Staats-Zei-
tung' would have considered 1T the ordinary
propaganda of what might be expected
from papers Of that kind
1t is Just such articles as this which
help to intensity the acute labor situation
to-day. A lot of foolish little working girls
will read your article and decide that they
are worth at least $36 day. The papers
have done more 20 create labor unrest and
unsatisfactory labor conditions to-day than
ANYTHING else, and | am certainly surprised
to find The Tribune resorting to thing OF
this kind What in the world has come over
your paper that you would permit an arti-
Gle of this nature to 20 on your front page
JAMES H. BELTS.
New York, Aug. 8, 1919
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Unfortunate Information
New York, Aug. 4, 1919.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | quite sure, if you realized the
mischief your article on domestic service
can do you would exert yourself 10 coun-
tcract its influence. | am not speaking for
myself; it may affect me also; but | am
speaking for the thousands of American
mothers of families who cannot possibly
pay the wages that yoar article VIII IN
cite domestics to demand.
Women employing many in help can re
ducc the number, but the bulk of our Amer
ican women, thc women who have sent hus-
bands brothers and sons to win the war.
arc not financially able to meet such eX-
penscs; nor can they do all their own
housework. feel quite sure that the au-
thor of the article never went to twelve or
more intelligence Offices last winter IN
search of domestic. and was met. as
many women were. with rudencss and rc-
fusals, besides quite incompetent assist
ants, or he would have suppressed the un-
fortunate information he gave the world
yesterday.
Domestics arc now oyerpaid. They have
nothing to do with the high cost Of living
They arc spending their money freely and
making everything more expensive for The
employer by their rccklcssncss in paying
high prices. A READER.
New York, Aug. T. 1913.
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and noblest that there has been no time

and noblest that there has been no time
to do anything.
So it is up to the people as individuals.
Apparently despairing Of getting ma
tional policy, Mr.. Pack makes an appeal
to his fellow citizens. Each of us should
plant a tree, or several trees. He would
have the waste land fringing highways
used--their sentinels as useful to the
next generation as their beauty will be
attractive to the present one. But there
is no report of a general following of the
advice; the voice is not of one crying in
wilderness but amid bleak and ugly
stumpage.
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~ Everything
Upstate Advice
u Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May an upstate chick answer B.
Ws query in to-days "'N' Everythng""
right name being Harry Leon Wilson, and
he sometimes travels under the alias Rug
gles' It's really surprising TO me that your
wise birds down city have not discovered TINS
palpable truth before now.
And. while | am my feet, may | offer
a suggestion to lovers of The Tribune in its
home town? Don't gorge yourself with what
you consider the "best thing in the paper
each day. Open it at random, or start with
the very first page and go through it care
fully, as | do In due course you come
upon all it's marvellous offerings-Dng, Hey
wood Broun, +. P. A., Mcclellan, Briggs,
Sam Adams. Fred Hawthorne, the splendid
editorials wonderful book reviews, Grant
Rice, Frank H. Simonds and all the rest of
the remarkable features of this bestest best
Of all newspapers. At least that's the way
many of us poor, benighted countrymen up
state enjoy daily feast.
By the way, what's become Of Fred Haw-
thorne's "Aunt Eleanor Ann? Delightful
old soul, I've known her we'll all my life.
I don't recall ever having met Mr.. Briggs
but, nevertheless and Notwithstanding, he's
got me down pat, for | am unquestionaby,
take it from the best authority, the original
"Handy Man Around the House"
Utica, N. Y, Aug 6, 1919. UPSTATE.
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Plant a Tree!

Charles Lathrop Pack, president Of
the American Forestry Association,
cheers the public on to endure price CON
ditions by the prediction that so far~as
lumber prices are concerned .hey are
nothing now to what they Will be in the
next few years through lack of ma
tional forest policy. He urges one plan
ming home to build now.
The statistics are certainly alarming.
OF S5O,O00,00O acres in our original for
est area but one-fourth now remains.
Nor is an adequate new supply being
grown; the new growth is but one-third
of the amount annually used or de-
stroyed. 1t will not be long before the
supply is gone, and it takes many years
to develop timber tree
Clifford Pinchot, with the support Of
the Roosevelt Administration, did some
thing toward conservation. There was
man who had real passion for trees,
but out he went when best eouipped ia
carry on and energize great work.
Since there has been little practical in
terest at Washington in forestry. The
only thing apparently remembered about
Mr.. Plnchot is that he was some sort Of
crank. Idealism has so engrossed atten-
ton and there has been so much argu-
ment about what sort Of idealism is best
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Help Wanted

be OF interest to your readers, :. e.. by the
cooperation OF women househo'dcrs and
women of refinement who love the care OF
home and children who would De Wiling
to help in housework provided conditions
were assured tha. would De ceptab.e to
them. These conditions naturally demand
that they be treated members OF the
family and recognized, not as servants, but
as home assistants.
Our committee has put forward this Jug
gestion tentatively. and We are convinced
that there is an excellent opportunity for
The combination of the right kind Of house
holder and The right kind Of home assistant,
which would work TO the advantage of both.
We have Just heard from attractive
young wife of army officer who wants
companion to help her take care Of her
home and baby. Surely, there are many
splendid women IN this city to whom this
service would be JOY.
The move is not so radical as 1t would
seem, for in the early days Of our country
there was no servant class in America, and
the young daughters Of good families went
into homes of friends and neighbors and
became loved and trusted members of the
households which they entered 1t is also
quite possible that the entrance OF home
assistants into the home life may have the
salutary effect Of simplifying life in gen
eral and of establishing a more democratic
regime in domestic circles.
Those interested in learning more Of this
idea may apply to Room 701. Hall of Rec
ords 81 Chambers Street. where We shall
be glad to receive suggestions and answer
questions ALICE CARPENTER,
Chairman Employment Bureau, Mayors
Committee of Women on Reconstruction
and Relief.
New York, Aug. 4, 1919.
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China's s Danger
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 tne EQltOr oil Inc IrlDuno:
Sir: I have recently noticed with much
surprise that the legal position of the Shan
tung rights has been so often msapprehend-
ed. There is much talk about the restora-
ton of Chinese sovereignty over Kiao-chau,
but little, if any, referring to the rcstora-
ton to China Of the economic control in Shan
tung which is, in fact, the only serious
problem that needs immediate solution
The Chinese government has never, in
legal sense, lost it's sovereign rights in the
leased territory Of kiao-chau or in any other
part of Shantung Province. What Germany
obtained from any treaty of 1898 was a
right of fixed-pero tenancy, together with
certain railroad and mining privileges in
Shantung, and Chinas sovereignty over
kao chau was, a mattcel of fact, express
ly reserved in Article I of that treaty. The
declaration of the Japanese government that
1t would restore to China the sovereign rights
formerly held by Germany in Shantung if
Japan be permitted to retain the economic
rights and have an exclusive concession Mt
Tsin-Tao is sheer nonsense. Japan cannot
restore to China what China never lost. un-
less she meant to profess that she has al
ICduy StOlSi IL uHtStll from SnlIa.
By virtue of the demands OF 1915 and of
the secret agreement Of 1918, Japan prac-
tcally gets complete economic control over
the whole province OF Shantung. This un-
provoked aggression, if not checked will
necessarily result in political domination,
eAd in the course of few years deveiop-
merit Japan Will not only secure supreme
prodomnarce n Shantung, but she Will be
led, by means of nor economic control and
political intervention. 10 seek for territorial
expansion N, and finally a complete annexa-
ton Of, North China. 1t appears clear.
therefore. that the substitution of Japan for
Germanys rights iii Shantung means grear
danger to the Independence of China, be-
cause Japan IS much nearer to China than
Germany, and because she has already
established n srhero OF influence IN Man
churia close to the ror:!. O. Shantung.
= Japan gets 'he economic control over
Shantung, she gets al The SOVEREIGNTY
said to be retained hy China viii prove only
to be ridiculous n.cekcry
VI YOUNG CHAN.
New York, Aug. T. 1919
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No Lusitania Damages ,

lie the Editor Of The Er.oan,
SIR have observed " IN .s,.4 in.sse,t
the 'ews Of las, vees c...D.. ..ur iron,
Washington to the effect .n4i sH ga.t.a
States is not to receive ans ....Isa
any manner or form G. the rasstna.e. ,o
be paid by the centrai Power as b result o
the treaty OF peace which g no,s tsfore sas
Senate for fatiieation .iay .a.a.re
whether IN your opinion. ;M, Intended to
preclude from consideration the c'a4sas os
American citizens for compensation cor a.s..-
ages resulting from the ur.4nsl' aets 81 ,fe
German government, az io .Ns I4..f4nt.
case before this country entered tso arg
c. AMks BROOks,
New York, Aug S, 1919.
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Public SERVANTS


70 'he Editor o. The 'rr bune
Sir; Reing a. member of nc National
Guard. STATE o. New York, take tins
opportunity 10 write to You and ask YOU
few ques-.ors or the duties Of public
servants and how greatly their duty to the
pubic atsec,s their conscience
First OF a., Go not all employees OF rail
roads and common carriers under govern
ment control owe The same allegiance to
their country and TIE travelling public as
state soldiers, or soldiers and sailors oe
tn" United States Army AID Navy
Second. are they no. under present cir.
cumstances servants OF the public, rather
than G.ctators TO il"
Thivd. ought they rece!vin. the 100 n ign
wages they now receive, have any power
TO tel ,ne public what It shall pay as
fare or waon and how II shall travel?
What rights nave they as the servants Of
Inc puolc and being paid by the taxpayer
instead Of private capital. to lay down any
rules as 20 wha, the public shall do in any
way? F. d RTANCK
A Commuter).
New York, Aug. 5, lo1os
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The Ress,c Problem
'--..-.. .-....,--..,-..---...-..- .--

90 7hN ldito" os Irf Tribune
Sir: Permit o'c VIZ has tie best interest
ol All men q al ,s:ca oe heart to thank
yoN for YOU earas:'5t;e- editorial. Amer
icas fsce i'roN'eoa." an :l-ic,a which. in
stead q inaam.ng Sac passions. IS an ap
nrai 10 Icasul
Fiery anl incerdiary speeches are NOT
TIC products o. Hatcip'.c si.ixens, bu. Of
cnelnics of the pa',.i~ s,cacc, and as such
should bc flowned dovr everywhere. #
the gigantic po~sr q the press" will e.
err its great influence ard the pulpi.. both
white and colored, will rightly serve God
and the public good by laundering against
oppression and lawessness IN all alike.
race antagonism will soon be reduced to a
minimum and an era Of good feeling. GOOD
alike for man and community, will be es
tablshed, such as will do credit TO ncart
and BRAIN, averting future mob violence
All the moral influences in The land should
be awakened 20 make vigorous protest
Tor law and order-justice to all men, re-
gardiess OF race or political atfiliation-
not allowing themselves to Ae reckoned
among those who make the extravagant
error Of giving silent assent 70 the murder
of Gods image. The public conscience
must be aroused, and every good man
should fervently join in wholehearted
crusade for peace and wholehearted con-
demnatlon OF the mob, protesting against
its outrageous conduct and for the good
OF all THOMAS II. KNIGHT.
New York, Aug. s, 1919.
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~.ler Tor the looa1

t..H Tho fa rsIa
issng 3D. c4e arfsfrNtIt 'te
'e' that go sniof,emeat of -sr'
bcsf Na. toward aiea..fs Hao'.c
continent against 'ten. fe Hfef o.
D'.,oHse. Nass erasIea ,'ai so'hae 'sa'
an. ota.r Iastaaa-. aNbit or Hf'ts's'
bc stopped Seer rne ts4n marshal Aad es
eie,i .hat san4ay baseball eopie ne' b'
esfuittt4 on4er tAe st.te laNs Tie e"
he ll..e5 t..t i.sefbefaics tasaaeh tHe
h.,s Of o'a Neu England f0e atss @is
tha' ia .s4J gam las point
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wcntN two months
New York. Aug. .. 1919.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
sir would like to remind Nf Robert
". Leonard that the stories of ofsoa cruel
ties running these days are not cniIcisns
Of the court martial system Mn l.souala
speaks OF officers who had never been i'm
strueted that officer may not touch .n
enlisted man" Why had fhev not s
And why above all. we're these inexperienced
officers given the very important work of
maintaining dsciphne-H inexperienced tae,
were?
"hardbo.led" smith was no, an .nexoen.
enced officer haven't the clipping bcfot~
me. but my memory Of the matter is ,bat
ne had done onsiderabe tme u the service
HIS immediate auperlors were not l-Npe..
enced Officers the captain. the maiot .,.
charge of the areas in ,ehch>he Worked. tae
brigsdier general who commanded tine dis,ric,
OF Paris And ii aas their OBJ 10 know
about conditions m ,heir eomn.aads And
they did know they couldn't he.p tnoa,nr
was on duty in Paris from November is
1918, until January 20. 1919. aaa kn.e o.
conditions and every man around mc kn,s.
o; them. me buck. {. strikes n,. .ho..fa
pass 20 Brigadier General Ualfs. ana IRON.
h'm on up. BRUCE NoEAN
New NorA Aug. >. 1919
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The Need Of F. F. V.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: quite agree with the gentleman
from Mount Vernon. II f. +. V. is still
in these parts, dig him up. A world wet
with tears needs moro of his optimism. His
columnar life was brief, but it made an
indeblc impression. Briggs is a super
Inner. It is impossible to paint the lily, so
will not attempt praise. Darling, too is a
wonder. The Tribune is bangup paper
New York, Aug. G, 1919 c. T.
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up so tight that they svill neoer run
again.
That is speaking.
Mr.. Jewell is outrageous but clear.
Why pretend when everybody already
knows what you mean?
This railroad minority is very impa-
tient. 1t hath fed upon red meat before.
It's ultmatum is on the table.
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Professional Brutality

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Robert W Leonard whose letter yea
publish tins morning. would 10 we'll to
acquaint himself with few Of ,he facts
of the present investigation OF pr son h,u-
taHty. After accusing "nany oi our army"
OF being men VINO had frequently appeared
before magistrates on charges oi d.sordcrly
conduct he makes .hc statement .ha, many
of our officers were unht and did not know
that an officer may not touch am enlisted
man. Disrcgarding tins part of ms argu-
ment. viii Mr. Leonard explain why the
brutality in the Hotel 81, Anne. Bas'lle
and Farm No. wa Instituted by Tie
marines Furthermore viii Mr. Leonard
explain o. "mardbollcd" snu'h. beng
regular army officer d'dn' know better
Also. viii Mr. Leonard explain why General
Har's and General rer,hine. knowing these
conditions existed. didn't stop them
G. s.. n
IWpnf\.itNa man. us Iro.....
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The Peak Of indifference

TO me Editor o. The Tribune
Sir: !. 900, should like TO ad3 word in
praise OF : P A should a'so Ike 10 90 on
record as having lost interes. in The names
Of vaudeville teams fifteen years ago. and
furthermore it IS matter of supreme indif-
ference % me how Mr.. Werrenraths name
is spelled p C. Y
Princeton, \. J.. Aug. T. 1919
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When There Were No Servants

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Employment Bureau OF the
Mayors Committee of Women on Recon
struction and Relief, in cooperation with
the United States Employment Service. is
attempting to reach the domestic problem,
which is exceedingly difficult at the pres
cnt time, through a suggestion which might
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Verify

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
When Franklin p. Adams ceases 20 colvu,o
for The Tribune, will cease reading the
Tribune. tail 20 see Why it is incumben-
upon US as steady readers 20 impress such
facts upon you. Verify,
MALCOLM H.,
Scranton, Penn. Aug. IS, 1919.
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A Cry From the Zinc

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir:
Slip this into the Towers space,
While the Colonel is away.
want to sneak into prominent place,
In the absence of +. P. A.
He's been canning my efforts for seventeen
years;
He's been giving my genius the raus.
But now that the cats gone, why I'll dry
tears.
And mimic the playful young mouse.
LESTER LAMB.
New York Aug. &, 1919.
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You can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE with absolute satetyfor dissatisfaction re-
xuhs In any The TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back request No red tape. No qulhhllng.
We mako good promptly II the advertiser does not.
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press il exclusively entitled the
for republication OF all dispatches credited to Il
otherwise credited In this paper and also tho local
OF spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights OF republication OF all other matter herein
also reserved
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\ Rnolnc l. Snhnalllnd

fHl.s lie Hst.fa feofsHi
There are no sfs4kes ia the plant ~hFfe re
Old Man calls me employees Dick and EsN aAa
ASKS about the bahys ncv teeth.
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TO the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While personal opinions of The
Tribune arc in order | wish to say that |
like The Tribune because it is a sensible
digntied newspaper which doesn't reve in
scandal. | read it for tho news and cartoon
on the first page, the cartoon by Briggs and
"7hc Coming Tower by f. P. A. If I
don't have time for anything else in the
paper | look at these three things. Next
come the editorials and Haywood Broun's
book column, which | enjoy immensely.
One likes something new and fresh about
these book items, and that is what Broun
has been giving us.
hope you'll not pay any attention to the
kickers. We find them in every walk Of
life and you cant please all the people all
the time. SO you should worry" Go on
giving what the majority appreciates,
which you probably realize means Briggs
and T. r. A. NJ. SCUDDER.
indianapolis, Aug. ., 1919
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Il had rather grim talk with Nesht.
cheriakov al dinner writes Ran-ome Sons.
how it would seem hitias tha' any ~ 3 e..a
man named Meshtcheriakoe -ho4a oe
rather grim. We can hardly plcture anybody
approaching him with How's every hrle
thing. Mesh.cheriakov? Have you heard re
one about the widow and the lrishman and
the Ford car"
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'Ar.tophei 'iars tH.
solved ia Bis aoee. "lhe Haaarl F
Doubleday Page IH i..
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winch tuo o. .0s ,t.cf .aaf..f.
aa 'eag ~afH.r. h4'.ef
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ray b, unmarried a. a rtl.r.8
toa.f. 1hct,o3 tf.. .lhnf ..afI
dake of paeeH ., e.s aD.ea
a Nleath of I...Ifuu"t
peppet. =. t.eIc d.Nt'.i
pink sat.e. o .a.a
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ihe .ol of tni aHa hat Hae
fused 20 tou ho. ii .. aasae
doesn't know aa..
tosud g.sdou f..is OBJ a.f 4ea
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LordviiIe, y. Y. Aug S, 1919.
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a. tnc 0s>I Way male NJ
the foaer bg Anthony Hae Ae
we and ourscite. quito. .ai a
mystery presented aae aat...
how an comes oat
gene Hone has 0erfaIn', NafafsI
reudallc theme tlta d kreH
of neH doe.sea mt.frrt
touch of pleasant eatI.t. Ia.f
every orc fha' fac n~ei a0f .Ie
Too seriously
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"fhc Hcrtnre b. the ...
'he hrsf hr.t novel Ne hsle ,noa.. ss
season
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