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Diplomats Wives Sponsor
Donna Ortensia Concert

Contessa OrtenSia Piercy di Mignano,
daughter of the late Duca di Mignano,
who is known in music circles as Donna
Ortensia, will give a recital Saturday
afternoon, January 20, in the Sulgrave
Club at o'clock and will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Mildred Kolb Schulze.
The patronesses include Senhora de
Lima Silva, wife of the Ambassador
of Brazil; Sonora de Cardenas, wife Of
the Ambassador of Spain. with whom
iContessa >di Mignano is staying; Nine.
Bostrom, wife of the Minister Of
Sweden; Baroness Beck-Friis, wife Of
the counselor OF the Swedish legation:
Mrs. Truxton Beale, Mrs. Tracy Dows,
Princess Boncompagni and Mrs. Adloph
Caspar Miller.
Contessa di Mignano will go to New
York to give a recital there Saturday,
January 81, and will sail aboard the
Europa Monday. January 20. for Italy.
where she will appear in concert Fri
cay, February 8, at the Santa Cecilia
Academy.
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Cabinet Members Wives
Receiving at Sulerave Club

The second group of cabinet hostesses
who will receive Wednesday afternoon
will include Mrs. Henry Morgenthau,
jr., wife of the new Secretary of the
Treasury. Mrs. Morgenthau, Mrs.
Ickes, wife Of the Secretary Of the In
terror; Mrs. Wallace, wife of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, and Miss Frances
Perkins, Secretary of Labor, will re-
ceiVe together from to 6 o'clock in
the Sulgrave Club. The fifth hostess
of the group, Mrs. Roper, wife Of the
Secretary of Commerce, will receive in
her home at 30o1 Woodland drive.
Mrs. Dern, wife of the Secretary of
War; Mrs. Cummings, wife Of the At
torney General; Mrs. Farley, wife of,
the Postmaster General, and Mrs.
Swanson, wife Of the Secretary Of the
Navy, received Wednesday of last week,
the State and Treasury departments be-
ing without a representative in the
list Of cabinet at homes at that time.
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Roosevelts Entertain
Two New York Guests
Over Current Week End
Miss Elizabeth Lee and
Miss Esther Lape at White
House-Roper Returns to
City.

The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
have with them over Sunday Miss
Elizabeth Lee and Miss Esther Lape of
New York
The Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
Daniel C. Roper, returned yesterday
from a brief visit in the South.
Mrs. Daniel c. Roper, wife OF the
Secretary, will receive Wednesday aft
ernoon from 4 to o'clock in her home
at 30O1 Woodland Drive for the first
time this season.
Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland
of New York, who are occupying their
apartment at The Shoreham, expect to
leave Thursday for trip to Florida.
They will go first to the West Coast
and will then cross the Tamiami Trail
by motor to Miami and after a few
DAYS there will return to Washington.
Senator and Mrs. Frederick Van
Nuys have as their guests over Sunday
Mrs. william II. Thompson and Mrs
Michael Foley of indianapolis.
Senator and Mrs. Joseph C. OMa-
honey have as their guest the formers
aunt, Miss Mary OMahoney of Law
renee, Mass, who will remain several
weeks with them.
Representative Richard M. Kleberg
Continued on Page 4, Column So
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Rosers.Wa.son Wedding
At Arny War College

Miss Mary Louise Watson, daughter
of Capt. Joel Franklin Watson, U. S.
A., and Mrs. Watson. has selected
Saturday afternoon, January 20, for her
marriage to Lieut.. Gordon Rogers, U.
S. A., son of Mr. and Mrs. ], r. Rogers
of Morrison, Tenn. The engagement
of Miss Watson to Lieut.. Rogers was
announced by her parents New Year
Gay. The wedding will take place in
the chapel at the Army War College
at o'clock and will be followed by a
reception in the Officers Club at the
college. l-..r.Ezz. n ~ ; xaaAAa<zz=.i
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Twelfth Night Dinner
And Dance at Langley

The commercial secretary of the Brit
ish embassy and Mrs. Leander McCor-
mick -Goodhart gave a Twelfth Night
party last night in their home, Langley
Park, in Maryland, where they enter
tanned at dinner in honor of Mrs. Nc
Cormick- -Goodharts sister. Miss Mar
garet Phillips, debutante daughter Of
former Representative and Mrs. Thomas
W. Phillips, and Miss Suzanne Carroll
Hill, debutante daughter of former
Representative and Mrs. John Phillip
Hill.
Additional guests were invited for
dancing after the dinner.
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The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will entertain at dinner Thursday eve
ming In honor of the heads of diplo-
matte missions in Washington. The
annual dinner to the diplomats is the
largest Of the state dinner parties on
the official schedule. there being SIS
countries listed in the official diplo-
matte list. though two, Latvia and
Esthonia, have only consul general in
New York. The Union of Soviet Social
ist Republics will be represented for
the first time, the embassy appearing
on the diplomatic list for the first time
in the December issue, although Russia
has been for long represented there
with the name and address of the
financial attache In New York.
Mrs John Nance Garner wife of the
Vice President. will preside at the first
weekly luncheon of the Senate Ladies
Lunch Club Tuesday in the Senate
ONCE Building.
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury. will be
the honor guest at the monthly lunch
con tomorrow which the hostesses in
the little cabinet" circle will give at
the Washington Club Mrs. w. w,
Husband, wife Of the Assistant Secre-
tary Of Labor, is in charge Of arrange
ments.
The Attorney General, Mr.. Homer S.
Cummings, attended the luncheon yes
terday given by Mr.. David A. Pine,
who entertained at the University Club
in honor of the newly appointed dis
trict attorney, Mr.. Leslie c. Garnett
.Others in the company were Justice
William Hitz, the assistant to the At
torney General, Mr.. william Stanley;
Judge John w. Price, Judge Frank Ne
beker, Col. James S. Easby-Smiths. Mr.
C. c. Carlin, Mr. Frederic De Courcy
Faust, Mr.. H. Prescott Galley, Mr..
Abram Myers, Mr.. Kenneth M. Parkin-
son, Mr.. william H. Hill, jr.; Mr.. Nor
man B. Frost. Mr.. Richmond B. Keech,
Mr.. Leslie L. Bifae. Mr.. Robert l..
Bradshaw, Mr.. George E. Mcneil. Mr.
Dwight Rorer, Mr.. Frank S. Easily
Smith, Mr.. Joseph Low, Mr.. Reece B
Gillespie, Mr.. John Richter, Mr.. Will
liam M. Wood and Mr.. Cyril Lawrence
The chairman of the Federal Radio
Commission and Mrs. Eugene o. sykes
were the guests in whose honor the
vice chairman and Mrs. Thad H
Brown entertained at dinner last eve-
ming In their home, at 1888 Van Buren
street. The other guests were mem
bers, past and present, of the Radio
Commission, and included Commis-
sioner and Mrs. Harold La Fount, Com.
missioner and Mrs. James Hanley and
Commissioner w. L. D. Starbuck, for
mer Commissioner and Mrs. Charles
Mckinley Saltzman, former Commits
sioner and Mrs. Henry A. Bellows and
former Commissioner Ira z. Robinson
Mrs. william Howard Taft will have
guests lunching informally with her to.
day and Tuesday she will be hostess al
dinner.
| N6rs pradv n r,,yttenclitter wife a
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Mrs. Hert of Kentucky
Hostess for Nieces

Mrs. Alvan T. Hert will give a small
dance Friday evening, January rs, at
the Sulgrave Club for her nieces, Miss
Mary Louise Durham and Miss Jane
Obey of Kentucky, who will be her
guests for some time. Miss Durham
has Joined her aunt, Mrs. Hert, In her
apartment at 1785 Massachusetts, ave-
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the charge d'affaires of U. S. S. R.,
M. Boris E. Skvirsky. and they are
expected to come to Washington this
evening or tomorrow morning.
Mrs. MacWhite, wife of the Minister
Of the Irish Free State, will receive
Friday afternoon in her apartment in
the Shoreham, for which she has issued
cards. Mrs. MacWhite also has cards
out for an at home Friday afternoon,
January 26.
The Minister of Rumania, Mr..
Continued on Page 4, Column g.
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Miss Margaret Phillips.
Pittsburgh Debutante,
Will Wed Mr.. Succop
Daughter Of Former Repre-
sentative to Be Bride of
Graduate of Harvard.

Former Representative and Mrs.
Thomas w. Phillips of Butler, Pa, an
nounce, the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Margaret Sherman, to Mr.. Craig
Succop, son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. E.
Succop, of Pittsburgh. No date is set
for the wedding. Miss Phillips was edu-
Gated at Miss Madeira'S School In
Washington and studied in France, later
returning to New York. where she was
a student at the French School. She
made her formal debut in Pittsburgh
in November when Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
lips gave large party for her in their
home nearby Butler.
Mr.. Succop is q graduate OF the
Hayerford College and Of the Harvard
Business School and makes his home
in Pittsburgh. He came to Washing
ton for the party given last evening
for Miss Phillips and Miss Suzanne
Carroll Hill by Miss Phillips brother
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leander
Mccormick -Goodhart.
Mrs. Howard Priest announces the
engagement of her daughter, Mary
Katherine, to Mr.. Willoughby Newton
Offley, son of Col. Edward M. Offley
Miss Priest is the daughter of the late
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Dinner for Diplomats
Chief Social Event at
White House This Week
Judiciary Reception Last Thursday Night Still
Discussed by Society-Bachelors Hold
Cotillion Tomorrow Night.

her return, and she will visit and re-
ceive and give dinners from time to
time until Lent.
Cabinet days at home, uniquely con-
ceived and perfectly carried out, proved
a joy to those who love official visiting.
There was such a wholesome, hearty
welcome everywhere, the four hostesSeS,
Mrs. Dern, Mrs. Swanson, Mrs. Cum
mings and Mrs. Farley, each entering in
the spirit of the day with such grace that
one might have thought it the last in
stead of the first year of the adminis-
tration. Wednesday Of this week an
even more convenient plan for calling
awaits the official public whose duty
and pleasure it is to go visiting, when
Mrs. Morgenthau, wife of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury; Mrs. Ickes, wife
of the Secretary of the Interior; Mrs.
Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and then real cabinet mem
Der, Miss Perkins, Secretary of Labor,
all receive at the Sulgrave Club. Mrs.
Roper, who has for long kept day at
home whether officially or otherwise,
will receive in her own charming home,
with her daughter, Miss Grace Roper,
and others assisting At the Sulgrave
Club Wednesday each cabinet hostess
will have two or more assistants. per-
haps wives of their husbands assistant
secretaries.
The Bachelors Cotillion at the May
flower tomorrow night starts the week
propitiously and arrangements for
unique figures with real international
atmosphere, handsome favorS, Splen-
did supper, the finest of music and the
cream of Washington society as guests
all blend into brilliant whole, remind
ing one of the bachelors of bygone years
when to be asked as a guest foretolo
social recognition in Washington or any
other city.
This afternoon there will gather in
Constitution Hall, filling it from f1oor
to ceiling, the music lovers of Wash
ington when Hans Kinder will conduct
the washington Symphony Orchestra
through a brilliant program. At this
season, box-holders are likely to lend
their seats to friends, but there is
always the assurance that the. artists
will look out over sea of faces ano
there will be scarcely a vacant seat.
Evening star., 1934-01-07
BY SALLIE V. III. PICKETT.

III SEAAAAA H = ASAAA -
Mrs. Roosevelts well conceived and
splendidly carried out social program
moves on apace with not bit of fric-
ton in its we'll oiled machinery-a
marvellous achievement for the first
Winter of any administration. With
the dinner to the diplomats the chief
social event at the White House this
week, the talk in society is still of the
Judiciary reception of last week. The
Thousand guests chatted on Thursday
might Of the once staid and boresome
parties In honor of the august body
{when bench and bar met with a sprin-
killing of others who deemed it their duty
ito go.
Not so Thursday night. Every one
was gay and happy, the Chief Justice
and Mrs. Hughes being the center OF a
brilliant throng as long as they re-
manned in the mansion, other members
of the highest tribunal also remaining
for the allotted time for the reception
and still other guests repairing to the
east room to tread merry measure
and be enabled to pass down the line
to coming generations the fact Of hav-
ing danced in the lofty chamber.
When Mrs. Roosevelt first announced
that refreshments would be served in
the State dining room following the
presentation of guests, Washington
awakened in wonder. So easily ano
well was the plan carried out Thurs
day that the state dining room to which
The company passed after being received
WAS the sociable point OF vantage fol
the duration of the reception hours
THE long table at the west side of the
soom bore various large vases Of gay
flowers, and the many candles added
their happy glow. 1t was on this west
side of the room and across the great
fireplace that the table was always laio
during the Taft administration, when
Mrs. Taft reinstated the custom of re-
freshing the guests, and there it stood
for the elaborate wedding breakfast Of
Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Long
worth, following the ceremony in the
EAST room.
For a fact, Mrs. Longworth came
early and remained late at the recep-
tion Thursday, and gayly declared thai
only Roosevelt could give such an en-
bertainment. There was chatter to tht
Affect that Roosevelt could do it, be.
pause Roosevelt just would remair
b Roosevelt under any circumstances
be they Republican or Democrat anC
never allowing conventionalities Il
hamper them.
Splendid hospitality attended the sta!
IN Chile of the Secretary of State anc
Mrs. Hull, and when they left tn
Chilean capital it was in a maze o
social events. Secretary Hull gave
luncheon at the American embassy
when President Alessandri was guest
hnd he was entertained at the presi
rential palace. Almost the entire socia
program of Mrs. Hull lies before her ol
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Mrs. Perry S. Heath will entertain
the Chinese Minister and Nine. SEE at
dinner Wednesday. She has as guests
Continued on Page 4, Column A.
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Dinner at White House
To Diplomats Thursday
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt VIII Entertain
in Honor of Heads of Foreign Missions
in Washington.

Col. Ruttencutter, U. s. A., retired, will
give luncheon at the Shoreham jan
uary II in honor Of Nine. SEE, wife
of the Minister of China.
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Continued on Page 4. Column 60
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Mrs. william Howard Taft will have
guests lunching Informally with her to-
day and Tuesday she will be hostess at
dinner.
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Mrs. Brady q. Ruttencutter. wife of
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MISS ELIZABETH DERN,
Daughter Of the Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Dern, whose
+ debut party was the most
brilliant event of New
Year day.
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Continued On Page 4, Column So
, 1934-12-04
CALENDAR
J.


The ladies Of the Christian
church will serve a Penny Supper.
Mrs. B. M. Works will entertain
we wednesday Bridge club.
Luncheon at l O'Clock in the aft
ernoon followed by bridge at the
Hotel Brazos In Port Isabel, by Mrs.
Dean Porter, and Mrs. Larry Light
ner, honoring their mother. Mrs. Z.
e Sans Of New Rochelle. N. Y.
The Little Women will meet with
Sylvia Sommers.
Visiting day for parents AZ II
Jardin school; covered dish lunch
CO. az noon. and PTA meeting At
$50 D.. m.
Mrs. r. z. Macmanus viii De
hostess to the Wednesday Study
club.
The AthenIan club VIII meet with
Mrs. Alonzo Cope. 1855 w. Levee
street.
Cameron -Willacy County Zone
meeting in Santa Rosa At $50 q
m.
The Executive Board OF the Red
Cross will meet at the Chamber Of
Commerce az 10 a. m.
The Self-C Culture club will meet
with Mrs. II. L. Yates.
, 1934-12-04

and also with the sololsts who win
participate IN the program.
The program viii be as follows.
Onward Christian Soldiers" A.
Nelson. Concert Choir: Her Rose"
Speaks. might Fall" Hamblin. Miss
Barbara Barrier; song on the
Clock" Reynolds, Concert Choir:
"Cato's Advice" HUM, The Eagle
Busch, Daniel Keane; Medley"
Parks. Concert Choir: intermission
and offering; Winter Song" Bull
lard. HarllnEen Male Chorus: Yes
terday and Today" Spross. Moon
drops Low" Cadman, Mrs. Stanley
Crockett: "Scns on Men" Canman,
Harrington Male Chorus; GOOD
Bye" ToSti. Harrington Male Chorus.
"Oniy a Rose" Friml. Sylvia
Speaks, George Hardeman: Land
Sighting" Grieg, Choir and Male
Chorus
Mrs. Ernest Deakin will be ths
organist for the program willis
pianlsts will be Mrs. y. w. Allen,
Mr.. Foster Tebby and Miss Aurora
Ortiz
, 1934-12-04
OLmito Class
Elects Heads
At Meeting

The Olmito Bible class met Sat
urday evening in the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert McEowen. with 26
members and four guests present.
During a business session, Mrs.
E. B. Box was elected president Of
the organization. The retiring Of
f!cers. Mrs. Louis Kiphen and Mrs.
Dan "A. Robbins, we're presented
with gifts from the class.
"A lighted Christmas tree and an
exchange Of gifts added pleasure 70
the social hour. which was made
enjoyable too by games and con-
versation. The next regular meet
ing will be held at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Kiphen, Jan. 5
The regular meeting date or the
class is the first Saturday before
the first Sunday OF the month.
, 1934-12-04
New Members Taken
Into Happy Girls
Club Saturday

The Happy Girls club met Sat-
urtNy afternoon In the home OF
Aileen Curling. During a business
meeting, four new members were
admitted to the club, and officers
were elected. The new members
are: Aileen Curling, Mary Helen
Butts, Beatrice Perez, and Marie
Vivier. Marie Vivier was elected
president and Mary Bertha Puteg-
nat was elected reporter.
Games Of bunco were played
during the afternoon with the prize
going to Rebecca Villarreal. De-
licious refreshments were served
following the games.
Those present, besides the new
members. were Rebecca Villarreal,
Anne Schendel and Mary Bertha
Putegnat. Beatrice Perez will be
hostess TO the club next.
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RETURN HOME
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. King have
returned from their wedding trip
through various points In Mexico.
, 1934-12-04
Langtond
Is Duchess Of
Brownsville

Miss Anna Ruth Langford, at
tended by Misses Ruth Ernst and
Myrna Summers. will represent
Brownsville as Duchess at the 2nd
Annual Citrus Fiesta in Mission,
December s, according 10 an an
nouEcement made by Mrs. Roy Ruff,
president Of the City Federation OF
WOmen's clubs. The Duchess and
her attendants were selected by the
Federated clubs in Brownsville, and
Will represent the ~tangerine at the
Pageant of Citrus.
The three Brownsville girls viii
take part in all the festivities
planned for the four DAYS Of gayety
to follow the inaugural events, the
parade in the morning and ball
Thursday night.
On the evening Of December N
the coronation Of the King and
Queen. and the Pageant Of Citrus
will take place. The Duchess from
Brownsville. and her attendants
also will take part IN the parade
Thursday morning, one Of the most
brilliant spectacles OF the entire
Fiesta. and will ride. The girls will
occupy a float provided BY The
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce.
At the coronation, Queen Citriana
III will be selected to reign over
the next fiesta from among the
DucheSses present. Queen Citriana
II. Miss Nancy Jennings Of Har-
lingen. was selected az tie first
fiesta to reign over the 1885, fiesta
The pageant or citrus vas especial
" prepared for the Texas Citrus
Fiesta BY Arthur Robert Hayes. dra-
natic art director Of the Mission
high school.
Miss Jennings and her Court viii
be entertained Immediately follow
ing the coronation ceremonies az
the Queens Ball. Another event Is
the bullfight in Reynosa at which
the Queen and her Court will be
the guests OF the Duchess OF Rey-
nosa
, 1934-12-04
Church Class
Honored With
No0e[ Party

one or the very enjoyable events
Of the past week was the White
Elephant" party given Friday night
at the home Of Mrs. L. T. Shelton
BY the intermediate department Of
the Methodist Sunday school.
Invitations we're written In green
ink on a tracing OF q white elephant
and read as follows:
An elephant white most every
one owns
III tell you what to do without
II may be a vase. or jewelry, or
combs.
Now, instead OF deciding to throw
him" away,
just wrap "him" up in a bundle
tight,
And bring him to my house next
Friday night.
There well dispose Of your ele-
phantee
And wen all be as happy as
happy can bel"
Following the exchange OF white
elephants" owe which there were
much merriment and amusement,
games formed the diversion for the
evening. Cookies and cocoa were
served at the close Of the evening.
Those present were: Barbara
Black. Ruth Black, Mrs. Rachel
Triplett, Maralee Crockett, Betty
Sauber, Mary Dutro. Mr.. Paul
Whitefor, Clyde Grow. Jr., Evelyn
Hays. Betty 10 Samuel, Chiffon
Stewart, Betty Jane Hawkes., Vir-
ginia Meyer, Edith, Mckee, Mrs.
Cathryn Collins. Dick Pierce. Jewel
Biggs. Mrs. Josephine Marsh. Eli
abeth OBanion. Marguerite Marsh,
Lima Louise Crow, Mrs. K. X.
Black, and Mrs. Cecil Sheldon.
, 1934-12-04
Concert Choir
IoPneSentA
Program Soon

The Concert Choir az the First
Methodist church Of Harrington. as
sisted by the Harrington Male chorus
win present a program In the First
Baptist church or Brownsville Fri
day. December Z. at 8 p. m. The
musical offering will be under the
direction OF Mr.. David L. OrmeSher.
The music loving public OF Browns
vile and vicinity Is cordially invit-
ed 20 attend. Quite a large aud
ie-ce Is expected as Brownsville and
Valley folk are familiar with Mr..
Ormesher's capabilities ~ a con-
ductor. and with the merits OF the
Concert Choir and the Male Chorus,
, 1934-12-04
Muptial Rites
Read SUNDAY
For CouDLe
Especial to The Herald)


MERCEDES, Dec. "A beautiful
wedding was SolemniZed Sunday
night in the Elks Club parlors, join
ing In marriage, Miss Miriam Fish
man, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Fishman OF Donna, ana
Mr.. Harold Betten OF Houston, with
DR.. Phillips Of San Antonio, read
ing the impressive ring ceremony.
A Christmas thought was portray
ed in the color note OF red and
green. Tall floor baskets held
poinsettias which lined an aisle.
marked with white satin ribbon,
which led to the altar beneath a
canopy, where the vows were
trothed. Here. p~oinSettiaS and
fragrant carnations made floral
adornment.
The wedding party entered 70
the strains OF II Love You Truly"
sung by Mr.. Walter j. Baldwin. &C
companied by Mrs. Margaret Farm
er, at the piano. with the brides
, 1934-12-04
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