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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEBPHILADEL;PHtX SATURDAY, MARCH 27,' 1920
'ueitin0 public Heba
PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
cyiiubji, k. cuiiTia, piuidrmt
.Charles It. l.uillngton. Vlis I'reilJent:
John C. Martin, Hecremr.v on.l Treasurer:
TMo B. Collin. John It. Williams, John J.
Wimraon, Director.
UDtTORIAb HOARD!
Ctmn II. K. CLHT18, Chairman
DAVID E. SMILEY ..Editor
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PhUulrtphls. Stturd.y. M.h 27. 1M0
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Things on nlilch the people expert
the new administration to concentrate.
Its nttentlon:
The Delaware rxver bridge
A drydock big enough to accommo
date the largest ships
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. X convention hall
A building for the Fiee Library
An Art JUuseum
Enforcement of the water supply
Bomes to accommodate the pojmlfi
lioii. A TROLLEY COMMISSION
tP3ITi! m on Imp n locitlnuite in- '
Jt tcrest in the street car service and . ' ' " d hc cn treat the np
. i,.! !i.. . .i ir 'lKimtment as n question of factional
constructive criticism. Their prosperity ,
and therefore the prosperity of the city
and its people is largely dependent on
efficient transit service. If the city is
to be broken up into n series of isolated
communities bv inadequate cur service,
everybody will suffer in one wa or
another.
Mr. Mitten and his associates have
done extremely well in the face of over-
whelming difficulties. It is apparent i
that the concerted nwement of business ,
organizations for a new survey of the
trolley service does not imply criticism '
i,i,Min ,,,i,;,,-ni;,, wimf iho
of the Mitten administration. V hut the
business associations seem to seek s a
method by Which some Ot the millions
paid annually out ot street car tares
jam In which it finds itself.
"
CLOUDLAND
imlIE I nitcd Stales.- sm Governor
" bp,r,01"- "as prooeins enoucn at
borne without reaching into me clonus
to find opportunity for nltruistir crv
cc-
This i in a sense true And ihe iiiIp
of conduct here implied is one thnt ought
to guide governors ns well a- the I'resi
dn,' nri.l tntifrncc
xf. c...., ..... .a.,.. .1.. v....
...i .-.,,,...,, .,,-, umnour ,.m- .. -
England Street ltailwa Association al ,
Boston He talked of methods by w huh
the federal tax tlrm might be sim
pltiied, of the Kansas labor court and
the plight of the vouthern negio There
is a looming suggestion of cloudlaml in
-II iLl.. If ..... I -,- . ....U .!..
II I II It II lU II U llliril 111 I 1IJItUIUI- I II til
almost -,".0()0 families are at thi mo
went inreaieneti wmi cvirnon iroin uicir
homes in and about Philadelphia nnd
that some thousands of other homes in
the stutp ma be Miinlarlv disintegrated
under pressure from conscienceless 1 ml
estate gamblers while Mr Sproul nnd
. ., , ... ., e .1 !
the state authorities geneuilly seem on-
tent to stand idh by without lifliu
hand or oiee against the outrage
The Governor would be more inspn
Ing and more lotisisteni ns a com
mentntor on the housing ciii 111 this
"
stale than he appeared ns a .asiial talker
nbout federal lnes in that pnrt of New
England where presidential .andulntes
go to give tin ir booths nn as. stait on
the friendlj 1 urrtuts of familiar opinion
REFORM THROUGH MUSIC
ORPHEl S n'cniding t' th pluloso
pli of Intnes I'mnii- Cooke n
speaker at the 1 loin srsioi of the
music supoMisors national , oiifpren.'P
vesteriiai hud the making- of a firt
rate nnli Bolshevist 'Mni through
educational 1 hauiieN lie insists i
ro me paraijzius emmp i ..nu.-.ijiuB js ono 0f the tiuancial officers of the city Jean education should provide for greater nnnounceu, as it it were n grcui
companies may be d.verted to the im- ,UD(1 t,mt ue ,, one fflf thp sinking fllnd ,. , American industry, were ob- M'3e'', 'ntwllll1JroPaVnt res"
AnTriessc'milr'e'a'd1 S""' ": bl ' of viousl, thmking of finer standards of ?0rm ""niust "bsimuUane'ous and
fw ?i.o V T- 'I ? -t n! nnv oes beyond this. 'nrUvanslnp rather than of the accepted ccncrftI. thnt yoU could not cut off
times tin I u i is ns tacr ns nnj Thc ,.ontroi,. , ,hP oflicer charged . systems of what is known us "voca- the raw materials of Russia and stop
ooo else to tina n way ot eseupp trom tnc ,n, i, ,i.,. e .: .i,. i, -ornilll- .:i .:: t,,,,., .i,..i...i j..:ii ,!. ii,. r i.r,v,nn.. .iti,,,, ;.,;,,,.,-
Ihe greatest nud strongeM f.in- ng,iini I'attison wn .1 lpinoerat The Mn)or
this insidious iiitliience ' . ln his time was Republican Pattison
Soviet Russia pwdcnll- thought other 'elected 111 a war when the Republicans
wise, for it hns been dill) re, o cV,) thai were off their guard Instituted a system
while the bread cards in inipoierislipd ' of auditing thnt audited The counter
Prtrograd were llluson grand opera signing of warrants a not icgarded
nnd svinphoii) mnevrts were not Con us ,1 mallei of louline like Ihe signing
certs hnve been crowded Siilui-tence f p.i.rnll iheiks. but he mude his own
on niiisicnl fnrp was nt eUst altinnable iiivestiganoiis nnd formed his own opin-
All of which wrifies .he f.., ,,at ,on" o'l I'-'d the other departments to
.,.i. .. .h.. ...os. k,.l..e..rn .,f ,i, nr.. " tr..t a. countd b.lit.v And be pleased
A merecnange oi program inueis is oiten i
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ll oral ii.ii .'. iiii.-i ji, , , .. . i.i.
CtraaiiLiu i.Yoloilnrl till. ..nmiit ikftnnn. I
of. Nietsihe in "Thus Spnke Zara
tliustra ir tne piownuiico oi tins ,
work wpip unknown and tls.npnon al
i-,.,1 ll.n "nra.ni" o-i-il on , 1,1.
Vimphant picture of ,he battle of the
IVIVM ! - - ( 1
1 I'" ' 'I- in-
"Mnrne Ihe "I'rcludP lo nn Afternoon
Siromboli" or nnticiiintui v cmnmeni
on the Dempsej Cnrpiniier light.
Slush exercises tlie arti tic !ensibili
ties. That Is n line thing Mr Cooke
es. That is n (hip Hung Mr Cooke
Id quite right in that view. But it m.
,.spcciaM.v ... .- -' .mm.
MlnllciiN M'ry mu. I. like a lr,p ,,.
Kurupc W e get out of what we put
Into it.
SHY SHAD
MV11K TWAIN realized the exu. ting '
. lit. i .L .1. a ",.."! I
ii i ,t ..I I .
U some lilt 1 1
very mm h
nature ot local tastes A Siolch-
tnan. ho averred, wat. more than likely
to greet u Lucullan cast with "Where's
j our haggis'" und u cunulhal with the
Kornful query, "Where's your mis
sionary?" "Where's jour shad?" Is
thn traditional Philadelphia plaint
Where, Indeed? A solitary specimen
(, tblM admired branch of the herring
fanHl) wan captured in the Sluurlce
Jyjvfv. leiv 5lllvllr jeslenhiv, Time
,-i k wlm jV IW peili"p hvi vvuuH
hnvc heralded the approach of tasty
multitudes.
There Is, of course, n considerable
annual catch nowadays, birt it is piti
fully small compared t itli the Inspiring
hauls of the post. Shad on the locul
restaurant menus is climbing In price
steadily and mournfully Into the old ter
rapin clasi. An appetizing common
place has become almost u luxury.
All sorts of reasons including our
implacable old acquaintance, the law of
supply and demand are offered to cx-
plain the costliness ami scarcity
An
undoubted factor in the enso Is the in-
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---.-. r .'"- : . .
commission has taken practical steps to
encourage propagation, but fish arc shy
creatures, distrustful both of science .
and civilization.
tion,
l'he. are erratic, too. Not long ago
the seductively edible tilcfish swarmed
off our coasts. Within n year they all
but utteil) Minislietl. I
At any rate, it strains tlio purse to
be characteristically epicurean in these
parts today. 1'epperpot, scrapple and
cheesecake remain, but shad is stand
off fish. The gastronomic atmosphere
is clouded. The town is not pleased.
IS IT TO BE A WATCHDOG
OR A NEIGHBORHOOD PET?
Decide In Appointing a Successor
to Controller Walton
"VTKXT to the Maor. the controller
holds the most important office in
the cit government. Technically, the
controller is n county officer. He is
mode so by the state constitution. It
is because he Is n county officer that the
Governor has power to appoint a con
troller to fill the vacancy caused by the ;
death of Captain Walton until n sue- i
icessor can be elected in No ember. '
This point was settled n generation
ago when Robert K I'attison was elected
Governor. He was city controller at
the time and he did not resign until i
he was about to take the oath of office
as Governor. The city solicitor of that!
day wrote an opinion thnt the vacancy
caused by the promotion of Pattison
should be filled by the Councils. Tat
, tison. however, insisted on his right to
appoint his own successor, and the
courts sustained him. There has been
no dispute of it since.
I Two courses are open to Governor
Sproul in the present emergency If
1 iminfmnnt n n niipotinn nf fnntinnnl
P""J nn,) na,"e "P110' ,th ce
" " '"
solely on account of his political rein-
tions. trustine to luck that he will make '
an efficient officer Or he can treat the
ntinmntniptit nt
an opportunity to im-
voters and the poiiti-
loicrs unu wu? pom
press upon the voters and the poiiti-
, clans ot tins nt the importance ot put-'"
'ting into the office n man with a lively
I nro.rn.intinl, nf ifu 1-nlnHnn tn tlio linnou,
umJ ofriciont fondypt 0f public business. ,
jj je j,,ouj tai(C tiL latter course be
noj,j rntifv every public-spirited citi- '
,on who JM morc torcsted in good gov-
"mmt laI1 ln thp dlitributlou of .
,,., ,
lwllt,tnl SI'0"
rov. persons outside of the City Hall
nilprstnnrl nr nnnrwulf tlip fonctioos I
r thl. controlk'r. It is known that he
i oi me city are spent; in accorunncc witn
"im i.,v i,..j -.v... ...ub ,..v .f.u... . iiuiiui iiiiiuiuk. ,,i iiuir'.uiv uijii- mi; iuuui ui n.i ,.u.,,. ,.,.,u,.t ...j...j
lnw lo nut it in popular Inncuace. licieiistine conditions in hichlv orennized
" "e watchdog of the trc?Mir, It is ,
is ihe watchdog of the treasurj It is ,
m?T .!2I '.!--.. .?.' "Jl ' .! I
..vnii.r wpmiNimu -jvm. nnj i
n,oni..v unless the warrant foi it is conn-
torsiBnel bv the controller And the i
,.ontrouer forbidden to countersign
any wnrrnnt for the expenditure of
money unless nn appropriation has been
made for th "pecific purpose for which
u 13 to be u"ed And unless there is
meln' tn tllft rOfltl nf tllO MPlnllTlt ll'hlrll
is to ho drawn on. he miij not consent
- - ,,,.
to its cTpenOiture.
But his power does nor kop with
merely the ministerial function of ills-
ropring whetlier there is mone enough
j n account to pay a claim mon it
He is authorized by law. whenever any
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I'lU 111! IN IM l'3'llllll H II I 111 II HMUlir
evidence that the amount asked for is
jiisti.v hup 10 inn ciuimunt. unu lor 10 is
purpose he nun summon any officer or
nnplotc of nn. department of the citj
'or ni" "'her person and examine him
uudei'nath If he finds thai the sen ice
foi which pajment is asked has not been
. . . . .1. .,..! - t... -ii.i.... I I .... .!.. ...:. ..1.1...
rcndeieil. he may decline to countersign
Ihe warrant
I-'or example, if a bill for leaning the
stieets were presented to In tit and if he
were (oiivmied thnt the streets had not
1 ..t .l ..;n ,.. . n..Mn..t l. .
"'." .-..... ..... ., fc ,.,, t. ....... ... '.,--- 1
nn 1.1 m.i.e 11s own linestientinn into
the facts nuil could refue pavment
""'i' ,l,p "intrnctor had fulfilled the
terms of his agreement witn tne city
Ills loucr nils or'.i muii'iiiii 11 VI1
!... ,n r.lr ll.t thpro n.o-ht l.n ,.
i-Iipi k upon faiontism and to insiirr lo
,''""l
he cm a dollars worth of service for
ror dollni spent
'I lie splendid leiord tnnde hv llobert
1 I'attison in the nfiire led man) per
sons lo urge thai the ,or.Uotlcr should
nlwiPn IipIodc to the partv whuh was
not in control of the other citj offices
not
linniated him for Ihe governorship and
i tlipy. Willi tne assisiunip or tne map-
iianilm.1 PeonlitlcHlls. ptprlcil lilm ri tl.n
Jirst alllj mlh Democratic Governor of
,,1P ftu(p ,. Ibp rvil War.
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ii"" ' " .'....u.'i.-)
is linking in tenners wuoeommeuu them- I
i ...I,. .j io iioonlar confidence Thn C.rw. I
,...,. . lw,t lonsider putting a Demo- '
ii.it iii thn i nntmllcr's ofKlcn to tnfih
' ' " ' '"
,h(. Uppublicnns I the fute of ever) pol.Ucal pa.lv in like
, ,, ,, ,,,., ,1H par,r ,,,,,, '- al '. tl.ii.1 le , ., d dncy
,,,., ,,x . ,, of ,. ,,. , uWmatft
nollership he vvill se. k out the most I Woilld do harm nol .ml) to the Democ-
. tumble man in Ihe city who can Im ' r(lP It would do harm to the country.
oidu.ed lo accept the appointment. Antljrol. t1P reaetionnrv element in the op-
'"' wl" r?Rtt.rl famlllnrlt) w,,h Pblems position camp would have littlp reason
'' dl"1 hna,,CP "8 n" ""l-'ab!s , 0 be constructive or even cautious. It
ipialificntion.
Whut the city needs today i a eon
(roller who will magnify his office. We
are confronted with delayed public work
which will require the exivpudllurp of
vast sums o. .no...-) .-....., way must
. J o i
be found lo conserve mo resources of t
Ihe city, to present the needless tying I
up of money iu tho kinking fund, to
mold payment for vvi.rK not ilono or for
W"ik viinnpcl i' iiiiirfcirl If iiul'toiuiii" this win-, fl
dishonest contractors, and to construct
n budget big enough for the needs of
the community without burdening the
people with heavy taxes.
The right hind of a controller could
be of great service In accomplishing
these things. And it would be the best
Kind of politics for the Governor, to
appoint n man equipped to give this
sort of service. A political appointment--that
Is, tlie appointment of a
man selected to strengthen one faction
or another of the party might please
the professional politician; but the np
iwintment of n man who would shake
up the office as It was shaken up by
I'attison would please thousand1) where
the political appointment would please
tPltH, The same kind of interest in edi
cirnev which (Inrnmnr Nnrnnl showed
,Pn lic named IWtnr Finpirnii state
superintendent of public instruction
woi,i ijce ,m (n COnsider merit nnd
fitness before nil else in naming a con-
troller.
VANDERLIP AND THE SENATE
IT IS debatable. If we sometimes do
not exaggerate our shortage of "big"
men. Herbert Hoover, whatever his
chnnccs, lends interest nnd stimulus to
the presidential campaign. In Xcw
York state discussion on nominees for
the United States senatorship is in
order. Mr. "Wadsworth's fitness for
representing so great a commonwealth
has been criticized. Stand-patters in
'political thought have fi owned upon the
'search for candidates commensurate with
the dignity and importance of the state,
The ground has been called sterile.
And ct Frank II Vnndcrlip is now
seriously mcntloucd as a possible nom
inee. The times nrc not irretrievably
black when such men as he arc consul
ering the propriety of entering politics.
Mr. Vnnderlln'a onulmnonr is of n
very high order. He is at once a finan-
tier and n profound economist a bril-
liant organizer of unquestioned integ
rity and sound, comprehensive vision.
His little book, "What Happened to
Europe." published last jenr in this
newspaper, is packed more vloselv with
illuminating facts and lucid interpreta
tions than many n shelf full of volumes
on the war's uncertain aftermath.
He would be an ornament to the Sen
j ate, justifying its pretensions as a body
0f "elder statesmen" In the most re-
Injuring sense of that terra. One or two
' Vanderlips in Congress might indeed
have saved us from the treaty di'groce.
rrMtAATlAm r-rr tttrnoTn '
CLJIJI.M I IU1U r-UK UUIJIJ. KT
Li'-f"'"' nr a great ueni nt
-' American cotton was shipped to Eu-
'"P0 nn'l there dyed, woven ami le
nirned to the initeu States to command
'n higher price than similar fabrics man
. i .
ohighct -price ,hn similar fabrics man ,
' '"" lr -u"' ur,u-'
. abncntctl metal in many forms was .
Similnrl) lOOTC Valuable than tllC AmCri- I
lan output because of the way in which States hae made Germany Holshcvik.
t( was prepared abroad What did the I if Germany goes the whole way and
French nnd the Rritish add to the! becomes Holshcvik, and in doing so,
American raw material? (.race, merelv; 'they have hurt themselves, stopped the
superior design and character expressive jr,:t,lr poliiror FrnL." llTunW
f trained urtistic sense lnt .,1,,e, lieoP'c ,r Irame and Jtnly.
nuiinu hi w.o. certainly, with despair, and made them
Dr. Samuel 1. Capcn. director of the , readier to accept Bolshevik propn-
National Council of Education, nnd naiida
ml, nrc, ivl.r. inaUt.wl nt tlio n,w,1 1.
stitute conference jesterday that Amer-
mg ot oung meu una women to meet
industry is nil ery well in its way i
industry is nil ery well in its way ,
Bin ."T traini"K "f '" jid ' I
minus u iiiviir i in- iiiuiiiii-i i uruui
nnd integrity in Amniean workmanship
is a different matter. It i suSgestie of
one field wheie we are not et supreme,
Kranee is only one of :i number of
nations thnt grew rich because they
recognized hin,j ngn that gniee and
henutj have a high nlue in nn market
m-mm
.,-, .,,-
NDUUl JrtNllUhO
-Ittho ,m!I make CHv Hull .nfe for
W "'""ia .v "u ' afr ,or
' Janitor MpoMircs like thoso
,na(,p b I "uncilinun Roper arc fuiv lo
""l"n' "ln,m- resentment and indiguu
"'" lin""S "m 1,("-t uo,d lcutl("
ft 1 li-iirt tlint nhitt KlfWt Hon soemc
II -3 ' l'"" lafcfwui, 1 vw,srvw W"1
to hae been
Hi
to
iiiiiiuinii (nnsooi'i- m io,- jnuuui s unn-
book. But win talk about unpleasant
matters nnd distress the public mind!
with things bettei left unsaid' Mi.
Roper doubtless vU be charged ,Mth
fomeuting popular unrest and disturb- '
ing tup social equuionuni 11 ne in 1
11 refill some on" will call film n ed herself
Meanwhile it would lie interesting lo j -pho result is ihm holhevim is near
know where the 10" janitors who hnMnt hand in Germanj
been drawing !. -ill) 11 vear for 'a
,.nrr"Tnl thnuntko cpnniriffl in llnll
..A . . . . ......
nac neen om .iiius uicinrncs nn ,
ihesis jear 1
A THIRD TERM?
,.., ,. . 1 1 1
HTHEItl. IIP- multitudes of people ill
1 this
iniiutM who. while thc may
, , . K, It,
question and resent Mr Wilson
methods, still ler.ignize his sincerit) noil i jt ,roinisps to fonie s,r0nd in Ger
understniid and imlaim tlip inusis for man) bcauseihe fiennun ruling class-
which lie laliorrtl until he was e -
1 boosted l'allure in n mighty quest is
not a ihshonni nhl' thing, in their phi
lnsophv and ihei mil nol admit that
i defeat can i hauge ihe fine if truth
1 These WiKoinle will lie llie first to
feel disquieted In the lecnrrent thud-
term rumors from Washington. They
know that for unions reasons n third
, term is impossible nnd the) know thnt
Mr Wilson's woik iti the While House
is done nnd t lint a great and important
tusk Is wailing fm Ihe one man who
may oe qepenueo upon to wrne nn im-
partial history of the Paris conference
and advise tlie world of conditions that
mnke world peace seemingly impossible
Thev will hope that the rumors nnd Ihe .
.aili..! ..ln l ih. im.,. .,-., , .!.!,. '
i ', .",. ' . r . . .
hns U nnd ha recent fantastic speeches i
In the House were a waste of woids
Vet. while repiesentatlvps and senn-
lors mnv be wrong nnoiii n great mnii) I
things, inev rarei) inn in read nci-u ,
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f((r tll0ir ,.(.,.,, Uoris. .Mr Mlso s
.greatest iniiurc is vri oeiorp mm I lip
ijPmocrutic party will be in sore slinits
.. ,i...i n ,, ,n i... i.i .i r.
n ,i nli,i,,i,i.. si.,... ...i i.,..i.
t i. tk.i...i ti, i i
KMIi' "I I"' i " i i'n i inn nil' liri'll
would Iiuvp n free field
Any Port Gipsy motor wag
in n Storm ons or tin Lizzies
with tent attach
niClllH I11IKII1
ments might serve us substitutes for
..omeH the summer time, Then ono
mlght Inugli nt profiteering landlords.
.
llnneful fishermen declare that
hlotimlers mill hnrdhend'.qilHMli C
HOW DOES IT
STRIKE YOU?
llluiidcm of the Men Higher Vp
Caused llohhccism to Spread
in HiiBsia and Threaten
Germany
IF THK world does not like bol
shcvlsm In Germnny, where it seems
likely to come now or in the early
future, what is the world going to do
about it?
It has not liked bolshcvism in Ilussla
It hns blockaded bolshcvism. trying
to starve bolshcvism out, nt the same
lime saying to itself qullo solemnly,
"It is starvation that breeds bolshcv
ism." It has made wnr upon bolshcvism. nt
the same time protesting, through Mr.
Lloyd George nnd Mr. Wilson, thnt au
idea could not be put down by force.
It has deluded itself with the cheer
ful falsehoods about bolshcvism with
Kolchak victories, with stories of the
extreme lengths to which communism
had gone nnd stories of how commu
nism hn's fnlled and society in Ilussin
differed little from society in bourgeois
states, without ever stopping to remark
their contradictory character.
it has done everything except be
sensible, and this 1h n time ubovc all
when being sensible is highly necessary.
q i i
OKGANIiED sooiety Is in tho
trenches today nnd it needs it little
of the philosophy of the trenches.
No army could face nn enemy in the
mood In which the existing order meets
the pretender, calling the future order.
The soldiers' philosophy is "what
will be will be."
And a little of that fatalism regarding
bolshcvism would be helpful.
The next social order will be what it
will be.
If bolshcvism is (lie impossible thing
we generally believe, it will fall and
disappear. ,
w-e ceuerallv credit to it it will prevail.
if the existing order lias the virtues
If ibe reverse is true, it is neither wise
nor useful to resist what will be,
q i q
MOREOVER, the fight which has been
made against bolshevlsm so far has
not merely failed to cheek bolshcvism
but hns actually promoted it and wid
ened its prospects.
Europe has done itself harm in two
i wns.
I It lm denied work to the erent in-
.l..u,;nl nAn..lntA.. nf nn.n,nnr .ml
hublhui iiuiiuitiliuu .,1 v,vituiij. uuu
It hns cut itself off from the great
storehouse of raw materials in Russia,
The result is that the recovery of
(Europe from the wastes of the war!
""? " - ".-mrum.
, And it is only by n quick
from tllo wnste9 0f ,ll( Wllr t
Ttll. lZY of Z TITZ'.
shevism's sprend could, have been
avoided.
1'nnlnn.l nn.l V-ann an.l Iho I'nilort
Mnrp tlinn venr nfter Hie sieninir
f the armistice Che Supicmc Council
'" nn economic sirucime iu uic viu-
torlous nations.
" I , ', ' ' ZLX
ti,i...i t. u..KHAMn r-A....A:i ..nii..
lt meant. .ll be tested severely in the1
ppxt few weeks, wlien allied Kurone, , ny to mnrry.
lahout to take the plunge of opening MniWeine Coclunne is the dnughler
up trade relations with Bolshevist Rus- nf til0 Henrv Cochrane of Hewlett. I,,
sin. is suddenlj startled out of its witsit i hnve ns et heard no particulars
by thp appearance ot the Bolshevist ,
specter in ucrmanv ,
q q q
!S
OME oue who understood perfectly
KJwlmt has happened to the world said
hat the old ordei mnile its lirst mis
' tako when it permitted the war to start
'at nil.
I)(j T ,nnii jts r, 0nd mistake wlen
,, ,,P,.mtcd the war to go on fo long
thnt all Emope was exhausted
., ,l 1US kf,l" "I1 ",aki"B mistakes since
IIH II
Jl OI.IU,' OS ,111111 iwif ,1111,, n ,,
:..,, I f ,.,, n- r,ni,Ui,,-Cf.T,.,nnnf
1. 1 .,. .1 1 n.nt mittnU .. I.A.,
""' 1 . .- : -----.. -
n(t j, ,, '"Let .us all Hang togi'tner or
we'll all hung siparnlelj." it adopted 11
panicky each -man -for himself policj.
There was not enough left nflcr the
war wus over to ki ep l rnticc. hnglaml
'" :"'ni"tusK"ee:p Kraui'm d Fng-
, . core nm let Grtmonv shift for
.1 -
q q q
rtI eTir...tc.., ,, n f ,,.,.'
...
j ui.onu - " .-.. .,. .. ,
13 working lnsses thai those who have
been running Ihe siato and Indus
Ir) lime fniled and thnt the), thp work
ing class, will in fiitutc run things
il.it.ns
ihelllsehos
It ame first in Russia brtniisc Rus-
in had the most inionipctent ruling
Slil 11 UU l.M- UIIISI
sl()SSPs in ,,, uor,
es mnde the biggest blunder of all. cans
ing the wnr nnd then losing it, with
the rpsull thai 'JO.tMMl.OOO German", in
the opinion of Ihe In st informed, win
i oi long g "ii living ui their toiinti) .
When manageis make uiiiiitiers as
big n that H i naturnl lo turn them
out
q q q
Till, wav in top bolsbevism's spicad
is lo slop milking mistakes, to stop
being afiaid nnd lo prove the com
petence of the (xisluig social order in
Pnrone to co on. to ipstore industry, to
K,, men jobs and till their stomachs,
nv attempt to slop bolshevlsm which
postpones the tesloraliou of Europe's
economic welfare will only promote
bolshcvism.
Ml thnl has been done so far to
light bolsliensni in Russia has only pro
"' ' .',,,....:.. ... f i '..i
innlnl bolshcvism in Germanv nnd made
. . . . . Ill !.. I.. TS I
I holPli v ism inoic iii.., in i riin.u unu
)t
....t ... N rnulitr of opportu
ifli inrn' I'' niuuiiij ui uiiiiuuu-
"-.V th-s eountr, was abundanti, in
pvidencp vesteruu) ui tne iiipptiug oi
,Prhnica men in this city. l here are
good jobs in plent) for ihe men who
i nn till them.
In all fairness tn n much maligned
bunch of statesmen let it be said that
the lecent disgraceful dlllvdnllylng nud
humiliating fiasco in tlie Fulled Slates
Senate was tint due so much to the
presence of politicians in that body ns
to an antiquated s.vstem demundlng a
two-thirds vote.
Germany, for long the slave of one
kind of class rule, seems destined, by
the swing of the pendulum, to be the
slnve of another kind.
Pulm leaves worth a quurtor of a
cent apiece a yenr ugo urn thin yeur
worth two rents. Even in these days
of high prices 700 per cent pretty nearly
takes the palm.
If a basketball victory run (and
twenty two students )u the lock-up the
'iirrisiimptlon Is that omcthlpi really
,iii)irtniit inipt mini fhem In the pen.
5ss55, -rift
"yjELC0ME,CARPHT)ER.!
rlfHE'S MOPmc, Tmvwe CAN
MftKETrllrlOS INTERL&'riNCi FOR
US OOTH , IH"
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Talks of the Randolph'Cochrane Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. John White Geary Entertain for Daughter
D
ID j oil know that Madeleine Coch
rane and Phil Randolph .li . had
decided to be married on April 'J.S? Of
course lots of people from here will go
on for (he wedding, for the Randolph
relationship is very wide in this city.
Mr. Randolph is related to the Welshes,
Wis'ters, Emlens. and ever so many
other prominent families, nnd the late
Mis. Randolph, who was Miss r ether
stoti. hod many brothers nnd sisters and i
lousins here. i
Phil is the eldest son. One sister is
Dnrntliv. ulin U the wife of .lack Fell
Another is Hnunali. who married Bob
Hudson, nn Englishman attached lo the
British legation, nnd they have been
living in Washington since their mnr
riace Th third sister. Emily, mar
ried Phil Stevenson, nnd now Thil Ran-
dnlph is the first of the mer, in the fam
bout the wedding, snve tlio date, but 1
,i0 not doubt it will be n very heau
n fill affair.
TJAVE
J--- doings there aie lo be nt the Metro
politan Onera Hoiisp on April 10. when
Herbert Hoover will sppnk und Mrs.
Eleanor Egnn will tell of her interesting
personal experiences in Turkcj '' Tlie
nffair is being orianged b the Armen
ian committee of tile Emergency Aid,
nnd the Armenluns will of course bene
fit by it.
The committee in charge includes
Mr'. Fred Pcrrx Powers. Mi George
Tales Raker, Mts 1'rank Miles Day,
Mrs. David Paul Biown. Mrs, Robert
Af. Girvin. Jr.. Mrs Arthur Burntoiic
Owens. Mrs. N. Allen Stockton, Mrs.
Robert N. Downs nnd Mis. deorge II.
I.orimer, chairman
I
SEE Peggy Tim) pi is home again
from a visit in the South I met her
walking along Chesnut street ester
dn). looking stunning in 11 close toque
...' rt ..III.. ..l.inl. ....... -...I.. n . I ,..
,.r,ir from hiown to hiirnt online. It
,,, suit 111111m, iiiiivn ,.,-i- ui iiiiiutii-ii 111
,".i..i,: ............... ;." . :"
was most aw full) becoming' Peggy is
on of the real t.vpes of biunettos ono
sildom sees, r clear olive complexion
wonderful coloring, dancing brown e.ve
nnd dark hair. She was w rating a tan
topcoat, which suited her well
T
HAT will be a lovcl.v partv for Ihe
Philadelphia Cricket Club Mr and
Mrs. John White Gear) will give u
dump for their nttruetive vnung daugh
ter. Mary Dp F. Gemv who has still
a few yenrs to wait hefoie innking hrr
bow lo the social world Marv is a
student at Springside, nnd an extreme-
clever smnll pprson. I leinunber see
ing her in a play at school one limp
when fchp took the pnrt of n I'ipiich inuid
in npnsant costume, ami hi was ns
cute us could be.
There will be -00 rucsls nnd a nuiii
her nf dinners will be given before Ih
part). The Emory McMnhaeU will en
tirliiin for their dauglilei I. lien, who
bv the wii), Is n cousin ol Marv's; her
motlier. Mrs. Emorv MiMiihael. -who
was Miss Ellen Hiinison nnd Mrs
Gcurv, who wns Miss Inlv Harrison
nn first cousins. ) on bee Then the Fred
Straw bridges will giM- n dinner for their
son. Gordoti, and the Dntiii-I Whiliiijjs
will entertain for oung Unu
JACKIE lind come wiih mother nnd
diid.lv to visit uiintie ow where
Jnrkie lives thprp nrp no lliputrcs or
oppra, balls or big parlies, .o the
mothers there, seldom, if ever, vveur
cutting dresbcs, and in nnv case noim
nf the sleeveless varlelv Well, it
happened to be opera night und uunti
hud gone to liPr loom lo dress when
nursev took .Tackle to the door lo snv
good-night, us usual He held back, did
not go in. hut called: "Night), night
mii.tle dear, nud turning, ho rnn to
his nurse. Up In her room. Mother heard
him answer to nurse's stion. "Why
didn't you go Iu?" "I couldn't, sho
wasn't dwesscd. I saw tin. skins of her
urms." NVNCV WYNNE.
SOCIAlACTMTIES
The marriugc nf Miss Eleanor Word
Denus, daughter of Mrs. John Sterling
Deans, of I'lioenixville. to .Mr. William
Allen Adrlnnce will take plum on Juno
Yi In tho Washington .Meinurlul Chapel,
Vollpy Forge.
Sir. nnd Sirs. Oliver C. Llppincott,
of 0805 Lincoln drive, flermiintown,
unnounco tin) engagement of their
dnughter. MJni Jpnn BIMiOP TJpplh -
rott, In MrMurrny Glbiou. Jr , wn of
I 'V t
SUMMARY
.. m,mm, , . "SESfc
Mr and Mrs. Murray Gibson, of Mer
ion. '
Mr. and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower
will return home from California next
Tuesday, and will be at the Bcllcvue
Stratford for several weeks.
Mrs. William Avery Rockefeller, of
St. Martins. Chestnut Hill, will give a
tea this aftemoon in honor of Miss
hnrlottc Harding Brown, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Houston, of
Oruim Molr. Chestnut Hill. Mrs. Fitz
Eugene Newborn nnd Mrs. J. Trcvan
ion Thayer will assist in pouring tea.
i lie wedding of Jliss Utowu and .Mr.;
William West Frazler, 3d, will take!
place at noon on Saturday, April '2i, '
in the Church of St. Martin-in-the- I
Field. Chestnut Hill, nt which the fol
lowing men will be ushers: Mr. Joseph
W. Lewis. Mr. Charles Wardcll Brown. '
Mr Edward W. Madeira, Mr. Fran
cis P. Frnzier, Mr. Barclay McFudden
nnd Mr. Alexander D. Thayer.
Mrs Louis C. Madeira and her son.
Mr. Edward AV Madeira, of School
House lane. Germantovvn. are spending
n week at White Sulphur Springs,
W. Vu.
Mr nud Mrs. William E Goodman.
Jr., of KSliO Germnutovvn avenue.
Chestnut Hill, who have been nt the
Hotel Chelsea for ten dnvs. returned
honic Thursdn)
Mr. and Mrs Archibnld Barklie. of
Itiver House, Wayne, have returned to
their home after spending three tnouth
in California.
Mrs. Edward Bui ton Robinetle. nf
Greystoek Lodge. Chestnut Hill, nnd
her dnughler. Miss Elise Biddlc Rob
inson, hnvp sppnt spvcral werks in the
South. At present they nre ot Charles
ton. S. C. nnd are expected home on
Tuesday
Mr. and Mis. Stevens Heckscher
nnd their fnmilv, who have been spend
ing the winter nt their town Iioiisp,
'-'011 Dp Lnuppy street, will open their
home in Strafford April 10. Miss Lu
cietia Heckscher will be a debutante
next season.
Dr. nnd Mrs. Joseph Leidv, who
spent (lie winter, nt the Ritz-Carlton.
nre nt tlio Greenbrier, White Sulphur
Springs. W. Va.
Mrs. Isaac Talnnll Starr and her
mother. Mrs. Flo.vd II. White, ot Lave- '
rock, Chestnut Hill, lire expected home
today from Augusta, Ga.. where they
havp been for several weeks.
Mr Minor Clark, son of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Benjamin James, ftd. is visiting j
Mr Thomas E. Wiinaniaker. Jr.,at
his winter home in Aiken, S. C.
'!!' nnd Mrs. John l McCloskey. ot
S.iiO Germantovvn avenue. Chestnut
Hill, nre receiving congratulations on'
ll.e l.ii-tli nf n boo .Inl.n LVnnplu Ml.
Closkey, Jr , on Thursda), March U5.
Mrs. Charles S Walton, of St.
Dnvids. who bus been spending tlie,
winter in Palm Beach, will return to
iier home the middle of April,
Mrs. Howard Build announces the en
gagement of her dnughter, Miss Flor -
ence Build, lo Mr, Franklin M. Harris,
id, son of Mr nnd .Mrs. I ruiikliu M,
Han is, Jr., of Sit. Airy.
Sir. and Sirs. Alfred C. Slarplc, ot
r.,',rr Lena sheet, (iermuntown, an
nounced the Piigiigenient ot their daugh
ter, Miss .Mabel I.. Murple, lo Mr,
Slelvin II. Grebe, sop of Sir. und Sirs,
Hull) C Grebe, of .".(M Eust
Ornvcrs
lane, Chestnut inn.
i'he local linn that is buildinc
houses for its emploes has realization
.. ,l.n fnPl Itllll COni.ltltn.1 linill.t llfll
" "' ; ::.':: ...i : ..-"j .; "."...; '
ineniis oiii.-uiru wmn i.u nuil . i-ainuug
housing problems nudlubor problems ure
vcr) closely allied.
" "
The first spring shad bus been caught
iu the .Maurice river. It inny, theio-
fore, be expected that they will foon
line up iu roes and roes.
,, ', 7, ". '. T,
' One does not have, to go to Dover
to get u linn on tho dllfcicnt vlewiioints
of men und women. A locul meeting to
dihciifs fair prices will serve.
Though there mny bo fighting thcro
is not at tills writing tiny surety tliut
the Lippe. forces will form unj thing
morp tlinn Wesel words.
Director Tustin's House of Correc
tion rcntPiicn seems to bo Imperfectly
constructed. It lacks conviction,
There uri) southern Democrats who
do not believe (hut the third timo Is tho
charm, ,
Hlirnor Arirument has been sue.
1 wiled by filg
'Jr-Hv.
..1
nop pnuv-hoo b tne Dover
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 What ! the meaning of the prefix
"kilo" In the term kilometer?
2. When was the last visitation of
Halley's comet?
3. What Is the Republican majority
over the Democrats In the Senate?
1 What is Ml-Careme?
b What are the crosstrets of a ship?
6. What is the largest city In South
Africa?
?. What Is tlio colophon of a book"
8, is It necessary for two-thirds or
three-fourths of the states to
approve an amendment In order to
make It part of the federal con
stitution? D What is the highest land in the
United States east of the Missis
sippi river?
10
Who wrote the novel ''Sense and
Sensibility"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 The extreme radicals In GermanyJ
ore canea spariacinn oecause one
of their leaders writing under the
name ".spartacus" urged violent
uprisings. Tho original Spartacus
whs a Thraclan who led tho revolt
of tho gladiators against Roman
imperial authority In 71 B. C.
-' "Robert Rlsmere," "Lady Rose's
DaUKhter" and "Marcella" aie
novels by the lato Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
3 This writer was born of rTngllsh
parents in Tasmania, a large Island
oft the coast ot Australia
I An impasse Is n blind alle) , a posl
Hon from which thcro is no escape.
,' Tho word, Introduced from the
French, was originally pronounced
as though It were SDelled "an-
pass," with tho "n" sounded nasally
and the "a" In "pass" short. Now
tne uingusn pronunciation "im
pass" Is also correct.
r 14. A. Sothern, a celebrated English
comedian, popularized tho staco
character of Lord Dundreary, a
Koou-naiureo anu amusing ass in
Tom Taylor's play "Our American
Cousin."
7 Tho first transcontinental railway in
the western hcmlsphero is the
ranama llallroad. built by Amerl
cans across the Isthmus of Pan
ania. Tho original road was forty,
seven miles lontr and was com
pletod ln 1865 Since the construc
tion or tne cannl tlio road lias been
entirely rebuilt along a slightly
uineroui route.
s
Tho word anthracite comes from the
areeK "antliraKltcs," coal-ltke,
Thn Colorado river flows into the
Gulf ot California.
10
Tho Twelve Tablea was tho earliest
' code of Roman law. cut on twelve
nronze taulCH or tablets nnd pro
mitigated about HBO B. C.
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Ov,rtur,..ror0lanlll,. , ,,
i'im Turo Henaa Eurl.llco '
I3.mni Itoberu
Beethoeii
.Qluck
?'miiiony It minor.
.Mozart
Ld Oran.Je Pauue nusie . ' Itlmiky-Koroakoff
Poll I ani'ii tfttlllt APpllAfelvn rantiin Dnltarla
The usual larec Fridav afternoon i'on
, cert crowd lit the Philadelphia Orchestra
was augmented yesterday by as many
of the visiting music supervisors as tho
ninnagement could find accommodntions
for. with the result that the Academy
oi .music wns lined to the doors
The feature of (he concert was the
G minor svuinhoiiv of Mozart, one oi
the greatest contribution to symphonic
literature of any composer. Sir.
Stokowski this j car played It with tho
'complete body of strings and reed, in
Htead of the traditional "Mozart or
ehestru" ns lust season and the seabou
before, 'Ihe writer considers the per
formance of Tosterdav infinitelv to lm
preferred, Tlie composition is evidently
linn nf Mm (!,nlfn,,.Ul.t.u tn. ..-U..
i v ". '"" ... .,
puoiiies and lie govo uu unusually line
readlug. Ah is nlwus the case when
t. conductor for any rcusou Ih in-
I spired lo uniisuul work, tho members of
tho orchestra respond one might almost
say automatically, and yesterday's waa
one of the best symphonic performances
'of the sensou.
Tho other orchestral numbers were
tm familiar "Coriolunus" overture of
Beethoven und the somewhat heavy but
typically Sluscovito ICuster Festival of
Rlmsk -Korsakoff. Both were vc
periormcu,
Tlie soloist ot tlie concert wns Emmu
Roberts, n mezzo-contrulto, who hns
appeared hero before iu oratorio und
concert. She sang first "Che faro senza
Euridice," by Gluck, a well-known
number, deservedly beloved of contrnltos
and later n group of four songs, two
In Russian by Rachmaninoff and Sach
novBkl nnd two In Frrnch by Aubert
und Fourdrain.
SlisM Roberts's voico is of a very
agreeable quality and excellent In range
nnd power. She appears to good ad
vnntago In the songs which she selected
and, yvoomurh npplnuse for her artistic
t
(!!. ok ;.n iiiu;n'rvilIi)U. ,
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I
THE CRITIC TALKS
TO MUSIC LOVERS
Ml i A
Weekly Comment on Tilings Must.
cat In Discriminating
Philadclpfita
"inTTMrntMn i , . .
ber of times In New York last year b?i
was not brought here. ' l"It
i.M.pr,opo,8. .f th,s sltuntion regftrdinr
Philadelphia's operatic diet, Mr. 8aM
hrts issued a couple of statements nhn !
tho genera deslrnhiiti Zt iii.n. n?out
(although he did "not put t qu't" Til
,.?..""" anoincr nbout the Im.
possibility of giving "La Forza del D
tino' until ho had just the cast ,u
manded by tho opera, which It cantt
be denied that ho has. ot
Jnn ,y;,b0U' of tl,cm "ad n Httl.
tllOUeh Sir. GntH lm..t.t t.. " ,".V(
mako something like nn apology for
theso two veterans In n ......?.'?'
ftiCCn P"ff,rmons bl. tW. may.nnoJt
orza del Destlno" provides one of the
ojperas for Mr. Caruso, nnd this maj
have hnd something to do with its se
lection for Philadelphia for a second
consecutive year.
NOW no one can say with justice that
"II Trovatorc" Is not n irrent ....
It has some very evident weaknesses,
but it has kept the boards successful!.
for more than slxty-sovon years in the
face of the most violent criticisms ever
hurled nt n work of Its kind. What is
morc, it will doubtless be there for
good many more years, as its fund of
melody overbalances nil other consid
erations with nn audience, even n thor
oughly musical one, including the fact
mm ii nas prooooiy tne most absurd
plot ever set to serious operatic muBlc.
One can snv the same thine- nhn... it..
libretto ot "Lo Forza del Destlno," but
it cannot truthfully be said that the
music is much more than medlocra
throughout most of the opera. It Is by
no means Verdi at his best, and when it
waa rovivea last year, otter a long and
well-deserved oblivion, no one thought
that it would last mora than nn n.n
But here rve are to have it again neit
fii ABilntt
Therefore the "kick" of certain Phil
adclphia opern-gocrs is not against the
operas themselves as musicaworks, but
because they arc produced every year
in nn increasing number nf norfn'-n.
nnccs before audiences who nrc thor
oughly familiar with every note of them
sometimes to the exclusion of composi
nous wmi-.. we siioum De given'a chance
to see nnd hear.
PHILADELPHIA is asking nothing
unreasonable in wnntine these more
unusual operas presented here at least
once every three seasons, for they arc in
the permanent repertoire of the Metro
politan Opera Co. nnd arc given several
times in "the course of each New Yorl
season. It is not as if the request made
necessary the learning of the parts by
new singers or the setting up of scenery
ot already in the possession of the com
pany. Nor Is there any protest against
the overwhelming number of Italian,
operas presented here, especially those
of Verdi and Puccini, ns compared with
the number given in other languages.
What Philadclphians would like is to
have some of the udmittcdly fine but
more rarely heard operas sung in plate
of one or two of those which have been
seen every season for many years, of
which "II Trovalore", Ih probably the
most conspicuous example.
Incidentally, thcie was one important
omission nncnt the little statements ot
Sir. Gnttl regarding "Trovatorc" and
"La Forza del Destlno," and that was
that lie did not make any about the
production ot "Tlie Rarbcr of Seville "
This opera is older than cither of the
others, but both of his assertions about
them arc eminently truo of it, however
one may disagree with the great im
presario regarding the Verdi operas
'I'he "Barber" is the one Italian open
which can be sccu every season with
plcasuic, und moreover, Sir. Gatti lia
in Slessrs. Slalatestu and Sfardonos a
pair of singers nnd actors for their re
spective ports which probably no other
company has ever had since the opera
wns composed. It would be interesting
to see Sir. Cnruso in this cast as the
Count, because he is not only the groat
est tenor now singing, but hc is also the
finest comedian ninoug tenors, a rare
combination, ns the upper male voice h
iuclined to lake itself rather scriounly
as a rule.
HOWEVER, Sir. Gatti has one un
answerable argument to any sug
gestions for n change iu the tepertoire.
Hc needs simply to point to the size of
the crowds that go to hear the worn
which he presents, nnd in fact he said
.something to this effect nt the close oi
last scuson when the unnual ' howl
wns beginning to gather power.
But he does not consider two thing,
apparently. One of these is that his
"overflow" audience is mado up largely
ot Philadelphia Itulians, who will go to
hear any work In their own language
and will not nttend any opera not pre
sented in that tongue; nnd the other I
that those who want to hear opera liaye
only sixteen opportunities to do so in
the course of u scuhon, and they muii
go lo hear what is presented or not near
nnv. There is no choice, as there w
the very much longer New lork season,
for tho opera lover to select what m
wants to hear. If there were, the b w
and complexion of mony of the operatic
audiences would bo radically changed.
It is to bo hoped that next season, if
not ut the close ot this one, we may
Have some of the really standard novel
tics and do for a single season without
some of the vetornus.
IT SEFS1S almost Incredible, but it i'
true nevertheless, that the Second
Brnndeubcrg Concerto of John bi
Bach for organ, striug orcbebtrn nna
solo flute, oboe, trumpet and viol n, J
presented for tho first timo in "aL
phia ut the musicians' uHse.nbly at M
Wniiumakcr store las Wednesday J
nlng. Tho work has been performed
the Bach Festival in Brthlebem under
tho baton of Dr. J. Fred V ol le and
has listed It again for tho ieMiv. ....
jear. but it was, ns announced, the nnv
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presentation in mis u.j. ...,. ..
Probably tho most conspicuous "
turo of tho concerto was the thing men
s apparent In all the works the
Leli'slP cuntor n tho larger lrf , ?
hi. is the perpetual frcshnesi , nn youth
of the composition, which from P u
leal feeling seems a most a hm n
might have been written a ucaia' ft,
stead of more than two "'
For the organ and tho orchestra, as
his gVcat choral works. Bach wrote to
far ahead of his time that eve., now
ss3SSfe
musical genius of them all had Jj
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full rwoiireefi of, his ,Bvfilu worn
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