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SCI. ANTON', MARCH 12. 1902.
Prince Henry taken home with lihn
tliu peiFniml booiI will mill esteem of
rvcry thinking and loading Ampiicnn.
It in too bud that tin1 whole Holieiv.ol
Ipfii family eoukl not huvu been here to
pee with their own eyes what ho will
linel It hard to tell them when lie gets
lmelt.
Speaking of Trusts.
IT SEK.MS to us that the trunt
(liiestlon is heinff rapidly cleared
up. On Monday the T.'nlted States
Supremo court, In a case coming
to It from Illinois, decided that a state
could not outlaw certain croups of
combinations for the control of prices
without oullnwlnj; all combinations
whose effect is to control prices: In
other words, there could be no .1tif
haudled antl-trnst legislation. AVlth one
stroke of the pen tills wipes out of ex
istence the anti-trust enactments in
thirteen slates, wherein "combines" in
nsrletiUurnl products ami live stock
had been specially exempted, for obvi
ous political reasons. The meaning of
the Supreme court decision Is that com
binations which affect prices, which
"restrain trade." can all be outlawed "if
legislatures will nut all on a common
level. This would include labor unions,
which regulate wages, hours of work,
nnd to some extent the employment of
men not In their membership. When
the labor agitators discover that they
cannot get laws passed which will stop
one lclnd of trust without slopping all
kinds, their own Included, there will lie
less hasty anti-trust legislation, dema
gogical In character and often vicious
in motive.
Another happening of Monday which
goes far to clear up the fog that has
enveloped this general .subject in the
minds of many was the Ming at St.
Paul of the bill in equity prepared by
the United States deiiaruuei.t of Jus
tice calling upon the federal court to
dissolve the Hill-Morgan northern rail
ways merger, technically known as the
Northern Securities company. This bill
sets forth that the merger is a con
spiracy in restraint of the competition
called for in the act of congress known
ns the Sherman anti-trust act: and
therefore an infringement upon the
public Interest. If the racts cited in
the bill are true facts and it is un
likely that the government would nut
its signature to a false representation
then the dissolution of this ambitious
enterprise is as sure to follow as sun
rise after night. Hut however the court
may rule finally on this bound-to-become
celebrated case, the significant
fact In the whole matter Is that the
government is alert to protect the pub
lic welfare, ami that no combination of
citizens, however wealthy or supposed
ly influential in their relations with
politics nnd nubile men, can with Im
punity execute an operation in finance
which has a well-defined appearance of
violating a matured law of the United
States.
The hauling of Hill aiul Morgan into
court to answer as any common citi
zen for their acts takes place, by an
interesting coincidence, at about the
same time that two other wealthy citi
zens, concerning whom It has been un
truthfully said that tliey were smarter
than the law and Immune from Its
operation the fellow conspirators with
Captain Carter, Messrs. t'lreene and
Oaynor become fugitives from Justice,
with the fate before them of having
either to come back, stand trial and
disgorge, or to pass the remainder of
their days as outlaws, fleeing from the
hand of the government they have
robbed. AVhtle we do not Intend nnv
coinijlirlKon between their acts nnd the
nets'fif Hill nnd Mgrgop, who proceeded
upon!, advice .tor. eminent counsel that
whutj they 'did .In'thu formation of the
Nortliern Securities' company was on
tlrely, legal, and-who doubtless are sin
cere In their belief that the art of mer
ger thus committed represents it policy
of corporate management of ultimate
benefit and gain to the people of the
United States, then Is one reflection
common. to both cases; and that Is that
the hnv In, Hiiproine,
Noi; less' Important than the fore
going circumstances In forwarding n
sane view of tills question of largo cor
porate rights was an address delivered
on the same day before the. Kconoinlc
foclefy ut Harvard university by James
H. Dftl, esq", the pre-eminent authority
in this country on corporate law and
the I3gal side of meat business under
takings. Mr. Dill's subject was "Nu.
tlonul incorporation Laws lor Trusts"
and theitenor of bis remarks may be
f.iirlyj5uW tu fttVQv the enactment of a
nntloiwlue'l'pernilttlngv corporations to
receive national charters not unlike
those upon whioh national bunks are
conducted with requirement of gov
ernment inspection, full publicity of
essential business conditions nnd it
basis pr taxation which will make. the
corporation pay what It fairly owes,
yet protect t in some degree from fre
quent hold-ups tit the hands of tricky
state legislatures. The address of Mr.
Dill In, its entirety is u remarkable
Illustration ot the sense of fairness und
ctthdor nf denting Which. tttoURh not
Usually associated with corporations or
men Interested In their promotion, In in
fact coming morn und inure to he Ihe
ntlltttdo of the real leaders In America's
business development and expansion.
Kront study of these three simultane
ous happenings wc think Intelligent
men will draw the conclusion that good
progress Is being made toward u proper
adjustment ot the relations of corpor
ations and Individuals. The American
people at heart are all right on this
tpic.tlon. They will see It through to
an equitable conclusion.
Republicans at Washington who now
Incline to be "Agin the government"
should study the lessons which history
offers as to the fate of predecessors In
that attitude.
Our Consular Service.
O.MK very practical suggestions
as to the Improvement nt the
consular service of the United
v.
States were offered before the
house foreign affairs committee recent
ly by Hon, James T. IJti Hols, for four
years consul-general of the United
States at St. anil, Switzerland. At the
committee's request, these have since
been printed In pamphlet form and are
now available for all who take an In
terest In this Important subject.
Mr. Dtt Rols agrees with most other
students of this question that the very
-first step necessary to the highest de
velopment of our consular service Is to
do away With the present fee system of
paying American consular agents and
put all responsible consular leprcsenln
tlves of our government upon an ade
quate salary basis. There are now 28S
principal consular olllces nnd the sal
aries paid would not, without fees add
ed, maintain 70 per cent, of their occu
pants without recourse to their private
means. Even with fees added there are
few of them that really pay. What is
worse, If possible, Is the fact that there
are iiU" vice consulships, consular agen
cies and clerkships now held by for
eigners, who naturally are not going far
out of their way to advance American
commercial interests at the expense ot
the commercial interests of their own
countries. Mr. Du Hols contends, veVry
properly, that if ' this service which
these foreigners do Is necessary at sill It
should lie done by American citizens.
Then, of course, the next thing to do
Is to provide that the American con
sular olllcer who shows ability, adapta
bility and good results shall be retained
In the service and promoted ns rapidly
as possible. At present the custom Is
to remove him like an outcast at the
first change In an administration. On
this subject Mr. Du liols, who is not a
civil service idealist by any means, but
a man of practical experience, says:
"These men render the state a real ser
vice. The state knows It and the state
ought not, in the mad push for place,
to forget it. If there bo an unworthy
'in' who ought to be out, and a worthy
'out' who ought to be In, frame a law
which will help to dispose of the Incap
iibles and take care of the capables. It
is easy to separate the consular drones
from the consular bees. The records of
the consulates, the flies of the depart
ment, and the inspections of tlio cour
ageous and able consuls-general will
readily determine those fuels. When
once determined, make it Imperative
that they lie promptly acted upon for
the good of the service."
The argument used by Mr. Du Rols
to prove that higher pay with insistence
upon good service would be econom
ical for the 'government m tlio end Is
somewhat personal but certainly un
answerable. After showing that the
total expense of the consular service as
late as 1SD9 was only a little over $1,
000,000, he calls attention to the fact
that In one consular district In that
j ear a certain otllclal by his vigilance
saved for his government, by reducing
undervaluations, more than $1,000,000.
We. do not think It detracts from the
force of this illustration, and It certain-'
ly adds a spice of local Interest, to know
that the olllclal here referred to was
Mr. Du Rois himself. ,
The statement of Mr. Du Rois is by
all odds the most detailed and lucid
that we have seen. It goes to the heart
of every problem raised in the proposi
tion to reorganize and Improve the con
sular service. It Is to bo hoped that
congress will not longer delay taking
forward steps In this direction: though
we grieve to say that the present out
look Is nut favorable.
We notice a vevlvnl by the insurgent
newspapers or the story that Colonel
Quay may be a candidate for gover
nor himself. If he should, would' the
Insurgents support lilm?
What We Read.
-A N IXTERRSTINC' computa-
tlon of the number of roud-
JL, JL ers In the United States and
what they read has been
made by John c. Dana, librarian of the
Newark free public library, who con
tributes It to the March number of the
World's Work.
About four billion separate copies of
periodicals of all kinds are printed in
this country every year and read by
probably 20,000.000 of our 70,000,000
population, an average of 200 copies n
year for each reader, How hi this mass
of literary pabulum made up? Measured
in percentage of space occupied, Mr,
Dana analyzes it as follows: Commer
cial mid financial, including market and
manufacturing reports, real estate, etc,,
It per cent.; health ami pleasure re
ports, general gossip, trivial town
news, S per cent.; ordinary commercial
advertisements, s per cent.: political
Information or misinformation or va
rious kinds, H per cent.; sports, ath
letics, etc., 1 per cent.; relating to legal
proceedings, ti per cent.; relating to
crimes, i per cent.; personal news not
tilvlal, :ij per cent.; all klndji of ud
vertiHlng other than ordinary commer
cial, 20 2-!l ps-r cent.; literature, 2',i per
cent.; social science, strikes, unions,
social refonji woik, etc., 214 per cent.;
religion, 2 !:) per cent.; foreign poll
tics, Including wars, per cent,; trans
portation, 2'4 per cent.; disasters, 2 per
cent.: foclety, 2 pep cent., science, 2
per cent,; educational, 1 per cent.;
theatrical, 4 of 1 per cent.; niuslcul, j
of 1 per cent.; und historical, .Q of 1
per cent.
Analyzed in another way, Mr. Dana
finds that this annual output of the
Anierlcun periodical press equuls In
quantity i,000,000,000 copies of a book
the size ot "IMVld Hrtrum," .of which
number ,132,200,000 copies would relate
to political and governmental matters',
287,400,000 to criminal, sensational nnd
trivial mailers; 248,200,000 to Intellect
ual, Hclcnll!flu and religious matters;
572,500,000 to personal and social mat
ters; und , two, 100,000. to business luut
teis. Twenty-eight per cent,, or the
equivalent of fiGil.OOO.OOO volumes, Is
matter of an advertising churauter,
which has been paid for or contracted
for, It would be Interesting to know
how many volumes ot advertising mat
ter not paid for and not appreciated
by those who benefit from Its appear
nnce In print are embodied In one
year's output ot the American period
ical press; but, of course, that fell out
side the scope of Mr. Dana's Interest
ing compilation, '
a ip .1- m
h. II. llllles, author of that "replete
with pathetic nnd dramatic scenes"
book called "Chickens- Come Home to
Roost,'' Is now In Jull at Washington,
confronted with the return of his poul
try, fillies, In addition to fame us an
author, was known us a "featherbed
king.)' In purchasing the material used
In the manufacture ot the downy couch
from fanners' wives In that vicinity, It
Is alleged that he Induced several ot
them to cash worthless checks. The
deal In feathers perhaps may have some
extenuating features, but any who have
contemplated the "fcalherbred king's"
alleged picture of Southern life must
admit that ti long term In Jail would
lie mild punishment.
'It generally takes a hulf page head
to announce a strike in one ot the
yellow journals, but when the matter
is settled; mischief Is averted and
there Is cause for general rejoicing,
the same paper is content to make
knliwn the fact in two or three lines.
On the filing line of the American
army generals are stationed who have
proved their capacity for effective com
mand by good service under trying con
ditions. The sooner Great Rritnln
adopts tluit rqle the sooner will her
present humiliation cease.
It is Intimated In certain correspond
ence from Washington that Plerpout
Morgan, J. J. Hill and their associates
In the northwestern railway deal are
preparing to take President Roosevelt's
scalp. They will have to get their hands
on it llrst.
John D. Long will take with him into
private life when he retires from the
secretaryship of the navy the absolute
esteem and confidence of every fellow
American who is not biased by the mis
erable Schley myth.
At the present time the editor of
the Commoner seems to think that
Hon. David R. Hill is the only obstacle
liable to interrupt his continuous per
formance. There is sonic doubt ns to whether
the Isthmian, canal documents have
been consigned to the pigeon-hole or
the waste basket.
New York Sundays are not exactly
dry these days, but it is necessary to
avoid publicity in the act of painting
the town red.
Prince Henry's Uisif
to Philadelphia
Special Ciirie-pondencc of The Tiibune.
l'hllulelplilj, MJich 11.
Till: WAV they rand Prince Henry about
this country uf ours was cliouuii lo iciid
i liiiu back to the I'.ilhcil.ind, like poor
Idtlionoii, with nothing left uf him but a
feeble little voice to ihlip at moruhnr and even
ing. If lie was caii-ed to c.illop thiouh rvciy
place as lio did through Philadelphia lie nuwt
liavc had a lovely and satl-tylng impic.-niuii of
Ihe fnited Stales. Suu-ly nulliin ever happened
to Ihe (Ju.ikcr City like this. At time of writing
it is about two horns after the instantaneous
lcv has tUrhed pa-t and the people aie jet staul-in:,-
liiuiid in l.uge mz.ciI Mpuds lijiug lo ,v
uiciuljcr where they an- at and what they sue
there for tin, I what it is all about anyway. They
aren't nx-d In the lightning prnte.-.s in Philadel
phia, and I don't lielieie they like it. There is
a diguitj- and gt-'vity about this town wlilili gives
a most iucoiigiiinus ell'ect to a llj..hllght piocc;
Mon. Some ot the r-uld and sober litUcns were
iiluiit mil down by the mounted police and the
outiideis while iTO-sing Chestnut sheet Willi the
cuslonuij delibeialion and the crowds giiped
Mupldly at Ihe app.iiitlon which was here one
minute and g-nie Ihe mu and did not gather
llielr Mii-cs ipihklj- enough 1" iu-.li down trnvanl
liulcpeudiiitc hall for a completion of the glliup.se,
A cliieinatogi.iph was nothing to the rapldby
witli which the i'riiue'n tl.ln-.it through thc-e
Murtu was made. Theie wa.s u gleam of blue as
the police galloped uudly ahead; a bla.e of ted
a.s u detadiuiciit of Ihe 1,'lly Troop witli its qileu.
did iuilfoim- tore p.iM, it Mvil'l ilou ot an op-ii
milage with fuiii- gentlemen, one of whom,
blonde and nulling, ral-ed a white gloied u.iiid
to his ipieeily ehaped lap, another gleam of led
(oaled liguics and scrambling hoi-e.--, a blue t-trcuk
of mounted National (iiiauls and was all, 1
should think the i'liiue would feel as if ho weie
hot out of a gun.
We had an e.scellent Men- of lilm a we stood on
the hole! balcony at tin' second floor coiner look
ing up Uicituul slieet. The altair was so ap
pallingly on time tliat we only had a rhaiiee to
ga.p "there he is!" when lie wasn't theie at ull.
It was a Heeling impulsion of u happy faie, not
in li.lluUiliie iu plullle as full fiont-tlu- 1'iiiicii
han't Iho ll,ipbiirg pendulous Up hut be has the
piiiliuiling tieth of lliu llolieiiTolleins-tlu. Hug of
the thi-cr finui the multitude and the I-loil
wa gone II! o a magic lantern effect, but It '.lie
ua tlie peiroual sen.se of H'.illlv- th.it sometimes
Is illfllcult tn c.i Uli' without the aid of our own
ejes, ami it was a .alUfjttton,
o
Imagine the stop of two minutes at Indepen
dence lull! Somehow- 1 don't like that lurt of
the programme. We IVnnsjlauian.s have a gie.it
lieiitage and the lieasiuu hon.-e where it Is
locked Is in Ihe old dingy led brick building en
the collier of UicMliut and l'lllh. It seems to me
thai ceii with live boms' stop In I'lilladclphii
our dUtiugtiMicd foicigu guest could li.no been
inoic , enteitalued and liitucilcd bj an oppor
tunity in sic our i radio of llberly than iu t lie
longer stay at i-u-n as Important a spot at tlio
Crump,' ehipjaiil.
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The soul of the hou-u Is gone out at this time.
The old l.ikeity Pell is en cue of il juukciiiii
turns which happens just now tu lie Cliaiicitou.
I don't think wo should allow- It to bo Polled
about the tommy in this fj.litou. Imagine the
clown diamond of tiieat lliltaln belli; cliised
around tu tlio county fails. Wo have no iiown
diamonds but tliat bell U a Jewel curb as no
oilier laud can cl-iliu. it should be kept In lit
origliul setting. Much of the dignity und the
deeper meaning is lust when it is out uf its
place, Jut us iu Kuickoii's "Cacli and All,"
wo "could not bring home tlio oceanN roai"
witli the sej-slull. It will du the people of our
land good lo nuke a pilgrimage) to old Inde
pendence hall and seeing the bell catch a thrill
f ion (he personal contact with the beginning
ot our grcatiios lieralded by that first voice,
o
I fancy that the 1'ilnco with his reu-renc for
heredity and for the lecouls'of the power of na
tions would hate U-en touched by a sight of
reliquary tit our brief pait. The tluoug went
ilrtun there today after lie had been rmhed In
one door nnd out another without rteti lime to
rritlMer hi name In the lilj booh, and they
rmhed In one door nnd out Another became of
the ttirlniH inleret in tlio rnj-.il Mlnr. The
pane. of liMnry there unrolled' pi ob.tbly meant
le to the mav'ei than the 5ho- bill ncroM on
tlio npinlti! miller, but there weie aniiitf who
Mood Kllotit with lincntrird head ur heart a
In the pretence of Mich it m.ijely n tliclr eje
li.nl neit-r een. Somehow the teutiinenl of the
phirc nnd (lie far leatlilnit tne.uiliiir nt Ihe scene
JiHl vitnerd, rmhed mcr them a Ihe.v M
the emply (had. whoe one time ociilpant.
looked ilnuii placidly liolil the Willi In tonlcm
platlon of the unk they had wiouitht when they
tl.Knl their Ihe to nlgii I lie M.mn.l t.'li.ill.i nt our
llhcity. There w.w .1 Milft illmne "f nli;lit in
the rye. of lhoc moic tliiiinrhtfiil vlltois till
inornlnir nnd suddenly a patriotic feelliiK w.t
bum uch a no w.nlinr of bonnlo Ihe-, no ne
cl.iiii.itlon hi honor of n popular hem of the
hour, no lnlein.in' speech, no thrill nf the war
fplilt could bale brought into life.
Popular heroes are m luiteady on their iede,
tol and we urn so fickle in our worship of them,
ami wo. hull our ll.iic In kikIi iioliouie iil.iscx,
and a lo.p Interest in war and in utale'inen If
they are not of our own party. Pill here from
their fair proud eminence look down alw.ij
llicw culm faces upon our llttlcblekcrlng end
our (treat advancement, nnd they me our patent
of nobility, the founder of a inlfflily race to
whom the IdnK of the earth are bowing and to
who.e doom they come with (.ill. and Riuclou
word. I think the porlrail" on the wall Kcemcd
a shade moie uplifted and proud today ihe old
men with their gray lock and their flint lip and
tliat one Viiuinlan with the lieautj' of i-ternll
oiitli on hi race and II lire iu hi cc which
meet joum with u smllle lepeatfd on flic full
cunlnir ll'. I wih the ltulana hud not been
o villi of their line new ulilp and hud allowed
the fair haired Prince from aeno thn sea to
tarry mid listen to the wlilpcrlii?s of a living
pact which could reveal to lilm Mhy lie I here
today, u suet of the treat republic.
Harriot Cl.iy l'enm.iu.
WAYSIDE NOTES.
Speaklmr of snow- storms, it should not be as
sumed tliat the iccent heavy fall will not be
followed by others. The weather has the snow
habit this season and the sources of supply are
Inexhaustible. Probably the year 1SJ7 hold. the
record for late heavy snow siorni. in the spring
of that year I was living In l'ranklln, Delaware
county, New York, and during the early part of
Apill there weie two heavy falls of snow near
together, the two aggregating a depth ot si
feet, aceotdlng to the Hies of a local paper of
that dale, franklin at that time was thirty
mites ft oiii a lailroad, and as tli roads weie im-
l,.ls.lhli. Mil. villnn-., um rtit ntf finm 1tw nut.
sidu world for nearly a week. The piiucipal dam
age was c.iuru ny me ciuM.mg or rooi.s ni nam
and outbuilding-.. The melting of the snow did
not C.HHO any dl--atrous fie.-ltet.
The pin boj. in a local bowling allev who
siruck twice the other evening were ptoniplly
declared out by Ihe umpire.
The kal-.er seems lo have chosen tlio light man
to come oier here and help cement the bunds,
etc. lie has the light liiand of ciinont and is
doing a fusl-class job. it is a pltj- lie ha lo
wuik at the laic of a mile a minute, a it were.
Weather indications (unollieial) The dlsluib
ance which was central in the eastern pottiou of
l'ike counly lias passed across New Jersey and
t hence out to sea. Marines should keep .!i"ir
weather ej-e.s open for it. This dktutbauce be
ing dis-po-ed of, the local indications are that the
weather for a few days will be from fair to mid
dling, with the wind (if there is any) vecilng
from one point of the coinpa..s to another, or vice
M-isj, Possibly there may bo rain or snow, ac
companied by hail and lightning. Hut the indi
cations on the whole are that it will bo safe to
bang out the wash as mti.il. Teinperatuic uuimal.
The iaduct advocales seem to have the bulge
on the bridge men at present. It is a lonjf lane
tliat has no tinning, etc.
lly Wlieless Telegraph 'To 'he Citizens of
Pcijnton: It is willi gie.it regiet that I am
compelled by ioj- itinerary to leaie the country
without visiting jour attractive c-itj-. I have
heard of your imposing public statues, jour flue
system of public tranipoitation, the tianslucent
stream which Hows through the sylvan Lackawan
na, valley, and ot your novel beer gaulens what
j ou call them? oh, spec-kcezlos, and would be
glad to cairj- iu my memory a piciuie of all ihi.s.
l'eihaps in the futuie 1 may return and then
shall certainly visit jou. llein " At ilii.i point
the signals became indistinct.
Sojourner.
BANK ACCOUNT WAS SHORT.
From tlio Baltimore Sun.
llcie is n stoly of two well-known jouug il.il
tlinoic.ius, whom we will call Mr. Tom lllank
and Mr. Dick So-and-So. K.uh prides himself on
being absolutely up to date and up to siiulf in
all partlculailj'. Tom called .iiound to see Dick
one morning a shott time ago, and had scarcely
passed thioiigh the door before Dick exclaimed:
"lly (ieoige! The very nun. Say, Tom, 1
want lo go to lioslon this afternoon and I need
!?".',. 1 wi-li jou'd let mo have it. I leally
wouldn't usk you, but see my position."
"Yes," leplied Tom, "a bort of touch-and-go
or iio-toucli-no-go position. You aie better ctt
at home, Dick. It's ciy cold in llo-ton."
"Soinewiut fiostj- heie, too, tt seems," said
Dick. I "Hut it's all a joke, old nun. (.'ome iu
nnd s-ic down." '
"Haven't lime," said Tom. "I Just slipped
around lo see if j-ou wouldn't let me have that
fj.100 jou nlieadj- owe me if it's pcifectly con
venient." Dick seemed to make a hiuiied menial aleu.
I.iUoii, and tluli told Ills flieiid that he didn't
think lc had quite Hut iiimh in kink.
"Hut jou tan go down and see," he added.
So Tom took the check. Invited Dick to go
tn the thc.ihr with linn that evening, und Inn
lied down to kink, iho paying teller took the
check, stiolkd back, looked at Dick's account
and leliuued lo the window, shaking Ids head.
"How much dues it take to make It good'.'"
asked Tom,
"Xot allowed to tell," leplied Hi" teller.
Tom went lo the iceeiving teller and deposited
$10 lo Dick's eicdit, but that didn't liiako Ihe
check good. Another ijlo and still otluis were
put up, witli Iho same lesiill, imill Tom begun
to pcv.-plie and the li.iuk people to laugh,
Finally Tom deposited his tenth SP), with the
email; that it was a touch game to be up
against, and lie again picsentcd Hie cheek, uulj
to be met with another slnke of tlio tellei's head
and the iiifoiination: "Ve-iy sany, jr, lllank,
but tliat account was somewhat oveuliawii."
Tom gave up and dashed nut of the bank.
lie- had no sooner gone than Dick sauntcied iu,
and asking how much he had to his credit, was
told S-0.1.
"JiLt cah me this check fur !)," lie said,
"and If you see Tom lllank today tell lilm I'm
awfully sony I ciniii.it be able tn see him thW
evening, us I have decided to take tliat little
lloston lilp wo weie talking about this inoiulcg."
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Openwork Lace Effects and
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