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Who Profit* In War?
When General Smedley Butler told a group of Mas-
sachusetts business men the other day that war is nothing
but “dumb diplomacy” he voiced a simple truth that
ought to be impressed on the mind of every diplomat on
earth.
If you care to test his assertion you might consider
the course of events in international politics during the
decade or so preceding the World War.
The diplomats were playing a complicated game in
which each one tried to win some advantage for his own
nation. How well did they play it anyway?
Well there were the German diplomats. Germany
wanted a “place in the sun” room for expansion oppor-
tunity to improve her foreign trade. What did she get?
A ruinous war that wrecked her industries obliterated
her foreign trade lost all her colonies and left her so ex-
hausted that today 13 years after the war ended the
rest of the world has to unite to keep her from collapse.
Russia had diplomats too. What did they get for
their country? A wfar that wrecked the monarchy years
of unspeakable suffering to millions of people and a form
of government that is the pet bogey for all the rest of f\e
World.
And the English—supposedly the best diplomats of
them all? Before the war England was ur vailed
mistress of the seas possessor of a thriving foreign trade
banker for all the world head of the mightiest empire
ever seen. Today she shares the seas with the American
navy her grip on India has weakened millions of unem-
ployed live on the dole industry is crippled and the for-
eign markets are vanishing—and the lowest income tax
Is 25 per cent.
The French perhaps did better. But France lost
more than a million young men plunged deeply into debt
and emerged with a fear that keeps Europe an armed
camr*
Then there is the United States. If you want to
know what we got out of the war look around for the
nearest breadline.
General Smedley Butler has made several foolish
remarks in the last few years. But when he said that w^r
is dumb diplomacy he seems to ht»e said a comp’l e and
unanswerable mouthful.
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Our Flying Equipment
At the recent National Air Races several flyers—
notably Jimmy Doolittle and Lowell R. Bayles—amazed
the country by the speed of their airplanes. Speeds well
above 220 miles an hour were clicked off repeatedly;
Bayles did a mile unofficially in the startling time of 286
miles an hour.
It all looked pretty encouraging.
But now Flight Lieutenant Stainforth of England
ta^es a seaplane aloft and skates through the air at a cool
404 miles an hour. In a race with America’s fastest
planes he would be out of sight in ten minutes.
The American government spends around $300000-
000 a year on its navy: but to date it refuses to set aside
the necessary $2000000 or $3000000 that would enable
it to develop planes as fast as those the English fly. As
a result American planes are being badly outdistanced.
Perhaps a new policy is needed.
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New York
Letter
NEW YORK.—The Aitor The-
atre. despite it« outward display of
flamboyant movie banners and its
eye-catching streamers of gaudy
light wean also a slight touch of
mourning for Its founder Lincoln
Wagenhals who died a few days
aso. *
The crowds who pass through its
doors will see upon the screen no
stranger tale than that of the kid
from the small Ohio town who put
ud this showhouse on Broadway.
It is another of thoee thouaand-
and-one-nights legends of Bagdad-
on-the-Subway. For r ? was fame
and fortune that sU. ted literally
at the point of a gun!
And this is the way the story
coes; Once upon a time a discour-
aged young man from Lancaster
O. sat over his coffee and sinkers
at a Broadway lunch counter
wondering U this could be the
fair rewards of the theater. At IS.
an amateur actor from his home
j town high school he hah descended
I uDon Columbus. O.. and for five
years held a job m a sw*
pany. Then he had headed tor
Broadway. And here he was going
out ahead of road shows that had
a habit of “going bust" In the middle
of nowhere and leaving a young
gent to get back as best he could.
Peeling like telling his troubles
to someone he began talking to
another youth occupying an ad-
jacent stool. The conversation
bounced back to the old home aa
such talks do In New York—
••What you’re from Ohio too—
■well!...Funny you should come
from there....Yep. and your dads
a doctor too—That sure beats
every thing.... And you passed up a
chance to study medicine for the
stage_Sure is funny meeting
like this....What’s the name?
■‘Kemper’s my name — Colin
^In'^just about that fashion started
the famous Wagenhals and Kemp-
er partnership—a firm that ran
nothing up to $10000000 and be-
came the wealthiest theatrical
business in the world. %
• • •
Both went out as company man-
agers for road shows and met
I again in an Ohio tank town. Both
1 shows were broke. Both had to get
back to New York. They sat down
and talked things over. Certainly
they were getting nowhere; they
were young and ambitious. Why
not take a chance by themselves?
“Say I heard of a house up in
Binghamton. New York we might
get hold of....ran into it while
taking a company through that
w&y.w
That wa* the beginning: a small
stock company in Binghamton.
Wagenhals was business manager;
Kemper was stage manager. They
decided to branch out although
their finances were meager. Wag-
enhals would take a show on tour
—as company manager.
Once more the scene was Ohio
and the place not far from Col-
umbus. Wagenhals was going over
the payroll and the gate receipts.
He was Interrupted by a brusque
command: “Stick ’em up and hand
over the coin!” But he dldnt. He
made a quick duck. Two shots a
quick scurry and the theatrical
tyro lay groaning on the floor a
bullet In his boefc-
“Get my father." he groaned as
emergency treatment was being
administered. A few hours later
Dr. Wagenhals was at the bedside
just in time to prevent an opera-
tion. The father feared blood pois-
oning if the bullet were removed.
“Link" Wagenhals went through
life with this ‘keepsake" as he
called it. • .
A few weeks later he wa* back
In Binghamton calling cheerily to
his partner: “Well Its the big
town now. old kid! I was carry-
ing accident insurance and when
those stick-up boys shot me I got
$5000.”
And that’s how the Astor came
to be built. With the $5000 he
promoted the new theater and
then came such successes as
“Paid in Pull" and "Seven Days"
and "The Bat." The two kids
from Ohio retired a few years ago
on ten millions.
The working population of Chi-
cago based on 1930 figures con-
sists of 1149.714 males and 389.395
females.
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■^■P°NSOLAT^^^K
Wages merrily drop
As our dividends stop;
England’s payments In gold are
suspended;
But suppress all y ur sighs
For a big banker cries—
“It's a sign the depression is
ended.”
All the stocks that I hold
Have been “heavily sold;’*
To the world and his wife I’m a
debtor;
Europe’s future is blurred
But I’m cheered by the word
Of an expert who says “things are
better”
I’m behind in my rent—
All my money’s been spent.
And jthe outlook seems far from
seductive; "
All the world’s up a tree
But the brokers agree
That the happenings all are “con-
structive.”
Higher taxes are near
And we’ll never get beer
Near the rocks many nations are
moving; I
There’s a sheriff in charge
But I’m cheered by and large.
By a statement "The outlook's
improving.”
•
I have Just sold my car
All my nerves are ajar
And my neck would make some
one a ropeful;
Ihey have called all my notes
But my broket (In quotes)
Says: “The signs are decidedly
hopeful.”
I am htr.prr-snd how!
And I’m yeamlng for chow;
Tj the poor farm I stem to be
breezing;
*~ut I ought to frel gay
Fv .• I hear tue czars say
“All the signs are distinctly more
pleasing.”
I've a wife sick abed
And I’m deep In the red;
There Is nothing to eat on the
table;
But I feel I should cheer
For a big financier
Says. “Conditions are now getting
stable.”
I have sL\ kiddies 111
And I can’t pay a till;
How we all feel the pinch of priva-
tion!
But I’m kept from despair
For my brokers declare
"Things are now on a firmer
foundation!”
• # •
ALL IN THE OPEN NOW
Economists declare It a good
sign that America Is now facing
the facts about the business crisis.
In other words they feel relieved
that it Is no longer regarded as
something to be solved through a
blindfold test.
• • ■
Possibly the recent rise in rail-
road stocks was due to a report
from a locomotive engineer that
he thought he saw a man signal-
ling as if he meant to ride on a
train.
• • •
It is understood that at the
Dahlia show in New York they had
police protection this year to keep
people from eating the flowers.
Daily Health
The girl in college is likely to suf-
fer from all of the complaints suf-
fered by girls who are not in college
and. in addition from special com-
plaints associated with the kind of
life that college girt lead. In other
words intensity of attention much
reading and a sedentary life bring
on complaints which come to the
; attention of college physicians. Re-
cently. Drs. E. W. Stearn and G.
R. Mitchell reported on 225 girls (n
a small college in Missouri. The girls
were trom 16 to 21 years of age.
Seventy-eight per cent complained
cf headaches varying irom three
times a week to twice a year. There
is no single cause of headache?. Eye-
strain nervousness worry and dis-
turbances of digestion are among the
main causes. Because the causes
are not elim* ’^ted. the girls continue
to suffer anu. like people generally
try all sorts of remedies including
sedatives pain-relieving remedies
pills of all kinds laxatives and soda
water.
The condition called growing
pains” af'ects young girls exactly
a« It does young men. These pains
physicians find are due in the vis:
majority of cases to rheumatic in-
fection. When these pain* occur
sources must be sought in the ton-
sils the throat the teeth the ..ose.
the cars and indeed in all of the
breathing tract.
College girls are likely to suff r
also with disturbances of their
periodic functions. Modern attitude
toward such disturbances tends to
overcome them by leading a normal
life.
The common cold causes a great
loss of time and efficiency So far
as we know the only method ol
lessening the number of colds is pro-
per food clothing sleep and bath-
ing. the avoidance of exposure the
cleaning up of obstruction* in the
nose and throat and finally plenty of
sunlight.
• • •
Of special interest In relationship
to the health of the college girl
is the question of diei. Notwith-
standing their education the girls
are hungry because they eat little
at meal times and much between i
meals. The majority gain in weight.
Reducing is haphazard and in many
cases carried out in a dangerous
manner. Injudicious diet not regu-
lated by knowledge of essential foods
tends to produce constipation and
also to lower resistance to disease.
It Is also strange to find that col-
lege girls who certainly have been
taught the elements of hygiene and
the dangers of self-dosing seem to
indulge liberally m proprietary laxa-
tives and cathartics and in all sorts
erf medicine for coughs colds the
liver stomach trouble nervousness
painful physiologic functions and
even loss of vitality.
It was found that 68 out of the 325
-dris indulged in such remedies None
of them took reducing pills but 16
uer cent dieted constantly to re-
duce weight one hundred and
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aspirin—116 of them for hefcdaches;
41 for menstruation; 20 for colds;
>ne for hayfever; 13 to produce sleep;
three for nervousness and two for
the heart. The danger of aelf-dos-
ing is Indicated by this survey be-
cause some of these conditions were
serious enough to demand most care-
ful medical consideration and others
might have been eliminated by pro-
per attention to diet and hygiene.
A LESSON LEARNED
INDIANAPOLIS Ind.—Two gyp-
sies came into the store of Mrs.
Mary Stillwell and volunteered
their blessings on the store’s fin-
ances. She consented the gypsies
went over to the cash register
made their blessings and left. And
afterward Mrs. Stillwell opened
the money drawer to find the
b’oOsed money had vanished during
t''m ceremony.
DIQGING DOWN DEEP
Wife: Why Fred you've got
one hand browner than the other
Husband (getting sun tanned i
wIVIe on holiday with his large
family): Can you wonder at It.
Alice? I*ve always got one band
In my pocket.—The Humorist.
About 90 per cent of the potato
starch u ted In the United States is
made In Maine.
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TODAY 18 TO*
Anniversary
JAPANS DENIAL
On 8epL 90 1917 Viscount Z9M.
head of the Japanese Imperial Mis-
sion to the U. A ofrici'diy denied
Japans— aggremion In China.
The mikado's official spokesman
likewise mid that the doors of both
Japan and China were open to
Americans. Be continued:
*1 am persuaded that the
bUngs and the whisperings
door closed in China by the
nese against America did not
from the broad and generous
of the enterprising American
York or elsewhere but are _
suit of IS years of an enemy’s
fort to create prejudice and dist
“We will co-operate. We will1 if
and we will hold each of us. what
la guaranteed under that agreement.'*
(‘“That agreement” was the agiwe*
ment of 1908 between the U. 8. secre-
tary of state and the Japanese am-
bassador Takahira. >
Quotations
This repeated cycle of accelerant
increase climax. sudden decrease
and Increase again la common to a
great many animals.
—Julian Huxley.
• • •
We iron the war and It behoosst
us. at this late date not to lose It
—William Ouggenheiaa
• • •
Soviet literature is only a doaaa
years old and there is no giant of
that age. —Maxim Gorgv.
• • •
Adjusting the work week is «
of the principles of balance nff-
essary to keep sustained prcwpqfir.
—William Oreen president a. fl
• • •
Never since the war has Frame
found herself from every point of
view in a better position to re-
establish her situation.
—Francois Coty publisher of Fi-
garo
• • • •
Instead of shortening the work-
ing day (the obvious thing to do)
we go on giving all the leisure to
an Increased mnd increasing num-
ber of parasitic people.
—Oeorge^ Bernard flhaw.
The more we restrict Immigra-
tion the greater the pressure to
enter this country Illegally.
—Harry E. Hull commtssoner gen-
eral of Immigration.
4 LAURA LOU
/ BROOKMAN
/ Author of
"MAD MARRIAGE" |
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Pretty NORMA KENT. 90-year-
old secretary marries MARK
TRAVERS millionaire's son la
spite of the opposition of Hark'd
father F. M. TRAVERS.
The story opens la Marlboro
middle-western metropolis. After
•a extravagant honeymoon at
fashionable Rise Sprla«s darta*
which Mark spends all kla money
aad borrows 0500 tbs eoaple re-
ts ra ta Marlboro. It la a long
while before tbe yaaag msa eaa
Oad work aad after one week ke
loses bis first Job. Ho beeomes a
floorwalker la a department store
la oplte af poverty ke aad Norma
are kappy aatll MarkM father
sends for him. He offers to toko
Msrk back Into his basissos or-
ganisation If the non will prove
he can make gsad. His trot task
lavslves a baslaess trip ta France.
Norma la to remala at home. She
tries fo pc rasa da him aat to gs
kat eaa aat.
Norata. radely treated at her
fatber-la-law’s home sllpe away
leavlag no trace of her where-
abouts. CHRIS SAUNDERS her
farmer roommate kelps her dud
a Job.
Mark’s father determines ta en-
gineer a divorce. He employs de-
tectives who leant that the fftrl
three yearn before was convicted
•a a vice charge la spite of evl-
deaee that thla charge wan
framed and Norma entirely laao-
eest he oeads his lawyer ta Paris.
Norma knows asfhlag of all this
aatll late la Janaary she receives
a letter teltlag her Mark has se-
cured n divorce. Next day fa the
oMce she fntats. Chris fakes her
home bat Instead of remaining
there she calls a taxi gives tbe
driver aa address and says.
“Harry!*
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORT
CHAPTER XXXVII
HE cab turned Into the drive bo-
fore the imposing Travers resi-
dence and halted. Norma got out
and looked up at tbe building.
“Wait for ycu. Miss?” asked tbe
driver.
The girl hesitated. Then "Yes"
she said "you'd better wait She
started slowly toward the entrance.
The handsome door set In Its arch
of stone seemed forbidding. Nor-
ma pressed the bell and waited.
There was no answer and she
touched the electric button a second
time.
Almost at that moment Tomp-
kins’ head appeared in the open
doorway. Norma said. "Is Mr.
Travers—?"
There was no indication that the
butler recognized her. His head
Inclined slightly. “Mr. Travers Is
not in. Miss" Tompkins said. He
would have closed the door but tha
girl suddenly moved forward put
her hand out.
‘Then Mrs. Travers!" she ex-
claimed. "It’s Important! I’ve got
to see her—I've got to!"
"Mrs. Travers Is not at home
either. They left this morning for
Miami. There’s no one here now.
There’s no one you can see—*
"But I must!"
"I’m sorry miss. There’s no one
here. Mr. and Mrs. Travers will
be gone for several weeks."
“Gone? How could they? Why
It was'only last night— 1"
“They left this morning" Tomp-
kins .'epeated Imperturbably. Hie
voice and manner were as aloof as
though he were •nnouueing guests
at a reception. T assure you. miss
there’s no one here. No one but
the servants.”
“Oh but Tompkins—" The words
broke off in n low cry. Then
"Tompkins" the girl went on "do
you know when Mark is coming
back?"
“I'm sorry miss. I haven’t
heard."
“You don’t know when his par-
ents expect him?"
Tm sorry. I couldn't say.*
Norma turned away. Almost !m
mediately she looked back to see
tbe great door shut She took a
step forward changed her mind
and walked slowly to tbe taxicab.
"Take me back" she said to the
driver "where we started from."
• • •
IT was nearly six when Chris ar-
rived. Norma wearing a kimo-
no was lying on the bed with a
blanket half-covering her.
"Hello lamb" Chris said cheer-
fully “did you get some sleep? I
believe you’re looking better."
"I—I’ve been lying here."
"Did Mrs. Bixby bring your
lunch?"
"She came Chris. I wasn’t
hungry snd couldn't eat"
"But that won't do! Say—are
yon trying to starve yourself?
You’ve got to eat don’t you know
that? You’ve got to eat if you're
going to hola your ob young lady."
• < •
rpHERE was a pause. Norma said.
"I suppose I’ll have to tell Mr.
Stuart—”
"He knows already. About the
divorce I mean. He was awfully
nice Nonna. Said you could take a
few days’ rest If the doctor thinks
you should. By tbe way I made
an apopintment for yon with Dr
Willoughby Monday."
Norma was sitting on ths side of
the bed. She reached for Chris’
hand. "You’re so good Chris!”
sne said in a voice that was not
quite steady. ‘There’s nobody In
the world so good as you are! I—
I don’t deserve all you’ve done—"
"Oh don’t you? Say for heav-
en’s sake do you want me to sprout
wings? Don’t deserve anything
I've done! Why. I haven't done
anything at all! Just nothing! Rut
If I conld there wouldn’t be a thing
on this earth too good for you!
Let me tell you Norma you’ve had
a few bad breaks but things are
going to change. You’ll see. It’s
just when everything looks blackest
they suddenly come out right."
“I wish I could believe ihaL"
"Believe it? I know It Haven’t
: I seen It happen a dozen times?
Now If yon feel like coming down-
town tomorrow we’ll have a talk
with Jim Daniels. He’s the lawyer
I told you about. We can go In
and sea him at noon.”
"Do yon think It will do any
good?"
“Well It's worth a try. He's one
of the best lawyers in Marlboro."
The bait was effective. Norma
arose and dressed rapidly. She
agreed to spend the night again at
Chris' apartment When they ar-
rived there they bad the place to
themselves. Dorothy was away and
Chris said the engagement would
keep her antll late.
The two girls cooked dinner and
served It on the gate-leg table ex-
actly as they had dons so many
evenings before. Chris' Inspired
cooking the familiar surroundings
and comfortable atmosphere worked
a subtle magic. Gradually Norma
relaxed. 8he dropped the barrier
of reserve and poured out her heart
! to Chris. She admitted going to
the Travers' home that afternoon.
Norma wept a little hot not with
the tempestnons tears of the night
before.
“It Mark were only here!" she
said once brokenly "III conld only
just talk bo him!"
“He's bound to be back before
long. I can’t belp feeling that
when he cornea all thia can ba
straightened out in no time."
“But wiry la he staying so long?
Why doesn't be coma back?"
“Oh. yqu never can tell about
business you know. I bars an Idea
ht^father has something to do with
It but he can't keep him away for-
ever. Things are not nearly so bad
as they soem. darling. You’ll find
that out in a month or two.**
“A month is a terribly long
time!"
“Nonsense. Anyhow It may not
t>o that long. Brad will know when
he does rmne. By the way”—Chris
hesitated—“Brad’s wife is in Reno."
Norma looked up quickly. “Does
that meats—r she began.
“I don't know if it meant any-
thing or nob She’s supposed to be
visiting friends there. I just hap-
pened to Imow because I mailed bsr
a check the other day.”
• • •
'T’HERE was a silence between
them. After several momenta
Norma eabl. "You like him » lot
don’t you?*
“Llko fcrad? Why. of course.
Everybody does."
“I know. But I mean—tf she did
—well If things did turn out that
way. do you think you might—*
“Good gracious! Don’t get no-
tions of that sort In your head
Brad Ilart has one wife hs doesn’t
seem to care much about He
doesn’t want another. Oh wall-
life's a queer businesa kid. Ws*l!
have a talk with Jim Daniels to-
morrow. I'll rail in the morning
and arrange the time."
Tbpy went over arguments that
had been rehearsed several limes
before. It was Chris who said pres-
ently
*Tre b»*en trying to figure this i
ont. you kjnow. I’ve been trying to;
figure wluit’s at the bottom of It
all. Do you think It could have
been that Stone? What’s his name
—Hollis fkone?"
The othier girl shook her head.
"I ve thooght of him** the said
slowly. **But—there Isn’t any rea-
son why he shonld want to hurt me.
He was friendly really. Of course
it was a shock seeing him at Bine
Springs mnd having all that ter-
rible nightmare come back again.
But If he wanted to tell Mark why
didn’t he do It then? Oh. Chris!”
Norma burled her head In her
hands. **(ti It was all so terrible.
I thought*—I thought it was gone
and past and I could forget the way
you said—’*
“It i> past and yon most forget
about It!”
“But hcsw can I now when Mark
knows?"
Chris got to her feet and crossed
the floor Impatiently "Norma.” she
said “yoifve got to have a talk
with Mark. You’re got to tell him
your side of things!"
Days slipped and no opportunity
came for that talk. The first weeks
of Februrwy dragged by and no
news of Mark Travers reached
Marlboro. Norma and Chris bad
two sessioes with Jim Daniels the
lawyer. Daniels asked questions
and prom feed to make Investiga-
tions. He wrote some letters. He
seemed optimistic when he talked
to Norma. Privately he informed
Chrts that the case could not be
reopened. The divorce had been
granted. Beyond the shadow of a
doubt legal technical it lea had been
observed. Unfortunate. That was
the way Jim Daniels dismissed the
affair.
Chris kept an this from ths jr*
younger girl. Sbs told Norma that i
Daniels was hopeful but ths mutter |
required time. Chris kept up the I
farce during those early weeks be- | ^
cause she was worried.
night* when
times
don’t want to tiro without Marf^ ®
I don't want to lira it be doesn't
lore me!"
• * *
/^HRIS found excuses for Inviting
^ Norma to ths apartment As
much of ths time aa possible she
spent with her. If ahe could not
be with her for an evening ah*
tried to see that someone else wan.
Dr. Willoughby said everythin*
depended on Norma’s mental out-
look. She must keep up her gen-
eral health be cheerful and opti-
mistic. The doctor was very in-
sistent on these points He repeat-
ed then each tlm* Norma earn* to
bla office.
Norma disregarded every warn-
ing. Ebe had retired''agalp behind
that barrier of reserve which
Chris could not circumvent. Cb**AH
ful and optimistic ahe certainly waiH
not Nonna was inhabiting a world ■
of her own. flg
One day during the last week otml
February something bapp-ne4^B
which Chria regarded as a blestmg^H
Dorothy Pbillipa received a wlre^H
from her sister tn California. There*
was a vacancy In the office In whlchMj
the sister worked. If Dorotb*®
could come at once the Job woul^H
be hers. . -
Within three days Chris wee
alone In the apartment Dorothy's
trunk packed and cons and Doro-
thy herself on a west bound train.
Thres days mors and Norma’s
dresses hung In ths vacated closet
space. Norms had not been sager
to move but Chris bad explained It
as s favor to herself. She could
not keep np ths rant aloes the
said. If Norma would not come
she would have to give np the
apartment.
For a while things appeared to
go better after that Lee* strata
for Chrla in trying to see that
Norma was occupied. No seed for
constantly manufacturing excuses
to include tbs other girl in her
plana It was easier to see that
Norms had substantial meals.
Thera were days when Chile told
herself Norma was happier but
they were sure to be followed bj
period* of depression.
Brad Hart whom Chris ques-
tioned frequently could furnish a*
news of Mark Travers. He was
still la Francs from all that could
be learned.
Gradually March dragged to a j
close. It bad coma la Ilka a Uoa 1
and went out tbs same way with a
terrific snow storm. The bad
weather continued and Norma to
veloped an annoying cold.
Then one day Chris talephoaad
Bob Farrall and arranged to meet
him at dinner. Over the restaurant
table Chris mid anxiously •'You’ve
got to help me. Boh. Something
must be done!”
(To Be Coetieaad)
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