New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1915, Page 6

j part of the oity Cents a Month. bs sént by mail [ 60 Censs & r. tsing medium D boks and pre advertiser: ante at Hots: St ‘ana_Broad- Board Walk ‘ttord depot. LLS. B'S MESSAGE imb now in- pldwin and in slature today e outlines his ent favoring of Governor me, ago for a of Governor for single Iner. These mented n the case of a on pre- in ent strong, ling in actual matters of has worked jusiness. The v; he would hnce to which as ppropriations d consolidate reference has [ and would btion all new nd Normal years, partic- he says there em than now ‘Waterbury’s will not be be the gov- atter of ex- g well known s not meeting pected of it, Waterbury cinity have its case was ture decided her west 1 congratula- mb proposes taxation be that the e and it is lhe money ot appear to ax but does to be levied There had pefore but it lonsideration. influence of behind it, it degree of is drafted, sible to dis- ases. pught in his is [Haven road. 1d be done at the in- d children ion of the considered. t there has Aiciency of pate has lost Those who ly will note | i is economy xecutive od est possible is no useless jhat the leg- dened pality at is a con- with can i will meet MASTER. ampaigning aster when Middletown rtue of the iver, should osition t some of Bridge- jlo the work e kept of hd clears in nature and here t for the fficial, and a harbor ex- is a me discre- ause other- | i done some- ered incor- posed canal jl character ited to the oute. Tae ening and our neigh- WEDNESDA ANUARY 6, 1915. ) business | will | I boring towns and it is not intended to have any record made of the cargo, i FACTS AND FANCIES, | not that there is any desire to violute | the law, but because there may be : misunderstanding of the term “carg and it is not proposed to allow it m: be interpreted by any man from Mid- | dletown to the disadvantage of gen- Britain and neigh- visitors from the New 1 latter places come here after church on Sundays to take it does scem deslrable that they should not cnxnpel]ml‘ tell what they may have in the valise or to be quizzed by a government officer. Middletown is a funny place; there is no knowing what kind of an individual may cap- ture the harbor mastership and there is no desire in New Britain to have any pleasure seekers subjected to any indignity during their brief period of enjoyment. The harbor master should be selected by a Vote of the people and he should be subject to the re- tlemen from boring towns. a sail be o call. TGGESTION OF MAYOR QUIGLEY Mayor Quigley to the committee on charter revision that it so amend the charter that the may- or shall have absolute power over the commisslons, that he have the pow- er to remove them for cause and that he be the sole judge of the cause. Tt would seem as if the mayor has that power now, the only point at issue be- ing whether when removing a com- missioner he shall specify his reason for removing him. Just now the peo- ple are exercised to some extent over the matter which has brought this point to the front and it may perhaps be difficult to have an intelligent dis- cussion of the matter owing to the fact that people have taken sides on it. It should be remembered, how- ever, that it Is impossible to have a law that will please everyone, but all will probably agree that it is very desirable that there be some head to the city government and that it be giv- en power to see that the machinery does not become clogged for any rea- son and that suitable provision made for the removal as well as the appointing of officlals. The common council has the power to remove officeholders for malefea- sance or misfeasance in office which has suggested be is broad enough to include incompe- tency or dishonesty, but this provision does not apply to appointees of the mayor and should not because it has nothing to do with the selection of the men. Leaving aside the case which is the cause of the present discussion it is important that the mayor should have the power of removal of own. appointees for the reason it arise where | i | his | that is easy to see how a case might it would absolutely necessary to remove an offictal and if it was necessary to go to the courts | the proceedings would require so | long a period that no good would be accomplished, and some harm might be be done in the meantime. What seems to be in the present case is an amendment that will all | ambiguity in to what con- | stitutes ‘*‘cause.”” This i evidently what the mayor desires and the needed remove reference !l ol quest is a reasonable one. SUBWAY FIRE IN NKW YORK. New York had a fire of the most pe- | culiar kind today. It occurred in the was thought at first a | large number of lives have heen lost. subway, and The causc was reported to have been an explogicn of some kind on a train, | aking fire and a panic fol- | engers, a num- trampled under foot in addi- | those injured had no the pe bein to firemen other trying time | il in ways. The most iighting the flames, it being almost im- possible to handle them in the ordi- nary way. The manholes | but that the were opened, | give vent to | | i served to their red only flames and of tongues soon shot out {he openings accompanied | of smoke. Such .11 case has evidently never occurred to the authoritics in that city when it found that the } could not their best deemed ary to 1 huge bhecause firemen | it was tear up the that al- great | delay. was the order to rescue was do neces proceeding with it in and work streets, a is ways associated In this case thing to be done the only ex- tinguish fire the people. There will be much talk of the con- ditions which existed today but it was evidently one of those cases that was never expected and perhaps may rnever happen again. will see the whole matter in a differ- ent light after this, but whatever may be the action it will not undo the troubles of today or bring back the The best that can be done is to try and prevent such The authorities life lost. a thing from happening again. York manufacturing $750 hy way of the extinction of a the company was because of neglect department order. If was applied generally, after a while there would either be mighty few fires, or the fire depart- ments would be self-sustaining. The A New tas paid the city compensation for fire for which held responsible to obey a fire this method { them_ | could | conditions bec firm | | The biggest lobby at work in con- is that behind the good roads movement. It is backed up by the contractors of the South and West and the object is to start the federal goverment in the good roads construc- tion with a few millions right off the reel.-—Bridgeport Post. sress By all means let us have all of our rigorous winter during the next thirty days. We are, so to speak, acclimated now to the most sprightly gambols of the mercury in the tube and we grate- ly prefer to consolidate the inclement vagaries of the weathér man within the smallest circumstance possible. Blizzards, cold waves, sleet storms and other uncomfortable visitants will be patiently endured during the next thir- ty days. Afterward they will be la- pelled as ‘“out of season” and intru- sive to a degree.—Ansonia Sentinel. Roared Cornelius Lehane, social- ist exhorter from Cork, at the Scenic theater in New Britain on Sunday: “I was once a poor fool like you fellows. 1 got up in the morning and slaved all day for a bite to eat and a place to sleep. But now I know better'and, by the grace of God and the ignorance of man, I'll never work again.” Which moves us deeply as it compels us to realize how beautiful, how tender, how inspiring are the tenets of the red brotherhood when poured forth from the flaring red mouths of some of its red-headed orators!—Hartford Times. The late Carter Harrison, was serv- ing when the assassin’s bullet brought his life to an untimely end, his fifth term as mayor of the city of Chicago. That meant ten years in service as chief executive of the city. Four vears later his son, Carter Henry Har- rison, then thirty-seven years of age, was elected mayor. He served at that time for four terms, or from 1897 to 1905. Then he took a vacation for six years, In 1911 he was again elect- ed, and is just closing his second term, making five terms in all. This makes for father and son, twenty yvears of service at the head of the city.—New Haven Register. Tt seems but vesterday that George P. McLean was elected to the United States Senate from Connecticut and yet the Washington despatches are al- ready pointing to him as an example of what an advantage there is in length in service, as illustrated hy the fact that in the next congress he will be ranking republican member of the committee on Phillippines and second republican member on the commit- tees on banking and currency and territories. There is no doubt that a man of experience and continued serv- ice in the senate can do better for his state and country than even a super- ior man without that experience.— Waterbury American. The Time to Build, (Charleston The Manufacturers Record hits the nail on the head as usual when it urges that all those who have any sort of building work in contempla- tion and who can undertake it now will profit by doing so.® The Record points out that it has been the in- variable 'history of bhusiness that periods of depression are by periods of pronounced and advancing prices. “At it says, "men are sceking Manufacturers of lumber, cement, iron and steel and building materia are hunting for customers, and hunting hard to find But the time will come when work will be hunting for the work- ers and when buyers of building ma- terial will be huntir manufacturer: and often paying a4 bonus or premium to get what they wish, Construction work in these periods of activity and high prices is costly, and often done in such a rush as not (o preduce the hest results Construction work now be to great advan- tage at a low cost Of course, there many big en- terprises which cannot profit by these ause they are unable to nds which they need to plans., © On the other «re probably thousands /ho have in contem- plation the Iding or improvement of homes or stores or oflic Many of them could the money for this work just now as they will ever he : do. For those who are thus situated the present is a golden opportunity. The) have the chance to get their work done much cheaper and probably much better than at any time for years past and in all likelihood for years to come. Furthermore, by acting ing now they will not only be benefit- ing themselves, but will he doing thefr part in the most substantial way to hasten the return of normal business and industrial conditions, | 2 — | Student Campaigning in China. News and Courier.) activity present,” work. bricl, other done are secuve the f finance their nand, there of individu b raise as ca e to (Jaxchange.) récent remarkable successful tour through North China 2ddy, the Tnternational retary for As was areful and scientific Arthur 1. Smith, the famous authority on C(‘hina who has represented the American Board in | Peking for fortv-two vears, has sent home a graphic story of the doings bhefore and during the mectings and some of Mr. Eddy's letters add | ¢etails of the account. | he exeutive committee r | for all the plans in Peking was made | w1 of two men, one foreign and one Chinese, frem cach of five missions, Bishop Norris of the Angelican an cordially co-operating. glate spring seventy-five maoen were from mission schools and . to be train prospective RBibie class organized into fifteen and the fifteen class leade | ccived weekly Jesson The evangelistic hy Sherwood ML C A preceeded by « preparation. Dr. e own sponsible &n | with M last secured college normal idea is recomended all other cities.—Waterbury Democrat. Chang, M. C. A, secrete ings were to begin In September, In followed j the meantime a study of Peking had been made. The situation of the most important institutiéns, educational, governmental, mercantile, military and police were all marked and num- bered on a large map of the city. A hcok of fifteen pages was printed in Chinese, detailing the plans, and | 3,000 copies were distributed to Chinese - Christians, while I2nglish | copies were given the mission s0 that everybody knew of the a nge- ments. Twenty editors of leading papers met at the Y. M. C. A., ap- preved of the plans and gave advertis- ing space free of charge and inserted also news articles ahout the affair, When the hoard of interior was asked for permission to put up a mat shed—or temporary building—for the meetings it offered a location just in- slde the forbidden city, next to the central gate, something that could never have been expected, but which cculd not have heen hettered. The | war board loaned 200 tents to cover the top of the building in case of rain; the electric light company put in the fittings for Mr. Robertson’s lectures for a very small sum. The Chinese workmen gave half rates. The board of police sent special guards for the hall and a fire brigade with hose cart and equipment encamped near the building during the meetings. The president and vice president both granted interviews to Mr. Eddy, Wwhich in the minds of the Chinese gave official sanction to the meetings the minister of education gave a holi- day to all students who wished to attend the opening service. During the Peking campaign Mr. Eddy ad- dressed, according to the records kept, 20,023 persons; joined Rible study classes: 104 others decided to declare themselves Christians. of those recorded as inquirers, forty-one are officials; 504 older students; (48 boys; 150 merchants: thirty-one mili- tary and police: 643 miscellaneous. Mr. Fddy’s own letters give pictur- esque details of his meetings in three great citles in the Yangtze Valley. In Wuchang in spite of pouring rain for the two or three days about 5,000 men attended the mectings, 2,000 staying 1o the after service and 400 joining Bible classes. A vear ago Wuchang refused permission “even to look into the great Heroes' Temple of the city.” This year the meetings were held in that very Temple and the governor put up at his own expense a large pa- vilion with seats, installed electric lights and telephone service and served {ea for all guests. At Soochow the old walled city where Chinese (Gordon fought in the s of the Tai Ping rebellion a great tent in the central square sheltered the crowds. One meeting here was | attended by 1,000 women studen Mrs. Eddy has been addressing the women in various cities, but this number was notable, In Hangchow. the southern center of conservatism and culture, Mr. Fiddy spoke in the modern theater, whose Confucian owners cancelled an impor- tant theatrical engagement and gave the use of the building free of charge for three days. Four thousand | students attended as well as officials | and leaders of trade. "he young governor of this provine only thirty-five yvears of age—with his young secretary of state, has fought opium till_now the province ls ab- solutely clear of it. The governor has given two and a half acres of land in the heart of the Manchu city for the site of a Y. M. (. A. huilding and on the Sunday following the [ddy lec- tures the secretary of state publicly professed Christianity and was bap- tized. i [ | | | Teaching the War, Stanley Hall Society.) of (D1 G n School and the war has educ (Gran 1fronting situntion ]1)[“ and | public con- Our own great that One striking result been the marvelously rapii tion of the American press found itself =0 suddenly ¢ a new and tremendous which it was not though it of our reading cerning Buropean affairs interests are so many and they have absorbed our attention somewhat our home market has limited the horizon of many kinds of busine although a great enlarge- | ment of this horizon occurred as we became in a new sense a world ;mwcr‘ after the late wi ! Too many vestiges of the old pro- vincialism, however, still remaing, and it would casy to cite typical illu trations of iznorance and amateurish- ness of opinion, even in some of our best dailies, concerning the war and its relations during the first few wecks after it But our pr as improved and educated itself by leaps and bounds, and every day are all now learning new and in- valuable lessons, so that it is hardly too much to that a large and growin, body « intelligent citizens | are today better informed in foreign, | political and economic matters than | many of our statesmen were a little | while 0. To ou 500,000 some 18,000,000 school age prepared.) as Spanish broke out we a teachers young and the people of here the war presents a sudden and almost stupendous prob- lem. How can we turn to pedagogic | use the sudden flood palpitating | interest which it has od, 1 side which almost ev e prone to grow a little pale, : in the very best way the opportunity to open and innume ble and vital les volved? Wirst, what are we doin quiry by a student of mine vet complete has already shown that out of 109 representative cities in the country in thirty-nine differcnt states, cighty-seven teach the war, some intensively, while only twenty- two do not yet, Two even forbid al- lusion it and have dropped not only current events, but all uropean weography and history, although it hardly need that the most timid lities where polities | most te educa twelve | have decree teach- | against) cities ) | of awal rything nd util wonderful feel <ons o the in- An not us in- he said loc: are domir ecight ) for Some ion states, ing (and four spend from ten daily teaching fourth to thirty. minutes the war, from th £r of the grammar up | through the high school, while from | twenty minutes to an hour a week ade is | i this country does { tested their claims for a time; | country, on !y Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald office. WHAT OTHZIRS 3AY ! ! A Painting From Belgium. (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) Fortunately the proposal to bring Rubens' “Descent From the Cross” to not contemplate the permanent acqisition of one of the great art treasures, but merely its temporary exhibition for the benefit | of the Belgian sufferers from the war. i'ne glorious little country has lost enough of the memorial forms of beauty in her architecture and her ancient pricel collections without parting with the great maasterpiece for the sake of enriching the collec- tion of an American millionaire in re- turn for some nundreds of thousands of dallars. The story of the creation of “The | Descent From the Cross” is picture- esque. In clearing the ground for a stately home In the year 1610, Reubens inadvertently trespassed on ground belonging to the company of Arquebusier; They threatened to bring suit against him. The painter, thinking himself in the rigat, con- when he found he was in error, he offered by way of reparation to paint this magnificent picture for the chapel of the Arquebusiers in Antwerp catheral. For the last century tae picture has been in Antwerp, and there, when the war is over and its safety is assured, it should remain. It is a nationai Possession and a heritage—meaning all the more in their deprivation to those who are its custodians. We need but to put ourselves in their places, and realize what it would mean to part for money with the li- berty bell, to realize the significance of such a lodestone to the city that Possesses it. We have the money to buy “The Descent From the Cross,” but it is better for us to entertain the picture as a welcome guest than to acquire the title of permanent pos- session, Rescue the Horses. (New Haven Register.) The struggles of the horses on our slippery winter streets are really pi- tiable, more so under the present con- ditions than formerly. Winter was always a trying time for the horse with a heavy load, bad enough in the worse in the city. The great- est vigllance as to sharpening horse- shoes, and even the introduction of modern ready calks of various types, do not remove the trials. The sharp- shod horse is not sharp long, and after that, trouble, But on the city street of .today there are difficulties which the great- est vigilance of the horse owner will not I'reshly sharpened shoes on the asphalt or even the pavement, and get h ily on the frosty wood block. business conditions, which make the horse compete with the motor truck, tend to his over- loading. Meanwhile the rubber shod and broad tried wheels tend constant- 1y to smooth out the footing on all our streets, and make slippery con- ditions slipperier. But the horse must keep at it. The horse will continue to be used on, our streets, and something must be done to rescue him from suffering and dan- ger. We are compelled to select our pavements as we probably they are the hest we can get. Then some- thing must be done to give foothold their surface in winter. If the sand squeegee or some similar de- vice is-the solution, we shall have to adopt it. Consideration for the horse and his owner is imperative, overcome. avail little bitulithic do; Dogs on Belgian Battle-Ficlds, Dumb Fox Sainsbury in “Our Animals.) the victims of this revolt- ing war animals of all kinds have suffered terribly; none more than man’s faithful friend, the dog. A correspondent of L'Independance Belge, visiting the ruins of Louvain ten days after its destruction, zives harrowing description of the fate of the dogs left behind by the de- parting refugees. The correspondent says attempt to depict the : ness of the sights which met us in passing villages destroyed gun fire and the wanton burning of houses. Many of these houses had been looted and where it was impos- sible to carry furniture away it taken into the strect and burned, but one gets ac even to all these horrors. “Therc most hs compassion living things inspection, “In the ma (1Edw. Amongst 80 “T will not and sad- was ymed that the resist feeling the only of traged cannot dog on is one rdened for—the we saw our tour fear hundreds s were abandoned by their ma flight anywhere was the only thought of the eivil population for they knew what awalted them should they fall into the hands of the drunk- en soldiery roaming about after the burning of Louvain “The poor terror-stricken never gave a thought as to of taeir faithful and,, in times, loved that of ¢ dogs chained up! The enemy were not mericiful or they would have de- stroyed or looscned these poor crea- ture: “Many beautiful fastened strong steel chains have thus remained for nine days without food water. When the Belglans advanced in a final effort to drive hack the cnemy number of kind-hearted permission these In this way hundr loose, but to the liberators they if patted e fellows ra- moved s of fugitives the fate ordinary in hun- were left dogs, =0 dreds the dogs by soldiers to frec poor ds as- asked vietims of v of dogs were let tonishment of their made no attempt and given food, for the willing to share with them-—-the ate but if ir. e b the scant, neither with of were tions nor tors. ‘Sometimes a dog would put his nose saddened lihera- looked suspicious the ’oulaide the kennel, then a paw, but the | structive lectures planned if aproached retreated in haste. It was evident that these poor creatures were resigned to their fate and only waited for death to release them from their sufferings. “Although these nine ds “without were terribly thin, was seen. What of these podr creatures was know. A fow doge were met that had not been fastened up and they seemed fairly well; doubtless hones in_abandoned serve to keep them alive for some time. Many of the more courageous dogs followed the were cared for as far as possible, Many having been fed, with that sense of fidelity and devotion to their masters, ran to guard their homes and if neceesary to die at their posts.” The oorrespondent ends by these words: “We have seen so many hun- dreds of refugees, so many destroyed houses and villages, but the silent misery of these dogs seemed to touch us more than any human suffering! T hardly dare write this, but it is the truth.” dogs had heen or water and one dead one the ultimate end food not houses would soldiers 1 Soing Into Shensi, (Exchange.) Shensi, the great central province of North China, richgin coal, iron and petroleum and is one of the sec- tions in which the Standard pany has particularly desired, and re- cently secured, concessions. Its peo- ple, who are strong and intelligent, declare that they are direct and un- mixed descendants of the tribes which came originally to China from the cradle of the race Sian-fu, the capi- tal of Shensi, was the seat of govern- ment and home of the emperors for hundreds of years before Christ; and when the Empress Dowager fled from Peking before the allied armies, in 1900, it was to Shensi that she and her retinue made their way, by the sunken roads which thousands of vears of travel had made so deep that her progres could scarcely be marked from the plain above. Ten or twelve important walled cities are In the northern part of the province, which has been assigned to the American Board for missionary occupation. Through one of these, Yu-Lin-fu, under shadow of the Great Wall and the headquarters of the army of the Northwestern pro- vinces, passes practically all of China's trade with Eastern Mongolia. Rev, W. O. Pye, one of the board's staff in the adjoining province of Shensi, to whom the survey and opening up of the new field was committed, re- ports that most the prominent business houses in the district are owned or managed by men from Fenchow-fu or Taiku-hsien, cities where the hoard already has flourish- ing work. This faet, Mr. Pye says, “Makes it nice for us, for being from the same place they regard us as members of the family.” A generous friend, hearing of the addition of this great district to the board's already large responsibilities, gave a thousand dollars for immedi- ate use in sending out Chinese evan- gelists and preachers trained in the Fenchow Theological seminary and who will be under the supervision of a missionary or of an experienced Chinese pastor. Mr. Pye writes, “This is a great country, more like America than any- thing 1 have seen in China. 1'd like to live here. Its bigness and wildness are fascinating. TIts a great place for church work; we ought to have a strong work over here some day.” Yocational Guidance for Children. (Chicago Tribune.) It is not surprising to learn from a Chicago educator that employers are evincing less and less disposition to employ children between the ages of 14 and 16, first, because the standard of efficiency has been steadily revised upward, and in the second place by reason of the growth of a public sen- timent against the employment of children of tende what are called “blind alley employment is bad for bad for industry, and ty in every way. " Such facts as these lend spe significance to the action that has heen taken by the subcommittee on industrial education of the Chicago association of Commerce. In con- junction with the board of educa- years in occupations, the children, bad for socie- ~lal Oil com- | none | and food | back | i to | { | [ | | | | tion and the public library it has ar- | ranged for the distribution of pam- phlets thought on the choice of and recommending books that des- cribe the various occupations, oppors tunities, preparations, as well as the pay and working conditions, in the available occupations The distri- bution of the pamphlets is to be fol- lowed by practical talks and lectures to the children of the upper grades. The aim of this work is threefold —to stimulate the vocational motive to develop in the school children a more purposeful and vital attitude toward their genera] studies, and, fi- | who 14 to those at and direct quit school nally, to help are obliged to ing occupations. All this is so useful mirable that to state it stant approval on the part of all those who have either education, industrial efficiency child welfare at heart We are cerlain to do more and more for vocational training, for trade schools, and for continuation schools But the value of what we do will be greatly enchanced by the mental and moral attitude thereto of the children and their parents To create facll- jties is much; to create a sentiment in favor of the utilization of the facil- ities is more. Too many parents share with their children the indifference to the vocational motive or the tional point of view. Too many think of the immediate of the children tle of the outlook; of the “alley.” Would it not be a to distribute suitable lite to and so ad- voca par- small | 1it the good idea among nvite them and by ents earnings ind T parents also, and attend the inspirational in- the | to is well the old of Commerc Association J them ateh wopeles the outer voung,' \nd shoul be left in darkness | setting forth the need of serious ‘ occupation is to elicit in- | | merchandise McMILLAN'S Our Annual Mid-Winter Clearance Sale Extensive price reductions clear shelves and racks of all kinds of winter and wearing our apparel, . | DRESS GOODS and SILKS AT A REDUCTIO SILK CREPE DE CHINE 40 inches wide, extra heavy quality. Sale Price $1.19 yd Value $1.50, Showing shades. ILK TAFFETA and MES- SALINES 36 inches wide. Sale Price 89¢ yard. Value $1.00 ta $1.25. . HAMILTON MILLS’ SERGES Sponged and Shrunk. 44- inches wide. Sale Price 69¢ _ yard. § R BIG CLEARANCE OF EM- BROIDERIES and LACES. Edgings, insertions, all- overs, flouncings, from the narrow one-inch to the full dress widths. Sale Price 3¢ « to 25c¢ yard. GET BUSY NOW ON FANCY WORK Stamped goods marked down. Three big bargain lots, Sale Prices 9¢, 19¢, 39¢ each. A lot of 4c Embroidery Silks. Now 3 skeins for 5e. Quick clearance of Neck- wear, Handkerchiefs, Leath= er Goods, Jewelry, Shell ¢ Goods, Gloves. All broken lines to be moved quickly. R. & G. CORSETS. Sale Price 69¢. Value $1. $3.00 NEMO SPECIAL CORSET Sale Price $2.00. UNDERMUSLINS That have been mussed during holiday rush, at Clear- ance Prices. all the newest | WOMEN’S WOOL U Such | SUIT Sale Prices $1.38 and $1.5 Values $1.50 and $1.75. A SMALL PAYMENT and We Will Put a COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA With Records in your home. Complete out- | fits, machine and records reasonably remunerative and promis- | From As Low As $20.00, on Easy Terms. Double Disc Rec- ords 65¢ up Instruments to $200. $10 Grafonola Dept. 2nd Floor, J. Van Ost, Mgr. D. 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