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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1909.
ale of Momentous
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Clearance
Prices
acnficed to Clear Stoc
Sencii - Annual
Interest to A
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$70 High-Class
rs, $35
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Clearance sale of Massive Cir
cassian Walnut, Quartered
Oak, Tuna and Dark Mahog
any vDressers. Made just ike
, the cut.
No. 521 This massive dresser is one
of the most pleasing of all models.
The ease is 45x22 inehes in size, with
drawers and froyt shaped like the
cut. The mirror frame is three inches
in width and carries a very thick
genuine French bevel mirror 32x26
inehes in size. The base, legs and
also the stanchions have claw-shaped
feet as shown in the cut. You have
a choice of these dressers in four
woods and five finishes. Think of
ij. purchasing a regular $70.00 AnjJ
'dresser for only jft30
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Clearance of
Library Tables
25 Buffets, $50,
$60 and $70 Vals.
$35
In weathered, golden, .ear
ly English or "wax finish;
the group in values from
$5(rto $70; special (JjOfi
Clearance Sale . pOO
Reductions in Carpet Dept.
Body Brussels Rugs. Five elegant patterns in Body Brussels
Rugs, 0x12 feet in size; worth $35.00. Clearance fcOO Etf
Sale price . . pi.JJ '
Bigelow Axrninster Carpets. Genuine Bigelows, several beau
tiful patterns suitable for parlor, den, library, dining-room ;
worth regularly $1.S0 yard; special Clearance Sale 1 "I lf
price, per yard P "vf-
Linen Warp Matting. Best JOc grade Japanese linen Q,
warp matting; Clearance Sale price, yard
Clearance Sale Solid Brass Beds
$65 and $70 Values, Special at
$35
Clearance Sale Ladies' Hats
ny jr'tjrnan knows
i hat Ave cannot caiv
i v Winter hats over
they must be sold
now or never, and
at most anything
they will bring. We
?tart fcjie ball rolling
with
$12.00 HATS ONLY
All the latest Winter styles iu silk velvets,
Russian turbans. "Cavaliers, etc. Lowest
cash price these hats will ever sell at. '
We show loday an example of the great cut
we have instituted among all our fancy Li
brary Tables remnants from an extensive
purchase for the Christmas trade. An op
portunity the thrifty buyer-
should uot miss ; $30 values
$13.50
No. 822 Top 42x28 inehes, invisible drawer,
lower shelf 30x10 inehes, legs shaped just
like the cut. 6x2 inches. Made of finest se
lected quarter-sawed oak, hand-rubbed wax
finish. The newest imodels in Library Tables,
every part of which is of the best seasoned
oak. The top. legs and sides show the nat
ural flaky grain of the wood in exceptional
beaut. A regular .$30 value
reduced to
$13.50
Cut. .
Clearance Sale Ladies Suits
At Less Than Cost A
Sacrifice of $35 Suits at
$15
jpli
In this lot of solid Brass Beds are in
cluded both the polish 'and satin fin
ish round and square tubing, plain
and fancy effects. They embrace a
:iumber of discontinued lines and of
fer a great money-having opportunity
iO the purchaser. Because the price
is so much less it does not follow that
;he beds' are inferior. In fact, they
are in perfect condition and fine ex
imples of perfect brass-bed co4-rue-'.ion.
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Unparalleled Bargains in High Class Garments That Must Be Closed
Out Eighty suits selected from our high-grade stock, $3-5.00 values,
have been chosen for this great Clearance Sale. They are the latest
'"Winter models, all the best materials and most popular colors, and
in all sizes. No such values have ever been offered by this or any
other store. It simph- means that -our "high-grade stock must be
cleared of "Winter models before the arrival of new goods. Any woman
understands that the dealer in women's apparel must sacrifice his
profits at this season of the year and we've. cut them to the limit and
' ' ' V below the original
cost. These prices are
for cash onlv.
,W5 SHIP IN OVZLOAD LOTS-
Cor. Union Avenue
77WJ WHY WE SELL CHEAPEST-
SEast Burnside.
Store Open
Every Evening
Until 8:00
o'Clock
OPPOSITION TO CHILDREN IN CHICAGO
FLATS IS DOWNED BY MUNICIPAL , JUDGE
Stork Visiting Old-Time Tenant, Renewal of Lease Is Refused Suit Brought, Landlord Loses De
spite Below Zero Chill Windy City's Fresh Air Tiends Maintain Out-Door Exercisers
BT JONATHAN P.IUMBR.
CHICAGO. Dee. 25. '(Special.) Th
weight of Judicial opinion has boon
thrown in the balance in favor of
th babies of Chlcaro. Judire Hlmea. of
the Municipal Court, holds yiat children
ara oTititlrd to as much protection as
game birds and ho does not Intend, if
ha can help it.' that the owners of flats
shall discriminate against possible futuro
Presidents and Governors. Conversely,
although not saying so directly, he be
lieves that If other tenants without chil
dren do not care to live In apartment
houses where there are babies, they should
do the moving and not Uie babies. An ar
rangement of that kind, he thinks, would
be more in the Interest of the family, the
pabllc welfare and posterity.
Coming at this time, the decision is a
c.ormpanion pieco for that of the Supreme
Court of Kansas that a man may b re alt
an engagement to marry with impunty
if his financee should happen to go on
record as being opposed personally to
motherhood. Judge Hiroes friends are
looking for a letter from ex-President
Roosevelt when the man in Africa hears
of the judicial championship of the
babies.
. Old Tenant Kllcs Suit.
Roll a II. TiOngenecker had rented and
paid for a flat monthly for several years.
During his tenancy a little daughter came
to keep company with her little brother.
The landlord refused to continue the
lease, giving the obstacle of the children
as his reason. In that he ran foul ot
the state law which prohibits such dis
crimination lr. l.ongenecker brought
.ult under the new statute and won. Be
hind him were the .support and encour
agement of hundreds of others who were
blackballed becaitFp they dared to exer--ie
their inalienable right to bring chil
dren into tlie world.
In his decision .Iml&e Himes said it
was easily conceivable, if the discrimi
nation poliry were followed generally,
that the man of fsm.lly unable to build a
house of bis own,' would find himself
with no refuge but the smoke-laden ky
of Chicago a condition that would be a
positive menace to society. ITe justified
the law on the itround that "the general
assembly msv prohibit all things hurtful
to the comfort, safety and welfare of
society, even though the prohibition In
volve the riplit of liberty or property of
n individual."' The court further held
the enforcement of such a statute was
a reasonable exercise of the police power
of the state.
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With the mercury on the ne.ther sldu
of the sera-mark, every citlsen had a
tate of the cold air treatment which
has become a distinctive fad in CMcRgo.
If a vote were taken doubtless a big
majority would bo registered in favor of
a larger assortment of thermal units.
Tfte coin sir treatment is oetng tried on
school children, with the result of a lot
of condemnatory comments as well as
approving remarks. In one schoolroom,
designed for tubercular children the
t emperatttre is kept so low that for com
frwt the pupils are obliged to bundle up
In heavy bags, mittens and neck-scarfs.
Ths children testify that they like it.
Soros of their friends lnsiab they are
being unnecessarily tortured. Mrs. Ella
Flagg Toung. Chicago's woman superin
tendent of schools, haa Investigated the
case personally and expresses the belief
the cold air Is doing all the good that its
most extravagant advocates claim for it.
The cheeks of the children and their
general health would seem to bear her
out.
Koof to Hold Class.
So sure are the fresh-air champions of,
their ground that they are making ar
rangements for roof schoolrooms for pu
pils In many parts of the city. That
the cause is gaining ground among Chi
cago residents generally is evidenced in
many ways. One going along the streets
at midnight any time during the sero
weather might se whole rows of flat
windows thrown wido open to admit the
cold air In sleeping-rooms. Many flats
are specially designed how with side
porches so arranged that they can be
screened off and converted into outer
bedrooms. Free use is being made of
these fresh-air quarters. In consequence,
there has been a decrease in the number
of bad colds and oases of pneumonia, thus
confirming the theory that fresh air
means death to the pneumococcl.
Some, interesting comparative figures
are at hand regarding the indebtedness
of large American cities. New York's,
debt is now over a billion dollars and
within a few millions of the limit allowed
by law. Chicago's bonded indebtedness
is something less than S. 000.000, com
pared with $80,000,000 for Philadelphia.
i2S,000.000 for St. Louis, J74.000.000 for
Boston, and $71,000,000 for Baltimore.
Based on population the debt of Chicago
is the low mark. This standing will not
be destroped by the issuance of the $16.
000 in bonds recently authorized by the
Legislature.
Cost of Living Probed.
Some Interesting facts have heen dis
closed by two experts, who are here
from London Investigating for TCIng
Iidward the question of the cost of
living, which has become a very live
topic since the references to the prob
lem made by President Taft In his
message. These Investigators find that
one can buy nearly four times as much
bread for the same money in England
as he can here, even though the Eng
lish bread be made of flour or wheat
shipped from this country. The man
who made this discovery Is J. B. Cahlll.
who. was specially commissioned by the
King to come over and look Into the
question.
"Curious phases of the question keep
coming up," said Mr. Cahlll. " have
a friend in Boston -who 'acts as agent
for a London house. This house wanted
some American flour and asked its rep
resentative to get prices. He did so
after telegraphing a Chicago house.
The Quotations were sent abroad and
the London house cabled back the
prices were too high. The answer was
forwarded by the Boston agent to Chi
cago. The answer came bac& promptly
to him from Chicago that he had neg
lected So state in his original telegram
that the flour was Intended for - ex
port. In that case the flour would be
IS a ton cheaper. I don't understand
that sort of economics.
"Iu'Oreat Britain a given quantity
, of bread, measured by weight, is sold
for a given amount. It la weighed
before the purchaser. Over here one
asks for a loaf, has it wrapped up, pays
his nickel and thinks no more about
it. Ho doesn't know whether he is get
ting his money's worth or not."
Governor Deneen has taken " a posi
tion which may be the best kind of
discouragement of the lynehings like
those at Cairo and Springfield, which
have brought disgrace on the State of
Illinois. U. has removed Sheriff Davis,
of Alexander County; from office be
cause he did not - take sufficient pre
caution to prevent the Cairo lynching.
Despite tremendous prespure, he de
clined to reinstate the Sheriff. The
Governor believes the lesson he is
administering in this case will have a
salutary effect in future. The theory
is that any Illinois Sheriff, realizing
that his position and the patronage that
goes with it. is at stake, if a mob gets
beyond his control and lynches a pris
oner in his custody, will be more likely
to take In time the step's necessary to
avert the execution of mob vengeance.
Sympathy Didn't Count.
Sympathy In many quarters was
strong for Davis reinstatement because
he already had suffered the humilia
tion of a 15-day suspension and be
cause the crime for which his prisoner
was hanged was a particularly heinous
one .''As a man Governor Deneen felt
the force of this plea, but as Governor
he thought It was up to him to pat
aside personal feelings and interpret
the statute as It reads. Sheriff Davis
probably would have taken his life and
that of his deputies in his hands if
he had tried to the limit to protect the
two prisoners hanged by the mob. but
the law is cold enough to contemplate
his doing that very thing. With the
Governor's interpretation of his duty
as a precedent, it is hoped that the
gathering mob of the future will stop
and consider that if it carries out its
plan it will be equivalent to kicking
j the Sheriff out of office.
The Christmas season in Chicago
brought its little tragedies of life as
' .well as its good cheer. The charity
ball netted $30,000 for the poor, but
before the money was ready for dis
tribution the excessively cold weather
I had brought untold suffering. Pathetic
' stories 'of exposure and hunger poured
in on the charity organizations. Ilold
j ups and burglaries increased many
1 fold, some of these crimes being so bold
that their execution suggested a de
sire on the part of robbers and thus
to challenge arrest and imprisonment
for comfort's sake.
Possibly the contrast between the de
plorable condition of the poor and the
opulent splendor of the charity ball
had something to do with the Increase
in shop-lifting. One young woman
stole lares for her wedding gown. An
other took various articles to help fur
nish her new bridal home. Still an
other stole to give her little brothers
and sisters Christmas gifts. Cases of
this type were so frequent that letters
weresent to the editors of newspapers
laying the blame upon the ostentation
of wealth and praying for a discontin
uance of such balls in the name of char
ity as emphasise the privations of the
poor.
" Chicago has decided to celebrate in
1 9 1 : the diamond jubilee of its birth
as a city. The people are for it and
the city council has adopted an ap
proving resolution.. Just what form
the festivities will" take, what they
will cost and what' will be empha
sized in the proceedings has not been
determined. Three years after the In
corporation, Chicago had less , thB-n
5000 population. In 1912 It will bo pos
sible to determine almost to a nicety
what the population is; if the Federal
census next year Is an accurate and a
comprehensive one. The more optimis
tic are looking for a total count of
2,500.000 to 2,700.000. The figures
probably are too liberal, but whatever
the enumeration shows, the contrast
between the swaddling-clothes days
and now will be marked.
In anticipation of the celebration It
rls likely the next two years will wit
ness steps toward rounding out the
hopes of the regenerators arul the
"boosters." One fond dream Is that the
passenger subway will be in process of
construction. Another is that the am
bitious "outer harbor" lans will have
been partially realize-v another that
the traction system will be the best In
the world;- another that smoke, dirty
streets and disfiguring billboards will
have been placed in the discard.
It Is significant of the changing
spirit of Chicago from that of he old,
wide-open days that particular effort
will be made to place Chicago before j
the world as a metropolis of lofty
morals, without gambling. without
municipal graft and with vice tamed
to the limit. To attain such an at
mosphere and to Impress the outsider
that Chicago really is sincere In its
reform there must be some tall hustling-.
The Merriam commission Is un-
I covering an sorts or municipal gratt
o- w ii it-ii trie gratter is exploiting tne
city to his private jgain. Hardly a
species of supply is purchased for the
city anywhere within gunshot reach of
normal prices. It has been made clear
that Chicago is overcharged for coal,
oil. Iron supplies, horse feed, water
appliances, paving, sewerage work and
what not.
The coming year promises to bring
about the most complete and sensa
tional municipal house cleanings in
the city's history'. Already things
have reached the stage where a spade
is called a spade and a grafter" is
named a thief.
Budget Asks S55.0OO.000.
The 1910 Chicago budget calls for
$55,000,001), which is a little more than
the Interest on the bonded indebted
ness of New York. Of Chicago's bud
get It is estimated $9,500,000 will - be
cared for by a bond issue, to be divid
ed thus: Bridges. $2,000,000: fire en
gine houses. $750,000; new police sta
tions. $1,000,000: new branch public li
braries. $350,000: waterworks, street
signs - and incidental improvements,
$2,400,000. new City Hall. $3,000,000.
The bond issue must first be approved
by a referendum vote.
With the departure of Daniel Willard
to become - president of the Baltimore
& Ohio road, it becomes plainer that
the Burlington is a pretty fair train
ing school for railroad executives. The
list of graduates' now includes: F. A.
Delano. president of the Wabash;
Howard Elliott, president of the North
ern Pacific: W. C. Brown, president of
the New Tork Central system; L. JS.
Johnson, president of the Xorfolk " &
Western, and now Mr. Willard.
State street, "the greatest retail
store in the world," as Chicagoans
proudly acclaim, and the downtown
streets generally, were picturesque
thoroughfares tniaweek with their
Christmas shoppers and hawkers of
gifts in the streets. It is estimated
that $13,000,000 poured into the cof
fers of the shopkeepers during the
holiday buying.
FAILURES AND QUICK CHANGES
FEATURES OF GOTHAM THEATERS
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Present Dramatic Season Proves Costly to Managers, and Pnblic Shows Surprising Lack of Appreciation of "True
- Art" as Offered in New Productions of Year John Drew's Accident Serious Blow to Prohman Management.
EW TORK, Dec. 25. (Special.)
the only new plays that go on with
lightning rapidity are those of the
New Theater, and up to the present time
there has been nothing of an engrossing
nature at that house so far as drama is
concerned. In fact, the conditions are
not healthy at the present time in any of
the theaters, with the exception of the
very few very great successes. Empty
houses, that bane of players and man
agers, seem the rule rather than the I
exception, but with the new year things
may take a turn.
It is not beyond possibility that peo
ple are satiated, not alone with music,
but also with drama, and how could it
he otherwise, when one takes into con
sideration the number of theaters open
for business? For business indeed.
rather than for art. because art. unless
imbedded In some sensational wrapping,
fails to go very far: and unless things
take a remarkable turn the New Theater
will cast very little influence in the way
of developing a higher- appreciation of art.
It would be foolish to believe in this
day and date that this country needs
any special, training in art appreciation.
If it has not the natural inclination for
art by this time, it is " so firmly im
bedded in its own attitude that most of
the laudable efforts would be wasted
anx way. therefore the wlso manager
will content himself to give the people
what they want, and let the art appre
ciation build Itself.
Xfcw liolasco Play.
"The Easiest Way" closed one of the
most remarkable runs ever enjoyed by
any play within recent years December
2:. Mr. Belasco will next put on .at the
Stuyvesant his latest "The Lily." This
has had its out-of-town performances for
the purpose of smoothing down the
rough places. , but it would be unfair to
disclose its secVets until it comes to the
metropolis. - -
The Empire closed suddenly under con
ditions that were rather costly to Charles
Frohman. in fact, the noted impresario
sent a telegram which cost him so much
money that if there were such a thing
as a $50,000 bill, he would not have re
ceived much change out pf it.
Charles' Frohman was a passenger in
Drew's incapacity to pla'.
' Considerable Interest
Chicago when the news reached him of
the accident that sent John Drew to the
hospital and closed the Empire Theater.
He and one of his assistants were at the
oysters when a messenger, calling "tele
gram for Charles Frohman." came bawl
ing into the car. A moment later he
was reading, "Mr. Drew was thrown
from his horse today in the park, has
concussion of the brain, and is not ex
pected to live. That's all."
Mr. Frohman handed the dispatch to
his companion, turned and looked out of
the window silent. A friendship and
business association of years was over..
The dinner was served, and presently a
second telegram was delivered. This
read: "Johfi Drew hurt under fallen horse,
expected to be out in three weeks, do
ing nicely. Signed Alf. Hayman."
Message Cott $5 0,000.
Immediately there was another face on
the matter, and he dictated this tele
gram: "Alf. Hayman. Announce Empire
Theater closed until Christmas night.
Sfaude Adams. Move Drew production to
storehouse. Use Empire for rehearsals
of 'Arcadians.' C. F."
It Is safe' to call this message the most
expensive telegram sent over the wires
in America that day. The tolls were but
72 cents, but its contents meant this:
loss by closing Empire Theater for three
weeks from $36,000 to $40,000, irrespec
tive of loss of rent; moving out one large
production and moving in another $1000;
announcing Maude Adams for Christmas
night in the New Tork papers, three
weeks special adVertising .at 50 cents a
line, besides, the announcement of John
is manifested in
tho forthcoming production of the last
serious drama written by Clyde Fitch. It
is called "Tim City." and will be put on
at the Lyric Theater on Tuesday evening.
"The City" is to show in drama the ef
fect of metropolitan life on an ambitious
and prosperous country - family. The
themo of the play is found in the fol
lowing speech of one of the characters:
City Proves Character.
"A man may live in a small place all
his life deceive the whole place and
himself into thinking he has got all
the virtues, when at heart he's a hypo
crite: but the village gives him no
chance to find out to prove it to his
fellows the' small town Is too easy!
But the city! A man comes to, the
gate of it and knocks. New York or
Chicago. Boston or San Francisco; no
matter what city, so long as it's big
and busy and selfish and self-centered;
and she opens her gates and
takes him in, and she stands him in
the middle of her market place where
Wall Street and Herald Square and
Fifth Avenue and the Bowery and
Harlem and Forty-second Street all
meet and there she strips him naked
of all his disguises and of all his
hypocrisies, and she paints his ambi
tion on her fences and lights up 'her
skyscrapers with it: Wliat he wants
to do and whaVhe thinks he is! And
then she says to him: 'Make good If
you can, or to hell - with you:' And
what is In him comes out to clothe his
nakedness, and to- tho city he can't
lie! I know, because I tried."
"The City" is in three acts. The first
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t m I logue, lakes place in the home of
town, . where he is the local banker
and leading public figure. This act
shows the eagerness- of the young peo
ple, against the advice of their father,
to establish themselves In New York.
The other two acts both occur In the
metropolitan hom - of George Rand,
Jr., after the lapse of a few years,
when he has attained .a position of
notable prominence.
The cast includes Walter Hampden,
Tully Marshall. Mary Nash, Lueile
Watson, Eva Vincent, Helen Holmes,
Edward Emery, George Howell and A.
H. Stewart.
Marie Tempest is always a wel
come figure on the American stage.
That she has not lost any of her charm
was obvious from the rise of the cur
tain at the Lyceum, where she is pre
senting for the first time a new play,
"Pe&elope," by W. Somerset Maugham,
which hu had a. long run in London.
The play has much charm. v and in it
Miss Tempest is heard and seen to her
best adx-antage. The play is about
"Penelope, ' whose devotion to her
husband. Dr. f O'Farrell, has rathet
wearied him, as he is more entertained
by the chase than by acquiring tha
prey.
Penelope, however charming sh
may be, is rather too exacting to sat
isfy her husband, who - seeks ra,thci
the society of aMrs. Ferguson, said
to be an ' attractive young person
whose husband is absent from the
country on naval duty. Penelope sum
mons a family council and her father.
Professor Golightly, advises that tho
doctor and his friend be thrown to
gether until he tires of her, that Pene
lope should cease showing him her
adoration, and that since he loves the
chase to allow him to pursue hio own
wife.
Notwithstanding his largo clientele,
a patient must be Invented to allow
his visits to Mrs. Ferguson and when
he wants to go with Mrs. Ferguson to
the Derby or to the Oaks, his Imagi
nary patient falls desperately ill and
whenever this fabled Mrs. Mack sends
for the doctor, Penelope orders a
costly gown and sends the hills to he:
husband because the.natient Is sir-
posed to be so very wealthy that h
cannot afford to overlook her calls for
him.
The doctor, of course, lectures his
wife on tho subject of e travagam:"
but he notes very soon that the date
of her extravagances and the dates of
the calls on his imaginary patient arc
the same. He thus finds out thnr.
Penelope knows what is going on, ami
the coolness of her attitude in this
connection causes him to worry. There
is not much in the story, but it is
well p"ut together and it offers a de
lightful medium for Miss Tempest's
many charms. The company is English
throughout and not as well balanced
as might be desired. The cast is as
follows:.
Penelope - Mari Tmpsi.
rr. O'Karrel! .....Philip ftesborout 'i
Professor Golisrhtty ......... .Herbert P.6--
Mn. linlightly Maud Mill1;!
Mr. havenport Barlow. ... tVUf rod Crraycoi I.
Mrr. Fercut-on Mabel Trsw
Mr. Beadsorth Mclntyre Wlcksteeil
Mrs. Watson....... Minnie Grft','
Mr Anderson ...-:.J. Sebastian Smlt'i
Peyton -...Nannie Eeurflt
' ,1'oiir "ew Plays, Too.
Charles Frohman finds himself in a
disagreeable prediuament, he Is com
pelled to close four of the biggest suc
cesses of tho New York theatrical sea
son to make room for new productions
which he had arranged to bring to
New York around New Years. - These
are "Arsene Lupin." John Drew in
"Inconstant v George," "Israel" and
"The Harvest Moon." Otis Skinner, in
"Your Humble Servant," will displace
"The Harvest Moon"; Franois Wilson,
in "The Bachelor's Baby", will succeed
"Israel;" Conan Doyle's "Fires of Fate"
will go on at the Liberty, and "Pene
lope" will stay at the Lyceum.
Marie Dore has just returned from a
vacation spent in France and England.
She describes as th most interesting
experience of her foreign irlp her in
troduction to the Comedle- Francaise
and to the artists of that great the
ater. Miss Dore was permitted to
look over the play which Is being writ
ten for her by the authors of "Incon-
stant George" and "Love Watches",
and she Is also preparing for an iap
pearance in 1.indon in "The Climax."
EMILIE FRANCES BACUK.
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