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SCHOOL GARDEN FOLK
CLOSE ANNUAL ME
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Young Woman Tells of Her Experience
Miss Alice V, Joyce Is Named
One of Vice Presidents of
the NationaLOrganization,
COLUMBIA HIGHWAY SEEN
oop of Work In Wartime I
comma amfl Portland War of
TwcUnf Praised,
The School Garden Association of
America closed Its annual meeting In
Portland Thursday with the election of
the following offlcera: Van Evrle Kll
patrlck. New York city, president;
Ruth Pyrtle, Lincoln, Neb., eecretary;
John L. Randall, Washington, D. C,
treasurer; S. B. McCready, Guelph, On
tario, and Miss Alice V. Joyce of Port
land, vice presidents. N. C. Marts was
chosen state director for Oregon.
Th Frldav morning session was
nrestded over by M. O. Evans, super
visor of eardens at Tacoma. A dlsr
cusslon on "The Child's Part In Food
Production" was participated In by
Trials and tribulations of the coun
try school teacher who Is compelled
to walk two miles from her home to
the schoolhouse, rain or shine, have
been the lot of Miss Bertha Over
street, aged 1 8, who is one of the visi
tors at the Portland N. E. A. conven
tion. Miss Overstreet says she could
write a book upon her experiences In
the wilds of Malheur county. Her
schoolhouse stood 70 miles from therl
nearest railroad when she first tackled
the educational work at Creston. So
far out k)t the way was she that for
an entire year she did not have the
advantage of a visit from the county
superintendent.
Total Attendance IS .
The school house served 15 pupils,
boys and girls, ranging from the prl
mary pupils to those 18 years of age.
One evidence of the modem tenden
cies of the district, however, was the
fact that the board served hot choco
late and soup to the students. The
PATRIOTIC FEATURES
CLEVERLY PRESENTED
IN SELLWOOD PARK
School Children's Pageant Is
Offered in Honor of Visit
ing N. E, A, Delegates.
pupils furnished the rest of their
lunch.
When not used for school purposes
the building; was a meeting place for
the grange and the religiously in
clined persons of the country. On one
occasion the board gave an entertain
ment for the purpose of raising money
to buy a new organ.
Porty SCUes Traveled
People came from a distance of 40
miles to attend this entertainment,
MtmA wwa tirirHfl Athura rm In buir-
gies and a few traveled In autorno- , y JJLf JQTS IN PARADE
their classes from a distance of five
miles. One cart, drawn by a ranch
horse, was used in carrying five pu
pils to and from the house.
Miss Overstreet says that tennis,
baseball and football formed the prin
cipal amusement for the pupils. A
school library afforded good ad
vantages in the reading line.
Miss Overstreet will next year have
the principalship of the school at
Bend.
Afternoon's Entertainment Shows
Wnat Portland Is Doing In the
Way of Playground ActlTitis.
'animals." the pride of the present
school boy ' and girl. The other see
tlon was composed of a number of
little girls wheeling their tally dec
orated baby carriages. Another fea
ture was ah automobile load of "live
babies.
The Sellwood Board of Trade was
represented by numerous little floats.
There was also a "motor", section, lit
tle boys riding tricycles and pedal
wagons. The Sellweod Queen Esthers
were there In great numbers. A sec
tion worthy of note was "Fairyland."
kittle Ones Attract Attention
Representing- agricultural prepared
ness, Joe Abbott, aged 2V4 years and
Bertha Trites. aged 24 years! at
tracted a great deal of attention. Lit
tle Joe, dressed up in overalls, pushed
a wheelbarrow loaded with vegetable.
while little Berths, dressed a the
farmer's wife, trundled beside him.
armed with hoe, rake and spade.
Mrs. H. T. Capell was general chair
man of the event, and bad as assist
ants Mrs. W. D. Palmer sad Mrs, E
R. Eiselt. Those who had charge of
the various sections were: Mrs. S.
Z. Watson, Mrs. W. C Kenworthy.
Mrs. Ma'l Williams, Mrs. C. A. Mil
ler. Mrs. F. J. Melndel, H. W. Morgan
and F. E. Harrigan.
Following the parade, an address
of welcome was given by Professor
Li. H.- Morgan of Sellwood school. He
also served as grand marshal. Then
followed three groups of folk dances.
tannie danes and trier reatures.
under the direction of Miss Beatrice
Doty, supervisor. The A, F. M. band
furnished the music.
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Railway Equipment
Will Go to Alaska
Astoria, Or.. July IS. H. P. Warren
of the Alaska Engineering commission
is in Astoria arranging for the trans
fer of four flat cars and steel rails
recently used on the north Jetty at
the mouth of the Columbia river. The
equipment will be taken to Alaska and
used on the system of th Tanana Val
ley railroad, a narrow gauge 11ns run
nlag from Fairbanks t( Chataalka. s
distance of 40 mUes. -The material
will be sent to Seattle about July 1
on a barge, and from Seattle will so by
steamer for the north about August 1.
Bank Attache Commissioned
Corvallla. Or.. July 11. Arnold J.
Funk of the Benton county stats bank
has Just received a commission as sec
ond lieutenant in the regular army. Hsi
will report at Fort Leavenworth for- -assignment.
Mr. Funk Is a graduate,
of O. A. C, and, was captain of ons Of
the cadet companies at that lnstltu-
tlon. He was president of his class
and prominent in student activities.
Need of Trained Men
Seen in War Times
United States Surgeon Tells Conven
tion Delegates That Hen Trained to
Think Scientifically Count.
Views of J. A. B. Sinclair, surgeon
Miss Ross of the Minneapolis garden in the United States army, were given
organization; Miss Campbell
of the
Washingtoh state school for girls at
Che'nalis; "Messrs. Willard and Chap
man of Seattle; Mr. Goddard of Wis
consin, L. A. Reed, supervisor of Port
land school gardens; Messrs. Harring
ton and Maris of the Oregon state de
partment of public Instruction.
The session was held at the First
Congregational church and adjourned
for luncheon which was served by the
Fulton Park Parent-Teacher associa
tion in the grove adjoining the school
garden. One hundred and sixty-three
delegates and guests partook of the
luncheon. After Inspecting the Ful
ton Park school garden and the build
ing the party left for a trip over the
Columbia river highway under the
personal direction of Samuel C. Lan
caster, engineer of the highway.
Many expressions of appreciation for
the entertainment were made by the
visitors. Miss Alice V. Joyce, princi
pal of the Fulton Park school, was
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments for the meeting.
Mr. Kllpatrick and Mr. Goddard
praised the Portland school gardens.
Mr. Kllpatrick said that the gardens of
Portland could scarcely be equaled
anywhere else In the country and Mr.
Goddard laid especial tribute to the
quality of organization and instruc
tion developed by Mr. Read.
to the N. E. A. convention delegates on
the subject "War as a Highly Organ
ized Science."
"We need men who are trained to
think scientifically and to apply their
scientific knowledge to tneir tasks, as
sudden as was the act of an unknown
youth, whose leap exploded the Euro
pean powder mine, was the stroke of
the German military establishment,
and the rapidity with which the war
of wars developed was the most amas
lng feature of a cataclysm, the full
horrors of which only posterity will
know.
"Such a state and such events were
possible, or.ly through the workings of
the most righly organizes ana scien
tifically operated military machine the
world has ever known.
"One of the most salient features of
the military naval establishments of
the opposing powers today Is the spe
cialization of the one-time cltixen-now-soldier
along scientific war-Industrial
trade lines, and since past and present
events and the best human forecast do
not Justify the human hope for early
world peace, it behooves our schools to
train their young men to think and
work in such scientific lines to the end
that mobilization of such resources
will Insure our nayon against dis
aster.
Direct Method of
Teaching Discussed
Paper Delivered as Part of the Pro
gram by A. P. XcXlnley of Portland;
Xisu-uares Considered.
A. P. McKlnley of the Lincoln high
school of Portland took up the question
of "The Direct Method, Three Tears
After," before the Classical Associa
tion of the Pacific States, as part of
the N. E. A. program:
The paper was In the nature of a re
port on the workings of the "Direct
Method" of teaching languages, both
ancient and modern, as tried at Lin
coln during the past three years. The
speaker undertook to show that re
suits had been attained through the
uirect Metnod.- to set forth its limi
tatlons and to forecast Its future use-
ruiness. .
As to results the "Direct Method
showed a manifest superiority over the
old method for the good student For
it supplementedrthe masterful effic
iency of the oli system by a far
greater development of initiative. Not
so much can .be said for the new
method when the average child is con
cerned; for under the present condi
tion it does not provide for all the nec
essary drill. This impossibility is due
10 me ract that there is no suitable
book, and furthermore, to lack of time.
In fact, tho writer concludes thai
under present condition it is practi
cally impossible for the average stu
dent to master the beginning Latin
book in the allotted time.
Says Too Much Ego
A National Menace
professor Bis son Declares That the
Schools Save Dons Their Share In
Postering: of XTatlonal Ego.
Discussing "National Education and
World Policy," Edward 0. Slsson,
state commissioner of education of
Boise, Idaho,a.t the N. E. A. convention
saidr
k "The cause of this war is the exag
gerated national ego. Every nation
believes Itself the chosen people of
God. If they felt chosen to serve, all
would be well; but when they feel
chosen to rule, trouble follows.
"The schools have done their share
In fostering the exaggerated national
ego. Through quite natural causes
Germany Is the supreme example of
deliberate, indefatigable, century-long
culture Of the national ego, to a point
where no cosmic forces could avert a
clash and a cataclysm.
"We need a new and different edu
cation; the old education simply won't
serve the turn. We must cultivate the
ego less and the soclus more. We need
not less patriotism, but more and
wiser and broader; but we also need
more and wiser and broader humanity."
Expert in Manual
Training Speaker
"Play that again!",
Good music never grows old, nerer
gets stale, never loses its charm or
mystery, never ceases to soothe or to
stimulate according to its nature.
One never wearies of the music
produced by
The Euphoria
Player Piano
It is a joy profound and inexhausti
ble. It is a comfort unvarying and
sure. It is a stimulus without reaction.
For it puts at your command the en
tire field of musical composition, and
whatever it plays it plays well as
well as the best living pianist can
play it.
Anybody can play it and almost
anybody can buy it Its price is low
and the terms of payment are very easy.
Why not have one sent to your
home?
Mors Practical Instruction Is Heeded
In Opinion of Professor Jensen of
Stockton, CaL
Need of the practical Instruction in
connection with manual training was
emphasized in an address before the
N. E. A. convention by George H. Jen
sen, director of the department of me
chanic arts and pre-vocational school
ai Biocston, ,cal. He said:
"More must be added to our earlier
conception and content of manual
training. A newer conceDtlon mnt w
developed which will vitalize the work
and give the boys along with their
manual training the elements of prac
ileal training for industrial pursuits
n nas Deen our experience that
boys come to the hiKh school without
j knowing the names of more than one
j or two of the tools which have to be
! used, and have no idea of their ma
terial value. A study of stains should
also be made and every boy should
i haVA a Rimnl. vrwahnl.Mf 0 .A .
I - r " . J . KUUU9.
There is Immense possibility for de
velopment along the lines of concrete
pottery. Every school should have a
print shop, which will do more with
less effort to teach written English,
spelling, punctuation and construction
than anything I know.
"Deeds are needed more than words.
' Preach, teach and live Industrial ef
; flciency which to be' genuine includes
j conservation and economy."
'President Foster of
Portland Is Speaker
I tent to Ssmala la the Mediocrity,
Patriotic features clever and
unique, were dominant In the second
annual school children's pageant of
the Sellwood district In Sellwood park
Thursday, under the direction or me
Parent Teacher association, assisieu
by the park bureau. Visiting N. a.
delegates were invited to anena, nm
event being held a little early this
year, to .provide an afternoon's enter
tainment for them, ana aiso to show
what is being accomplished in the
way of playground activities In local
public schools.
The parade, which preceded the lawn
fetes, was a most interesting event.
Hundreds of children, big and small,
took part. There were eight divi
sions, among them being the doll baby
section, nursery rhymes, organizations.
clowns, merchants' floats, patriotic
and batles.
Patrtotlo pastures Clever
The children were from the Sell
wood and Llewellyn schools. This is
the first time that the latter BChool
has taken part in the event.
The features of the patriotic pa
rade were clever. Among them were
"History," a big book carried by a
little girl; a big American flag; In
dians, Puritan maidens and colonial
people, all attired In the old style ap
parel; "Betsy Ross." the woman who
made the first American flag; Rd
Cross ambulance with stretcher bear- i
ers and nurses; the spirit of 1776 and
1917. The first section of this was
represented by a bevy of little boys
and girls attired in old fashioned
dress, led by a fife and drum corps or
G. A. R. veterans. The second section
was represented by boys carrying lit
tle guns, followed by little girls
armed with hoes, rakes and other in
struments.
Little Neva Foster was "Betsy
Ross"; the fife and drum corps was
composed of D. R. Amadon, fife; John
Walrod, J. M. Benrett. W. D. Palmer,
drummers. ,
Unci Sam Is Present
As Uncle Sam, Elvln F. A. Learman,
aged 6. and as the Goddess of Liberty,
Oleen De Long, aged 8, who rode on an
attractive little float, were cute as
they could be."
Other interesting features of . the
parade were the eectlons entitled.
'Fur and Feathers," or "Reducing the
High Cost of Living," sJid "Wee
Mothers." The former was composed
of floats bearing cages, in which were
rabbits, chickena and other kinds of
Declares Educator.
"The Claims of Scholarship
Upon
the Normal School," was the subject
j or. an address -by Dr. V,' llUam T. Foc
I ter, president of fleea" college, at the
E. A. He said:
"Th war has brought out in sharp
lelief the characteristic shortcomings
i of the schools of - tbe United Spates.
! our people, as a whole, are prone to
I contentment with mediocrity and
! avoidance of the discipline of prompt.
i thorough aid exact achievement. In
I tuese respects the cchoolo of the
united States reflect the people,
"Our schools, as a rule, do not make
l necessary the prompt and complete
I performance of auty. They do not cul-
nv&iM rtia nam, r r ki r-i ,r a.
challenges to the powers of the major
ity of tne girls and boys of the United
states, they are absurdly Inadequate.
The high school diploma Is no guar
antee to the employer or to the college
tnal tne rraxluat has ever been re
I quired to do his best at anything. In
I inis respect a college degree la no bet
ter. Indeed it may stand for four
years of irresponsible and head-long
pursuit of the Joys of college life, dur
ing which the youth has .formed the
httolt of getting by' with a minimum
of effort."
That
BOY SCOUTS
May be prepared!
ur "Boy Scout" Store has as
sembled all the needfuls for your
Summer camp at North Beach.
With only one more shopping
day, Boy Scouts and mothers of
Boy Scouts will appreciate the
co-operation of this store in as
sembling all these things in one
department.
White enamel bowl, white
enamel plate and cup, salt and
pepper shakers, extra suit
clothes, extra suit underwear,
scout uniforms, two pairs good
stockings, each week, plenty of
handkerchiefs, pajamas or night
shirts, toothbrush and paste, two
Turkish towels, per week, soao
(in box)' Scout handbook, bath
ing suit, comb and brush, note
book and pencil, some rope or
picture wire, H or 5 stout nails,
bedtick (small).
If Convenient
Shirts, safety pins, needle.
some buttons, few pins, sweater,
bandages, mirror, scout knife,
scout axe, twine, gym suit, gym
shoes, or moccasins, rubber can
vas to put under bed, flashlight
or candies, signal flags.
Boys' Scont Store
4th Floor Lipman, Wolfs & Co.
C MTrfc-nIis. of cMsrft OMv"
PtANOS
PUTTERS
MUSIC
rMASON JD HAttJN RAN0S-
CORCgJ
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player Musie Rolls Tlctrolas and Bee orgs'
XOSAXSOV ST. AT BBOADVAT
Stores also In Oakland. Sacramento. San Jose.
Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.
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Coast Artillerymen
To Have Mess Fund
e 1
People of Coos Bay Are Ssislflg Honey
to Kelp Boys Along- Wao Will Zeave
Soon for Service.
Marshfleld. Or, July 18. Coos Bay
people are raising a mess fund for the
Eleventh company. Coast' , Artillery,
which will leave for service this
month. A benefit performance at the
Noble theatre realized $120 to start
the fund. .
Other ways "of raising money for the
fund will be resorted to so the com
I pany likely will have a good sum with
wJiich. to buy extras for their mess.
There are about 90 members of the
company under the command of Cap
tain Fred Getting. The membership
includss many of the prominent young
men of ' the city, some of whom are
married and will leave families.
WANTED
Messengers
With
Bicycles
Opportunity to make 40
to $90 per month.
WESTERN UNION
Corner 3I ancl Oak S&
rNNOVATION trunks
L make their Portland
home in our Sub-Base
ment !
'Comparative prices are misleading and often untrue. Note that we do not use them.
mUrinaiixWciSc & Co.
tJ Merch and iso of cJ Merit Only"
D UY your new kodak
and kodak supplies
in our 6th Floor Pic
ture Store 1
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Mid-S
ummer s
New neckwear
f hat will prove of much inter
est to you is here in big variety
at prices ranging from SOc
to $3.50. '
Roll collars 75c
Net, organdie and messaline af
fairs in clever new fashions.
Motor veils 98c
Attractive affairs with striped
borders. .Nearly all shades.
Drape veils 95c
Coquettish effects of soft fin
ished hexagon meshes with che
nille or woven in borders. Wanted
colors. Special !
Handkerchiefs of
fine lawns 6 for 25c
They're made of sheer lawns
with Yi, in. hemstitched hems and
colored block initials. Special!
Main Floor, Lipman, Wolfe A Co
ale of TAILORED HATS
$4.50 and $5.00
Midsummer styles that will take effect instantly as soon as they're
shown! They are of milan and mackinaw straws, high crowns and dou
ble brims in the correct size for tailored wear.
Satin hats $3.95
We can't say enough about the style and chic of
these between seasons hats! They're proving immense
ly popular, too. These at $3.95 are of white satin, in
large and medium shapes that are sure to prove be
coming! Tnird Floor, Lipman, Wolfs & Co.
Modart front lace corsets $4.00
will give you the maximum of comfort, style and service. Women who wear
them once will wear no other kindl Saturday we feature a very low bust model of
fine coutil, made with medfum length hips and with elastic band at bottom of
back. All sizes. Fourth Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Hairbow ribbons
Much under price at 25c
5 and 6-inch-wide ribbons Jacquard figures,
warp prints, moires and plain taffetas, in all sorts
of colorings.
Main Floor, Lipman, Wolfs & Co.
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Buy
-of
the b
oys new
course its to be
suit Saturday
an "Armorclad"
All the boys declare they're quite the best looking, snappiest suits they've ever worn,
and mother says it's almost uncanny the way they wear and wear. Every "Armorclad"
Boys' summer suits
Palm Beaches, linens, shepherd
checks, blue serges, mixtures and over
plaids all weights. Many patterns
and styles. Sizes 6 to 18 years. Range
in price from $5.00 to $20.00.
With any of the suits above adver
tised we'll giye a year's subscription
to "Boy Life" free 1
New sports blouses 48
AH wool trousers $1.19
Middy wash hats 50
Khaki knicker pants 98c
Khaki shirts at 1.19
Canvas leggins at 90?
Fourth Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
has two pairs of trousers, you know.
There are many styles and sizes range
from 6 to 18 years. $5.00.
Boys of the "High" age
come again and again for
Langham-High suits
at $15.00 and $25.00. They've a
style and value that can't help but ap
peal to the younger young man! '
Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfs & Co.
Saturday offering of
DRUGS
rand other vacation needs
Olycothytuollne, large size 804
Puru medicinal paraffin oil
pint &Otf
v lrum oil nuap, targe cake.
3 for 254
Putnam dry cleaner m'mt
Pond's extract 'AM
Benetol antlaeptlo OC
SUUman's free Hi cream 40c
Pond's cream voc
Theatrical cleanainc cr'm 60
bantiaeptlc lotion , .45c
Charles' flesh food -40C
Ivory purse mirrors 25
Oriental cream Sl.lt
Face sponses IOC
Face chamois lOe
la rilactie race powder HVC
Wash cloth in rubberised
cane 12c
Whisk brooms, sev'r'l slz's 25c?
Hair brushes, srood stiff
bristles 50
Glovers' dog soap 20
Olovers' manse remedy ... .404$
Bay rum for after shaving 43c
Glycerine and rose water lO
Pullman aprons In new
styles 694
Tourist cases for soldiers
and travelers 49t
Bathtnz suit bars, water
proof 35
Fancy bathing caps 33c. DOr
Rubber divine caps 25c
Out-of-door
LUNCHEON needs
Crepe paper napkins 100
for )5i
Wax paper for lunches.
rolls lO.
Ice cream picnic sets . . . .
Paper plates, 3 sixes, dos. 6c
Wood knife and fork sets 5c
: Maple wood lunch sets . .2Kc
Japanese decorated fans . ..5e
Main moor, Lipman, Wolfs Co.
A sale of
English breakfast
TABLES $1.89
300 folding breakfast ta
bles both the square and
round kind, will be marked
$1.89 for Saturday's selling.
They're both stained and
natural finish firmly built.
5th Floor, Lipman, Wolfe A. Co.
UNDERWEAR
A half dozen items of un
usual merit.
Boys' B. T. D.'s B9o
Fine white nainsooks athletic
style. Sixes 24 to 34.
Bilk camisoles 98o
Kayser silks la flesh and white.
Lace trimmed or band topped.
Extra slss Tests 39o
Swiss ribbed, vests, with
crocheted yokes. Extra sizes.
Cotton vests 18o
Whits Swiss rlbb '.. g.use
weight, round necks. All sizes.
Xayssr's Union Suits 69o
Kayser .union suits, fine ribbed,
for warm weather wear! Favored
styles.
Union smrts SX1S
Kensington white mercerised
lisle suits. Wanted styles. Extra
sixes $1.25.
1st Floor, XJpman, Wolfs ft co.
STOCKINGS
for women and children.
Thread silks.-$1.75
Pure silks in black, white
and 40 shades.
Silk fibers 60c
Women's fiber stockings
in white, gray, smoke, ca
nary, gold, tan, pink, navy
and champagne. Double
silk toes. All sizes.
L isles at 35c
3 for $1. Gauze and medi
um weights. All sizes.
For bathing 50c
y2 length stockings with
double tops. White, green,
dark red. Wanted shades.
Kiddies' sox 25c
A wonder pattern assort
ment. Silk lisle weaves. Sizes
4 to 92. 4 sox 50c to 65c.
Silk lisles 25c
for tiny tots. Silk lisle and
fiber stockings. Sizes 4 to
Main Floor,
Lipman, Wolfs or Co,
r
With sport and outing times come
MIDDIES
v "Jack Tars" at 98c
Slip over the head, lace in front style, braid trimmed
middies in sizes for little girls and women, too. Up
to size 42.
Regulation middies
$1.25
You'll find titers isn't a
single regulation nary detail
left out in the making of
these Jack Tar middies.
They're correct from their
braid trimmed collars to their
cuffs. Middy coats, too, at
11.25.
' Crepe middy coats
$2.25
These pretty middies
of pink, light blue and
tan stripes have become so
popular that every woman and
gin will want to own at least
one before the summer is
overl
Baby1
s new
is nere
carriage
Select the one you like best.
There are many kinds. Particu
larly will you be Interested In
reed carriages at Sl7.5o-139.$n
5th Floor, Lipman, Wolf Co.
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Smocks $2.25 to $2.75
Ultra fashionable for summer wear are smockst And no
wonder, for they're so new and so becoming withal that you
couldn't help wantinr to wear one if you tried I
"Jack Tar" flannel mfaldjs $4.50
-Herniation" flannsl mfcUiss $2.75
Middy costs in han tars' gross $3.50
White wash skirts $1.89
Junior sizes In gabardine and pique, with or without belts
and pockets. . Fourth Floor, Lipman, Wolf it Co.
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