THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 7, 1907
Summer Plays and Players
klltt.V. It man tint lirtna entlra Te-
A ltC from the conditions agalnt
division of the New Tork court
tbet the theater ia neither com
merce nor tra4a to one that will ba hailed
with much aatlafactlon by thoee who hae
tha rood of tha theater at heart. It til
: sought to prosecute tha alleged theatrical
truat nndar tba criminal provisions of tha
anti-trust law, and Attorney Jerome had
preeented an Indictment against tha man
who mala up tha syndicate. Thla waa
brought on tor trial, and tha Judge dla
, mlaaad tha case atar tha showing of tha
! atata had hern presented, holding- that It
I waa not a combination In restraint of trade,1
and that no erima had been committed,
j Thla will leave tha syndicate frea to pur
ana Its buaineas policy nnreatrained br tha
' law further than It applies to tha ordinary
operation of tha theater.
wlntr Indicates that the bookings for the aid I red American playhouse they would be
Boyd will be ef the vary beat.
NftW YORK MAS WOVLD1T DO
Aa IHreetor ef New York Theater,
Bays Charles Frofcnaaa.
NEW TORK. July . Charles Frohman
does not believe that New Tork theater
managers were alighted when the stock
holders of the New theater aet out to seek
a director In Europe. 80 far they have
negotiated with Allert Carre of tha Opera
Comlque In Farla, a Frenchman, and with
Glenvllle Barker, an Englishman.
They are aald to have tried to persuade
William Archer, another Englishman, to
undertake the arttatlo control of tha new
playhouse, llelnrlch Conrled, a German,
who waa at one time named as tha per
manent manager, waa In reality engaged
for only a year to superintend the technical
construction of the stare anuaratua. It
Much ground exists for complaint against waa originally the Intention of the stock-
the operation of the syndicate; It has been
arrogant at times, and haa now and then
visited what aeemed to be unreasonable
. hardships on those who came within Its
I power, and Its members have been accused
ef taking an undue advantage of their
t apportnoitlee to crush rivals or aspiring
1 managers, who refused to share with them.
The answer to this laat charge Is found In
the managers who have actually gotten rich
! although operating in a measure tndepend-
i enuy 01 the syndicate. W. A. Brady la one
ef these; to be sure he haa always had his
shows on the syndicate circuit, but he has
not been required to surrender any of his ignored
manhood. He has been fortunate in own In a theater.
and controlling plays the people want to
see. Henry W. Ravage has played his com-
. panles In syndicate theaters from the very
I beginning- of his career, and has accumu
lated a oomfnrtable sum in the way of prof.
Ha. George M. Cohan la the most conspicu
ous Instance of the sudden rise of a man
1 agar to wealth and fame, and bla dealings
nave always been with the syndicate. It
holders to hand over the management to
Mr. Conrled. Ilia 111 health made that
choice Impossible.
The theater la owned by a company
which haa bought the boxes outright.
Many of the scats have been sold in per
petuity. This gives the bouse a large sub
sidy. Drama of the lightest class will be played
three nights a week. On Tueadaya and
Thursdays opera comlque will be given by
artists from the Metropolitan opera house.
Attention haa been called to tha fact that
all the American managers have been
la selecting a director for the
"I don't think that tha managers of tha
New York theaters would feel slighted be
cause none haa been invited to take the
direction of the New theater," said Mr.
Frohman. "They all realize about ss well
as the stockholders of the theater that an
American would not be adapted to the task.
"The schema lies entirely outside the
experience of any of us and Is analogous
very well suited.
"There will be plenty of material of thla
kind for the New theater to exploit and
do a great service to the American drama.
"The whole scheme of the institution,
however, is exotlo and un-American, and
It can ba much belter conducted by a man
ager of European experience who la ao-
customed to the ways of a subsidised
theater and Is not dependent on pleasing
the public and making money.
"I don't think any New Tork manager
would ever ' be capable of conducting a
theater to which it was not Important
whether or not the people same. We are
all In the habit of expecting an audience;
In fact, we are all mora or leas of the
opinion that without audiences we could
not gnt along very well.
"Tha New theater will be the first In
stitution of Its kind ever to have a suf
ficient subsidy to exist Independent of popu
lar support. Such a theater will need at
least In the beginning a manager of foreign
training."
would be ridiculous to accuse these men or ,n features to the subsidised theater In
any of a long list that might be named Europe. We American managers learn
ot truckling or sacrificing any of their dig. from our commercial training to look for
to achieve their success. the plays that draw. In nine cases out
t of ten the public Justifies our Judgment.
Nor has tf cause of art suffered to It proves that only the plays worth patron-
the extett that some would like to have 1,B are worth producing,
us behave. While Mr. Belasco's pieces "This baa been shown In England, where
have not been offered at syndicate houses committees of literary men and women
for several years, nor has It been possible bave opened competitions and then selected
for Mrs. Flske to pla .n the theaters con- what thf y considered tho best plsy. But
ironed by.4he "Trust," It hus not deprived
the publla of an opportunity to aee much
that la good and genuine In the way of
artistic productions. Mansfield, and a host
of leaser lights on the American stage.
Irving, Terry, Bernhardt, Coquelln and
many others of the greatest from abroad
bave been presented under syndicate man
agement, and all have been extremely well
patronised. New plays have been pro
duced In countless profusion, and the very
beat of modern enterprises for the amuse
ment of the public have been fostered. The
chief indictment laid against the syndi
cate resides in the fact that the managera
have "commeroUllsed" the theater. That
means that they have put it on a paying
basla; that a play that does not .tt,.,..
nobody went to see It.
"On several occasions New Tork baa
seen prise plays. Usually they have been
refused In advance by commercial man
ager and tha publlo haa Invariably re
jected them. Thus has the Judgment of
the manager been Justified T
"We aeek to find playa that will draw,
and I don't believe we oould be relied on
to pick out plays that would be supported
by a subsidy of tha stockholders. Then
I am perfectly sure tHat we could never
find the actors who are to act these plays
giving them aa in the European theaters,
only a few times and allowing no long
runa
"Aa I understand it the repertoire of the
New theater will compromise Shakespeare,
the public in sufficient numbers to defray tn" daaalo English repertoire, translations
the expenses of producing it and a little from French and German classics and
more. Is not continued. It may be a per- modern drama from all languages. It will
feet play from the standpoint of literary bo extremely difficult to find actors for
and dramatic value, but If tha people do uch theater.
want 10 aee it it is abandoned. That
to alL And. by that aame token, how
long do you think lira. Flske or Mr. Be
lasco would keep a play going to which
the people did not respond. Answer, for
example: What happened to "Marta of
the Lowlands" when Mra Flske offered it
in New York an h.
d utray puDiio unaersiana inai 11 is 1
flecl ned to see It? At the bottom of the the New theater to take
vumroversy is found the keenest
and moat unrelenting of business Hvalry
and It may be seriously doubted that the
publlo has suffered any aa a result of this
condition. On the other hand. It has un
questionably been the gainer, for the the-'
atrlcal manager with the attraction ia the
one who gets the money.
Another polnt oTintsTe.t In the case Is
that the court again affirm., the doctrine
ih- v!IV"J"na ""," Metcalfe agalnat theater would take the least Interest
1.1 ... aincai Managers' asso
ciation, that a theater 1. a private and
not a publlo place, and that the proprietor
has the right to exclude any person he
may choose, and the limit of that person's
damage is the price of the tlck.t k.-
purchased. This socms to be good law, for cheap seats.
It glvea the proprietor control of hla own "Outside or New Tork the plays of Shske
nouse. The Nebraska itiini. 1. .. 1 ...... .,,j.... . i..
"The most popular actors of tha day
would not be willing to do so much work,
nor would they be obtained at aalaries
poasible for any theater to pay. There
will be plenty of actora for the older roles.
It Is the young ones tbat are difficult to
obtain.
I understand that it is the Intention of
young actors
with no great reputation and train them
In the way they should go. Now that
would be possible In a small theater and In
modern plays.
"I made my stock companies down at
the old Lyceum out of promising youngsters
and there they were developed Into actors.
I do not believe, however, that the same
process eould be followed In a large theater
with Shakespearian or other clasalo playa
I don't believe the subscribers to tha New
In
watching such performances.
"Shakespeare depends snyhow on the
great masses of the people. Boxes and
stalls don't sell well for 8hakesperlan per
formances. Tha business comes from the
BET THAT DK WOLK HOPPER LOST
Had lealde In format lorn, bat It Didat
Work Ont Right.
De Wolf Hopper, who has been a thirty
third degree base ball. fan for twenty years
and who is on chummy terms with a good
many of the players, tells this one on him
self: "Any time I try to give myself any
the best of It," he says In beginning the
narrative, "tha skids are put under me
right while I'm standing up, and when It's
all over I'm holding a bag wfth a rent In
the bottom of It as big as a Leghorn hat
"While in Chicago the .other day I met
up with one of the pitchers of one of the
Chicago clubs I'm not naming the pitcher
or the Club for reason that'll appear. We
did the act, and I asked htm how he found
himself going this year.
" 'Well, say, I've got to be a rank In and
outer,' ha replied, with the manner aome
ball players of assured position have of
abusing themselves in private conversation.
'Get everything one day, and the next day
I pitch I can't get 'era over with the aid of
a tube."
"I told him to Quite his kidding, but I re
membered all the same that he really had
pitched some wonderfully different games
for hi club alnce the beglning of this sea
son. "Aa we strolled along, fanning. "How
about Itr said my pitcher friend, Jerking
his thumb tn the direction of a hotel cafe,
and In we went. I figured that his would
be a little mineral water thing or some
thing soft, as mine was, but be aald 'Beer.'
" 'H'm, beer for this pitching boy. heyr
said I to myself, and right then it occurred
to me tbat the beer thing might cccount
for hla occasional punk games. We had the
drink, however, and then I suggested
another, and that was all right with him.
and he had another beer.
" 'Who's going to work on the mound
for your team today T" I asked him as'
he put away the second beer.
" 'I guess I am,' was his reply. 'It'a
my turn anyhow, and I guess I'll tako
the trick.
"Well, that struck me as a queer thing
-e pitcher beering up along toward 1
o'clock on the day he knew he was going
tO tOBS.
" Tastes pretty good to muh, this malt,
he said after lapping up the second beer.
'Feel like I could lick up several scuttles
of this kind,' and ho ordered another beer.
We carried our glasses over to a table In
a cool alcove of the cafe where there was
an electrlo fan, and then he began to put
away a whole lot more beers. After that
had been happening for some time I re
membered that I was out for some lunch
eon and he said that be felt a bit bttey,
too, and so we each had a large plateful
of frankfurters and sauerkraut, he taking
more beer with his. After disposing of the
food part of it we Just sat there for about
another half hour, he taking beer right
along.
"When we separated, about half past 1,
I had counted up fifteen beers that my
pitching friend had put under his weskit.
" 'Here.' said I to myself, 'is where I
get a little bet down. I like that boy a
whole lot and he sure is a marvelous
tosser when he is right. But I'm not going
to let mere liking Interfere with my get
ting hold of a piece of easy change. That
pitching boy has had fifteen beers. Prob
ably he'll drop In somewhere and take
three of four more before he glides into
his uniform. Now, it doesn't seem reason
able to me that any boy, no matter how
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lng a mark by means of a trick. But I
argued it out with myself that everything
is fair in baae ball and politics.
"I was in fear that the manager of his
club might discover that he'd been sudsing
up on beer before the game and keep him
out ol the box. but no, when Z got to the
park, there ha waa warming up hard for
his go In. But he looked mighty red In
the face, and I telt confident that he'd got
pounded off the mound In the first Inning.
"Well, that'll be about sufficiency.
"The team I bet on got Just three gummy
hits off him, and his control was absolutely
perfect. He shut the team I'd bet on out
with the most perfect ease.
"That's what I got for trying to beat
somebody to It. I always waa a Joka
gambler, anyhow."
tO thla Construction, but aa it Waa intna.,i ,.nmaaU hv littU lrHnn War nl.i ....I hii.liv run nltnh anv kind of
. " " , equal rignts to all and pre- reverse is true. New York's point of view game of ball when he has fifteen or twenty man in many of the western cities, such as
GERMAN THEATERS ALL PROSPER
Bright Prospects Next Season la New
York aad Other Cities. ,
NEW YORK. July 6.-Tuere Is apparently
to be a new era of prosperity for the Ger
man theaters in the United States. There
are more of them than people generally
suppose.
Philadelphia haa a new home for Its Ger
man company. Tha seasons are ambitiously
planned and apparently carried through to
the satisfaction of Its patrons. In addition
to tha modern and clasalo drama there la
comic opera by a separate troupe and a
standing chorus of twelve trained voices Is
supplemented by amatsura who are glad to
volunteer.
Milwaukee has a famous German theater
under Loi 'Wachsner which has prospered.
There are theaters which give plays in Ger-
vent discrimination on account of race or
color, it la hardly likely that It will be
construed to apply to another cause. At
any rata it ha it.r .
- - n. m gen-
erally laid down by the courts now, the rule
is mat wnue a theatrk-al manager Invito
the publla to attend the performance at his
theater, he is not bound to admit any, and
that the extent of damages cannot exceed
the purchase price of the tksket of admis
sion, which la held to be a limited contract.
Thla U essentially necessary to enable the
manager to prevent the entrance to tha
theater of persona who are objectionable
for any causa It la not likely that the
failure of the effort to prosecute the
"trust" under the criminal law of New
Tork will result in any marked change ia
the policy ot the powers that be.
is so trivial that nobody takes any Interest
In Bhakespoare. Yet I should think the
repertoire would be needed at the New
Before leaving Omaha laat (Sunday Man
ager VVlward expressed hlutaelf aa of the
oplnlonlhat the coming season at the
Boyd would be one of the most Important
In lis history. lie said the rule of throe
performances will be strictly adhered to,
and that what knowledge he has of the
plans made n New Tork for the coming
"If there are to be any new pieces pro-'
duced It Is unfortunate that the house Is
so large. It holds t.SQO persons. In a
building of this size It Is Impossible to
utilize the modern lighting effects or to
produce the intimacy necessary to the best
performance of these playa It seems to
me that only romantic and poetio dramas
will be possible there.
"Luckily there is premising material
among the young writers of romantlo Amer
ican dramas. I have Just read charming
plays In verse by Perch Uackaye and Ed
ward Peples. Of course they would never
earn a cent for my theater, but for a sub-
malts under his surchlngle. It can t be
did. Me to go after somebody easy and
plant a little, bet with him on the other
team.'
"And I Immediately got busy hunting up
a mark. I found one without tho least
trouble, right in the cafe. Ho laid me U50
to flOO against the ether team. And I
couldn't help but feci like a mean dog to
take advantage of another fellow that
way.
" 'Who's going to lob for the Chicago's?'
he asked me.
"I named the pitcher that I'd been beer
lng up only a little while before.
Oho!' said he, 'I guess that makes it
poor (or me,' for he knew what a awell
pitcher that man was who'd done the
malting.
'Then again I felt like somebody goug-
Music and Musical Notes
Quaker Maid Rye
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Three
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Medals
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HE FESTIVE and gteesome
Fourth is over for another year.
The aftermirth of picnics and
firecrackers and worse la abroad
In the land. It will take a day
or two te ' clear up the mes. mend tha
burns and get back into ordinary purauiU
agatu. Musie takes a full holiday on the
Fourth. The outraged mine piunt cling
to her ears, and shrink as far sway ss pos
sible fro'ii these noisy shores. We are
growing tn our artistic senses, but there's
a good big streak of savage allll left. The
firecracker ia a symbol of Haunting freedom.
Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis. The
companies from these theaters also perform
In nearby 'cities.
Some small cities, such as Davenport, la.,
are able te maintain a company of German
actora of their own. In the early '&0e the
most famous German company in this coun
try was tbat maintained In 8an Francisco
by Ottilia Genee. There have always been
German actors In that city.
In proportion to' the number of Germans
in this city, New York has been less Inter
ested in German playhouses than any other
city. It has always been said of the Ger
man residents of New York that they were
very anxious .to have their' own theater so
long as they were not compelled to' ko to It.
It Is also true that the number ef New
Yorkers not of German origin who go to
a German theater when anything worth see
ing Is on has always been underestimated.
If numbers of such persons had not found
their way down to Irving Place to enjoy
the productions he made for severs! years
before he waa chosen aa opera director, Mr.
Conrled would never have been called to the
Metropolitan. Hia reputation, so far as
these gentlemen were concerned, was made
at the German theater.
It Is, therefore, aaserted that the lot of the
continually changing faculty. As far as
the tide of American students to Kurope
is eoucerned, Germany lias decidedly
nothing to fear from the idea of an Ameri
can Bayreuth."
Herr (kliinwukv mnIA' 'Rnf hai rMn1.
U, in my opinion, destined to failure. Wuat Impresario of a German theater here Is not
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Mr. Duflleld haa a very commendable
plan to give a big benefit concert for hla
very talented pupil Stanley Lstovaky, soma
time during July at the Creightua audi
tlrlutu. He has mlereeted a great many
prominent people and hopes to make the
affair a auoceaa both artistically and tiaaa
dally. Young Letovsky sella for Europe
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.
Nordloa's Amerlcaa Bayreuth plan Is also
getting a Utile adverse criticism.
Germany's great mvieto masters ridicule
the notion of Madaiue Nordire'e Amertcae
Haynruih," on tna banks ot the liudaua.
which te eoouer or later to obtvate the nove
aity of Americana i-oiiim- tu Europe te
study music. I interviewed today two
artt.sta well known in Ilia United fcUates
lierr Schaiwruaa. of the Berlin t on
scrvaiuire. and Herr Leopold OodowMy,
tna famous pta.ua virtuoso, who formerly
rraldwl in (.'Iiickko,
"The HeyreutU idea Is admirable, and
Mni. Nurd ic la rily quaiined to carry
It out on a arale of aurflcfemt biKnaaa," aald
Herr bVharwenka. 'Any attempt Ui produce
a aevund rale mediocre imitation ef Ur
many s historic itayreuta would, huwever,
mux America ludicrous.
'The chief dial buck Is the fact that
Kurupean teachers ate not likely to be
willing 10 settle rernianeritly In America;
hoiice, these will be the dloadvaalege of a
musical culture is not opera, and ct-rtulnly
not more Wagner opera. New Tork al
ready baa muie than enough opera,
"I would suggest that Instead of putting
hundreds of thousands of dollars into an
elaborate and perhaps aeiisatioiial scheme,
It would be better to cultivate the European
standard ot chamber and instrumental
muaic, wherein New York Is sadly lacking.
I must confess that the whole scheme Im
presses me aa eoinewhate one aided.
"Jaime. Nordic viewa America's musical
neeia exclusively through the operatio eye.
1 think the enterprise would inevitably
overwhelm New York with too much
Wagner. Moreover, the sue chosen in it
self represents a mistaken conception of
A mar Was musical wants. 'Wealthy New
Yorkers can easily roine to Kuiom. It is
the less moneyed rlaaa in the west and
middle weal which require opportunities
for musical culture. It would be fairer to
the count ry'a musical aspirants in general
If the 'plant' were established midway be
teweea east and wt."
) .
Mr. Otllaa haa engaged Innea and his
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Nebraska ia a hard proposition. I faal as
If I ought to put up a sign: "Don't shoot
the luuslo critic; sties doing her best."
Doubtless some of you think the aforesaid
shingle should have been bung out a long
srntle ago. That la aa tt anay be! A good
friend of mine, too, saldi "Yes, It must
take more brains to write la the summer.1
Personally I gueaa Its a case ot getting
that long white narrow little spare al
lotted to me filled up. rVhea I get my
strawberry jam made I'm going to try and
do butter.
Here's cool and bsppy days!
A1AKY U&ARN1CD,
appear. Dr. Baumfeld of Vienna, who Is to
hold that . post next winter, has already
made it plain that there will be unwonted
activity at the Irving Place. His repertoire
promises well for those who care for the
best works of the foreign stage whatever Its
appeal to the. average New York theater
goer might be.
There can be no doobt that the German
theater In New York Is to knew a renais
sance Just as Increased activity has shown
Itself In the German theaters In other cities.
Stumbled Onto Great Wealth
Continued from Page One
Chinese soon became regular patrons of
Whalen's bar, and the fact that
their visits were 'always' made at
night did not excite suspicion. At
length Mrs. Whelen discovered that some
one had carried off the mud pig pen and Its
surrounding wall, but the work had been
done so gradually that tt was nearly all
gone before she noticed it. Boon after this
the chimney and tha corners of the cabin
walla began to vanish, and a watch was
Set to find the thieves who eould find any
valua In dry elay. At length the wife dis
covered that while one band of Chinaman
waa keeping Wbalea busy at the bar an
other band waa loading scrapings from the
chimney and walla Into soiled clothes bags.
When Mra Whelen made her report
Wbalea passed a local Chines exclusion
act and enforced it with a big stick. He
had learned to respect the Intelligence of
the celestials, but why should they steal
dry mud from his cabin when tba hills
were full of ltr
"Uebbe there's gold in It," suggested Mrs.
Whalen.
Her husband acted on the hint. Ha
"stole a panful of mud from the back
of the chlinney." and washed jt out. He
had s61ved the mystery. The bottom ot
the pan was covered with seeds and scales
of gold I
Whalen ordered tents for hla family
from Ballarat at .once, and began to pan
out what afterward became famous ia the
song and story of the' land as "The Golden
Shanty." The house washed away, the
bottoms of the pool and spring were at
tacked, with the result that the owner
soon became a rich man.
In May, Ut. two years after the first dis
covery of diamonds In South Africa, a
poor herder, who waa tending hla cattls
near Sandfouteln, on the Orange river,
picked UP a bright pebble, which be carried
home "for the baby to play with." Up
to this time bis highest ambition had not
extended beyond doubling the few score
cows and Sheep he had Inherited from hla
father.
A month after this Chalk Nlekerk, store
keeper, chanced In at the cabin of Swat
borg that was the herder's nemsand
seeing the child playing with a bright stone
he became interested. Nlekerk's offer for
the stone of suu sheep and ten head of
cattle and a horse was at once accepted.
Nlekerk sold the jitone to Ttelenfald
Bros, for !W,ooo. It again changed hands
to an English firm, who paid twtce the
second price fpr it. When cut this same
stone weighed eighty-three and pne-half
karats. It la cow known smong the world's
most famous diamonds aa "The Star of
South Africa." New York TUoea.
"gain the
timely Inn,"
ssvt Sbleepeare, and we iniak tha
Hotel Belmont
NEW YORK
deserves this, title
" Timely" it u at the very
doors of the Grand Central
Station with surface and
elevated lines right at hand
and a private passage to sub
way station for both express
ana local train.
Aid " timely H is
that it furnishes tho wealth
of conveniences the com
pleteness of service the satis
fying environment which mod
em hotelcraft aim to attain.
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Oees ef Betel IVolment, fi,M,ta.
, reur mu is) building.
Mlsbea type ef flrerae see street!
Tweoty-eeeea ewrtre.
STATISTICS
Neairtv tee thaeeand sews ef steal
Grates ef eeatllaMeai hv filtered air.
- aulosnaiw Ural regaiaiare.
fiUie etevatera.
Ail seaona equipped with prlwels
leag distance ldaaBeaae.
Mare inu a tfcwtuaJid reeaa.
lTeundatlea ef bete eai se4id reek.
Ill litest .ddiiioi to tbi put && of lbs world. Opened Mai Bib, 1308.
RATES
Peoaw wit host Wk $2.50 aa4 Upward ;
Roans web. hath, $3.50 sad apwesJ -Parlor,
bed too at sad hath, 110 sad iawer a!
We weeU w si cesit you bare sad try lo uka
fee loek spea this beM ss your New York boost
The Hotel Belmont
42nd Street and Park Avenue, New York City.
B. U M. BATES, Managing Director.
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" w at th
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Finest Hotel on Great Lakos
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