THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEBf FEBRUARY 29, 1920.
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STOCK SHIPPING
OY AUTO GROWS
AT OMAIIA YARDS
Astonishing Figures On Num
ber of Trucks Used by Ne
braska Farmers In Reach
ing City.
Use of motor trucks for the trans
, porta ti on of live stock to the South
Omaha stock yards is increasing
rapidly. All local records were bro
ken February 10, 1920, when 2,008
head of togs were brought .in by
motor trucks. V
, In 1919, there were brought to the
local yards a total, of 179,036 hogs
by motor trucks. The record for the
week is the receipt of 7,240 head of
hogs during the week of February
1, 1919. The receipt of 21,196 head
of hogs by auto truck is the record
for August, 1918.
fVohi January 1, to November 1,
1918, a total of 153,019 head of hogs,
18,498 head of cattle and 87,190 head
of sheep were received at the local
yards by auto truck.
May Abandon Railroads.
When railroad service breaks
down or is hampered by war or
strikes, the farmers of Iowa and Ne
braska find a reliable substitute in
motor "trucks and many live stock
raisers within a radius of 100 miles
of Omaha send in their live stock !
that way. It is estimated by ex
perts that the bulk of all freight to
be transported, up to a distance of
100 miles, will cvcnually be carried
by motor trucks. ,
More thaw 400,000,000 tons of
freight are said to be now hauled
over American roads annually at an
average cost of 23 cents per mile,
with an average haul of eight miles.
In Nebraska, the average haul of
live stock to the stack yards is 32
miles. Several farmers, of Pilger,
Wahoo, Fremont, Ashland and other
points in Nebraska, all within a
radius of 100 miles, have made fre
quent trips to the local market with
live stock by motor truck, and cattle,
sheep and hogs have been brought
ii! by motor truck from Avocn.
Missouri Valley and other points
in Iowa.
Saves Weight Shrinkage.
According to an estimate of a far
mer living within 25 miles of Omaha,
hogs can be loaded at home after
feeding early in the morning and
reach the stock yards in time to dis
pose of the load without refeeding,
thus doing away with any possible
ihrinkage in weight.
It is pointed out that the success
of transportation of live stock and
other freight by motor truck de
pends orithe condition of the roads,
and the federal government has
placed $200,000,000 at the disposal of
the various states for road building
purposes during 1920 and 1921. Ne
braska lias received a large sum as
her share.
The state highway commissioner
of Nebraska also has received a
large number of mchines for road
"work and with the passage of the
Kahn bill, which has passed the
senate and is novf before the house,
congress will permit . the distribu
tion of tractors, steam shovels, au
tomotive cranes, industrial railway
track, dump cars and industrial
railway locomotives to the various
states which also will help better
(roads for the state.
I Railroad transportation when it
breaks down under the strain of a
fuel shortage or conditions found
during the late war, illustrates the
old adage of "Do not put all your
eggs in one basket," and the pos
session of one or more motor trucks
by the live stock raiser or farmer
makes him somewhat independent
of the railroads in getting his farm
produce and live stock to the mar
ket. Time-saving Machinery
The farmer of today is facing the
problem of increased production and
ts logically turning for its, solution
' to the same methods that manufac
turing industries have found effi
cient Time-saving machinery is
being placed on the farm, and the
.importance of this is evidenced in
figures which show that during the
last year thousands of motor trucks
have been purchased by farmers of
Nebraska. 1
Nebraska and the middle west
hitherto have been at the mercy of
the railroads to move their live
stock and farm products, hut with
the promise in sight of a closer
binding together by highways that
run, from hamlet to hamlet and city
to city, such emergencies as the late
strikes or congestion in winter will
be obviated.
Washington Hotel Prices
-'Lower Than Most Cities
Washington, Feb. 29. There afce
a few residents of Washington whoX
admit they are Washingtonians and
they are all "het up."
Some one declared that the hotel
keeners of Washington were "the
worst gougers and robbers to be
found in the country."
The Chamber of Commerce took
up the charge and conducted au in
vestigation investigations , being
most prevalent in Washington ana
found that hotel prices were con
siderably under those of most large
cities.
Robert N. Harper has issued a call
to loyal Washingtonians to show
the justice of this finding and when
" the American Bankers' association
meets here on October 18 Colonel
Harper hope that the bankers will
find the hotel prices to -oe wonting
men prices and not bankers' prices
300 Elephants Swabbed
With Billposter Brushes
' Chicago, Feb. 29. "Duchess." the
big elephant in the zoo here, refused
after an hour's urging to lie down
and take a bath. - Keepers solved the
problem by swabbing her hide with
long billposter prnsnes.
" Males Bring $415 a Head
l ihtrtv. Mo.. Feb. 29. The high
est price ever paid for a carload of
- moles was received nere uie oxner
. day by Graf Brothers & Huntington
for 23 head of Clay county hybrids.
The animals were bought by J. H
'" rOverfelt of Clarence. Mo., a an
average price of $415 a head.
Most-Modern Factory in the World for Cadillac
By R. H, COLLINS,
rrwldB aid G ral Mmmml
Muliif fai Qmifj
The most modern (automobile f ac
tor yTn the world! That" is the way
engineers describe the new plant
now being erected for the Cadillac
Motor Car company in Detroit.
From the standpoint of railroad
facilities, the site could not be sur
passed. It comprises 46 -acres, with
the main line of the Michigan Cen
tral railroad on one side, and the
freight tracks of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern on the other.
The buildings of this new plant
will contain 2,100,000 square feet, or
48 acres of floor space, room enough
for 700,000 people to stanfl without
too much crowding.
All the buildings will be four
stories in height, but, to allow for
the inevitable expansion, they have
been so7 designed that two additional
stories can be added at any time,
making six in all. hi the design
and construction of this new fac
tory, a number of interesting fea
tures have been worked out by the
Du Pont Engineering company of
Wilmington, Del. I
i To the eye all buildings of the
plant will be seen as a harmonious
combination of exposed concrete
columns, horizontal bands and red
brick walls framing the vast areas
of steel sash,
On the concrete floors will be laid
heavy maple flooring to provide
comfort for" the workmen, who find
concrete too unyielding a surface on
which to stand all day.
Of the eigM buildings comprising
the factory, the largest is the Manu
Ring Gives Advance Tips on
Coming Automobile Show
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Eighteenth Amendment
In Construction of Cars Advise for Prospective
Purchasers of Cars Is Furnished Free. ,
RING W. LARDNER,
In Motor I.lfe Magazine.
The 1920 models in moter vehicles
will be rivalled in beauty and splen
dor at the coming auto show only
by the gowns and facial apparel of
the well-to-do printers wites and
lone shore women witch will accom
pany their husbands to assist in se
lecting the turn out that will grace
our boulevards during what prom
ises to the tne longest yr. in nis
tory on acct. of the 18th amendment
going into effect and staying there.
Ihe comine shows is all the more
eagerly wated because of the year's
lapse since a regular one was held.
It will be remembered that the big
public exhibitions-was cancelled last
winter on acct. of the armistice or
something and the only shows put
on was what they called a dealers
show witch wasn t no fun for no
body as the only people on hand
was the dealers themselfs and it
was like a 2 hand pokejr game be
tween 2 card sharks that both of
them knew d m well when the
other "was sliping one off of the
bottom. This time however the
dealers will have somebody to talk
at that isn't so criticle though it is
bound to take better salesmanship
to sell a car than ever before, as
very few of the. prospects will come
to the show blear eyed and in a
liquid mood.
Automobile men say that they will
h manv inovations In the models
exhibited and wile none of them has
took me into their confidents m
regards to detail of same, still a
person can all most figure out a
few of the probable noveltys if you
set down and give it a little tnougnt.
In the" 1st olace I look for the elim
ination of safety locks and other so
called protection vs. thiets witcn use
to be considered a necessity, but un
fW nrnhohitiOn its iust a Dure waist.
as' how is anybody going to steal
your car if they's no place for you
to stop and get out of it?
Need No Emergency.
Amidst the' other things that is
liable to be eliminated is the bum
per, and the emergency brake, as un
der the 18th amendment they won't
be no emergencies or nothing to
bump into. Also chains will doubt
less be done away wun wun as wno
is going to go driving in a storm
cold sober, and even if you did
there s no chance to slip, you mignt
say.
The money formerly wasted by
manufacturers in features like these
will now be spent in added comforts,
but without no added cost to the
consumer. For irtaace, instead of
an elaborate system, of . locks, the
better class cars will now be
equipped with an elaborate locker
system, and so on down the line.
Personally wile I expect to tend
at least 1 of the shows I have no
tension of buying a new machine
at this time as I all ready have the
fastest care in the world, the speed
ometer on it reading 5 miles per hr.
even wile you're standing still. But
perhaps they's a few of my reader's
that tends' to buy cars at this time
and hasn't had no experience along
those lines so maybe a few words
of advice will not come a miss from
one who has lernt their lesson in
the great school of life.
Picking Your Car.
1. If possible buy a car that is
bright red and have the monogram
F.D. painted on it and people will
think you are the fire dept and get
the he-11 out of your way.
2. If you have children buy a car
that won't start without you crank it
as wile -we was up in Michigan 1
summerwe drove up in front 'of the
cottage and went in, leaving 1 brat
playing in the car and when we
come out again the ear-Jiad moved
down in front .of 1 of vie neighbors
land was facing X ways of the road
I like noDsons Merrimac . that
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facturing building, 800 feet" long and
600 feet wide, with a total floor
space of 970,000 square feet as at
present being built, or 1,750,000
square feet when it is carried to its
ultimate height of sue stories. The
courts between the wings will be
covered with glass roofs at the
height of ihe first floor ceiling. This
will, give an area on the first floor
800 feet long and 600 feetwide or
480.000 square feet.
Conveniently located near the
Manufacturing building will be the
Heat Treat building, 500 feet long
and 80 feet wide. In this building
magic is performed which is entirely
beyond the ken of the layman in
bringing metal parts to just the
hardness required to withstand the
particular service of those parts.
. The Assembly building will be the
second largest building in the
plant, 800 feet long and 360 feet wide,
with a 'total floor area of 620,000
square feet As in the Manufactur
ing building, the court will be cov
ered with a glass roof giving an un
broken area on ground floor of 188,
000 square feet.
A considerable portion of the As
sembly building will be devoted to
painting , operations on chassis,
wheels, bodies and metal parts.
The body is upholstered and
trimmed up generally in this build
ing, which will also contain the en
ameling equipment for enameling
fenders, hoods, radiator covers and
dozens of other metal parts.
The space occupied by the final
painting and enameling operations
will be supplied with air irom
which all dirt has been washed so
that no stray speck of dust will set
Will Cause Many Changes
blocked the Spanish traffic at San
tiago or wherever it was. ,
3. Buy a car that hasn't got no
oil pressure gage on the dash board
as it will drive your nearly crazy
wondering what it means.
4. If you are going to drive it
yourself be sure and set in the driv
ers seat before hand. For instants
they was a well known standard car
for sale out in old Chicago last sum
mer that had been drove a couple of
100 miles and was a big bargain and
I was going to buy it on the hoof
but I finely decided to set in it first
and come to find out when my ft.
was on the accelerator my knee was
down my throat and made a kind of
third adenoid. . .
5. Don't pay no tension to what
the different salesmans tells you
about how their marvelous motor
makes other moters look like a
sucker and their engines use less
milesr per gal of gas and so 4th.
Cars is just like people. They are
good and pure when very young
but later on most of them begins
to cut up and raze he-11.
Favors Buying Machine.
However I don't want nobody to
think I am adviceing them to not
buy a car. That's nothing more fas
cinating than buying a car and spe
cially now days when they's so
much of the element of supprise and
suspence mixed up in it. It's a good
deal like a good play on the stage.
In the 1st. act you don't know ex
actly what is going to happen in the
last act but you know what you
wished would happen. And when
you sign up a order blank for a car
you don't know what you are going
to get but you know what you or
dered and sometimes what you finely
get it pretty near like it and that is
where the supprise comes in.
For instants, last summer, when I
had past up the car that I would of
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Dougnien ii x nauii i mcu m unvc
it first and pretty near choked to
death on my knee, why then I went
in 1 of the show rooms of 1 of the
best makes, a car that is bilt so that
a man over 5 ft. tall can drive it,
and I signed my name ori the blank
and payed so much down in advance
aiid they ast me what special fea
tures I wanted and I says I want a
kind of light -dark blue body and
tan brown wire wheels and tan
brown upholstery to match the
wheels and so and so tires. Well
vou haven't no idear how surprised
"I was when I finely got the car
with a stock color body and black
wooden wheels and black upholstery
to match the wheels and such and
such tires. The supprise layed in
the fact that the car was the same
make as what I ordered. -Those is
the kind of things that renders buy
ing a car so interesting as it is just
like the old days when you et down
and wrote Santa Claus a letter and
said what you wanted for xmas, but
when it finally come time to look
into your stocking you was sure to
find something that tickled you to
death but nothing like what you ast
him for.
Tips on Driving. "
As for me giving my readers ad
vice on how to learn to drive your
car after you get a hold oft, why
they can't be no fixed, rules layed
down as the laws, is so different in
different parts of the country. For
instants where I live in Connecticut
before you can get a license, you
half to take a drivers examinations
and you are supposed to study in a
book and find out what is the penal
tys for different violations of the
law and be able to tell them when
they question , you. Out in Illinois
you don't take no test, but the judge
gives you all that information, a
piece at a time.
Out west you stop at a garage
and say "Gimmie 10 gals of gas and
a qt. of oil." But in New York
state you stop in front of a grocery
tle on a freshly painted surfaced -
The Storage building for finished
cars -and service, stock parts,' ad
joining the Assembly building, will
be 480 feet long and 140 feet wide.
More .than half of this building will
give storage for 1,000 finished auto
mobiles, which will be of great as
sistance to the factory in making
prompt deliveries to customers. The
remainder will be devoted to the
storage of service stock.
Directly adjoining the storage
building will be the "loading dock"
with trackage for the placing at one
time of 50 railroad cars for the
delivery ofHinished Cadillacs.
In the Administration building,
225 feet long and 50 feet wide, will
be located all the executive offices
required for the" operation of1 the
factory, and the purchasing, selling
and advertising and all the other ad
ministration activities which are a
part of an enormous industry.
From, the power plant fronting on
Clark avenue, will be delivered
ste"am, electricity, compressed air,
water and the heat required for the
operation of the factory. In order
that dependable power will be as
sured at all times, no expense has
been spared to make this building
a model of its kind.
The same careful consideration
which has been paid to all fea
tures of the plant has been given to
the provisions for handling the
7,000 men that: will be required for
this factory, so that these workers
can get to and from their work
conveniently, safely and in the
minimum time, -
In one wing of the assembly
store and say "Can you spare me
10 gals of gas and a qt. of oil if it
isn't too much trouble?" On the
eastern roads in cold weather, you
can drive with 1 hand and keep the
other in your pocket, but out west
you have to drive with 1 hand and
hold onto the wheel with the other
to keep it from bouncing out of the
car.
However east or west they's noth
ing like it and they will be more
cars than ever on the roads this
comeing yr. what with all the mil
lionaire I. W. W. buying them, but
don't let that scare you out of buy
ing 1 for yourself because wile the
increased number of cars may jam
up the roads a little, it won't be no
harder to drive because as I say
most of us is gomg to be sober.
Accidents at Night.
Besides witch it has been this
bird's experience that most of - the
smashes comes when they's the lease
traffic abroad. About 3 mos. after
I had boughten my first horselest
carriage I got the cute idAr at 2
o'clock 1 morning that it would be
nice to drive out to the Wayside inn
witch was a place about 15 miles
outside of Chi and I don't know
how to describe it only it wasn t a
church. Well wheri I landed out
there the inn was all lit up like a
cemetery but I went up and banged
on the door and finely a waiter let
me in and lighted a candle in the
parler and went back to sleep wile
I enjoyed a few hours practice on
the piano. Well I got back in Chi
between f in the morning and come
back to Lawrence's ave. and they
was onjy 1 vehicle besides myself
on the sts. and this was a Law
rence's ave. st. car and you would
think when hey was only 2 vehicles
romeing around in a town as big
as Chi why the odds would be about
a million to 1 that they wouldn't
hit each other. But on this occa
sion the long shot win and when I
regained consciousnes and ast for
my car they showed me the chassis
with no more on it than Aphroditey.
The body and the top and so forth
was all on the st. car going west.
. On another occasion I was out
taking the air on Mich. av. some-
wheres between 5 in the morning
and this time they wasn't nothing
else on the st. but the lamp posts
sticking up in the middle of it, but
the one at the intersections of Mich,
and 13 st. jumped right out in front
of me and bit off a wire wheel. So
you see it isn't the jams witch
causes the danger but it is just some.
piece of carelessness like on the
part of the st. car or the lamp post
that had their mind on something
else.
No Special Advice.
They's no special advice I can
give new beginners on how to avoid
these accidents only to say use your
head like the fellow 1 1 remember
reading about in Chi that was drive
ing 1 night tords 1 of those bridges
acrost the river that when they's a
boat comeing through it razes up
in the middle witch is split open to
give the bat a chance to go through
without bumping its bean. Well this
guy didn't hear the bell ring or
something and he was pretty near
the middle of the bridge before he
seen that the section he was on was
getting pretty hilly but it was to late
to-stop himself so he give her all the
gas she would take and she lept
over the gap and lit on the other
section and then he throwed on the
brakes and stoped before he got to
the bottom of the down hill side.
Some of his 'friends kind of hinted
afterwards that when he steped on
inc gas going up he realy meant to.
step on the brake witch wduld of
been kind of fatal but any way he
got away with the story in the pa
pers.. Critics, may point out that
this guy used his foot instead of his
head but some oeoole's brains is to-
heated in different places the same
as xneir diseases.
One of the first things that the
new beginner should out to do when
you get a hold of your car is throw
a lot of things out of t like' the
tools and the curtains that don't
do no good and just weight the car
down and make it heavier. The
curtains is one of the best practicle
jokes connected with moter life. If
you want to havethe facforv nut
rthem up when you first get your
macnine and then leave them up
ffn-'
R. . Collins.
building will be located a welfare
department, with first aid rooms, in
which doctors and nurses will be
in attendance during all working
hours. In general, every provision
is' being made for the comfort and,
safety of the Cadillac workmen.
why well and good. People that
rides in the car won t be able to
see none of the scenery but if they
been over the "same roads before
why what is the differents? But
don't never get the idear that cur
tains is Koine to help you out for
a emergency like in the case of a
storm because it the storm don t
last Ionizer than the one Noali was
out in, why ypu won't get the cur
tains hung up till either the sun is
shining again or else its time to buy
a new car. nouaini mignt De ame
to understnd a set of curtains but
if you ain't him why all they will do
for you is wear out your temper.
It is well to enclose the electric
wires at the points where they are
held to the iron frame, with rubber
tubine. The tubing may be slit to
admit the wire and then be clamped
to the frame.
Before you visit the
Automobile Show don't
fail to examine the new
Kokomo Kord Tires on
exhibit at the Omaha
Branch of the Kokomo
Rubber Company. Ko
komo Kords possess
many features of con
struction which will in
terest you.
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OMAHA
K0KQM0
THE AUTO MAKES
LIFE GLADSOME
DOWN ON FARM
-s
Neighbors Are Brought Near
er and Visits to Town Are
More Frequent With a
Car.
"Onei of thN automobile's most
valuable services to the nation is the
manner in which it has made farm
life more attractive,' 'says W. A.
Oldfield, local dealer in Chevrolet
passenger and commercial cars and
transport trucks.
"Not only has it placed all farm
products within easy reach of the
city markets, but it has also put the
farm family in touch with centers of
social activity and progress.
"The automobile enables the
farmer to accomplish greater -production
in less time and with less
effort. It enables him to turn over
his products quickly and to better
advantage. Therefore it affords him
the enjoyment of greater profits.
"His trips to town are more fre
quent because more convenient. He
has more opportunity to grow fa
miliar with modern improvements
represented by city life, and with
interesting things and people to be
found there. His outlook is not
limited to his acres. )
"The effect of this is reflected in
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proposition that deserves quick action. All standard sizes.
OMAHA
2010 Farnam St
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RUBBER.; COMPANY,
2061 Farnam Street
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his home, Living comforts and con
veniences and even luxuries here
tofore associated only with towns
are becoming commonplaces of the
modern farm house.
"Not only do these things make
life more pleasant for the farmer
himself; they make his home more
attractive for others to visit Here
again the automobile does its part by
putting farmers within easy reach
of their neighbors and interesting
friends in the cities.
"At work or at leisure the farm
er who is equipped with motor
transportation is fully abreast of the
times. More and more people have
taken to farming as the advantges
of the automobile have been realized
The effect has benefited all who de
pend on the farm for supplies:"
Floods In France Explained
As After-Effect of the War
Paris, Feb. 29. One of the most
curious and at the same time disas
trous consequences of ,the war in
France is the unusual freqnency and
extent of floods in all rivers passing
through the shelled areas. Recent
high water in the Seine and Marne
rivers threatened a repetition (of the
disastrous Paris floods of 1910 and
swamped scores of Villages in the
Marne valley, destroying millions of
dollars' worth of property.
The official explanation is that th
Marne now flows through a stretch
of war-stricken country denuded of
all trees and heavy undergrowth.
Trees and vegetation absorb much
of the rainfall, which in their absence
flows directly down the watersheds.
A storage battery will run down
very quickly if the -terminals oc
casionally touch the
cover of the
steel retaining box.
Have to Apologize for
Selling REX
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The Genuine India Mica Insulation is daily protecting
thousands of Rex Plugs on cars, trucks, tractors and station
ary engines. , .
reputation of Rex PJug$
automotive woria. Kex flues have
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ceivable spark plug trouble and have proved themselves j
everlastingly capable. It is-better known among buyers Of j
plugs not alone through advertising but by that greater
standard of value ''What it will do." .
SOLD BY
LUBRICATING CO.
Accessories of Merit
Omaha, Neb.
The Silver Anniversary year of the first pneumatic au
tomobile tire made in America is at hand. For a full
quarter centuiy Long-Life Kokomo Tires have measured
the roads of America in mud, sand and snow over
deserts and mountains. And as Kdkomos have made
tire history they have speeded the development of the
automobile and hastened the growth ot! the industry.
The first American "horseless carriage" was equipped
with Long-Life Kokomo Tires. Ever since then Kokomos
have beeri preferred for dependability.
In, this adyanced day of motor car design you will not
tolerate faulty mechanism. You' will not be bothered
with the inconvenience of motor trouble. You demand
tires that are as reliable as your car itself. v
Kokomo tires are singularly free from tire trouble
- they wear, but they wear slowlyumformly, gradually,
chipping or cracking; and they give satisfaction
last mile. . '
Marriage, No Longer
Regarded as Being
The Death of Art
Paris, Feb. 29. In the world et
Bohemia, whether it be Murger.'s ex
tinct Latin Quarter or Nw York'a
pseudo prototype down Greenwich
Village way? there was one invari
able rule-Mhe artist must not be
married. He was supposed to de
vote his entire time to the cultiva
tion of art Feminine charms were,
of course, not outlawed. They were,
on the contrary, indispensable to
the development of his genius. But,
the marriage bond was regarded as
a hindrance, the death of all talent
'Tisn't so any more. The French
government has so decreed. And,
far from acting in an arbitrary man
ner, in an attempt to crush budding
genius,-the government has merely
listened .to the appeals of the artists
themselves.
M. Leon Berard has decided that
the ban on marriage hitherto pre
venting a Prix de Rome artist from
taking to himself a wife must be
lifted. Moreover, the minister of
fine arts will ask Parliament for
funds to enable the artists sojourn
ing at the Villa Medicis. in Rome to
take care of the extra expense of
maintaining a household. ''
Those who. imposed the condition
of celebacy on, the winners of the
Prix de Rome acted in concordance
with the view that the artists would
study better if they lived in common
in the villa, occupying their leisure
time in esthetic discussions and sha
ping their coffee over harangue
-about the Muses.
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