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401VE ALLAN
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VEGETABLES WITH AN ACCENT
Rainmakers! Once upon a
meat and potatoes were served
three times a day—vitamins were uu-
keterern and no one guessed that vege-
tables contained minerals.
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But, uowadays, scientists have prob-
ed the secrets of the carrot and the
spinach and alt the other members of
the vegetable clan. These foods are
alkaline in reaction; (except sweet
, corn) and help keep body tissues and
blood -neutral. They furnish vitamins
which promote growth and prevent
disease. Minerals found in all vege-
tables are calcium, phosphorous and
iron—necessities for bones, teeth,
muscles, nerves and body tissues.
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Vegetables contain very little pro-
tein in proportion to their weight, ex-
cept the legume (peas, beans and len-
tils). Such vegetable meal*. should
always be rounded out by dishes 're on-
taining narilk, meat, cheese or eggs.
With the exception of potatoes, corn,
beets, dried peas and beans, vege-
tables contain little sugar, so a rich
dessert can always he served with a
vegetable plate.
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It is quite in order to serve a vege-
table plate (mounds of 3 or 4 cooked
or crisped vegetables on each plate)
for a main course. Plan it carefully
to make a pleasing picture. Con-
trasts in color, shape and texture are
the things to strive for, and ' you
needn't worry unduly, over.. vitamins
and minerals. Just keep this simple
rule in mind—serve a hearty portion
of two. cooked vegetables—and an-
. other in a crisped, raw state.
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er)
Are you a good vegetable cook?
Well'—here's your chance. The simp-
ler the foods, the more perfect should
be the cooking and the More subtle
the seasoning. Most green vegetables
are cooked in a small amount of wa-
ter, in a tightly -covered saucepan, for
the shortest possible time, Then they
keep their "good looks" h More vita-
min content is retained by constant
even heat—so turn your element from
high to low as soon as steam „comes
from the saucepan. Firin textures
are lost and flabby, soft products re-
sult from overcooking.
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Coveting vegetables with water, for
cooking, is out of style too. Use a
small amount of water, and a tight-
fitting cover and you save more of
the valuable minerals. Save the veg-
etable juices and store there in a cov-
ered part in the refrigerator until you
add them to any soup. You'll beegled
too, that vegetable dinners are thrifty
dinners. That does not mean serv-
ing asparagus in December. Use veg-
etables in their proper season, when
they are cheapest and best. And
while they are cheapest and beet,
can or _store for winter months!
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Directions For Preparation
Of Vegetables
1. Select vegetables that are fresh,
firm, sound elide:I:tedium in size for
choking.
2. Keep green vegetables in the
crisping pen of refrigerator, until rea-
dy to use.
3. Remove insects by placing in wa-
ter to which salt or vinegar has been
added.
4. Wash thoroughly; use a brush for
root vegetables.
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5. Soak wilted vegetableti, unwed,
in cold water to freshen. them.
6, Pare earefillly, for Much of the
miasmal content lies near the surfaee,,
Solaping removes less of the mitter!
els, than paring.
7. Do not leave pared vegetables
standing in cold water. They should
be placed in covered basin i refrig-
erator.
8. Cut vegi3tables, if necessary, to
ensure uniformity of size,
9. Soak dried vegetables in cold
water until sufficient moisture is ab-
sorbed to make them resemble fresh
ones.
10. Use 1 teaspoon of salt for one
quart of boiling water. Only 1 inch
of water in bottoml of saucepan is
necessary for 1 quart of vegetables
when you cook on an electric ele-
ment.
11. Turn the switch from high to
low as soon as vegetables begin to
boil. Cook only until tender. Ap-
proximate cooking time is 10 minutes
for greens, 10 minutes for cobs of
corn, and 25 minutes for root vege-
tables.
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RECIPES
Creole 'Squash
2 medium summer squash
2 teblespoons fat
2' thblespoone minced onion
4 tablespoons minced sweet pepper
'4 tablespoons bacon fat
21/2 cups stewed . tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt
14 teaspoon pepper
Peel and slice squash. Roll lightly
in flour, then brown in the hot fat.
Saute onion and sweet pepper in bac-
on fat until browned. Add tomatoes
and seasoning and cook until blends
ed. Pour over summer squash and
turn the element to simmer for about
20 minutes. Serves 6 ,to 8.
Cauliflower With Cheese
1 headof cauliflower
3 tablespoons butter or .bakine fat
3 tablespoons flour
leS cups milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
le teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce-
% cup grated cheese.
Break cauliflower into flowerets.
BUYING' CUID
• Before you order dinner ata rest-
aurant, you consult the bill -of -fare.
Before you take a Tong trip by motor
car, you pore over road maps. Be-
fore you start out on a shopping
trip, you should consult the. adver- .
tisements in this 'paper. For the same
reason!
The -advertising columns are a
buying guide for you in the purchase
of everything you need, including
amusements! A guide that saves
your time and conserves your -ener-
gy; that saves useless steps and
guards against false ones; that puts
the . s -t -r -e -t -c -h in the family bud-
gets.
The -advertisements in this paper
are so interesting it is difficult to see
how anyone could overlook them, or
fail 'to profit by them. Many a time,
you could save the whole year's sub- "
scription price in a week by watch-
ing for bargains. Just check with
yourself and be sure that you are
reading the advertisements regular-
ly—the big ones and the little ones.
It is time well spent . . . always !
Your Local Paper
Is Your Buying Guide
e
Avoid time -wasting, money -wasting
detours on the road to merchandise
value. Read the advertising "Road
Maps."
uron Expositor
'11,1eLEA,..N EROS, Publishers. -
1STE 41
.• Established 1860
SEAFORTII, ON1'.
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Cook theItegetahie in salter water ICI
to 20 minutes instil tender. Drain.
Melt butter In =Other saucepan and
fold in the fther,-; Add Milk gradually
stirring Wieldy Until thickened (for
about 5 to 6 aninutes). Add s•eason-
ing and cheeee, Do not cook any long-
er. Poor over hot cauliflower. Serves
six.
Caerot Fritters
2 cups cooleed'Maehed carrots
1 teaspoon migar
% teaspoon salt
1 egg, well beaten
A dash of pepper
1,44 cup flour.
Combine the hot, finely mnahed car-
rots well with the sugar, salt, pepper
and egg. Stir the flour in thorough-
ly. Shape by rounding tablespoon-
fuls. Pry in deep fat -375 deg. for 2
minutes. Drain on soft paper. Serves
four.
Cucumber Cream
2 large cucumbers
1 tablespoon butter
1 tables,poou fleas
1 egg
Salt and pepper.
Pare ndcut cucumbers into small
pieces, rejecting the seeds. Cover
with cold water and cook slowly un-
til tender. Press through a sieve.
Add % teaspoon salt. Melt butter,
add flour, and cucumber pulp, stir un-
til thickened. Add well -beaten egg
yolk. Fold in stiffly -beaten white.
Turn into buttered moulds and steam
Until set. Sprinkle top with papsika.
Serves four. For economy place the
steamer over potato kettle and steam
10 minutes.
Mock Oyster Casserole
Two cups salsify which has been
ern. he %email slices and cooked in
salted water, Ve cup bread crumbs, 2
cups white sauce.
Arrange 1 cup of salsify in a greas-
ed casserole. Spread 1 cup of sauce
over and sprinkle with crumbs. Re-
peat. Dot the top with butter and
bake 2 minutes in oven at 450 deg.
Serves 6.
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Take a Tip
1. Sugar added in the proportion of
1/4 teaspoon to 2 cups of vegetables
will improve the flavor of cooked
peas,, eorn, lima beans or beets. The
sugar should' be added just before the
vegetables are served.
2. When baking vegetables, be sure
to grease your casserole, even if it
is not full. It will be much easier to
Clean.
3. Have you been too busy to make
any meal preparation for -Clapper?
Then just open a tin of asparagus
tips, chill, serve on beds of flaked
salmon that has been seasoned with
tiny bits of the sweet marjoram
leaves or a mixture of brown sugar
cider vinegar and 1/4 teaspoons of
minced onion. Which would you like?
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QUESTION BOX
Mrs.., R. Y. Writes: "I have had
much trouble ieith molds on the top
of the jars Of my preserves. How
can I prevent such thiseyear?"
Answerr The best method of keep-
ing preserves is to seal them in hot
clean jars. If trouble has been ex-
perienced with green mold, it may be
desirable to hold the jars of preserves
in steam or boiling water for 10 min-
utes as an extra precaution. All jars,
rubbers, spoons and utensils that are
to be used in placing preserves in the
jars' should be sterilized in boiling
water.
Mrs. T. N. requests a recipe for
-"Green Tomatoes Pickled Whole."
Anseren Here is an old stand-by:
1 peck of green tomatoes
1 quart of boiling water
3 cup of pickling salt
1 quart vinegar
3 pounds brown sugar •
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon celery seed
10 whole cloves.
Dissolve salt hi boiling water, slut
in a few 'tomatoes at a time and boil
for 12 minutes, remove each tomato
carefully with a wooden spoon to pre-
vent spoiling shape, drain thoroughly
and pack in jars. Tie spices in a
muslin bag, put into the vinegar, add
sugar and boil until slightly thicken-
ed, remove spice bag, pour liquid ov-
er tomatoes, filling sealers full, and
Beal tightly.
Anne Alien invites you to write to
her c/o The Huron Expositor. Just
send in your questions on homernak-
ing problems and watch this little
corner of the column for replies.
Worth should warrant welcome.
Prudence is the virtue of the sens-
es.—Emerson.
' Few things are impossible to dili-
gence and skill.—Johnson.
God neves- made his workfor man
to mend.—Longfellow.
The object of the fruslerior mam is
truth.—Confucius.
Solitude in the . audience-chatober
of God.—Anne C. Lynch.
Every man is the architect of his
own fortunes.
Knavery and flattery are blood re-
Lations.—Abraham Lincoln.
Out of the lowest depths there Is
a path to nthe loftiest heights.
Set not thyself to attain much rest,
but much patience.
Early and proildent fea te the
mother of safety.—Bitrke.
• ATTGLIS 29, 1941
British Keep Smiling;
Women Go Without
Stockings
(By .Margaret 'Butcher).
Here is another of those Wonder-
fully bright and cheery letters from •
Margaret Butcher, English novel-
ist, who gives us an intimate
glinvise into the way in which the
tenth -wry, every day folks of the
Old Land are standing up to the
'Ivan There is nothing better com-
ing out of England than these let-
ters of Miss Butcher's which are
-Written specially for The Huron
Expositor and the Midland Free
Press Herald.
Reading, England.—Here is the rain
—at last; and on Sunday we were all
eentendously excited about it, ter
weeks of hot, dry weather. Walt
talked about rain—and hardly a el
about the wen It just goes, to show
what happens when one becomes al-
lotment -minded. Till now I have al-
ways thought of ramn. as gist some-
tning that has to happen sometimes,
but is principally conspicuous for
leaking through ceilings and shoes:
a tiresome manifestation altogether.
But not now. Since this started the
edibles have actually beaten the
weeds to it—a thing I should hardly
have thought possible a fortnight ago!
Only one thing is disappointing
about it: there is no present 'need to
use our Musical Tank, which Se a pity.
The Tank added much to the gaiety
of nations—and we can do with a bit
of 'that nowadays.
The first time I sahr it I gave way
to hysteria, and the synrptoms recur-
red whenever it reappeared. I heard
—on that opening occasion—a loud
rattling noise which was exceedingly
puzzling; and one feels a trifle juin-
PY. in' these times, about loud rat-
tling noises. I looked out of the win, -
(low and there, trundling conspicu-
ously down the road, was the Gar-
dening Partner, propelling the Tank
before hint. Its component parts are
interesting, consisting as they do, of
(a) a tensgallon petrol -tin salvaged
from 'the local dump, (b) a pair of
moribund perambulator wheels, (c)
several yards of assorted rope, string
and wire, (d) a pair of handles which
—owing to the timber-shortage—re-
sembles nothing so much as a couple
of Harry Lauder walking -sticks, (e) a
pendant watering can and attached
garden -fork and (f) a varied selection
of nuts, bolts, screws and unspecified
gadgets. An.d behind it all the Garden-
ing Partner' wearing a lamentable hat,
the world's worst shirt, coat and
pants, and -a furtively tickled grin:
It Did Its Job
Nevertheless, the Tank did its job
With every dusk iesame along to the
'waterless allotment and justified ,its
remarkable existence; and who can
ask more? This shortage of mater
ials bas certainly pepped up Our in-
genuity. When all this is over the
Musical Tank should, take its place
among our honored relics. Even: be-
fore it started it had the makings of
a museum piece.
There are other things happening
too. The other morning as I patter-
ed along te the bus I observed two of
swanky locality's most uppity resi-
dents, in their 'shirt sleeves, busy
cutting the hedge at the side of the
rod—and making a very fair job of
it. Indeed, I am inclined to suspect
them of private hedge -trimming in
less communal ways. 'Unlikely folk,
in fact, are to be met doing all man-
ner of unlikely things. Most of us
for instance, now go about without
stockings; and our underpinnings are
no longer the pallid, unclad -looking
affairs they once were.
Leather Patches
Nobody minds wearing clothes that
are a bit shabby. Men. who used to
be dandies are to lie seen in coats
with leather binding round the cuffs,
and even leather patches at the el-
bow. And it's a very curious thing,
but in my offiee—where one might
have expected to find young persons
almost exclusively interested in
clothes—I have not heard' one single
moan about the new 'clothes -coupon.
system. We shall manage. Folk still
look neat, and .it's a careful, satisfy-
ing' sort of neatness. Hats Mae still
be -bought without coupons, but many
women and girls have given up wear-
ing hats—in this part of the world, at
least. Instead', lots of them have
broken out in a new place and one is
a trifle startled to see parti-colored
hair: a Might golden streak in the
front. I suppose it is the feminine
wish. for a bit of variety, though it
isn't always as suecessful as the wear-
er' (doubtless) imagines it to be. But
what matter as long as it feels dres-
sy? There are few things More cheer-
ing than that dressy feeling, after all
and—bless dbeir little hearts!—they
deserve a spot of fun.
People, in this uncertain lull, are
pepping back to bombed areas for
week -ends. You can't stop them, as
Churchill says, They go off to Lon-
don or Portsmouth or Plymouth as -
joyously as if they were bound for
the most peaceful spot ori earth. They
may have to sleep in, a shelter; there
may be no gas for the time beillg,
but what do they care? They're going
home; and home is home dVen with
no window -glass and a hole is the
rode Even with the prospect of more
bother when they get there. One
might falleir that nothing would per-
suitde theta to put nese in the place
again, after some of their experiences
lat—aff fransehedy predicted topthe
ago—they noW' look on the blitz
"one of those things." '
Not a Sweet Song
After all; an evacuee's life isn't one
long, sweet song. It's no joke, often
enough, to live in somebody else's
house especially. when the horisehold-
er hasn't had her imagination liven-
ed up by a personal dose of blitzing.
We're still human.
I heard of one landlady, last week,
who must be moving now in a state
of pained and cautious wonder since
her evacuee observed to' her: "Well,
I'm going back to London in a fort-
night, and the night before I go - .
you just look out for yourseif!" I
shall await developments with con-
siderable interest. Maybe these Lon-
dondi- can give as well as 'take it.'
One woman said to me: "It's quite
different, you know, where the folks
have had a really 'sad time. Their
kindness is simply amazing," Speak-
ing for myself, I have found kindness
everywhere, so I've no personal com-
plaint. And it's not very difficult to
realize how trying it must be, at
moments, to have e. stranger in the
kitchen. The kitchen is. the Supreme
Test—as 'every woman knows.' If
you can stand somebody else Wash-
ing dishes at year sink and cooking
at your stove—usually when you want
to do a bit of washing and cooking
yourself—you can stand practically
anything. ,
Fire Watching Troubles
We have our trials, and another
friend has just been confiding to me
her' particular fire -watching trouble.
She was bombed out of her home,
but we don't hear a lot about that.
The worry of the moment is the eld-
erly gentlemabh with whom she fre-
quently shares fire-watchiag duty. He
has travelled extensively, 'that elder-
ly gentleman, and in real life I fancy
he must occupy the position of Club
Bore, for she complains that he
stands in the doorway for intermin-
able periods --neither coming nor go-
ing, and how- maddening that can, be!
--and relates his various adventures
at great length and with a• wealth' cf
detail. Pleases may be buzzing over-
head, but he is still in Poona or Lady-
smith or somewhere equally irrele-
vant. I met her the other morning
looking haggard and trotting round
the block for a breath of' air after her
night on duty.
"Had a bad time last night?" I ask-
ed.
"Awful!" she 'answered;
"But there wasn't a local raid," I
objectedL "What happened?"
"Old G. hung round me for hours,"
she moaned, "talking about camels.
Of all things—camels. It's more than
I can: bear!"
She is not what you would call a
fussy woman,' either. That time
when she emerged from the London
shelter to find her home itt ruins she
fault it as philosophicelly as one may..
"But j . look terrible," she said.
"It was pouring with rain and my
hair was like nothing on earth. We
were going off by train to some
friends—we had to find a home some-
where—and I said to the family,
'Bombs or no bombs, 'you'll shave to
wait till I'm ready.' And I went to
the nearest hairdresser and had'
nine pennyworth of curls. After that
I -felt better."
But alas! The camels got her
dawn, poor soul.
It Has- Its Pointe,
On; our office wall hangs; a little
notice which may be of interest, if
you haven't already' seen it. I have
no idea who perpetrated it, but it
has its points. It has lielpei to
heighten many a fire -watcher's life, I
only wish the Censor a kindly crea-
ture, admittedly, but with limitations)
would allow me to illustrate if for
you; but he won't, so you must skip.
lily your own mental picture: Hole
it is:
Xquipment For Fire -Watchers
le Belt to go round waist with tea
hooks to support six full sandbags
and four buckets of water.
2. One axe stuck in belt. •
3. One stirrup pulled to be carried
over left shoulder.
- 4. One whistle carried in mouth.
5. One extending ladder to be car-
ried over left shoulder.
6. One long -handled shovel to be
tucked under right arm. ,
7. Two wet 'blankets to be carried
on head.
S., One ti a hat with turned up brim
to carry snare water.-'
.
9. Spare sand to be carried in all
pockets.
10. One box of matches to light
any incendiary that fails to ignite.
All I can tell you about this master
piece is that it came originally from
London—and I think that. speaks for
itself, .
More Than Courage
What brave, cheery people they
are!' Yet I have thought, just late.
ly, that perhaps we may be over -ac-
centing the • bravery. It's- there; no
need to worry About that. However,
all this takes something more thin
courage, so why not face It? There
wee rt time when bravery won wars,
but it idn't so any more. , travery
oils the machinerybut You've got +0
have the machinery. thaVery Worth
isn't ornich use agafrrs a niathine-
gnu; you'Ve got tri lutVe a gun as
good as the Other, fellovegi, and bet-
,
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ter if Yon can get i1 th; other Wortle.
this le a business of Itard work and
hard cash. Scientific investigation,
shipping, armaments; it's all a. (tuft -
tion of dellare. So what does it mat-
ter if we're taxed up to the eyebrows
if we're shabby, a little bored by the
sameness of our rations, if we can't
rush about in cars and go here and
there for our holidays.
Good For One Purpose
Money is'ret much use now except
for the one purpose. We can't even
make a guess at what it will be
worth when all this is over. The
one thing we do know is how useful
it can be at the moment.' I think evn
ery sane, logical, decent citizen, sees
it thatrway. It's as near a 'cert' as
anything can be; the folk who are
trying to :profiteer, the few who are
sitting on their cash—well, they're
just taking a crazy chance, in my
opinion. I'm no financial genius; I
have not much money in the world,
but I've put what I have into War
Savings because it seems the best
prospect of still having a bit to go on
with when the war is over; •and
what's the good ,of it, anyhow, untll
that happens? So roll on the day.
How are things going with you folk
over there? 1 expect that, like us,
you are .getting up to all sorts of
dodges to get money out of all sorts
of pockets; but once it strikes one
that it all takes Cash as well as Cour-
age . • well, the pockets open up all
right. You'll see. There are thou-
sands of us who wouldn't know one
end of a machine-gun from the other:
there are crowds of us• 'who couldn't
even lift a heavy sandbag; hundreds
more who suspect (either rightly or
wrongly) dhat we'd have our work
cut out to stand up to a real blitz.
But there aren't many of us who
haven't got a spare dollar we can
hand over: More, power to your el-
bows!
Time
Time has laid his hand upon my
heart gently, not smiting it; but as
a harpist lays his open palm upon
his. harp, to deaden its vibrations.—
Longfellow.
• Reverence -
• To yield reverence to another, to
hold ourselves and our lives al his
disposal is not slavery; often, it is
the noblest state in which a man can
live in this world.—Ruskim
LoveLove is as boundless essas the ocean,
as wide as the, universe, and as im-
perishable as the granite rock. Ab-
sence inflames it, weakness fans it,
trial strengthens it, sacrifice en-
nobles it, and religion sanctifies it.—
Ruby Ellis.
W
There is one word' which expresses
the beat Tule of life: Work! 'Without
work life is empty, useless and un-
happy- No man can.. be _hippy who
does not work. To the youth on the
threshold of life I have not one wOrd
but three words, of advice to- offer:
Work, work, work!
• • Little Things •e)
LIMB things! Life and death,
prosperity and ruin, happiness and
misery, hang upon little things; they,,
are like the linch-pin to the wheel,
on which depends the safety of the
vehicle; they., are like the rudder to
the east mass which it guides; like
the slender nerves to. the bulk Y mus-
cles.—G. A. Sala.
. •Good Humor
Good humor boasts no faculties
which everyone does not believe Id
his own power; and pleases princi-
pally by not offending—Dr. Johnson -
Our Lieies
As in our lives, so also in our -stu-
dies, it is most becoming and most
wise so to temper gravity with cheer-
fulness, that the former may -not im-,
Pliny.'
enyour • minds with melaneholy.---
..,
Friends
Before you ask a friend to do some-
thing for you, make certain that Yea.
would do the same for h im if he wish-
ed it. Otherwise you will be merely
trading on his -affection, and too much
commercialism of this ,sort will de-
stroy any friendship.
ral
All true art Piep7aise—the praise
of something that you love. • It may
be only the praise od a shell.. or a
stone; it may be the praise of a
hero; it may be the praise of God.—
J. Ruskin:.
Arab Maxims
Never tell ail you know; for he
who tells' everything be knows oftem
tells more than he knows. Never lay,
out all you -can afford; for he who
lays out everything he can ra,fford of-
ten lays out more than he cart afford.
Prejudice
Our conclusions are determined
largely by our Predispositions, and
our prejudices or prejudgments in
great measure monopolize our 'facial -
ties. We are not so much ignorant
as perverted.-44eikie.
Memory
Never waste your faeultY of recep-
tiveness on thingthat are not worth'-
reraerehering, and never deem any,
thing worthy of being remembered
that you do not Mean to use.
Music
Music is a kind of inartidulate
speech, .which leads us to the edge'
of the infinite and lets us for mom-
ents gaze into it.—T. Carlyle.
Being True
Ler people's tongues and actions bed
whet they Vein, ray business is to be
good; ,And 1 matte the same' speech
th myself that a thee of gold Or as
moored or purple ShOUld--"liet peo-
ple talk and 1 act as they pleftee, I
Met be aii emerald, atki, keep nib
coler."—Marous Antetius,,:" .•
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