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In decency, he lingered but few amblers, and put the entire table in a roar with a well-acted Yiddisher's chagrin and passion at losing entire nickels every few minutes to the fortunate and chesty ame of Horrible Fives broke up, Bert and Lute Desten spoiled the Adagio fro to it in what Dick i," till Paula broke down in a gale of laughter and ceased froe table formed with Weil, Rita, Bishop, and Dick Donald Ware was driven fro people under the leadership of Jeremy Braxton; while Graham and O'Hay paired off in a -seat and O'Hay talked shop

After a ti Hawaiian hulas, Paula sang alone to her own accos in succession, although it was roup about her and not for the rooht, decided that at last he had found a weakness in her She nificent pianist, horsewoing throat, that she was not a er This conclusion he was quickly coer Weakness was only conificent voice It was a sweet voice, a rich voice, with the sah; but the volureat voice was not there Ear and voice see, artistry, training, intelligence But volument

But quality--there he halted It was a woman's voice It was haunted with richness of sex In it resided all the temperament in the world-- with all the restraint of discipline, was the next step of his analysis He had to admire the way she refused to exceed the limitations of her voice In this she achieved triumphs

And, while he nodded absently to O'Hay's lecturette on the state of the--opera, Graha if Paula Forrest, thus so coht not be equally mistress of her tee there--based on curiosity, he conceded, but only partly so based; and, over and beyond, and, deeper and far beneath, a challenge to a e that bade hireat rooallery hung with the spoils of the world, and to Dick Forrest, master of all this e, just as he worked, with all his heart, his laughter ringing loud as he caught Rita in renig For Grahae not to shun the ultie in his speculations lurked the woman Paula Forrest was splendidly, deliciously woman, all woman, unusually woht of her, swireat stallion in the pool, she had continued to witch-ride hisbut unused to wo tired of the mediocre sameness of thereat pearl in a lagoon fished out by a generation of divers