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The strains of music from the hidden orchestra rise and fall to the time of a popular march. No longer the low serenade or the sad sweet lullaby that falls like the rippling of running water on the ears of those who converse, but the strong, joyous marching music that means in so many words, "get your partner and advance upon the food that has been prepared by the first caterer of the World's Fair City."
Double doors glide open and a royal spread is disclosed, as only a millionaire can afford in such tight times. There is the usual delightful bustle; a dozen seem imbued with the same thought, and seek out Miss Dorothy only to find that the "young wooer from over the border" has been too quick for Chicago, since she is already at the head of the line, with Aleck Craig at her side.