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There was an " We must keep the middle of the intern ationa l cadence in the names , floor clear," he implored, as 11 hich called for a score by Cole ,players, pursuivants and press Porter. Listen to Jng. Karl changed places. Above it all Schneider, Kai Blicher, Egmont hovered your Editor, pale, aloof, ~o n Dewitz, M. D' Alelio, Sonny and intellectually domed. H. Dia mond , Carl Stang Wolff, The cards, too, were an integral \V. K. Szaflarski (by now I'm part of the show. They were of a typing ~ ith one finger), Antun new design, very, very artistic, but ~ l a rl-. ov inovic a nd my own a little baffling at first sight. 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