PART I

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ETHEL AND HELIA 1

CHAPTER

I AFTER THE QUAT’Z-ARTS BALL 3

II THE FATA MORGANA 17

III REMEMBERING THE GOLDEN DAYS 29

IV WHEN PHIL CAME TO PARIS 51

V AN INITIATION INTO ART 65

VI THE HANGING GARDENS OF PARIS 83

VII A RUDE AWAKENING 99

VIII THE END OF THE GUITAR 102

IX ALAS! POOR HELIA! 117

X MISS ETHEL ROWRER OF CHICAGO 125

XI AN APARTMENT IN THE LATIN QUARTER 133

XII ETHEL’S IDEA OF A MAN 139