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This latter cruise should be some
cruise in that we take in Panama and
New York en route and will be away
from this coast for well onto four
months. We are all looking forward
to moving, you may be sure, as Southern
California, as viewed from the harbor of
San Pedro, certainly is not impressive
and L.A., although a good place, does
not stack up very high when one
considers the distance necessary to travel
to arrive there. The new Biltmore and
The Ambassador are attractions, but
only so once a week for a bachelor
and, for the married men, I guess never.

By the way, when speaking of married
men, I seem to recall the fact that
you were married a fortnight or so
ago and that outside of a telegram
— which you did not reply to — how