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Friday, April 10, 1914
Got down at 10. At 11 went to say goodbye to Griffins. Lunched
alone at Capital tea rooms. Singing lesson at 1.00 & went to orchestra concert to hear Butt in company with Ethel, Miss H & Mary A. Back to office to meet Arnold but missed him. Dinner downstairs alone & posted Australian mail & came home. Pottered a little & went to bed.
Saturday 11
Got down at 9.45. Went to other office for meeting at 11. Mr Martin called about going to Winnetka. Worked in office till 5. Mrs Conway called with my white cloth dress. Arnold came at
5.15 & we went out to ['Dresdens' crossed out] Maynards & stayed for dinner. Had a hot bath & returned after 11.
Sunday 12
Went to Winnetka on 10.30. Mr Martin & Senator Waage & I drove to Haag's studio to see Altgeld sketch. Then had dinner
at Lloyds & in afternoon went down to garden & to studio again. In evening Lola took Haags Mrs Binns & me to tea at tea room in village.
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Charles Haag (1867-1933) was a sculptor. https://www.winnetkahistory.org/gazette/charles-haag/
John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) was Governor of Illinois from 1893 to 1897.
After the failure of a competition to find a sculptor to make a likeness of Altgeld, Haag was invited to produce a preliminary sketch. This was rejected and Gutzon Borglum was then invited to produce the statue. Joseph Martin and John Waage were on the competition committee. See article 'How not to run a Competition' by John Kruty http://victoriansociety.org/upload/NC-39-2.pdf
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