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alchohol and shampoo and
listerine, tooth powder, hairpins,
face powder partly from dear
Miss McKinnon & from herself.
Miss McKinnon sent a darling
box of dress-up note-paper (small
size) with oceans of stamps and
top of all this Gertrude disclosed
to me her plan of making an
eider down lounging robe for
me. As I happen to be out of a
corset, however, I fancy it will
turn into an [equi-poise?] waist
instead - did you ever hear of
such a practical birthday!, and
the joke of it was that every-
thing came in so pat! Wasn't
Gertrude an old darling?

The night before, Helen and
I had been asked to dinner