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March 76, 1922 – Tuesday
Warming up again today. Mr. & Mrs. Lewis, nurse
& baby arrived after eleven last night; as I had
probably just gotten to sleep, I did not rouse, but
Miss D. did; I was wakened between one & two by a
return of the noisy procession, however, & re-
mained so for quite awhile, hearing the hall
clock strike from time to time. This a. m. Dr. K.
returned from his trip over the Chinese border,
with Dr. Robbins & Messrs. Henderson & Wiatt; at
breakfast he had some interesting experiences
to relate; I'd like to hear more, but he leaves
for Bassein tonight. Began "The Silken East" by
O'Connor yes. aft. where read about 100 pp. as
there are many illustrations; I've read about
as much more today, which is half through –
but there is another large volume. Prayer meet-
ing at Duff's tonight, led by Mrs. Phinney as our host
had to be absent for a part of the time attending an
important Judian meeting – his is their special
missionary; only about 25 present, as a number
of the women have already left for the hill stations,
Mrs. Jury sent me "Buddha, Buddhism and Burma"
by Dr. McGuire and Mr. Phinney; and "Transmi-
gration and Karma" by Slater; by her her husband;
these being the only two out of my list of eight
that Judson College possesses. Messrs. Armstrong,
Lewis and Nichols talked (or prayed), while Mrs.
Seagrave dismissed us. We went by train but re-
turned by tram. Got the home mail this aft., letters
but no packages – a valentine from cousin Mary Clay.

March 8 1922 - Wednesday
It seems to me that instead of improving that I'm
doing worse on my dictation on Burmese than
ever; it is certainly discouraging. We 3 went to the
A. luncheon (tiffin) in house of the 3 Methodist
Bishops. I had the pleasure of sitting beside the speaker
Bishop Fisher – who knows Bishop Darlington & Mr
Samuel Higginbotham of India. My righthand
companion was Mr McClair of the N.C.A, who also
knows the latter; he inquired about the Misses Hunt &
Seel, neither of whom were there, nor was his wife.
The hotel orchestra put a medley of A. tunes in
honor of the occasion; Mr Moffitt took out Mrs. W &
behind him was an A. flag; at the other end of the
table was our Mr. P with Mrs R, with a B. flag. We had a
nice menu; about 35 were present, only nine of whom
were Baptists. Mr M said there were 102 A.s in Rangoon.
A Mr Fisher, a tobacconist sat by Miss D, on the opposite
side of the table from me, with a young M who once
attended Asbury College, on the other; one of the other
bishops was at the corner & a Mrs Smith next. The Cha-
neys [Chaneys] came in this p.m. to see about passage to A as
they leave on furlough ere long. We were at Howards
for dinner; Mr & Mrs Duff, & Messrs Gard & [Sowards?]
were also there, the last two walking home with
us. Mrs D. also goes to A. in April, with her son &
daughter to Texas. When we returned found a letter
& parcel from Mrs Witchell, the latter containing
a collar of her sister's & Mrs Brackenridge – and some
Christmas cards – the latter for "the children." We had
a lovely dinner with fresh corn, delicious choc. pie