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all from out of town, were the first to arrive;
the two boys next.

March 19, 1922 – Sunday
The American consul, Mr. Moffitt, the Howards & Miss
G. were the latest. Dr. McG. came – about a score
or more, altogether; the limeade did not give
out this time; Miss Chapman poured; Mrs. G. and I
slept till seven this a.m., so by the time I dressed &
got chota it was too late to go to S.S. Mrs. Elliott came from
Mandalay this morn. but left after breakfast for In-
sein [Insein] to be with the Craigs till tomorrow. I took a nap
after breakfast. Wrote some cards later. Miss Adams
started with me to ch. at Immanuel at 5:30; we
met Misses Southerland & Geis at the car line as
they had gotten off here to go with us. Three Chinese
were baptised at service including one woman
Mr. Howard preached about Johnathan, the "Gift
of God", a very good sermon. I asked Mrs. Miner
if her husband forgot to deliver the message for
tea, about which there seems to be a difference of
opinion. She invited me to meet the Parishes
Wed. aft., which I accepted. Miss Davis, Miss A. Mr D.
& Mr A. were in and out after dinner, which is always
late on Sun. eve. The first and I had quite a chat
about school matters again this eve – and several
briefer ones between; she also showed me a number
of her purchases. I'll have a lot of tea left over – I bought
half a pound – so I'll donate it to Miss D. The Womens
Com. meets Tues. a.m.; wonder what they'll do to me!
This is their last meeting – & I'm not sorry. The Ref.
Com. meets Wed. & they are the ones that have the real
say so after all. The property com. also meets but
I'm not quite sure of the date. Saw the Conrads at

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March 20, 1922 – Monday
Another busy day; in lang. school 5 hrs to begin
with; Mr. Ah Sou left half an hr. early this a.m. so to
make up for it he came at 1:30 this p.m. Miss Teal
invited me to dinner with the Conrads & Duffs for
Tues; I could have laughed in her face – but exhib-
ited [exhibited] wonderful self-control! That was in the a.m.&
in the p.m. She told me the date had been changed
on account of Mission prayer meeting, so this
knocks me out – too bad all the invitations came at
once; this is my fourth for Wed; I'll manage to
take in three of them, however. At noon I was busy
writing cards & getting things ready for tea this
aft. After school I had to bustle in real earnest,
put on my green gown – same as Sat, & the refresh-
ments [refreshments] were the same, too; put out lunch cloth, fix
flowers, cut cake, get out candy & nuts, tea, sugar, dishes,
etc. Mr. & Mrs. Ah Sou, Mr & Mrs. [?] Si & small son
Robert, Ma Neyu, Ma Aye Nein, Ma Sein Iba, Mrs. El-
liott, Messrs Dudley & Darrow & Miss Davis joined
us; Dr. Kelly took a glass of limeade, they stayed till
nearly six, but really did not eat much. The girls
from the deaf school were in their guide uni-
forms [uniforms]. Last eve sat out on the porch with Mrs E.
& Mr D; Mr A was with us a part of the time. Did
not get any of my letters ready for the overseas mail;
too bad; have several books, papers, etc, to send
also, which means that I'll have to take a trip to
the substation to get them weighed. Think I'll have
to go to town tomorrow aft. Miss D. left tonight. She
came back for my clothes after 6 –