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by Loeb's striking picture "The Temple of the Winds" with its suggestion of
[swiep?] and illimitableness, Sorolla's new paintings, Macmonnies' "Horse Tamers"
(sculpture) and another piece of recent American sculpture "The despotic Age" in
which a stern-faced, materialistic victor, his brow wreathed with laurel, drives a garland-
bedecked chariot dragged by four men hard-driven by a heartless driver, one of the m en
Pethetic in his age; and in the rear of the chariot two sorrowful women bound.

What a picture of many a modern "captain of industry"!

Aug. 18th.

They "put me off at Buffalo" soon after day this morning, and after an hour or so
caught a Michigen Central train for Chicago, crossing over to the Canadian side and
travelling all morning across the beautiful, level farming lands of Ontario. Just
after starting we stopped five minutes for a view of Niagra Falls--always glorious.
About 1:30 we reached Detroit and were ferried across. Found the part of Michigan
we saw a pretty farming country, mostly rolling, and , like Ontario, with plenty of
stock. Reached chicago about 9:00 [begin cross out] P.M.[end cross out] p.m. This is sister's birthday.

Aug.19th.

Awoke after a good night's sleep in the magnificent Auditorium Hotel and after writing
a few letters and making a few purchases, went around to see Barnard [begin cross out] and[end cross out] & Branham and
Mr. Hopkins, our advertising representatives here. Spent the rest of the day talking
buisness with the and writing letters to our Raleigh office concerning the work of
the next six months there.

At 7:00 [begin cross out] P.M.[end cross out] p.m. caught the "Overland Limited" which should land me in San
Francisco next Monday night.

Sept. 9th.

Land^(ed at) Yokohama. ^(Stopped at) Grand Hotel. Riksha to Thomas Cook and bookstore. Tiffin.
With Mez to curio shop. ^(Quat) Dance ^ (at hotel) to-night, many women ^(with) dazzling diamonds, ^(smoking) cigarettes,
[begin cross out] smoking[end cross out]. Punkah ^(kKeps room cool, Bamboo decorations, "Dixie" ^(was) loudly cheered. ^ (and) crowd rose to
"Star-Spangled Banner"; no others attracted applause.

Sept. 10th.

Breakfast. Cook's. Hurry riksha to station for Kamakura. Through farms, rice, millet.