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Dec 14 - 18 on N. G. L. S. S.
"Kleist" from Hong Kong to
Singapore! The best fare I
have ever eaten. I am taking
six meals a day - three
regular meals, and [begin crossed out] tea [end crossed out] toast
7a.m., sandwiches and tea 11,
tea and cakes 4. My roommate
is Judge Charles Evans of Cincinnati.
Read ^"Philippine Life in Town and Country"; also "Mr. Isaacs" by F Marion
Crawford, "The Arabian Nights"
and part of Harben's "Abner
Daniel." Wrote article No. 2
on the Philippines.

Dec. 18. Landed at Singapore
at 10 am. Closing a most
delightful voyage. Captain's
dinner and ball last night.
Judge Evans and I are making
the Adelphia our headquarters