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American ladies—among them Miss [illegible]
who wrote "The Garden of the East." I was there about
the same length of time as in Tokyo. I had to get
something out of the Tokyo lunch and that is always
late going and there was nothing but pleasure
to be had at this lunch—yet I came home
utterly tired out and the day before I had
been rested. This contrast has made a deep
impression on me. The quiet contained, [illegible]
little Japanese [has?] a [illegible] influence.
The Americans stir everyone else up to the
same nervous state [made?] in ourselves. We
ought to be put into cates and red on rice
awhile! At the lunch Mrs. Lindsey handed
me a bag of souvenir from her. Mrs. Fraser
and her daughter.

Saturday Oct. 19 My Chinese dressmaker had
never kept this word. I had had but one
fitting, but at 12:30 when all my other baggage
had gone, he brought my things looking
very nice, but too late to try on, and he helped
me pack them away and I hastened to the
steamer. Mrs. Lindsey [illegible] me in her carriage