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gas station near the G.E. to drive with them to Schenectady.  The funny thing to me was the going with them and carrying along her lunch with her so, as she said, "I can eat just any time I get hungry."  Betty is long on driving to Schenectady, her home with her rich friends here, Emmetts, Behrends, etc.  And to my surprise, today she seemed to rather force the fact of the Behrend angle upon us.  Usually she isn't that way.

Had dinner at the Reeds' tonight, Harrises & Maybelle there too, and then we all went to "You Can't Take It with You" – another masterpiece by Capra, taken from the famed play by George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart.  I got a distinct thrill of pride that this was wholly American, and here in America, such a beautifully humorous, fantastic, subtle and wholly satisfying movie can be made.  Beneath its gay craziness, lies much wisdom and food for thought in Grandpa Vanderhof's philosophy of life – do the things you want to do – live!  To hell with money.  The fullness of life lies far beyond the power of money as Grandpa decided the day he walked out of the office thirty odd years before, never to return.

Erie, Pa,
Friday, Oct. 7, 1938.
Maurice was back today and immediately jumped me for not telling him about the "hard riding" of the New Haven locomotives.  It was news to me.  I knew Jim Smith had remarked about one of them in the rear end one day but I have seen nothing to get excited about.  So I was rather warmed up by the critical way Maurice put it, as though I'd been asleep at the switch.  For much of the morning it had me upset, Frank "Donald Duck" Kroner are of Atlanta has been here for several days and must have a man go south for a survey in several industrial plants soon.  He wanted Rudy as usual but for once Rudy flatly refused since his Alco job has him pretty well tied. up.