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taken up "Cap" Horn in the invitation to go to the Ordnance Dinner in N.Y. two weeks ago where I could have met Barnes. Never again will I toss away such a chance. St.L. and I walked back to the Statler. Passing Willkie headquarters we gazed amusedly at a display of buttons, that are taking such a part in this campaign. One prize was, "Throw Franklin Out at Third!" St.L. Mrs. St.L. and I had a "nightcap" at the hotel and to bed about 12:30 AM. Mrs. St.L. is one good egg. He's a great kidder anyhow and he certainly works out plenty on her - but she takes it nicely in her soft, easy going way. A good wife for him. Erie, Pa., Saturday, October 26, 1940. The 8.30 AM train from Cleveland to Erie seems to be a jonah for me. The last time I missed it. Today I made it all right with a half hour to spare and purposely didn't have breakfast in that half hour so I could while away half the trip to Erie over one of those incomparable New York Central shirred egg breakfasts I so relish. So my consternation and disappointment were acute when I got on the train and discovered there was no diner! The brakeman assured me a "coffee boy" would serve the train at Ashtabula and Erie and by the time we reached Ashtabula I was so hungry, a Union News cheese sandwich and cup of coffee tasted almost as good as the shirred eggs! The coach was full and a young mother and baby sat with me. I tried to get her to take my place next to the window so the baby could look out better but she maintained they were all