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July 9. Fri.
[[Romando??]] is making so beautiful a design of two women making pottery that we think to give him the large wall No. 2, to design as he likes, using some such subject as a ^ [[insertion]] herders with [[/insertion]] sheep & goats [[strikethrough]] herds [[/strikethrough]]. From the first he has stood out from the others as able to think in a large way and so place his figures, with strong simple lines, as to meet the mural requirements of the space he has to fill. It is a joy to see him swing in a line that is clearly more than a line - the [[strikethrough]] fine [[/strikethrough]] boundary of a mass. He [[strikethrough]] seems [[/strikethrough]] ^ [[insertion]] is [[/insertion]] so wholesome a personality moreover, that this seems the exact expression of the man. Aqua Pe is also giving his wall a noble dignity. One is eager for the morrow to see what a few more hours have done to it. I spend the morning there as a rule - Hokeah feels that some boys idle, but on the whole the progress is good and I wont push. It is gratifying to see a comradeship among them growing - today [[strikethrough]] [[indecipherable]] Romando jovially slaps Hokeah on the shoulder-but he is a hearty sort - he even slaps my shoulder as he slyly pokes a joke sometimes, but today when I saw Aqua Pe make a similar gesture to Hokeah, I did think things were warming up. This experience must be working the good we hoped to O.P. already he has thrown off his melancholy & is joking and laughing. In answer to my invitation to tea he enquired if they might bring their girls - and as I left the house, he called after me - "I am going to bring my girl". Richard's reply to my invitation was, "Ask my chief" - "Julian?" "Yes, Julian is our chief".
Julian has an idea for the decoration of the beam that runs the length of the building, with clouds connecting [[strikethrough]] them [[/strikethrough]] these [[insertion]] motifs at the top. [[/insertion]]. As he illustrated ^ [[insertion]] to [[/insertion]] Louise his plan, it was a pleasure to see the ease and assurance with which his hand ruled the pencil, & his mind, the hand. I said to myself - here is a master - no matter how quaintly he draws a figure - and in some stages Julian's skunk girl has been too funny. But doing the things large has bothered Julian. Gentle, gracious Julian. Albert's weaver & loom have a decorative quality already & [[strikethrough]] [[indecipherable]] [[/strikethrough]] his rug isn't so bad. [[strikethrough]] [[indecipherable]] [[/strikethrough]] He is struggling with paint now and floundering in the difficulty of applying a new medium to large areas - but he will come out all right. Riley makes odd mistakes along with all his seeming sophistications. Riley Hokeah - Louise & I went to look at the Gym - My Word! The Procenium is turquoise and over it the [[??]] little

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