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Stopped in the Gallery as I came home today. Miss Gwynn and Miss Winnigerode are copying from the paintings. I should like to ever so much, but paintings must be shown for entering. 
Visited the Life Class one day. Our crazy to work up there. Up again today. Miss Simmons is poising for the portrait. She has brilliant red hair. Had on a lovely pale purple fall dress. Will make an exquisite painting.

Went to the Metropolitan Church yesterday. Heard an excellent sermon from Dr. Corey. "Honor all men" was his text.

I thought I should certainly have gone to Quaker meeting (they have no church) [[strikethrough]] illegible [[/strikethrough]]



grounds were sent to go on the grass of some of the voted honors. These flowers were sent to the brotherinlaw, who took a boquet [[bouquet]] of these home. His wife gave Mrs. Swift two. So we have a flower from the White House.

Yesterday was a day to be remembered by me. We visited the historical Arlington Heights, saw the [[strikethrough]] [[g?]] [[/strikethrough]] graves of Sheridan, Meigs, Porter, and hundreds of less important ones. They were highly and most beautifully decorated. Sheridan's saddle and stirrup, the badge of the G.A.R, enormous crescents, wreaths, were most charmingly wrought in flowers. The monument "to the unknown", was nicely done with flowers. A beautiful effect was