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Booth was disappointed and unhappy and did not like her husband nor his people and a great deal more to that effect. I feel sorry for him for he needs his daughter's sympathy and interest.- Bonyer came in the afternoon and we settled the details of the little catalogue he is to get up for me. I went up to Dalys Theatre in the evening and got the five best seats in the house for Mar. 15 Balcony front centre which I wrote for. Went to the Club a little while.

Tuesday Feb. 21" 1888. Warm fine day suggestive of the spring. I painted on a little Indian Summer picture. Mr. Van Derlip called and I arranged with him to have my pictures covered by insurance while in the Ortgies Gallery. In the evening attended a meeting at the Academy to consider the resolution of the Council allowing glass on pictures in the exhibitions. After discussion by Perry, Millet, Moran, Miller & Swain Gifford it was put to vote and the Council was sustained. I am opposed to the permission and voted against it, believing it an artifice unworthy of an Association of Artists. There was considerable feeling and 38 Academicians were sufficiently interested to be present, but no unpleasant feeling remained after it was decided. A few of us went round to the Century for a little while.

Wednesday 22. Van Derlip and his daughter called. Have done little today. I wrote to Alice. Dined with Wood at his home and studio - 52" St in company with Robbins. Just before we finished dinner Robbins had a note from his wife saying Church would be there about 9 o'clock. We all went over there a little later but he had gone. We remained until after 11 o clock playing poker with Robbins two daughters. I did not get to bed until 1 o'clock

Thursday 23". Mary and Calvert each came to see my pictures. While Mary was here Satterlee called and wanted me to come to his studio to see the two pictures he has painted to assist him in deciding which one to send to the Academy. As Satterlee knows I am on the hanging committee I wish he would not injure his reputation for decency by asking such things. I tried to get out of it but could not easily. Spent the afternoon packing my pictures to send them to Wilmurts next week. Went over to Brooklyn in the evening and called at Mrs. Van Ingens but she was out. Came back to the Club and wrote a letter to Weir.

Friday 24" Bonyer came down from Rondout where he went to spend the 23". He had had good skating. Sara was making preparations to come to N.Y. next week and Tom had already carried her plants over to my house. I went up with Satterlee to see his pictures. They had their usual interest to me, women in wooden shoes as being much more interesting than women in leather shoes. I said all I could which was not much. He is a very agreeable gentleman and I would be glad to do any reasonable thing for him.
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COLLINS——On Thursday, February 23, at 43 Lafayette place. Olive Frances, daughter of the Late James H. Collins, of Chicago.
Interment at Chicago.
Chicago papers please copy.
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Saturday 25" A fierce N.E. rain storm was raging this morning when I went over to breakfast. I went home by 10 o clock train. It continued to rain until we reached Highland when we encountered snow. It had been all snow at Kingston. In the afternoon it rained hard. Sara had gone to Middleton to take Mrs. Connelly to the Asylum and did not return until evening. She had seen Nannie who looked improved and who the physicians said was improved but she did not care much to talk with Sara, not being sure as she said that it was she. It seemed strange and sad to come home and find no one there. I cut the above notice from the Tribue. Miss Collins 

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