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[[red underline]] engaged by May. [[/red underline]] ^[- and which he shields] Refused two [[strikethrough]] Dec. 9 [[/strikethrough]] invitations to speak at Banquets one Canadian Society one Institute chemical Engineers. this gave me quiet restful evening 
Dec.9. Busy all morning like usual Plenty of snow. My asbestos lining looks very satisfactory [[red underline]] around house [[/red underline]] Certainly some improvement in appearance. [[red underline]] House looks cheerful. [[/red underline]] Left office at about 5.P.M. visit of certain Mr. Write a varnish manufacturer. Went to University Club for a hair cut. Celine arrived in motor, had delays on account of carburetor. Fur coats. Snow. [[strikethrough]] man [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Taxicab ran into us amidships at corner 22d street + Broadway. Further [[/red underline]] delays. Then over ugly Bowery then Brooklyn bridge, policeman did not. Know [[red underline]] the way to Clinton [[/red underline]] Ave. finally arrived 30 minutes late at ^W.H Nichol's 
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115 [[strikethrough]] Not [[/strikethrough]] Uninteresting company. ouside of himself and wife, his son and daughter in law. [[strikethrough]] met on certain [[/strikethrough]] I was at extreme head of table. On one side his daughter in law who made good intelligent impression the other side a certain Mrs. [[Kenyon?]] a southern woman, full of conceit, bad manners, loud stupid talk and .. Far from handsome. Impudence and conceit ordinarily go hand in hand with ignorance and lack of education .. Do these southern women have so little knowledge and are they really so stupid to overlook that all their impudence is unwarranted or are they simply victims of wrong educational surroundings? [[strikethrough]] Dec.10. remained quietly at home. May still absent from office. Watched carpenters in their work on house. [[/strikethrough]] 
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