This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[start page]] [[page number "192" in margin half way down the page]] Met Swan there dictating Evening went to eat Shop Soy at a nearby Chinese Restaurant then went to see "Officer 666 a very amusing play. April 12. [[note in margin]] 1912 192 [[/note in margin]] Up early then went to [[red underline]]Hartman [[Sanders?]] [[/red underline]] manufacturers of [[red underline]] pergola. columns of wood [[/red underline]]. Met Mr. Koll there. Seems to be a rather sleepy crowd Had to explain them advantages of using [[red underline]] bakelite cement [[/red underline]] instead of their glue. Then went with Swan to see the [[red underline]] Kellog [[/red underline]] Co., manufacturer of independent telephones. The manager Mr. Edwards received us very friendly showed us his whole factory. Well equipped and [[end page]] [[start page]] [[page number "193" in margin half way down the page]] well conducted. About six stories high. Seems to be much impressed with Bakelite and affirms will use same much as soon as their new plant is finished. [[note in margin]] 193 [[/note in margin]] Short nap. Then afternoon. Mather came to fetch me in his Cadillac Coupé with Hovey and Dr. McCormack of Armour Institute. Drove around boulevards etc. At 6 P.M dinner of Am. Chemical Society at Sherman. Well attended so was the lecture. About 400 present. Showed every kind of attention and appreciation. Long discussion afterwards. Then a little after meeting in café with Brady etc. Went to bed about one o'clock and got up early next morning. Swan was already packing our exhibits. [[end page]]
Transcription Notes:
[[Could "Shop Soy" be Chop Suey?]] But of course...he was a word twister extraordinaire. HK