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very friendly manner. Excellent bottle of old german wine. Evening went to see germ play Mongolica again subject Nobility in debt, officers in debt then business enterprise etc.
Feb 24. Early at office. Peyser accompanies me to stores where I got excellent [[strikethrough]] bakelite [[/strikethrough]] stick with bakelite handle. [[strikethrough]] Mag [[/strikethrough]] Very much pleased at splendid specimens] of bakelite fancy handles. Got one as a present.
Then went to [[Renark?]] then purchased large number and variety of stick handles
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umbella handles, parasols umbellas fancy and otherwise all for New York. Bought privately for 40 mk two black umbellas took Peyser to lunch at Kempinski
Afterwards at [[underline]] Ephraim [[/underline]] conference with Weger and [[underline]] Meffert [[/underline]] about opposition of [[underline]] Raschig. [[/underline]] None of the two is a match for Townsend I suspect a good deal of cant and conceit in both of them. True and reliable Weger and myself argue very well on the subject and Weger alone is very well posted on the situation which to me seems simple enough