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and dirty. Holy water font good means for contagion. Paid $4.00 for cable. Evening went to subsidized city theater. with Quincke and his wife. Stupid uninteresting play well played. This is first clean theater I struck in Germany. Poorly patronized Afterwards gave supper to [[strikethrough]] single [[/strikethrough]] Quincke's in hotel. cost me 57 marks. Stayed till midnight. Quineke very joyful 
[[underline]] March 17 [[/underline]] Up early. called up while in bath tub by letter carrier bringing registered package from Berlin containing bakelite samples. asks me for [[strikethrough]] legit lega [[/strikethrough]] identification papers. Gave him letter of credit. [[underline]] Asked ist das amtlich? [[/underline]] - Took number of letter credit as my citizens - number of N.Y.!! O. Koepenick! Spent morning packing. Very satisfied over the good clean well managed hotel. Left 3:50 PM. crowded train altho' 1st class carriage for Brussels. Dirty ill designed carriage
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begins to look [[underline]] "belgian" [[/underline]] Everything begins to look pretty, inefficient and slovenly, inclusive men employees and passengers. Stations badly kept badly ventilated. At frontier baggage of [[underline]] first class [[/underline]] not even opened on assurance that it contains nothing dutiable. More severity 2d class and specially 3d class. If I had been in the latter class my six valises would have been rigorously examined. dirty windows. dirty everything. Cold and rainy. - [[underline]] How lucky I escaped these depressing surroundings to develop myself in better more inspiring environment. [[/underline]] Arrived Brussels at 7:30. Got room Grand Hotel 4th floor with bath. Room rather common place but excellent bath room. Went cheap restaurant nearby. ordered oysters and sole but had to pay high price for it. Place full of stupid inert philisten faces try to kill time. look like drowsy cows or calves feeding in silly philisten hopes like Gazette Chronique [[?]] Bleu etc. [[underline]] unaware what happens in other countries of the world [[/underline]] Went to Theatre monnaie to see La Fille du Far West. (Girl of the Golden West). Was surprised to see theatre full. This was a