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supper at his house. A certain Mrs. Helman, (sister of Seligman) there also a certain Mr. Berg rich perfume manufacturer. a dwarf-there.  Went all to see a photo play at Theatre Garmont. Very much crowded.  People pay here almost as much for moving picture shows as for a regular theatrical show and reserve seats weeks in advance. After the play went with Jacobi to eat oysters - back at hotel 12:30 PM
March 29 Went out hunting for accomodation for return steamer to New York. French office of Compagnie Transatlantique characteric by its unbusiness-like air and class of French employes. Contrast very marked with the [[strikethrough]] other [[\strikethrough]] offices of other lines run by americans, englishmen, dutchmen or germans.
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March 20.1914 (Sunday) Sensuality and trival aims seem to be the dominating note everywhere here in [[underline]] Paris [[/underlined]]. Near the embassy quarter same incident of two clumsy cart-drivers bumping into each other and quarreling and vociferating and policemen and bystanders joining in the quarrel like a lot of small children.- Unworthy of grown up men.
Today got up early [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] It rains  went for lunch "a l'Escargot"  [[strikethrough]] People I saw there [[/strikethrough]] Saw one man sitting there looking with a face of beatitude in contemplation of what he was going to [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] eat!
It has rained now continuously for 3 days. I joined the crowd in the streets and finally sat down at a modest café. and ordered some coffee. The rascally waiter charged me 1.25 frcs! -Low breed 
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Wish I knew more French - it would make this a bit easier to recognize the letters in the French words.. I looked up the word 'company' in a French translation, and it gave me the letters he wrote for that word that I just couldn't quite get - as I'm still taking in https://transcription.si.edu/contacthis handwriting.