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16 April 13. [[underline]] Sunday [[/underline]] Very little doubt that we shall reach this afternoon packing and paying tips. Wrote letters till afternoon Some fog. Arrival Hoboken [[underline]] George and Nina [[/underline]] there with auto. Both have grown! quiet and businesslike formalities at Custom house Home about 7.P.M. Lots of fun unpacking and distributing presents. [[underline]] Celine [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Nina [[/underline]] both got bracelet-watch which seems to please them [[underline]] George [[/underline]] got Brown-automatic pistol and a knife. We all feel happy. Celine and myself talked till midnight April 14. No regular work yet. Just went from one thing to another all morning This house looks earnest and strenuous - no drones [[end page]] [[start page]] 17 here as in Europe [[underline]] George's [[/underline]] sleeping room looks serious and manly .. Heard yesterday of [[underline]] George's [[/underline]] adventures with one of his teachers whom he took to his frozen cabin in the [[underline]] Adirondacks [[/underline]]. Gotthelf still busy with stearic acid tests, [[underline]] Laurence [[/underline]] [[insertion]] Byck [[/insertion]] report of his experiments with [[underline]] bring oil [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] for impregnation [[/strikethrough]] April 15. Dictated letters then drove with Celine to Van Cortlandt Station. Met Bush then May Swan, then Hasslacher and Dubois. All seem to like idea of starting mfg [[underline]] buttons [[/underline]] ourselves At [[underline]] Chemists club [[/underline]] met Baskerville, Love, Schill all of Committee Nichol's Dinner Supper at Club. Home well [[underline]] 1230 [[/underline]] Rain Have sore toe April 16. Ingrowing nail on toe makes walking difficult [[end page]]