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at Cafe' Lafayette, met Mrs.  Baskerville on Fifth Avenue took motor bus with her as far as University Club There met Mershon and Herreshof.
May 8.  Home all day writing my [[underlined]] Chicago lecture.[[/underlined]]  Evening at Mrs. Loeb [[strikethrough]] for supper with Celine [[/strikethrough]]
May 9.  Met [[underlined]] Dyer [[/underlined]] at lunch 100 William st. with [[underlined]] Dubois [[/underlined]]
May 10.  Quite cold and bright  Correcting my lecture than at 4 [[superscript underlined]] 20 [[/superscript underlined]] PM left for Brooklyn [[underlined]] Polytechnic annual [[/underlined]]Alumni dinner.  Speech on my [[insertion ]] recent [[/insertion]]experiences in Europe and comparison of european and american engineers  Other speakers Fay and Binkeisen.
[[underlined]] May 11 [[/underlined]] Benutiful day.  [[underlined]] George [[underlined]] (Sunday) [[/underlined]]off on motor trip  [[/underlined]] to Lakewood with $5[[underlined]] 00. [[/underlined]][[underlined]] Bullard [[/underlined]] here all day.  Told me of the endless troubles old [[underlined]] Sarah [[/underlined]]
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[[underlined]]Bernhardt [[/underlined]]has with her spendthrift and irresponsible son and that this is the reason she is still on the stage.  Told me he experience with Secretary [[insertion]] W.J [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] Bryan [[/underlined]] when he went to advise him to create an embassy or a minister for Bulgaria.  Bryan said he  [[insertion]] Bullard [[/insertion]] was the first man who entered his office and did not want a job for himself or somebody else.
May 12.  Correcting my lecture all day
May 13.  At 11 A.M. further meeting with [[underlined]] Frank L. Dyer [[/underlined]] and Dubois to discuss final contract.  Dyer made only few objections which were easily refuted.  He agreed to sign.  Says he wants us perhaps to make their Novolak  Received first check of $1200 as royalty from [[underlined]] Tishl [[/underlined]] for [[underlined]] Damard license. [[/underlined]]  Went to [[underlined]] Perth Amboy. [[/underlined]]  A busy place.  Are making transparent goods
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Transcription Notes:
Novolak is the liquid (paint) version of Bakelite. HK Damard is the British licensed company of General Bakelite Co. HK