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[[start page]] 164 dogs. On my request Hamlin yesterday tried 50% nuctal oil with [[underlined]] with hexatriphenol [[/]] and got to day excellent sticks transparent and highly dielectrical. This will give us an excellent A of high dielectric for molding and impregnation. Feb 1 (Sunday). In all day. Spent 1914 afternoon dictating belated letters. Feb 2. At 2 P.M George and myself drove to [[underlined]] Motor Boat show [[/underlined]] with our car. Saw many [[underlined]] magnetos [[/underlined]] made [[underlined]] with Bakelite. [[/underlined]] Afterwards [[strikethrough]] George [[/strikethrough]] we went for supper to Hofbrau haus. - Then we went to rather magnificent show by Barrie Legend of Eleonora [[underlined]]George [[/underlined]] seemed to enjoy it all. So did I. [[underlined]] He is becoming a big steady boy. [[/underlined]] Fine chap. Great happiness for us. [[underlined]] Will he take advantage of his excellent [[/underlined]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[ symbol for woman upper left corner ]] [[underlined]]165 [[/underlined]] [[underlined]]opportunities in life? [[/underlined]] Home with 11 [[superscript/underlined]] 20 [[/superscript/underlined]] P.M. Drove home together in hired Ford taxicab. Feb 3. This evening got letter from [[underlined]] Hasslacher [[/underlined]] showing a rather disappointing balance account He proposes to declare [[underlined]] only a 6% dividend. [[/underlined]] I felt rather disappointed at all this. Had expected at least 8%. Feb 4. I find that some of the calculations of [[underlined]] Hasslacher [[/underlined]] are [[underlined]] rather conservative [[/underlined]] So at the board of directors I proposed a [[underlined]] 7% dividend [[/underlined]] which was unanimously accepted. took lunch with Swan and May then went to Brooklyn to hear further about conversion of [[underlined]] glycolic acid [[/underlined]] into [[underlined]] [[racemicacid?]] [[/underlined]] [[inserted left margin]] [[ symbol for woman]] [[underlined]] 2 hrs. [[/underlined]] R.B. P. Co. [[/inserted left margin]]by treatment with HN03 or Hcl Saw Paulus and Woldberger who showed me the crystalized [[underlined]] racemic [[/underlined]] acid obtained that way. Charge 2 hours. Then went for [[end page]]