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128 [[red underline]] driving 27 miles an hour [[/red underline]] which chilled somewhat his ardor. Evening I had arranged a dinner at University Club in honor of Capt. [[red underline]] Mitchell MacDonald of Yokohama [[/red underline]] and Philadelphia, retired paymaster of the U.S. Navy. He brought Dr. [[red underline]] Judson Daland [[/red underline]] of medical college of Philadelphia along. I had invited Elwood, [[red underline]] Hendrick, Pupin, Benjamin Lawrence, Robert Bridges and Takamine. Exquisite [[/red underline]] evening, not a dull moment, literature, story telling, history, politics, wit all continuously combined. [[red underline]] Hendrick [[/red underline]] read us an article on [[red underline]] Leofcadio Hearn [[/red underline]] he was about to publish, [[red underline]] MacDonald [[/red underline]] told us some of his inimitable stories and then short history of modern Japan [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] in relation to [[end page]] [[start page]] 129 its foreign policy. etc. etc. Everybody seemed delighted. I stayed at University Club over night. Feb 27 (Sunday) Albert came to fetch me with car. Stayed home all day. [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] here. Feb. 28. [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] had to appear in court. Pleaded guilty and got fined $25.00. Afternoon [[red underline]] Celine had a suffrage meeting party here. [[/red underline]] Cold and windy day. We took George to N.Y in car and I had to meet young [[red underline]] Ishikawa [[/red underline]] who leaves next month early for Japan Feb 29. Early away for meeting of Subcommittee on chemistry and Physics at Engineering Societies building. Subject synthetic production of [[red underline]] HNO3.[[/red underline]] Dr. [[red underline]] Reis [[/red underline]] of Dupont Co and [[red underline]] Landis [[/red underline]] of Cyanamide present, also Hudson Maxim, Whitney, Hutchinson, Robinson,