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52 was going to dip [[red underline]] his face in his soup while splashing [[\red underline]] his spoon in his mouth, and he kept gesticulating [[red underline]] with both arms both sides, holding [[\red underline]] in one hand his dripping fork in the [[red underline]] other his knife! [[\red underline]] The [[red underline]] two nuns, [[\red underline]] one [[strikethrough]] old [[\strikethrough]] about [[red underline]] fifty [[\red underline]] the other about [[red underline]] 25 [[\red underline]] seemed [[red underline]] swimming in beatitude to dine between two saintly bishops with their purple under [[\red underline]] their white collars. Conversation ran about [[red underline]] German [[\red underline]] duplicity and barbarism, and about the peace-treaty presented today. Excepting [[red underline]] Mali Stillemans [[\red underline]] seems to be the most wide awake of the group. Has lived in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. [[red underline]] Nys did not [[\red underline]] open his mouth. [[left margin]] Have subscribed $100000 for the company and [[red underline]] $5000 [[/red underline]] for myself to Victory Loan. [[/left margin]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 53 [[red underline]] What a different world from that in which I live habitually. Celine joined me at University Club to drive me home [[\red underline]] with the car. May 9. A busy day here. Afternoon went to [[red underline]] Columbia [[\red underline]] and took letter along offering [[red underline]] Industrial Research Fellowship for General Bakelite Co. [[\red underline]] Tried to go to Sigma Xi meeting but could not locate them, so went home. E.H. [[red underline]] Hooker [[\red underline]] came to see me at University and gave me a long tedious report of his project of purchasing that [[red underline]] 45 million Dollar munition plant of the Government for five million at Nitro. [[\red underline]] Insists I should go to Nitro with Townsend to give him a Bird's eye view of situation. He [[red underline]] is as tenacious as ever. Told him foresee [[\red underline]]