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[[left margin in red]] Spain Sevilla [[/left margin]]
the Ingleterra. [[red underline]] No room [[/red underline]] free Perhaps in the after noon. Tired of waiting I try my luck at the [[strikethrough]] From [[/strikethrough]] Hotel de Paris. Cannot see my room but one will be vacant before evening Dining room is all right and service is good. by waitress who speak excellent English My room is shabby but has a private bath room near by of which the water [[red underline]] runs sometimes, sometimes not [[/red underline]] and the water is shut off at night. They charge me [[red underline]] 75 pesetas [[/red underline]] for this and board. (peseta = 15 cents) [[red underline]] Dr. Jacobi [[/red underline]] and his wife who [[red underline]] traveled with me on the Nile is in the same hotel [[/red underline]] but does not like it and is about to leave.
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[[left margin in red]] Seville Bakelite [[/left margin]]
I notice many [[red underline]] bakelite "boquillas" [[/red underline]] (cigarette holders) in many windows mostly as in Italy one find them at the [[red underline]] Government tobacco [[/red underline]] stores In one store I see some W.D.M. [[red underline]] (De Muths) [[/red underline]] articles. [[red underline]] Boquillas [[/red underline]] are sold at from [[red underline]] 1 peseta to 5 pesetas according to size [[/red underline]] It keeps on raining with some short intervals. City crowded everywhere. procession of carriages along the paseo. notwithstanding rain and mud. Senoritas dressed in their best clothes, silk chinese shawls, - mantillas over high tortoise shell comb and rose in their hair. The [[red underline]] whole [[strikethrough]] town [[/strikethrough]] of Seville nevertheless makes the impression of being small townish. [[/red underline]]
April 22. Beautiful weather to day. made a long walk