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they [[underline]] carry the bunch one one side of the mouth. Firecracker shops [[/underline]] did a rushing business during newyears time. men and women [[underline]] put their things in the pawnshop to buy [[/underline]] firecrackers. others want their wages or want one month in advance - all for fireworks. - [[underline]] "Money to burn". [[/underline]]
May 8. Djokja = 6 AM; 74˚F in my room. Went to the [[underline]] Kraton. Sultan's [[/underline]] palace. Old [[underline]] slovenly bare footed [[/underline]] guards squatting around, barefooted and [[underline]] tall varnished fezzes [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] lo [[/strikethrough]] on their head. [[underline]] looking like over turned flowerpots. [[/underline]] All sarongs [[strikethrough]] ged [[/strikethrough]] and wearing each a [[underline]] Kris [[/underline]] Tour of the guard passing around (see my photos) [[underlinee]] lancers. spears [[strikethrough]] Kniv [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Krisses [[/underline]] preceded [[underline]] with drums [[/underline]] and [[underline]] tom toms and [[/underlined]] flute.
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The bed of the former sultan and his favorite wife (princess No 1) as removed from old "Water-Kasteel" Painted portraits of 3 or 4 preceding [[underline]] sultans [[/underline]] also photos of [[underline]] Queen Wilhemina [[/underline]] and [[underline]] her husband. [[/underline]] All half-[[underline]] faded [[/underline]] and tawdry. Kraton, houses a large population of retainers, all living in slovenly houses and paid by Sultan. [[underline]] Kraton [[/underline]] makes a town by itself where Sultan reigned over [[underline]] this little world but always under orders of Dutch Resident [[/underline]] Am told neither he nor the [[underline]] Sushunan [[/underline]] of [[strikethrough]] J [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Soerakarta [[/underline]] are [[underline]] not allowed to travel without permission. [[/underline]] Otherwise much leeway is left them in the arrangement of religious and customs and punishment of crimes or misdeeds committed
[[left margin written vertically]] Kraton is the palace of the Sultan [[/left margin written vertically]]