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when I was there in winter. Pretty park with old palm trees, obtained in exchange from a ^[[rich]] ship owner for a property near docks. Many people along Corniche; few bathers. Reminds me of [[underline]] San Diego Cal. [[/underline]] in winter. A [[underline]] Motor-ride [[/underline]] costs me ^[[!!]] [[underline]] 7½ cents. [[/underline]] Beer in best restaurant costs [[underline]] 4 cents [[/underline]] a glass. Table d'hote dinner at [[underline]] 30 cents, [[/underline]] wine included. [[underline]] Champagne [[/underline]] in most expensive restaurants [[underline]] 75 cents to 1$ [[/underline]] a half bottle. Ready made clothes about ½ price as in New York. Cotton goods and underwear about same price but less well made.
[[underline]] June 22. [[/underline]] See nothing ^[[worthwhile]] to buy here. [[underline]] Wares rather [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] inferior. [[/underline]] Have caught cold.  Throat bothers me seriously, for
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Temperature this morning = [[underline]] 50°F [[/underline]] [[/annotation]]
several days. Feel very tired. Left for [[underline]] Paris [[/underline]] by night train
R.R. ticket first class = $13.00
     Sleeper              $10.60
Had a narrow compartment to myself, so narrow as not to be able to shave X in front of folding wash basin. [[underline]] No shoes polished and no service altho' clumsy Sleeping car conductor expects tips. [[/underline]] Excellent table d'hote meal for [[underline]] 35 [[/underline]] cents. (7 francs)
[[strikethrough]] June 23. X real shaving acro [[/strikethrough]]
June 23. Real [[underline]] shaving acrobatics, in narrow compartment [[/underline]] and train jumping on [[underline]] poor road bed. [[/underline]] Faucets marked [[underline]] "hot" [[/underline]] and "cold", [[underline]] but there is no hot water. [[/underline]] 58°F this morning. Half washed or unwashed(?) conductor. Arriving in Paris [[underline]] found all hotels filled to the limit [[/underline]]