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the globe are who do not live or possess property right here, etc. [[underline]] Los Angeles [[/underline]] and its real estate "touts" are out-"los-angelesed" here and [[underline]] California [[/underline]] is treated with [[underline]] scantly disguised commiseration. [[/underline]] In the mean time the artistic effect seems all but lost on these visitors whose predominating preoccupation seems to be as when seeing a horse race [[underline]] "How can I make some money by it? 
How long will it last and when is the bubble to burst? [[/underline]] In the mean time all the [[underline]] quietness, [[/underline]] all the repose of this summerland [[underline]] is gone [[/underline]] They call it the [[underline]] American Riviera! [[/underline]] In climate it is superior to the Riviera, but 
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[[underline]] it lacks repose, refinement, courtesy [[/underline]]and those amenities of life which make a vacation a rest instead of a hectic scramble of a county-fair. 
Left anchorage in afternoon and dropt anchor again before [[underline]] Coconut Grove. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Jan 24 [[/underline]] (Sunday) Most delightful sunny weather. Light SE wind, went [[underline]] sailing [[/underline all day [[underline]] in pram, [[/underline]] peering into crystal water and studying the bottom of this [[strikethrough]] beautiful ideally [[/strikethrough]] Bay.
[[underline]] Jan 25 [[/underline]] I have sent a long letter to [[underline]] Celine [[/underline]] on Saturday  - also a telegram to [[underline]] George [[\underline]] to increase [[underline]] courtesies [[\underline]] and [[underline]] fair treatment to Japanese Engineers, who have arrived and for whom nobody seems to have any use altho' they all have prodded me for action in our Foreign situation. [[/underline]]
Another beautiful day