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Briar Cliff.  Wants to invite Celine for some festivity next Thursday.
Afterwards had visit from [[red underlined]] Dr & Mrs. Mallotte(?) [[\red underlined]] the entomologist.  Gave him some of my sparkling orange wine.
[[left margin]] His address is Henry, S.C. c/o S.S. Snow [[\left margin]]
Some very welcome showers.  The newly planted and sowed grass is is progressing rapidly.
All papers seem to fear inflation.  So stocks are raising while bonds and fixed value securities are less in demand.
[[underlined]] Feb. 7 [[\underlined]]  [[red underlined]] George leaves on his vacation [[\red underlined]] Sunday to stay away a week.  Will do him good.  Hays called me at long distance phone from New York to hear my advice [[red underlined]] about buying Karpen stock.  Told him buy all preferred at par [[\red underlined]] at below.  [[red underlined]] George advises not to sell our securities for this purpose [[\red underlined]] but to [[red underlined]] borrow money from bank and then gradually sell some of our securities [[\red underlined]] - Good idea - which gives us more latitude in this transaction.  Georges intend to return Sunday 16
[[underlined]] Feb 8 [[\underlined]]  Rain all day - Very useful
[[underlined]] Sunday Feb 9. [[\underlined]]  Beautiful sunny day and about 80°F, while radio and newspapers report strong frosts and more snow in North.  Washington traffic almost stopped.  Reported coldest winter record of this century.  In all day writing & preparing for arrival of Celine tomorrow
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This afternoon old [[red underlined]] Mrs. W.J. Matheson drove in to invite Celine for card party. [[\red underlined]]
[[left margin]] Judge Halstead Ritter [[\left margin]]
Afterwards had visit of [[red underlined]] Judge Halstead Ritter, [[\red underlined]] who is the victim of the [[red underlined]] most infamous political [[\red underlined]] attempts to try to get him impeached, [[red underlined]] altho' he has been repeatedly exonerated even by his enemies. [[\red underlined]]  A man Greene is reopening the whole case.  All in order to have a democrat get his job. - [[red underlined]] Disgusting [[\red underlined]] if the judiciary is merely a tool for political favors.  No wonder crime is more developed in the U.S than in England or similar countries where Judge-ships are not bartered as political favors in return for the votes of criminals.
[[underlined]] Feb 9 Sunday [[\underlined]]  Celine left for Florida.  Here all day.  Again an admirable concert at 9 P.M by Ford Co. and short excellent address by [[red underlined]] Cameron. [[\red underlined]]
[[left margin]] Meditations [[\left margin]]
Beautiful starry night.  [[red underlined]] Made my ghost walk around garden before going to bed.  Thinking over all the luck I have had in my life, my mother, Celine, my friends, Good health, our little [[\red underlined]] family etc.
[[underlined]] Feb 1 [[\underlined]]  [[red underlined]] Celine [[\red underlined]] arrived this evening at 6 P.M.  Seaboard line - air conditioned.  Excellent health