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38/ keep on cutting of all side branches, which they use for fuel and other purposes This makes the trees look ungainly. Received a letter from [[underlined in red]] George [[/underlined in red]] who was [[underlined in red]] motoring in his Packard [[/underlined in red]] thru Germany with his wife and [[underlined in red]] dislikes Germany [[/underlined in red]] profoundly. [[vertical notation in red in left margin]] Normandy [[/left margin]] I notice almost no men or women in the fields of Normandy, nor any agricultural machinery. Motorcars are scarce and are to be found seldom outside the towns. Old normandy houses built of cement applied to a wooden frame skeleton. [[underlined in red]] Even bicycles seem scarce in the country. [[/underlined in red]] [[vertical notation in red in left margin]] [[underlined in red]] Paris [[/underlined in red]] [[/left margin]] Finally arrived in [[underlined in red]] Paris. [[/underlined in red]] Around the station it [[underlined in red]] looks like Bedlam. [[/underlined in red]] Selected the Hotel Continental. But had to take a [[underlined in red]] room without bath. [[/underlined in red]] Many German and Swiss besides americans and a few English, stay at this hotel. -well heated. Bought a new [[underlined in red]] leather [[/underlined in red]] hand [[underlined in red]] valise [[/underlined in red]]. My [[underlined in red]] former [[/underlined in red]] one has been [[strikethrough]] mur [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] "murdered" [[/underlined in red]] thru the [[underlined in red]] handling [[/underlined in red]] of the porters in Cherbourg and Paris who [[end page]] [[start page]] 39/ succeeded in smashing a big hole and tear thru its leather. [[vertical notation in red in left margin]] Paris [[/left margin]] The Paris [[underlined in red]] exhibition [[/underlined in red]] has induced [[underlined in red]] visitors from all countries [[/underlined in red]] to come here. [[underlined]] June 17. [[/underlined]] No bath so used sponging Sent telegram to Monsieur [[underlined in red]] Tescier [[/underlined in red]] - heard of La Bakelite at [[underlined in red]] Bezons [[/underlined in red]] near Paris, to tell him of my arrival 10 A.M. [[vertical notation in left margin underlined in red]] xHotel Continental [[/left margin]] no answer at 5 P.M. Went walking until felt tired of noise and the autos However the noise of autos and busses seems less than in New York or London Quite a change since formerly when every chauffeur tried to make as much noise as possible with his strident horn. Their driving is so complicated that I was astonished not to see accidents. On the boulevard [[strikethrough]] saw [[/strikethrough]] (Champs Elysees) saw a pretty picture of a small merry go-round - only for small children and ring-sticking. all for 1 "sou"; and interest as well as happiness depicted in the faces of the little ones. - The little carousel was run by elderly women. The [[underlined in red]] French Franc [[/underlined in red]] has [[underlined in red]] dropped [[/underlined in red]] to [[underlined in red]] 23 [[/underlined in red]] on the Dollar and inclined to drop more [[underlined in red]] Cocottes [[/underlined in red]] everwhere, restaurants, hotels seats before cafés along the boulevards [[strikethrough]] xxx[[strikethrough]] calmly awaiting their victims. Many of them seem to come from countries outside France. Seems a general profession! - Went to [[underlined in red]] Hotel de Paris [[/underlined in red]] for luncheon. International crowd. [[underlined in red]] Many Germans, [[/underlined in red]] Austrians Swiss. Some "flaneurs" as ever along the Boulevards. The [[underlined in red]] "Post-stamp Exchange" under the trees of the Boulevard, [[underlined in red]] as much [[end page]]
