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[[overwritten]] 55 [[/overwritten]] 54/ [[red underline]] Lady Leverhulme was specially kind to Celine. [[/red underline]] She is a friendly and handsome lady worthy of her distinguished husband -- [[underline]] July 9. [[/underline]] - All gone. Wrote to Stauss reporting my visit to Bezons etc. Messrs [[red underline]] Low & Dring of Bakelite Ltd [[/red underline]] gone also. Mrs. Low makes excellent impression. So did Low and Dring. Both are [[red underline]] excellent assets of Bakelite [[/red underline]] Ltd and are highly considered by every one [[strikethrough]] [[underline]] July 10. Sunday [[/underline]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[underline]] July 10 [[/underline]] Left at 11 A.M to arrive 3:40 P.M at Paddington Station London. Got 2 good separate rooms with bath at Grosvenor Hotel. 6$ each daily. [[strikethrough]] Took [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] July 10 [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] July 11 [[/underline]] (Sunday) Took [[red underline]] Celine to Hyde park, [[/red underline]] then driving all around town and empty streets of business quarters. Then for supper at [[strikethrough]] Prunier [[/strikethrough]] [[black and red underline]] Prunier [[black and red underline]] fish restaurant. Also visited St. [[red underline]] James Palace museum. [[/red underline]] Listened to the open air discussions in Hyde Park. Early this morning went to Kew [[red underline]] Botanical gardens [[/red underline]] where we took luncheon. [[underline]] July 12 [[/underline]] Monday [[note in left margin in red]] [[red underline]] Bakelite [[/red underline]] Tylseley [[/note in left margin in red]] Went to [[red underline]] Tylseley [[/red underline]] Plant of Bakelite Ltd with Celine; Low and Kingsbury. - [[red underline]] Wonderful impressive. [[/red underline]] New buildings and machinery being erected since last year, about doubling the plant. Looks [[red underline]] like a new town [[/red underline]] being built. They are 6 months behind with their orders. [[red underline]] Laminating department specially impressive. [[/red underline]] All this gave us both a thrill. Glad [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] could see what my early laboratory experiments of my laboratory in Yonkers have brought forth! [[underline]] July 13. [[/underline]] Find can obtain good cabin on [[red underline]] SS. Europa, [[/red underline]] same steamer in which Celine has her cabin [[end page]] [[start page]] 55/ \55 They charge me 50£-16-6d for my cabin. Took Celine for lunch at Piccadily Hotel restaurant; excellent concert. Afternoon went to a movie near hotel. American film showing the action of the "Black Band" operating in Michigan. Very striking [[underline]] July 14. [[/underline]] Wrote letter of thanks to Kendall. Went to office for talk with [[red underline]] Kingsbury. Son of Redman came in. [[/red underline]] Is returning to Canada after he came here a few days for spending vacation at our works in Tysley. Afternoon. [[red underline]] Frederic Swarts [[/red underline]] arrived [[strikethrough]] C [[/strikethrough]] He, Celine and myself, dinner together. Long reminiscences. His unkempt black grayish beard and upstanding hair, together with his small stature, loud talk and gestures while speaking attract attention [[underline]] July 15. [[/underline]] Out with [[red underline]] Frederic to St. James Palace museum, then Scott restaurant. [[/red underline]] His loud talking and gestures in the street and in hotel. - Evening took him & Celine to Prunier. [[underline[[ July 16 [[/underline]] Went to [[red underline]] Cecil Roberts London [[/red underline]] apartment, but he is away and in hands of dentist. [[strikethrough]] Sur [[/strikethrough]] Went shopping and writing letters. [[red underline]] Kingsbury has arranged dinner for Celine to meet the ladies and their husbands [[/red underline]] of Bakelite; while I was preparing for tomorrows departure. Evening took Frederic & Celine to Movie after going to Monico for supper. [[underline]] July 17 [[/underline]] Steamer sails 1:15 P.M from Southampton [[strikethrough]] Stati [[/strikethrough]] Train leaves 11:03 from Waterloo Station. - the latter very much crowded [[red underline]] Frederic returning to Ghent. [[/red underline]] Tells me [[underline]] André Callier [[/underline]] Boulevard Albert Ghent receives subscriptions for Swarts Prize of National Academy. [[note in left margin, underlined]] July 18 [[/note in left margin, underlined]] Excellent cabins with bath tub. Dr. [[strikethrough]] G [[/strikethrough]] Caspari & his wife also Gaston Dubois of Monsanto Co. Also Elon Hooker