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are some committees, special correspondence, problems of language study which come to me as the informal liaison between the Y.S.C.S. and the University. And so it goes. 

I hate Mondays to be so full of work, but some times I can't seem to help it. Dorothy helps me greatly doing many of the business letters for me, and the[[strikethrough]]m[/strikethrough]]like, not to mention the planning of most excellent food.  Today she looked at some of the Foette rugs. They are a little more expensive than the common Chinese, but their patterns and quality are superb. They are Chinese rugs with the old patterns adapted, modern patterns made in the old spirit and wonderful colors We must get s few good rugs for our house, and having looked in the native shops, it seems probable that we shall have to come to Mrs. Foette for the distinctive and unusual without which we shall not be satisfied. 

Tuesday, 6 October

I stopped on my way home from class this morning long enough to buy a hammer, and then Dorothy went outside of Hatamen to get a couple brass hooks for hanging the fine heavy mirror the Miles gave us for our wedding gift. We have had it on the table before which Dorothy dresses, but she is having new shoes made and some old dresses made new, and has acquired a great desire to see all of herself at one time. We compromised by giving her the mirror from over my chest of drawers to be put over her table, as it used to be, and we hung the big mirror on the wall next to the chest of drawers so that I can use it easily for my dressing, and can admire myself without stint, and see exactly how dirty my shoes are. 

Dorothy also has had a pair of old jade leaves I had made into earrings. By negotiating with the bead man she got him to make the new ones and take some old beads she did not like in exchange, and we are both quite pleased with the bargain.

In the afternoon we walked over to the Political and Social Science Library to see the librarian, Mr. Ch'en. Mr. Ch'en is one of the best men in Peking on the classification and cataloging of books, and I am trying to get him to give me part