Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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[27] Rained all night quietly + continued all day but very gently, In the afternoon I went to Mr. Apanos tea party at Tokyo with Mrs. Wiltz + the Sittonos. The house was very interesting in its decorative features which were all Japanese. The & color harmony of the & rooms, was perfect. The ceilings were distinct in design in each room, & made with tapestry. Blue reels was all entartlees, another was fours another birds Paradise, etc. One of the harmonious wallpapers was Cherry blossom tapestry. The color effects prevailed light, chiefly yellows. But there were no reds green or blues except very pale + small in quantity. The wood was all cardboard enveled light mahogany