11 every citizen. Then we had a swim. A gentleman on the float con- fided to me that it was possible to go to Kelly Field for eight months at a salary of seventy-five dollars a month including expenses, and return with a full-fledged commission as an officer in the Reserve Corps of the Air Service. I told Hannibal. We both told the gentleman that we thought that it was a very interesting thing. He nodded, and then dove off and swam ashore. That night we had a wonderful dinner. Small bits of melon, followed by a jellied soup, a roast fowl, a million vegetables, and a strawberry kiss with whipped cream. Followed by coffee. Followed by a very noble conversa- tion about love. Nobody had ever heard of it, but every one expressed interest. Later Frederick and Mary and Hannibal and I went to the movies. It was not a credit to the city. We caught the Princess Marguerite back to Vancouver having, thanks to the great prestige and influence of Mr. Collins, nothing less than the Royal bachelor's apartment-stateroom. A Miss Something-or-other, whose first name was Sally kept Hannibal up until two o'clock in a deep conversation under the stars. There was a shower in the R.B.A.S., which saw that eight small streams of water came together for a quiet reunion just above your left knee. It was a great invention, especially if your left knee happened to be dirty. Very good sleeping on Puget Sound. Wednesday, July 27th. (Vancouver, Victoria, and the