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May 26 N.Y.
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same impression - of superlative
consciousness of personal achievement!
May 27
Dear. Mrs. - just learned some
interesting things from Miss Melloy,
typographer in Dr. Allen's office. She
has used the same machine for
5 years! - type wobbly, worn out
generally. Yet expeditions are sent at
great expense continually. No worry
to get new machines, or to properly
arrange collections! Dr. Allen is
very economical in all office expenditures.
May 28
Out to Long Island, where we
were entertained by John Lewis's
children at his Floral Park home.
He is a self-made man in truth,
not at all educated, pretty
conceited, but with lots of ambition
industry and ingenuity. His