. Eight journeys abroad. h was brilliantwith electric lights and lanterns and a fine military band wasgiving a concert, and it was full moonlight, but I was too tiredand cold to stay long. This is the sort of place where you want fine clothes, and I have mighty little. My black grenadine and Egan black silk are already very shabby; my fawn colored woolen and velvet dirty and discolored. I went to Doucet in Paris and got an India silk, black ground, with dull pale blue narrow stripes and pin dots between, trimmed with handsome black lace in 220 GERMANY some parts over blue, so I have that to dr
. Eight journeys abroad. h was brilliantwith electric lights and lanterns and a fine military band wasgiving a concert, and it was full moonlight, but I was too tiredand cold to stay long. This is the sort of place where you want fine clothes, and I have mighty little. My black grenadine and Egan black silk are already very shabby; my fawn colored woolen and velvet dirty and discolored. I went to Doucet in Paris and got an India silk, black ground, with dull pale blue narrow stripes and pin dots between, trimmed with handsome black lace in 220 GERMANY some parts over blue, so I have that to dress up in; but I wentto a cheap dressmaker and had a dark blue crepon made upwith a little black satin ribbon and some black guipure, andI dont like it. I am done with cheap dressmakers, only Iwear out my clothes so dreadfully, I need so many. My Eganblack silk is the only dress I have a decent figure in. I have my tickets for the Parsifal at Bayreuth for the 2ist,which gives me only two weeks here, but I cannot help HOMBOURG I find everything so dear. I had to pay ^iio in Paris for anIndia silk, and everything in proportion. The only cheapthings are some gloves and stockings. I preferred the BonMarche to the Louvre in almost everything, but one day foundthe same stockings at the Louvre for 9 frcs. 50 I had paid 12frcs. 50 Bon Marche and 14 shillings in London at Army andNavy stores. With love for all. Yours aff., M .D. R. 221 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD Royal Victoria Hotel, Hombourg, Aug. 9th, Frank: I have just got }our two letters dated July 29th enclosingone to you from Laura and acknowledging a cablegram fromParis. We arrived here Friday night and finally settled hereSaturday noon and will leave for Bayreuth just two weeksfrom that day and spend Sunday, the 21st there, and then onto San Moritz. We have two nice rooms, one facing the hotelgarden and the other another garden, so we have a fine draughtof air and are comfortable. I went at once to see the doctorbut h
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