Sharp diary 1918 page 22. Saturday 19 January 1918 - Chicago
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Saturday 19th of January 1918
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Breakfast at 7.30, caught the 8.18 train and took class at Physical Training place 9-10. They have muddled the Tuesday & Friday class scheme so badly that I fear it is unlikely to come off successfully. They muddle everything here wherever one goes! They announced me at the head of the Circular in cap[itals] Mr Cecil Sharp "The Greatest folk dancing man in the world!" That sort of fulsome unrestrained publicity is mistaken here for organization and passes for strength and force of statement! Bought a knitted jersey and sent it off to Mrs Dunagan. Finished Two Sisters after lunch and then at 6 went off to Tolman’s. Passed a very pleasant evening with two delightful men, Dodd and Moore — both of them Professors. Sat up rather late talking and smoking (i.e. I alone!) and then walked home arriving here quite frozen with the bitter weather. Yesterday had letter from Miss de Long asking me to lecture on behalf of her school at Minneapolis on February 12th in place of a Miss Carteret who had backed out of the job. She offered me my expenses and a hundred dollars, but I accepted half of this — I couldn’t take more & wrote to Miss Boutelle to expect me on the 12th.Location
USA : Illinois : Chicago [41.8781136,-87.6297982]
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