Sharp diary 1918 page 35. Friday 1 February 1918 - Chicago
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Friday 1st of February 1918
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Continued at my pamphlet and wrote a great deal both in the morning and afternoon. It interests me greatly but will entail a great deal of labour if I am to get it into decent publishable form. What would I not give to have the faculty of writing. I have so much to say on this subject that I am sure is worth the saying but it takes me so long to get my unwieldy sentences into anything like shape. At 5.20 I went down town for the evening classes. I dined at the Mandarin hotel close by. I ordered some white fish which proved to be quite uneatable. The fish was putrid and fried in rancid oil. I took a half mouthful gingerly and then spat it out — a la Dr Johnson, only when no one was looking. The waiter whom I told to take it away called up the headwaiter who first inspected it and then smelt it and finally pronounced it a "dandy fish". Whereupon I told him he had better eat it himself and ordered some chicken which was quite nice — but I had to pay 2 dollars for my dinner!Location
USA : Illinois : Chicago [41.8781136,-87.6297982]
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