Sharp diary 1918 page 64. Saturday 2 March 1918 - Detroit
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Saturday 2nd of March 1918
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Took the 2 classes one after the other from 9.30-10.30 Maud dancing 2 jigs between the 2 classes. Everyone seemed very pleased and we had many tender farewells to make before we parted. Then we went to lunch at Hair’s and afterwards to Grinell’s to arrange about music books etc which the students had undertaken to purchase, 26 C[ountry] D[ance] books Part ii, 24 of each C[ountry] D[ance] Tunes Nos 3 & 4 and about 90 sheets — not a bad lot. Back to hotel to sleep, have tea and pack — rather a terrible business as we are both thoroughly tired out! Ashe & Miss Perrin paid me their cheques and I find I have made $330 gross this week — about 250 net. This is not bad seeing that I came here mainly on spec — or faith whichever it may be. At 7.15 Miss Dyar called for me and took us to Mr Paulus’s diner at Dixie Land where we had a thoroughly dull repast. I sat next a Miss MacDonald a Scotch-Irish woman — more Scotch than Irish judging by her conversation! and a Capt[ain] Knight, a Kent man over here on the business of instructing American recruits. Afterwards we went to the Symphony orchestra — all Tchaikowsky conducted very ably by Gabrielowitch — a Pole I presume. Then picking up our light baggage at Hotel drove to the station where we caught the midnight train for Chicago. A great business getting to bed as we were in evening clothes.Location
USA : Michigan : Detroit [42.331427,-83.0457538]
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