Sharp diary 1918 page 79. Sunday 17 March 1918 - New York
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Sunday 17th of March 1918
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Worked at my Appalachian proofs all the morning then went round to Rabold’s to try the piano, but the house was locked up and I had to return. Then I went to lunch at Mrs Schuyler van Rennel’s[?] 9 West 10th St[reet] to meet Miss Moore (of the R[ussell] S[age] F[oundation]) Dr & Mrs Daking & a man from China. A very pleasant little lunch. I like Dr Daking & talked with him a great deal about the Hannays — especially about Maynard[?] & Cecil Burns. He told me when he married Mrs Hester he promised to become an American citizen after the war, but now she insists — much to his evident satisfaction — that he should retain his English nationality even after the war! We went to tea with the Mukle’s and Clarkes. I like Rebecca Clarke and her still taller sister — a sculptor — and we had a nice time there. After dinner I went with Miss Hewitt to Mrs Howe — opposite Carnegie Hall — who lives with a Miss Calhoun an ex-dancing mistress. Miss Hewitt sang and we all talked folk- music & folk dance while Miss Calhoun and I smoked cigarettes she drinking whiskey and soda — I white [....?]! They live in a comfortable but expensive apartment house. It was rather an amusing evening.Location
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