| Page | Notes |
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| 001_inside_cover | 1910 March 23 to July 5 |
| 002_page1 | 1910 March 23 left Lethbridge March 17 "these degenerate days" Jean Pingle Mrs. Naismith Mr. Wertheim Journalist from Yukon |
| 003 | Havergal: Miss Turner Home Musical Club |
| 004 | Mischa Elman was playing at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra |
| 005 | Bruce first concert Three hour service at St. Thomas for Good Friday |
| 006 | vaudville at The Majestic Miss Turner Should not have gone on Easter Eve |
| 007 | electric signs on Broadway eating on deck with Elaine aboard the Carpathia |
| 008 | Postcards of The Carpathia photo of steerage |
| 008.z | large scans of Carpathia mid-ocean |
| 009 | 1910 April 10 Gibraltar "enjoying myself immensely" (must have gotten over mal de mer) |
| 010 | touring town of Gibraltar |
| 011 | touring Spanish town adjacent to Gibraltar "brilliantly uniformed customs officers" |
| 012 | boat pictures, and Gibraltar pictures not liking peddlers and beggars |
| 012.z | photos of spar-boxing and tug-of-war aboard Carpathia |
| 013 | Gibraltar colour postcards |
| 014 | 1910 April 14 beauties of the Mediterranean waters |
| 015 | "The average Canadian knows nothing about foreign races" "I was at the convent in Lethbridge there were many Hungarian children, and perhaps my ideas that Hungarians were an inferior people had their foundation there" |
| 0160 | |
| 016 | Hungarians aboard the Carpathia Mr. Winter, consult at Philadelphia Rudolph Senecovic, fifth officer, Dr. Stepanos, who is really Servian |
| 017 | Americans do not speak English, they speak a mongrel tongue. Her pictures of these Hungarians |
| 017.z | closeup pictures of Hungarians, others aboard the Carpathia |
| 018 | colour postcards of Genoa |
| 019 | descriptions of Genoa, streets, cemetary |
| 020 | Genoa, colour postcard of Ponte Monumentale via XX Septembre The King's Yacht was in harbour, the Queen's luggage just going aboard April 14 |
| 021 | 1910 April 15 Arrived Naples Pension Baker "farce of going through customs" |
| 022 | "Neapolitans are as a rule lazy" Complaints about beggars Visited Aquarium |
| 023 | Aquarium wonderful |
| 024 | 1910 April 17 Loved the museum BW postcard of Via Caracciolo and Villa Municipale |
| 025 | Museum statues of Greeks and Romans |
| 026 | Museum relics of Pompeii Admiring preserved loaves of bread wondering if they had spaghetti |
| 027 | BW postcards of museum statues Discobolo La Vittoria |
| 028 | 1910 April 18 Cathedral of San Gennaro |
| 029 | Cathedral description Michaelangelo coffin behind altar |
| 030 | Postcard of Cathedral San Gennaro Bertolini's Hotel for afternoon tea |
| 031 | view of Capri 21 miles away discussion of Baedeker for museums |
| 032 | Baedeker is enough detail Loves her view up Via Carraciolo and the Villa Nazionale from balcony |
| 033 | 1910 April 23 At Capri now Mrs Hutton and Joyce with us Lovely rooms, most of Schweizerhof second story Amazed by catacombs |
| 034 | catacombs of Naples are largest gruesome skulls and bones Mother stole one of the bones |
| 035 | walk with Elaine marvel at narrow streets friendly locals |
| 036 | dragged on tour by a girl who did not understand they had no money to pay |
| 037 | got some English strangers to come along and pay the girl |
| 038 | visited the ocean by going down a cliff at some risk |
| 039 | made it home for lunch went bathing in cold sea in afternoon |
| 040 | plans to see Blue Grotto tomorrow photos |
| 040.z | scans of photographs on page 40 family bathing at sea |
| 041 | 1910 April 25 Saw Blue Grotto with Mother and Mrs Hutton Cannot describe it, not give photo - pointless |
| 042 | leaving Blue Grotto was like leaving a church |
| 043 | 1910 April 25 (second entry) hill of Tiberius with Joyce donkey riding |
| 044 | On Tiberius Hill paid half a franc apiece to watch gaily dressed people dance the Tarantella |
| 045 | Hill is 340 metres high, great view "Ate huge slabs of Tober's" |
| 046 | down the hill, racing donkeys |
| 048 | not clear where page 47 is 048 has two BW postcards The Chapel on the Hill of Tiberius with The Hermit on the steps Castiglione, which looks like Hill of Tiberius |
| 049 | 1910 April 26 Up to Capri by funicular small BW postcard of Piazza del Villaggio di Capri Villa was Only interesting thing |
| 050 | climbed Anacapri with Joyce |
| 051 | Anacapri climb very hard finally 50 stories of steps |
| 052 | tour of Anacapri by little boy Small BW postcard of Castello di Barbarossa |
| 053 | abandoned guide and regretted it |
| 054 | managed to leave area through private property misadventures |
| 055 | BW postcard of Isle and Strait of Capri |
| 056 | Wee church of San Antonio |
| 057 | 1910 April 28 BW postcard of Monte Solaro small postcard of In attesa dell avventore trip by donkey to the top of Monte Solaro |
| 058 | donkey ride description |
| 059 | climb up Monte Solaro very steep |
| 060 | donkeys were Pasquarella and Rosina |
| 061 | view from Tiberio started down |
| 062 | trip down surprised by cost, paid next day |
| 063 | 1910 April 29 just enjoying walking the town |
| 064 | rented a boat for coastal rowing |
| 065 | entered a grotto, scared out by noise |
| 066 | duplicate of "page 65" oops |
| 067 | explored multiple caves by boat |
| 068 | 1910 May 1 Left Capri attended church first local fishers barely understood the church service |
| 069 | back in Naples touring town, grand marina, Piazza |
| 070 | packed and left charmed by young boy seeing them off at pier |
| 071 | arrived Sorrento Hotel Tamontano bargaining with taxi |
| 072 | 1910 May 2 enjoyed Sorrento sampling local liqueurs, foods |
| 073 | Sorrento - shopping, presents out for a row on ocean, got sick |
| 074 | Sorrento post office incredibly frustrating |
| 075 | Mrs Hutton fuming at a waiter that "Italian men were the worst in the world" Mother was better, about the post office making them late "knows we are older than six" |
| 076 | 1910 May 3 killed time until rain stopped drove to Amalfi that afternoon Saw Marion Crawford villa |
| 077 | visit to Duke's palace 1910 May 4 most beautiful drive in the world cannot believe it until you see it |
| 078 | drive to Amalfi packed with peasants farming, begging, blind beggars "children chase you with flowers, or sing for macaroni" |
| 079 | drive was a horse-drawn carriage includes excerpt from Longfellow poem about "Amalfi" |
| 080 | BW postcard of Amalfi Cathedral Amalfi Hotel Marine Riviere "not at all bad" toured the cathedral |
| 081 | BW postcard Amalfi Grand Hotel del Cappuccini Hotel was former monastery, "monks turned out 47 years ago" "seemed a shame, they had been there 700 years" |
| 082 | not impressed by European rail got out at Pompeii, by luck |
| 083 | Pompeii, City of Dead visit fascinated by preserved shapes of people |
| 084 | Picking Poppies in Pompeii |
| 085 | 1910 May 9 Climbed Vesuvius, start |
| 086 | climbing Vesuvius, pulled up by strap |
| 087 | stopped halfway up Vesuvius for "most delicious wine I ever tasted" |
| 088 | gave up a quarter of the way from the top |
| 089 | retired to gate with wine and sister Elaine watched Mother and Joyce go on up |
| 090 | lunch - gave all the meat in their sandwiches to guide, who had only bread he saved it for his children |
| 091 | ran down mountain met charming family of guide |
| 092 | colour postcard "POMPEI CASA DEL VETTII" three hours in Pompeii temple of apollo |
| 093 | similar colour postcard of Pompeii BW photo of ruins judgement hall |
| 094 | photos of forum and temple of isis learning what the Forum was |
| 095 | Pompeii - street of abundance just learned Edward VII was dead |
| 096 | photos of Justice Hall and tourists visiting villas "gorgeous" |
| 097 | photos of shrine, street with shops more villas toured references to "Last Days of Pompeii" book she'd just read |
| 098 | back to Naples calling at Cooks Travel Service Sunday morning church service for King |
| 099 | church service criticism 1910 May 10 another visit to Bertolini's Mrs Baker and her son Francis co-tourists |
| 100 | 1910 May 10 - left Naples for Rome Arrived at 2PM, Victoria Hotel Calling at Cook's for mail |
| 101 | 1910 May 11 looking for Rome tailor to make special white serge suits for Royal Mourning Also, white suits good for hot Rome |
| 102 | 1910 May 14 postcard of Roman forum got Miss Edwards, young English lady, for a guide |
| 103 | enjoyed tour and stories of Forum from Miss Edwards |
| 104 | touring Roman buildings introduced to Signor Boni, the "distinguished archaeologist" for Basilica Aemilia |
| 105 | Temple of Vesta two photographs of ruins |
| 106 | photo of Rome tour Temple of Vestal Virgins |
| 107 | touring Rome |
| 108 | touring Rome |
| 109 | BW postcard, Tomb of St. Paul (?) |
| 110 | finished at St. Paul's |
| 111 | tour of place where St. Paul was beheaded |
| 112 | 1910 May 15 early service at Trinity, the English Church |
| 113 | criticism of church services |
| 114 | 1910 May 16 drove out to Via Appia |
| 115 | BW postcard, Via Appia (guess) "No one should talk of Rome who has not lived in it for 10 years" |
| 116 | 1910 May 17 BW Postcard of St. Peter's square could not pass St. Peter's without going in |
| 117 | inside St. Paul's |
| 118 | BW postcard inside St. Paul's description inside St. Paul's |
| 119 | discussing church service |
| 120 | still more church |
| 121 | stories about stuff inside church |
| 122 | higher galleries of St. Paul's |
| 123 | photo and BW postcards of central Rome leaving St. Paul's Vatican Garden |
| 123.z | blow-up of photo and postcard of Vatican area |
| 124 | Miss Edwards takes them on tour of San Giovanni, first church in Rome |
| 125 | photo and postcard of San Giovanni, cloisters |
| 125.z1 | |
| 125.z2 | blow up of postcard of San Giovanni |
| 126 | BW postcard Roma- La scala santa Visit to Scala Santa and S. Clement |
| 127 | BW postcard of Colosseum walk through Rome, saw Colosseum with Miss Edwards |
| 128 | visit to the Colosseum |
| 129 | arch of Constantine BW postcard of arch of Constantine photo of Colosseum |
| 129.z1 | blowup of photo of Colosseum |
| 129.z2 | blowup of postcard of Arch of Constantine |
| 130 | 1910 May 18 Joyce returns to Rome they go for walk, admiring statues, museum |
| 131 | postcards of the Dying Gaul, the Dying Gladiator touring museums |
| 132 | more tour of museum statue of Marsyas |
| 133 | colour postcard of S. Bambino di Aracoeli Roma seeing the carved statue shown in postcard |
| 134 | laughing at how bad the doll looks as a religious artifact |
| 135 | descriptions of odd stories from the churches |
| 136 | visiting tomb of Constantine, now a church |
| 137 | 1910 May 19 Her 19th Birthday photo of ruins Postcard of ruins of Emperor's houses "I am ashamed to say I am getting rather bored with ruins" |
| 137.z | blow up of photo of ruins, probably Palatino |
| 138 | full history of Palatino, Domitian's house, Gladiator house |
| 139 | had tea with Miss Edwards, lives with aunt, also Miss Edwards who has a small orphanage for girls at their flat |
| 140 | 1910 May 20 Missed Memorial service for King Edward VII because suits late afternoon, Borghese Gallery |
| 141 | Admiring Apollo and Daphne at the Borghese |
| 142 | More Borghese, small postcards of the paintings |
| 143 | More Borghese paintings, including Titian, Raphael More small postcards of paintings |
| 144 | 1910 May 21 Vatican gallery Venus statue - complaint about prudish Popes dressing it |
| 145 | More Vatican Sarcophagus of Constantine Small postcards of statues |
| 146 | More statues in Vatican With Miss Edwards Joke about avoiding statue of Perseus and Medusa's head |
| 147 | 1910 May 22 Statues - story about Michaelangelo |
| 148 | postcard of statue of Minerva she admired |
| 149 | Vatican paintings - story of Raphael huge canvas finished after death |
| 150 | four small postcards of paintings Story of piece of True Cross found by woman, kept in Monastery with no women. |
| 151 | Medieval paintings of life of Christ "The most picturesque things(!) in the Vatican are, however, the Swiss Guards" "who look more like Harlequins in their striped uniforms" |
| 152 | afternoon, May 22 story of stolen canvasses recovered by trick visited cell of St. Dominic |
| 153 | full-sized postcard of Porta Bella Basilica Di S. Sabina - Roma description of door of S. Sabina Garden of Knights of Malta |
| 154 | yet another church |
| 155 | Joking, insulting each other at statue of lion that will bite you if you lie "Joyce Hutton is a freak" Church of St. Cecilia |
| 156 | Martyrdom story of St. Cecilia |
| 157 | The Colosseum by moonlight "feeling ghostly in our white suits" |
| 158 | 1910 May 22 (still) "This morning (Sunday)..." how they went to St. Peter's for Sunday Mass |
| 159 | description of Mass at Vatican |
| 161 | Finding the Corsini Gallery |
| 162 | ERROR: 162 is ANOTHER repeat of 158. |
| 163 | ERROR: 163 is a copy of 161. Possibly, no pages lost here, just duplicated. |
| 164 | ERROR: 164 yet another repeat of 158 |
| 165 | ERROR: 165 a second repeat of 161 |
| 166 | this does pick up after page 165/163/161 apparently no text lost, just duplicated went to all-male college of priests, asked for rosary to be blessed by Pope Father O'Gorman, confused, promised to get it done (I wonder where the Pope-blessed family heirloom wound up..) Drove to Trinite di Monte to hear the nuns sing Benediction |
| 167 | 1910 May 25 country picnic trip (Genzano?) |
| 167.z | blow up of scan 167 small photo of picnic party presumably EEC, sister Elaine and Mother |
| 168 | 24 May 1910, but written next day Mother to dentist seeing churches with Elaine |
| 168.z | blow-up of picture of Miss Edwards with dog Pat |
| 169 | touring churches |
| 170 | church of St. Prassed "painted in a way I could hardly have deemed possible with just three primary colours" (newspaper colour comics had not yet been invented, 1910?) |
| 171 | oldest church in Rome |
| 172 | Capacchini Church Where Monks are buried in consecrated ground from Jerusalem until space is needed, then their bones become decoration |
| 173 | dropped into Pantheon on way to Vatican |
| 174 | on to Sistine Chapel, disappointed pictures so high they are hard to see |
| 175 | Visit to Vatican and Sistine ruined by so many chattering tourists |
| 176 | drove up Jerusalem Hill, visiting Jewish and Christian shrines |
| 177 | more Jerusalem Hill didn't make it to Trevi Fountain |
| 178 | 1910 May 26 Made it to Trevi fountain got tickets to leave Rome |
| 179 | 1910 May 28 bought postcards, left Rome in 27th |
| 180 | train ride to Florence Jennings-Riccioli Pension |
| 181 | Arno river romantic at night ugly by day |
| 182 | poking around Florence Church of San Michele stained glass |
| 183 | touring churches |
| 184 | touring tombs Galileo monument |
| 185 | 1910 May 29 touring galleries for free Ulfizzi Gallery Postcard BW of painting |
| 186 | Ulfizzi rooms of the greats Da Vinci, Boticelli, Michaelangelo |
| 187 | more Ulfizzi, postcare of Madonna painting |
| 188 | lost in Florence, came out of Ulfizzi wrong side |
| 189 | Colour Postcard, La Facciata della Cattedrale story of seeing that cathedral |
| 190 | singing and priests at cathedral |
| 191 | back at pension, planning next 3 days |
| 192 | 1910 May 30 National Museum |
| 193 | National Museum BW postcard of carved door |
| 194 | Monastery of San Marco, now a museum |
| 195 | multiple small postcard pictures from museum San Marco |
| 196 | ERROR: Duplicate of scan 194 |
| 197 | ERROR: duplicate of scan 195 |
| 198 | description of monk cell with amazing art in it |
| 199 | more description of museum, monk's cells |
| 200 | cell of Savonarola |
| 201 | cells of Fra Angelico and San Antonio passed the Foundling Hospital |
| 202 | writing by candlelight ice cream more churches |
| 203 | 1910 May 31 Academy Gallery great paintings |
| 204 | painting discussion |
| 205 | Michaelangelo's David Liked Bernini's David in teh Borghese Gallery more |
| 206 | out late afternoon, more churches |
| 207 | 1910 June 1 Pitti Gallery hated Titian's Magdalen, Guido's Cleopatra |
| 208 | survey of Pitti Gallery |
| 209 | afternoon, two churches S. Maria del Carmine Santo Spirito Amazed how beautiful inside, outside is ugly |
| 210 | 1910 June 4 left Florence afternoon of 2nd Arrive Venice late night |
| 211 | enjoyed night quiet of Venice hotel via gondola hated horrid little motorboats, smell of gasoline |
| 212 | 1910 June 3 went for our first gondola ride has best picture of them all in Gondola |
| 212.z | |
| 213 | colour postcard of painting of grand canal touring Venice |
| 214 | colour postcard, Piazza San Marco, Venice touring Venice, stores, glass |
| 215 | photos of family in front of San Marcos feeding pigeons descriptions of plaza, pigeons |
| 215.z | |
| 216 | colour postcard of Venice waterfront touring Venice |
| 217 | colour postcard, Ponte di Rialto staying at Casa Petarca just below Rialto |
| 218 | 1910 June 5 touring Venice on foot with Baedeker in hand |
| 219 | Venice church services |
| 220 | leaving church at noon |
| 221 | afternoon, boat to Island of S.Giorgio |
| 222 | colour postcard of Venice waterfront |
| 223 | 1910 June 6 trying to get her glasses fixed, found watchmaker |
| 224 | found jeweller to fix glasses took a long time, she was not nice about it toured glass making |
| 225 | got glasses fixed with poor grace about how long it took |
| 226 | church of SS Giovanni e Paolo sacristy awaiting government repair after roof fell in second church, S. Maria Miracoli - Renaissance |
| 227 | BW postcard of Palazzo Ducale 1910 June 7 Doge's Palace |
| 229 | Bridge of Sighs was not open even then Fed Pigeons Visited S. Giorgio degli Sebauroni pictures of St. George and the dragon |
| 230 | BW photo of their gondolier who suggested they go to Murano glass works |
| 230.z | photo of gondolier |
| 231 | Murano glass works serenata on the S. Marco Canal loved a shortcut canal |
| 232 | 1910 June 8 gondolier suggested long ride to S. Lazaro wrote a letter en route |
| 233 | Armenian priest with great English tours them around the Armenian Monastery of S. Lazaro. Saw Lord Byron's room. Prettiest chapel in Italy |
| 234 | S. Lazaro Armenian Monastery tour continues printing press room found book translated by F.C. Conybeare, relative (who'd just "written a book condemning Christianity"?) |
| 235 | Lunch at Lido wandered canals shocked by "small boys shamelessly disrobing themselves" for a swim |
| 236 | evening gondola ride have their own gondolier at this point, met his kids picture of some gold coin(?) with Lion of St. Mark |
| 237 | 1910 June 9 packed and left by train arrive Milan 7:30 "more like an American city" "hotel really quite civilized" |
| 238 | 1910 June 11 cathedral was June 10 "perfect fairyland" BW postcard of Il Duomo, Milano |
| 239 | interior of Il Duomo in Milan gross statue of flayed St. Bartholomew holding his skin |
| 240 | view of Cathedral and town from highest spire |
| 241 | "most perfect church I have seen yet" Left Milan after a hurried lunch skipped Lucerne, stayed in Basle nearly out of money 20 cents in their pockets when they hit town |
| 242 | arrive Paris the next day can see Eiffel Tower from their balcony on top floor of pension |
| 243 | 1910 June 13 Sunday breakfast in rooms wrote letters, took to Cooks shopping, white dress (another?) inspired to speak from French |
| 244 | 1910 June 15 Visited Louvre June 14 wowed by size |
| 245 | BW postcard of Mona Lisa admiring various paintings |
| 246 | BW postcard of Da Vinci's Saint Jean-Baptiste more painting admiration except Italians, having seen better in Italy |
| 247 | BW postcard Andrea del Sarto, "Sainte-Familie" description of actual painting |
| 248 | BW postcard Guido Reni, "La Madeleine" "I was rather disgusted with the Cleopatra in the Pitti Gallery" |
| 249 | BW postcard of Murillo "La Conception Immaculee" description of that painting |
| 250 | BW Postcard Murillo "Le jeune mendiant" Description of same Mentions of other rooms, British school, Rembrandt |
| 251 | BW postcard, COROT "Jean-Baptiste" Much more painting description |
| 252 | BW Postcard, Troyon "Boeufs se rendant au Labour" "lovely sky and weird lighting from the back" |
| 253 | finished Louvre today (June 15) went to see the Madeleine church |
| 254 | 1910 June 16 took day off from sightseeing, Mother in bed "Today begins Coventry at Havergal" "three months since we left Lethbridge" 1910 June 18 Luxembourg Gallery |
| 255 | BW postcard from Luxembourg: Jean Dampt "Saint Jean" was her favourite sculpture, so natural |
| 256 | BW postcard, Antonin Injalbert, "Hippomene" described statues |
| 257 | BW postcard Emmanuel Fremiet "Pan et Ours" BW postcard Antonin Horac "Mercure inventant le Caducee" |
| 258 | BW postcard, Luxembourg, CORMON "Cain" description of that painting |
| 259 | BW postcard PUVIS DE CHAVANNES "Pauvre Pecheur" BW postcard PAUL CHABA "Au Crepuscule" was taken by both paintings |
| 260 | BW Postcard L. BONNAT "Job" kept copy because picture was "so horrible" |
| 261 | BW Postcard BOUGUEREAU "La Vierse Consolatrice" Liked that Mary was not happy looking |
| 262 | BW Postcard WATTEAU "Le Pierrot de Gild" back to the Louvre description of Watteau |
| 263 | BW Postcard, Louvre, DELAROCHE "La Jeune Martyre" wondered why artists copy portraits of ugly people |
| 264 | BW Postcard, Louvre, DAVID "Sacre de Napoleon" Napoleon's coronation, described |
| 265 | BW Postcard, Louvre, PRUDHON "La Justice et la Vengeance" description of paintings |
| 266 | BW postcard, M. Le Brun, "Mole Raymond" (Comedie Francais) "portraits are the most interesting" |
| 267 | BW Postcard, "sweet faced girl with the broken pitcher" |
| 268 | BW postcard J.B. GREUZE "Jeune fille a L'oiseau" "very sweet" |
| 269 | BW Postcard LEBRUN "l'Auteur et de sa Fille" BW Postcard SCHEFFER "St. Auguste et Ste Marie" |
| 270 | BW Postcard RENI "Saint Sebastien" Americans taking tour with guide are eavesdropped on |
| 271 | not impressed by Americans |
| 272 | BW Postcard, west door of Notre Dame description of Notre Dame |
| 273 | Notre Dame Afternoon, went to Monmartre Sacre Coeur |
| 274 | COLOUR Postcard of Funiculaire du Sacre Coeur climbed all the steps instead |
| 275 | appreciated choir at Holy Trinity American Church |
| 276 | 1910 June 22 - Paris Got Nan Miller's address from Joyce, "I drove to the Rue Garanciere" (literally drove? took cab?) was given wrong number, couldn't find right man |
| 277 | 1910 June 22 - Paris Gave up search for Nan, rested a S.Sulpice. Dressmakers Tuesday. While at supper, took moment to pity friends at Havergal back in Toronto. |
| 278 | 1910 June 22 - Paris Went to Magasin du Louvre, got a big balloon to play with Underpaid a cabman who took them on an extra-long route to Cooks |
| 279 | 1910 June 25 - Paris Missed seeing Salon because of King of Bulgaria's visit Rain prevented tour of Napoleon's Tomb, also spoiled plan to "motor out" to Versailles with M.Gandolfi and two American girls. Describes Invalides, Dome. |
| 280 | 1910 June 25 - Paris Pasted in BW postcard: "238: Paris (VII) Le Dome des Invalides - LL" Describes Invalides poetically Evening, went to a variety show at Theatre Manguy (sp?) |
| 281 | 1910 June 25 - Paris Enjoyed variety show, girls nearly naked Joyce has returned, came with them to London M. Gandolfi amused them by coming along as far as Calais Arrived London about half past seven, after finding motor that would ship trunk to Lonsdale hotel. |
| 282 | 1910 June 26 - London In cramped quarters for Sunday, as nothing can be done on Sunday Long difficult time, stupid cabby, finding Newington Rectory where cousin James Conybeare, eldest son of "The head of the family". Without his wife, had "nervous Conybeary manner", struggled to entertain. |
| 283 | 1910 June 25 - London James Conybeare is a clergyman, they went to his service, and he had to withdraw dinner invite because of late church meeting. Ethel hopes for invite to Cambridge to see father, who is "fond of new cousins" "He is a clergyman, too, of course". |
| 284 | 1910 June 29 - London Tailors, lunch with Frances Harris, "we tried our best to be overjoyed". Afternoon at Hippodrome to see Russian Dancers in "Lac des Cygnes" (Tchaikovsky) and a Chinese magician. Disappointed that Hippodrome was smaller than the one in New York. Evening, playhouse to see Cyril Maude |
| 285 | 1910 June 26 - London ...Cyril Maude, and Marie Lohr in "Tantalizing Tommy" Saw Dad's old nurse, Tatty - gave them homemade presents Mother headache, more shopping and fitting. Saw Joyce and mother, Mrs. Hutton. (so, "Joyce Hutton", is the friend.) Ruth has just been "down to Oxford taking her Smalls" - some sort of exam. |
| 286 | 1910 June 30 - London Joyce Hutton and mother went with them to British Museum "Disappointed in the Elgin Rooms - they are just the sort of thing we have been seeing in Italy" Praised Egyptian, Assyrian, would love to be able to read inscriptions. Lunch with clergyman cousin James Conybeare at Newington Rectory Wife "is very Englishified and will be frightfully parson's-wifey-looking in a little while". |
| 287 | 1910 June 30 - London Cousin James Conybeare took them to Lambeth Palace, residence of Archbishop of Canterbury. Library closed, visited vault and tower, chapel. James lived in the Palace for two years. Admired famous portraits (Holbein) of Archbishops in dining hall. |
| 288 | 1910 June 30 - London Met "Mrs. Davidson", wife of current Archbishop Davidson, "nice, bright little old lady", and new Sargeant portrait of her husband. Invited Cousin James and his wife to dinner and see it. Crossed Lambeth Bridge to the Abbey, wanted to see "Westminster School where Dad and his brothers were educated". Saw the boys playing in the cloisters. |
| 289 | 1910 June 30 - London Charmed by the Westminster School boys in Eton suits and little gowns, masters looked formidable in their robes and mortarboards. James Conybeare parted with them, they visited the Abbey at end of Evensong. Pasted-in postcard, BW, of Westminster Abbey from S.E. |
| 290 | 1910 June 30 - London Pasted in colour postcard of interior of Westminster Abbey. Ethel says nothing impressed her more, hard to find anything to compare to, perhaps Milan Cathedral, or Notre Dame, St. Marks. Criticizes only the old rood-screen dividing the Nave from the choir. |
| 291 | 1910 June 30 - London Pasted-in postcard, BW, of Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey Describes Poet's Corner, how much she liked it, and visit to Henry VII chapel. |
| 292 | 1910 June 30 - London Pasted in BW Postcard of Henry VII chapel, Westminster Abbey Describes the many tombs there, Elizabeth, Mary of Scotland, Duke of Buckingham, General Wolfe, many others. Centre chapel at back for Cromwell family, until James II tossed the bodies in the Restoration. Ethel says, served him right for using Abbey as Roundhead barracks. |
| 293 | 1910 June 30 - London Describes Chapel of Edward the Confessor. Pasted-in postcard, BW of the Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey |
| 294 | 1910 June 30 - London Describes how King George will be formally crowned there "if he is alive". Describes wax figures made from actual Death's heads: Duke of Buckingham, Lord Nelson, Queen Anne, William Pitt. Evening, saw Gertrude Elliot in "The Dawn of To-morrow". Clever acting in melodramatic piece. |
| 295 | 1910 July 2 - London More cousins met at Inverness Terrace with "Dad's Aunt Georgie". Cousin Kitty there. Colonel Alec Pringle and sister Maggie; Grannie's niece, Maude Newport. Aunt Georgie's son, not there, has written looking for acquaintance; they must have made a good impression. Also met Alison, "daughter of the head of the family"; Alison is married to a clergyman named McCormick. |
| 296 | McCormick, a redhead, has given her three redhead children. Left to see Huttons, met Clara Woodson (name blurred, but "Clara Woodson" is mentioned in Volume 2 at Havergal). Miss Cole-Baker was there, too, so quite a Havergal party. Met Joyce for the zoo, all enjoyed "EVEN Mother" (emphasis mine). Different zoo rules then: "We fed the bears and elephants and teased the monkeys to our heart's content". |
| 297 | 1910 July 5 - London With Charlie Scott to the Temple Church, lunch in Middle Temple. Very old, old-fashioned services, totally charmed. Choir wonderful. "I have always rather disliked boy's voices although it is rank musical heresy to say so." |
| 298 | 1910 July 5 - London, Temple Church This boy's choir, quite different, best she has ever heard, they come from all over. More about how impressed they were by all the antiquity. |
| 299 | Date unknown - this is the inside cover of the book; the previous page continues in Volume 2. This page has some kind of long quote copied in verbatim about the life of St. Hubert, being bad, seeing a Sign, and becoming pious. Name at bottom of quote is "Jamison". Then there is a pencilled in quoted poem called "Contempt" by Emilio Bicci, translated by G.A. Greene. Last line is "I, to the gallows go". |
| 300 | Inside back cover, many names and addresses jotted down. Most are just a forename. The full names include Edna Ault, Lethbridge and Barrie, Ont. Rae Slain, Lethbridge and Orillia, Ont. Olive Baillie, Montreal Charlotte Ault: Assyrit Hospital, c/o American Mission, Assyrit, Egypt |
| 999_bizcard | Business card for Docteur Georges Robin with handwritten name Dr. Walter Garuch Price Hovercourt Rd x College St. |