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the drawers too heavy & unwieldy, & she only
has two while I prefer three. My mirror is all right
for wall but not for
furniture, so suppose I'll have to buy another after.

June 14, 1922 – Wednesday
Did some reading – a little – & writing today, things
I've neglected for sometime – ever since I've been
here. Worked on books, got awfully sleepy; the
two girls who look after my room; came up with
Ma Thin Tone about six p.m. to offer to help, which
they did, dusting – carrying my music, etc. into
the next room. Got the papers all up off the floor
earlier in the day. Mrs. E. didn't go to chapel this a.
m. [a.m.] leaving me with the bag to hold; I'd never
heard the hymn chosen, much less seen it, the
Gloria they gave me was not the tune they
know, so I had to quit playing it; there was no
Bible, so I had to ask for one; I knew no one's
name of those teachers present, so had to call on Ma Thin
Myine to pray; I had no march, either in or out
of a book, so had to make "Turkey in the Straw" do
duty! She & Miss O. went to the fort to see the man about the
plans for the new building immediately after
breakfast – didn't get back till 2:30. Prayer meet-
ing [meeting], conducted by Ma Thin Tone in Burmese once a wk. at
3:30 on Wed. Then tea & up stairs to mark again.
Miss P. came in to see if I wanted to call on the Hin-
tons [Hintons] & Greiggs – I didn't as they had to go to the hospi-
tal [hospital] to see about getting a nurse for a [?] friend
of theirs whose daughter has enteric (typhoid)
They went several other places also, & didn't re-
turn [return] till late dinner – the present cook's last meal
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next to the last pictorial section of the N.Y. Times
before retiring.

June 15, 1922 – Thursday
Had a hell of a time last night, as mosquitoes
got under my net somehow; got up about one
a.m. – slew nine in my wrath, several escaped,
however, let down the net, went to the bathroom
to wash my hands which were nearly blistered
with slapping at the hideous creatures, & otherwise
got myself thoroughly marked up. The pwè was in
full swing & the peoples' peculiar laughter welled up again
& again; could hear the voices of a man & woman
performer, especially the latter, both in speech &
song. Mrs. E. did not go to opening exercises again
this a.m.; neither was I familiar with their song se-
lection [selection], but I did a little better along other lines.
Miss P. gone to Maymyo with the new building plans,
left early this a.m. & will not return till tomorrow,
so I had her Bible class as well as my own this aft.
Later Mrs. E. came about going calling, so I bathed,
dressed in my green, & then had to wait for a ghar
ry [gharry]; when that finally arrived we started out, but
the street was blocked on account of the pwè, so
we clambered out & then in company with the
Burmese matron went to the police station in
stead [instead]. Mrs. E. found an awful mess inside our
fence, which made her furious, so she had the
Chinese carpenter mend the former, & the matron have the
yard cleaned, limes, phenoled, etc; then the Bur-
mese [Burmese] neighbors were mad, so we heard. Mr Bestoll
and Miss Hollingshed called, the former full of
questions; and after dinner Mr. & Mrs. Griegg who
are just back from 2 mos. at Mogok where the
ruby mines are located. The teachers had been