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then the teachers came over for ice-cream & cake
which they don't seem to care for especially – then
played "Ship to Boston"
after trying two physical illusions suggested by Mrs. E. then went
to bed.

September 24, 1922 – Sunday
The latter worked on recovering her hat most of
the day – she worked on an old raincoat remodelled into
a cape previously – which she insisted on finishing be-
fore [before] bedtime in order to wear today. I went to the ch. with
the girls at a little after 8 this a.m.; it was a good thing I
did for without this practise the 3 brief scenes from
the life of Esther which I had chosen from the 2nd
4th & the first 5 verses of the 5th chs. would probably
have been a complete failure; as it was they didn't do
half as well as they had done previously. On acc't of ex-
ams [exams], however, we had our first meet on Th. aft when
I tried them out, & didn't even assign parts; Fri. aft I
did that much, expecting to meet again Sat. a.m.;
but R.R. took all morn with the G.G's, so only had a
chance to meet yes. eve while she was working
with the bluebirds just before dinner. Ma Mya Yi
was Esther; Ma Yi, Ahasuerus; May, Hatash the king's
chamberlain; Ma Thau Tin, Mordecai; Amalay, the
maid of honor; & Hegai, keeper of the womens
besides the seven maidens – The H's came over to tea
at 3:30 & about an hr. later the 2 R. sisters & I left for
the 700 pagodas. On the way there K. was telling me
of her experiences with Mrs. Joseph – poor woman
whose husband has had a B. for 7 1/2 yrs. &
has 3 children by her, given her a fine house, etc.,
& she the wife had just recently found it out. We
were supposed to get back in time to go to ch. but our
gharry wallah wandered off & we had to walk
& walk to find him, which we finally did – to
our great relief. We went in with shoes on how-
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seeing very few people as it was rather late.
They talked till 11 p.m. last eve tho' they "turned in" about ten.

September 25, 1922 – Monday
A strenuous day – in one way; it seems to me. I al-
ways [always] have this kind when I'm not feeling well. Cleared
the table & helped turn the cloth after I'd finished break.
The Rs had gone to pyagyi before I was down. Wrote
out the calendar previously & put up when I went to ch –
was late. Then after teaching my class, made arrange-
ments [arrangements] with Ma M. to take her class in orals, as I had
spoken to her about it on Fri. – when Mrs. E. changed
one of the exams. on acc't of the girls who was ta-
king [taking] her solitary advanced Eng. in the library,
so she put the 2nd S. Arith. in instead. Ma M. had
to go home for her papers, & I had to sit with them
while she did so, & later stay with the bunch in the
7th S. room taking tests till breakfast time; but
I read Sat's paper & wrote out the roll of names to
use with the 2nd s. orals. Then to my room & then
break; then library; thence up here again where I
corrected 1/3 of my Eng. papers before time to go to B. cl.
Then Mrs. E. showed me several things in the office.
I had "tea" & went to my room. Jem came in to sweep,
so I crawled up on the bed, & read a Geog. till I got so
so sleepy that I took a brief nap about the time a rain
came up, the 1st we've had since Th. night. The girls
went to bazaar with Ma Myint this a.m. & bought quite
a lot of things, while a number of the girls have given
them presents; this aft. they started off again to see
Mrs. W. about the G.G's, to visit St. Mary's school – where
they had tea & brought back word that Miss G. is to go to
the Blind School at Insein – I feel sorry for her. Then
they packed & we had early dinner – 7 o'clock, in order
that they could get their train for Tongoo at 8:00; – arrived
there they will be with Miss Adams. I stripped the room