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enormous building built by Rockerfeller.

It is the most amazing place - you go up by an
express lift 65 floors to a restaurant. You look down
at the loveliest sight you can imagine - New York at night.
It looks as if all the diamond necklaces in the world had
been laid on black velvet in long lines, with an occasional
ruby to give variety.

We dined in the restaurant mostly in total darkness
varied with coloured lights and deafened by noise. Lucienne
Boyer sang and there was some exhibition dancing. The rest
of the party were amusing, the Howsons, he is librarian in
Columbia University, and Mr. Kent the head of the Metropolitan
Museum, nice ironic people, good companions for such an evening.
We went down and saw the amazing theatre which holds
6,000 people and the "lounges" for men and women decorated
by American Rex Whistlers. Women can get rouge, lipsticks
and powder for paying 10 cents! Billy would be interested
by the marvellous concealed lighting and the clever use of
chromium and glass.

John was given a degree at the University - a very
nice ceremony. Then Valentine Williams (the shocker writer)
took/