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made our stay in Java perfect. The Major’s, I mean 
Governor’s, daughter, about twenty-eight or so, was 
very kind to me and took me out driving twice in the 
state carriage and also took me shopping. The palace 
is a Superb building of white marble and at night the 
hall looked very brilliant, a mass of electric light and 
gay colors and costumes. But the Dutch women as a 
rule, out here anyway, dress so queerly, most untidily 
and unbecomingly. 
We both danced most of the evening. Tom went 
with me to a lunch which the Governor’s A. D. C. gave 
and enjoyed himself immensely. We had a great many 
of our New Guinea photographs printed in Buiten- 
zorg and they are splendid. We are not sending you 
any, however, as we want the fun of seeing your ex- 
pressions when you see them. They certainly are 
wild and wooly. We never ean thank you and father 
enough for giving us the opportunity of taking this 
trip, every minute of which has been absolutely per- 
fect. We leave tomorrow on the French line for 
Saigon in Cochin China and from there we go to 
Hong Kong where we are due to arrive on the 30th of 
this month. We are just going out now to the Botan- 
ical gardens, so I will stop with a great deal of love 
to you all from your 
Most affectionate daughter 
Ros. 
