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letus know. We were so glad to hear about 
Adelaide’s reception and sorry we could not have been 
there. 
With much love to every one and a great deal to 
yourselves, believe me 
Your affectionate daughter-in-law, 
Rosamond. 
Hong Kong Hotel. 
Hong Kong, May 2, 1907. 
Dear Sal : 
Your long lost letter telling us about Jimmy ar- 
rived yesterday and delighted we were to get it. Just 
think of your being engaged. Do send us a photo- 
graph of him and write us full particulars. 
This place, well, it is fascinating and I wish you 
were here to go out with us. There are little Chinese 
shops everywhere just filled with beautiful things of 
every kind and description. Yesterday Tom and I 
looked at some mandarin coats and they were superb; 
but I have come to the conelusion that I do not want 
to own one, as it would be useless, excepting as a piece 
of art, in America; I mean the colors are too con- 
spicuous to wear, but they are certainly wonderfully 
embroidered. Mr. Barbour wrote us such a nice let- 
ter the other day and said he wanted me to spend two 
hundred dollars and consider it as a present from 
him. Rather neat. There are such attractive things 
everywhere that I do not know what to buy and what 
not to buy. The hand-made silks of every color and 
description, and crepes and grass cloths, most exquis- 
itely embroidered, are a pleasure to look at. I saw 
most attractive kimonas, real works of art. I have 
