OUR GUEST BOOK 



we have ever entertained were the representative of his 

 great nation to our country, and his gifted helpmeet. 

 What an interesting atmosphere they lived in! He 

 seemed to possess accurate and detailed knowledge up- 

 on every topic up for discussion, from astronomy to 

 forestry and from Adam to Dreyfus; withal a homey 

 man, one who could never grow old, with a sympathetic 

 heart and a twinkle in his eye. Rarely does one see 

 such camaraderie as existed between this intellectual 

 pair. 



A talented novelist, whimsical and shy, yet when in 

 the mood brilliant in conversation, is at times induced 

 to spend a few days with us. "When no one else is 

 there!" he stipulates; and we, highly flattered, al- 

 though feeling rather selfish, accede to his condition. 



Vividly alive to color and picturesqueness, his 

 sympathies are rather with the Old World than with 

 the New. "My ideal of life is to have no hampering 

 luxuries," he confessed. "If I could limit my pos- 

 sessions to one umbrella then I should be perfectly 

 content." 



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