
          1048.

*Thermometer 20°F. when we met.

women on the bridge at Avalon.

516
January 30, 1904.  A trip along the Patapsco from Brooklyn to
Patapsco station, then along the B. & P. R.R. to Wilkins Av., where we
took the car for home.  We, Mr. W., Mr. F., and myself met in Brooklyn at 8.30 A.M.
The day was beautifully bright but cold.*  During the past week
it has again been cold and the river is again frozen tight.  Yesterday
and the day before it snowed, it snowed almost continuously
for 36 hrs. so the ground was covered with about a foot 
of snow.  Mr. F. and I were well protected against the snow for we
had on <s>sn</s> rubber boots, but Mr. W. with his rubber shoes and
low shoes was not.  It therefore was our privilege to go foremost
so as to make a trodden path for him.  The circumstances
recalled to Mr. W. a verse from Heine

Hannemann, geh du vorden [voran!]
Du fast [hast] die groezen [größten] Stifeln [Stiefel] an,
dass dich das Ding [Tier] nicht beiszen [beißen] kann.

Mr. F and I were, therefore the "Gebrüdes Hahnemann".  As already stated
the sun was shining beautifully when we started on our trip, not a cloud
was to be seen; the sky was beautifully blue and there was practically
no wind.  We soon found ourselves in Fairyland.  The snow rested
everwhere.  How beautifully it decorated the trees, but they were not decorated
        