The box was crushed almost beyond recognition as to the skirt the gown wasn’t injured in the lease. The waist is a little large in the brest, but by raising the skirt a little bit - and thereby remedying the hang as well - it will be simply perfect. I haven’t a spare second myself in which to fix it so I’m going to trot over to Miss [Wickse’s] with it early in the morning and see what she can do for me. It won’t take her over a couple of hours to fix it, I don’t believe. Florence has bought a lovely white beaded satin trimmed with brown maribou [sic] - it has a train! And she looks adorable in it.
    This afternoon a quartette of colored men from Hampton Institute in Virginia gave a fair sort of concert. They sang very well - there was a [gulen] came along with them an told his life-history and what