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Friday, April 13, 1934.

Dearest Mother,
Pete thinks if i once can get caught up in my
letters to you maybe I could keep there, for seems to him I'm
always writing. I left off this morning at Dr Isliikawa's?, he
gave us his sons address in London and was so nice to us in
every way.

That evening we were invited by the Herberts of the Canadian
Pacific to have supper with him and the De Nuettes?. They came
for us at eight, and we drove to a famous Tempura place for supper.
Much to our surprise Mrs. Herberts mother and sister were people we
had met on the boat coming over, and were so amused because
she was sure she wouldn't like Japan and thought it awful that
her daughter like to live here so much. Mr. Fraine the Cruise
director was there too and we had really a very pleasant evening.
The tempura place was very attractive, typically Japanese inside
and out we left our shoes and were shown upstairs as one
always is at such places and ushered into a private room.
There tea was brought and a sort of cold appetizer, raw Jesli?
and vegetables sake and some pickled vegetables and dried peas. The Baldwins
hadn't eaten in Japanese style before and I think the Herberts
may have felt she was more apt to like it if a lot of us were
there. It took her a long time to make up her mind to taste
raw fish, and yet she told us about the luau they had in
Honolulu, and I asked if they had Lonu? Salmon and
they said "oh yes", were much surprised when I told them
how raw that was. After a while we were taken into the
room where the tempura is cooked and eaten. Aunt Mary
Clarke would have adored it so would you.