October 21, 1934

...in everyone else here and practical jokes are sometime not so funny. The church across the square is holding a revival and they sing for hours on end. The funny part is that the converts get hysterical and come down the street in a twitching transe, at times yelling at the top of their voices.

The women's colony on the Du is getting to be large and by Christmas will be almost as large as the men's.

You should have seen our servants today, all white from head to foot! No shoes, white jackets buttoned and decorated with huge brass buttons. Several were sent down from the Du. Mr. Loomis and I sent our stewards and Mr. Corwin had his full staff, of course. Most servants are Bassa boys, a tribe of small men who are generally about a shoulder high and sometimes smaller.

Chuck stayed with me last night and we were anxious to go out to the ship so when the flag, which is runup when a ship is sighted, went up at six-thirty we piled down to the wharf but it was a false alarm and the ship passed by so we came back and had breakfast and waited--. The ship was late so the wedding was at one-thirty instead of twelve.

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