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place that I cannot now imagine.

Q:

How did you happen to go?

Lasker:

I was supposed to be a hostess at this thing. You know, there are these big fund-raising things where you pay $100 or something to come in, and there have to be six or eight people who are the so-called hosts or hostesses, and I was one of them.

Then the other excitement in New York was Operation Saily, which I think you probably saw.

Q:

On television.

Lasker:

On television -- I, too. But on July 3rd my sister had a picnic in her apartment on the East River, and we saw the smaller boats come down the East River, which was an enchanting sight.

Q:

That must or have been an ideal spot.

Lasker:

Enchanting. The first large boat that came down had bright blue sails, and it was really one of the prettiest things I ever saw.





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