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Wilson coming out. I Knew her. She spoke to me and said, “Oh, I'm so glad to see you. Isn't it lovely you're coming?” I said, “Mrs. Wilson, we were going into the reception?” She said, “My dear, do take my advice and don't try to go. You'll never get out. It's perfectly terrible. It's a perfect jam. I got here very early because I was supposed to receive and I have been there receiving. People have been there who have been standing three hours in the outer court. They can't even get in. You can't see anybody. It's just a milling crowd. It's dangerous. I had a dreadful time getting out. If you'll take my advice, you'll go right away now.”

My cousin said, “I think that's good advice.” We got back into the taxicab, which hadn't yet been dismissed, and proceeded back to the Willard Hotel. He took a roundabout way down through Constitution Avenue and got home easily We didn't know where anything was and could easily get lost in that terrific grass plot that the pan American Union is planted in. You feel lost down there in the Elysian field alone.

We arrived back at the Willard Hotel way after midnight, utterly exhausted and not having made the Pan American Union reception after all. We sat down, had a drink of milk, and a little talk. Susanna and the boys had come in at this time.