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and old with all the cloud coved peaked mountains all around. and the comen people mostly a mixture of molatoes & malayans, & Spanish all going around bare footed with many colored shawls on all embroidered. I was very sorry I could not send you any p. c◊◊◊ cards from there but they did not print any except a photographic post-card of the theater which was really a beautifull building inside and out. On Wed. 4th we stoped playing On Friday we saw two riligious processions. On Sat. 7. we left San Jose and went on the Boat at Port Limon, but we did not sail till Sun 8th. And we arrived at Colon on Mon. Before we left from Colon we saw them loading Bananas on the boat (By [page torn] we traveled by the United Fruit Company first time by the “T◊u◊d◊◊ [page torn] 2nd time with the “Pastores”.) Well you never seen such train loads of Bananas as they put on Board by machine I am just tired of Bananas now I have had a few too many. Well from Colon we went by train to Panama along the canaal It was 5 when we arrived at Colon but we did not sail till 11 at night and we arrived about 10 ’c. at Panama here the Hotel are terrible the only one which is really possible cost 4.50 per day when we are stoping it cost 2.50. per day each American place. By the way I must tell you in Cuba you have the pleasure of ants & cockroches & sometimes bedbugs, in Costa Rica you are eaten up with fleas, and here in Panama you have mice, Rats, fleas, big long worm like ants, cockroches and the rest I have not discovered yet this town is very pritty for its Churches not very old and very many squares but oh the people live terrible dirty places they are all mixed c◊◊◊ies, colored, white and ◊◊◊der We are stoping here 14 days then we go to Lucia Peru South America we give one performance at a place in Equador before we arrive at Peru. Except for the country & scenery the towns ar squallid and horrible I wish I were home with Mama & my Baby instead By the way Mama has moved our address in New York is 150 W 62nd Street. But my address here for the Co. is 165 Broadway c/o Mme. Pavlova our[?] [letter incomplete]

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