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compares more to London then any town I have ever seen It has squares & parks all over the place and the loveliest buisness streets & the most interesting stores [I?] [page torn] think it beats New York ho◊l◊ there are at least a 12 streets equal to 5th Ave. here and huge firms form London Like Harrods & Gathes & Chaves etc. are here. The hotels are very nice clean and good food only they are expensive as a matter of fact everything is very expensive here. In fact all South America is but at least here in this town one can buy all the things one needs forinstance in Panama, Lima, & Ecuador Silk stockings were not to be had only these poor woodsilk and they were terrible expensive. Just a moment I am going to have lunch now then I will continue.

Well I am back again eating a tangarin. Since how long has Nondas been going to school I thought was only taug[page torn] at home it is very nice that she mixes with other children but I cant imagine Nondas as 5 feet tall now and how old I have forgoten how old and what date the wonderfull day is I have just dad [had] my birthday the 20th on 1917 August 9th so your eldest daughter has become extreamely ancient. It is really very cold today and it is not somuch the cold that I mind for we have worse in the US. but here none of the houses have any heating apliances whatever

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