There were no newspaper men, not even critics nor actors there, which struck me as interesting.

The men were very nice to me.

Especially Young, Reid, Irving and Howells.

Everybody said when I came in, "I used to know you when you were a little boy," so that some one said finally, "What a disagreeable little boy you MUST have been." I sat next a chap from Brazil who told me lots of amusing things.

One story if it is good saves a whole day for me.