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21 April 1880 — Constantinople | |
Wednesday. 21st April [1880]. It was cold & windy weather. Henry & I drove to Hatzfeldts in the afternoon to play tennis with him but it was not very enjoyable as one had clouds of dust into ones eyes every now & then. After we had played he said he wanted to ask us something & he proceeded to unfold a plan for the Corps Dip to give a Concert in Aid of the Famine Stricken people in Turkey in Asia & asked if I wd help– We agreed—& as at 5 there was a meeting at our Embassy of the Dips on some business or other Hatzfeldt proposed the scheme & offered the Ball room of the German Embassy for the occasion. After their meeting they many of them came in to take tea with me & to tell me that it was agreed to call a meeting of the Ladies of the Dips & to form a Committee making me President– | |
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