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3 January 1908 — 3 Savile Row | |
Friday. 3rd [January 1908]. I went this morning with Baker at 10 a.m. to have my first hot air electric knee bath of Mr Stear an electrician 7 Welbeck St. We were shown into a small dressing room in the basement where I was told to take off my boot & stocking & then went into a room full of every kind of electric contrivance for baths. Mr Stear was a civil man in his shirt sleeves wh looked very business like. He sat me down in a chair drew bags over my leg & proceeded to hoist it up into a kind of brass box wh held my knee. He applied the electric current wh soon warmed up the air tho’ it did not actually burn it was very hot. There he kept my knee abt 20 minutes. Then I got onto a couch & he painted the knee with a strong solution of iodine so that it was quite black. On that a piece of lint was placed & a small piece of iron heated by electricity—wh was also pretty hot. He dabbed on lithia & after about 10 minutes of the hot electrical application he showed me that my knee was restored to its usual colour & said the iodine & lithia had been driven in & the bath was over. We were back home by 10.45. Charlie Wyld looked in after lunch & while he was here Connie telephoned to him to tell Kate that the King is willing she shd stop at Lutterworth & that if Huntly will offer Chesterton in exchange Lutterworth will be offered to him. I walked with C. to the door of Fortnum & Mason’s & then on to Hay Hill where I heard that Lady Somers is staying. I found her at home & sat a while with her. She still looks very handsome & wears a becoming old fashioned “bonnet” as the French call it. She says she is very far from well & never goes out. I came home to tea & Issie Du Cane came & reported Daisy’s broken leg to be going on well. Dined alone—worked beads. Recd Mme Staels Vie Privée of [illegible word]. Interesting, high flown, rather pedantic but pathetic. He must have been a nice man. Seeing Lady Somers reminded me of old happy days when we used to stay at Eastnor & Lady S. was always in good spirit & made us laugh—& Lord S. & Henry were such friends & enjoyed it all. Now she is an invalid & has undergone a serious operation for cancer. I promised to go & see her again. | |
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