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Seoul home. Dinner at Dr. Avison's The guest of honor was Mr. Strong and his wife from Geneva.
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Brother 致旺 returned home from Kyoto, with his wife and child who found the life there rather unpleasant. He tells me that the Koreans in Osaka and Kyoto have behaved themselves so badly that it is impossible to rent a house when the owner knows you are Korean. The same story in Tokyo―everywhere where Koreans are in large number.
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3rd. Sunday. Cloudy with occasional showers.
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Seoul home. Worshipped at the 宗橋 Church. Bishop Kern preached.
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Brother Tchi Wang has had no better luck than I in the matter of a son-in-law. His son-in-law, 申泰植, who got married entirely at the profuse expense of my brother. Ever since marriage, brother has been paying ￥50.00 per month for housekeeping that is he(Cynn) is living a parasite on his wife. Yet he treats her harshly threatening to upset his table for lack of dainty food etc. He spends his own salary in having good time with a ki-saing. He says to my niece, 善姬, “You just wait until I get the degree of paksa! (내가 博士만 되고봐라) meaning, I suppose that he would bear with his present wife until my brother gives him the money to study for Japanese M.D. degree, and that when he gets it, he would leave or divorce her.
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4th. Monday. Cloudy―Chilly.
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Seoul home. Supper at Dr. Hardie's with Bish. Kern and his party. After dinner Mr. Morris showed moving pictures of his own taking―of scenes in the East Palace Grounds; among the Diamond Mts; in the Philippines; on the Paik-too-san. Wife and I returned home about 9:30 Brother 致旺 left for Kyoto by the 11:30 express.
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5th. Tuesday. Pretty―Mild.
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6th. Wednesday. Beautiful.
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Seoul home. Entertained Bishop and Mrs. Kern and their travelling companions Mrs. Kant and Miss Scales, Dr. and Mrs. Hardie to a Korean supper. They had a very meagre supper as they couldn't eat much of Korean food, yet they let on as if they enjoyed the feast immensely. Bishop Kern is the best Bishop of the S.M.E. Church we have had in Korea since Bishop Lambuth went to his rest.
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7th. Thursday. Beautiful.
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Seoul home. In Korea at least the climate keeps the Lunar Calendar(陰) in preference to the Solar or New Calendar. Though it is December according to the latter, it is only 10th moon according to the New. Hence these beautiful Spring-like days. Real winter will begin in the 11th moon.
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Seoul home. Dr. Cynn or the National Council, entertained Dr. and Mrs. Strong of Geneva to a Korean supper at the Bright Moon Restaurant. Mrs. Strong is one of the most beautiful women I have seen―her features so refined, delicate and lovely.
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9th. Saturday. Cloudy.
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Seoul home. Rain between 12 and 5 p.m.
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.10th. Sunday. Beautiful.
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Left Seoul with 璋善 and 琦善 per 8:40 a.m. trainfor Pai Chun Hot Springs. Candler joined us at the Song Do Station. Arrived at the Springs 11:30 a.m. The Chosun Ryu Kwan 朝鮮旅館 a new built Korean inn―clean rooms. We had two refreshing baths, one at 1:30 and another at 5 p.m. Left the Springs 6:37 p.m. arriving home 9:30.
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11th. Monday. Lovely―Cold.
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2 p.m. went to the Jang Choong Dan(獎忠壇) Park to attend the ceremony of unveiling a memorial table erected in honor of Viscount Shibuzawa. He was one of the greatest men of the brilliant and glorious Meiji era. All that doesn't necessarily put the Koreans under any obligation to contribute toward erecting a table in his honor in Korea. Of course might make anything right.
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13th. Wednesday. Beautiful.
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Seoul home. This morning 10:30 General U Kaki, the Gov. General visited the Kyong Sung Po Yuk Won (京城保育園) . I had to go there to receive him. He was very kind in his encouraging and appreciative remarks about the work. This Orphanage is perhaps one of the few well managed institution of the kind in Seoul. Dr. Oh Kung Su deserves the major part of the credit. Messrs. Kim Il-Sun and Jung Bong Wha have been largely responsible for its success. I am only the nominal president of the Bd. of Directors.
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Dr. Kern and party left Seoul this morning.
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Went to a Japanese restaurant 8:30 p.m. where Mr. 池田 entertained Mr. 朴錫胤.
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14th. Thursday. Pale―Mild.
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Seoul home. Mr. Nam Koong Uk(南宮檍) was arrested a month ago on the charge of having written and taught a history of Korea in which he is said to have indulged in anti-Japanese sentiment etc. He and a dozen of his intimate friends after having been put through the will of investigation by the local police of Hong-Chun, were sent up to the public prosecutor in Seoul, yesterday. The old man now 71 will find the confinement very hard. It is feared that it may be a year before his turn comes for trial owing to the fact there are more than a thousand "dangerous thoughts" men in the prison awaiting trial.
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15th. Friday. Pale―Mild.
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Seoul home. 10 a.m. went to the C.C.C. to act as one of the judges for the Annual Declamation Contest in English. Returned home by 1:47 gasolin car.
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16th. Saturday. Cloudy-Snow.
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Seoul home. Snow from 2 p.m. The first real snow of this winter but the flakes thawed before they hit the ground.
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The Director of the Bank of Chosen gave a Korean feast to the members of the Saturday Club. Kisaings, Geshas and ever flowing sake as usual. Left the room as soon as the revellers got noisy enough not to notice one to absence.
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This afternoon at 2 the Executive Committee of the National Council met at the Y. A cable had been received from N.Y. to the effect that only 500 Dollers(?) would be given to Korean rural work and that Mr. Barnhart would have to be recalled in case the N.Y. Committee fails to secure his support by the 1st January, 1934. (Next page)
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17th. Sunday. Bright. Cold.
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Seoul home. (The Y. Executive Committee continued) Now, in place of ￥3,400.00 which N.Y. sent out and of which ￥2,250.00 went to the support of the Tokyo student work this year, a subsidy of 500 dol. = ￥1,000.00, would naturally compel the National Council to wind up the Tokyo work altogether or to raise the money at home. Decided to ask Mr. Choi Sung Man to come from Tokyo to talk about the best plans for the continuation of the Tokyo work.
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Mr. Wilbur privately suggested to me that if a few Korean friends could offer to raise Dr. Cynn's salary ($1,500.00 per annum) , asking the N. Y. Committee to transfer C's salary to the support of Mr. B., the N. Y. people would be so impressed by the generosity of Korean friends that they might consent to leave B. in Korea. A very wise and noble suggestion but who among Dr. C's friends will be able or willing to raise1,500.00 or 4,500 yen(at present rate of exchange) every year for his support? I guess Mr. W. had me in his mind but with my pledges amounting to ￥60,000.00, I can't undertake C's support to boot.
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18th. Monday. Bright. Cold.
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Seoul home. A Christmas celebration for the Junior Dept. at Central Y. from 7:30. The program had music etc. Our 琦善 and 寶姫 played piano.
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19th. Tuesday. Bright―Cold.
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Left Seoul 8:40 a.m. train for 松都 to attend a meeting of the Board of Control of the Song Do Higher Common School.
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20th. Wednesday. Pale―Cold.
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21st. Thursday. Bright. Very cold.
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22nd. Friday. Bright. Very cold.
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23rd. Saturday. Bright―Moderate Cold.
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Seoul home. I invited, to a sukiyaki supper at 江戶川屋 at 5 p.m. the following friends, Messrs. 朴勝彬, 崔南善, 李□錘, 白南奎, 權□□. We discussed a plan or means of making a public protest against the irrational and unnecessarily complicate system of spelling the Korean unmoon whose great merit is simplicity. Decided to ask Mr. 崔 to draft a statement setting forth our reasons for protesting against the Han-kul(韓글) crowd who try to impose on the Korean people their abominable system and to have a larger meeting of those who agree with us sometime in the middle of January next to January next to adopt a formal plan for arousing the public opinion in regard to the matter. The trouble is nobody rally and seriously care whether the Korean unmoon lives or dies.
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24th. Sunday. Gloomy. Chilly.
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Seoul home. Worshipped at the 宗轎 Church.
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Christmas has become to a class of Seoul women another 8th of the 4th moon, the Buddha's birthday. They don't care a fig for the real significance of Christmas. All they care for is that it is one more pretext or occasion for shopping and more shopping. Mr. 金永燮 tells me that people in Japan has already gone to the cynicism of punning Christmas as クルシマス. Too bad!
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25th. Monday. Pretty. Very cold.
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Seoul home. This morning our baby (珽善) said to his companions 나는 聖誕이 第一 좋은 날이야 (to me the Christmas is the happiest day) . Well that was compensation enough to me for the many petty worries of the season.
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26th. Tuesday. Bright.
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27th. Wednesday. Bright. Rain from 9 p.m.
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Seoul home. Rain began about 9 a.m. and kept on all through the night.
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28th. Thursday. Cloudy. Mild.
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29th. Friday. Pale―Chilly.
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Seoul home. Sunshine p.m. Celebraion of the "Naming" the new born crown Prince of Japan. The school children made to parade with flags in day time. Middle school and college boys had lantern parade in the night.
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30th. Saturday. Sun and mild.
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Seoul home. A thin layer of snow on the ground night and morning.
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The winter has been so mild up to date that no skating has been possible in Seoul.
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31st. Sunday. Bright―Cold.
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Seoul home. This year of our Lord, 1933 closes happily without seeing a great war inspite of the feverish preparations for war all around us, East and West.
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I have had all sorts of vexations on account of Chang Moon Sa, Yun Hong Koo etc. On the whole, considering the times in which we live, I must thank God for His good providential guldance and preservation and I may devoutly say: T'is grace that has brought me
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And grace will lead me home!
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