... 5 P. M. a pretty little dish of sentiment with Miss E.—am related to her through Parson Beecher of Litchfield. * * * * * _July 17_ 10 A. M. Roda is singing—it reminds me of those flute-like tones I used to hear at Gov. Wolcott’s. _July 18_ To Derby with Capt. Whitney—tandem to see Mrs. Prince & her boy—poor little fellow—half sick—my old friend K. Beach there. K. likes Mary Peck’s piece—sentiment. Mrs. N copied it. _July 20_ 10 P. M. have been a good boy today. _July 21_ 10 A. M. out to Mr. Vanden Heuvel’s place—the prettiest thing of the kind in Connecticut. 5 P. M. Miss M.[52] you are disappointed of a ride with a favorite beau of yours by this shower—I am sorry. _July 22_ Miss M.[52] you were becomingly dressed last night because there was less _fix_ about you than common. I like richness of dress but hate ribbons & bows & knots & ruffles & rigmaroles generally speaking I dislike ornaments of any kind. To see ladies loaded with as many foolish kickshaws as are put on now-a-days looks more like burlesque than reality. It appears to be almost a difficult thing for some of them to walk & they are deprived of everything like grace and are more like awkward caricatures than human figures.... _July 28_ A peep at Miss Hart—the sister of Capt. Hull’s wife—most horribly fashionable in her accoutrements—there she goes [a drawing occurs here in the original with big bonnet and parasol, Plate XXXI.] “It is a very pretty thing, no doubt, to see a young lady dressed with Parisian flowers & Parisian gauzes & an Indian fan & the whole &c. of fashionable array. But I question if this be after all, the style in which a young man of any understanding sees a young lady with most danger to his peace.” (Peter.) [Illustration: PL. XXXI.—PEN DRAWING FROM JOURNAL OF GEORGE Y. CUTLER ] _July 29_ From Sir John Suckling’s poem of the wedding— “Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out As if they feared the light.” (Peter.) _July 31_ Miss M. has looked well this evening, was not as much beruffled as common—which made her shoulders appear infinitely more to advantage than common. _August 6_ A person without a temper is like a knife without an edge, says Miss M. * * * * * _Aug. 10_ [With picture of Miss M., Plate XXXII.] This figure looks very much like a Miss —— not the face merely the form. Miss M. with her cambric hat—over her face—done from memory but the portrait is rather flattering which could not however be well avoided taking into consideration the state of the delineator’s imaginations—the figure is rather too straight—the bonnet does not poke up near enough to the angle of 45°, but it is tolerably well done at least so much so that I kiss it ever and anon.