Feb. 29th Saturday
Today I woke up late - & somewhat refreshed but to find cloudy, threatening weather, & before long continued hard rain. Claude [broer] did not feel well and remained at the hotel resting until his luncheon with Mr. & Mrs. Kimball (of S. & K.) at 1:30 & afterward he went to the league . I started out rather, late, and made some ineffectual journeys in the rain. Took the 6th Ave. L. to Aldrich Court and after waiting to see Emerich awhile went over to the Stevens House for lunch and then came back & found him & had quite a pleasant call. He took me over into the Manhattan Life Bldg. to see the Mast Box and then up into the Surety [een van de eerste wolkenkrabbers] - that beautiful, tall, white building. We went into a lovely office on the 20th floor & looked down upon the tops of the buildings and could have seen many miles, but for the rain & fog. I got up town just in time to reach Daly's Theatre comfortably in time for the two o'clock Matinee - "Countess Gucki" [toneelstuk van Franz von Schonthan]. It was very good - but not beginning with "The Squire of Dame' or "La Signora Dalle Camelie"! Mr. Richman made a handsome & stunning & daring young officer - but laughed too much. Ada Rehan - was Ada Rehan - but her 1819 costumes were awful - most of them. Mrs. Gilbert & James Lewis made a funny pair - both very good. Mr. Herbert was a dear, blonde, uniformed, curly-headed Cousin Leopold - in love with Cousin Lilli, of course. Both Bruno Von Neuhoff & his uncle the General are in love with Countess Gucki - but of course the young man is the successful one. There is only one scene - 3 acts - a very pretty scene, too. Empire-inlaid tables &c.&c. It poured on the roof of the theatre & still rained when I came out, but it was my last afternoon, so I walked up Broadway & 5th Avenue - rain or no rain. The couples, broughams & hansoms were very numerous.
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