her again and said, “now quit it, you know I know your little tricks now" meaning that now that I too was a girl. She just smiled and said wisely, "you don't know all of them!" Touche! I surrender. And I did. About an hour later we were in the kitchen by ourselves doing a little smooching. We understood each other and were attracted almost im- mediately.

July 18. Two cars of us drove up to the Univ. of Uppsala, one of the oldest universities in Scandinavia and then down to Annette's summer house by a lake to meet her wife and family. Then to the town where she lives and to her new home there where we all had dinner and stayed the night. Dick joined us as Rhonda and we all had a lovely time preparing, eating and enjoying the dinner. I had written Annette that one of the things I remembered from my visit to Stockholm in 1929 with my parents was the strawberries. As a result she placed an enor- mous bowl of them in front of me and for once I had all the berries I could consume. We had a wonderful evening afterward-two Ameri- can girls and about 8 Swedish girls comparing notes Great.

July 19. Drove back to Stockholm, lovely trip through the Swedish countryside. That night they had scheduled a banquet in my honor, and I do mean a banquet in the best sense of the word. It was held at a cat- ering restaurant off of the street, everybody was in cocktail and eve- ning dresses. There were about 55 people there. Mr. Bernholm of “Ex- pressen" was the master of ceremonies and it was all white table- cloths and sparkling silver. I learned that if you get thirsty at a Swedish banquet you can't drink till you can get somebody's eye and then with a "Skole" you quench your thirst. This is fine when you want a drink but when somebody-or many somebodys want to quench their thirst or drink to your health—well, it can get to be something of a problem for a non-drinker. I'll just say I felt the effects. There were speeches by the MC, by Yvonne, the President of the group, and by Annette, our councilor and organizer of FPE-NE (northern Europe). She thanked me most graciouly for having started FPE and for my help to her and the others and heaped many kind words on my head. Natu- rally I had to respond to that and took the occasion to say that while it warmed me to know that my efforts were appreciated that rather than thanking me directly they should all put their efforts toward find- ing the others still outside of their circle and bring them in to the fold. Carrying the torch forward is enough thanks to me. (And that thought fits just as well here in the USA too-show your appreciation for what- ever help you have received by passing it on to the next one that needs a helping hand.)

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