Kenneth Durant arrived to take me out to dinner, and with him came
Mr. Humphries, whom I’d last seen in Moscow where he was working in
Tchicherin’s office. He left two days before I did, but went over the
Trans-Siberian to China and thence to Honolulu where his wife lives. We
meet in New York, having between us encircled the world!
I asked him laughingly, what he thought of my having become an
authority on Russia! He said that he had to take it rather seriously
when he read extracts from my Moscow diary in the Chinese papers!
After dinner we went to Crystal Eastman’s. She edits the
LIBERATOR and her husband, whose name is Fuller, is on the
FREEMAN. I liked them. I liked her particularly. She is good
looking, and extremely decorative. She sails into a room with her head
high and the face of a triumphant Victory. The atmosphere was such
as I recall in Moscow--hospitality that was simple and friendly, and
discussions that were interesting and humorous. I feel so proud that
this sort of people are nice to me. It is easy enough to be received
by what is vulgarly called the “upper ten.” They open their doors to
breeding or money, but among these others one can only get in through
accomplishment.