Return to Moret - April, 1897

 The William Jurian Kaula Diary - April 12-16, 1897

Kaula Gravestone

12 Apr 1897 - RETURN TO MORET

The party on this occasion consisted of eleven persons - namely Mr. and Mrs. Wyeth, Mrs. Wyeth's mother and brother (Gilman), Misses Olcott and Baumann*, Glover, Logan, Cartwright, Hazard, and I.  We have planned to stay the rest of the week and with every prospect of a glorious time.

 

*Miss B. is a blonde but too heavy to be an angel.

 

13 Apr 1897

The season has advanced considerably since our last visit here and there is much more verdure.  We have been busy making small sketches and Hazard and I are planning to paint a few canvases.

 

14 Apr 1897

Glover and Logan are not doing any work and are devoting their time and attention to another matter - the young ladies.  It would be impossible for me to calculate how many miles these couples have walked since their arrival in Moret.  Both cases look very serious and are very interesting to watch.  Mr. Wyeth has been doing some deadly work with his new outfit of water-colors.

 

15 Apr 1897

Poor Glover and Logan are not themselves and wander around in aimless fashion.  I would like to describe the whole affair but I need not dwell upon the affairs of others especially about things that I do not understand and where there is a danger that I might misrepresent facts.

 

16 Apr 1897

We held an "Opera" in the evening in the dining room - Hazard played the piano and Logan experimented with a violin.  After singing a number of popular songs we became enthusiastic over the selections from the grand operas.  After a while they ceased to resemble any particular tune and each one tried his best to make as much discordant sound as possible.  The din increased until it was something terrific.  Anxious faces of the townspeople peeped in the windows and someone reported that the noise could be heard all over the town.  I made my debut as an opera star and sang various unknown selections.  Hazard and Logan were each on their own book and entirely independent as was also our "chorus."  When the complaints began to arrive we ceased and spent another hour in laughter over the ridiculous performance.  It is astonishing that we could have made so much noise without the use of liquors.  No one had even a single drop of wine and yet we made noise enough for a drunken carousal.
Location: Moret-sur-Loing, 77250 Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne, France

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