| Contents | Moritz sends him Mark 300; wonders whether Warburg should take up smoking very light cigarettes, as they are recommended to those who are suffering from breathing problems; he thinks they are called 'asthmatic cigarettes'; he would like to write more, but Paul is keen to report on a very expensive dinner party which took place in their house the previous day; [Ascan] Lutteroth told them that he has finished the painting; Lutteroth seems happy, hopes that the Warburg family will also be happy with the painting; whether businessman or scholar, everybody has his worries, but has to stay cheerful; Paul is writing to Warburg because Warburg has offended him with his complaint; explains that he does not write without the reward of a reply from Warburg; wants to put in action a correspondence schedule so that Warburg will receive a letter a day, father will write every Sunday, Olga every Monday, Paul every Tuesday, aunt Mali [Amalie Goldschmidt] every Wednesday, Fritz on Thursdays, Liese [Louise Warburg] on Fridays and Franziska [Jahns] on Saturdays; Paul will work himself into the grave, so that Max will be able to take over the Tuesday slot for writing to Warburg; describes the festitivities the previous evening: the meal was lovely, the wines exquisite; the men were 'too good' for the women with the exceptions of Charlotte Warburg and Lucia Oppenheim; the officiating cleric was Dr. Theodor Haase; guests were Regierungsrat Dr. Pieck, Amtsrichter [Judge] Dr. M.[Max] Hinrichsen, Dr. Paul Oppenheim, Dr. Max von der Porten, Dr. Adolph Goldschmidt, Mr. Moritz Warburg, Albert Oppenheim, George Simon, Arthur Cohen, Paul Warburg, aunt Malchen [Amalie Goldschmidt], Lucia Oppenheim, her daughter Alice Oppenheimer, Johanna Oppenheim, Marie Oppenheim, Mrs. Pick, Mrs. [Adèle] von der Porten, Mrs. Simon, Fanny Warburg, Charlotte Warburg, Olga Warburg; Haase has been recommended by Rothschild in Vienna, a very liberal man, interested in building a hospital in Tetschen, open to all religions; everything went smoothly; the men smoked and played cards, the women chatted and the unmarried girls were entertained by Paul Warburg and Adolph Goldschmidt; Paul is not keen on learning Russian; business is as usual; [Johann Nicolaus Hertz] is on his way from New York to Hamburg; Paul is proud of his long chatty letter, Alice Hallgarten could not have written a better one to Olga Warburg |