Saturday, January 6:
Practically all day long checking account books! We hear that the weavers in the neighborhood of Hof are in such distress that an outbreak of typhoid fever is expected - with what indifference governments regard such situations! And how run down is the industry of this country! R. says he would make all the princesses run the gauntlet for buying their finery abroad, instead of helping and reviving the country's industries.