Saturday, May 22, 1943

Dear Diary,

I can no longer say that Bob Hope was the last man to kiss me, because Pat O’Brien took over that honor today. He made five personal appearances today, and after the first one, I went to the rear exit of the Majestic and waited ’til he came out. I showed him the two pictures of us taken at Del Mar in 1941. It was pretty dark, so he asked, “Who’s this?” I said, “That’s you and I at Del Mar.” In the meantime he was standing at my left, holding my right hand and trying to see the pictures. He looked at them in a good light, and said, “Oh sure, you were on the broadcast that day. He gave me a big hug, said, “I’m glad to see you again, honey,” and kissed me on the left cheek.