There is a phrase in the passage that "while I was studying abroad the word high collar (haikara) party started to appear in the newspapers", however, in fact, as mentioned above, the word haikara had been used by Hanzan ISHIKAWA long before the TAKEKOSHI's farewell party.
文中に「余が外遊中、高襟党なる文字新聞に現はれて」とあるが、実際には竹越の送別会よりずっと以前から石川半山が新聞紙上で使っていたのは上記のとおりである。