SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
I feel as though I ought to write a note to you i Los Angeles 
but I haven’t anything to say. Isn’t that a dilemma? 
I stay home yesterday and dosed my cold and hope now that 
it will be better. I had such a sore throat I could hardly talk, but 
it is better now. 
The first couple 
g fine now. 
Mrs. Brooks and I are getting alon 
of days she was here ny cold was miserable and I was quite discouraged, 
but I feel better now. She’s easy to live v/ith and helps with the work 
just fine so that I don’t have to go to much trouble for her. We’re 
going to your house for dinner again tomorrow. Mrs. Sclimitt is certainly 
taking good care of us. 
Miss Rathbun says to tell you that the Penrose project is 
going along and they expect to start publisldng shortly. They keep 
writing to her asking all sorts of questions. They want the full name 
of eveiy person mentioned in the manuscript, aatbors, collectors, etc. 
and she lias spent a lot of time looking up people’s names. 
Jolm Ga^rth’s crabs went back a few days ago and should be at 
U.S.C. by the time you reach Los Angeles. 
Our T/eather is improving. The snow is nearly gone and we are 
having quite nice daj^s and warm nights. The change is very welcome. 
The Remington people still have my typex’^riter and I can hardly 
work without it. 
The v/ork is going along as usual. Miss Neil, the typist. 
finished another article. She’s vei^^ slow, but I just let her putter 
along. She is off for a week now. Bir. Maloney is rearranging the 
pamphlet boxes to ma.ke room for more publications. 
I am enclosing half a dozen copies of your paper on the mud 
shrimps which were just now brought into the office. 
Sincerely, 
