finally told Mrs. Schmitt that I ?<rOuld go home so she could call for me there 
and then we’d get Mrs. Brooks wherever we could find her. Along about 2; 50 
Saturday afternoon Dr. Brom called me at ho^e and said, ’^Well, we are both 
Yforking. It seems that I have to malce all the decisions. I decided that 
we would stay and work, and I suppose I will decide what time we stop and 
go home.’’ He, too, had been trj^ing to get her to say v/hether or not she 
wanted to work tliat afternoon. 
As it turned out, Mrs. Schmitt had some sinus trouble that after 
noon and was in great pain for a vdiile, so we didn’t go after all. She 
felt better the next day, so she and Barbara had supper Y^ith us Sunday night. 
I think I heard her saying something to Mrs. Brooks about going out to 
your house for a day or twro while I am a^v^ay this week end, but I don’t be- 
lieve she got a satisfactory answrer. I was in the kitchen, and so didn’t 
hear the whole story . This morning I said to Mrs. B. ”7/111 you be here 
when I come back next Tuesday?” But I didn’t find out I She certainly is 
the queerest person in that respect. Her indecision and uncertainty make 
it awfully hard to plan anything in the way of entertainment for her. I 
know that Mrs. ScMitt must feel like shaking her sometimes. She’s vei*^/ 
nice to have around, however, and makes very little trouble. She is a 
terribly slow walker, and I try to figure out ways eveiy day to avoid 
walking back and forth with her. It takes an hour when she’s with me, but 
I can do it alone in 25 minutes. I’ve got her pretty well trained now to 
take the street car in the mornings, and I don’t kxiom hov/ she gets home 
at night. I don’t wait for her. 
I bought fry ticket to Detroit this morning. I leave Thursday 
at 5 p.m. and will be back at work Tuesday morning. I think it wall be a 
nice little vacation. T/e are having beautiful weather here, and I hope 
it will not be too cold and horrid there. I suppose I’d better get a 
new pair of galoshes for the trip, but I hate to. The winter is over here, 
and I won’t need them until next year. 
I hope 3 Y 0 u’ll enjoy yourself on the coast, and good luck to you 
in San Francisco. 7/e haven’t heard anything further from that quarter. 
Sincerely, 
