lunch with Mrs. Schmitt the other day, and she wanted to know if she had 
heard definitely from you wkstkgx when you would get here. I told her 
about the Iowa business, but, just the same, she wants to know that you 
will be here on some definite date. 
In January Miss Rath bun sent in a short manuscript to the 
Jour, ffash. Acad, describing a new crab. The other day she discovered 
that it wasn't new, and recalled the manuscript. Fortunately, she could 
still get it back. 
Miss Rathbun is naming up crabs so fast that poor Mr. Maloney 
is running around in circles looking for a place to put them, and I can't 
begin to keep up with the cataloging. I may come down tomorrow and 
catalog for a hhile, I'm going out to a late breakfast and then to a 
concert at 4 p.m, so the hours in betvfeen will be a loss anyway and I might 
as well come dom here and do something with them. 
The other day Andrew' Pizzini asked Mr. Shoemaker if he knew 
a Virginia Lee Boone. She is working at the Library of Congress (we don't 
know in what capacity) and wants Andrew to do some drawing for her. I 
believe she did tell him that she was working for Vanderbilt. 
I did some work at the Library of Congress last week end, 
checking a bibliography for Ralph Bailey's sister in connection with her 
master's thesis. Believe me I learned a lot about the various card 
catalogs down there! 
Miss Neil, the relief typist, was supposed to be in Thursday 
but did not appear. She called later to say that she was sick and would 
not try to come until Monday. It is too bad that she couldn't have been 
sick on one of her off weeks. Miss Eneix Is developing into quite a 
typist. She's a nice youngster! 
What is it your Seventh Day Adventist friends do — hold a good 
thought? That's what I'm doing oveijthe Calif, affair. 
Sincerely, 
aJjP 
