men cataloging and is doing nicely at it. She writes a very readable hand. 
I don't think she will have to take a reduction in saai salary. The typists 
were raised last week to the rate of 70 cents an hour, much to their own sur- 
prise and gratification and mine, too. Surely if they raise the typists, they 
will not lov/er Miss Boyle, and I am glad for her sake. I hated to have to 
tell her that she might have to take a reduction. 
Poor Miss Spangler is the only one who did not get a raise. She 
learned somewhere else that many of the typists were raised and she said to 
Mrs. Croggon this morning,' "You khotv, all those other girls got raised, but we 
didn't." Mrs. Croggon is diplomatic, and she said, "Vliell^ maybe we'll get it 
next time," She didn't admit that she had already gotten it, and she warned 
the otlier typists not to talk about their salaries. You know, she's not a bad 
sort. You got her in the right place when you sort of put the responsibility on 
her of keeping the whole bunch quiet, and she's taking it very seriously. She 
told me once that her husband has been out of work three years and they have 
a twelve-year old daughter. The daughter was in Saturday morning about one 
o'clock to go home with her mother. She's a nice looking girl, but as sopiiisti- 
cated looking as you could want. She looks nearer eighteen than twelve. 
I'm having a heird time keeping all the photographic work and Mrs. 
Awl's work straight, but I think I am matching up all the work with the requi- 
sitions. 
Mr. Bryant was in this morning to report a long wrangle he had had 
with Dr. Bartsch. The latter had seen Bodine from Iowa at Caxabridge. Bodine 
had asked what ever came of Bartsch' s effort to get the Iowa collections 
and Bartsch said 'nothing.’^ Bodine said when he got back he would look the 
matter up and write Bartsch. Then he did write P.B. that the collections were 
already here. Bartsch flew into Bryant's office demanding to know why he 
hadn't beeo informed. Bryant told him i)olitely that it was none of his business. 
Bartsch said, "Why, I paved the way for that transaction." And again, Mr. 
Bryant politely disagreed with him. Then Bartsch wanted to know what we got, 
and Bryant told him crastacea. Bartsch said that the Crustacea didn't amount 
to anything, thqy were nothing, it was the hydroids 'we ought to get. He said 
Scimnitt ought bo be interested in all the invertebrates, 'why didn't he get the 
hydroids? Then he wanted to icnow 'why the stuff was accessioned as coming 
through Dill, that Dill was nobody, had no/ authority, and was generally unfit 
bo be alive. Mr. Bryant showed him the papers and showed him that they were 
all signed by Dill. 
to do I 
I can't write you such a long letter today. I have too much else 
