April 15, 1939 
Dear Dr* Schmit t : 
Pay dayj Don't you wish you were here? 
The enclosed questionnaires from Civil Service came this 
morning, and I thought mayhe you could fill them in if you had them. 
I don't know when they have to he in. 
Under separate cover, hy reg\ilar mail, I am sending a few 
copies of Jroxir separates from the Bxplorations Pamphlet, which just 
came. I thought you might like to show them around to some of your 
friends down there. Sorry they didn't come soon enough to send them 
so they'd reach you on the Velero. 
Burkenroad walked in this morning. We are putting him in 
Miss Cochran's room, because if Miss Wakefield comes hack as we hope, 
there won't he room for him in here. He just brought his microscope 
and stuff in this morning, and will he down for work Monday. Mr. 
Shoemaker is off today. The funeral for Mr. Wetherly's nephew was 
yesterday and Mr. Shoemaker took the week-end off. 
You fell heir to four quarts of whisky the other day, and 
I immediately snitched one of them. You see, you can't trust roe be- 
hind your hack at all.’ It was like this. The other day Angelo came 
in with a handful of tickets issued hy one of the American Legion posts 
to which he belongs. He said he was supposed to have sold the tickets 
for 10 cents apiece (they were chances on various things), hut that he 
didA't like to do things like that, so he bought the whole hunch him- 
self, and turned in other people's names for them. He said he put 
down all of our names, as well as others, and the ticket on which he 
out your name won four quarts of Overholt whisky. I asked him why he 
didn't take it himself, hut he said he never used it and if I thought 
you would want it he would he glad for you to take it. I said I tho\ight 
you could use it, so I arranged to get it— and then I thought you owed 
me one of them for getting therai Don't you think so? Anyway, the bottle 
is now in my kitchen cupboard! The other three are here. 
I have finally thought of something I would like you to bring 
me if it's not too much trouble and doesn't cost too much, and that is 
one of those little native mahogany tables they sell in Port-aa-Prince. 
I think they were quite cheap, $2 or don't pay over 
$5 for one. The ones I saw were of wood of two shad^. I think they 
were made of the lighter shade, with inlaid flowers l^decorations of 
the darker, I wanted one then, hut couldn't see myself carrying it 
half way around the continent with me. As I remember, the ones I saw 
were round. I'd like a rectangular one better, but a round or oval 
one would be all right. Don't bother if it% any trouble, or if you've 
already exhausted your $100 limit. In any case, pse your judgment 
