4pril 13, 1959 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
I was just going over some of your letters and found one 
question that I'm sure I forgot to answer— the price of the Government 
Manual. The girl who answered the phone said she thought it is $1.75 
for the hinder and revisions up to June 30th. The girl who handles it 
was ill today and this other girl didn't seem to know rmch about it. 
I wrote you to Trinidad a few days ago. I guess you are 
sufficiently behind schedule that I could almost send this there, too, 
but I am afraid to take the chance. 
We sent the vials to Glassell that you mentioned. I think 
I forgot to tell you that, too. Some odds and ends of Porcellandds 
have turned up from time to time, and we are sending them off to him 
today. 
I think Jane is going to the hospital Monday to have her 
appendix out. She looks kind of pale and peaked, though she is still 
wailiiag about having to stay in bed ten days. She has squawked about 
it so much that I'm getting rather tired of hearing it. The way she 
complains about all the things she doesn't like to do (like the pass 
matter and having to get out on time now), I sometimes wonder if her 
mother hasn't spoiled her pretty badly. Her mother has probably eventually 
given in to her whenever she has whined long enough. I feel soriy for 
her having this appendix trouble just when Edwin had to have his eye 
removed, but he ought to be whaled! A.t least v/e don't h'-ve any trouble 
now with Jane hanging around after hours. She rushes home every night 
to dress Edwin's eye. She says, "Mother can't stand to look at it, so 
I have to do it." I think the trouble with both the children can probably 
be laid to having a foolish mother. 
Miss Wakefiild was in the other day and said that she could 
be reassigned here if we would ask for her. I talked to Deuterman 
about it yesterday and he suggested writing to Graf, asking for her, 
which I did. It will mean that we will have to put Bunkenroad down 
in Miss Cochran's room, as first planned. Miss Cochran is willing. 
Burkenroad has looked up all sorts of descriptions of speci- 
mens that are supposed to be in our collection. He has sent cards 
giving the name of the work in which they were described and the number 
supposed to be here, and wants to see them all. Shoemaker and Maloney 
have been working for more than a week getting them out, and are about 
half finished. Burkenroad is going to make all the work he can for us. 
I'll bet. 
