There is a great deal more to my conversation with Seward 
than I can well write you, hut I shall tell you about it when you come 
hack, I can tell you one thing, you'll get small cooperation from him 
in trying to restrain her in any way. When I got through talking to him 
I was so mad that I could hardly sputter, (Don’t worry; I was nice to 
him— hut I didn't want to he!) 
Mrs. Van Winkle iJust heard last night that she got the Yale 
fellowship. She is going to write to you ahaut it. She says she feels 
that your redommendation helped a great deal. She will get all tuition 
fees and $900 besides. It's pretty good, isn't it? I'm awfully glad 
for her. 
The Group Health people have complained to Mr. Bryant several 
times about the poor response they got down here and they have recently 
sent him a lot of circulars to send around to the employees here, hut 
they have not yet given me a physical examination. They yell because 
they don't get any applications and then don't take care of the appli- 
cants they do get. Not that I care; the longer they wait, the less I'll 
have to pay. I wrote them my ideas about retiring at 70. They wrote 
me a nice letter saying theSr thought I had the right idea and that 
probably by the time I am fO the laws will be changed to permit people 
to stay in after retirement from the government. I have the letters; 
I'll show them to you when you get back. 
Bartos came down the other day to look at the fish that Warm- 
bath was working on. 
Sincerely, 
P, S. I suppose John thinks you have a sweetheart in every 
port or something like that, when you are so unkind as to prevent his 
seeing your letters! 
We've just come back from lunch at Conger's. Had a nice time. 
Mr. Walker said, "Did any one tell Dr. Schmitt that the lunch business 
fell to pieces when he left?" There were Walker, Conger, Bryant, Miss 
Morris, Mrs. Van Winkle, and I. When the rest of us left Mrs. V.W, stayed 
on toe talk to Conger for a while, and is still there. They have certain- 
ly formed a thtiving mutual admiration society. 
The Explorations Pamphlet is out and a copy has been sent to 
the President with a letter from Dr. Abbot. The separates haven't come 
yet. 
