SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
September 14, 1940 
Dear Dr* Schmitt: 
If you get a chance to mail a letter, please tell me -where 
Mr* McKeon’s Martinique pictures are* He asked me this morning if 
I could find them for him* I looked all through the filing case be- 
hind your desk but did not see them there* He would like to have 
them, so if you can tell me where to look for them, I will give 
them to him* 
Barbara brought your diary in one day this week and I typed 
it* Mr. Bryant and Mr* Shoemaker read it and were interested* Mr* 
Shoemaker said he thought the Bureau had a nerve to send a man off 
on a trip like that and expect him to turn in like a deck hand and 
clean up the ship* He said you never did say what you did about 
the rats* I told him you probably had them along with you* 
We are having beautiful fall weather* The days are clear 
and cool, and the nights are really cold— -two or three blankets* 
It is a lovely time of year. 
Maloney drifted in Thursday afternoon for a little while# 
We haven’t seen him since, but he will be back Monday for good# He 
looks plump and well-fed. He went home after the hot baths at 
Hot Springs. The family differences were all settled somehow, and 
he says, ’Me are all one family again.” I am glad of that; I think 
the family row was on his mind (and nerves v) as much as anjrthing. 
An earphone salesman was in here yesterday. When he found 
you were away, he tried to sell me his instruments We had quite a 
talk. I forget the name of his instrument, it is a new one which is 
just being promoted. It is supposed to have a wider range than Sono- 
tone, but it has the button that goes in your ear and no bone conduc- 
tion apparatus* I told him I thought you were quite sold on the bone 
conduction. He rather low-rates the Sonotone. His instrument is about 
■ip 20 cheaper than the Monotone* He said he would come back some time 
after the first of the year* I told him I thought he would find no 
encouragement from you, but he said he would like to see how the instru- 
ment works for you, anyway* He gave the impression that, s ince it is 
new on the market, he wants to try it out on different people to see 
how it suits different ears and different types of deafness* 
Sincerely, 
