Maloney sent us all little souvenir gifts from Hot Springs. You should see them! Most fif them are pretty 
terrible. Mine came by itself one day, and the others all followed on the second day. I was quite relieve 
to find that I was not the only recipient. I was afraid that part of his rehabilitation program might be 
to send me presents! Wouldn’t that be awfuli Jl 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
August 23 # 1940 
Dear Dr* Schmitt : 
„„ llv Your letter of the 21st cam© this morning* I wonder if you 
really are getting off tomorrow* 
mv v . . 1 nn i she f the bibliography and sent the Library books all back. 
are so e ileaS n tJt S x 0 ° Ut 17 hu 7 et > scru bbing brush, and' soap, and we 
e oo clean that we sparkle. It's too bad that it won't look this wav 
five minutes after you get back.' 
The letter we had from Wilson before you left was a conv nf nr. 
all That hfhJ 911 ' d r? y ° U ren r b6r? 1 think he has said t0 MeeW 
He still ^L? 8 , 8 ? US * A J etter came from Meehean this morning. 
7 7 S ° n 18 Wr ° nS * 1 told Mr ‘ Shoemaker to wit* them all 
write them whfn she “t back.^ *** steno S ra P her was away, and he would 
fortv thi n^* m ^*^ eaV ^ n f afternoon, and I am breaking my neck to got 
oSS he t°r the " 1 ° 6e ' 1 ^ 1 ooxw leave this oditl 
by the tisne Tro TO n«, S lu!t at h 0n ; f!?™* W t0 “ eue han E in 6 out 
y e ^ime i go. I’m | ust about lathering at the mouth now! 
lier in the^summer) ms °o verl lit °e veni^ ** Wh^n 1 ? 11 fj; S ^ erS W9re here ear “ 
ho me and got’the. and'hro„ E it tC baoT E lot°e °l H9 ’ r '’ nt 
to the grounds, and three" sets of aLission^ te -^ ns three admissions 
and his family EO t a lot of art™-! fissions to several concessions. He 
bus ±kxt fare 7 to New York l ^ 10 " tickets which were included in their 
abie to use a° ££? ^ 1 " tU b8 
-tied t I guess you had the hotel Pr y e on your mind Sen you^roS t£?J. 
that I am away and that we 'limits rare whenTret bacT ltl jf hi ' 1 l°"Eband 
msoh to do to try to answer all today's mil? EOt t0 ° 
Good luck to you. I hope you keep warm and dry. 
Sincerely, 
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