Did you hear the results of the Democratic convention? 
Roosevelt and Garner were nominated. It took foiu- ballots for 
Roosevelt to get it, although he was far in the lead on all the 
ballots. A1 Smith is acting like a spoiled baly over it. There has 
even been rumor to the effect that he is planning to start a Catholic 
Party. It* s all' very interesting. 
Mr. Richards got back to-day. He was down for a few minutes 
this morning and said the fireworks had already started upstairs. Dr. 
Bartsch lit into him for sometiiing he bad done (or hadn’t done) some 
time ago. Later Miss Shields asked him for a statement for the annual 
report and when Dr. B. sew him giving it to her, he landed on lAiss 
Shields for Uiking dictaiioa from Mr. itichards. STiea Mi*. Richards cold 
iiim that she had asked him for the etateaent for the annual report. Dr. 
Bartsch tore it across and told him that he didn’t want it to =<o in 
the repoi't. I told Mr. .Pochards that ha had better tell it to Mr. 
Bryant. Dr. Bartsch oughtn’t to be. allowed to. cut out-any mention of 
i'^Si.help in the report. > . . 
We got our report in today. Mr, Slioemaicer said to- tell you ■ 
that he is acting as Curator as well as laborer, and that he is doing 
all the work. I said, "If you ctui get silong without us all so well, 
why couldn't you do it last week when I wanted leave?" Ho <said, "That 
was last week," wiiich, of course, explains the matter thoroughly. 
I didn’t get much leave — three half-days to be exact — and I have turned 
in oyer ten days. -It makes me mad. It may be just possible, however, 
that McCarl will decide that we can Iiave the, leave, we earned up iintil 
July 1, but I doubt it. .. . . 
Miss Rathbun left last Thursday, She ha^i a very bad cold 
and did not come to the office at all on Tuesday and Wednesday* She 
yms.down for. about an hom* Thuradfiy morning^ arxd I understood was to 
leave town tliat afternoon* ' ^ 
It rained nearly : '.all. day. yesteraay, so ii, waa not a ver^^ 
satiBfactoiy ■ Fo^th for people who ?/anted to. parade or go on picnics* 
.It suited me finot however, I had a grand aay at home all' alone with 
; a book. 
Mi% Hennessey was given an extension of one month to finish 
the stacic. Flinny business. 
The other evening Mr. Shoemaker walked horns with me after 
wfl?ri:. £ind stepped in at the apartment for a ininuae. As we went up the 
Steps of the house we met a woaum coming aown, and she said in a most 
surprised tone of voice, ”Why, how do you do, Mr. Shoemaker. He spoke 
to her, but did not stop to talk. When we got inside, he said that it 
was Miss Catlin* I found out later that siie lives in the house in the 
ppartment next door to Mrs. Van Winklel 
Sincerely, 
