SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
March 25, 1937 
Dear Dr® Schmitt: 
Mr, Bryant phoned me your wireless message this morning 
saying that you would he in San Juan from the 27th to 30th. If I 
get a letter off hy air mail it should reach you. Maybe the Nassau 
letter will catch up with you there if you left a forwarding address 
at Nassau® 
I have just today finished reading the proof and shall take 
it over to Mr. Oehser this afternoon, There are a few things I want 
to ask him about. It was certainly a tiresome job, and after I thought 
I was all through other things kept coming up. The tables were very 
inconsistent, I hope that I have caught everything, but I have the 
feeling that it will never be right® I hope I'm wrong. 
I'll be very glad to get this proof out of my sight. Now 
I can get busy on the hundred and one other things that ar awaiting 
for attention. 
A man who said he was a nurse in the New York hospital you 
were in last summer was in the office one day last week. He said he 
is trying to get a job in one of the hospitals here (he hopes St. 
Elizabeth* s) and if he does, he will call again when you return. 
I can ’ t seem to think of much to tell you. Nothing has 
happened, I haven't lost my temper lately, and everything is going 
along quite smoothly. Mr. Kelley was off the first three days of 
the week installing a septic tank and putting in water connections in 
his house. He says it is pretty nice. 
Dr. Hrdlicka's new girl left him for Social Security. Mrs, 
Lindsay (the red~head in Mr. Bryant's office) tried for the job, but 
didn't get it. It was quite funny. It appears that personally she 
made quite a hit with Dr. H. and he didn't want to tell her that she 
wouldn't do for the job. Mr. Bryant had to tell herl She didn't 
care, I guess. She had had enough of Hrdlicka in the day or two she 
spent in his office trying for the job, 
Mrs. Grainger's resignation created a vacancy there. They 
have a new girl in the grade 2 position in that office who hasn't 
even served her probation yet, but she seems slated for Mrs. Grainger f s 
job. Mr. Bryant thinks it is very unfair that some of the older grade 
2's should not have a try at it. 
