for quite a while, then Mrs. H. and the guest went off, and Dr. H. went 
to lunch with Miss Cable and me. ' We had a grand time, and I stayed in 
their office a long time afterward talking to him. He, told me lots of 
interesting things and told me of a lot of nice things to do, and gave 
me names of some people he thought I might call on. He's certainly 
nice. Miss Cable and I laughed and laughed, because every time he'd 
tell me something interesting he did, he'd say in the next breath "But, 
I didn't pay for it." It got so, if he didn't say it himself, one of 
us would say it for him. Finally, he said, "You'll stop in Port-au- 
Prince, won't you? Well you can have a good trip there, but don't you 
pay for it. You get in your good work before you get there, and you 
wo r _'t have to pay for anything, either." I told him I thought he over- 
estimated my ability as a charmer (and gold-digger). Anyway, I got 
back to the office at 3:00 o'clock, having left at 11:30. a™* I said 
you couldn't have done better yourself I 
I have just finished typing the last of your diary that I 
have. It gets no better fast! I think hereafter you'd better take me 
along and dictate it to me. It would be easier on both of us! Mrs. 
Clapp was in here yesterday as I was copying it. She took one look over 
my xhasdRJt shoulder and said, "I'm glad I_ don't have to readj^ any such 
writing as that." 
Mrs. Clapp brought in the tffici ency sheets yesterday. She 
said Mr. Shoemaker would have to ask if Dr. Stejneger wants him to make 
them out, or whether they will mit until you come. She says she knows 
they will wait for Miller, who will he back ne~t month. (Hasn't he had 
a racket! He's been in Panama since December.) Mr. Shoemaker will 
simply pass out if he has to make up the ratings. 
Speaking of Miller reminds me. Dr. Hildebrand said, "Mrs. 
Miller is very much insulted at not having been invited to Miss Rath- 
bun's dinner/ She asked me if I had anything to do with it, and was 
going to get after me for not asking her." (She's in Fanama with her 
husband, and Hildebrand saw her there.) I said, "Well, that does me 
good! The Millers throw a big party every year for Museum people and 
don't ask the Schmitts. Ho one we thought would he interested was 
intentionally left out of the Rathbun dinner, but since she was left 
out and she does feel hurt, I hope she knows that Dr. Schmitt ran tne 
dinner! 1 Dr. Hildebrand laughed, and said, "She does; I told her." He 
was tickled, too, and said, "I suppose you knew just who Mrs. Miller is." 
He thought it was good. 
Everything is going along here all right. Miss Rathbun seems 
to be all right again. I've cleared up mostfof the odds and ends of work, 
except for carding the new Zoological Record, which I shall do next. 
Feopie are beginning to learn that you are away, so there isn't much mail 
to answer. Boyden wrote me yesterday asking if I would write a little 
note to Sigma Xi, from whom he is asking a grant, it you wouldn't be back 
to do it by May 1st. He suggested what I might say and that I quote a 
sentence from one of your letters to him. I wrote the letter and sent 
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