all originally described by Miss Rathbun, on which he merely wants her 
confirmation, I don’t think it is so bad, but when she gets through 
with them, we can stick them away until you come back. I didn ! t understand 
from his letter whether he will come east or not* His people will be here 
April 10th* Fred thinks he would like to come down that week, so as to see 
them while he f s here* 
There has been a good deal of boy business in the other room, and 
of course that got precedence over the proof* When we were working on it 
this morning I rushed in here for another galley and when I got back, he 
was in the hall with a boy. I came back and did some typing* I heard him 
come in again, but he didn f t call me, and I don’t believe he ever would have 
if I had never gone back. He’s only too glad to drop it all unless he’s 
pushed . 
I'm glad to hear such a good report of the Maersk boats. The one 
I’ll be on, the "Anna Maersk" carries lo passengers. There are 7 double 
rooms with a bath with each two room$, and 2 single rooms with a shower 
with each* I didn’t specify the accommodations I would like* I thought 
I'd take my chance* It is always my inclination to ask for a room alone, 
but I might get a nice roommate who would make the trip that much more en- 
joyable; and if I get a punk one I don’t have to live with her for long. 
I’m looking forward to that part of the trip very much, and have already 
thought some of saving for the next trip which might be a trip to the Orient 
with them* Their round trip is around $500; with 2 % off to government 
clerks, it wouldn’t be bad. I couldn’t go all the way with them without 
stopping over between boats in Panama, because they do not give passenger 
service between American ports. Their passenger service is N.Y. to Panama, 
or from N.Y. , Panama, or L.A* to the Orient* Their boats are over two weeks 
apart, a,nd I didn’t want to stay tliat long in Panama* Panama Railroad, 'at 
$50, is $10 cheaper, anyway* None of the Maersk folders tell what nationality 
they are, but Florence thought it was a Danish line, and she says the Danish 
lines have grand food and lots of it* 
I'm glad, you have the Kemp letter. I thought it was lost. Also, 
the G-ordon notes relieve my mind* I’ll type them off as soon as I can. The 
work is piling up terribly, and I can’t seem to get ahead of it. Maybe now, 
that the worry about the proof is over, I can finish reading it, and get 
busy on other work. 
You only said "Tell Florence I'll reply to her wire from some 
real romantic isle. It was a nice wire." I told her that, and she com- 
plained that you should send the message through me. I didn’t tell her tliat 
you said yoiid "spank her later." I shan’t pass on that bit of information. 
Among the leeches collected by Cahn there was one planarian, as you 
may remember. We sent it to Miss Hyman. She writes that it is without doubt 
a new species, but tliat she practically ruined the specimen in mounting it. 
She feels very bad about it, but I told her not to worry— accidents will 
happen in the best of families, etc. Is that all right? The thing’s gone, 
she feels very bad, and there’s no use feeling any worse. She’s writing 
