Letter No® 1» 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
March 11, 1937 
Dear Dr® Schmitt; 
Just a note to enclose the clipping about Dr* Longley's 
death yesterday* It is too bad* I suppose you will want to write 
to Mrs* Longley. Her address is ^11 42nd Street* Baltimore* 
I hope that your suggestion of Dr* Hildebrand to finish 
Dr* Longley* s work will bear fruit, but with both Dr* Hildebrand, and 
you out of the country some one else will have a good chance to get 
in ahead of you* 
Fowler, from the Philadelphia Academy* is down here in the 
Fish Division* Mr. Bryant talked to him about the Academy collections 
and tried to bring the conversation around to the condition of the 
Crustacea* Fthwler said, ,, Our situation is just like yours* We have 
too small a staff and too many things to take care of, and of course 
some things are neglected. You have things sitting on your shelves 
that are neglected* We try to keep the bottles filled, and that is 
about all we can do.* 1 * * * * * * Mr® Bryant says he thinks it would have been 
most unwise for you to have sent those letters® He says that we are 
open to the same criticism ourselves in various divisions ^55a& it 
wouldnH be well for us to make it of others. 
It started snowing last night between eight and nine and 
must have snowed for several hours* It was still snowing at midnight* 
The walks are dry this morning, however, although there is snow on 
the grass and sticking to the trees® It was a very pretty snow* I 
could have enjoyed it more if I hadn f t been caught out without rubbers* 
My shoes were soaked and my feet frozen by the time I got home* 
I felt so sorry for Miss Rathbun yesterday® As she was leav- 
ing about three o 1 clock she came around by my table where I was reading 
the proof and said, “Oh, you* re still working on that proof* “ More to 
make conversation that anything else, I said, “Yes, and I*m getting 
awfully sleepy over it«“ She said, “I 8 m awfully sorry that I made such 
a botch of 1 t— but you know what the situation is*“ I felt so sorry 
for her. She f s bright enough to know that she isn* t so bright any more. 
I told her that it was the printer* s misspellings that were worrying 
me, and she said, “Oh, yes, I noticed that . “ Isn f t it sad? 
