C®py t® S®iia and Hotel Tivoli• 
May 30, 1953 
Dear Ale^andr© and lerry: 
We were glad t® receive your letter ef some weeks ag® saying y®i 
Hat fotmt everything in order etc. We have since heard from Graham 
Fairchild and Karl Curtis, hoth telling us that yeu are settled in 
Sena. Keenan has surely been a" good friend ®f the S.I, We took his 
wife and him t® dinner at the Rancho ®ne evening before we left. 
She is expecting a baby in a couple of Months, as probably you know. 
I had t® write Graham Fairchild to get the Latin name for the 
Semana Santa orchid. The NGS checking staff could get no confirmation 
in D.C. that it was fragrant, as we claimed in our article - s® he al s® 
had t® confirm that. He wrote they enjoyed seeing y©u both. 
Keddys had a cocktail party on the 24th. Saw most of the S.I. 
gang. They have a beautiful home and view over Alexandria. 
Manns invited us to ^oln them at Ringling Circus. Also had us 
f©r dinner beforehand with Carmichaels. Carmichael is living in a 
house in the 2600 block of 0 Street. They bought and sold a house 
in Colony Hill. 
Went with Margaret to Eistophos Club meeting at Hood College. 
On way home she drove me and ®ther 2 oompanions t® see her new house. 
It is built by the son of Briggs, who built our Plymouth Street house. 
Lovely place. 
Invited Yel*a over to see Dick’s movies - 2-1/2 hours of them, 
but she could not come. He has a good show, I believe. At least 
we enjoyed it. 
Weather was hot when we first arrived home. Lately we have had 
a lot of rain. 
(! 
HGS has fooled us and moved 1951 article up to August, I will 
believe it when I see it out. 
Saw by paper here that Wileys have bought a house in Georgetown 
and he is retiring. 
Matt has been finishing up a jade paper, which he hopes 
publish in the S.I. Annual Report. He wants me te translate a few 
things for him from the Sahagun report, so I should get at it. 
Remember us to Juan and Senora. Also, if you J^them 
Contes, remember us to them. Honestly, I am even ashamed to see them 
because they looked us up the first day we + t 
Tast time I wish he would tell them he HEYSR intended 
but he dLsn’t want to do that. This year we told them we had not 
come prepared with an assistant ant the staff necessary to do the 
lob Trouble is there is a chance Sitio Conte is worked out - 
the onlv reason for working there is to get MORS LOOT - and also the 
- P^Amr.Xs.A. .put would he tough. Oh well - they pr.hahly 
