460 Hop® utreat, 
Irovifeieo, P.,1, 
July 3, 1916 
Dear Chamberlain:- 
Yours Of the 3nd t« at Pant, for a 
couple of weeks I haYe boon Intending to write you and 
lot you know how we wore, hut with the rusk of work at 
the office and the Illness at the house I have kept 
postponing- it until a more favorable opportunity. 
Owing to the fact that Laticaohunctts is the most 
seriously infected district for the V/fcite In© Blister 
lust, all the Work on this alsoroe which h&@ been outer- 
taken under the y20,OOO appropriation is now headquar¬ 
tered in icy o ffloo, v ith Dr Porloy ip&iYLdiag in charge. 
We now have nine persons with desire in the room, ©his 
now lino of work together with r.y own on the diseases 
of ornamental trees is keeping us nil pretty busy, as you 
can readily believe. 
On the 26th of hay father had- fin operation for cata¬ 
ract and later had two helorrhages in the eyo, Shis 
kept him in. bed conn id e rally longer than would other- 
wire have boon neooi.sary, When ho did get up he could 
not walk, and had to lc-arv it nil over again. 7die cam© 
in to take err© of him but after two weeks oho gave out 
so that the doctor Had to take hot out homo, Che it 
gaining right along now I think, v/hen she gave out wo 
had to ger & nurse.; she >:a& becti bore over three ro lips 
now, sail it looks as if eh© would have to stay some time 
yet. Bho eye seems to be petting along all right now, 
'out a eeriojJts bladder trouble has o©t in, and this is 
what In worrying v wow. the 'h-, siy-g: bgw trc-blo iu 
one that ia -oimraeteristie of old ago and under the 
circumstances is not c-nbebl© In the ridr-t of fatkfiffe 
confinement in the err room mother was taken ill with 
the beginning of •venohial pn.cT’.uonla and .. confined te¬ 
ller bod for a week or ten tb.-ye. You will so© by thin 
, ; have .-••• . w h of a hospital her© fit the? 
house for the pant six weeks. 
I have mot been In or near h.Y,0, sine# winter 
Yes, I received the bOob of lire Dunham*s and wan very 
much pleased with it. but X have really lad not ahomco 
to look it over nr, £ vjuuXfl Xihw to. In fuct I cannot 
recall that I hare even written mi thanked anyone far 
it, now- that I try to reasll it. I must do go ironedintoly. 
©von If i did acknowledge, sc I think I did not 
IfIf yon com© up this way I hope you will give us a cell, 
although v/-3 are not ;ftnt now in a position to <mt©rte£4 
you over night as usual. Glad to horv from you at any 
tiiii®. 
Sordirlly. 
