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came around most folks this pa t winter. I have been free, so far. 
I suppose that you've been about as busy as the rest of us, and that 
there have been new things in the Government work cropping up all of 
the time, as is customary in such work. How did George and Edie 
get along this winter ? I think you wrote me that they had shifted 
somewhat from the old farm and had something nearer the city. Any¬ 
how, it can't have been as hard a winter for them as last . 
This machine drived me crazy at times, though it is not wholly 
the faulty machine, I suspect. I'm strongly considering the rent¬ 
ing of a Hammond for the summer, so as to see how I like the thing. 
They have an 11-lb portable model that listens well, but I have never 
seen it work. In a great many ways there seem to be points about 
the iiammond that appeal to me, it seems to have the great advantage 
of getting large or small fonts of type, and also (so I'm told) they 
have a "Chemistry font" that enables one to write any ordinary math¬ 
ematical work readily. A font smaller than thismachine, with Roman 
and italjc, would be a great blessing on many memoranda. What do 
you know about the machine, anything? 
If you pass through the city to stop, don't forget to 
let me know and we'11 manage to see each other somehow. One bother 
about the service to Washington direct is, that you always take the 
through train now. I don't blame you, but—. 
With the best wishes and regards to you all, 
Sincerely, 
