A Letter Written on Nov 10, 1907

South Hadley, Mass.,
Nov. 10, 1907.

Dear Lucy:-

I am sitting down in your room at Mrs. Teale's writing. Horrible dictu! To begin at the beginning, when I got through with my recitations yesterday P.M. and went up in my room I found Auntie sitting. She had arrived about half an hour before. I thought that as long as she was coming out here she might get my "Memory Book" so we went up & got that and then went hunting for a room. We only went down here & Mrs. T- had just a single room but she said that she would put a cot bed in for me so we decided that would be all right. Then we walked down to the Art Nook and got the sofa-pillow. I don't think it is exactly what we ordered. I think it is smaller than you will like but they will exchange it so Auntie will take it home & if you don't like it they will stamp another and let me have it and I can bring the other back Thanksgiving time. After dinner last night I packed up my belonging in Auntie's suitcase and shook the dust of Wilder Hall from my feet & came down here. We talked all the evening. This morning I didn't get up until 7:30 & got up to breakfast about five minutes of eight. I did my dom. work, got ready for church & came down after Auntie. It seemed too bad that it had to rain to-day. I got my feet slightly damp. I don't know but that Auntie will starve for the tea-rooms are not open Sundays. She went to the hotel for breakfast and dinner & is going to eat on our lunch to-night. I am going to the hotel for dinner with her to-morrow. I didn't want to go to-day as I thought I would miss a good dinner at college. I am appearing up there just for meals. Any child comes around at meal time. We had ice-cream for dessert to-day and some of us went in after everyone had gone out & I found a whole lot of ice-cream left so some of us had a feast.

Auntie says to tell you that "Elsie" got his her shoes tied before she got to Springfield. Mr. Redmond was at the station & helped Auntie with the suit-case & sent his regards to me.

I think my hat is O.K. If I only could go somewhere to wear it! I shall, two weeks from day after to-morrow! The penouchi [sic] is great. How did you ever do it? My nose is all of out of joint now. I have been eating most of the time to-day & things taste fine. I smile whenever I think of that great box of food up in the bottom of the book-case. What candy is left is down here. Tell Cousin Emma that the sandwiches are fine.

Auntie & I have put the things into my "Memory Book" so I am all fixed up.

I believe I promised I will would tell a long & thrilling tale to-night. Thurday [sic] night of course there were quite a number of guests in the house but we folks on the fourth floor never thought of such a thing. About twenty minutes of ten the girls began to sing which ended in howls. Then they played "Ring around a Rosy" and "Little Sally Waters." Grace Hoxie & I were getting ready for bed - that is, we would do something & run out in the hall to see what was going on. The five minute bell rung I suppose & the ten o'clock but we didn't hear anything till some one of us said "There goes the bell" & with a shriek we fled down into our rooms. Quiet reigned for six minutes. Then came a shriek. As we learned afterwards Elizabeth had been in one of the other girl's rooms & started home, never thinking to look for procters. [sic] She got half way across the hall &, as she says, this awful form loomed up & she yelled & fled. It happened to be the house chairman. The next morning a notice requested us to appear in her room. She wanted to know about things and wished us to be more quiet th in the future. When we came back from the exercises a notice hang hung from the gas fixtures in the corridor of the fourth floor which read something like this - Will all members students on the fourth floor please wear bed-room slippers during the afternoon & evening. If they have not bed-room slippers over shoes will do. They must not speak above a whisper & must be sure & be quiet in the evening as there are members of the faculty in the house who do not wish to be disturbed. By order I don't know who but it up but I rather suspect Carolyn Sewall, the Sophomore president did it. The next night when Mary Steer the house chairman came through the corridor she stopped & read it. I wonder what she thought of it. You will have to get along with this for a letter for my ideas are exhausted. Auntie sends love to you all & so do I.

From Molly.