Thank you ever so much for the lovely anniversary surprize! [sic] The book certainly is a welcome addition to my library. It is packed full of thrills apparently - and almost all of them are new to me. I am going to enjoy it a lot - but especially because it will be a perpetual reminder of my dear little girl's thoughtfulness. I am afraid that you must have "squeezed" yourself pretty badly.
I am glad to learn (1) that the N.Y. Ed. Soc. have been so prompt, (2) that they have increased the amount and (3) that you have paid the college the $65, for that brings us up to date at the college for the present.
By the way, don't forget about applying for the loan at Mt. Holyoke. Remember that the early bird gets the worm. Get it, before someone else gets it. The application can't be too early.
What is the matter about Butler? Apparently I have missed something. Wise me up. I suppose that it was in the N.Y. papers; but didn't penetrate the journalistic jungles of Darkest Waterbury and Naugatuck. Hence I seek enlightenment.
Tomorrow I expect to make a trip to N.Y. - on some important matters of business. So I shall miss Wilkie [sic], who will pass thru Naug about noon. I certainly am disappointed.
Sunday was a beautiful day - and Mama and I celebrated at the Front Page - with Lobster à la Newburg.
Wilkie made a great speech last night - one of the most convincing arguments I have ever heard. His language is certainly typical Hoosier dialect - just like all the Indiana boys I knew at Drew.
Send your pen to Waterman with a little explanatory note, asking them to return it C.O.D.
Ab adorante
Patre
Oct. 8/40
