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[[underlined]] To Mother, January 24, 1926 [[/underlined]]: Mr. Macloskie is a genial, red-faced, stout gentleman with eyes that are set very close together, smooth face, and extremely unintellectual-looking. However, I guess that he is a splendid engineer, being head of the air brake engineering department of the Company, I believe, and he seems mighty nice. He apologized to me for not coming around and looking me up in the shop after telling me he would, but said he had had a lot of visitors the last few days and hadn't had a chance. My only regret in regard to it was that I had shaved one day when I should not have otherwise done so had I not been expecting him, and that wasn't serious, so all was well. Mrs. Macloskie was very nice but didn't make any particular impression on me the way some people do. They were all very cordial and hoped I would come out again [[underlined]] soon [[/underlined]], and when people say "soon" the way they said it, one can be sure they meant it. Hence I shall go out again in a little while. I iagine they know how to have a good time and Adelaide (sic) really is a most attractive girl. ...... Bedtime is about here, so I must stop. I wonder when I shall have a letter to answer; I miss them.

[[underlined]] To Mother, January 25, 1926 [[/underlined]]: Mr. Dutton is very clever and says some very funny things occasionally. His talk is rather slow, which sometimes makes the things he says seem even funnier. In giving examples of spirituality in the old days, he remarked, "You know, sometimes spirituality was merely a case of poor circulation." ...... Allende and I have taken a great fancy to the contralto at church and I'm sure Allende will be taken aback when he finds out she is Mrs. Schilling. She is young, very attractive looking, and certainly can sing, besides being awfully pleasant to talk with. Allende is about the only one I've met here who seems very unusual, and one gets the impression from the other fellows that they think Allende a trifle of a bore and a fourflusher; they seem to delight in poking a little fun at him occasionally. As a matter of fact, I think that Allende is superior to them all and is laughing up his sleeve at them all although they don't know it. Cochran's comment on Allende was this, however: "The only foreigner I ever met who knew anything." 

[[underlined]] To Mother, January 26, 1926 [[/underlined]]: Regarding Eleanor Grant's host in Schenectady, I presume it was Francis Pratt, Sr., who is Vice-President in charge of Engineering and Manufacturing of the General Electric Company, and quite a famous engineer. His father was the Pratt of Pratt & Whitney, one of the most famous manufacturers of machine tools in the world. If Eleanor married into that family, they might feel that she had married rather well. The Pratts live across Front Stret from Mrs. Kellogg in a house that looks more like a hotel than anything else. ...... Mr. Dutton tells me that Erie is a regular summer resort. As yet I haven't had a chance to get a look at the shore but I guess it