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Frank Carpenter, who is prof. of entomology up at Harvard, has just appeared to work here for a week. I have asked him to go with us Sunday to the beach-- shall hear a lot of Cambridge affairs. He tells me Darlington has just lost a child, just born. Probably Dex knows him. National Museum,Wash.D.C. 22 May 1947. Dear Doris: By now you must be half thru your exams and the better ones to come-- if you aren't too scared of the music. I hope you will do well in the Biology, get at least a B in it, better still an A. You don't speak of your cold but you should be getting your ears back again, so you can hear the music. We are looking forward to having you with us before long again. It will seem like old times to be collecting Sophy and Dolores and going to the beach Sundays. Sophy hinted that she might not be here. I think she is trying to get an asst.ship in some college to work for her A.M. But I haven't asked her, as I don t w nt to know until it is all settled. She has taken 2 days off recently to study for exams, - one a horrible lot of chemical formulas that is doing no good for her to stuff into her head. We have jus t returned from Miss Atwood's funeral. I t was a very sad affair. Just to see poor Miss Coloord was enough to set me off. We took up a lot of the librarians from the Dept. and Fred met us up there and I sat between him and Dad. I saw Miss Pitcher down front, poor old soul. She had had her hair done for the occasion and wore her jauntiest hat, and it was so pathetic. They were all trying hard to put the best face on it. Dad sat beside me with his eyes closed. This is his day in town, the day he and Miss Atwood always worked together in. I had to get the flowers yesterday. Dad's office had contributed $15, and I only had $10 with me that Dad had left, so when he telephoned, I had to borrow an other $5 from Barber. Then I was going up to order them and met Dr. Wetmore's secretary, Mrs. Pearson, whom I have known for a long while. She and I walked up together, and it developed that her husband is in the florists business, and I handed the money over to her for a decent spray. I don't know which one it was, but the flowers were all beautiful. We have asked Helen to go with us for a trip this Sunday and I asked Fred this morning. I think I will call Miss Colord up tonight and ask her too, she would enjoy Fred. I don't know where we shall go. The old car is not acting any too well, but if the day is fine, we shall get somewhere. It has done nothing but rain all the week, with some sunshine between, but lots of lightning. The river was brown and high and full of rubbish floating down this morning. Scarsdale isn't far from where I once spent a winter in N.Y. It is on the way.We used to go to White Plains shopping sometimes. Lovely rolling country up there. I used to tramp over to Mt. Kisco from Bedford Hills. I am sure you will enjoy it. We shall try to get a day at the beach while Ina is here, and there will be plenty to show her about town in case she has never been here. But do go and see Grandma, and spend some time with her. I want you to find out how everything is there,0fruit trees, grass about the old place, and take out Grandma's plants and bring up her fairy lily, and littl chores that can't wait till we get home the last of July. Love, Mother.
