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November 24, ‘07
Dear Family :-
This is the last letter I shall write you until next week! Aren’t I proud? I don’t think I’ll be able to get a trip-ticket, but never mind! That sad incident of the check makes me laugh every time I think of it; I didn’t bother to tell you about the Treasurer because you never sent it by check before!
Friday night there was a perfect concert given by the
Dannreuther Quartet. The program was long, and looked deep, but it really was very “understandable.” Saturday morning they had the other half of the Senior-Freshman game, and the Seniors made three more goals. Ain’t we grand. Just think! This is the first game the Seniors have ever won in hockey. Of course that makes us feel better. But the Juniors let us march back with them and sing the “Jolly JUnior” song, so we were happy in spite of it.
Saturday afternoon Margaret Brady had a tea for a chinese girl who was visiting Theodora Wheeler over Sunday. She was perfectly dear, and so interested in everything - especially when Laura Herring sang for us in the parlor for a while. Last night Miss Davies - of the Philadelphia College Settlement - gave an illustrated talk which was very interesting. The pictures were good, and she herself was so entertaining, and had such a delightful sense of humor.
This morning, with great pride and joy Mary C. and I went over and had breakfast with Miss [McCaleb] in her rooms. Another girl was there too - a nice Southern girl - and we had more fun. Miss [McCaleb] had the coffee boiling and the eggs “scrambling” in the chafing dish (not the eggs and the coffee in the chafing dish, you understand!) and then we had the best honey. Um-m! Miss [McCaleb] let us
be useful, and that put us more at our ease, of course, although she isn’t a very “scary” person anyhow.
Mary Lindsay informed me this morning that Elaine Cowan was visiting us. Is that so? If so, hang on to her until I come.
Today it has been snowing, sleeting and raining intermittently. We got desperate this afternoon, so Elsa Hasbrouck and Meg Scott (a Junior) and I went for a walk up Sunrise HIll. The mud was
“somethin’ fierce,” but we had more fun. When we got up to the top of Sunrise we found two more idiots like ourselves, so we all came home together. Elsa and I determined to be very cautious, so we hunted up some leons, and started to make a “hot toddy.” The sugar was in a paper bag on the desk, and I gave Elsa a [liberal] supply as well as myself, and we each sat down comfortably and took a great big spoonful and the sugar was salt! Of [course] you can just imagine the taste. We were so
furious we didn’t know what to do. Doesn’t it sound like the “[unreadable].” Luckily Elsa had a Lady from Philadelphia right there, so we made new cups of hot toddy!
I was interrupted right in the middle of this epistel by the most peculiar happening. The half-past nine bell rang as usual and then a minute later rang again, and then rang furiously. Of course everybody thought it was fire, and we all race out in the corridor and there I proceeded into a raincoat, while L. [Lilias] proceeded to get dressed, and I ran down the hall to find out what was the matter. And to this day, nobody knows! It was the scariest thing I’ve ever known.
Now about coming home. I leave Poughkeepsie at 3.40 arriving in N.Y. [New York] at 5.40 - if we are on time which is doubtful as there is such a rush. If we make good connections we may possibly make the 6.25 from 23rd St.,
arriving in Phila. [Philadelphia] at 8.48, but this is rather improbable. The next train is the 6.55 but as that is an accommodation, and gets in at 10.23, and the 7.55 gets in at 10.38, we will probably wait for the 7.55. I’m awfully sorry to be so indefinite, but you see it’s so uncertain about making connections. There will be four of us coming from N.Y. [New York] to Phila. [Philadelphia] so you needn’t worry.
I must go to bed now.
Lots of love and excitement at the thought of seeing you.
As Ever
Marjorie
Cash Account for week ending Dec. 8
On hand 1.96
Rental for books .50
Doll Show .09
Dear and J.G. .45
“ “ GMS .25
Carfare .15
Marches .10
Stamps .12
1.66
30
Balance 1.96 1.96
Postmark: POUGHKEEPSIE
NOV 25
11 AM
1907
N.Y.
Dr. Alexander W. MacCoy
Mrs. WIlliam P. Logan
Overbrook Ave. and 58th St.
Philadelphia
Dear Family :-
This is the last letter I shall write you until next week! Aren’t I proud? I don’t think I’ll be able to get a trip-ticket, but never mind! That sad incident of the check makes me laugh every time I think of it; I didn’t bother to tell you about the Treasurer because you never sent it by check before!
Friday night there was a perfect concert given by the
Dannreuther Quartet. The program was long, and looked deep, but it really was very “understandable.” Saturday morning they had the other half of the Senior-Freshman game, and the Seniors made three more goals. Ain’t we grand. Just think! This is the first game the Seniors have ever won in hockey. Of course that makes us feel better. But the Juniors let us march back with them and sing the “Jolly JUnior” song, so we were happy in spite of it.
Saturday afternoon Margaret Brady had a tea for a chinese girl who was visiting Theodora Wheeler over Sunday. She was perfectly dear, and so interested in everything - especially when Laura Herring sang for us in the parlor for a while. Last night Miss Davies - of the Philadelphia College Settlement - gave an illustrated talk which was very interesting. The pictures were good, and she herself was so entertaining, and had such a delightful sense of humor.
This morning, with great pride and joy Mary C. and I went over and had breakfast with Miss [McCaleb] in her rooms. Another girl was there too - a nice Southern girl - and we had more fun. Miss [McCaleb] had the coffee boiling and the eggs “scrambling” in the chafing dish (not the eggs and the coffee in the chafing dish, you understand!) and then we had the best honey. Um-m! Miss [McCaleb] let us
be useful, and that put us more at our ease, of course, although she isn’t a very “scary” person anyhow.
Mary Lindsay informed me this morning that Elaine Cowan was visiting us. Is that so? If so, hang on to her until I come.
Today it has been snowing, sleeting and raining intermittently. We got desperate this afternoon, so Elsa Hasbrouck and Meg Scott (a Junior) and I went for a walk up Sunrise HIll. The mud was
“somethin’ fierce,” but we had more fun. When we got up to the top of Sunrise we found two more idiots like ourselves, so we all came home together. Elsa and I determined to be very cautious, so we hunted up some leons, and started to make a “hot toddy.” The sugar was in a paper bag on the desk, and I gave Elsa a [liberal] supply as well as myself, and we each sat down comfortably and took a great big spoonful and the sugar was salt! Of [course] you can just imagine the taste. We were so
furious we didn’t know what to do. Doesn’t it sound like the “[unreadable].” Luckily Elsa had a Lady from Philadelphia right there, so we made new cups of hot toddy!
I was interrupted right in the middle of this epistel by the most peculiar happening. The half-past nine bell rang as usual and then a minute later rang again, and then rang furiously. Of course everybody thought it was fire, and we all race out in the corridor and there I proceeded into a raincoat, while L. [Lilias] proceeded to get dressed, and I ran down the hall to find out what was the matter. And to this day, nobody knows! It was the scariest thing I’ve ever known.
Now about coming home. I leave Poughkeepsie at 3.40 arriving in N.Y. [New York] at 5.40 - if we are on time which is doubtful as there is such a rush. If we make good connections we may possibly make the 6.25 from 23rd St.,
arriving in Phila. [Philadelphia] at 8.48, but this is rather improbable. The next train is the 6.55 but as that is an accommodation, and gets in at 10.23, and the 7.55 gets in at 10.38, we will probably wait for the 7.55. I’m awfully sorry to be so indefinite, but you see it’s so uncertain about making connections. There will be four of us coming from N.Y. [New York] to Phila. [Philadelphia] so you needn’t worry.
I must go to bed now.
Lots of love and excitement at the thought of seeing you.
As Ever
Marjorie
Cash Account for week ending Dec. 8
On hand 1.96
Rental for books .50
Doll Show .09
Dear and J.G. .45
“ “ GMS .25
Carfare .15
Marches .10
Stamps .12
1.66
30
Balance 1.96 1.96
Postmark: POUGHKEEPSIE
NOV 25
11 AM
1907
N.Y.
Dr. Alexander W. MacCoy
Mrs. WIlliam P. Logan
Overbrook Ave. and 58th St.
Philadelphia
