Letter: Margaret Bancroft to Milton Bancroft, June 25, 1900

SANDY SPRING JUN 25 2 PM 1900 MD.

Milton Bancroft; 30 East 14^th St.; New York City; N. Y.

New York Jun26 7-AM 19 N.Y. 00 [Station?] 0 Received 3 2005.0028.00206

it inwardly all the time. [Jeans?] Bird book interests him so much and I study it with him all the time - we are making a collection of nests - we have four but most of the birds still have use for theirs. We want a barn swallows, but it is too high for me though time was -

Please burn this up - it is worse than no letter at all. I shall wait for the mail before closing. No letter from thee; one from Marie however which I will keep until thee gets here. She wants to know if I know a Richard A. MacCurdy, [Nassau?], Cudor & Liberty Street, [N.Y.?] Father thinks he is Pres. of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York - will thee find out if he is right - Father says there is a Branch of this on Union Sq. [near?] [Tiffany?]. Love, Margie

Be sure and write what train thee and Sister are coming on Thursday.

Norwood, June 25th, 1900 My dearest, I can scarcely realize that this week will bring us togetherblessed week- I cannot tell thee how hungry I am to see thee. I suppose thee is busy doing up loose ends before leaving - Father paid something to Dr. [Elery?] yester day about the portrait, and he learned to accept it as a foregone conclusion that thee was going to do it in August. I cant help feeling that Bea Tyson had something to do with our losing the [namer?] portraits though Father says it is impossible, but you never can tell what "snakes in the grass" will do, and she is that type. There is a great deal of talk about her encouragment to Sam Rumford

nothing would please me more than to see her married, and away from Sandy Spring. Ms. Moore wants thee to bring some bananas down for Jean - they agree with him so well, and are hard to get up here. She is in prime condition - but I shall have to give up the nap after dinner which was such a rest to me as well as to him; but he don't get to sleep at night till after nine, & wakes the next morning as cross as two sticks. I have a treat for us in reading - Cousin Harry lent me some of the Roycroft pamphlets. "Journeys to The Homes of Famous Men" by Ellred Hubbard. I have read one or two of them and they are most delighful in matter and style - I really would like to subscribe to some of those things when we get on our feet again.

I am feeling rather stupid today - I washed my hair yesterday & I think the exertion rather tried me. I will be glad when this nine months is over - as Anna told me when you get to the ninth month you are so glad to be rid of your burden that even the suffering at the end is welcome - a blessed provision of Nature. Excuse me for putting such things in a letter. I have no thought exept that Thursday thee will be here - I am like a maimed creature when we are apart. Why is it right, why must it be - it is not right, and I rebel against