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[typed] Sunday afternoon
March 7-'97

My dearest Nannie -

I am pretty sleepy, but will try and make myself coherent long
enough for my Sunday letter to my precious Nannie. Last Wednesday,
Helen Lathrop and Edith Cullen took dinner with me and stayed all
nkght - we heard the Glee club practice and Mrs. Baker took a num-
ber of us over to the Zeta Psi house for a romp: so they had a plea-
sant time I am quite sure. They made quite a stay at Mrs. Gilman's
and enjoyed every minute of it and are in love with Stanford. Edith
Cullen is to marry Nelson Phelps sometime before the year is over;
she has been engaged to him for six years since she was sixteen.
Friday all of Epsilon Chi went to San Jose where Laura Mann, Char-
lotte Philips, Florence Park and Mary Brunton were formally initiat-
ed. I stayed with Gertrude and the rest, nearly all, at the Maclar-
ens where we had such a lovely evening.

Was interupted by Mr. Pitcher calling - we spent the afternoon
walking about the aboretum. To continue with the San Jose story.
The Maclarens did everything imaginable to make the evening delight-
ful and the next day, I took my silk waist and linen skirt to be
made at Miss Smeads together with a black taffeta waist for Theo-
dora.

It simply poured all day so I spent the afternoon indoors with
Gertrude and took the 5 train home. She was perfectly lovely -
mended my petticote for me that isn't wearing at all well and was
such a trump. She gave me one of her framed Rome photos. The
last communion of St. Jerone. I have it already hung. This morn-
ing I went to church and heard such an excellent sermon from Bishop
Nichols - it was confirmation service and a dozen or so were pre-
sented. Last Wednesday I cut Shelley and went to church which I very
much enjoyed. Helen just brought me your letter which is always
so much fun to get. I think Theodora is better and happier this
term as she has taken more liberty and gotten away from her boys
oftener.

Did I tell you I am reading Benveneuto Cellini's autobiography
by J.A. Symonds. It is wonderfully interesting.

Bye bye
Toodles.