Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs

[written] 14

[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 number of us over to the Zeta Psi house for a romp: so they had a pleasant 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, Charlotte Philips, Florence Park and Mary Brunton were formally initiated. I stayed with Gertrude and the rest, nearly all, at the Maclarens 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 delightful 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 Theodora.

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 morning I went to church and heard such an excellent sermon from Bishop Nichols - it was confirmation service and a dozen or so were presented. 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.