Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs

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[typed] Roble Hall Sunday - Jan.3-'97

My dearest Nannie -

Last evening I came back from a very pleasant New Year with the Mynicks and now that dear little Lolie has gone to take her bath, I will have time to write. She tells me she forgot to tell you about Christmas day. I don't know whether that included a little impromptu card party the night before or not. But I believe I told you about that in my last letter. At any rate Mrs. Baker who has lived at the Zet Psi fraternity house ever since her son entered asked us to take Christmas dinner with her together with the Haskel girls and their mother, Marylyn Main and Alice Colt. The things did taste so good and it was such a pretty dinner, afterward we danced--three of the boys were home, and the evening went in a twinkling. The Monday afterwards Theodora went to San Jose and I suppose has told you all about that. Thursday I put on my green skirt and waist and went to the city on the noon train, and spent a couple of hours shopping before I went out on Broadway to the Mynicks. I found at Sammuels a blue English serge suit - close fitting- double breasted, small sleeves, velvet collar & tailor finish all exactly what I wanted & made to wear shirt waists with too like this [sketch of a dress as described] all for 23.50 reduced from twenty-seven. I shall like it because it is different from the half-fitted jackets so common and like my last winter black serge. It is very stylish too & has quite a distinguished air I flatter myself. I also invested in four pairs of excellent stockings at Drane & Hueshil woods for a dollar and a black merino petticoat. And in a trice did all my little errands and went up to Mrs. Mynics by five-thirty. We had a very delicious turkey dinner, lighted candalabrae with red berries. Judge Mynick had asked Mr. Pomeroy to dine and is he all enthusiastic about Stanford where he taught law last year, we had a very congenial time. His father is of the law text book fame. In spite of an engagement he had to watch the old year out he stayed to help extole Prof. Anderson with me and before he knew it he stayed the evening too. After he went about eleven o'clock we went to a Presbyterian watch meeting and issued in the New Year singing hymns. The next day I didn't wake up till nearly two O'clock in the afternoon when Couisin Emma called me and then we went out to the Cliff House for a ride. The day was about the most perfect I ever saw in San Francisco so clear that we could see the Farolon Islands. That evening we met Miss Brewer and Mr. Wilcos at the theatre where we saw the Trauley Co. in "The Great Unknown" - a pretty little society comedy with Frank Worthing the most attractive player. The next day Mrs. Mynick went with me while I did some more odds & ends of shopping - getting my dress which I left to be refitted & which I found most satisfactory and then we had such a delicious little luncheon at the University Club. I came home on the four-thirty train finding Marylyn Main and also Prof. Allardice. He is the brilliant Edinburgh professor in Mathematics and exceedingly entertaining. At the Hall had the happiness of finding Mrs. Baker installed as mistress of the Hall. Dr. Jordan had told me that Mrs. Clements was going to go and then Mrs. Baker would be our temporary house-mother--most delightful news and the dear precious man took such pleasure in telling it. It is so good to see him walking past the hall again, when