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Gilman has two splendid sons
in their teens and soon to
enter college - one is 16. 4 in. tall
the other 6. 2 1/2 The girl Mary
is a healthy little fourteen year
old little beef eater. Mr Gillman's
mother was also there. All are
finel looking English people & Mrs.
Gilman is lovely. Afterwards
I met Helen in Palo Alto & we
took a bus to Prof. Andersons.
He has a lovely home just
entering Menlo Park - a very large
green house in the midst of
a great field of oak trees and
the most beautiful view of
both ranges of [illegible]. Mrs.
Anderson could not leave her
mother so we did not see her.

But Prof. Anderson was so
lovely. His mother helped him
entertain us. She is a very old
lady with a wonderfully sweet
face & cultured voice and
manner, just the kind of an
old lady you would love. Prof.
Anderson and she are so
mutually proud of each other
Prof. A. told us stories and
recollections of his three European
tours. we had glimpses of an
always busy sholarly & sometimes
poverty stricken life with
stories old Mrs. Anderson in-
serted about her husband who
was a clergyman & his
courtship of her. Prof. A. showed
his books and took us into
his study - a very cosy little