Untitled Page 501

[written] 9

[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 be-
fore 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-fit-
ted 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 stock-
ings 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 en-
thusiastic 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 after-
noon 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 shop-
ping - 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 find-
ing 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 tell-
ing it. It is so good to see him walking past the hall again, when