September 25 Wednesday – In Elmira, N.Y. Sam wrote to H.H. Rogers.

The trouble with Tom Reed is that he don’t belong to no church & ain’t got no sympathy with suffering. How much would they allow us on an umbrella-display at the Pan-American?

You can have half [MTHHR 473]. Note: a continuation of the “missing umbrella” in-joke.

Sam also wrote Joe Twichell, inviting him to a cruise on Rogers’ yacht, Kanawha, to view the third of three races (“No. 3”) in the America’s Cup (Sept. 28-Oct. 4) defended by the Columbia against the Irish Challenger, Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock II [Sept. 26 to Rogers].

Francis Wilson of Francis Wilson & Co., N.Y. wrote to Sam from Baltimore, Md., inquiring what arrangements could he make for producing CY as a musical comedy. He preferred to pay a fixed amount per week [MTP]. Francis Wilson (1854-1935), veteran comic actor, playwright, and author.