May 11 Thursday – Isabel Lyon’s journal:

Today after a long walk Jean received the telegrams telling of Santissima’s illness, then she telephoned to N.Y. and Katie said that she is doing well. We took a four hour tramp finishing up at Mrs. Abbot [sic] Thayer’s place. She was in the garden and she greeted us very sweetly and then took us into the studio where we saw some of Mr. Thayer’s unfinished and also finished work. In the outer studio we saw some very charming flower studies done by Gladys Thayer, really they are very charming. They are such genuine folk like the Mr. Binney and the Mr. Faulkner kind. The people who do things and are so superior to trifles [MTP TS 57]. Note: Binney was Witter Bynner.

John Larkin, attorney, wrote to Sam. I saw Mr. Mirant yesterday who referred me to Mr. Renwick. I saw the latter today & he explained his delay in the premises as being due to ill health. He has promised to take the matter up with experts & get a report to learn whether the uncomfortable condition of the house was due to insufficient heating arrangements or to unskillful handling of the furnaces [MTP].