October 4 Wednesday – In Dublin, N.H. Sam wrote to daughter Clara, c/o Miss Gordon, 117 W. 69th NYC. Only the envelope survives [MTP].
Isabel Lyon’s journal: All day Mr. Clemens has been hard at work re-vising “A Horse’s Tale”. “It’s a prodigious piece of work” he truly says. And he didn’t eat any dinner tonight because of indigestion this morning. Yet after dinner (Jean and I had dined) when he came into the living room and I was playing the “Stabat Mater”, he was as light on his feet as a soft feather and made little dance steps to the music—as gaily as if he’d feasted well, yet there he was, foodless —and looking as well as he acted. Sometimes I think he must draw nourishment from his smoking, for he smokes so much and he doesn’t seem to get anything but good out of it, for himself and for others of us, too [MTP TS 104]. Note: “Stabat Mater” (Mother is standing) is a thirteenth Century Roman Catholic hymn to Mary.
Isabel Lyon’s journal # 2: “sent for sheets of ‘My Watch.’ / Print article in Vol. 19” [MTP TS 30].
Irvin Butterworth wrote on Grand Rapids Gas Light Co. letterhead (Mich.) to ask Sam how he might obtain two copies of “Traveling with a Reformer.” Miss Lyon wrote on the page that the sketch was in Cosmopolitan for Dec. 1903 [MTP].
Henry W. Primer for Aeolian Co. wrote to Sam, in receipt of his request that they notify him what date they can send men to ship his Orchestrelle. Primer had written the factory at Worcester, Mass. and would let him know [MTP].
E.B. Prondfit for Aeolian Co., NYC replied to Sam’s Oct. 3 request. He had written to their factory at Meriden, Conn. to find out of they had scores of the roll containing the bugle calls and war songs he was interested in [MTP].
Isabel Lyon’s journal: All day Mr. Clemens has been hard at work re-vising “A Horse’s Tale”. “It’s a prodigious piece of work” he truly says. And he didn’t eat any dinner tonight because of indigestion this morning. Yet after dinner (Jean and I had dined) when he came into the living room and I was playing the “Stabat Mater”, he was as light on his feet as a soft feather and made little dance steps to the music—as gaily as if he’d feasted well, yet there he was, foodless —and looking as well as he acted. Sometimes I think he must draw nourishment from his smoking, for he smokes so much and he doesn’t seem to get anything but good out of it, for himself and for others of us, too [MTP TS 104]. Note: “Stabat Mater” (Mother is standing) is a thirteenth Century Roman Catholic hymn to Mary.
Isabel Lyon’s journal # 2: “sent for sheets of ‘My Watch.’ / Print article in Vol. 19” [MTP TS 30].
Irvin Butterworth wrote on Grand Rapids Gas Light Co. letterhead (Mich.) to ask Sam how he might obtain two copies of “Traveling with a Reformer.” Miss Lyon wrote on the page that the sketch was in Cosmopolitan for Dec. 1903 [MTP].
Henry W. Primer for Aeolian Co. wrote to Sam, in receipt of his request that they notify him what date they can send men to ship his Orchestrelle. Primer had written the factory at Worcester, Mass. and would let him know [MTP].
E.B. Prondfit for Aeolian Co., NYC replied to Sam’s Oct. 3 request. He had written to their factory at Meriden, Conn. to find out of they had scores of the roll containing the bugle calls and war songs he was interested in [MTP].
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