February 7 Friday – At 21 Fifth Ave, N.Y. Sam sent a reminder invitation to Mary B. Rogers (Mrs. H.H. Rogers, Jr.) to attend the “Doe-Luncheon” at 1 p.m. Feb. 11 [MTP].

Isabel Lyon’s journal: I telephoned for Dorothy [Quick] today and she will come tomorrow to stay over Sunday. The King went to lunch at the Lawyer’s Club with Col Harvey. Tino [Paine] came in at 5, had tea with mother & me, & then later billiards. We talked about the Howells letters & I told him that I had tactfully informed the King the night before, that he had the letters; but I couldn’t quite tell him of the scowl on the King’s face. But oh the King is back so beautiful, so younger-than-ever, so full of happiness, that the house has burst into sunshine [MTP: IVL TS 18-19].

William Butler Duncan wrote to invite Sam to a Pilgrims dinner for Whitelaw Reid on Feb. 19 at Delmonico’s [MTP].

D.W. May wrote on US Dept. of Agriculture notepaper to lobby Sam to consider a trip to Porto Rico  (older spelling) and stay with them [MTP]. Note: Lyon wrote on the letter, “Answd. Feb. 20, ‘08” and “Not planning to make any more journeys—but thank him”