July 24 Tuesday – Bainbridge Colby invited Sam to dine at his club in the evening. Present was the senior member of Colby’s law firm, Simon H. Stern (1847-1906), of Stern & Rushmore, as well as two or three other attorneys. Charles E. Rushmore (1857-1931), the other partner, had the distinction of having Mt. Rushmore named after him based on work he did as a young lawyer for mining interests in the Black Hills of South Dakota [NY Times, Oct. 31, 1931 p.17 “C.E. Rushmore Dies”].

We had a good time till 11. I went in evening dress. I didn’t suppose it was necessary — & it wasn’t — but I did it to be on the safe side. And I was. Nobody else was dressed [July 25 to Livy].

Note: This meeting may have been at the Waldorf, for in Sam’s July 25 to Livy he mentioned seeing her brother “for a few minutes at the Waldorf.”