October 7 Monday – In Melbourne at the Menzies Hotel, Sam was still abed. A scheduled performance in Geelong’s Exhibition Theatre was postponed tentatively until Oct. 17, due to Sam’s health. This was done by use of handbills and a telegram from Dr. N.T. Fitzgerald printed in the Evening Star. R.S. Smythe had been in Geelong since Oct. 4 making arrangements [Shillingsburg, “Down Under” 13].

Livy wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore: envelope only survives [MTP].

Livy sent Mollie Clemens (though envelope is to Orion) a photograph inscribed (later in Orion’s hand?), “Residence of Ferdinand Meyer / Chestnut St. St. Louis Mo. / This house was opposite our house. / I could see it when I could not see our own” [MTP]. The envelope is postmarked Melbourne, Oct. 7; and bears, “Received in Keokuk / November 18, 1895”