February 11 Sunday – Isabel Lyon’s journal: “Today hasn’t been a very gay Sunday, for Mr. Clemens went off to lunch at Mrs. Henry Holt’s with the Pumpelly’s, & then he went to see Mr. & Mrs. Rogers finishing up with dinner at the Broughtons & not reaching home until nearly 10:30” [MTP TS 28-29].

Evelyn Garrant Smalley wrote from NYC to thank Sam for his help in “responding so instantly” with a letter for her to Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie had “promised to guarantee a thousand dollars” to her fund for Russian actors [MTP].