June – Sam’s notebook contained a roster of his Angelfish:

The Acquarium, (June 1908)

• Dorothy Butes (16) London, England (Honorary)                    16
• Dorothy Quick (11 ½ ) Plainfield, N.J.                                   12
• Dorothy Harvey, (13.9) Deal Beach, N.J.                                13
• Dorothy Sturgis (16)  153 Beacon Street [Boston]                    16
• Hellen Martin,  (12)  1 Murray ave, Westmount, Montreal         12
• Helen Schuyler Allen, (13) Bay House, Bermuda                      13
• Irene Gerken (13) 52 W. 75th street                                        13
• Margaret Blackmer, (12) New York                                        12
• Louise Paine (13) Redding, Conn                                     13
• Frances Nunnally (17)  Atlanta, Ga.                                        17
• Margaret Illington                                                                13
• Jean Spurr, (13) 129 Mt. Pleasant ave, Newark, N.J.                150
• Marjorie Breckenridge, 15, Brooklyn

The 12 children’s ages foot up 165 years. Margaret Illington isn’t a child, but she is charming enough to be one. She dressed for 12 & elected herself, & was accepted & invested with the badge of the Order (an enameled angel-fish pin) [MTAq 165; NB 48 ]

Sam passed on a “chain prayer” to Beatrice M. Benjamin. 

[typewritten:]

Endless chain Prayer

Oh Lord Christ we implore thee Oh eternal God, to have mercy on  all mankind keep us from sin by thy precious blood. take us to be with thee eternally Amen

This prayer has been sent by Bishop Laurence recomending to be rewritten and sent to some other persons. he who will not send it will be afflicted in some way by some misfortune. One who paid no attention met with a terrible accident. he who will write this prayer for nine days and distribute it to nine other persons comencing the day rec’d. on or after the ninth day experiences great Joy. at Jerusalem during the holy Feast it was said to who will rewrite this prayer will be delivered from every calamity. please do not break the chain copy all on this page

[handwritten:]

This prayer was sent me by a Friend

“Save yourself, dear Beatrice! This comes to me from an unknown benefactor, & I am distributing my 9, in fear and trembling” [MTP].

Sam also sent the same “chain prayer” to Mai H. Coe (Mrs. William Robertson Coe),  and enclosed a newspaper report that the prayers of Father Curry of St. James Church had saved a prisoner (Sullivan, whose sister was a Nun) at midnight who was to die at 6 a.m. [MTP].