February 17 Friday – A.A. Vantine & Co., New York, billed Livy $29.75 for “1 set tea toys[?], 2 trays, 5 boxes magic flowers”; paid same day [MTP]. Note: This purchase by Livy and the Feb. 18 Times notation (see entry) support the idea that Sam and Livy made another trip to New York sometime after Feb. 12, (at least by the Feb. 14 purchase of glass case) and returned by Feb. 19.

Joe Twichell wrote to Sam: “My sin, as a total abstainer, now finds me out. I haven’t a beer bottle in the house…Will you kindly spare a few of your empty ones?” Having to do with malt extract [MTP].