December 6 Thursday – In Hartford Sam gave a reading from his work-in-progress (CY) at a gathering for Edith Wilder Smith, wife of Wilder Smith, Hartford clergyman active in charity work. He titled the reading, “King Arthur and the Yankee” [Fatout, MT Speaking 658]. Note: Her 1928 obituary in the Courant lists her as Mrs. Charles T. Welles. This, her second husband was active in the Women’s Board of Missions. Sam’s notebook entry relating to this reading:

Read King Arthur & Yank 6th of December? Yes. — 10 a.m. / 129 Washington street — Edith Wilder Smith [MTNJ 3: 434&n91].

Sam also wrote to Olivia Lewis Langdon, attesting that the “Supplementary volumes & Index” to the Britannica “grows upon one,” and would be a “vastly valuable addition” to their library. The books were no doubt a gift from Sam’s mother-in-law. The Cranes were still at the Clemenses; Sam wrote,

We are all well except Theodore, who is doing fairly, & all send love [MTP].

Eugene Meyer, Piano lessons N.Y., receipted $30 for: “piano lessons to Miss Susie and Clara from Nov the 8th to Dec the 6th” ..note address change to 403 Lexington Ave [MTP].