May 23 Saturday – Godfrey Egremont wrote to Mark Twain asking “why in German the sun is feminine — die Sonne — and the moon masculine — der Mond?” When he asked Germans they told him that Mark Twain knew “all about it” and wrote of it in a “valuable appendix –numbered II, I fancy, to a well-known ethnographical work by one of their most famous authors entitled ‘Der Landstreicher Verriest’” [MTP].

Harry Lamb wrote asking for a poem from Sam, who wrote on the envelope, “I don’t know what to say” [MTP].

Frank McClintock wrote from Grand Junction, Colo. interested in the typesetter. Sam wrote on the envelope, “Refer him to Paige, Brer / SLC” [MTP].

Check # Payee Amount [Notes]

5267 Mr. Jerry Donaghue 19.00

5268 The Players 10.00 Club Dues

5269 Mr. Franz Milcke 77.50

5270 Mssrs. Ward W. Jacobs & Co. 474.00