June 12 Sunday – At the Villa Augusta Victoria in Bad Nauheim, Germany, Sam wrote a goodbye letter to daughter Clara in Berlin, enclosing a picture of three small puppies and the following spoof:

I have spent a night of terry & was not able to sleep a wink; for by accident the enclosed little picture fell under my eye just as I was going to bed, & all the night long these three ferocious dogs seemed to be glaring at me & just ready to spring upon me & tear me to rags & ribbons. I wouldn’t spend another night with them for a kingdom; so I send them to you; but do be careful & don’t look at them just before bedtime [MTP].

Sam also wrote a letter of appreciation to Daniel Willard Fiske, whose May 31 letter had just arrived.

When you “chronicle the signing of the contract” I shall be on the sea or in America (I start to-morrow from here to Bremen, whence I sail Tuesday in the “Havel”), but Mrs. Clemens will still be here [Bad Nauheim]; she will take these baths till the middle of July. However she might change her mind — so our permanent address is best: “Care Drexel Harjes & Co., Paris.” I return in 6 weeks [MTP]. Note: Sam was in the United States from June 22 to July 5, only two weeks [MTLTP 311n1].

The Boston Daily Globe, p.24, “GIRLS WHO PLAY BALL,” which explored the subject, “Athletics for Women at Our Modern Institutions of Learning,” mentioned a past visit of Mark Twain to the gymnasium at Bryn Mawr College:

Why Girls in Bryn Mawr Gymnasium Knelt to Mark Twain

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Black Turkish trousers with the divided skirt effect, blouse waists with sailor knots of varied hue at the throat, black stockings and heelless oxford ties complete the gymnasium costume. A pretty girl in this oriental garb is very fetching.

Much diffidence is manifested in donning the trousers at first, and the unexpected appearance of Mark Twain in the gymnasium at Bryn Mawr, when a class was in exercise, brought every girl instantaneously on her knees!