Letter, Kate Gleason to James Gleason

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William Gleason,
Manufacturer of Machinists Tools,
Office, Brown’s Race,

Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 14th. 1888

Dear Jim,-
You failed to enclose the price-list; you better hustle
around and find it or some barbarian will be coming upon it and then
what an awful fate will await you if through you this tremendous sec-
ret of the order is disclosed.
Your friend Warner has turned up, -why
did’nt you warn me he had already reached town and would be liable
to call at any moment.? He came Saturday night when I was’nt ex-
pecting any callers,-my hair was dishevvelled as usual, there were sev-
eram shades of coal dust and machine grease on my face and I had
taken off my shoes to dry my little wet feet. Otherwise I was look-
ing fine. With his usual thoughfulness Andrew showed Mr Warner
right in the front parlor so that I did’nt have any chance to escape
through the window. However I don’t feel as badly as I might for
I see Mr. Warner has a great big splotch on his light derby and he
can’t be very particular or he would’nt wear it. After I had em-
braced him tenderly and told him I would be a sister to him, I retired
to wash my face and put on a tea gown. We got on like a house on
fire,-he told me what a great boy he is and how hard you study and
various other interesting things. He came last night to a Euchre
party of the Dawn Club at our house. The party was considerable
of a ‘fizzle’ Every separate member of the organization wants to

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run it after a little plan of his own,-the result is every body
‘kicks like steers’ and my peaceful soul has been accordingly so
‘roiled up’ that I have resigned. Pretty nearly everybody else has
resigned too except the Aoyce’s and Lillie Mc’Taggart. Now if only
they would resign, we could start up a new one without them after the
plan of the Beta Thet’s and perhaps it would be a success. I ex-
pected Archie last night when I would have introduced him to Warner
but Archie did’nt come. Frank Nugent was down this morning to find
out your address. He won’t have anything to do for a couple of
weeks so I gave him a letter of introduction to Warner and he said
he’d see him to-day.
Business seems to be booming as per agreement,
inquiries are thick and orders are numerous so that on the whle I
am glad I supported Harrison. If I don’t hear from you by Friday
I will order the pin of Brown with the pearls and emeralds.
Mother has had her tooth fixed and is all ready to astonish
the natives there. Mabel Hebard who was visiting me, has heard
through her brother that you have gone Delta U. and she requests me
to forward her congratulations. I met Miss Trix Marx and she
had heard of it through Stephanie and send hers along too. About
a bushel or two of other people have been charging me with messages
of love and respect to you but I can’t stop to enumerate them.
Our latest luminary is Miss Lillian Mc’Graw,- she is a niece
of the Cornell Mc’Graw’s and spends all her vacations down in Ithaca.
She is very bewitching and she and Grace Hall are great chums and
have turned the heads of half the boys in town.
Lovingly,
Kate Gleason