1880

Promptly as usual came a response from George M. Davidson of Chicago to our appeal for an account of himself and his doings during the past summer.

He says his health continues good and his pastimes are simple. Under ordinary conditions "Davie" enjoys himself, during a large part of the year, in automobile trips to various parts of the country, particularly to the Southern states where he frequently sojourns during the winter months.

This year the traveling conditions are such, and the gas situation is so uncertain, that he has suppressed his yearning for a survey of the great out of doors and has contented himself with staying at home most of the time, working in his victory garden with an occasional trip to Chicago to attend some meeting of some of the various scientific and technical societies with which he is still connected.

At such meetings he meets many men who were his associates before he retired years ago on a pension as chemical engineer for the Chicago and Northwest Railroad Cos. Among these men is a group of chemists who meet at some Chicago Club for lunch together and exchange information of mutual interest.

While he has not heard directly from Professor Sanborn of the University of Florida at Gainesville, he hears indirectly, through a friend who has accepted a position as teacher of chemistry at the university, that the Professor's health is much improved. It sure is good news to all his friends.

As for the writer, his health continues good and the summer has been uneventful, although he was fortunate enough to be able to spend the month of September in camp in the wilds of the good old State of Maine, fly fishing for trout and salmon.

Secretary and Treasurer,:10 Post Office Sq., Boston, Mass.