1878

The report in last month's Notes of Parkhurst's buoyant recovery from his three weeks' illness was premature. While he was still "feeling first-rate," he was caught with a temperature and put back to bed for a week, which took more vitality out of him than the other three. But he has since regained enough of it to go to the Boston Alumni Dinner and be pictured in the Herald as the central figure in its group of notables present. Truth to tell, however, if he and Dr. Hopkins looked like their pictures there, they must have been losing face fast since their last previous appearance in public If current reports that Army and Navy are to discontinue officer training- are authentic—and at least one institution has had notice of discontinuance at the end of the present term—the Reconversion Fund the President discussed at the dinner will be needed before there is time to raise it. The "unscrambling" he spoke of may be close at hand and a long process

Bouton was laid up for some weeks with the flu and is not yet fully recovered, but is again on foot and indulging in his youthful sport. Skunks have been stealing goose-eggs. He and his son have each shot two without incurring flak, and are looking for more Hayt, sympathizing with Parkinson's complaint of failing ears, eyes, and memory, says his ears are still functioning, eyes not good for reading more than fifteen minutes at a time, so he resorts to radio, and for a crutch for shaky memory he recommends a memorandum pad. To which Parkinson remarks that Hayt can write so he can read his memo, and besides if he can remember to look at it at crucial times, the two memories are not equally decayed.

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