1900

In a recent letter Bob Jackson speaks of the large number of holdups and footpad activities in the neighborhood of the Plaza and St. Moritz. Bob says: "Last February I had dinner at the Plaza and was returning to the St. Moritz around 8:30, a walk of less than two minutes. As I was passing a high board fence protecting an excavation, I was stopped by a young negro 18-20 years of age. Ahead of me about twenty yards was the lighted marquee of the St. Moritz where the doorman was helping a passenger into a taxi. When the young fellow asked 'have you got a match, mister?' instinctively, I was sure it was the first move in a holdup. I called out loudly 'Hi, John (a name uttered at random) here's a man wants a match. I don't have one.' The effect was astonishing. The doorman did not hear me but the young negro instantly bolted across 59th street, jumped the low fence into the dark of Central Park. Proof of his hostile intent. But inexplicable was my call to the fleeing holdup man, 'Hey! I thought you wanted a match.' All of which indicates we cannot foresee how we will behave in a sudden crisis."

Elizabeth Gaffney, daughter of GeorgeTong informs me that she and her husband Bill have resided long enough in Idaho so that last fall Bill received a deer hunting license from the state. They have made the acquaintance and friendly contact with two recent Dartmouth graduates who, with their families have moved to Idaho and are doing research in that area. Late in the summer daughter Betty Jean and son George motored from their homes in California to the Grand Canyon. From this trip Betty Jean returned to work in chemistry research at Stanford U. and George continued on to the Colorado U. where he is doing graduate work in the field of geology.

Secretary and Treasurer The Austin Home Warner, N.H. 03278