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Show .' -2- My agenda also includes: making an inventory of household effects and having them appraised, also the repair and painting of my apartment. Living in a cooperative reduces overhead. Each stockholder owns his apartment. Being on the fourth floor of a "walk-up" building, my monthly assessment for upkeep, janitorial services etc. is about $84 for two bedrooms, study, kitchen and a large hospitality room. (Myron combined the original living and dining units into one large area.) In the District, according to newspaper advertisements, $125 seems to be the minimum for a one bedroom and bath apartment. Being a stockholder o£, Stafford owners (our cooperative), especially while serving on the Board keeps me involved. Between trying to resolve the pigeon nuisance and assisting in the maintenance of a certain degree of efficient management seems to demand a blend of tact, practical know-how and diplomacy. My recent good fortune is that Mildred Johnston, who introduced Myron and me to each other, left Boston to take an apartment about six blocks away. Mildred and I were at Radcliffe together where we both took Professor Sachs' museum course, but not at the same time. The year prior to my arrival, she and Myron attended this class. She was there two years. During the year when I was there, she remarked several times that she thought Myron and I would enjoy each other. The next October, when Myron and I were both in New York, Mildred introduced us. In January, Myron and I were married, leaving immediately_for a skiing honeymoon at the then privately owned Lake Placid Club._ When we got home, Myron received a letter from the club informing him that he had been made an honorary member, an action based on what the directors termed "good behavior." It is a joy to have Mildred in Washington; widow of a distinguished Harvard botanist, she is a cultured woman, brim_full of good ideas enlivened by enthusiasm. Her son, William, is married and living in Amherst, a professor at Boston University. I recall that years ago, when William visited me here, he was trying to decide whether to apply for the Foreign Service. At that time he was able to interview some of my friends at the_ State Department. The rest of the daylight hours he spent sightseeing. He was flattered when a patent attorney whom he met on one of the building tours gave William his card with the remark, "I hope to have the pleasure of serving you sometime." Mildred's daughter, Susie, is now employed in the office of the acting director of the Metropolitan Museum. She claims she_ got her job through me, this I doubt. At any rate, she is working hard and likes it. Besides taking German lessons in the evening, she is studying sculpture. Recently, her cat was awarded first prize. bring m e Thae "rneepxlti cat.im e she comes to Washington she promised to |