Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

 and the boy they had adopted – ; Lunch – ham sandwiches, pie & coffee & ice cream – ; Met Mrs. Widiger & Sus Miss Susie, the Matron –; Went all thru the home. The boy who showed us the boy’s dormitory.; Then to call on Mrs. Caton. Lottie (Mrs. Abbott) a daughter answered the door. They had just been lying down after dinner. Her hair was in curlers and she was self-conscious about them. She awoke Mrs. Caton, however. She (Mrs. C.) surprisingly alert and active for her 97 years. B talked to her mostly, & I to Lottie – at times Mrs. C would interrupt sharply “What’s that she’s saying?” –; Then back to 3:00 P.M. service at St. John’s.; Virginia at service and afterwards she took us to see Southwestern University (the full moon rising in the east, the beautiful view to the west) - & the aslym asylum. – then to [call] on some people – Mrs. Scalk (her daughter Mrs. Wente) and Prof. Steiner & his family Waldo Steiner – Prof. Steiner blind, but mentally alert and a fine looking man. Mrs. Steiner odd.; Then out to Virginia’s for dinner (she going on ahead.). When we arrived she said Dean had forgotten to watch the meat (absorbed as he was in the new kitchen) However she hurried the meat up in a pressure cooker and turned out a fine meal. Dean a hearty likeable fellow. His boys obviously worshipped him & vice versa. The youngest boy, sleepy from playing outdoors, fell asleep with