Spring 1932, "Jeannette dearest, Monday and Tuesday were great days this week"

Spring 1932, "Jeannette dearest, Monday and Tuesday were great days this week"

Finances

Womanhood

Travel

Woolley speaks of financial worries, the difficulties of being a woman, and travel invitations

Mary Woolley

April 22 1932

Correspondence

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[1]
General Disarmament Conference
Geneva
4’22’32
Delegation of the
United States of America Jeannette dearest,
Monday and
Tuesday were great
days this week for
they brought two weeks
of letters, yours of April
3rd and 10th. Why they
were spaced that way,
I do not know. Har-
riet’s of the 6th and
10th also came. Then, Any way
it was good to hear
from you both, I enjoyed your
“sprightly” [??] article -- Also
[2]
the “notes” about your
father and I am
more than glad that
the book is going on so
well. It would be
even more joyous if
every thing were going
well with you. The
financial anxieties
trouble me. Do not
hesitate to draw all
that remains of
the June salary. I
shall not need
any more over
here. The “per diem”
more than covers
[3]
my living expenses
and I shall be
able to save some-
thing from it.
You are
great to spend
time in thinking
out the investment
question; thank you
for that and everything
else.
Yes, I will avoid
the “paps”: can you
suggest a synonym
for “patience,” the
thing of which we
need the most? The
other day at a Dele-
[4]
gation meeting, Mr.
Stimson said: “Tomor-
row Ramsay McDon-
ald will arrive,
chock full of fears,
and the next day
Tardien [??], chock full
of politics.” I
thought of a remark
when I was in the
Far East: “Japan is
the France of the
East.” They, France & Japan, have
certainly made the
difficulties for this
Conference.
You are
right in thinking
that there are
[5]
difficulties even in being
a woman! I must
be effective, but not
aggressive; womanly
but not womanish;
equal to social ob-
ligations but al-
ways on hand for
the business ones;
informed, but un-
able to take my
pipe and join
other “pipers” in
the corridors dur-
ing translations -- --
et cetera, et cete
-ra!! However, all
the males are
[6]
good to me and so are
the females. Tomor-
row the correspond-
ents are giving a
big luncheon here
which I am going
to attend with
Stuart Brown, a
nice young fellow
from Washington.
This afternoon Mr.
Pell said that they
were awfully up-
set because Mr.
Stinson thought
he did not feel
well enough to
come.
Mr. and Mrs.
Henderson gave a
[7]
luncheon Tuesday.
I sat between Mr.
H. and Dr. [?],
the latter rather
blue about Man-
churia, poor man.
Last evening, Coun-
tess Kreiberg, whom
I often see as a
correspondent, came
in to tell me
about a visit to
Berlin Munich and the
way her old acquain-
tances, -- royalty --
as well as nobility
-- were living in
small apartments
[in margin]
Saturday evening. Several photographs
will start Monday, most of them
to go eventually in my scrap-book,
your loving Mary
[8]
with a fire part of the
day, to save fuel.
Any way, Siliznoff
looks plump enough.
I am sure he is
not living on only
rations!
I have order-
ed the “broadcasting
photograph and
will forward when
it arrives.
You did not
enclose your letter to Mrs.
von Enhardt [??]. I have
had several invitations
from Berlin; probably
it is just as well
that I could not ac-
cept,
[9]
Sunday, 2pm [??]
Almost time for
luncheon. I wish it
were possible to
drop down upon
you for coffee
in the study --
wouldn’t that be
joyous!! I
should like your
reaction to the
Trustee and Com-
mencement question.
It is hard to say
“No”--but if the
Conference comes
practically to an
end in July, or
adjourns, I do not
[10]
see how I can leave
the first of June.
I think the
President might
well wonder why
he appointed me.
If the ad-
journment comes
early in June,
that would put
a different aspect
upon it. Even Sir
Erie [??] and Mr. Hen-
derson do not
know. Will you
send me your
“reaction” in your
next letter? Your loving Emma