Dear Girls:

Five years have passed since I have had the Robin, and I certainly have fully enjoyed it these past five days. So much has happened in the last five years. The time during the war was a strenuous time in our home. My husband was Chief of the Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Justice, so a great deal of important work came his way. So much, in fact, that for several months he didn't eat any meal with the family except breakfast, and worked until midnight and after. The phone worked twenty-four hours a day, I think, and I acted as central most of the time.

We left Washington at the close of the war and have been here in Great Neck since. Daisy Murphy and I discovered each other and have fine visits and talks. Great Neck is a beautiful place and we were fortunate enough to find a home which has a lovely view of Manhassett Bay, and in our own back yard is a spring with a pool big enough for the children to sail boats in. My flowers are lovely. I'm putting in a picture of Bob and some of my peonies, mainly for the peonies.

I've had the thrill of voting for a president and help send young Roosevelt to Albany.

My four youngsters are splendid. Bruce, Jr. will be eleven this month and is a regular fellow, plays ball and tennis, swims a little and is crazy about music. Actually practices of his own accord and is playing the piano unusually well. Amelia, whom we call B., is the image of her father and does just about all the things Bruce does. All the boys accept her as a member of the bunch. Maybe she results from my views of suffrage. Jane is a real lady-girl. She is a blonde, looks like a doll, but can take care of herself anywhere. Bob, the youngest, is naturally spoiled, and a little more now, for he had to have his ear punctured twice this year and finally operated on for mastoiditis. He is the largest and healthiest in the crowd and I have never understood why he had this trouble.

Wouldn't it be interesting to meet all the 1903 husbands. I'm like Daisy and the rest - I think mine pretty nice. We take the family off on some great jaunts in the car. Two summers ago we went up through Vermont into Canada, and back through New York. It was fine. Then once in a while Bruce and I just skip off alone - we went the other week-end up through the mountains to Cooperstown - it was early enough to miss the crowds on the road and just in time to see the wonderful azalea and columbine. Then about once a year we drive down to Washington. That still seems very like home to all of us.

I think we always thought 1903 a mighty wonderful class, but I really believe that none of us could have counted on such results as these letters show. The girls are all splendid. I do hope we can have a wonderful reunion in 1923 and I think it would be fine to bring back the youngsters and have a party for them before or after our class reunion.

When I first came up here my eyes were very bad so I kept out of clubs and church work a good deal - but now I am at it again, and especially interested in a Community Church. It seems to be the right idea for a place like this. We are hoping to build a $100 000 plant. We are just forty minutes from Pennsylvania Station and my phone number is Great Neck 369, so anyone coming through New York can get in touch with me easily, and I'll meet you on any train. Hope to see most of you in Baltimore at our next reunion.

Milly D. Bielaski