Catt, Carrie Chapman.  Boardman, Mrs H. B.

June 23, 1927.

Mrs. H. B. Boardman,
1307 Lowell Road,
Schenectady, N. Y.

My dear Mrs. Boardman:

I must beg you to overlook my apparent long neglect of your letter 
dated May 28th.  I am more than sorry to have caused you to write
a reminder.  The truth is that I have been engaged in writing an
article.  The article itself does not appear to be much, but it
required investigation and the reading of a lot of literature.
That literature was printed in very fine type, and at that particular
moment I had so much trouble with my eyes, I was not able to read
much at a time.  My neuritis, which travels around in various parts
of my body, happened, at the time, to be in my right arm.  Therefore,
the article got done first.  I will try not to forget to send you
one.  It is an"Open Letter to the D.A.R."

We were very much pleased to hear about your latest experiences in
Arizona.  Certainly it is a nice place to go for the winter and
the next time I go, I shall hope to extend the visit later into
the spring when I am sure it is finer than the earlier part of the
winter.  We enjoyed visiting with all kinds of people in California,
but we found the climate depressing after Arizona.  I had a letter
from the manager's daughter in early May and she mentioned that the
thermometer was already at 113, so I think an early departure is
also desirable.

I was sorry to learn about your daughter-in-law's illness.  I hope
she came out all right.

I am going to Honolulu for the Institute of Pacific Problems,
leaving next week and returning some time in August.  My cousin
is here and will stay with Miss Hay during my absence, protecting
her from snakes and burglars.

I do not know what we shall do next winter, but I have on my hands
for work another Conference on the Cause and Cure of War which will
take place in Washington in January.  We usually leave the farm
the early part of November and I suppose we shall stay in New York
about a month.  In both New York and Washington my chief work
will be the arrangements for the coming conference.

I am declining all invitations.  I have made it a rule not to speak
any more except when I may be in a place and am called upon.  In
other words, I am going to take my growing years seriously.  It 
would give me great pleasure to accept your kind invitation, but I
am not yet a free woman.  It is amazing how much business gets
piled upon me.

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Remember me to your good husband who, I am sure, went back
entirely recuperated and ready for anything.  I hope we shall
both have the pleasure of meeting you and your husband again,
although I hope the sad cause of another attack of pneumonia
will not be the one which brings us together.

Very cordially yours,

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