Dear Bess:

I accompanied Margie to the train yesterday at noon. We arrived at the station just about two minutes ahead of leaving time for the train. They drove us into the east entrance but we walked from the fence to the train. Margie thought that was showing dis crimination.

We made it to the car and she plastered my left cheek with lipstick as she went aboard and very carefully wiped it off with her glove! Had a wire from her about 5 P.M. signed "Skinny." I'd been stewing around about not hearing from her and Capt. Dennison started to call Mrs. Stewart, and they told him at the White House that this telegram signed "Skinny" was there. He very timidly asked me if that by any chance could be Margie. Went back to the White House and saw a lot of customers and finally arrived a board here at 1:30 when I was due at 12:30. It rained and rained but I won a bet that the sun would shine all day today, and it has and is. I'm out on the "back porch" of my deck in a swimming suit taking more burning. We've had a very satisfactory confer ence on the western speeches. Farm speech at Des Moines on Sept.18, conservation at Denver on the 20th, reclamation at Salt Lake City on the 21st-in the great Mormon Tabernacle, believe it or not only Presidents of U.S. and high Mormons can do that. Then San Francisco, L.A., San Dieg o, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Ky., West Va. and Washington, D.C. Seems like a nice little trip-- what? Charlie Ross is flying up to D.C. to attend the wedding of his niece, Virginia's daughter. I'm sending letter up on the plane that brings him back. We are anchored at the mouth of the Potomac at Blakiston Island where Lord Baltimore landed in 1734. There is a monument on it which says that's so. I went and looked at it-that's how I can tell you. This is a most restful day-and how I needed it. Six speeches on Monday was rather strenuous. I told the press boys on Thursday that Labor Day was only a sample o f what they'd get on the western trip. We had pictures on Wednesday and Thursday night. Had Irve, Annette and Mrs. Davis Wednesday & Jane, Drucie and Irve & Annette on Thursday. My finance meeting Thursday was a grand success. Margie "stole the show." We're off to win I think.