Ellen Axson Wilson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre

You did not remember to tell me how much money you need, so I send check for $15.00, and if you need more let me know.
I hope you are feeling strong again, dear; I am afraid you went back to your work too soon. Am so glad the holiday is just at hand. Be sure to let me know on what train to expect you. Will you come with Nellie or upon an earlier one? I feel as if I could hardly wait until Friday to have you two darlings at home again!I am so sorry the rushing turned out so unsatisfactorily. But with so few girls rushing and so many societies struggling for them what could one expect! It seems as if the whole business is managed in the worst possible way at Baltimore. One reason why I am so intensely exasperated about it all is that I feel that it is spoiling in large measure your college course,—years that ought to be among the happiest of your life. I fancy that Dr. Welsh will be a strong ally when you come to urge their abolition.
We had a pleasant little visit to New York,—your father and I. You know we went to the Southern Society banquet at the Waldorf,—stopping at the hotel. It was a brilliant scene—the 600 men on the floor,— the boxes of all around filled with women,—many of them very pretty. Your father was of course the speech of the evening and was most enthusiastically received.
But so many things are pressing this morning, dear,—that I must close abruptly, for I want to get this check off by the next mail.
Do excuse this scrawl! Your father has just gone to Phila. With a heart full of love for my darling,