The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 61, June 1890, U. of Illinois Press

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J U N E · I 8 9 0 Tuskegee. I hope her letters were satisfactory to you and will prove useful. Miss Folsom4 declares she is quite jealous of her. She was North however, and got back after Miss Nichols had said she would go. Miss F. is a very good writer, with more experience than Miss Nichols and it may be well to remember her as a possible reporter for you another year. I am glad to hear that you had so successful an Anniversary. With hearty congratulations thereon and good wishes arid greetings for you all Ever cordially, Helen W. Ludlow P.S. Have you heard of the General's engagement? Congratulations are in order. He is to marry, early in September, Miss Ford,5 a teacher here for the last two or three years, an attractive, interesting woman about half the General's age—a great favorite with her pupils in her department of natural history. We all trust that the manage will give the General that home happiness and rest that will crown the life he has so long lavished on his work for hurrla~iity, and at the same time give him new strength for it and prolong his days. I knew you would be interested to hear about it if you have not already heard. H. W. L. ALS Con. 96 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Miss Ludlow wrote for the Southern Workman: ''We hope for good things from the new Mohonk Conference in June, to which Mr. A. K. Smiley, with characteristic hospitality and broad humanity has invited a large number of the friends of Negro education and progress. That it is limited to white people will no doubt be felt and by none more than Mr. Smiley himself as a serious limitation on ifs effectiveness. both in moral influence and in the full understanding of the subject, to which such men as Dr. Price of Livingstone College, Mr. Washington of Tuskegee, and others, could contribute valuable practical experience and personal demonstration.'' The editorial went on to praise G. W. Cable for stating publicly that blacks should be included. (Southern Workman, o9 [May ~ 8901, 49.) When Samuel Chapman Armstrong returned from the conference he took a more conservative view of Smiley's motivation. ''In order to be sure and get the Southern white men to come, he [Smiley] decided not to invite any colored people. He has been criticized for that, as you know. He is a warm friend of the colored , 6 I