Editorial Note:
May Bragdon's letter to
Trudy about the
Orphan Asylum
fire, date : January 10,
1901. "Trudy dear: Your postal is just received. By this time you have the paper
I sent you and know probably more of the particulars of the fire than we did that night. But oh,
it was a fearful experience. I woke up hearing the crackling of the wires on the
wooden conservatory and the shrieks of women’s voices (the nurses) crying “Fire! fire!”