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!”