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the New York Evening Post. He covered Albany as a political reporter. I knew his sisters, and his brothers and his mother - so he was favorably disposed. He and Hammitt were such nice persons that when the session was late they'd see me home to my hotel - they wouldn't let me walk through the streets of Albany alone. They were nice about a young woman who was there for the first time.

Then, of course, there was Judge Marcus T. Hun and his family who lived in Albany - he was a great fellow. I knew his daughters and they gave me great standing. I remember that Judge Hun, who was a Republican, spoke to a number of the members of the Senate and the Legislature with whom he had acquaintanceship and who were solid Republicans and interposed a social introduction by saying, “Now, I know this young lady. She's very fine. She stays at our house here and I hope you'll be helpful to her.” That was a great help. Mrs. Hun invited me to stay with them often when I went to Albany as a kind of protection to me. It was a delightful home - old fashioned elegance - intellectual life and socially responsible. Handsome people too.

I think I was just introduced to the leaders by Binkerd or Hammitt or Stokes or George Hall or Fred Hall or somebody like that. Lawrence Veiller was frequently in