Accession: 060B.17.007
Editorial Title: Orrilla W. Day to Mary Baker Eddy, September 9, 1886
Author: Orrilla W. Day 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: September 9, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Orrilla W. Day on lined paper from Oak Park, Illinois.
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Oak Park
Sept 9, /86
Dear Mrs Eddy,

I found in looking over some letters of yours to my husband in one of Aug 17Editorial Note: See L14724. The contents of this letter seem to match more closely what Orrilla W. Day claims is the content of a letter dated August 22, which apparently is not extant.. express orders for him to start a College instantly - In one of Aug 22Editorial Note: This letter is not extant., You are glad he has called it " college or university." I for one am in hopes he can get out of it honorably As Written: honerably at this late date, He has sacrificed time money and labor, and has been loyal to you and the ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science- as few even of your students have been Both he and I prefer to work and teach independently - as others of your students are doing. or if he cannot labor peaceably with you in this will go back to business life - His salary As Written: salery as pastor in the Church is $50.00Editorial Note: $50.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $1,620.76 in 2023. a month - and necessitates the renting an office in the city. He has no patients - ThoughAs Written:Tho when he has had any has healed without exception, I hope the college will be disbanded - I do not care to enter into competition either with you or Scwhartz andAs Written:an, CompanyAs Written:Co as in the estimation of outsiders, we evidently As Written: evidenly have - The Science is glorious and of God - but there is still a God of this worldII Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. - (in belief -) and I feel as tho. My husband has been made a cats pawEditorial Note: The idiom “cat’s paw” refers to someone who has been duped to carry out unpleasant or dangerous tasks for another. It apparently first appeared in print in a fable set down by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) known as “The Monkey and the Cat.” In this story a monkey persuades a cat to use its paw to retrieve chestnuts from the embers of a fire for the two of them to eat. But the monkey immediately eats each chestnut before the cat can. Thus the cat only ends up with a singed paw for its efforts. of - by whom I cannot say. I do know he has tried very earnestly to carry out your orders at every step in this matter, and will be glad - as I shall be, to drop it, I have not discussed the matter with him - I was too disheartened at the whole thing - and to tell the truth - disgusted -

Yours very sincerelyAs Written:sincerly,
O. W. Day
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Oak Park
Sept 9, /86
Dear Mrs Eddy,

Mrs Eddy I found in looking over some letters of yours to my husband in one of Aug 17Editorial Note: See L14724. The contents of this letter seem to match more closely what Orrilla W. Day claims is the content of a letter dated August 22, which apparently is not extant.. express orders for him to start a College instantly - In one of Aug 22Editorial Note: This letter is not extant., You are glad he has called it " college or university." I for one am in hopes he can get out of it honerably Corrected: honorably at this late date, He has sacrificed time money and labor, and has been loyal to you and the ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science- as few even of your students have been Both he and I prefer to work and teach independently - as others of your students are doing. or if he cannot labor peaceably with you in this will go back to business life - His salery Corrected: salary as pastor in the Church is $50.00Editorial Note: $50.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $1,620.76 in 2023. a month - and necessitates the renting an office in the city. He has no patients - ThoExpanded:Though when he has had any has healed without exception, I hope the college will be disbanded - I do not care to enter into competition either with you or Scwhartz anCorrected:and, CoExpanded:Company as in the estimation of outsiders, we evidenly Corrected: evidently have - The Science is glorious and of God - but there is still a God of this worldII Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. - (in belief -) and I feel as tho. My husband has been made a cats pawEditorial Note: The idiom “cat’s paw” refers to someone who has been duped to carry out unpleasant or dangerous tasks for another. It apparently first appeared in print in a fable set down by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) known as “The Monkey and the Cat.” In this story a monkey persuades a cat to use its paw to retrieve chestnuts from the embers of a fire for the two of them to eat. But the monkey immediately eats each chestnut before the cat can. Thus the cat only ends up with a singed paw for its efforts. of - by whom I cannot say. I do know he has tried very earnestly to carry out your orders at every step in this matter, and will be glad - as I shall be, to drop it, I have not discussed the matter with him - I was too disheartened at the whole thing - and to tell the truth - disgusted -

Yours very sincerlyCorrected:sincerely,
O. W. Day
 
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See L14724. The contents of this letter seem to match more closely what Orrilla W. Day claims is the content of a letter dated August 22, which apparently is not extant. This letter is not extant. Christian Science $50.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $1,620.76 in 2023. The idiom “cat’s paw” refers to someone who has been duped to carry out unpleasant or dangerous tasks for another. It apparently first appeared in print in a fable set down by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) known as “The Monkey and the Cat.” In this story a monkey persuades a cat to use its paw to retrieve chestnuts from the embers of a fire for the two of them to eat. But the monkey immediately eats each chestnut before the cat can. Thus the cat only ends up with a singed paw for its efforts.