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Concerning "Young Mrs. Winthrop" and the "[Qui?] Vive" and "[...e]" spelling match to her brother George W. Patterson]
Vassar
April 8th - '88
Mon chérie..
You don't deserve a letter - and you probably don't want one - but I feel that it will give me great pleasure to bore you for half an hour or so - apology amply sufficient, perhaps ?
I'm in the next hall play with both feet - on the committee and in the play too. The chairman's away and
Paddy, you've no idea what an ordeal I went through last night - "Qui Vive" (88's society) entertained "T & M" (89) and the program was kept secret till we got to the hall - Imagine your sister's feelings when the President announced that we were to have a spelling match!!' 'Pon my soul, there are places where I draw the line and that is one of them.
I wish to tell you the large joke - some poor idiot sent "Gert" some flowers to day - sent them anonymously - Of course she would not wear them, so I've been doing it for her - I reckon there's one pretty much dis -
You must write and tell me how "Bosting" is - Oh de-yer!
Lovingly
Grangie.
[Note: The flowers had been sent by John D. Patterson, cousin of Frances who married Gertrude Pocock a year later]
[Letter from Frances Todd Patterson, '88, to her brother, George W. Patterson.]