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[postmarked 14 May 1922
Dear Mother + Father:
The costuming, setting + acting [g...?] to hall last night were excellent but the play itself - "Kismet" certainly was not worth the effort of production. It was quite cool but I was well- & got home perfectly all right.
Slept late this morning & then we went to the Lodge for a 50ยข bkfast. There I [topiced], and did likewise for a while this P.M. with interruptions many + lengthy. Shall finish it tonite - No. 2.
Am having my hair dried now. After that [Eliz?] + I are going rowning.
The weather has been [beauty?]
Dear Mother + Father:
The costuming, setting + acting [g...?] to hall last night were excellent but the play itself - "Kismet" certainly was not worth the effort of production. It was quite cool but I was well- & got home perfectly all right.
Slept late this morning & then we went to the Lodge for a 50ยข bkfast. There I [topiced], and did likewise for a while this P.M. with interruptions many + lengthy. Shall finish it tonite - No. 2.
Am having my hair dried now. After that [Eliz?] + I are going rowning.
The weather has been [beauty?]
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all spring. It is demoralizing for work.
Tomorrow night Helen, Eliz, + I are taking Miss Smith out for supper - we should have done it long ago. At noon I [plan] to take [Jane] + a K.C. school-friend of hers, Bradford now -. + prospective V.C. '26(1) out for dinner. Mart + I are then going off for a walk into this heavenly country. Tomorrow eve I shall go to the Ch. Assoc. meeting to hear Dr. Lyman Abbott. The rest of the day I shall topic.
I ordered my cap + gown the other day. If the sensation had not been so funny I should have felt decidedly sad at reach ing that stage of the game ahead!
Excuse penmanship - she is [rotting] my head around at
Tomorrow night Helen, Eliz, + I are taking Miss Smith out for supper - we should have done it long ago. At noon I [plan] to take [Jane] + a K.C. school-friend of hers, Bradford now -. + prospective V.C. '26(1) out for dinner. Mart + I are then going off for a walk into this heavenly country. Tomorrow eve I shall go to the Ch. Assoc. meeting to hear Dr. Lyman Abbott. The rest of the day I shall topic.
I ordered my cap + gown the other day. If the sensation had not been so funny I should have felt decidedly sad at reach ing that stage of the game ahead!
Excuse penmanship - she is [rotting] my head around at
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a great rate.
Elsa + [Patty] asked me to "chaperone" them + [guests] to a movie tonite, but I told them I couldn't possibly spare the time.
Mother, thanks for the cake. It has been mostly con-sumed already - not by me. Why did you send the pillow? I presume to keep the cake from bouncing. I'll return it in the next laundry.
Are you still planning to come East in the car? I hope so - it would be great.
Also, when is Confirma-tion? You never said. RSVP.
Mother, I think I've answered all questions of the last wk.
Elsa + [Patty] asked me to "chaperone" them + [guests] to a movie tonite, but I told them I couldn't possibly spare the time.
Mother, thanks for the cake. It has been mostly con-sumed already - not by me. Why did you send the pillow? I presume to keep the cake from bouncing. I'll return it in the next laundry.
Are you still planning to come East in the car? I hope so - it would be great.
Also, when is Confirma-tion? You never said. RSVP.
Mother, I think I've answered all questions of the last wk.
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If not, let me know what is unanswered.
If you could only see this marvelous, clean green Duchess Co. now! you wouldn't hang around Rgh!
Lots of love,
Fannie
Brown won its debates > Dartmouth + Williams lost wk. by unanimous decisions
If you could only see this marvelous, clean green Duchess Co. now! you wouldn't hang around Rgh!
Lots of love,
Fannie
Brown won its debates > Dartmouth + Williams lost wk. by unanimous decisions
