“Oh Edith dear. See here, see
here! This lovely waist for you to baste, Into a jigger to fit your
figure!”
Matie sent us all things & we were very
happy. Afterward we had supper & on each plate Lura had put a box con- taining her
photograph and a joke – mine a bottle of whiskey & glycerine for my
cold.
Helen’s a diminutive silk skirt (these
were things we longed for!) Mrs. Armstrong had
given her a gorgeous real one – Nellie a
flat iron (for her housekeeping) Edith a scrap- book full of hair–restorer ads – (She
claims she’s getting bald! – or near it) Mary a watch &c. When we had finished our salad
&c., Nellie read us a poem &
we all went home happy & loaded down – in the storm – my
“Elijah” – a tiger Mary gave me –
with a poem – to take Rudolph’s place (see
picture) being the most bothersome thing to carry of all.
Dec. 25. Monday.
Slept soundly & ate breakfast before our fire – where we all got
such lovely
things – Besides lots else Mama
gave me 40 street car fares & Claude a check for $25.00 – with which I’m having
dear Ned’s opal put into a ring &
surrounded by diamonds – as befits the memory
1899.
“Oh Edith dear. See here, see
here! This lovely waist for you to baste, Into a jigger to fit your
figure!”
Matie sent us all things & we were very
happy. Afterward we had supper & on each plate Lura had put a box con- taining her
photograph and a joke – mine a bottle of whiskey & glycerine for my
cold.
Helen’s a diminutive silk skirt (these
were things we longed for!) Mrs. Armstrong had
given her a gorgeous real one – Nellie a
flat iron (for her housekeeping) Edith a scrap- book full of hair–restorer ads – (She
claims she’s getting bald! – or near it) Mary a watch &c. When we had finished our salad
&c., Nellie read us a poem &
we all went home happy & loaded down – in the storm – my
“Elijah” – a tiger Mary gave me –
with a poem – to take Rudolph’s place (see
picture) being the most bothersome thing to carry of all.
Dec. 25. Monday.
Slept soundly & ate breakfast before our fire – where we all got
such lovely
things – Besides lots else Mama
gave me 40 street car fares & Claude a check for $25.00 – with which I’m having
dear Ned’s opal put into a ring &
surrounded by diamonds – as befits the memory
1899.
“Oh Edith dear. See here, see
here! This lovely waist for you to baste, Into a jigger to fit your
figure!”
Matie sent us all things & we were very
happy. Afterward we had supper & on each plate Lura had put a box con- taining her
photograph and a joke – mine a bottle of whiskey & glycerine for my
cold.
Helen’s a diminutive silk skirt (these
were things we longed for!) Mrs. Armstrong had
given her a gorgeous real one – Nellie a
flat iron (for her housekeeping) Edith a scrap- book full of hair–restorer ads – (She
claims she’s getting bald! – or near it) Mary a watch &c. When we had finished our salad
&c., Nellie read us a poem &
we all went home happy & loaded down – in the storm – my
“Elijah” – a tiger Mary gave me –
with a poem – to take Rudolph’s place (see
picture) being the most bothersome thing to carry of all.
Dec. 25. Monday.
Slept soundly & ate breakfast before our fire – where we all got
such lovely
things – Besides lots else Mama
gave me 40 street car fares & Claude a check for $25.00 – with which I’m having
dear Ned’s opal put into a ring &
surrounded by diamonds – as befits the memory
