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South Hadley
April 29, 1910

My dear Will

The card you sent me from Calistoga has been received.  Eva sent it on from New York.  I was very glad to receive it for it was such a long time since we had heard from you.  The mountains on the picture look somewhat like our view of the Holyoke range and Mount Tom.  But I suppose they are not as large or as high.  I have been wondering what you are doing there.  That must have been a tiresome trip by stage.  Do let us know something about your work and about yourself how you like California + c.

I don’t know whether you receive any of our letters or not.  I have written several and so has Alma.

It will not be long now until Commencement.  Time is passing pretty rapidly all because I am very busy I guess.  I am doing some sewing and it does not go so very fast on our little hand machine.  I made myself a gingham dress, and made one over for Alma.  Next week I am going to make a silk dress for her that she bought in New York.  Have to get her clothes in order as she must be ready to sail on the 18th of June.  I think I wrote to you that I was going to Ohio.  I expect to spend the most of the time with Laura.  I will go to Canton to see the folks there.  Vesta Krabill and Homer called to see Laura and they want me to go there.  And of course I shall.  As the time is drawing near I thought I had better be asking you if you can let me have some money.  Alma will not have any for me as she has not saved enough for her own trip.  It costs a good deal to live here but it costs more to live any place than it used to.  This is a cold evening.  I am almost afraid there will be frost.  It couldn’t do much damage for there is not much to freeze except a little fruit.  The apple trees are just beginning to blossom.  I hope you will be able to send me some money as I want to get a good dress before I go.  I have not had one since I came here and I don’t want to go back with my old clothes.

It is now half past eight and Alma has just gone over to the laboratory to cook and eat mushrooms.  One of her assistants came after her said she had a lot of them over there.  She wanted me to go too but I declined it is too cold for mushrooms.  She is going to send me some which will be better than going after them.

I was at a “tea” this evening at Rockefeller Hall.  It was a very nice affair.  Had good tea and sandwiches and a very nice social time.  I had never been there before.  I met a good many of the Faculty that I had never even seen before.  Some of them are very homely.

Our two kittens are beginning to play together.  They are going to be under my feet I am thinking and are liable to get hurt.  They are very nice.  The prettiest kittens I have ever seen.

Eva seems to be very much pleased with the way she is getting along with her music.  Seems to enjoy her new teacher.  Must now close hoping to hear from you soon.  Goodby.

With lots of love
from Mother
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1.
The card you sent me from Calistoga has been received.
Here's the postcard:
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Next week I am going to make a silk dress for her that she bought in New York.  Have to get her clothes in order as she must be ready to sail on the 18th of June.
When was Alma in New York?  Was this the trip at Christmastime or another trip?
This comment is the reason that I have included this letter in:
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I think I wrote to you that I was going to Ohio.  I expect to spend the most of the time with Laura.  I will go to Canton to see the folks there.  Vesta Krabill and Homer called to see Laura and they want me to go there.
Mama Margaret and Laura lived in Alliance - i.e. near Canton but not in it - during this visit of Mama Margaret to Ohio.
​Vesta Krabill may well be Vesta Lejetta Krabill (3/16/1883 to 1/17/1968), who married Merwyn Maurice Myers on October 5 1910, so maybe she wanted to show off her fiancé.

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I hope you will be able to send me some money as I want to get a good dress before I go.  I have not had one since I came here and I don’t want to go back with my old clothes.
In some letter or other (undated, so I’ve put off dealing with it) Alma mentioned that Mama always liked to look nice - or something like that.  I think it was about getting her mother a new dress for Christmas.

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Our two kittens are beginning to play together.  They are going to be under my feet I am thinking and are liable to get hurt.  They are very nice.  The prettiest kittens I have ever seen.
Only just beginning to play together?  Playing together is what kittens do!  It sounds to me as if a Stokey cat had these kittens, and they had finally gotten old enough to play together.  It seems as though whenever you take a closer look at the Five Stokey Siblings, there's always a cat somewhere in the vicinity.

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​Eva seems to be very much pleased with the way she is getting along with her music.  Seems to enjoy her new teacher.
No mention of Eva's husband, Frank.  I can't help wondering if the bloom is off the lily of Eva's marriage, so that Mama Margaret is choosing to concentrate on the positive.  On that suspicion, I'm including this letter in:
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