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Kathleen has given Maggie a little brother, and Will has fixed the Buick again.
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April 22nd, 1917.
Dear Kathleen and Will:-
Congratulations! I am delighted to hear that you have such a fine baby and am glad that he is a boy. I hope he will be as good a brother to Margaret as Will has been to me. I am anxious to hear what Margaret says about him.
I am glad that Will was not called away before the boy arrived and I hope he won’t be very soon.
I do wish you weren’t so far away for I hate to have to wait so long to see my only nephew. Which of you does he look like? I hope you will send pictures of him as soon as he is old enough to be photographed.
Last night Mrs. Johnson and I went to see a Shaw play - “Getting Married”. William Haversham and Henrietta Crossman were in the cast. The whole company was very good. We enjoyed it immensely. Next week we are going to see Charlotte Greenwood and Sidney Grant in “So Long Letty." They say it is very funny. It doesn’t sound as though it was practicing war economy does it? My one form of economy is doing without candy.
I was glad to hear that you had gotten the Buick fixed up so you could use it again. I was sorry when Mother wrote that Will thought that he would sell it if he ever got it in running order again.
Ruth and I had each other in mind strongly enough at the same time to each write to the other. But strange to say, that I read her letter half through before I knew it was from her. I thought it was from you, Kathleen.
By the way I have not yet received a birthday letter from Will. Fred intended to leave here April 2nd but when he thought that by staying over until the next morning he would get out of writing one he stayed long enough to eat breakfast with me! But as Will did not do that he must write. Besides he certainly has lots to write about now.
Kiss the dear little boy for me also his big sister.
With much love to all of you
Eva
Dear Kathleen and Will:-
Congratulations! I am delighted to hear that you have such a fine baby and am glad that he is a boy. I hope he will be as good a brother to Margaret as Will has been to me. I am anxious to hear what Margaret says about him.
I am glad that Will was not called away before the boy arrived and I hope he won’t be very soon.
I do wish you weren’t so far away for I hate to have to wait so long to see my only nephew. Which of you does he look like? I hope you will send pictures of him as soon as he is old enough to be photographed.
Last night Mrs. Johnson and I went to see a Shaw play - “Getting Married”. William Haversham and Henrietta Crossman were in the cast. The whole company was very good. We enjoyed it immensely. Next week we are going to see Charlotte Greenwood and Sidney Grant in “So Long Letty." They say it is very funny. It doesn’t sound as though it was practicing war economy does it? My one form of economy is doing without candy.
I was glad to hear that you had gotten the Buick fixed up so you could use it again. I was sorry when Mother wrote that Will thought that he would sell it if he ever got it in running order again.
Ruth and I had each other in mind strongly enough at the same time to each write to the other. But strange to say, that I read her letter half through before I knew it was from her. I thought it was from you, Kathleen.
By the way I have not yet received a birthday letter from Will. Fred intended to leave here April 2nd but when he thought that by staying over until the next morning he would get out of writing one he stayed long enough to eat breakfast with me! But as Will did not do that he must write. Besides he certainly has lots to write about now.
Kiss the dear little boy for me also his big sister.
With much love to all of you
Eva
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1.
Eva’s handwriting is awful! When I did the audio reading, I tried to go slowly so that if you read along while listening, you can keep track - maybe.
2.
I hope you will send pictures of him as soon as he is old enough to be photographed.
How old does a baby have to be before it can be photographed? I remember receiving an email with a picture of my newborn cousin Jacob - was that in 1999? - and thinking to myself, "This makes the internet all worthwhile."
3.
Last night Mrs. Johnson and I went to see a Shaw play - “Getting Married”. William Haversham and Henrietta Crossman were in the cast.
Wikipedia says:
Getting Married is a play by George Bernard Shaw. First performed in 1908, it features a cast of family members who gather together for a marriage. The play analyses and satirises the status of marriage in Shaw's day, with a particular focus on the necessity of liberalising divorce laws.
William Faversham (12 February 1868 – 7 April 1940) was an English stage and film actor, manager, and producer.
Henrietta Foster Crosman (September 2, 1861 – October 31, 1944) was an American stage and film actress.
4.
Next week we are going to see Charlotte Greenwood and Sidney Grant in “So Long Letty."
So Long Letty was later made into a movie. Here's the movie plot, from Wikipedia:
Uncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets a wise-talking employee named Letty, which causes him to leave the hotel. When he finds Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife and likes her and the way she keeps a clean house. To get a big check from Uncle Claude and to see how life is with the other, the two couples switch spouses for a week.
So one can imagine lots of audience-pleasing silly misunderstandings. Charlotte Greenwood played Letty the wise-talking employee.
As for Charlotte Greenwood, Wikipedia says:
Frances Charlotte Greenwood (June 25, 1890 – December 28, 1977) was an American actress and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing around six feet tall, she was best known for her long legs and high kicks. She earned the unique praise of being, in her words, the "...only woman in the world who could kick a giraffe in the eye."
And:
Greenwood appeared in numerous moving pictures. Her last memorable role was singing and dancing as the feisty matriarch, Aunt Eller, in the 1955 film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (1955).
IMDB has Sydney Grant’s dates as 1873-1953. Reading Eva's letter, it looks like Sidney Frant to me, but I couldn't find a Sidney Frant.
5.
Fred intended to leave here April 2nd but when he thought that by staying over until the next morning he would get out of writing one he stayed long enough to eat breakfast with me!
What was Fred doing in Philadelphia? Apparently Mabel was not there as well, though I know that Mabel did visit Eva around that time. So maybe there were overlapping visits? At any rate, Fred does not seem to have been worrying about Mabel's health if he put of his return home by a day.
Eva’s handwriting is awful! When I did the audio reading, I tried to go slowly so that if you read along while listening, you can keep track - maybe.
2.
I hope you will send pictures of him as soon as he is old enough to be photographed.
How old does a baby have to be before it can be photographed? I remember receiving an email with a picture of my newborn cousin Jacob - was that in 1999? - and thinking to myself, "This makes the internet all worthwhile."
3.
Last night Mrs. Johnson and I went to see a Shaw play - “Getting Married”. William Haversham and Henrietta Crossman were in the cast.
Wikipedia says:
Getting Married is a play by George Bernard Shaw. First performed in 1908, it features a cast of family members who gather together for a marriage. The play analyses and satirises the status of marriage in Shaw's day, with a particular focus on the necessity of liberalising divorce laws.
William Faversham (12 February 1868 – 7 April 1940) was an English stage and film actor, manager, and producer.
Henrietta Foster Crosman (September 2, 1861 – October 31, 1944) was an American stage and film actress.
4.
Next week we are going to see Charlotte Greenwood and Sidney Grant in “So Long Letty."
So Long Letty was later made into a movie. Here's the movie plot, from Wikipedia:
Uncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets a wise-talking employee named Letty, which causes him to leave the hotel. When he finds Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife and likes her and the way she keeps a clean house. To get a big check from Uncle Claude and to see how life is with the other, the two couples switch spouses for a week.
So one can imagine lots of audience-pleasing silly misunderstandings. Charlotte Greenwood played Letty the wise-talking employee.
As for Charlotte Greenwood, Wikipedia says:
Frances Charlotte Greenwood (June 25, 1890 – December 28, 1977) was an American actress and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing around six feet tall, she was best known for her long legs and high kicks. She earned the unique praise of being, in her words, the "...only woman in the world who could kick a giraffe in the eye."
And:
Greenwood appeared in numerous moving pictures. Her last memorable role was singing and dancing as the feisty matriarch, Aunt Eller, in the 1955 film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (1955).
IMDB has Sydney Grant’s dates as 1873-1953. Reading Eva's letter, it looks like Sidney Frant to me, but I couldn't find a Sidney Frant.
5.
Fred intended to leave here April 2nd but when he thought that by staying over until the next morning he would get out of writing one he stayed long enough to eat breakfast with me!
What was Fred doing in Philadelphia? Apparently Mabel was not there as well, though I know that Mabel did visit Eva around that time. So maybe there were overlapping visits? At any rate, Fred does not seem to have been worrying about Mabel's health if he put of his return home by a day.
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